Welcome to the first episode of Two Butterbeers! This is chapter one of The Sorcerer's Stone. Do you think Dumbledore is a responsible wizard? Listen to us discuss his decision to leave Harry with the Dursley's along with other Harry Potter related topics.  Thanks for stopping by!

Welcome to the first episode of Two Butterbeers! This is chapter one of The Sorcerer's Stone. Do you think Dumbledore is a responsible wizard? Listen to us discuss his decision to leave Harry with the Dursley's along with other Harry Potter related topics.  Thanks for stopping by!

b1c1: The Boy Who Lived

On today's episode of Two Butterbeers we sit down and discuss the second chapter in the Sorcerer's Stone. We also give you an inside look into how we met. Enjoy!

On today's episode of Two Butterbeers we sit down and discuss the second chapter in the Sorcerer's Stone. We also give you an inside look into how we met. Enjoy!

b1c2: The Vanishing Glass

On today's episode of Two Butterbeers, we discuss the third and fourth chapters of the Sorcerer's Stone, including why we think Dumbledore is actually a pimp. Listen closely and you'll also hear one of Karyn's dogs snoring. Enjoy!

On today's episode of Two Butterbeers, we discuss the third and fourth chapters of the Sorcerer's Stone, including why we think Dumbledore is actually a pimp. Listen closely and you'll also hear one of Karyn's dogs snoring. Enjoy!

b1c3-4: The Letters from No One & The Keeper of the Keys

Welcome to episode four of Two ButterBeers. On today's episode Vergie and Karyn talk chapter five of the Sorcerer's Stone, Diagon Alley. We also introduce a new segment and talk about Harry Potter World at Universal. Thanks for listening! 

Welcome to episode four of Two ButterBeers. On today's episode Vergie and Karyn talk chapter five of the Sorcerer's Stone, Diagon Alley. We also introduce a new segment and talk about Harry Potter World at Universal. Thanks for listening!

b1c5: Diagon Alley

Welcome to episode five of Two Butterbeers. On today's episode, Vergie and Karyn discuss chapter six of the Sorcerer's Stone, The Journey to Platform 9 3/4. Listen carefully for the spell of the day. Thanks for listening! 

Welcome to episode five of Two Butterbeers. On today's episode, Vergie and Karyn discuss chapter six of the Sorcerer's Stone, The Journey to Platform 9 3/4. Listen carefully for the spell of the day. Thanks for listening!

b1c6: The Journey to Platform Nine and Three Quarters

Welcome back to Two Butterbeers! On this weeks episode, we finally make it to Hogwarts in the Sorcerer's Stone. Everyone gets sorted into their houses while Karyn and Vergie make plans to relive the magic and see the movie in theaters! Hear our thoughts on Dumbledore and the diversity in the Gryffindor house. Thanks for listening!! 

Welcome back to Two Butterbeers! On this weeks episode, we finally make it to Hogwarts in the Sorcerer's Stone. Everyone gets sorted into their houses while Karyn and Vergie make plans to relive the magic and see the movie in theaters! Hear our thoughts on Dumbledore and the diversity in the Gryffindor house. Thanks for listening!!

b1c7: The Sorting Hat

Welcome back to Two Butterbeers. We learn all about the professors at Hogwarts in this week's episode and Karyn and Vergie share their favorite and least favorite teachers and classes. Harry and Ron also take a trip to Hagrid's hut after a terrible potions lesson. What exactly is a rock cake and have you ever tasted one? Thanks for listening!

Welcome back to Two Butterbeers. We learn all about the professors at Hogwarts in this week's episode and Karyn and Vergie share their favorite and least favorite teachers and classes. Harry and Ron also take a trip to Hagrid's hut after a terrible potions lesson. What exactly is a rock cake and have you ever tasted one? Thanks for listening!

b1c8: The Potion's Master

Welcome back to TwoButterbeers! On this week's episode we review chapter 9 of the Sorcerer's Stone. Karyn and Vergie reveal their Harry Potter crushes while Vergie struggles with pronouncing Remembrall. Who's your Potter crush?   Thanks for listening!

