RealzTenisFanz Podcast

Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.

In Part 8, the fallout of Godric's Hollow excursion has more disastrous consequences than just near death, Harry has lost his "right hand", his Phoenix feather wand. The one thing that has saved him twice against Voldemort, is now broken in half. What is he to do when he is without his Ron, lost and alone with Hermione with no idea what to do. Then the revelations of Rita Skeeter's shocking biography of Dumbledore causing Harry more agony and anger. The return of Ron brings secret thoughts to full public display. And what is Voldemort up to these days? All this and more as we continue our discussion of the final Harry Potter book.

Don't forget that the discussion can continue and you can tell us how you really feel!!! We're on Twitter @shackle52 (Prof. Deb), @JLR78 (Janina) and @RealzTenisFanz (Realz)!! You can find this episode on iTunes, Google, Spotify or wherever podcasts can be heard and downloaded.

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We are back for another exciting episode of RTF Podcast. It seems as though the tennis world even during the midst of a global pandemic, cannot be quiet. So to make sense of all the mess and madness of the tennis world, we invited Dr. Adia Benton (@ethnography911), PhD Social Anthropology, Harvard 2009 AND A HUGE TENNIS FAN. Dr. Benton is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University, where she is affiliated with the Science in Human Culture Program. Her first book, HIV Exceptionalism: Development Through Disease in Sierra Leone, won the 2017 Rachel Carson Prize, which is awarded by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) to the best book in the field of Science and Technology Studies with strong social or political relevance.

Her body of work addresses transnational efforts to eliminate health disparities and inequalities, and the role of ideology in global health. In addition to ongoing research on public health responses to epidemics, including the 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak, she has conducted research on the growing movement to fully incorporate surgical care into commonsense notions of “global health.” Her other writing has touched on the politics of anthropological knowledge in infectious disease outbreak response, racial hierarchies in humanitarianism and development, the business of professional sports, and techniques of enumeration in gender-based violence programs. She has a PhD in social anthropology from Harvard University, an MPH in international health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and an AB in Human Biology from Brown University. She has held a postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth College and visiting positions at Oberlin College and in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

We discussed the enigma that is Covid-19, the global and American response specifically and of course what the hell went on at the Adria Tour. It was fun and informative and a pleasure speaking with Dr. Benton.

***Want to say thanks to Dr. Benton for taking time out of her life to be a guest on this episode***

Don't forget that the discussion can continue wherever you can find us to tell us your comments and how you really feel!!! We're on Twitter @A_Gallivant (Andreen), @JLR78 (Janina) and @RealzTenisFanz (Realz)!! You can find this episode on YouTube, iTunes and Spotify not to mention wherever else podcasts can be heard and downloaded.

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Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.

In Part 10 of the 7th book, having narrowly escaped capture at the Lovegoods, the trio discuss the Deathly Hallows v the Horcruxes. Which should they seek as they imagine that Voldemort is after the former. They connect with the outside world via the wireless but their exuberance leads them to be captured finally. However, the Malfoy Manor holds both secrets and horrors for the young heroes and heroine. We get into this pivotal section of the book. Emotions run high in this episode.

Don't forget that the discussion can continue and you can tell us how you really feel!!! We're on Twitter @shackle52 (Prof. Deb), @JLR78 (Janina) and @RealzTenisFanz (Realz)!! You can find this episode on iTunes, Google, Spotify or wherever podcasts can be heard and downloaded.

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Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.

In this episode, we tackle the stepchild of the book series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This book is often cited as being the least loved, most overlooked and most complicated. We are fully invested in the political wranglings of the magical world and we are left wanting to understand how can folks be so obtuse to the obvious. We see that information, the withholding or seeking or suppressing information becomes the major theme driving this work. However, is this an attractive plot device? What about the female characterization? Hermione and her views on other female characters. What really happened to Delores Umbridge in the Forbidden Forest? All this and more in episode 11.

Don't forget that we really want to hear from you listeners. You can comment on any of the platforms or reach out to us via Twitter.

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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
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Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.

In our 3rd Episode, we begin Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. We come to realize that this book holds all the secrets for the whole series. It foreshadows all of the major plot points of books. This 2nd novel provides us with a glimpse of so many symbols, people and places that will represent so much more to the overall magical theories of the series. We discuss them all and discover new ones that we overlooked. As always we begin with the action at Privet Drive documenting the abuse and torture of Harry leading to a spirited discussion of Prejudice and Discrimination in the Magical/Real World.

The trivia question (Arrange the potion bottles as laid out by Professor Snape in the next to last chamber where the Sorcerer/Philosopher's stone was hidden by the clues Snape gave and figured out by Hermione) was not answered and so no new trivia question in this episode. However, in Part II of the Chamber of Secrets podcast, we will provide the answer and a new trivia question.

As always, we welcome suggestions, comments, criticism, praise, questions and nuanced insights. Be warned that there might be some cuss words but we will strive to never go beyond PG-13 rating.

NB That this episode will be available on YouTube hopefully and thus easier to comment

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