Belated Binge: Harry Potter

This week on Belated Binge, I covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary. In this chapter, someone (*cough Ginny cough*) tried to flush a book DOWN A TOILET! Which is not the disposal method I would have recommended. But as plot would have it, *they* chose a toilet in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. One she just happen to be hanging out in. All of this lead Harry to obtain Tom Riddle's diary, which was not what a certain red-headed first year was thrilled to see. This was especially true after he received her singing Valentine. Eventually, Harry figures out how to communicate with Diary Tom, who shows him how Hagrid was framed for killing Myrtle 50 years ago! I also shed some light (Lumos) on a theory I have that IF Harry had kept the diary, Diary Tom wouldn't have had a reason to release the Basalisk on muggle borns anymore. I also make my case for what his plan would have been, once he realized Harry Potter had his diary. As usual, I pick my favorite Divination foreshadow moments from the chapter, callout characters by giving & taking House Points, and share the parts of the chapter that I believe are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) Please consider supporting the show by taking advantage of the additional benefits for Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge As always, thank you so much for listening! I'd love to hear your thoughts on my website: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on Belated Binge, I was joined by Taylor, one of the cohosts of Let's Talk: Marvel Fan Theories podcast and we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets chapter 12: Polyjuice Potion. In this chapter, the trio completes their "plan" to go under-cover using Polyjuice Potion by transforming into Slytherin students. From there they would have access to the world's biggest fart, Draco Malfoy. They would interrogate him and learn that he is the Heir of Slytherin and save the day! Of course, this is NOT how it goes down and we broke it ALL down! We also shed some light (Lumos) on Polyjuice Potion in the series. Is it problematic? And chat about the approximately 3,847,926 times it will come back up. We do some Divination foreshadowing, give & take House Points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) Please consider becoming a Patron to get added benefits like early access, show prep scripts, bonus episodes, personal shoutouts, and more: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge As always, thank you so much for listening and I'd love to hear your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

This week on the Binge, I was joined by Ellen & Keighty, the hosts of For Fawkes' Sake podcast and we covered Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets chapter 11: The Dueling Club. In this chapter, among many many other things, we get school sanctioned magic fight club! Lockhart continues to be useless, an appendix according to our guests. I rant about how the sequence of events following Draco whipping out his snake out in front of the class makes no sense for the reaction it gets and the plot. We also shed some light (Lumos) on Ginny and learn something really cool about one of our guest hosts related to her. We do some Divination foreshadowing, give/take House Points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly Riddikulus! (all the puns) Please consider becoming a Patron to get added benefits and support the show: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge As always I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge  YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

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 on muggle stuff with their dad and how that was the start of their joke shop. We do some divination foreshadowing, give house points, and callout the parts of the chapter that are utterly riddikulus! If you enjoy this episode and want to support the show, check out all of the new benefits available on https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge! As always thanks for listening and I welcome your thoughts: https://www.belatedbinge.com/ - leave a voicemail to join the discussion or you can engage on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@belatedbinge YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCN_6uoVM6pJQK9c26tx45A

On this week's episode, which Patron's got early access to (www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge), 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 gauntlet, training to become the heroes of our story! To do so, they must get through the obstacle course setup by our puppet master, Albus Dumbledore. Their challenge: surviving a 3-headed dog (Fluffy), Devil's Snare, enchanted flying keys, a killer chess set, another troll, and a potentially poisonous riddle in an attempt to reach the stone before our secret antagonist (spoiler: it's Quirrell or Voldemort.. Quirrelldemort). I dive into my theory of how this is all a test for Harry and dive into what each protective obstacle is meant to evaluate. I also pick my favorite foreshadow moments, share some responses to Game of Inches questions from social (@belatedbinge), and give away some meaningless awards from the chapter - it's not a great one for Prof McG... Please rate & review if you enjoy the show and visit the website belatedbinge.com to keep up with all the episodes, videos, and become a part of the show by submitting a contact form or LEAVING A VOICEMAIL to be played on a future episode!  Next week, we'll dive into the final chapter of this book, The Man with Two Faces.

Hi! This week we had a special guest host, Sarah from First Years podcast (https://anchor.fm/first-years-podcast). We discussed chapters 14 & 15 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, Norbert The Norwegian Ridgeback and The Forbidden Forest. We went DEEP in the Dumbledore master plan theory this week. How much did he know? When did he know it? And how close is he really to Firenze?  We have a baby dragon adventure, a ridiculous point system leading to an absolutely bonkers detention, a near-death experience, and we also find out you-know-who is after the stone! It's a big episode... We also recorded a bonus episode for All Star level Patrons (https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge) where we talked about the Hogwart's houses, house bias, and Sarah's love for Slytherin despite its representation in the series. I'd love to hear your thoughts as well LITERALLY - visit the website (belatebinge.com) and leave a voicemail! Each episode is available on the website as well in both video and audio format. You can find links to pod players, Patreon, social media: @belatedbinge on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram and I'm figuring out TikTok! Find Sarah: @firstyearspod (Instagram and Twitter) On deck for next week is chapter 16, Through the Trap Door!