Welcome back to TwoButterbeers! On this week's episode we review chapter 9 of the Sorcerer's Stone. Karyn and Vergie reveal their Harry Potter crushes while Vergie struggles with pronouncing Remembrall. Who's your Potter crush? Thanks for listening!

b1c9: The Midnight Duel

Welcome back to Two Butterbeers! This week we take a look at chapter 10 of the Sorcerer's Stone. Karyn and Vergie talk about how dangerous Quidditch really is and why we think Professor Mcgonagall is a single-mom. We also reveal our favorite books in the series. Thanks for listening!   TROLLS IN THE DUNGEON!!!

Welcome back to Two Butterbeers! This week we take a look at chapter 10 of the Sorcerer's Stone. Karyn and Vergie talk about how dangerous Quidditch really is and why we think Professor Mcgonagall is a single-mom. We also reveal our favorite books in the series. Thanks for listening! TROLLS IN THE DUNGEON!!!

b1c10: Halloween 

Nicholas Flamel

Hello all! We're back at it again with another episode of Two Butterbeers. This week we're reviewing chapters 13 and 14 of The Sorcerer's Stone. Do you think Dumbledore and McGonagall had a "thing"? We do! Why else would she be lurking around the castle at one in the morning? Let us know what you think on Twitter using @TwoButterbeers.  Thanks for listening and don't forget to share!

Hello all! We're back at it again with another episode of Two Butterbeers. This week we're reviewing chapters 13 and 14 of The Sorcerer's Stone. Do you think Dumbledore and McGonagall had a "thing"? We do! Why else would she be lurking around the castle at one in the morning? Let us know what you think on Twitter using @TwoButterbeers.  Thanks for listening and don't forget to share!

b1c13-14: Nicholas Flamel & Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

Welcome to Two Butterbeers! Each week Karyn and Vergie sit down and talk the best wizarding franchise in the world "Harry Potter." Join us as we re-visit the adventures of "The Boy Who Lived" through chapter analysis, personal stories and much more. You can even join in the conversation on social media. So grab your broomstick and enjoy the ride.

Welcome back to Two Butterbeers! On this weeks episode, we are covering chapter 15 of the Sorcerer's Stone. Harry and the gang are sent into the Forbidden Forest after getting caught out of bed after hours. Do you think this punishment was a bit much or was it justified? Also was taking away 150 points from Gryffindor a little too harsh? Karyn and Vergie break down the chapter and give their own thoughts.    Thanks for listening! 

Welcome back to Two Butterbeers! On this weeks episode, we are covering chapter 15 of the Sorcerer's Stone. Harry and the gang are sent into the Forbidden Forest after getting caught out of bed after hours. Do you think this punishment was a bit much or was it justified? Also was taking away 150 points from Gryffindor a little too harsh? Karyn and Vergie break down the chapter and give their own thoughts.  Thanks for listening!

b1c15: The Forbidden Forest

We've FINALLY completed the first book! Can you believe it? Thanks so much for sticking with us thus far. We can't wait to get started on The Chamber of Secrets. 

We've FINALLY completed the first book! Can you believe it? Thanks so much for sticking with us thus far. We can't wait to get started on The Chamber of Secrets.

b1c16-17: Through the Trapdoor & The Man With Two Faces

We have finally made it to the Chamber of Secrets! On this episode of Two Butterbeers, we dive into the first two chapters of the second book.  Do you think Harry should have just tried to escape the Dursleys? We tell you what we think. Thanks for listening!!

We have finally made it to the Chamber of Secrets! On this episode of Two Butterbeers, we dive into the first two chapters of the second book.  Do you think Harry should have just tried to escape the Dursleys? We tell you what we think. Thanks for listening!!

b2c1-2: The Worst Birthday & Dobby's Warning

Hello everyone. This week we visit the Weasleys! There's loads of food, gnomes, and a ghoul (which we find out is COMPLETELY different from a ghost). HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Hello everyone. This week we visit the Weasleys! There's loads of food, gnomes, and a ghoul (which we find out is COMPLETELY different from a ghost). HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

b2c3: The Burrow

Welcome back to Two ButterBeers! On this weeks episode we head to Diagon Alley as the crew gets ready for another year at Hogwarts. Karyn and Vergie discuss whether or not Harry should have helped buy books for some of the Wesley kids and Karyn's dogs may make a surprise appearance (listen closely) :) Thanks for listening!! 

