Belated Binge: TV & Fiction w/ Morally Grey Characters

This week on the Binge, I covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 9th chapter: The Writing on the Wall. In this chapter Filtch is beside himself about Mrs. Norris who we find out is petrified and he blames Harry immediately as our trio was found at the scene of the crime by seemingly the entire school taking the wrong route to wherever any of them were supposed to be going. Lockhart is an...

This week on the Binge, I was joined by Christina, the host of The Restricted Section podcast and we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets chapter 8: The Deathday Party. In this chapter we get to party with ghosts!! She also promises to read and review my awful fan fiction, we talk Snape, Draco, Harry needing to say no to things, checking in on Ginny, why inviting your bully to your part...

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 7th chapter: Mudbloods and Murmurs. In this chapter we get hints of obsession, stalking, some bribery, a heavy dose of blood status racism and perhaps a hint of budding courtship. It's a heavy-themed chapter for a kids book.  We lighten (Lumos) the mood with a quidditch chat. We do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take...

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 6th chapter: Gilderoy Lockhart. In this chapter Ron gets a howler. We learn about mandrakes. We meet a couple new characters that will be important to the plot and we have our first defense against the dark arts lesson with the new professor who proves to be an egotistical douchebag and is clearly incompetent.   We also sh...

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 5th chapter: The Whomping Willow with a special guest: Garrett from the Rank 'Em podcast (https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-rank-em-podcast). In this chapter Harry lets Ron call the shots, which leads to them committing grand theft auto, flying without a pilot's license, are spotted by muggles, are almost murdered by a tre...

Just checking in on the feed to announce a change in episode releases from weekly to biweekly so I can better juggle real life and this podcast. I appreciate your understanding! As always if you want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge! I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discuss...

This week on the Binge, we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' 4th chapter: At Flourish and Blotts.  In this chapter Harry is transported to the wrong side of town - however much it defies logic - witnesses some shady Malfoy behavior, is nearly kidnapped, meets a total tool who he finds out will be teaching him, and has front row seats to a dad fight. I also shine a light (Lumos) on t...

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 tinkering o...

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're intro...

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...

Season 2 is here! You know what that means???? More Harry Potter! In this episode, I preview what's to come as we prepare to dive into the second book in the series, Chamber of Secrets. I talk about some of the updates to the show and also share a TON of updates to the benefits available on Patreon! Those can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge Next week we'll start our binge with...

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 discuss Slytherin...

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 Rickman pla...

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 is all about Molly Weasley and her current role in Dumbledore's master plan. Did you think she really didn't know what platform they were g...

As I mentioned in last week's episode, 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 theorizes that Dumbledore was the first on scene at Godric's Hollow, how he knew to utilize the lasting effects of the blood protect...

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 nominees and winners for:...

This week I was given the opportunity to join When Harry Met Movies, a father/son podcast reviewing movies they watch together for the son's first time. I had a blast talking with these two about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's, or for them, Philosopher's Stone movie. Of course we couldn't stay within 1 film and there are spoilers everywhere, but after listening to this podcast, I'm sure you don't...

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 hands.... We reflect on...

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 through the obstacle cours...

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 a baby d...

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 life with the D...

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 reaction was... not great. He...

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 about professo...

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/BelatedBinge ). The introducti...

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 favorite (Hedwig) and one o...