The day is finally here! We are ending season 3 with a special wrap up episode. It’s special not just because we’ve never done a wrap up discussion before but also because we have a guest! We are joined by Vignesh Vijayakumar AKA Body, a certified Potterhead and a friend of the podcast. Listen on as we discuss The overarching themes of Prisoner of Azkaban Time-travel Book vs movie A little bit of book 4! Thank you so much for listening to us this season ❤️ We’ll be back with a back with season 4...
Aug 30, 2020•Season 3Ep. 11
The world changed after our previous episode. The COVID-19 situation has taken over our lives completely and we took a little hiatus to get used to working from home, cooking for ourselves, and generally living differently. We are back now with the penultimate episode of this season where we discuss the last two chapters of Prisoner of Azkaban: 21. Hermione’s Secret and 22. Owl Post Again. Since we had a sneaky suspicion that we incurred God’s wrath by doing a video episode last time, we’ve deci...
Jul 25, 2020•Season 3Ep. 10
Hello and welcome to Mimblewimble, the now-video and audio Harry Potter podcast! A lot of people have asked us about how the sausage gets made (we’re flattered!) so we decided to do something fun and do two versions of this episode: an unedited video version and a more polished audio version for the people who prefer to listen to us and not look at us. Enjoy! In this episode, we covered Chapters 19. The Servant of Lord Voldemort and 20. The Dementor’s Kiss . SUMMARY After Snape reveals himself i...
Apr 20, 2020•Season 3Ep. 9
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. This episode covers the action packed chapters 16, 17 and 18 Professor Trelawney’s Prediction , Cat, Rat and Dog , and Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs . Basically: The text version for the fans: 1) Hermione has exams but she's not able to concentrate because Buckbeak's appeal is on their last day of exams and she has multiple exams scheduled for the same time slot. Why can’t a body just write an exam in peace?! 2) They find out that Buc...
Feb 29, 2020•Season 3Ep. 8
IT’S THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. But first, a summary of the events we cover in this episode, chapters 14. Snape’s Grudge and 15. The Quidditch Final . After Sirius Black almost attacked Ron, more steps are taken to increase Hogwarts security: Sir Cadogan is out and the Fat Lady is instituted again, along with security trolls to protect her. When Ron and Harry meet Hagrid to discuss Sirius Black, they discover that Hermione had been helping him to argue for Buckbeak for their case aga...
Jan 12, 2020•Season 3Ep. 7
Bonjour! This is a bit of a short episode because it covers only one chapter: Gryffindor vs Ravenclaw . Over the course of this episode, we discuss the breakdown of Hermione’s relationship with the person whose pet gets eaten by her cat, the broomstick that damaged her relationship with her friends, a match that she may or may not have attended, a party that she left early and a book with atleast 422 pages that she had to read for a class. SUMMARY Tension between Ron and Hermione reaches an all-...
Nov 26, 2019•Season 3Ep. 6
Oh hi there! Didn’t see you before. In this episode, Hermione eats a nice Christmas dinner, has to make a really really hard decision and rat her friends out to her teacher, spend some time by herself as a consequence, go through a reconciliation with said friends and then end up in a fight again with one of them because of her cat. Poor Hermione! That’s a lot of things for one person to go through over the course of one episode. SUMMARY When we last left off, Harry is still reeling from the sho...
Sep 24, 2019•Season 3Ep. 5
Hello again! In this episode, Hermione sleeps in the Great Hall, attends a Quidditch match even though it’s raining cats and dogs, and goes to Hogsmeade. With her friends! Exciting things afoot. Here’s a longer summary: The night after Black's break-in, all the students sleep in the Great Hall, while the professors, led by Dumbledore, search the castle for Black. They find nothing. Sir Cadogan replaces the Fat Lady as the Gryffindor entrance portrait and things sort of go back to normal as the w...
Aug 12, 2019•Season 3Ep. 4
Hello again! It’s Hagrid’s first class teaching Care of Magical creatures and it’s off to a rocky start. Hagrid shows the class a new half-horse, half-bird creature called a Hippogriff and gets Harry to even ride on one. But trouble comes in the form on Malfoy who taunts the creature and get’s injured. His father would surely hear about this! Two days later, Malfoy joins the class for Potions and taunts Harry for not going after Sirius Black who is rumoured to be sighted, not too far from Hogwar...
Jul 02, 2019•Season 3Ep. 3
“Well, look who it is. Potty and the weasel.” When we last left off, Hermione had just bought a new pet that Ron thoroughly disapproved of. The three of them return to the Leaky Cauldron where they have dinner with the rest of the Weasleys. When Harry's looking for Scabbers' rat tonic post-dinner, he accidentally overhears a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and finds out that Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban to find and kill him, Harry. Things make a lot more sense after Harry overhear...