Welcome back to Two ButterBeers! On this weeks episode we head to Diagon Alley as the crew gets ready for another year at Hogwarts. Karyn and Vergie discuss whether or not Harry should have helped buy books for some of the Wesley kids and Karyn's dogs may make a surprise appearance (listen closely) :) Thanks for listening!!

b2c4: At Flourish and Blotts

Welcome back to Two ButterBeers! The boys still Mr. Weasley's car to get to Hogwarts and are rewarded with a plate of endless sandwiches...or something like that. Also, Karyn and Vergie discuss robots taking over the planet.    Thanks for listening!

Welcome back to Two ButterBeers! The boys still Mr. Weasley's car to get to Hogwarts and are rewarded with a plate of endless sandwiches...or something like that. Also, Karyn and Vergie discuss robots taking over the planet.  Thanks for listening!

b2c5: The Whomping Willow

Gilderoy Lockhart

Happy Fantastic Beasts week! Welcome back to Two ButterBeers. On today's episode we talk the man, the myth, the very annoying legend Gilderoy Lockhart. Also...do you think Colin admiration for Harry is creepy or just sweet?   Thanks for listening fellow Potterheads!

Happy Fantastic Beasts week! Welcome back to Two ButterBeers. On today's episode we talk the man, the myth, the very annoying legend Gilderoy Lockhart. Also...do you think Colin admiration for Harry is creepy or just sweet? Thanks for listening fellow Potterheads!

b2c6: Gilderoy Lockhart

Hello Two Butterbeers fans! This week we are switching things up a bit with a special holiday treat. Karyn and Vergie review the recently released Fantastic Beasts movie!!! We share our thoughts on the characters, storytelling and where we hope the movie goes from here. Want to watch this review in video form? Head on over to our Instagram page @twobutterbeers and watch on IGTV. We'll be back to normal reviews next week :)  Thanks for all your support!

Hello Two Butterbeers fans! This week we are switching things up a bit with a special holiday treat. Karyn and Vergie review the recently released Fantastic Beasts movie!!! We share our thoughts on the characters, storytelling and where we hope the movie goes from here. Want to watch this review in video form? Head on over to our Instagram page @twobutterbeers and watch on IGTV. We'll be back to normal reviews next week :)  Thanks for all your support!

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Review Special 

Hello all! This week Gryffindor and Slytherin break into a fight during Quidditch practice and Ron ends up coughing up slugs (and not the good kind). This chapter also foreshadows Harry's future breakdowns (the dude is hearing voices). At least Lockhart's sense of style keeps us on our toes.  Thanks for listening!

Hello all! This week Gryffindor and Slytherin break into a fight during Quidditch practice and Ron ends up coughing up slugs (and not the good kind). This chapter also foreshadows Harry's future breakdowns (the dude is hearing voices). At least Lockhart's sense of style keeps us on our toes.  Thanks for listening!

b2c7: Mudbloods and Murmurs

What's up folks and welcome back to Two Butterbeers. This week we get an inside look at a ghostly Deathday Party. Meanwhile, Harry continues his mental breakdown as Mrs. Norris is attacked!  Also Karyn and Vergie discuss proper party etiquette. :)  Thanks for listening! 

What's up folks and welcome back to Two Butterbeers. This week we get an inside look at a ghostly Deathday Party. Meanwhile, Harry continues his mental breakdown as Mrs. Norris is attacked!  Also Karyn and Vergie discuss proper party etiquette. :)  Thanks for listening!

b2c8: The Deathday Party

A Potter podcast with chatty friends. Very enjoyable to listen to. I miss these young women. Hope they are back soon.

