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Basic Snitches

Tara Corkery & Adam Bowerswww.basicsnitches.com
Tara and Adam are re-reading everyone’s favorite series! Warning: Contains swearing, spoilers, wine consumption and a lot of us talking about our cats.
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Episodes

Spelunking - BONUS EPISODE

BONUS EPISODE time! In the final episode of this chapter, we share snippets from our Patreon Archive and give you EVEN MORE SARAH, as well as Roxana, Brian, Victoria and Dan (some of our favorite Snitches, of course). We play Guess Who and Wrong Answers Only and Tara tells everyone she's bad at things. Enjoy, Snitches!!!

Jul 27, 202554 minSeason 8Ep. 260

Gang Bang for Breakfast

It's time for a spelling bee! Roxana, Sarah and our voice to text friend face off to become the champion! Hosted by Adam and Tara, this is a spelling bee unlike any other... Also, them Ravenclaws are good spellers 😉

Jul 09, 20251 hr 15 minSeason 8Ep. 259

Though He Be But Little, He is Fierce - featuring Sarah

This has turned into nearly an entire chapter focused on Ravenclaws! Though unintentional, we are we not not mad about it! Sarah is here again to be the Tara translator - This Timed Turner episode focuses on Ravenclaws in the series.. particularly the ones that we like, but we definitely discuss the assholes 🤷‍♀️

Jun 25, 202539 minSeason 8Ep. 258

The Brains of the Operation - featuring Sarah

For our character study on Hermione, Sarah is here! (Tara has laryngitis but is here too!) After a roast of our silent co-host, we jump into our deep dive on the woman who kept two stupid boys alive for 7 years.

Jun 11, 202557 minSeason 8Ep. 257

Justice for the Horrible Woman

Bracket Timeeeeee!!!! As this chapter turns towards being Ravenclaw coded (please stay tuned... 😂), we talk about BOOKS!!! Adam put together a bracket of 16 books from the series and we crown one classic as the winner 🏆 But don't worry, even though there is only one winner, we keep all the books in our Snitch Library 😁😁

May 28, 202536 minSeason 8Ep. 256

This is a Father's Day Play

We're finally here. Cursed Child (part 1). Revising our 2019 trip to NYC where we saw the play on Broadway, we discuss the good and the bad. Part one is a tough one for Harry, but we love Ginny, we're rooting for Scorpius, and we're still confused as fuck about the trolley witch.

May 14, 20251 hr 25 minSeason 8Ep. 255

Patreon Archives: Best of Screen Rant - Vol. 1

Happy bonus episode, Snitches! Here we share some of our favorite Screen Rant discussions (disagreements) previously shared on Patreon! Some (most) of these lists are terrible but every now and again, someone gets something right 🤷‍♀️

May 07, 20251 hr 4 minSeason 8Ep. 254

It's Just Sarah and Brian - featuring Adam and Tara

Apparently everyone is Brian and Sarah today (and naked...and Tara hasn't been invented)... Anyway, if you haven't had enough chaos in your life, here's the missing piece...Basic Snitches Improv Night!!!

Apr 17, 20251 hr 38 minSeason 8Ep. 253

Two Messes Flock Together

On this Timed Turner episode, we discuss all the Harry Potter spin-offs that we would watch...we start off pretty standard suggesting the need for a series about McGonagall and the Marauders and the founders of Hogwarts... Then, as you would expect, it gets weird (though not as weird as it could be, considering who we are...)

Apr 03, 202539 minSeason 8Ep. 252

McG is Cher

In this week's Character episode, we discuss the classiest of witches, Professor Minerva "McG" McGonagall ❤️ We basically spend the episode talking about how amazing McG is, focusing on all the badass stuff she does and how incredibly important she is to Harry's story. Also, Hogwarts literally would have completely fallen apart when Dumble was headmaster without McG there!

Mar 19, 20251 hr 9 minSeason 8Ep. 251

Old People Food

Time for another bracket episode!!! This time we break down the best magical treats! 😁 What is the most superior magical treat??? Hint: it's NOT Every Flavor Beans 🤮 Also we don't know what half of these are so we just make up a bunch of stuff 🤷‍♀️

Mar 05, 202546 minSeason 8Ep. 250

People Be Losin' Bodies Everywhere

In this fandom episode, Adam and Tara discuss wild HP theories...some of which we have decided are now canon...ish. Also, in case you didn't know, Snape reads Nora Roberts

Feb 19, 202551 minSeason 8Ep. 249

I Have a Potion for That - featuring Neci Bryant

It's time for SNITCH GAME! Hosted by Victoria, and featuring Neci as the contestant on her Basic Snitches debut episode! Will Neci match with any of our panel? Listen and see just how well a potions master, a French headmistress, a disgraced politician, a fraudulent author and the ghost of a horny teenager match up with her!