Jun 02, 2019•Season 3Ep. 2
"You bought that monster?" said Ron, his mouth hanging open. "He's gorgeous, isn't he?" said Hermione, glowing. NEW SEASON, NEW US! We’re really excited to be starting our newest season, covering a particularly favorite book for both of us: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . So, in the spirit of change, we’re shaking things up by reordering the way we come at this. First up, here are the chapters we cover in this particular episode: Chapter 1: Owl Post Chapter 2: Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake...
Mar 06, 2019•Season 3Ep. 1
When we last left off, Fawkes was leading our favorite group of teenagers minus Hermione plus Gilderoy Lockhart to Professor McGonagall’s office. When they get there, they realize that it’s not just McGonagall in her office but also the Weasleys and Professor Dumbledore. Everyone is very happy and excited to see Ginny alive and well. Harry explains everything that happened that night and over the last few months and Dumbledore helps him smoothen out the explanations and sort out some ends like L...
Nov 15, 2018•Season 2Ep. 10
This is it. The moment we’ve all been waiting for - the resolution of the tangle of plots that is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . In these two chapters, we discover: The identity of the monster attacking people The identity of the person who’s been enabling the monster The location of the Chamber of Secrets How the monster has been getting around the castle (pipes!) Why so many of Lockhart’s books feature him on the cover Why the Heir of Slytherin is obsessed with Harry and Why it matt...
Oct 24, 2018•Season 2Ep. 9
After Hermione is petrified, Ron is in shock. There are talks about the school closing. This drives Harry to confront Hagrid. When Ron and Harry visit Hagrid, they observe that he is oddly jittery. They don’t have to wait long to find out why. Hagrid is visited by Cornelius Fudge and Albus Dumbledore. Fudge, the minister of Magic wants to send Hagrid to Azkaban, the wizard prison, because they have to be seen “doing something” to prevent the attacks. Lucius Malfoy also arrives and tells Dumbledo...
Oct 11, 2018•Season 2Ep. 8
This episode is all about the events leading up to everyone’s worst fears since we discovered there’s a monster on the loose attacking Muggleborns. Before Ron discovers that his friend is the latest victim, he: (and Harry) discovers a suspicious diary in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. He’s very skeptical of it because books can be dangerous (beyond just giving you dangerous ideas) but Harry picks it up and carries it around anyway. suspects that Hermione might have given Lockhart a valentine. He is ...
Sep 27, 2018•Season 2Ep. 7
“Oh Potter, you rotter, what have you done?” When we last left off, Harry was beginning to question if he could really be the heir - he can speak Parseltongue AND the Sorting Hat wanted to place him in Slytherin. But before investigating anything else, Harry decides to find Justin Finch Fletchley and explain what happened the previous night. When attempting to find Justin, Harry overhears a bunch of Hufflepuffs discussing the possibility of his being the heir and attacking Muggleborn students. A...
Sep 13, 2018•Season 2Ep. 6
"Training for the Ballet, Potter?" Welcome to yet another electrifying, riveting, innnnnvigorating episode of Mimblewimble - the Harry Potter podcast! Okay, that's enough excitement for today. After Ron learns about the Chamber of Secrets, he thinks it's just like Salazar Slytherin to do something this twisted. He is also disgusted to find out that the whole school somehow came to the conclusion that it is Harry who is behind all the attacks. Harry, Ron and Hermione go back to the scene of crime...
Aug 24, 2018•Season 2Ep. 5
In this episode, we (and Ron) get to learn a little bit about the title of this book aka The Chamber of Secrets. But before that, a whole bunch of stuff happens: - Harry and Ron get assigned detentions. McGonagall smartly tailors the detentions - Harry gets assigned time with his favoritest Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor and Ron has to clean the trophy room, in the Muggle way, with Filch. Talk about fun. During his detention, Harry hears a disembodied voice but can't be sure where it wa...
Aug 09, 2018•Season 2Ep. 4
"Eat slugs, Malfoy!" In episode 3 of season 2, we discuss the events leading up to Ron coming to Hermione's defense. From what? Let's find out. After they find out that they cannot get past the barrier in platform 9 3/4, Ron and Harry put their heads together to come up with a misguided and dangerous plan. They decide to ride the flying car to Hogwarts. What could go wrong, right? Turns out, everything. Well, the car is seen by some muggles The car loses juice and starts to protest against the l...
