If Lilly and James survived because of Dumbledore, I doubt Harry would still be a only child after so many years of isolation.

After watching this podcast I desperately need your take on the differences between book and movie, what was good, what was unnecessary, casting etc. we’ve heard snippets but a more in depth discussion would be absolutely amazing

I think that being trapped as a ghost forever would make you want other people to become ghosts aswell, so you have more company. So the fact Nearly  headless Nick warns Harry about becoming a ghost is pretty courageous, and hence why he is a Gryffindor

Honestly, this podcast gives me so much joy when I have to walk to school! Thanks! (Greetings from Belgium!)

I like to think that when Peter blew up the road, Sirius was actually crying so loudly and hysterically that it was mistaken by the onlookers as maniacal laughter.

This cut is super. This whole podcast is super. This whole Carlin Brother thing is Super.

I started reading the books when you guys started prisoner and now I'm halfway through goblet

tbh Neville losing his memory of Lockhart is quite on theme because of what happened to his parents...

Maybe this could mean she actually does remember the BIG predictions she can make and she just pretends to not know bc she knows how dangerous/ how much responsibility they hold

1:11:17  since Hogwarts is a castle, this may have been one of the passages that was used during times of Siege in order to get supplies into the castle and for people to escape out of the castle

Broom insurance. Sounds like it should be a thing 😂

These chapters were all so long and I’m here for it!

I find it funny at the start of the discussion of chapter 12, they talk about how long it may be, and yet it's the shortest of the three in the video.

Over 5 hours of this amazing podcast! YES PLEASE ❤❤❤❤

We definitely drink coffee in England 😂 you just have to ask for a specific coffee like a latte etc ☕️

Four pints is half a gallon. Which is an absolutely insane amount of mead.

I listen to these guys every night to fall asleep

3:09:22 "smooth, streamlined, birch twigs he said calmly" made me actually laugh out loud.

I love this podcast. I love your sense of humor and I love the live theory crafting. It drives me nuts how every other word is ‘like’.

I love that you start every episode of with discussing the chapter art, and as an author and illustrator of children’s books for many years, I wanted to shed some light on the process from an illustrator point of view. I think it may answer some of your questions.

First let me explain the difference between picture books and chapter books.
A picture book is mostly illustrations with short text and so the author and illustrator are usually equal partners. The illustrator reads the full manuscript and comes up with a visual concept for the book. Their opinion matters a lot and they share the royalties (earnings from book sales) with the author.

in a chapter book, which is mostly text, the author gets all the royalties usually, while the illustrator does “work for hire” - gets a one-time payment to complete the job. No royalties. Since chapter books can be long, and the publishing schedule is usually short, illustrators dont read the book. For chapter art I would usually get a short synopsis of the chapter (including character description if needed) or, to save even more time, a specific description by the editor of exactly what they want me to draw. For example: “night scene. A one year old, baby boy is sleeping on a door stoop in a basket, wrapped in a blanket. There is a lightning shaped scar on his forehead and he is clutching an envelope in one hand.”

Another thing that happens quite a lot, is that after the art is finished, the editor may think that a certain illustration might fit better with another chapter, and so the art is shuffled and re distributed between chapters, which may cause some other chapters to be only loosely connected to the art they end up with, and may puzzle future readers and podcast hosts…

Specifically for the Harry Potter books, since they span years and became such huge hits, it’s possible that by the time the illustrator worked on later books, they did read the older books or watched the movies, so had a better understanding of the story and characters and so later chapter art may make more sense than early ones.

Hope this helps
Looking forward to your next chapter (PoA is my favorite book!)