Tag along as we explore chapter 13, The Very Secret Diary. We talk about the etymology of a new name, Voldemort's psyche, and once again we're debating whether or not Dumbledore is using legilimens on students. Listen along and feel free to e
Join us as we duel Malfoy, explore Snape's motivations for participating in the Dueling Club, and theorize about Neville Longbottom "basically being a squib".
So, really....what events have to take place for a Quidditch match to actually be called off?! Join us as we think through this and other moments in this fun chapter of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
The gang discusses Chapter 9, "The Writing on the Wall." Join us as we examine Snape's psyche, discuss Filch's love for Mrs. Norris, and think about who is the heir of Slytherin.
Mail call! A howler arrives for Ron and Harry. Harry is accused of seeking the limelight, starting a fan club, and giving out signed photographs. Meanwhile, we discuss the surprisingly complex character of Gilderoy Lockhart.
Harry, awakened from a dream in which someone is tapping at his cage, peers out of his barred windows to see his best friend, Ron Weasley, inside a car suspended outside of his window. Driving are Ron's older twin brothers, Fred and George, wh
The gang began talking after our initial recording of Chapter 2 and decided we had a couple of points to add. Enjoy this short bonus episode of Chapter 2 of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
Forced to spend his birthday preparing for a boring dinner party for Uncle Vernon's work associate, Harry retreats to his room to find someone (or is it something?) is sitting on his bed. Join the HPBC as we begin our journey into the Chamber
The HPBC journeys through the trap door and discusses whether Dumbledore intends to let Harry, Ron, and Hermione face the challenges on the other side.
"The forest," he repeated, and he didn't sound quite as cool as usual. "We can't go in there at night- there's all sorts of things in there- werewolves, I heard."Join us as we meet Firenze and the other centaurs and travel through the Forbidde
"You don't understand, Professor. Harry Potter's coming- he's got a dragon!" Harry and Hermione must race to the top of the tallest tower to help keep the Keeper of the Keys out of trouble...but trouble is waiting for them at the foot of the
"Nicholas Flamel," she whispered dramatically, "is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone!"The HPBC discusses Chapter 13 of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".
"DESIREFORORRIMEHT,11RETPAHCSSUCSIDEWSASUNIOJ""Let me explain. The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?"