Jul 26, 2018•Season 2Ep. 3
"Very fishy. Definitely dodgy." After Ron's heroic rescue of Harry who was imprisoned in the Dursley house, Harry updates the Weasley brothers on everything that happened during the summer. They have a very different take on the Dobby episode. Unlike Harry, they think that Dobby was sent by someone who hates Harry aka Draco Malfoy. At this point, it is important to note that the Weasley brothers and Harry are in a magical flying car. They are flying it back to the Burrow, where the Weasleys live...
Jul 12, 2018•Season 2Ep. 3
HARRY POTTER STORIES In this episode, this segment features Jyotsna Hariharan, a listener and a friend of the podcast. If you are interested in sharing your story with us, just record yourself telling the story of how you starting reading the books and send it to [email protected] . PREPARATION You can prepare for this episode by reading Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning Chapter 3: The Burrow of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets...
Jun 21, 2018•Season 2Ep. 1
Harry walks through fire to meet Quirrell, not Snape. It's quickly revealed that Quirrell is acting under Voldemort's orders and is trying to discover the secrets of the Mirror of Erised so that he can take the Stone and bring Voldemort back to life. Somehow, Harry winds up with the Stone. Harry lies about it but the voice sees through his lies and demands to speak to him "face to face". Quirrell unwraps his turban to reveal a second face on the back of his head - Voldemort. Harry tries to get a...
May 17, 2018•Season 1Ep. 9
After Harry, Hermione, Malfoy and Neville get caught out of bed past curfew, by Filch, McGonagall takes 50 each from their respective houses and assigns them detentions. Losing a 150 points puts Gryffindor behind Slytherin, in the House Championships. This really pisses off the rest of the school who ostracize Harry and Hermione. Regretful, Harry decides to not meddle in business that isn’t his own and concentrate on studying (famous last words). They throw themselves into studying but even as H...
May 02, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Still recovering from his encounter with the Mirror of Erised, Harry throws himself into his Quidditch training to get his mind off things. Neville thwarts them in their quest to read every book in the Hogwarts Library, in their quest to find out who Nicolas Flamel is, by giving them a Chocolate Frog card that reveals his identity. He turns out to be 665-ish odd years old and the only known maker/possessor of the Philosopher's Stone, something that can produce the Elixir of Life. Just before his...
Apr 11, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 7
After the Harry Potter trio, as we know now, is formed, we can see them helping each other out as any trio should. Hermione helps by lending Harry a copy of "Quidditch through the ages" and Ron helps Harry by saying mean things about Snape behind his back. Harry's first Quidditch match is against Slytherin. If Gryffindor wins, they might win the House cup. If they don't Slytherin might win for the eighth time in a row. With so much riding on the outcome, Harry is understandably nervous. During t...
Mar 29, 2018•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In the fifth episode, we discuss the events of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone that happen between Harry becoming a seeker and Harry getting a new friend. Lots of exciting stuff happens between these two events. Malfoy challenges Harry to a midnight duel that is obviously a trap to get him into trouble. Hermione, while trying to stop them from going, ends up with them in the trophy room. All three of them run into the three-headed dog in the forbidden corridor but somehow come back to t...
Mar 15, 2018•Season 1Ep. 5
In the fourth episode, we discuss the events of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone that happen between Harry getting sorted and Harry becoming Gryffindor's Quidditch team's seeker. Lots of exciting stuff happen in between these events. In case you have forgotten, here's a refresher: Harry's only friend, Ron Weasley, also gets sorted into Gryffindor. The classes start and Harry realizes that Professor Snape hates him and he thinks that Hagrid knows something about Snape that he is not revea...
Feb 21, 2018•Season 1Ep. 4
In the third episode of Mimblewimble, our discussion starts right where we left off in the second episode: a wand choosing Harry. We end the discussion when Harry gets sorted. In between these two events, Harry reads his textbooks, names his owl, travels to London with the Dursleys, finds Platform 9 and 3/4 at King's Cross, boards the train, makes a new friend, and gets sorted into a House at Hogwarts.
Feb 07, 2018•Season 1Ep. 3
In the second episode of Mimblewimble, our discussion starts right where we left off in the first episode: Harry finding his true identity. We end the discussion when Harry finds his wand. In between these two events, Hagrid gives Dudley a pig's tail, takes Harry shopping to Diagon Alley, helps Harry withdraw his parents' money from Gringotts and also gets him a snowy owl as a birthday present. Harry also meets a very Dudley-like boy in Madam Malkins, the robe shop, whom he immediately dislikes....
Jan 24, 2018•Season 1Ep. 2
Harry goes from a mere babe to a sassy malnourished eleven year old in the course of this episode. We talk about the events of chapters 1. The Boy Who Lived 2. The Vanishing Glass 3. The Letters From No One 4. The Keeper of Keys (we stop mid-way through here)
Jan 10, 2018•Season 1Ep. 1
