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Everything's Psychology · Tuesday · 52 min

The Psychology of Harry Potter

In this episode, the boy who lived. Why does a story about a bespectacled wizard still have its hooks in millions of people decades on? And can Harry Potter teach us anything about belonging, prejudice, personality, fandom, and why we fall so hard for a world that just doesn't exist? With me to discuss the psychology of Harry Potter are Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies at Kingston University and author of Batman Unmasked and Why Bowie Matters and Nila Matthews, psychologist and former guide at the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studio Tour in London. My guests: Professor Will Brooker – https://www.willbrooker.com Batman Unmasked – https://amzn.eu/d/0eGjvBO1 Why Bowie Matters – https://amzn.eu/d/09ItaMjt Never Ending Watchmen – https://amzn.eu/d/01XoPpjL BBC article on Will's time living as David Bowie: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160112-what-i-learned-when-i-lived-as-david-bowie Nila Matthews – https://awakeningflow.com/ Nila's muggle life: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilamatthews/ Send us Fan Mail To leave a voicenote, just visit speakpipe.com/everythingspsychology

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In this episode, the boy who lived. Why does a story about a bespectacled wizard still have its hooks in millions of people decades on? And can Harry Potter teach us anything about belonging, prejudice, personality, fandom, and why we fall so hard for a world that just doesn't exist?

With me to discuss the psychology of Harry Potter are Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies at Kingston University and author of Batman Unmasked and Why Bowie Matters and Nila Matthews, psychologist and former guide at the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studio Tour in London.

My guests:

Professor Will Brooker – https://www.willbrooker.com
Batman Unmasked – https://amzn.eu/d/0eGjvBO1
Why Bowie Matters – https://amzn.eu/d/09ItaMjt
Never Ending Watchmen – https://amzn.eu/d/01XoPpjL

BBC article on Will's time living as David Bowie: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160112-what-i-learned-when-i-lived-as-david-bowie


Nila Matthews – https://awakeningflow.com/
Nila's muggle life: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilamatthews/

Send us Fan Mail

To leave a voicenote, just visit speakpipe.com/everythingspsychology

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