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 4 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – Back To The Burrow.
We chat the kind of trauma Dudley has been through, *almost* feeling bad for the Dursleys, and Blake explains why Ariel is a bottom three princess…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 3 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Invitation.
We chat Harry’s magic word, why we have differing opinions about floorboard cake, and Mary goes all in on Pig…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 2 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Scar.
We chat “Previously on Harry Potter”, why there are important small details which emerge when you read carefully, and why Sirius is living his best life in Rio…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 1 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire – The Riddle House.
We chat the mirroring affect of communal punishment, if this chapter is the turning point in the series, and Horcrux Juice…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake give a full review on Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban film…
We chat the thematic differences between film and book, changing the visual language of the franchise, we dive VERY deep in this eclectic film score, and talk about how exposition almost breaks and saves this film at the same time…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 22 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – Owl Post Again.
We chat the continued use of great bookends, why Mary actually feels bad for Snape(?!), and why Harry is the kid in class that definitely eats glue…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 21 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – Hermione’s Secret.
We chat the complicated rules of time travel, how much Dumbledore actually knows, and why Madame Pomfrey is probably a member of the Dharma Initiative…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 20 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – The Dementor’s Kiss.
We chat the contrast of Sirius’ human and inhuman form, the emotional catharsis point, and why Blake’s soul literally leaves his body for 2 good seconds this episode…
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#NERDCLAN Preview: The Potterverse: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban | Film Commentary Track
NOTE* This is a short preview of the commentary track for The Prisoner Of Azkaban which appears at JoinTheNerdClan.com
Mary and Blake provide a live-time commentary track for Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban film. In this track we discuss the time motif, the drastic change in visual language, how exposition is used to the story’s advantage in this film, FauxMione, the various differences from the book, and why we’re celebrating Mary’s bday by podcasting!