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Follow along as six friends journey chapter-by-chapter through the entire Harry Potter canon! Savor the story with us as we discuss the literary, philosophical, religious, and socio-cultural dimensions of J. K. Rowling’s modern classic. Each episode of this read-through focuses on a couple chapters,…

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    HPBC Episode 34 The Dueling Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 88:13


    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".  

    HPBC Episode 33 The Polyjuice Potion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 109:58


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

    HPBC Episode 34 The Polyjuice Potion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2022 109:58


    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!

    HPBC Episode 33 The Dueling Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 91:50


    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.

    HPBC Episode 32 The Rogue Bludger Chapter 10 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 76:20


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

    HPBC Episode 31 The Rogue Bludger Chapter 10 Part1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 44:27


    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.

    HPBC Episode 30 The Writing on the Wall Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 63:19


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

    HPBC Episode 29 The Writing on the Wall Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 45:34


    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.  

    HPBC Episode 28 The Deathday Party Chapter 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 96:19


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

    HPBC Episode 27: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 105:48


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

    HPBC Episode 26: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 90:25


    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.

    HPBC Episode 25: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 75:03


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

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    HPBC Episode 24: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 77:12


    Travel with us to Diagon Alley to meet the famed Gilderoy Lockhart.  

    HPBC Episode 23: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 104:54


    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.

    HPBC Episode 22: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 2 Bonus Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 16:43


    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"

    HPBC Episode 21: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 68:39


    Join the gang as we are formally introduced to Dobby.

    HPBC Episode 20: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 46:35


    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.

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    HPBC Episode 19 Bonus Q and A

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 52:13


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

    HPBC Episode 18: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 73:16


    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. 

    HPBC Episode 17: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 62:50


    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.  

    HPBC Episode 16: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 59:34


    "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.  

    HPBC- Episode 15: Voldemort-Origins of the Heir

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 27:40


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

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    HPBC Episode 14: Live from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 14:09


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

    HPBC Episode 13: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 58:59


    "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.  

    HPBC Episode 12:Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 78:58


    "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".

    HPBC Episode 11: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 63:44


    "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?"

    HPBC Episode 10: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 51:52


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

    HPBC Episode 9: Sorcerer'S Stone Chapter 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 52:12


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

    HPBC Episode 8: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 56:03


    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.  

    HPBC Episode 7 Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 61:30


    "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.

    HPBC Episode 6: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 71:01


    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.  

    HPBC Episode 5: Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 70:27


    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!

    HPBC Episode 4: Sorcerer's Stone Chapters 4 and5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 127:09


    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!

    HPBC Episode 3: Sorcerer's Stone Chapters 2 and 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 66:13


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

    HPBC Episode 2: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 51:36


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

    HPBC Episode 1: Into & Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 1:00


    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."

    HPBC Episode 24 - Chamber of Secrets Chapter 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 77:12


    HPBC Episode 23 - Chamber of Secrets Chapter Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 105:00


    HPBC Episode 22 - Chamber of Secrets Chapter 2 Bonus Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 16:43


    HPBC Episode 21 - Chamber of Secrets Chapter 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 68:40


    HPBC Episode 20 - Chamber of Secrets Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 46:34


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