The Three Broomsticks is a Harry Potter podcast that dives deeply into the seven books and the wider Wizarding World to find new insight and discuss the tiniest of details.
Special Thanks
It truly takes a village to launch a podcast, so we’re especially grateful to these lovely people helping us out with their amazing talents:
Editing by Patrick Musilek
Artwork and Design by Nick Beecher
- Website: https://nickbeecher.art/
Theme song by The Faithful Sidekicks
Meet the Team
Irvin Khaytman | Host and Founder
Irvin is a Ravenpuff in his 30s hailing from New York City, where he does taxes by day and all things geeky by night. He is the author of Dumbledore: The Life and Lies. Irvin has been “MuggleNet’s controversial columnist” since 2011, writing under the moniker “hpboy13” in the Three Broomsticks column. Irvin was a host of the Alohomora! podcast from 2019 to 2022. In his spare time, he is the Dark Lord of the Dance, leader of the Dancing Death Eaters; the organizer of NYC’s Meetup group, the NY Order of the Phoenix; and an avid cosplayer. Aside from working hours, Irvin has no muggle life – whenever he is not sewing costumes or dancing the night away, he is probably writing or talking about Harry Potter.
Aurelia Lieb | Host and Founder
Aurelia or Aureo (she/they) is a Gryffindor from Germany. They currently live in England enjoying the magical British countryside where they are working in marketing in their muggle job. Aureo has been a podcast host of SpeakBeasty and Alohomora! and was part of the MuggleNet leadership team.
In their free time, they can be found playing basketball or roaming the hills and woods while listening to an audiobook or podcast.
Sam Williams | Host and Founder
J. Sam Williams is an avid lover of stories. Sam enjoys anything speculative or literary as a teacher during the day and a writer at night. He holds his MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University of Los Angeles and is a regular contributor to Meow Meow Pow Pow’s Pup Pup Blog. He taught breakdancing for 3 years and now teaches English in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he also lives with his wife, cats, and puppy.
Sophia Jenkins | Host and Founder
Sophia Jenkins is a proud Hufflepuff and the Contributions Editor for MuggleNet. She likes to channel her inner Luna Lovegood by reading Harry Potter analysis books (upside down, of course) while wearing her large collection of miniature food earrings.
Ev McLoughlin | Host
Ev (she/they) is a Gryffindor living in Northern Ireland. When she’s not reading/watching/thinking about Wizarding World, she dabbles in poetry and various arts. She also volunteers at a heritage railway, hoping one day to give up her IT job to drive the Hogwarts Express (or, at least, replace the trolley lady).
Sierra Obermark | Host
Sierra is a lifelong lover of fantasy stories whose obsession with Harry Potter began at six years old. A Hufflepuff who married a Gryffindor, Sierra can’t wait to pass on her Harry Potter knowledge to their daughter and others through this podcast.
In her limited free time, she and her husband slay in Call of Duty, compare Skyrim builds, and argue over the best web-slinging outfits. Games, stories, movies, and television are consumed voraciously in Sierra’s home.
Geoff Hutton | Social Media
Geoff (they/them) is a non-binary, pansexual, vegetarian, podcasting, wizard rocker, and warehouse worker who lives in Louisville, KY. When they aren’t casting pods or wrocking out, Geoff enjoys being at home with their wife Ashely and four cats (Kaname, Yuki, Marley, and Molly). Geoff is a frequent guest, volunteer, and attendee at conventions all over the place for everything from anime to Harry Potter to fandoms in general.