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 chat chapter 13 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Very Secret Diary.
We chat Tom Riddle’s incredible characterization, the sentience of the Diary, and why Percy thinks Harry is the smelly kid…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 12 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Polyjuice Potion.
We chat Harry’s continuing battle with his identity, a little English history, and why Snape is clearly a huge Harry Connick Jr. guy…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 11 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Dueling Club.
We chat Harry’s insecurities which lead him to be the most alone he’s ever been in Hogwarts, the walls closing in, and why Snape is literally the best thing to happen to Harry.
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 10 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Rogue Bludger.
We chat the important three-beat that signifies the full force of the plot, the subtext of the Quidditch match, and why Colin Creevey is happy with his soothing 36 hours next to Harry.
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 9 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Writing On The Wall.
We chat Ron’s wizarding prejudice, good exposition, and why Snape must be a Phish Food guy…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 8 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Deathday Party.
We chat why it’s not a coincidence the plot finally starts to get moving at the beginning of act 2, whether we are in or out on the ghosts, and why Blake might as well be the heir of Slytherin…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 7 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – Mudbloods And Murmurs.
We chat finally being able to begin some plot, Draco’s sudden change to hate speech, and Blake goes full Anna from Frozen…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 6 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – Gilderoy Lockhart.
We chat some slick foreshadowing, the vibrant writing for Lockhart, and why Blake doubles down on his Puff hate…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake chat chapter 5 of Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets – The Whomping Willow.
We chat why this chapter’s journey is the inverse of the journey to Hogwarts in The Sorcerer’s Stone, the Malfoy’s real intent with the diary, and we have another M&B Media Hall Of Fame moment…
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