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 22 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Unexpected Task.
We chat the importance of scene setting with perspective and environment details, finding courage to communicate, and why Blake was too interested in the Star Trek chat rooms on AOL at this age…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 21 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The House-Elf Liberation Front.
We chat the power of twisted narrative, the stark contrast between Winky and Dobby, and how Blake is extending an olive branch to all the Hufflepuffs.
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 20 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The First Task.
We chat the push and pull of Harry’s tenuous relationship to the wizarding community, story rhyming, and why Hermione though VO5 Hot Oil would change everything…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 19 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Hungarian Horntail.
We chat the importance of a low-point in a story, the magical properties of Mad-Eye’s eye, and why Mary is a true Gryffindor to a fault…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 18 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Weighing Of The Wands.
We chat Harry and Ron’s moral obligation to each other, why Snape is hard to like in this chapter, and why Mary goes ALL IN on Earth, Wind And Fire…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 17 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Four Champions.
We chat the important use of physical structure, interweaving the plot with misdirection, and Mary goes ALL IN on Mad-Eye Moody…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 16 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Goblet Of Fire.
We chat the magical properties of the Goblet, why Dumbledore is the best, and we have a break down over Kid Nation…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 15 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – Beauxbatons And Durmstrang.
We chat the understated power from Harry, how Ron is so suggestible and why the affects his narrative, and why the author explicitly undermines S.P.E.W. in this chapter…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 14 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Unforgivable Curses.
We chatthe author’s long con and narrative shift, getting a popsicle headache, and why Barty Crouch Jr. is having the time of his life…
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