Hi! Thanks for listening to Belated Binge! Which you can find on the new website: www.BelatedBinge.com On this week's episode we're discussing chapters 12 & 13 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, The Mirror of Erised & Nicolas Flamel. The twins pelt baby Voldy in the face with snowballs, Harry has his greatest Christmas in a decade of life with the Dursleys, Dumbledore plants a Deathly Hallow in the possession of a child, sparking a night time trip to the library. Harry comes face to face with his family for the first time and learns how the Mirror of Erised works and later gets the brain blast of where he saw Nicolas Flamel's name before - thanks Neville! Visit www.belatedbinge.com and leave a voicemail for a chance to have it played on the show - I want to hear from you, literally. You can start by answering today's Game of Inches question: What if Harry didn’t find the Mirror of Erised during his late night wandering? This is an entirely independent production, so if you'd like to support the show and become a part of keeping it going, join on www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge for early access to episodes (ad free) and bonus content!

On this week's episode, we're covering chapters 10 & 11 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, Halloween and Quidditch. Harry and Ron become Sherlock and Watson, Quirrelldemort pulls his troll nonsense, which is a plot line I touch on thoroughly and sparked this week's bonus episode "Trolling Dumbledore" which is available to All Star level Patrons (https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge). We get a TON of action with Harry and Ron saving Hermione from the troll, forming our Golden Trio (finally) and Harry nearly plummeting to his death from a broomstick, which becomes bit of a theme... We put the character spotlight on Neville, discuss my favorite foreshadows and have some special announcements!

Hi! This week we had a special guest host, Amanda from the Fox and the Foxhound podcast (https://www.thefoxandthefoxhound.com/). We discussed chapters 8 & 9 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, The Potions Master and The Midnight Duel in which we're finally at Hogwarts! We chat about Quirrell and his turban, compare what he has in common with pregnancy, we talk about Snape and his teaching ability (or lack-there-of). We talk about Snape and how he treats Harry and children in general. We talk about Snape and a fun theory about a hidden message in his first interactions with Harry. We talk about other stuff too.... and Snape. Our bonus episode this week is also about Snape and how Alan Rickman's performance may or may not have shaped the way people see book Snape. All Star level Patrons (https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge) receive those bonus episodes. Aside from Snape, we get into our thoughts on Draco, the trio, Neville, and a lot more! We'd love to hear your thoughts as well through Patreon, @belatedbinge on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram, or via email: belatedbinge@gmail.com. On deck for next week are chapters 10 & 11, Halloween & Quidditch.

Hi! Welcome to this week's episode of Belated Binge, where we cover chapters 6 & 7 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone. 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 'All Star' level Patrons (https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge). The introduction to the Weasleys begins the single most important friendship of Harry's life, which I defend in this episode. They nearly throw down with Malfoy and his goons on the train, they meet the future 3rd member of the golden trio, and in The Sorting Hat all 3 get sorted into Gryffindor. We focus on Ron as a character in the Scouting Report, we foreshadow what's to come, we theorize about what would happen without the Harry & Ron train ride (Draco friendship??), and we give away our episode awards! Thanks for hanging out with me and please join in on the discussion on Patreon, on social (@belatedbinge), or email the show: belatedbinge@gmail.com. Next week we'll cover chapters 8 & 9 with a Special Guest: Amanda from the Fox and the Foxhound podcast (https://www.thefoxandthefoxhound.com/)!

On this week's episode of the Belated Binge podcast, we cover chapter 5 of 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 some info dump and by the way Harry is famous! We go to the bank, get our main plot device and meet one of our favorite and one of our least favorite characters along the way. As a special treat, we also dig a little bit into a theory we would normally save for All Star level Patrons, but this week we're letting everybody come down the rabbit hole. Hint: it has to do with that package in vault 713. If you'd like to support the show as a Patron and get access to more discussions like this, or just want early access to ad free versions, please do so: https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge. Please join in the discussion! You can do so on social media (@belatedbinge), or email the show (belatedbinge@gmail.com). Next week we'll cover chapters 6 & 7!

On this week's episode of Belated Binge, we talk through Chapter 2 of Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, The Vanishing Glass. 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. We talk about some of the ways in which they suck. And we talk about Harry's character, despite how much they suck. We check in on Dumbledore's big plan. Oh, and Harry can talk to snakes? That has to be significant right??? Who else do we know who could do that? We compare and contrast a little bit with that character who must not be..... TOM RIDDLE! Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support the show and gain access to ad free early releases and/or bonus episodes, join us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/BelatedBinge. Feel free to engage in the conversation on social media as well: Twitter: https://twitter.com/belatedbinge Instagram: https://instagram.com/belatedbinge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belatedbinge Next week we'll cover chapters 3 & 4.