Send us a text Thanks for a fantastic year! I hope it has been a good one for you, and that there are many great things to look forward to in the coming months. We'll certainly be busy over here in the studio as the TV show releases more info. Happy holidays and new year! 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 the perfect Harry Potter Christmas. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:22 Opening presents. The rest of the day would feel off if the day didn’t begin with a mountain of magical goodies at the foot of Harry’s best. Seeing all the things he gets is flooring, considering how few friends he has made. · 7:50 Christmas breakfast. After waking up and opening presents, a good Christmas breakfast is a great way to kick off the festivities. Without a good first meal, th...
Send us a text In this episode, we flip the script and discuss what would happen if Harry grew up with Sirius. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:22 The story wouldn’t be as good. It sounds strange to say, but it is true. The magic of the story comes from Harry’s ignorance for the first 11 years of his life, then the spark that comes from his realization that there is so much more to his life and an explanation why strange things happen around him. · 7:29 He would be more powerful. It took just a few ye...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss some major updates for the Harry Potter TV show from an interview with some of the executives. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Read the article here · 1:18 The first season will be eight hours long. That is a heck of a lot longer than the few hours we had for the first film, so what might this mean? The hope is they won’t face problems of time. If the season comes out and they make some excuse about cutting something for time, we will know something was up. · ...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss new magical holidays to add to the calendar. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:31 Magical Veteran’s Day. A ton of people fought in the Battle of Hogwarts! And that wasn’t even the first time Voldemort was a serious adversary. We should create a holiday that celebrates those who fought, living and dead, to protect the forces of good and their triumph over evil. It is better to celebrate Harry’s victory than Voldemort’s loss. · 9:09 Harry Potter Day. This is alo...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss who could have been a spy in Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:52 Professor McGonagall. She is of the utmost moral fiber in the series. You really want to have McGonagall on your side, and we are lucky that she was fighting for us. If she were a spy, it would be because she genuinely thought Voldemort’s world would be for the greater good. · 8:20 Ron Weasley. This one is a bit of a curve ball, but it still fits. Ron is probably the least likely t...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss what would be on a hypothetical Fantastic Beasts TV show. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:52 Dumbledore’s past. He is such a deep character, and the struggles of his childhood are a big part of who he is and why he is so committed to defeating Grindelwald. If we could understand just a little bit more about his past, we might be able to appreciate his character more. · 7:49 Newt’s Childhood. We catch just a sneak peak of this in the Crimes of Grindelwald, an...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss who would win between Harry and Umbridge. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:38 Why them? I made this choice because Harry and Umbridge have been at each other’s throats forever. It isn’t very hard to believe that they might have an altercation that would lead to a duel. They are two different people that support very different things, and a disagreement would lead to something less than civil. · 6:53 Harry’s strengths and weaknesses. He is a good wizard to sta...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the scariest characters in Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:34 Tom Riddle. He is such a terrifying character because we know what his future is. He causes mass panic and killing, and it all starts at an unassuming orphanage. With every glint of red in his eye and every sly trick he plays, we are only reminded that his past present and future (get it?) is Voldemort. · 7:58 Bellatrix Lestrange. She is literally insane, and that is why she is so te...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss some of my least favorite quotes. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:00 “There is no good and evil, only power, and those too weak to seek it.” How Voldemort is this one, huh? I can appreciate this quote as the very least. It is well written and reflects the values that Voldemort has. However, he is wrong. If this quote was instead something like: “In the world, there is more than good and evil. There is power, and those too weak to seek it” it might have rung ...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the best superhero moments in Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:35 Harry and Hermione Rescuing Sirius. They had just executed Dumbledore’s well thought out plan perfectly. However, they aren’t exactly heroes which is why this moment is number one, but it is still Harry and Hermione coming to the rescue. · 6:18 Harry returns to the DA in Deathly Hallows. Harry is the founder of the DA and he represents the resistance against Voldemort, so why he r...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss how Draco should have killed Dumbledore. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:04 Don’t think about it. Dumbledore is a whole lot smarter than Draco, yet he still insists on trying to think out some elaborate plan to outsmart Dumbledore. That will never work because Dumbledore is too intelligent for that. Draco has to find a way to make a plan Dumbledore can’t foresee or block. · 11:08 Accept Snape’s help. Snape is ready to help Draco with his task, but he refused...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the most iconic groups in Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Listen to episode 252 about McGonagall’s Best Moments here! · 1:45 Dumbledore’s Army. This is a very well known group, but there are a few things that really make them stand out. The first is when a selection goes to the Ministry to free Sirius. It turns out to be a trap, but the DA stands up to the Death Eaters and actually manage to hold them off for long enough. The second is in the fin...
Send us a text In this episode, we honor the late Maggie Smith by discussing some of Professor McGonagall's best moments. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Listen to QuizMaster: Hermione here! · 1:30 “Fifty points…each!”. This first moment shows how fair McGonagall is. She does with a heavy heart, but she takes away 150 points away from her own house. In addition to that, she also takes points away from and gives detention to Malfoy who found them out of bed, McGonagall has the stomach to do what is righ...
