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 19 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – The Servant Of Lord Voldemort.
We chat the brilliant narrative structure of the Pettigrew reveal, Snape and Sirius’ similarities and the Crooky voice makes and incredible comeback…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 18 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot And Prongs.
We chat how powerful the Maurauder’s really are, Sirius’ intent in the joke, and why Pomfrey needs ALLLL the vodka…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 17 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – Cat, Rat And Dog.
We chat narrative efficiency, exposition done the right way, and a 60 minutes special on Crookshanks the misunderstood cat…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 16 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – Professor Trelawney’s Prediction.
We chat about Pathos, Logos, and Ethos, getting shades of Ned Stark, and why Mary took a class about bugs…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 15 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – The Quidditch Final.
We chat Hermione’s perfect three beat, how our trio would be in other houses if they weren’t the “heroes” of our story, and why Ron is a really “Useful Engine” in this chapter…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 14 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – Snape’s Grudge.
We chat the continued contrast of Snape and Lupin, Harry’s perception of his father, and why Jerry Seinfeld is now a judge apparently…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 13 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw.
We chat why poor Neville is so very brave, if Harry actually produced a full patronus, and why Professor McGonagall might as well have been in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 12 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – The Patronus.
We chat why Lupin never showed Harry his Patronus, why Harry’s got some serious edge, and why Flitwick is putting McGonagall to shame…
The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 11 of Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban – The Marauder’s Map.
We chat this chapter being the sharp left turn for the series, the impending Harry Potter TV show on HBOMax, and why McGonagal is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day…
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