Witch, Please Drop-In: Episode 1: Sorting Ceremony

Witch, Please Drop-In: Episode 1: Sorting Ceremony

From Material Girls by Witch, Please Productions

April 7, 2026 · 1h 4m

About this episode

The episode is a re-publication of the first-ever episode of the original run of Witch, Please, reflecting on the hosts' early podcasting journey.

Feast your magic-loving ears on THIS! Today we are doing something very exciting. We are re-publishing the first-ever episode of the original run of Witch, Please. Back in 2015, Hannah and Marcelle were just two hot young things working in academia living in a world a bit different from the one we’re in today… and they decided to create a podcast about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Many of our listeners joined us while that show was on air — but a good number of you arrived after the fact! These episodes have been available to the public through our main Material Girls feed, but starting this month, we are transferring them to our Patreon page. If you’re a regular listener of the original run, not to fear, the episodes are still available for free and now without ads over on Patreon.com/ohwitchplease . Please enjoy this jump back in time to Valentine’s Day 2015 when Hannah and Marcelle began their joint podcasting journey. Here’s what you should know before listening to the OG run:  We used language then that we don’t use now. We think it’s important to learn in public and to stay accountable to past errors in judgment or ignorances so if you hear something you…

People in this episode

Hosts: Hannah, Marcelle

Topics covered

  • Wizarding World
  • Harry Potter
  • podcasting
  • academia

Keywords

  • 2015
  • Valentine's Day
  • Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Witch, Please Drop-In, Sorting Ceremony, Witch, Please, Material Girls, WP OG Run

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