This may very well be our last full episode before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In this episode, we discuss how we’re feeling (perhaps the five stages of loss would be appropriate), and take one final crack at a few theories before signing off and preparing for the weekend.
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Continue reading → Episode #41: The End of Harry Potter

We’re getting pretty close the end game. Zero hour. The End of Potter. And we’ve got plenty of unanswered questions. Earlier, we solicited your thoughts on what questions still need to be answered in Book 7. We had a great response, and, in this podcast, we go through some of [...]

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Continue reading → Episode #38: Unanswered Questions

We were all quite excited when the title for Book 7 was announced. The initial reaction (Whoah!), was followed by questions (Huh?). What is the meaning of “Deathly Hallows?” Many have speculated as to what it all means, we’ve proffered our theory as well.
In this episode, we discuss some new possibilities based [...]

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Continue reading → Episode #36: What’s in a Name (or a Title)?

Hey y’all!  Penny just couldn’t stand being bedridden any longer, so she drug herself out of bed and we did a podcast!  Things have been a bit hectic around HPProgs HQ the last week or so, as Penny has suffered a pretty nasty injury to her spine.  Were still trying to figure out how we’re [...]

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Continue reading → Episode #34.5: A Show about Nothing

So, we know that the big task facing Harry is to find and destroy Voldemort’s Horcuxes, thereby destroying the fragments of his tattered soul and shuffling off his mortal coil. Sounds simple, right? Not quite, there’s one problem that we haven’t addressed: Just how the heck does one destroy a horcrux anyhow?!?! [...]

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Continue reading → Episode #32: How to Destroy a Horcrux

Quite predictably, ever since we were introduced to The Prophecy in Book 5, it’s been the subject of controversy.  Despite almost an entire chapter of Book 6 devoted to setting the record straight, questions still abound about what The Prophecy might mean.  Could it be referring to Neville? (No.)  Maybe it doesn’t have to come [...]

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Continue reading → Episode #29: Prophecies

We’ve got our own theory as to how the Harry Potter series will end; but there’s always a chance that JK Rowling will go with another ending, one that is perhaps based on other popular books, movies or TV shows. Without further ado, here’s our list of the top 10 alternate endings to Deathly Hallows:

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Continue reading → Top 10 Alternate Endings to Deathly Hallows

What is the deal with these Horcruxes?  We know Voldie’s soul has been broken into seven pieces, six in other object, while one remains with his bad self.  What are the unknowns, what do we know, what don’t we know, and what might we know?  All this will be answered in this all-Horcrux edition of [...]

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Continue reading → Episode #17: Horcruxes

In this week’s podcast, Penny and I review the book Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts. The book is a collection of scholarly essays relating to the Harry Potter series. We discuss a few of the essays and their relevance to the major themes of the Harry [...]

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Continue reading → Episode #15: Harry Potter and Philosophy

Penny picked this up whilst listening to MuggleCast. The Wikipedia entry for The Hanged Man reads:
It is a card of profound but veiled significance. Its symbolism points to divinity, linking it to the death of Christ in Christianity and the stories of Osiris (Egyptian mythology) and Mithras (Roman mythology). In all of these stories, [...]

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Continue reading → The Hanged Man - More Support for Our Deathly Hallows Theory

Since December 21, we’ve all had pretty much one question on our mind: what is the meaning of “Deathly Hallows?”  We recorded some of our initial thoughts last time, and followed up with two blog posts with a more fleshed out theory: that the “Deathly Hallows” is the name for the magic that Lily used [...]

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Continue reading → Episode #13: The Deathly Hallows Theory Explained

I think I know how Harry Potter will end.  I’m almost 100% certain that I’ve figured it out, based on the title of Book 7.
As I said before, I think the “Deathly Hallows” is the name for the magic by which Harry became protected from Lord Voldemort when Lily died for him out of love.  Lily’s performed a “deathly [...]

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Continue reading → How Harry Potter Will End - The Deathly Hallows