Harry Potter and the Sacred Text is a weekly podcast co-hosted by Vanessa Zoltan and

Matt Pots, who met during their time together at Harvard Divinity School.

And before I say anything further, I just want to point out that this podcast does condemn

the transphobia of J.K. Rowling and holds space for the people, the listeners who are affected

by it. That is really important.

On this podcast, Matt and Vanessa ask, what if we read the books we love as if they were

sacred texts? Each week, Matt and Vanessa relive the magic by exploring a chapter of the

Harry Potter series through themes like commitment, revenge, forgiveness, and more. Utilizing traditional

forms of sacred reading to one our hidden lessons within even the most mundane sentences.

Many scholars of religion believe that what makes a text sacred is not the text itself,

but rather the community of readers around it. Harry Potter and the Sacred Text applies

a critical lens to both the text and its author, and holds space for readers and listeners

who have been negatively impacted by the author's actions, but still care about the books.

It's the English class you didn't know you missed, and the meaningful conversations you

didn't know you craved. New episodes release on Thursdays.

Oh, hi. Hello, nerds. Welcome. This is Let's Talk About Myths, Baby. And I am that host

of yours, that woman who wants and rambles and lives her entire life for ancient Greek

history and mythology. Live. And I am back today with a new conversation episode. This

one is so, so interesting. Again, as you will hear me say 10,000 times. So back in March,

I spoke with Justin Lorenzo Beege, who studies, well, so many things as they will tell you

in the episode. But in this case, we're talking Athenian citizenship and how that intersects

with disability and Athenian myths and notions of a talk-thony, which is how they understood

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