Harry Potter Book Club

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".  

Join us as we enter the Slytherin common room to interrogate Malfoy!

Can you "inception" a Polyjuice Potion?  Why do the Dursleys even bother sending Harry Christmas gifts?  Why aren't the basilisk attacks on muggle-borns being reported by the Daily Prophet?  Join us as we discuss these questions and much more!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.....the 10 Duel Commandments!  Number 1- Don't ask Snape to be your assistant!     Join us as we discuss Chapter 11, The Dueling Club.

Join us as we discuss Dumbledore's psyche, more name etymology, and of course Dobby's rogue bludger!

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 conclusion of our discussion of chapter 10 "The Writing on the Wall."

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.  

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened.  Enemies of the heir, beware!

This one is sure to give you nightmares!  Join us as we discuss the Basilisk, Gilderoy Lockhart, and dirty blood.  

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.

Ouch!  Harry and Ron narrowly escape the Whomping Willow. Join us as we reenter Hogwarts for Harry's second year as a Gryffindor.

Travel with us to Diagon Alley to meet the famed 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, who have agreed to help break Harry out of Privet Drive.  Join us as we are introduced to the Weasley's home, The Burrow, and meet a few new characters.

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"

Join the gang as we are formally introduced to Dobby.

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 of Secrets.

The gang discusses questions sent in by you, the listeners!

We made it to the end of "The Sorcerer's Stone" and now meet the man with two faces.  But, it wasn't Snape.  It wasn't even Voldemort. 

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 Forbidden Forest in search of a wounded unicorn.  

The gang discusses their thoughts on the fanmade movie: Voldemort-Origins of the Heir.

Trevor and Sylvia broadcast live from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

"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 stairs.  

"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?"

Join the HPBC as we discuss Chapter 11 of The Sorcerer's Stone, "Quidditch."

"Troll-in the dungeons-thought you ought to know."  Join us as we experience Harry's first (very eventful) Halloween in the Great Hall.  

The gang discusses Chapter 9, "The Midnight Duel."  Harry is made Seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team.  A jealous Malfoy challenges Harry to a midnight duel.  While roaming the castle at night, Harry meets Fluffy, Hagrid's three headed dog, and discovers where the mysterious package Hagrid was carrying in Dragon Alley has been moved.  

"Harry Potter.  Our new-celebrity."  That's right folks!  It is time for class and we will meet the professor everyone loves to hate! A certain cynical, greasy-haired teacher who has it out for Harry!  Join us in our discussion about Severus Snape.

First years, line up!  It's time to be sorted!  Join the HPBC as Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Malfoy are sorted into their Hogwarts houses.  

The gang takes the journey from platform nine and three-quarters alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione.  Chocolate frogs, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, and "a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life" abound!

We continue our read-through of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."  The gang discusses chapters 4 and 5 as we meet Hagrid, travel to Diagon Alley, and shake hands with Quirrell!

The read-through continues as the HPBC discusses Chapters 2 and 3 of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

In this special edition episode, the Harry Potter Book Club discusses the new movie 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."  (Warning: SPOILERS!)

In the inaugural episode of the Harry Potter Book Club, the gang discusses what the HPBC is all about and dives into Chapter 1 of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."