The Show of Requirement: A Harry Potter Podcast

Abby, David and Spencer are back with another review of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." They are focusing on Act III and discussing what they loved about it and what they weren't necessarily crazy about. What are YOUR thoughts on Act III? Let us know! Enjoy!

Our first podcast read-through!  We're taking a deep dive into Cursed Child this entire MONTH, starting with Acts I and II episode. What do YOU think of The Cursed Child?  Send in your thoughts to us on Instagram @hpotter_fanatics or email in to showofrequirement@gmail.com

Harry Potter Fandom team is back for a Writing Room session as they pick up the writer's pen to line out what they'd love to see in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts' film: The Secrets of Dumbledore! Join in as they go through the process of editing/revising and creating a story just for the fun of it!

Season 2 kicks off! Abby hosts our new series of Character Studies, this time starting with girl boss Professor Minerva McGonagall. Catch our favorite moments, book vs movie McGonagall, and an unnecessarily complicated debate about her age.  Thanks for listening! Give us a follow on Insta @hpotter_fanatics for more Harry Potter content, and subscribe to never miss an episode.  (Writing R...

Happy Christmas!  We're talking a couple of fun Wizarding-World Christmas topics, as well as reactions to the recent Secrets of Dumbledore trailer and looking back on 2021 for the Show (and a little sneak peek of Season 2 at the end!)  Thanks for listening! Make sure to follow us on Instagram @hpotter_fanatics for more Harry Potter content, and subscribe to never miss an episode. 

Spencer and David are back to talk about their favorite deleted scenes from the Harry Potter films!

This episode's been a long time coming! Spencer and David unveil a new segment, David Reads Fanfiction, where Spencer digs up a fanfic for the two of them to read, in this edition's case the fanfic being "When it Was You - Fred Weasley Fanfiction." Hope you enjoy our tirades but also our appreciation for this corner of fandom and the hard work they do.  Want us to read a specific fan-fiction...

This episode is about EVERYTHING the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has attributed to Thanksgiving.  Thanks for listening! Check out our Instagram page @hpotter_fanatics for more Harry Potter content, and subscribe to never miss an episode.  

The Show of Requirement concludes the Fantastic Beasts rewatch with the most polarizing film in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, "The Crimes of Grindelwald!" David loves it, Spencer doesn't and they talk about why they feel the way they do! Abby moderates and hosts this one so it should be a fun time!

FANTASTIC BEASTS!  Our first Rewatch series as a show is here and we're having an awesome time going back through the first two Fantastic Beasts movies, starting with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Listen as Spencer, David, and Abby explore American magic in the 1920's, Grindelwald and his weird hair, the amazing protagonist that is Newt Scamander, and, of course, magical beasts.&nb...

Our mini-episode series "The Sorting Hat Chats" continues with Spencer and David tackling all things sorting with characters from the Goblet of Fire. Hope you enjoy! Make sure to give us a follow on instagram @hpotter_fanatics for more Harry Potter content, and subscribe to never miss an episode!

David and Spencer are finally covering the soundtracks of the Harry Potter films! They discuss specifics about each film and then answer the big questions towards the end. We hope you enjoy! The Accidental Attack of the Clones/Chamber of Secrets Crossover - https://youtu.be/zuDTQtcnHDQ Spencer's Apple Music Harry Potter Playlist https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/harry-potter/pl.u-11zB96ViKDkj8p

The Show of Requirement continues with a new character study! We're finishing off our first run of studies with completing the golden trio with our character study of Ron Weasley. Jump in to hear David's frustration about fandom page character nicknames, some qualities we love about Ron and some we don't love, and of course, the book to movie compare/contrast.  Thanks for listening! Make sure...

Hello listeners!  Your favorite Potterheads are back as David and Spencer discuss all that's going on currently with the Wizarding World, which turned out to be super timely with the announcement of Fantastic Beasts 3's Title: Secrets of Dumbledore, as well as the release date moving UP to April of 2022.  Thanks for listening! Catch us on Instagram @hpotter_fanatics for more Harry Potter...

Crossover! This week, our Network podcasts collide with a collaboration episode! Spencer, David, and Cole join the Show of Requirement: A Harry Potter Podcast and Fandom Done Right together to do an episode examining the many and obvious parallels between these two beloved young adult protagonists and their universes, while also examining what 'Rick' had to say on the matter. Enjoy!

We're back with another installment of our mini-episode series "The Sorting Hat Chats" where David and Spencer sort Harry Potter characters into Hogwarts houses who didn't attend Hogwarts. This time we're sorting the famous muggle character from Fantastic Beasts, Jacob Kowalski, as well as Buckbeak and an on-the-spot-addition of Firenze.  Make sure to follow our instagram page @hpotter_fanati...

We're back!  For another new full-length installment of the podcast, as first-time guest on the Show of Requirement Abby Tooley comes alongside Spencer to discuss our next member of the great trio of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger. Listen as they talk facts, favorite moments, a bit of character analysis and the comparison of the book's portrayal of Hermione's vs the movie's. Hope you enjoy!&n...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Podcast!  Today is the second new episode of the podcast and our first mini episode. In this mini-episode series Spencer and David are sorting Wizarding World characters that didn't go to Hogwarts into Hogwarts houses. The trick of it is David has no idea what he's getting into each time. Listen along and send us your thoughts if you disagree with our take! Give us...

We are finally releasing our first NEW episode on the Show of Requirement! We'd like to introduce a new series named "Character Studies", where we will dive into specific characters in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It's appropriate that we start with the Chosen One himself, Harry Potter! Join us in this fun conversation!

The title says it all.  In our final entry to the Summer reposts, we have a Harry Potter installment of a beloved segment "Fair, or Not?" where Cole Harris (co-host of Fandom Done Right and all around Potterhead) helps decide if our most passionate fandom rants are justified. In this case, Spencer makes his case for the fact that Harry, Ron, and Hermione are most definitely NOT a love triangl...

This week in our Summer re-releases David and Spencer cover the 3 major actors who have played Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore; what they brought to the roles, what was lost in transitions, and ultimately what they loved about each one.  Thanks for listening! Give us a follow on Instagram for more Harry Potter content, and get excited as we're just - 2 weeks away - from our first new...

Welcome to Spencer's "Around the World in 80 Days meets Harry Potter" story in our second installment of the Writing Room series on the Marauders!  In this episode, Spencer tells David the story of how James Potter, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew are given a mission by Dumbledore and Newt Scamander to find and thwart Death Eaters as they attempt to recruit students...

Welcome to the huge finale to Spencer's prequel trilogy for Harry Potter.  If you're an avid Potterhead, you already know how this story ends. Experience it here beat by beat as Spencer tells David his story explaining the forming of the first Order of the Phoenix, the wedding of James and Lily and expecting Harry, the stand-off between Remus and Greyback, and saving the Prime Minister from V...

Welcome back!  We're in the last month of reposts prepping for the podcast to take flight this Fall and this week we're diving into the first major project we undertook which is our Writing Room series on The Marauders. Here Spencer took pen to paper on writing out a pitch for prequel trilogy to Harry Potter centered around the Marauders: James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pet...

In this repost episode, Spencer and David were joined by their friends, Madeline Foster and Sierra Davis, as they discussed the houses of Hogwarts. This is probably David's favorite episode so far by the Show of Requirement! Enjoy!