Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Ascaband is a 3,000-page Russian novel about the Moscow prison, Oskaban, where Tsar Nicholas II sent his disgraced mistress.

It won the Newberry Medal.

And this is the bookpile.

So a quick reminder to please rate and review the bookpile.

We appreciate it a lot.

Lightish wrote funny, informative, mostly family-friendly, one of my new favorites.

We do find creatively innocuous ways to talk about some dark things sometimes.

I am hoping that for the most part, if there are any kids that are listening to this,

that first of all, any jokes that are too dark, I guess my hope is that parents aren't explaining the dark jokes to their children.

You see, what happened with John F. Kennedy was that he was in a convertible.

Also, Kellan's nine-year-old believes John F. Kennedy is alive he was in a convertible. Also, Kellan's nine-year-old

believes John F. Kennedy is alive and thriving in Bermuda. I realize that's a callback to a joke

coming in the future, but this is the time travel episode. Okay, our guest today is the very talented

Natalie Madsen. She was a writer and actor on Studio C, a sketch comedy show with

two billion views. She was a semi-finalist on NBC's Bring the Funny. And she's currently

executive producer on sitcom freelancers. So, Nat, thank you so much for joining us. Oh, of course.

Happy to be here. I've loved the podcast because it just means I don't have to read the books. It makes me feel smart, even though none of the thoughts or ideas are originally my own. So I want to go ahead and kick off, Nat. I know that you and your family are a huge Harry Potter fan, so I'd love to hear just generally speaking, what's been your experience with the books. I mean, like most people in my age, I'm like, I'm 31, almost 32.

I grew up with the books.

I was the same age as Harry when all the books were released.

We did the midnight release party at Barnes & Noble.

We dressed up.

I have red hair, so I was always Jenny.

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