Belated Binge: Harry Potter

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' third chapter: The Burrow. In this chapter Harry is broken out of Cell Block 4, Prison Drive. In a flying car. Like you do.... Oh, and it's driven by children, across the country, into a muggle suburb. And nobody notices..... I also shine a light (lumos) on Fred & George Weasley, my theory on how much they like...

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' second chapter: Dobby's Warning. This chapter is bonkers! We have the light-hearted topics of house-elf enslavement, child abuse, wizarding mail fraud and owl tampering that we balance with more serious topics like a fear of birds and falling desserts! I also shine a light (lumos) onto Dobby as a character, how we&...

Hi! Welcome back to Belated Binge! This week we started Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with the first chapter The Worst Birthday. This chapter is highlighted by Harry pretending to catch a bush on fire. Outside of that, it was a rough one. The Dursleys remind us how bad they suck through emotional and physical abuse. Luckily, if you can dodge a frying pan, you can dodge a concussion!  If...

Hi! Since we're in between seasons, I'm taking a few weeks off from new episodes while gearing up for season 2 covering Chamber of Secrets. In the meantime, I've decided to share a few of my favorite bonus episodes nobody has gotten to hear yet. This week we had a special guest host, Sarah from First Years podcast (https://anchor.fm/first-years-podcast). In this bonus episode we discus...

Since we're in between seasons, I'm taking a few weeks off from new episodes while gearing up for season 2 covering Chamber of Secrets. In the meantime, I've decided to share a few of my favorite bonus episodes nobody has gotten to hear yet.  This bonus episode comes from our discussion with Amanda from The Fox and the Foxhound (https://www.thefoxandthefoxhound.com/). We discussed Alan...

It's the moment we've all been waiting for. The first ever Bingies! Much like the Oscars (but [hopefully] without the slaps), we are giving out awards for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone. In this episode, I'll share best/worst characters from listeners, tally up all of the Game Ball and Red Card awards I handed out for each episode, and also discuss nomine...

WE DID IT! We finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone! This week, we discuss the final chapter The Man with Two Faces. The final magical showdown between the 'real' bad guy with everything you could want like: bad guy exposition, no magic wands, a dude with a serial killer living on the back of his head, and a child burning a man's face with his bare hand...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, Through the Trapdoor (16) We're nearly to the end of our re-read of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (or Philosopher's) Stone. Chapter 16, Through the Trapdoor is a BIG ONE... Harry, Ron and Hermione are put through the magic made for children gauntlet, training to become the heroes of our story! To do so, they must get throug...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, Norbert The Norwegian Ridgeback (14) and The Forbidden Forest Sarah from First Years: A Harry Potter Podcast for adult first time readers of the series joined me and we went DEEP into the Dumbledore master plan theory. How much did he know? When did he know it? And how close is he really to Firenze (aka Jax Teller with Hooves)?  We have...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, The Mirror of Erised (12) & Nicolas Flamel (13) The Mirror of Erised chapter begins with one of the greatest things in the entire series: Fred and George Weasley are pelting Professor Quirrell in the back of the head, and thus parasite baby Voldemort in the face with snowballs! Harry also has his greatest Christmas in a decade of lif...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, Halloween and Quidditch Harry and Ron become Sherlock Holmes and Watson and this chapter has the iconic movie scene turned viral internet meme "It's LeviOsa not LeviosA" or however you spell it. While Hermione looks very smart and talented, it doesn't make Ron feel very good to be shown up by his Charms partner. His rea...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone The Potions Master & The Midnight Duel Special guest host: Amanda from The Fox and The Foxhound podcast - which is amazing! ( https://www.thefoxandthefoxhound.com/ ). We chat about professor Quirrell and his weird turban that is hiding a parasitic snake face Voldemort. We also compare what this has in common with pregnancy, we talk ab...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, The Journey to Platform 9 3/4 & The Sorting Hat On The Journey to Platform 9 3/4, we meet the Weasleys! Sparking the inspiration for this week's exclusive bonus episode "MI7 Kids" about Molly Weasley and her role in Dumbledore's master plan. This is available for Free Elf Patrons and above ( https://www.patreon.com/...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, Diagon Alley In this chapter Harry leaves with the giant stranger Hagrid to go on a trip to... well Diagon Alley. They do some school shopping, we get an info dump and by the way Harry is famous! We go to the bank, get our main plot device (but we don't know it's the Sorcerer's Stone yet of course) and meet one of our favorit...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, The Letters from No One (3) & The Keeper of the Keys (4). Vernon spends a full chapter having a nervous breakdown when Hogwarts letters fill every inch of his perfectly normal suburban home, yet Harry can't get ahold of a single one. The only logical choice is to drag his family to the middle of some random body of water with not...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, The Vanishing Glass. It’s Dudley Dudley’s birthday and he’s a spoiled brat. But at least Harry gets to go to the zoo I guess. In case you thought taking Harry in all those years ago would have been a turning point for the Dursleys, it wasn't, they still suck. A LOT! I talk about many of the ways in which they suck. And really focus o...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone - The Boy Who Lived It's here!!! The re-binge of Harry Potter has officially begun. The first episode of the Belated Binge podcast covers the first chapter of the series which begins on an iconic opening line through the eyes of Vernon Dursley who is NOT the main character. He’s a stick in the mud on his best day and this wasn’t his b...