Material Girls

    A scholarly podcast about pop culture hosted by Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman, produced by Witch, Please Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Material Concerns: Connections, Stolen iPads, and Genre Conventions Pt. I

  • Twin Peaks x Cult Television

  • Bonus Episode: Azkaban & The Prison Industrial Complex with Adrian Angus

  • Material Concerns: Dopamine Pt. I

  • Dopamine x Health Capitalism with Jesse Meadows

  • Material Concerns: Jurassic Park Pt. I

  • Jurassic Park x Spectacle

  • Material Concerns: Why Is the Team So Hot & Other Important Questions

  • Reservation Dogs x Production Sovereignty with Karrmen Crey

  • Material Concerns (Live!): Theory, Heart Flutters and Coach On Mic Pt. I

  • Tupperware Parties x Cruel Optimism

  • Material Concerns: Dirty Dancing, Bridgerton and Summer Camp Pt. I

  • The Last of Us x Adaptation Theory

  • Material Concerns: Summer Slowdown Pt. I

  • Dirty Dancing x Nostalgia with Andrea Warner

  • Gender Playground Preview: Plans, Trans, and Autonomy

  • Making Worlds Preview: Dimension 20 with Lucia Lorenzi and Clare Mulcahy

  • Material Concerns: Disney Bonus Pt. I

  • Disney x Pinkwashing

  • Athleisure x Optimization with Anne Helen Petersen

  • Gilmore Girls x Normporn with Karen Tongson

  • Sweet Potato Fries x Food Imperialism

  • Dungeons and Dragons x Ludology

  • Material Concerns: Wonka and Twilight Bonus Pt. I

  • Twilight x Girl Culture with Jackson Bird

  • Introducing Making Worlds with Hannah McGregor

  • Wonka x Antisemitism and Censorship with Leena Norms

  • Merry-terial Girls: An Incomprehensible Holiday Bonus

  • The Night Circus x Reading Ecosystems

  • Bonus Episode: Sitcom and Reframing Israel-Palestine Beyond Security Discourse

  • Blackout Tuesday x Platformization

  • Patreon Preview: Taylor Swift Pt. I

  • Les Misérables x Encoding/Decoding with Erin Keif

  • Taylor Swift x Intimate Publics with Margaret H. Willison

  • Star Wars x Mass Culture

  • Bridgerton x Reading the Romance with Vanessa Zoltan

  • Patreon Preview: Avatar Pt. 1

  • Avatar x Hypermediacy

  • Goblin Mode x the Abject with McKayla Coyle

  • Queer Eye x Cruel Optimism

  • Patreon Preview: The Barbie Movie Pt. 1

  • Barbie x Petro-Capitalism

  • Spare x Tender Masculinity

  • Material Girls: An Introduction

  • Appendix: The Witch, Please Wrap Up

  • Appendix: Fan Studies Revisited

  • Introducing Gender Playground with Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx

