Send us a text In this episode, we test our knowledge on Dumbledore's Army. Enjoy! Summary/Topics: · 1:53 Warm Up Round · 4:21 Question 1 · 7:54 Question 2 · 12:36 Question 3 · 16:48 Question 4 · 22:12 Question 5 · 25:17 Question 6 · 27:47 Question 7 · 30:17 Challenge Question Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.com thepotterdiscussion.com Nox...
Send us a text In this episode we discuss some of the best Fred and George moments. Enjoy! Summary/Topics: · 1:58 “He’s not Fred, I am!” This scene takes place in the first book in King’s Cross station. This is a good display of banter between them, and this was one of the first examples we have of their characters. They aren’t afraid of pulling someone’s leg while making a joke. This establishes their place as the jokers of the family and puts them very close. It shows the closeness of the two....
Send us a text In this listener submitted episode, we discuss if Harry and Hermione could have ever been romantically involved. Enjoy! Summary/Topics: · 1:31 Harry is too committed to Cho in the books. They went on actual dates and spent more time together. In the book it was more involved and long lived. They stayed together long enough to know that it wasn’t a casual thing. With Cho in Harry’s life for so long, it made it more difficult for Harry to be with Hermione. · 9:14 Ginny and Harry had...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss different Greek myths that appear in Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:25 The Basilisk and Medusa. Medusa has snakes for hair and the basilisk is a snake. They both petrify with their eyes. But what would happen if they looked into each other eyes? There’s no way to know for sure, but Medusa was die instantly and the basilisk would begin to petrify but would live because Medusa would die for it could turn to stone entirely. · 8:33 Hermione. Hermi...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss if Harry and Hermione would have reached as great heights is Ron wasn't with them. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:53 What role does Ron play? There isn’t a single word that can sum up Ron’s role in the story. A lot of what he does is away from the spotlight, and that is also the reason why he gets into the occasional spat with Harry. He is constantly out of the spotlight in his own family, and being with the chosen one can’t help. To put words to it, Ron is...
Send us a text This week marks 200 episodes and three years of this podcast. I would not have been able to do any of this without your continued support, and for that I thank you all. Here's to another 200! Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.com thepotterdiscussion.com Nox...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss some additions to the story that would help out a bunch. Enjoy! Summary/Topics: · 2:22 More accessible portkeys. Portkeys are effective, but they take too long to set up and aren’t a quick us. They take time to set up and advanced planning. If you’re running down an alley with snatchers on your tail, the last thing you’re thinking of is a portkey. How convenient would it be to have a smaller device that can be used at moment’s notice? · 7:13 Making quid...
Send us a text In this episode, we put Hermione and Bellatrix head to head. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: Episode 198: · 1:03 Why these two? · 4:04 Hermione’s Strengths and weaknesses · 11:45 Bellatrix strengths and weaknesses · 19:42 Malfoy Manor duel · 24:47 Battle of Hogwarts duel · 27:43 Flat plane duel Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.com thepotterdiscussion.com Nox...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss what could have happened if Dumbledore joined Grindelwald. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:00 The Harry Potter story wouldn’t happen. Dumbledore is the person that sets pretty much everything in the books into motion, so without him, there is a fairly low chance that the story would play out like it did or even happen at all. Dumbledore hired all the teachers and is the one who oversees the everyday. · 6:11 There’s no Voldemort. Dumbledore was the one who we...
Send us a text In this episode we test our knowledge on quidditch. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:56 Warmup · 4:40 Question 1 · 8:51 Question 2 · 14:56 Question 3 · 19:54 Question 4 · 22:55 Question 5 · 25:56 Question 6 · 29:05 Question 7 · 31:42 Challenge Question: What is cobbing? Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.com thepotterdiscussion.com Nox...
Send us a text In this episode we discuss if I achieved my goals for my second trip to Leavesden. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Listen to episode 190, “I’m Going Back to the Harry Potter Studios” · 1:14 Did I take my time? Absolutely. I was going at a snail’s pace through the entire place. I read and watched everything I possibly could and took in every piece of information that was available. I learned a lot about what I was seeing, valuing information over seeing the sights. Group after group was p...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss what the story would look like if it was told from different perspectives. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:23 Ron Weasley. Ron is very close to Harry and he has seen everything Harry has. Ron has been by Harry’s side for the entire story and he certainly has his own view on things. Next to Harry, Ron is considered number two which he doesn’t like. Ron is the youngest in his family and he’s afraid that he might not be as valued as he might be. Seeing the worl...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss if the music of Harry Potter fits the picture. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Listen to episode 123, the Music of Harry Potter here! · 1:53 Yes. It is a very simple answer, so it may be better to work backwards from the answer than analyze the evidence and try to come up with an answer. We already know the answer to the question and just about every member of the fandom agrees that the score is fantastic. · 6:16 The composers knew what they were doing. The co...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss some of Ginny Weasley's best moments. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:49 “Have you seen my jumper?”. This first scene isn’t exactly a show of strength or intelligence, but it is a fantastic benchmark for Ginny’s later relationship with Harry. It gives us good perspective to see how they started out with Ginny not being able to stay in the same room to married much later on. · 5:09 Ginny tries to tell Harry and Ron about the Chamber of Secrets. Ginny was very...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss if the first book of the Harry Potter was a fitting beginning to the series. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:38 Did Dumbledore make the right choice? This is a big topic and it is difficult to pin down a single answer. This was one of the only options because if he brought Harry to an orphanage, he might have become the new Voldemort. Luckily, he didn’t bring Harry to an orphanage, but the choice then becomes which family does he bring him to. But if McGonag...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss my plan for my return trip to the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:04 See what I missed. I saw the big stuff, but what about everything else? There were so many little details that I completely missed that I want to use this opportunity to see again. This might be my last time ever being there, and I want to comb through and see every little thing. · 9:10 I don’t want to target the big attractions. The place is designed to see the bi...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss which characters should be highlighted in the coming Harry Potter TV show. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:28 Dumbledore. We’ve seen Dumbledore a bunch in the story, and we have spent a lot of time with him in the story. However, we know very little about his childhood. We’ve heard about it and heard some of the things that happened, but talk is just talk. It would be very valuable to see what really happened in person instead of just being told. Dumbledore ...
