A Harry Potter podcast covering the books, films, and the new HBO Harry Potter series.
The Potterverse is Mary & Blake’s independent Harry Potter podcast and coverage hub for the books, films, characters, adaptation choices, and HBO’s new Harry Potter series.
If HBO’s reboot has you returning to Hogwarts, start here. This page connects our Potterverse podcast archive with our ongoing coverage of the HBO release date, episode schedule, cast, trailer reactions, and the adaptation choices that will shape the new series.
Mary & Blake follow Harry Potter as fans, critics, and adaptation obsessives — going deeper than recap and keeping the conversation rooted in story, character, emotion, and what the next version of Harry Potter has to get right.
Looking for HBO’s new Harry Potter series? Start with our Harry Potter HBO release date, cast, episodes, and schedule guide.
HBO’s new Harry Potter series has fans asking when the show comes out, how many episodes Season 1 will have, who is in the cast, and whether the reboot can justify telling this story again.
Start with our latest HBO coverage below, then follow The Potterverse as we revisit the books, films, characters, and adaptation choices before the new series arrives.
Want to revisit Harry Potter before HBO’s new series? Start with The Potterverse, our spoiler-friendly podcast journey through the books, films, characters, and choices that made the story work in the first place.
The Potterverse is built for fans who want more than a quick recap. We talk through how the books work, how the films adapt them, what the characters mean, and why this story still matters as HBO prepares to tell it again.
Our Potterverse archive is where we revisit the story chapter by chapter, looking at the choices, characters, themes, and adaptation questions that still make Harry Potter worth discussing.
If you are coming back to the books before the HBO series, this is the place to begin.
The HBO series is not just a release-date story. It is an adaptation story.
That is why our Potter coverage looks at what television can do differently from the films, what a faithful adaptation actually means, and how the new series can make its own case without simply repeating what came before.
Here is the latest from our Harry Potter coverage, including podcast episodes, HBO series updates, adaptation analysis, and franchise conversation.
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 1 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – Owl Post.
We chat why this chapter focuses more on Harry the kid than the wizard, Mary does an incredible Errol impression, and Blake finally pays up on his challenge of wearing of a Hufflepuff t-shirt and sings the Hoggy Hoggy Hogwarts song…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake give a full review on Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets film…
We chat the evolving visual language of the film, we discuss the difference between film adaptation and strict adherence to source material, and Mary finally gets and answer to why Malfoy almost straight up murders Harry in Hogwarts…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake release the hounds in our book wrap up and mailbag episode for The Chamber Of Secrets…
We chat the Deus Ex Machina effect, effortless characterizations, the strikingly mature journey for Harry, and why Blake thinks Tom Riddle is nothing short of an 11.
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 18 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – Dobby’s Reward.
We chat Harry’s full arc from the book, Ginny vs. Anti Ginny factions, and why we’re Down With The ‘Gog…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 17 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Heir Of Slytherin.
We chat whether Ginny is a damsel in distress, what the outcome would have been if Harry was in Ginny’s place, and why Fawkes is in desperate need of a hydration mask and spa day…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 16 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Chamber Of Secrets.
We chat logic and narrativium of the chapter, the specific recognition of theme and character development for Harry, and why Mary thinks of Narnia when she gets shots…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 15 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – Aragog.
We chat the similar structure between The Sorcerer’s Stone and The Chamber Of Secrets, the effect of “the Forest”, and why Mary is Aragog every day at 4:30pm…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 14 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – Cornelius Fudge.
We chat Dumbledore’s possible impropriety with “loyalty”, why everything always goes back to The Godfather, and why Lumos the cat steals today’s show without even trying…
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#NERDCLAN Preview: The Potterverse: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets | Film Commentary Track
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Mary and Blake provide a live-time commentary track for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets film…
In this track we discuss soooooo much cracking voices, Fedwig, how opposite colors of light create tension, Kenneth Branagh being an accomplished director, the compromise of the ending, and Mary wonders what undertones Ginny has in her skin.