Two Girls. One Plot. Zero thoughts.A chapter-by-chapter descent into the books that psychologically altered entire generations and permanently damaged our ability to perceive life normally.One host is Canadian and actually understands the cultural references.The other grew up in Russia reading aggressively translated versions with absolutely no context, but still was in for the ride. If you’ve ever:-imprinted on fictional men-developed a personality disorder from fandom culture-read 400k words of enemies-to-lovers fanfiction at 3am-or said “the book was better”welcome home.

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Some have called Harry a boring protagonist, but he has never been called two-faced. Quirrell on the other hand....

Chapter Seventeen - The Man with Two Faces | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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My mom once said &#34;IF ALL YOUR FRIENDS WENT JUMPING DOWN A TRAPDOOR, WOULD YOU DO IT TOO?!&#34;. I thought about it, and I never did jump down a trapdoor. The thing is... Harry doesn&#39;t have a mom

Chapter Sixteen - Through The Trapdoor | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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The kids are bullied, the forest is not that forbidden, and your hosts ask the important questions regarding centaurs.

Chapter Fifteen - The Forbidden Forest | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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How to train your dragon? We don&#39;t know. Hagrid doesn&#39;t know either. Does anyone know anything at all, or is this all an illusion?

Chapter Fourteen - Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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The trio finds out about Nicholas Flamel, the hosts talk about the Harry Potter video games, a quidditch match is played briefly, and Snape is the worst.

Chapter Thirteen - Nicholas Flamel | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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This is not what anybody means when they say they want to spend Christmas with their family...

Chapter Twelve - Mirror of Erised | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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It&#39;s Quidditch time! Harry get&#39;s on a broom, Slytherin gets petty, Snape gets sus, Hermione gets stressed, and we get to nitpick it all! Welcome to the very unheated Quidditch Rivalry

Chapter Eleven - Quidditch | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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What is Halloween to wizards and witches? Also what makes a good writer? How does one make friends? Why are Podcasts?

Chapter Ten - Hallowe'en | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Harry gets ghosted, pulls an Elphaba and defies gravity, then meets the world&#39;s least HSE-compliant dog. And it&#39;s only his third week at school. Give the kid a break.

Chapter Nine - The Midnight Duel | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Harry learns Potions. Snape learns that picking fights with children is harder than expected. We absolutely veer away from the chapter.Sometimes a public crash out is not valid and contains enough theatrical drama to power an entire Hot Topic store.

Chapter Eight - The Potions Master | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Harry is taking a BuzzFeed personality test through an ancient piece of attire. We spend an alarming amount of time wondering who washed that thing last.

Chapter Seven - The Sorting Hat | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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They says the journey matters more than the destination, and on this journey we got off tack a lot. And tracks kind of matter when you are taking a train.

Chapter Six - The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Ston

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Get in loser, were going shopping. Harry joins the wizarding world and the hosts are left with the age old question, How does money work in a magic world ? or like, in general?

Chapter Five - Diagon Alley | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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-Knock-knock.-Who&#39;s there?-Yura.-Yura who?-Yura Wizard, Harry

Chapter Four - The Keeper of the Keys | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Feeling nostalgic? Join us for a deep dive into Chapter 3, “The Letters from No One,” and explore how Harry&#39;s world turns upside down! Quite literally!

Chapter Three - Letters From No One | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Is Dudley Dursley a misunderstood villain, or is there more to the story? Spoiler: there isn&#39;t. Join us in our latest podcast episode as we cry over the complexities of Harry&#39;s early life in &#39;The Vanishing Glass.&#39;

Chapter Two - Vanishing Glass | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Join us as we kick off our Harry Potter series with &#34;The Boy Who Lived.&#34; Dursleys’ aggressively normal life, and Dumbledore&#39;s fabulous drip, we&#39;re digging out all the magical details! Listen now and relive the magic!

Chapter One - The Boy Who Lived | Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone

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Ever judged a book by its cover? So did we, and it led us to a lifelong love for Harry Potter! Tune in to &#39;Two Girls One Plot&#39; as Nikki and Kseniia revisit their journey with The Philosopher&#39;s Stone and beyond.

Harry Potter Book Series Re-read | Introduction

Two Girls. One Plot. Zero thoughts.

A chapter-by-chapter descent into the books that psychologically altered entire generations and permanently damaged our ability to perceive life normally.

One host is Canadian and actually understands the cultural references.

The other grew up in Russia reading aggressively translated versions with absolutely no context, but still was in for the ride.

If you’ve ever:

-imprinted on fictional men

-developed a personality disorder from fandom culture

-read 400k words of enemies-to-lovers fanfiction at 3am

-or said “the book was better”

welcome home.