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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

We're Here and We're Tragic

Chapter 33: Fight and Flight - We are all over the place in this one...so buckle in, Snitches. It's celebration time! The Sagittariuses (Sagittari?) take out pink bitch!!!! How do the silver trio and Ron get away from the Nazi youths? Not clear. Guess it's not important. Now let's fly to London and don't worry if you can't see the horse you're going to fly on. 😳

May 25, 202233 minSeason 5Ep. 143

This is Sirius!

Chapter 32: Out of the Fire - We have been saying it for weeks... IT'S GO TIME! Only, this really is go time! A lot of really great discussion in this one...complete with more of us filling in our completely canon backstory on Grubbly-Plank 😂 We phone in the movie portion again, discuss the qualities (or lack of qualities) of rice pudding, and have a short quiz.

May 18, 202242 minSeason 5Ep. 142

I Got Lichtenstein'd

Chapter 31: OWLS - Yay. Standardized tests 🙄 Adam gives us some study tips and we discuss the effectiveness of each of the Hogwarts teachers. We are both shocked as we realize that Ron is suddenly the most sensible one in the group and we confirm that Lichtenstein is indeed a real place and not a Tolkien creation.

May 11, 202245 minSeason 5Ep. 141

Therapy Juice - Featuring Brian O. Jackson

Chapter 30: Grawp (The Grawps) - This episode is dedicated to Chad. Fred and George are still heroes and pink demon is slowly losing control of the student body. We go off the rails a bit but mostly this episode is about sports and ***The Grawps*** Also, Hagrid has shockingly not accidentally killed Harry in the 5 years they've known each other... 😬😬😬 Even though we are not sports people we're super happy for Ron for a successful Quidditch cup win at the end of the chapter!!!...

May 04, 202238 minSeason 5Ep. 140

Swamp Oss - Featuring Brian O. Jackson

Chapter 29: Career Advice - Brian is back!!! We discuss how Snape and Umbitch are horrible teachers and how McG is amazing and we give major friend points to the twins and Ginny.

Apr 28, 202244 minSeason 29Ep. 139

Because Magic and Toilets...and Shit - featuring Sarah Price

Chapter 28: Snape's Worst Memory - Adam has a new nickname for Umbridge!!! Sarah is back and we discuss the interrogation methods of Pink chode and the convenient lack of clarity surrounding the science of occlumeny (because plot). James Potter was an asshole but also don't turn into your bullies... SNAPE 😒 Soooo... what is the dress code for under your robe?

Apr 20, 202246 minSeason 5Ep. 138

Spicy Horse - featuring Sarah Price

Chapter 27: The Centaur and the Sneak- It's time for another Ravenclaw to join us! We have mimosas, we laugh a lot, we play FMK (Umbridge always dies) and we all determine that Dumble is a badass in this chapter.

Apr 13, 202244 minSeason 5Ep. 137

The Talon in the Butter

Chapter 26: Seen and Unforseen - Somehow we are sober and we manage to sound outrageously drunk... More discussion of awkward teen romance and about how awesome Ginny is. Also, nobody cares about Quidditch... 🤷‍♀️ So much bullying is happening.. from students AND teachers.. 😒 Ashley - where is our rubarb crumble? Also, what is that one instrument? Mail delivery time should maybe be reevaluate. Tara has a hot take on occlumeny. Pink Devil is losing her shit and when she thinks she's about to ra...

Apr 06, 202240 minSeason 5Ep. 136

Sneaky Banana Lady

Chapter 25: The Beetle at Bay - Time for another Snape rant from Tara! Adam gives his notes from the last two episodes. Teenagers are bad at romance. Also, Valentine's Day is bullshit.

Mar 30, 202255 minSeason 5Ep. 135

Origin, Not Orgy - featuring Jeff Hartland

Chapter 22: St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries - somehow, despite not being present in this chapter, we managed to get in several digs at everyone's least favorite pink hoe... We focus a lot more on the Weasleys in this chapter and continue to lament that the movie leaves out entirely too much. Lastly, we play an epic round of Oh, Ship and Jeff makes Basic Snitches history.

Mar 02, 202249 minSeason 5Ep. 131

Ron is a Thestral Now

Chapter 21: The Eye of the Snake - We are loud. Hagrid is back from his sex holiday with Qwen Maxime. Giants need dentists too... Check out our new tiers on Patreon!!

