About this episode

The episode features an interview with the Wizard of New Zealand discussing various topics including wizardry, humor, and societal issues.

In this episode we talk to the Wizard of New Zealand about how he got his start in wizardry, the Fun Revolution, the humourlessness of Maoists, being engaged for 25 years, *Erewhon,* Anglicanism, the King in Parliament, why tea breaks are essential to proper warfare, grammar school, anarchism, how to avoid becoming too dependent on the state, red telephone booths, whether wizards actually practice magic, how to train wizards properly, making it rain, men and women, violent females (feat. lion...

People in this episode

Host: James

Guest: Wizard of New Zealand

Topics covered

• wizardry
• anarchism
• humor
• state dependency
• warfare
• gender roles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anglicanism

Books & works: Erewhon

Places: New Zealand

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