LIVE T&A with the Hosts

Burning questions are so much more fun than burning pee.

This is a special episode which was broadcasted live on Facebook. In this episode the hosts answer questions posed to them by Potterotics.

NOTE: The answers below are paraphrased.

Question 1: How did you guys all end up in Chicago?

* Allie transferred here for a job
* Danny is from Chicago originally
* Lyndsay moved here after college.

Question 2: How did y'all meet?

* Allie and Danny took improv classes together
* Lyndsay and Allie were introduced on a girl date through a shared friend.
* They had planned to have the occasional male guests, but Allie thought of Danny and the rest is history. Danny is the Chosen One of the podcast.

Question 3: How did you decide to do the podcast?

* Wanted to do something episodic over multiple episodes.
* Originally contemplated doing romance novels.
* Danny really loved Harry Potter, so when Allie mentioned that the podcast was HP themed he was very excited about it.

Question 4: Has there been any negative impacts on your lives or career?

* Lyndsay and Allie are self-employed (currently in branding), so their bosses are cool with it.
* Danny is in consulting and has been at the same company for quite some time and his coworkers have ranged from indifference to supportive.

Question 5: What are your pet peeves?

* Lyndsay is crotchety. She hates when people walk on the wrong side of the sidewalk and don't move over and who don't use their blinkers.
* Allie gets annoyed with poor service and when people are ignored. Also, when there is not "structure and organization"
* Danny hates when people don't ask questions about others and just talks about themselves.

Question 6: Favourite book or movie other than Harry Potter?

* Lyndsay finds "choosing a favourite" too stressful
* Allie likes science books like Sapiens, The Invention of Nature, the Soul of an Octopus. Movies is Dumb & Dumber, Billy Madison, White Chicks, Ace Venture. So....has both ends of the spectrum covered.
* Danny loves Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (the original movie), and books wise he has recently read Ready Player One and is currently reading A Little Life (which he describes as "sad", which is the understatement of the century).
* Danny's dad reminds him that he loves the movie "Kung Pow, Enter the Fist"

Question 7: Kirk or Picard?

* Lyndsay and Allie are not sure this is about Star Trek, so there was no definitive opinions on this one.

Question 8: What are some of your other favourite podcasts?

* Lyndsay: The Moth, Dear Sugar, Pod Save America, crime podcasts like Up & Vanished
* Allie: Left, Right and Centre, Bulletproof Radio, Cricket Media, The Pete & Sebastian Show (If Olive Garden was a podcast)
* Danny: All Songs Considered, Here's the Thing.

Question 9: Fur babies?

* Lyndsay: Dog named Puffin Dorito. Family boycotted Dorito as a first name
* Allie: Smokey (dog)
* Danny: Family dog is Houdini and fur nephew is Hippo

Question 10: What characters are you most like and why?

* Danny: Neville, pre-sexy.
* Allie: Hermione, with a touch of Sirius Black when she's pissed off.
* Lyndsay: Ron-ish, chill until she's not.

Question 11: Ron, Harry, Draco...Bone, Marry, Dump?

* Lyndsay: Bone Draco, Marry Ron, Dump Harry
* Allie: Marry Draco, Bone Harry, Dump Ron
* Danny: Bone Harry, Marry Ron, Dump Draco

Question 12: Do you have an OTP or a NoTP?

* Danny: McGonagall and Garrick Ollivander
* Allie: Wolfstar
* Lyndsay: Romione

Question 13: Did you ever do cosplay?

* Danny: not full cosplay, but did where merch

Question 14: Are your sex lives enhanced by the podcast?

* Allie: hasn't infiltrated, but more into other genres, so it has infiltrated her Goodreads account.
* Danny: Less phased than he was originally
* Lyndsay: No

Question 15: Favourite positions?

* Lyndsay: Not comfortable answering that.
* Allie: Padfoot style
* Danny: Likes all the possible location options that is now possible.
* Allie keeps trying to make Rughorn happen.

Question 16: If you could Polyjuice your partner into another person, who would you choose? And do you think there's a large black market for celebrity hair clippings in the magical world?

* All love that idea
* Lyndsay: wants so many. Kind of a kid in a candy store. Kit Harrington.
* Allie: Ryan Gosling

Question 17: Do you guys ever get drunk while recording? (Possibly from Amber)

* They drank champagne once, but they drink for pleasure, not for business.

Question 18: Have you ever taken something you've read from one of the fics and applied it to your love life?

* Danny: Music (Draco's Sex Playlist)
* Lyndsay and Allie both still really like the being lifted up on the counter from Quickie 1

Question 19: Where's your "no-go" line?

* MPreg - though might read it for a live event.
* Animals - squid and castle
* Allie: crossfictions

Question 20: Do you use improv skills in the podcast?

* Helps them build on the jokes and listen to each other.
* Danny highly recommends them.

Question 21: Have you ever been recognized?

* Danny tried to freak Allie out by having someone go up to her.

Question 22: Is it weird that we all feel like you're our best friends but you barely know us?

* They do the same thing with their favourite podcasts.
* They interact with a lot of people and they talk to the Potterotics more than they do some family members.
* The group is very supportive and they feel like they get to know people.

Question 23: Any plans for a midwest tour?

* Working on it. Likely might be Detroit and New York shows in the future.
* Their goal is to sell out Sydney Opera House for 3 days like My Dad Wrote A Porno