Feb 23, 202243 minSeason 5Ep. 130

A Nice Young Carcass

Chapter 20: Hagrid's Tale - Giants are honestly just really big dumb angry babies. Hagrid and Maxime spent the last several months fucking and trying to win favor with the giant babies. Pink bitch continues to be the worst and we are over that K-word

Feb 16, 202234 minSeason 5Ep. 129

U******* Always Dies featuring Roxana Bell

Chapter 19: The Lion and the Serpent - Malfoy sucks... But also, Fred and George are bad brothers and terrible team players. Hermione and Luna are amazing and the pink bitch must die.

Feb 09, 202238 minSeason 5Ep. 128

Too Many Wands, Not Enough Dicks - featuring AJ Ryan and Jen Terpstra

Dear reviewers: Stop being pretentious assholes! Signed, People who like romance novels and fantasy stories. This week we are joined by Tara's other co-hosts, AJ and Jen from Podcast in Death. We bring a PID favorite to Basic Snitches as we review the reviews (good AND bad) for the HP series.

Feb 02, 202256 minSeason 5Ep. 127

Shhhh...Silencio

Chapter 18: Dumbledore's Army - Important question.. why is it only one year olds that get smash cakes for their birthday? We are all Winky. We drink and we get sad... well at least Tara does... We all need a Room of Requirement...get on that, magical community!

Jan 27, 202245 minSeason 5Ep. 126

The Supreme Lesbian

Chapter 17: Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four - Tara and Adam discuss their theories on Professor Binns then share their own strengths as students. Snape > Umbridge Also, apparently the gargoyles can talk.. and they are rude bitches. And Grubbly-Plank has officially reached Qwen status!!

Jan 19, 202246 minSeason 5Ep. 125

There are Two Types of Bitches in the World

Chapter 15: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor Tara comes up with more perfect names to call Pink bitch. Adam's computer screen is very bright. Surprise, Tara rants about how terrible Snape is. McG is the greatest. So, are you a Tarot bitch, or a Tara bitch? A lot of love for Grubbly-Plank in this episode ❤

Jan 06, 202254 minSeason 5Ep. 123

A Northern Siren

Chapter 14: Percy and Padfoot- Cho is great. Hedwig is great. Ron is really great. Percy sucks... ...but not as much as Umbridge...

Dec 16, 202135 minSeason 5Ep. 121

Hell is Floral Tablecloths

Chapter 13: Detention With Dolores - So basically this chapter is all about torture, bad teachers and how great Ron is in this book. We cheer hard for Grubbly-Plank, even though we miss Hagrid, and we cheer even more for Ron for making the Quidditch team. We play Never Have I Ever and, to no one's surprise, Adam has never received detention in his life... 🙄

Dec 08, 202147 minSeason 5Ep. 119

I Don't Want to Call Umbridge the Climax...

Chapter 12: Professor Umbridge - Chinese food is on its way and we're adding liquor to our alcohol... This podcast was almost called "Have a Biscuit, Potter" after McG's amazing line in this chapter. We complain about Harry's least favorite teachers (who are coincidentally Tara and Adam's least favorite teachers...), Bentley attempts to steal Tara's car and Adam teaches us about Moonstone. Oh..and Umbridge SUCKS.

Nov 24, 202147 minSeason 5Ep. 118

Sickeningly Saccharine - featuring Brian O. Jackson

Chapter 11: The Sorting Hat's New Song - We made it to the start of term feast!!! The Sorting Hat has upped its game this year. We complain about Pink Bitch, praise Neville, Ron and Hermione for being awesome, and gush over the perfection that is Imelda Staunton. Oh, Ship! We play a new game and Adam shares more witchey knowledge while comparing the 4 houses to the elements.

Nov 17, 202148 minSeason 5Ep. 117

The Sirius Thing to Do - Featuring Brian O. Jackson

Chapter 10: Luna Lovegood - IT IS TIME ❤️ We finally get to meet Qwen Luna and we are so happy! We play the worst game ever and Brian ana Tara eat breakfast while Bentley tries to steal Brian's shirt.

Nov 10, 202152 minSeason 5Ep. 116

The OGOotP

Chapter 9: The Woes of Mrs. Weasley - Just so everyone is aware, Chapter 8 is very important to Tara... Shout-out to Ashley... basically because we love her. Percy sucks. Fudge sucks. Kreacher is rude.

Nov 04, 202148 minSeason 5Ep. 115

Fry-Rolled 3 Times

Chapter 8: The Hearing - Pink Bitch sighting!!! We got the egg rolls and Dumble's got the flourish. Madam Bones is Qwen and Fudgepacker is still the worst.

Oct 27, 202136 minSeason 5Ep. 114
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