Send us a text In this episode, we test out knowledge about Hermione Granger. Enjoy! Topics./Summary: Episode 251: · 1:30 Warm Up Round · 3:48 Question 1: What is Hermione’s patronus? · 8:36 Question 2: What did Hermione receive from Dumbledore’s will? · 13:27 Question 3: What did Hermione place at Harry’s parents’ grave at Godric’s Hallow? · 16:48 Question 4: Did Hermione ever walk out of a class? · 19:07 Question 5: Did Hermione ever destroy any horcruxes? · 23:13 Question 6: What was the firs...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss what actors could play different characters in the upcoming TV show. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Listen to episode 245 about the pitfalls of the TV show! · 3:46 Adam Driver plays Snape. Adam is younger than Alan, and that could be a closer representation of Snape because he isn’t actually that old in the books. Additionally, Adam can portray a character of great emotional depth very well, and that is of course who Snape is. · 12:08 Ian McKellen plays Dumbl...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss what would happen if Newt and Jacob never meet. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:58 Dumbledore would be introduced in the first film. We need a set number of core characters, and if Jacob isn’t there we need another. It’s a little strange that he is introduced so late in the story anyway, so it would make a lot of sense for him to take Jacob’s place in the beginning. · 8:57 They wouldn’t break apart. The first loose thread is Queenie when she leaves to join G...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss what a modern back to Hogwarts would look like. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:19 Self-stirring cauldrons. Potions class is a staple of Hogwarts, so why should wizards and witches have to stir their own cauldrons? The value of the class is gaining an understanding of what potions do and which ones to use in different situations. It is that knowledge that gave Harry the best help, not actually how to make them. And if you find yourself in a situation in whic...
Send us a text In this episode we break down the character of James Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:52 James’s role in the story. First off, who is he? Unfortunately, this entire episode is here to answer that question. We can say that James was Harry’s dad. He was also part of the Order of the Phoenix. Overall his was a major character, but he didn’t have an absolutely huge effect on the story. He also had a positive effect, but he was more negative for the story that one might assume. · 8:1...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss a possible wizarding Olympic events. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:20 Quidditch. This is a staple sport in the wizarding world, and any magical competition of this scale would be remiss without it. There are team sports in the muggle Olympics, so wizards should follow suit. The Quidditch World Cup is a separate organization that could supply some of the best players to make up several talented sides. · 9:48 Wizard chess. Chess is recognized as a sport, but...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the pitfalls of the Harry Potter TV show. Enjoy! Summary/Topics: · 1:52 Only following the story. One of the best parts of having a TV show is having more episodes and time to explore the story. That is more than enough to do more than follow Harry. He has an interesting journey, but going deeper and finding out more about some of the things that weren’t in the films would be the benefit of having more time on our hands. · 7:32 Actors. They are the core...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the curse of July 31. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:49 1991. Harry realizes he is a wizard, but the very day he buys his very first wand and gets ready for his first year at Hogwarts, Quirrell breaks into Gringotts and tries to take the stone. · 9:41 1992. Dobby arrives at 4 Privet Drive and urges Harry to stay away from Hogwarts that year, claiming that great danger is coming to Hogwarts. Harry doesn’t believe him, but later finds out that Dobby was corre...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss parallel characters from Harry Potter in Fantastic Beasts. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:57 Newt and Dumbledore. But isn’t Dumbledore also in Fantastic Beasts? Yes, but they actually aren’t as similar as Newt is to the Dumbledore in Harry Potter. They both have a simple outlook on life. Dumbledore has had over one hundred years to look back and understand the world. Newt doesn’t care what others think of him which frees him to be his own person, just like ...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss imaging from page to screen. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:53 Hogwarts. This is one of the best imaging feats in the series. The style of the castle set the mood for the rest of the story, and it was the first real breath of magic we witnessed in the films. The silhouette is one of the most famous in literature. But apart from the outside, the interior of the castle is also a fantastic translation from page to screen. · 9:37 Voldemort. He is the big bad vi...
Send us a text In this episode, we rename each book according to different characters. Enjoy! Summary/Topics: · 2:18 Severus Snape · 16:12 Ron Weasley · 22:03 The Dursleys 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 story lines in Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:50 Horcruxes. Without these, we wouldn’t have some of the most important parts of the story, especially in the later books. Harry’s hunt for horcruxes and his task of destroying Voldemort go hand in hand and are the two things that he is bent of achieving. This was a story line that was set up farther towards the beginning of the story and gives us a call back to things like the di...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss some of Harry's biggest regrets. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:27 Cedric’s death. We didn’t get to know Cedric for a while in the story, and it took a few chapters with him in the fourth book to get a good idea of who he was. Cedric was a genuinely good person, and as readers we had a front seat to how close he and Harry grew. The deal was sealed when they helped each other out on the tasks. So when Cedric was killed, it dragged on Harry’s soul because he ...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss what would happen if the Order didn't arrive to the Ministry in time in the Order of the Phoenix. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 2:08 Harry and his friends will be killed. The Death Eaters have a lot of leverage on Harry to hand over the prophecy and in doing so hand them the victory. If the Order hadn’t arrived a moment after that, it is very possible that they would have promptly killed Harry and his friends and moved on. · Listen to episode 237 about theme...
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss some of the core themes of Harry Potter. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · Listen to episode 236, QuizMaster: Sirius Black here! · 3:25 Death. Death is a huge theme in the story and it is very influential in every boo. However, the meaning of this theme is sometimes farther from the surface of the text that we think. In the Chamber of Secrets, Harry fights the memory of Tom Riddle who is dead but becoming alive. In the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry fights hundreds ...
Send us a text In this episode we test our knowledge on Sirius Black. Enjoy! Topics/Summary: · 1:33 Warm Up Round · 4:17 Question 1 · 9:12 Question 2 · 12:16 Question 3 · 16:18 Question 4 · 20:41 Question 5 · 24:06 Question 6 · 26:38 Question 7 · 30:44 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...