Feb 05, 20251 hr 27 minSeason 8Ep. 248

I'm the Ultimate Potato

Time for a TIMED TURNERRRRRRRR Y'all, this one is off the rails...so enjoy this whole episode about potatoes!!!

Jan 22, 202541 minSeason 8Ep. 247

There's Something About Hagrid

We love Hagrid. He is our innocent little (giant) cinnamon roll. Seriously, he is the BEST.

Jan 08, 20251 hr 5 minSeason 8Ep. 246

Everything is Water Goblets

It's time for another bracket episode! In this episode we pick the best spell for every day use. We also learn that it's a good thing Tara isn't actually a wizard because she would steal all the pies. She would not, however, steal any dildos.

Dec 11, 202441 minSeason 8Ep. 244

The Trelawney Dining Experience

This is possibly the longest episode in Basic Snitches history that is ONLY Adam and Tara....so buckle in for 2 hours of us reviewing every deleted scene from all 8 Harry Potter movies. We determine which scenes should not have been cut, and which ones we are glad weren't in the movies...also, Fiona Shaw is a treasure. Want to watch the scenes we are watching? Here's the playlist we had on while we recorded!...

Nov 28, 20242 hrSeason 8Ep. 243

This is the Chaos Zone

It's Basic Snitches Game Night!!! We bring in a few of our favorite Snitches to play a few of our favorite games. Buckle in - we are loud* and we are fun and we are hilarious. ❤️ Thank you to our special guests - Ashley, Sarah, Brian and Roxana *No, seriously, we are LOUD - don't say you weren't warned...

Oct 30, 20241 hr 33 minSeason 8Ep. 241

Essentially, I Do Everything

Welcome to our first Timed-Turner episode! Stealing the idea of "Podvilla" from Podcast in Death, we pulled out a random topic and talked about it for 25 minutes! If you were one of our wonderful Qwen patrons previously, you know that we have been doing these for some time now - and we love nothing more than to not have to prepare a single bit before recording 🤣 So what did the wheel dictate we discuss? Arthur Weasley working in a Muggle office! We had such a great time imagining Arthur in the ...

Oct 16, 202443 minSeason 8Ep. 240

Hagrid is the Other Woman

This is a character study on Harry Potter. Have you heard of him? Is every character episode really just about Hagrid? You decide. You could say that this whole podcast has been dedicated to a character study of Harry James Potter - but this conversation was a fun overview of Harry's journey and how much we have enjoyed his growth over the last 5 years and 7 books of podcasting ❤️⚡🪄

Oct 02, 20241 hr 6 minSeason 8Ep. 239

The Main Butt People

Welcome to our second bracket episode!!!! This time it's a showdown between all our favorite Basic Snitches nicknames that we have given the characters! Featuring a surprise guest appearance by Ashley, so if we're too annoying for you, stick around for that Qwen 😁 While the winner of the bracket isn't someone we love, the nickname is CLASSIC because we are hilarious 😉

Sep 18, 202434 minSeason 8Ep. 238

If I Was a Wizard I Would Make Strudel

WELCOME TO SEASON 8, SNITCHES! And - Happy Back to Hogwarts Day!!! Because we read so many books we rewarded ourselves with a movie 😁 Here is a long-winded and praise-filled recount of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them to start off the season! Enjoy! And welcome back, Snitches ❤️❤️ Don't forget that we have changed the cadence of episodes to every other week, so our next episode will be headed your way the week of September 15th on Wednesday!...

Sep 01, 20241 hr 8 minSeason 8Ep. 237

NOW WHAT?

We ain't goin' NOWHERE, Snitches!!! :D

Jun 26, 202421 minSeason 7Ep. 236

Chicken Wing Station - Movies 7 & 8 with Peggy Newton and Jean Brennan

The house is once again filled with Slytherins and it's time to talk about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Parts 1 and 2. Though Adam and Tara have spent the last year ripping apart these films, Jean and Peggy are much nicer. In the second longest Basic Snitches episode in history we spend nearly 2 hours with two of our favorites walking through the movies and talking about how much we love Dobby and Hedwig.

Jun 12, 20241 hr 48 minSeason 7Ep. 234

All These Randos at the End - Book 7 Wrap-Up featuring Inky

WE READ SEVEN WHOLE BOOKS!!! This is a long one, Snitches... This is not only the wrap up for book 7, we also discuss the points Adam has been keeping for the past seven seasons as well as some thoughts about wrapping up the series. Guess who wins the house cup??? 😁 Don't worry, we still have a handful of episodes left for you this season... and we refuse to stop just yet, so you're getting a season 8 🍾

May 29, 20241 hr 23 minSeason 7Ep. 232

Confetti

Chapter 36: The Flaw in the Plan - OMG the LAST CHAPTER OF THE SERIES!!! Basically, Harry wins. So do we. Basic Snitches win. Bye Cocaine Babyyyyyy!!! 🎉

May 22, 20241 hr 8 minSeason 7Ep. 231
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