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The Tale of the Three Hierarchies
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- Mar 25, 2026
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Summary
For personal reasons, Professor Julian Wamble is taking a brief detour from the regularly scheduled programming — which also means listeners who haven't caught the Cho Chang episode yet have an extra week to do so before the Prof Responds follow-up drops next week. In the meantime, Julian shares the very first trial episode he ever recorded for Critical Magic Theory, back in 2023, a full six months before the podcast officially launched. Recorded at his therapist's nudging (who may or may not be Dumbledore??), the mini-episode lays out the three social hierarchies of the Wizarding World — Pure-Bloods, Half-Bloods, Muggle-borns, and Squibs — a framework Julian uses at the top of every class he teaches at GW, and the conceptual backbone the podcast has quietly run on ever since. Laugh along as Past Julian tries very hard to sound professional, and rejoice that the whole thing is blessedly short because 2023 Julian didn't think anyone would want to listen to him for very long. Joke's on him.