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 13 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – Mad-Eye Moody.
We chat the multitude of layers behind “Moody’s” interaction with Draco, Jim Dale’s outstanding reading, and why Mary was kicked out of class one time…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 12 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Triwizard Tournament.
We chat the sentience of Hogwarts, a perfect three-beat with Ron, and why Blake is upset because he had to pay to talk about S.P.E.W….
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 11 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – Aboard The Hogwarts Express.
We chat the short but heavy lifting chapter, all kinds of foreshadowing, and why Bertha Jorkins never uses sugar in her jam…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 10 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – Mayhem At The Ministry.
We chat why Rita Skeeter may not be all that wrong, superb characterization at the burrow, and why Molly just needs her Egyptian Cotton sheets with the million thread count…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 9 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Dark Mark.
We chat tge serious turn of dark mob mentality, the use of the scattershot tone from this chapter, and why Arthur may have to consider obliviating his kids…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 8 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Quidditch World Cup.
We chat introducing character through plot, the debate of traditionalism vs. progressivism, and what might be the funniest Different Perspective we have ever done…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 7 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – Bagman & Crouch.
We chat the wild expansion of the wizarding world, why Mr. Roberts’ brain must be mush, and we are joined by two very special guests!
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 6 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Portkey.
We chat the constant world building, how the author sets us up for heartbreak, and why Arthur Weasley is living his BEST life right now…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 5 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes.
We chat the little dribs and drabs of important information sprinkled in this chapter, who we would cast as Bertha Jorkins, and why Bill was totally a Nirvana kid…
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