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Hello magical friends, and welcome to WZRD radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I hope the weather is as lovely where you are as it is here; perfect temperatures for a long, lazy broom-ride through the countryside. Let’s soundtrack that ride, shall we? Here’s “The Ballad of Auntie Muriel” from Tereyagli Kedi.

Hello magical friends, with an extra-big “hi!” to my wonderful patrons who make interviews like this possible. I’m your hostwitch Bess, and today at WZRD we’re doing a double interview! You’re going to love this one, so let’s jump straight to the music! Oh wait, first a special announcement: You have until the end of the month to sign up for this year’s cover swap!

Welcome back, magical friends, to WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I don’t know about you, but I’m excited to be getting back to Hogwarts after our summer break. I hope you had a lovely break, more Weasley- or Granger- style than Harry’s. To ease us back into the swing of things, here’s our first music break, with Autumn Brooke and “Ode to Wizard Rock.”

Hello magical friends, especially my delightful patrons who make these interview episodes possible. I’m your hostwitch Bess and this is our last episode before WZRD goes on summer break! So I’m sneaking in a couple news items here. First: the Sampler deadline got extended to the end of July, so you’ve still got a couple weeks to throw something silly together!

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Hello magical friends and welcome to episode 145 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and you know we’re excited for July. It’s a big month around here! Let’s get started celebrating with some music! Here’s Autumn Brooke and “Chocolate Frogs.”

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 144 of WZRD Radio, with an extra big hello and thank you to my wonderful patrons, who make these interview episodes possible! I’m your hostwitch Bess and today we’re chatting with the absolute legend behind Your Wizard Rock Resource. But did you know she’s a wizard rocker as well? We’re going to talk about that today, as soon as we finish with this first set of songs.

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 143 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m excited for another episode all about wizard rock. So let’s dive right in! Our first set of songs starts with Chasitherin and “Castle Durmstrang.” ~*~

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 142 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and today I’m delighted to share my interview with Solitary Snape! They had so much to say about the Swedish wrock scene and I can’t wait to dive into it with you. But first, of course, is our regularly schedule music, so here’s Corky Bratts with “Keeper.”

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 141 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and if you find a roaming herd of purple pens, could you send them back my way? I’m not sure where they’ve decided to wander. Or, frankly, how. While I go hunt for my writing utensils, here’s some music to keep you company. First up is Candle Wix and the iconic “Flying Car.”

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 140 of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess and I hope you find a cool bug or flower today. If you do, send me a picture! This is a fun one, magical friends. Not only do we chat a little about Young Dumbledore, we get some Harry and the Potters tidbits! Our music today begins with the Library Bards and “Accio.”

Hello magical friends and welcome to episode 139 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I hope you’re all having a fabulous day. This month’s music is kicking off with Slytherpuff and “Rock the House,” so let’s get started.

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Hello magical friends, with an extra-special greeting to my newest magical patron, Hanna, whose support lets me do these interviews! I hope everyone’s having fun celebrating our sixth anniversary. Did you remember to get your cake? If not, here’s another chance, while the first music break plays. First up this month is “Song for the Death Eaters” by Harry and the Potters.'

Hello magical friends and welcome to episode 137 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I want to wish you all a happy sixth anniversary! Can you believe we’ve been running this show for that long? It’s all thanks to you; all your support, your listens, your messages and everything else you pour into this show to tell me it has a place in the community and is worth doing.

Hello magical friends, especially my wonderful patrons who make these interview episodes possible! I’m your hostwitch Bess and today we’re talking to the lovely Eyes Like Mine. I know you’re looking forward to hearing our conversation, but it just isn’t WZRD without the music, so here’s Newt Skabander with “My Name is Newt.” ~*~ That was Newt Skabander and “

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 135 of WZRD Radio. You've probably noticed that I am not your usual hostwitch, who is currently under the weather with a terrible case of dragonpox. Bess is expected to make a full recovery but she asked me, Lillian, also known as Hope & the Howlers, to fill in for her until she's no longer breathing fire when she talks.

Hello magical friends, especially my magical patrons who make these interviews possible! With my hosting service raising their prices for the first time in WZRD’s history, I extra appreciate you. I’m your hostwitch Bess and we’re starting this year’s interview off right, with an absolute classic of a band. But we’re still the same WZRD, which means the music comes first.

Hello magical friends and welcome to the first episode of 2026! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I can’t wait to see what we do this year. Do you have wrock goals? Resolutions? Hopes and dreams? Let’s start writing them down while the first block of music plays. Here’s “Broken Wand” by Kirstyn Hippe.

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 132: the final episode of 2025! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I hope you’re having a very cozy holiday season. Today’s episode is dedicated to James, who put in an extra-special request for the Mudbloods Christmas trilogy. So while we’ll be starting off, as is tradition, with “A Very Severus Christmas,” we’re also going to share a full story time today.

Hello magical friends, especially my wonderful patrons who make these interview episodes possible. I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m excited to share the final interview of 2025 with you! We’re getting another peek into the Australian wizard rock scene and it’s very cool. First, of course, comes the music. Here is “Wizard Solidarity Forever” by Hope and the Howlers.

Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 130 of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m so excited people are playing the theme guessing game again! So congratulations to James and Celia, who managed to guess episode 128’s theme of “Umbridge” at almost the same time! Let’s get to this month’s themed music! Our first song is “The Lavatory Song” from the 8th Horcrux.