Send us a text In this episode, we break down the character of Cornelius Fudge. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:06 Who is Cornelius Fudge? From the page on Fandom , we can deduce that he is either half-blood or pure-blood, he either Irish or British, and he is married. Most importantly, he was named most stylish wizard of the year in 1995. We don’t know that much about him, but the most important trait of his character is the fact that he was the Minister of Magic from 1990 – 96. · 4:56 What role doe...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the possible world of Harry being friends with Draco instead of Ron. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:40 What would be the day to day effects? The main difference would be his overarching schedule for the year. He used to go to the Burrow for Christmas, so he would probably go to Malfoy Manor instead. He also took very similar classes as Ron, so if he wasn’t friends with him, he may be taking different classes along with Draco and might not even find a love f...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the most disappointing moments in Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:14 Ron and Hermione’s awkward interactions. In the café when they have to wipe the memory of one of the Death Eaters in the beginning of Deathly Hallows, Ron and Hermione have an oddly placed romantic moment that is quite a strange interaction between them. The scene when Ron tells Hermione she has toothpaste on her face at the Burrow in the Half Blood Prince, it is much more the...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss a duel between Harry Potter and Lucius Malfoy. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Listen to Dobby vs. Lucius here! · 2:03 Why this particular match up? Well, while watching the Battle of the Order of the Phoenix this past week, I was left wanting a battle between Harry and Lucius, even though it seemed like a natural next step. They interacted a lot, but they never truly went head-to-head in a magical duel. It is an outcome that I am very curious to see, and one ...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss if Snape should have died. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:29 No. Snape should not have died. The answer to this question isn’t the mystery and it isn’t a challenge to figure it out, we just have to explain what else he could have done and give reasons for everything that he could have done if he had lived. · 5:02 He should have gotten the chance to get to know Harry better. Snape is one of the people that was working with Dumbledore the closest, and he knew...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss possible origins for well known magical ideas and wizarding practices. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Listen to the episode where the challenge question came from here . · 3:18 Why are spells in Latin? This is a simple answer. A plausible answer is that spells are in Latin because spoken magic was coming into being when and where Latin was popular. They used the words that made sense to them and conjured what they wanted. The Latin versions of spells have sta...
Send us a text In this episode, we test our knowledge on the Ministry of Magic. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Some of the information in this episode came from the Ministry of Magic page on Fandom. Thanks! · 2:17 Warm up round. · 4:52 Question 1: How old is the Ministry? · 10:14 Question 2: What is the succession of Ministers? · 15:46 Question 3: What is the visitors entrance code? · 18:54 Question 4: On which level is the atrium? · 21:16 Question 5: What is the name, subject, and function of the fou...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the best classes in Hogwarts. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:08 #8 Divination. What a surprise. Divination is a very specific skill that a very small amount of people can really use. Even true seers don’t have too many visions. Trelawney had about three in her entire life. Plus, she has a flair for the dramatic. Most of her class is spent predicting the death of Harry, which might be another reason why he doesn’t like it very much. Harry knows his time is s...
Send us a text Sooooo... yeah. I know I said there would be an episode this week, but unexpected events have come up and unfortunately I am yet again away from the studio. See you next week! In this episode, we discuss Deathly Hallows, and if it was a good end to Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics: All the unanswered questions! We never found out what happened to Lavender Brown for sure after being attacked by Fenrir Greyback. We also never saw several characters again, like Fluffy or the flying car. W...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss different topics for a separate TV show. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:58 The Marauders. We don’t really know anything about that group, aside from who was in it, and what they did. An interesting spin on the story could be to combine the Marauders’ story with the first Order of the Phoenix. We go through their story, then Voldemort enters the scene, and we see the first battle between good and evil. It would be really cool to see the overlap of James and ...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the new Harry Potter TV show. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:04 So what’s going on? We are still in the very early days of this announcement, so we don’t have a great idea of what’s going on. Here’s what we know so far: the timeline is very spread out. The first season isn’t going to be released for several years. As far as we know, there are going to be seven seasons with each season covering a book in the story. We should look to the future to see what co...
Send us a text Hey everyone! I'm sorry to say I did not get to the studio this week, so the episode is a rerun of episode 159. In this episode, we talk about the main theme of Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/ Summary: · 2:40 Why does the main theme of the story matter? The theme of the story is the core element that it needed to understand the plot and characters and give us a better view of the story. We have a better grasp on the different events, the climax, and why different characters do what t...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss magic outside of Hogwarts. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:00 Why should Hogwarts students end their education at 17? 11-17 is a pretty wide range, but they would gain so much more value from more magical schooling. There may be an element of diminishing returns, but it can’t diminish so far that going further would be a waste. Just think how valuable it would be to have other schools in the UK like universities for magic that would specialize in different a...
