Promptly Potter is a MuggleNet podcast where we flex our critical analysis muscles and break down one question about the Harry Potter novels per episode. During this year-long exploration, episodes will showcase alternating hosts covering one chapter at a time through the lens of a thought-provoking prompt. Wands at the ready! Join in the conversation on MuggleNet’s social media channels by using #PromptlyPotter.
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- “Promptly Potter” Episode 199: “Epilogue? What Epilogue?” (December 31, 2022) - – In the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the now-grown Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione meet at Platform 9 3/4 to send their oldest children off to Hogwarts. – Today’s prompt...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 198: “There Are (Probably) Only So Many Ways You Can Resurrect Yourself” (December 29, 2022) - – In Chapter 36 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry and Voldemort both regain consciousness but Harry pretends to be dead. Voldemort displays the young wizard’s body to all of Hogwarts, declaring...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 197: “A Somewhat Borrowed Body” (December 27, 2022) - – In Chapter 35 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry awakens in what appears to be King’s Cross station. There, Dumbledore answers his questions and explains that Harry can choose to return...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 196: “There Must Be Another Way” (December 25, 2022) - – In Chapter 34 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry makes his way to the forest to confront Voldemort for the final time. He ensures that Neville has instructions to kill the...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 195: “Complete and Agonizing Envy” (December 23, 2022) - – In Chapter 33 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry views Snape’s memories in the Pensieve. The memories depict Snape and Harry’s mother as children, their friendship, and their estrangement. Harry also...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 194: “Are Snape’s Memories a Deus ex Machina?” (December 21, 2022) - – In Chapter 32 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Voldemort murders Snape. The trio witnesses the entire thing from beneath the Invisibility Cloak. Harry is able to retrieve important memories from Snape...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 193: “He Puts the ‘Death’ in ‘Deathly Hallows’” (December 19, 2022) - – In Chapter 31 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the Battle of Hogwarts begins as Death Eaters attack the school in search of Harry. In the chaos, Fred is killed by an...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 192: “Death Eaters vs. Hogwarts Professors” (December 17, 2022) - – In Chapter 30 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Voldemort and the Death Eaters are alerted to Harry’s presence at Hogwarts. McGonagall forces Snape to flee as the castle’s inhabitants ready themselves...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 191: “The Almost Chosen One” (December 15, 2022) - – In Chapter 29 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Neville appears and leads Harry, Ron, and Hermione through a newly formed secret passageway to the Room of Requirement. Harry makes his way...
- “Promptly Potter” Episode 190: “Greater Good? This Is the Greatest Good You Are Ever Going to Get!” (December 13, 2022) - – In Chapter 28 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Aberforth Dumbledore rescues the trio after they are almost caught Apparating into Hogsmeade. While hiding the young wizards in his home, Aberforth reveals...