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 9 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Woes Of Mrs. Weasley.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss how the author sets up a mental map of the Ministry for later in the book, why we should be way more terrified of Lucius Malfoy, and why Remus peaked in high school…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 8 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Hearing.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the motivations behind Fudge’s actions, why this might be the scariest chapter in all of Harry Potter, and we have a VERY special guest…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 7 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Ministry Of Magic.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the difficulty of writing this kind of chapter due to plot, theme, and world-building, why it’s important to see the Ministry through Harry’s eyes, and why Blake is horrified at the notion of Kippers for breakfast…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 6 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Noble And Most Ancient House Of Black.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss why the struggle and motivation revealed in this chapter make Sirius a great character, the plot being very simple for a reason, and why Mary couldn’t help but do the Different Perspective RIGHT AWAY.
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 5 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Order Of The Phoenix.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the need for tonal balance and characters like Tonks, the implications behind the decisions made for Harry by his Godfather and his adoptive mother, and why Blake LOVES the idea of a bow on a brand new car….
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 4 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Number Twelve Grimmauld Place.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss if Harry is justified in his anger, the emotional complexity of Percy’s choices, and why Blake totally threw Mary off her “different perspective” game!
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 3 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Advance Guard.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am nature of the chapter, why Tonks is perfectly characterized within the first few lines of meeting her, and why Vernon Dursley LOVES to rat on his neighbors.
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 2 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – A Peck Of Owls.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the split morality of Vernon and Petunia, why Sirius may have let Harry down, and why Blake doesn’t understand the conversion rate of Celsius to Fahrenheit…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake gather an emergency podcast about HBO reportedly nearing a deal to reboot Harry Potter as a television series.
In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the business behind why HBO is rebooting reportedly rebooting Harry Potter as a television series, the thirst (or lack thereof) for more Harry Potter, who we would like to see as some actors and showrunners, and Mary makes and INCREDIBLE tie in for the Fantastic Beasts series of films…
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