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Two Butterbeers: A Harry Potter Chit-Chat

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Michael Sandel explores the philosophical justifications made for national borders. Using a pioneering state-of-the-art studio at the Harvard Business School, Professor Sandel is joined by 60 participants from over 30 countries in a truly global digital space. Is there any moral distinction between a political refugee and an economic migrant? If people have the right to exit a country, why not a right to enter? Do nations have the right to protect the affluence of their citizens? And is there such a thing as a 'national identity'? These are just some of the questions addressed by Professor Sandel in this first edition of The Global Philosopher.Audience producer: Louise ColettaProducer: David EdmondsEditor: Richard Knight(Image taken by Rose Lincoln)

The Public Philosopher

Michael Sandel explores the philosophical justifications made for national borders. Using a pioneering state-of-the-art studio at the Harvard Business School, Professor Sandel is joined by 60 participants from over 30 countries in a truly global digital space. Is there any moral distinction between a political refugee and an economic migrant? If people have the right to exit a country, why not a right to enter? Do nations have the right to protect the affluence of their citizens? And is there such a thing as a 'national identity'? These are just some of the questions addressed by Professor Sandel in this first edition of The Global Philosopher. Audience producer: Louise Coletta Producer: David Edmonds Editor: Richard Knight (Image taken by Rose Lincoln)

The Global Philosopher: Should Borders Matter?

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book “21 Lessons for the 21st Century.” They discuss the importance of meditation for his intellectual life, the primacy of stories, the need to revise our fundamental assumptions about human civilization, the threats to liberal democracy, a world without work, universal basic income, the virtues of nationalism, the implications of AI and automation, and other topics. SUBSCRIBE to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast at samharris.org/subscribe.

Making Sense with Sam Harris

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book “21 Lessons for the 21st Century.” They discuss the importance of meditation for his intellectual life, the primacy of stories, the need to revise our fundamental assumptions about human civilization, the threats to liberal democracy, a world without work, universal basic income, the virtues of nationalism, the implications of AI and automation, and other topics. SUBSCRIBE to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast at <a href="http://samharris.org/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">samharris.org/subscribe</a>.

#138 — The Edge of Humanity

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How our mind explains things:[topic-start]
“The way that the mind works, very frequently, is that we start from a decision, or we start from a belief, and then the stories that explain it come to our mind. Conclusions come first, and rationalizations come later.”[topic-end]
How we come to believe things:[topic-start]
"The real cause of your belief in a political position, the real causes are rooted in your personal history. They’re rooted in who are the people that you trusted and what they seemed to believe in, and it has very little to do with the reasons that come to your mind, why your position is correct and the position of the other side is nonsensical."[topic-end]
Who is Daniel Kahneman:[topic-start]
Nobel prize winning psychologist and economist who helped created the field of behavioural economics.

The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist on why we think and act the way we do — and why facts matter less than we think in forming our beliefs.
With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior. He is a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics for helping to create the field of behavioral economics — and is a self-described “constant worrier.” It’s fun, helpful, and more than a little unnerving to apply his insights into why we think and act the way we do in this moment of social and political tumult.
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Daniel Kahneman — Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other

Real scenarios of a hospital during a war:[topic-start]
“... we were hand squeezing his ventilator as we ran out of oxygen" and when we finally found the physician to get more oxygen, he said "We don't have any oxygen left, you're going to have to let him go"[topic-end]
Who is Sheri Fink:[topic-start]
An investigative journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of Memorial Hospital (the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina).

Sheri Fink on the tragedy of being forced to choose who's life to save

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, Sheri Fink’s exhaustively reported Five Days at Memorial You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: www.nytimes.com/triage Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security.  Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.    

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When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, <a href="http://www.sherifink.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheri Fink’s</a> exhaustively reported <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Five-Days-Memorial-Storm-Ravaged-Hospital/dp/0307718972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471783956&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=five+days+at+memorial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Five Days at Memorial</a> You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/triage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/triage</a> Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/radiolab-it/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=radiolab-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radiolab.org/donate</a>.

Two Butterbeers: A Harry Potter Chit-Chat

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