  • Bonus Ep: Shame Spiraling with Ely Kreimendahl

  • Appendix: Critical Adoption Studies with Nia

  • Appendix: Anti-Fatness with Aubrey Gordon

  • Appendix: Giggle-ology with Dix McDevitt

  • Appendix: The Author

  • Bonus Ep: Hogwarts Legacy with Michelle Thompson

  • Appendix: Witch Hunts with Niki Fitzgerald

  • Appendix: Holocaust Studies with Andrea Dara Cooper

  • Appendix: Sentimentality, Revisited

  • Bonus Ep: #WitchPleaseTellMe Team Edition

  • Book 7, Ep. 9 | The Deathly Hallows Wrap Up

  • Bonus Ep: Women for Iran

  • Book 7, Ep. 8 | House Elves with Jessica Marie Johnson

  • Book 7, Ep. 7 | Sentimentality

  • Bonus Ep: Comfort Creatures

  • Book 7, Ep. 6 | Eugenics

  • Book 7, Ep. 5 | Resurrection with Matt Potts

  • Book 7, Ep. 4 | New Media

  • Bonus Ep: A Sentimental Education

  • Unlocked Patreon Exclusive: Sparks Fly with Maia Kobabe

  • Book 7, Ep. 3 | Motherhood with Erin Wunker

  • Book 7, Ep. 2 | Historical Memory with Shira Lurie

  • Book 7, Ep. 1 | Chosen One Narratives Revisited

  • Unlocked Patreon Exclusive: Witch, Please Tell Me

  • Bonus Ep: Fandom Forward with Lark and Jessie

  • Book 6, Ep. 9 | The Half-Blood Prince Wrap Up

  • Book 6, Ep. 8 | Life Writing

  • Book 6, Ep. 7 | Marginalia

  • Book 6, Ep. 6 | The Soul with Matt Potts

  • Book 6, Ep. 5 | Security Theatre

  • Book 6, Ep. 4 | Masculinity Studies with Aspen

  • Book 6, Ep. 3 | Rape Culture

  • Book 6, Ep. 2 | Hauntology

  • Book 6, Ep. 1 | Slytherin Pedagogy

  • Inside Our Patreon: #WitchPleaseTellMe Q&A

  • Book 5, Ep. 9 | The Order of the Phoenix Wrap-Up

  • Book 5, Ep. 8 | Mad Studies with Aisha Wilks

  • Book 5, Ep. 7 | Media Studies: The Wand is the Message

  • Book 5, Ep. 6 | Centaurs with jaye simpson

  • Bonus Ep: Witch, Please After 8: A Holidate

  • Book 5, Ep. 5 | Shapeshifting

  • Book 5, Ep. 4 | Fan Studies with Amanda Allen

  • Book 5, Ep. 3 | Publics

  • Book 5, Ep. 2 | PTSD with Addie Merians

  • Book 5, Ep. 1 | Critical Archival Studies

  • Inside Our Patreon: Bonus Episode with Ella McLeod

  • Book 4, Ep. 9 | The Goblet of Fire Wrap-Up

  • Book 4, Ep. 8 | Magical Capital

  • Book 4, Ep. 7 | Monstrous Women with Jess Zimmerman

  • Book 4, Ep. 6 | The Return of Pedagogy

  • Book 4, Ep. 5 | Trans Studies with Taylor Allgeier-Follett

  • Book 4, Ep. 4 | Post-Critique

  • Book 4, Ep. 3 | Critical Race Theory with K. Alex

  • Book 4, Ep. 2 | The Nation State

  • Book 4, Ep. 1 | Structuralism

  • Book 3, Ep. 7 | Prisoner of Azkaban Wrap-Up

  • Book 3, Ep. 6 | The Prison Industrial Complex with Mercedes Eng

  • Book 3, Ep. 5 | Werewolves: A Metaphor?

  • Book 3, Ep.4 | Disability and Resistant Readings with with Tea Gerbeza

  • Book 3, Ep. 3 | Animal Studies Revisited

  • Book 3, Episode 2 | Time Travel

  • Book 3, Ep. 1 | Pedagogy

  • Introducing: The Real Question

  • Book 2, Ep. 7 | Chamber of Secrets Wrap-Up

  • Book 2, Ep. 6 | Print Culture

  • Book 2, Ep. 5 | Celebrity Studies

  • Book 2, Ep. 4 | Disability Studies with Jes Battis, PhD.

  • Book 2, Ep. 3 | The Gothic

  • A Holiday Special from the Archives featuring Neale Barnholden!

  • Book 2, Ep. 2 | Queer Theory

  • Book 2, Ep.1 | Feminist Theory

  • Book 1, Ep.6. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Wrap-Up

  • Book 1, Ep.5 | Trauma with Lucia M. Lorenzi, PhD.

  • Book 1, Ep. 4 | Class

  • Book 1, Ep. 3 | Animals

  • Book 1, Ep. 2 | Orientalism

  • Book 1, Ep. 1 | The Chosen One

  • Announcing the Witch, Please Reboot!

  • S3E3: Witch, Please Goes Rogue on Prequels

  • S3E2: Witch, Please and the Rogue History Lesson

  • S3E1: Witch, Please Gone Rogue!

  • S2E8: Witch, Please and the Magic of Inter-Continental Technology

  • S2E7: Witch, Please and Some Other Novel

  • S2E6: Witch, Please and the Symphonic Discourse

  • Special Bonus Episode: Secret Feminist Agenda 1.7

  • S2E5: Witch, Please and the Fan-Made Musical

  • S2E4: Witch, Please and the Stunning Studio Tour

  • S2E3: Witch, Please and the Rise of White Nationalism

  • S2E2: Witch, Please and the Phenomenal Foggos

  • S2E1: Witch, Please and the Curse of Live Theatre

  • Witch, Please and the THIS IS JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT DON’T GET TOO EXCITED

  • Harry Potter and the Sexy Reboot

  • Episode 18B: #FantasticAsks, Or, That’s Real Fucked Up

  • Episode 18: Roaring Anachronisms and Where to Find Them

  • Episode Sigma: Harry Potter and the Brand of Loyalty

  • Episode Rho: Live and Professional at Tufts University

  • Episode 18.5: Fabulous Trailers and Their Locations

  • Episode Omicron: Witch, Please; Live & CURSÈD

  • Episode 15.5.5: Teasers and Trailers and Spoilers, Oh My!

  • Episode 15.5: Harry Potter and the Dubious Kerning

  • Episode 15B: Curiouser and Curiouser

  • Episode 15A: Witch, Please and the Curious Child Part 1

  • Episode 16.5.5: Jeremy Mason and the Cursed Child

  • Episode 16.5: British Technocratic Wet Dreams

  • Episode 16: Witch, Please: New and Improved

  • Episode 14: The Ghost of Podcast Past

  • Episode Xi: Project Firenze

  • Episode 13C: Hallows and Goodbyes

  • Episode 13B: Deathly Famous

  • Episode Nu: Politically Joyful at the Calgary Expo

  • Episode 13A: Hedwig’s Last Flight

  • Episode 12.5: Montages Through the Ages

  • Episode N: Witch, Please! Live and Scholarly at the U of C

  • Episode M: The Technicolor Dream Snape

  • Episode 12: Harry Potter and the Teen Sex Romparoo

  • Episode 11B: The Half-coy Stint

  • Episode Λ (lambda): Live and Surprised at Nerd Nite YEG

  • Episode 11A: The Full-blood Patriarchy

  • Episode K: A Very Witch, Please Holiday Special

  • Episode 10.5.5 Quidditch IRL

  • Episode 10.5: Gadding with Guys (with film degrees)

  • Episode 10: One Member Short of an Order

  • Episode 9.5: Witch, Please; Live & Unruly

  • Episode 9B: The Tears of Age

  • Episode 9: The Cleansing Fire

  • Episode 8.5: Encounters with Trolls

  • Episode Theta: Gamers At The Gate

  • Episode 8: The Winner of the Raspberry Cup

  • Episode 7.5: A Draught of Veritaserum

  • Episode 7B: The Goblet is Political

  • Episode 7A: The Tri-and-fail-to-fit-everything-into-an-hour Tournament

  • Episode 6.5: Ridiculous Digressions and Where to Find Them

  • Episode 6: Neale Barnholden and the Final Cut

  • Episode 5B: Escape From Time Constraints

  • Episode 5A: Prisoner of Time Restraints

  • Episode 4: The Chamber of Whiteness

  • Episode 3: The Chamber of Spoilers

  • Episode 2: The Sophomore’s Stone

  • Episode 1: Sorting Ceremony

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