Join hosts Ev, Irvin, and Sophia, as well as special guests Dr. Beatrice Grove, Dr. Louise Freeman, and Nick Jeffrey, as they discuss the parallels between Cuckoo's Calling from the Cormoran Strike series and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Please be warned that there will be spoilers for the Cormoran Strike books in this episode, up to and including Hallmarked Man.

In this episode:

Where is the Strike rock scene? What would the bands be called?
Leda's love is a more psychologically complex version of Lily's
You can come of age at any age!
Strike is our Hagrid here, not just because he's hairy.
We all find where we belong on Charing Cross Road
Does John have a Dark Lord in the back of his head?
Tony was madly in love with Leda Strike
Who is notably toxic to beef?
Read what the stars are telling us!
We're looking forward to the Battle of Denmark Street

Resources:

The Psychopaths - Bristow, Riddle, and Crouch by Irvin
Reverse Alchemy in HP and Strike:
- The Connection of Ring Composition and Literary Alchemy in the Layout of the Seven Book Harry Potter Series by William Sprague
- The Chiastic Structure of Harry Potter by Joe Thacker
- Robin Ellacott and Reverse Alchemy: Transformation Through the First Three Strike Texts by Louise Freeman
Cormoran Strike and the Itch That Cannot Be Scratched by Louise Freeman
Strike-Potter Parallels: Cuckoo & Stone by John Granger
Literary Allusion in Cuckoo's Calling:
- Part 1: Christina Rossetti's "A Dirge" by Beatrice Groves
- Part 2: Tennyson's "Ulysses" by Beatrice Groves
Handfasting in "The Cuckoo's Calling" and "Harry Potter": A Discovery of a Walt Whitman Poem? by Beatrice Groves

For more from our guests:

Louise Freeman:
- @lmf3b on Twitter
- Doc Thelma on Reddit
- The Farting Sofa Faculty Lounge
- The Harry Potter Academic Conference
- Queen City Magic
Beatrice Groves:
Nick Jefferey:
- @gbjeffen on Twitter
- Nick Jeffrey on Hogwarts Professor
- Nick Jeffrey on Substack

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