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“And unless Harry’s ears were deceiving him, the old radio next to the sink had just announced that coming up was …”
— Chamber of Secrets, chapter 3
What it’s all about …I’ve had some amazing adventures in over a decade as a Harry Potter fan — reading and researching the books, visiting the sets of the film, enjoying Wizard Rock concerts, speaking at conventions, traveling throughout Britain discovering Harry Potter’s world, and writing two books. One of the best parts has been sharing my love for Potter with fans in my presentations in libraries, conventions, and bookstores. I’ve often been asked for those presentations to be recorded and available somewhere like YouTube. Those requests are the impetus behind this podcast project.
The HP Lexicon podcast will give me a chance to talk about things that I discuss in my presentations. I’ll talk about canon sources (those wonderful Daily Prophet newsletters, for example), about the way the books work together to tell one glorious tale, and about my experiences wandering through Britain in search of Harry Potter’s magical world. I’ll talk about the books mostly, although I am a huge fan of the films and I won’t be able to keep myself from chatting about them as well.
This page will be the home base for show notes, comments, and links. Each new episode will be available here as soon as I get it ready to post. You can use the contact links on this page to make comments on the show, ask questions, or make suggestions.
I hope you all enjoy the podcast and find it interesting and engaging.
Steve Vander Ark
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This is an encore broadcast of the first Harry Potter Lexicon Podcast from June of 2011. Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon Podcast, in this first episode: Steve introduces the podcast thanks a few people reminiscing about visiting the graveyard in Godric’s Hollow the missing twenty-four hours the mystery of Quirrell and a few other […]
The post Encore Episode: Did Dumbledore Walk Around With It in His Pocket? appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
This is truly a case of “You had to be there.” When I read this chapter for the first time, the day after the book was released, I distinctly recall feeling a little bit surprised by Harry’s reaction to Lucius Malfoy. I knew there was no love lost between them, of course. However, the fact […]
The post OP9: Lucius? I Remember Him appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Episode 30 of our main Lexicon Podcast is shorter than usual and is all about discussing our new podcast, the Harry Potter Lexicon Minute. We started the episode by talking about the rich collection of essays on the Lexicon and the recent feedback we’ve received telling us that we have incorrect information in some of […]
The post Episode 30: Discussing The Harry Potter Lexicon Minute appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
This is an encore presentation of an episode from June, 2011 Steve talks about Pottermore misconceptions, how Rowling changed the online world once before, cool and interesting sources of canon information, Galleons changing the world, the late Quidditch match in book one, and other bits of Potter lore. Links: Harry Potter for Writers blog about Pottermore, […]
The post Encore Episode: “Oh wait a minute, who was that?” appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
The last week or two has just been chock full of new stuff for members of the fandom. We have a new audiobook version of Quidditch through the Ages which also has a dramatization of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup which is particularly entertaining. We have a new gameplay trailer for Hogwarts Mystery, a new […]
The post Episode 31: The Crimes of Grindelwald Trailer appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Recorded in person and with an added panelist, we discuss Gamp's Law and the meaning of "sixteenth year"
The post Episode 29: “…and it was all just cabbage” appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Episode 28 is finally here! This episode (Recorded on November 25th) is all about a couple of recent fan theories we’ve come across lately. We discuss the recent updates to the Lexicon, dissect the new cast photo, and debate theories we’ve seen online lately. What’s New in the Lexicon We began our podcast as always […]
The post Episode 28: New Fan Theories! appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
New at the Lexicon Steve and Nick began Episode 27 by talking about the task of moving remaining content over from the old legacy site into the current, modern Lexicon. We also talked about the ongoing work on the Timeline system. New in the Harry Potter Universe We talked about the 20th anniversary of Philosopher’s […]
The post Episode 27: The Hogwarts Deathtrap appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Episode 26 of the Lexicon Podcast focuses on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (the schoolbook released in 2001 and a new edition released this week), and Quidditch Through the Ages (the book that was originally published along with Fantastic Beasts in 2001). We first talked a little bit about the process of how […]
The post Episode 26: Fantastic Beasts and the 2001 thirst for canon appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
For the majority of Episode 25, Steve and Nick puzzle over the topic of Horcruxes, and more particularly how they are created and when Voldemort created each of his Horcruxes. Listen in as we end up with more questions at the end then we had at the beginning. We are back to audio only this […]
The post Episode 25: The Horcrux Conundrum appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Episode 24 is a little different than usual, it is actually 2 mini-episodes put into 1 (mostly because after recording the first J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World Loot Crate crate unboxing, I was so busy I didn’t have time to actually edit and post it). As such, the second Wizarding World Crate came before I ever […]
The post Episode 24: J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World Loot Crate Unboxing (x2) appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
The week Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them came out, Lexicon Tech Wizard Nick Moline just so happened to be on a business trip. On the way home, he stopped in Texas and together Steve and Nick (along with Steve’s wife Mitzi) watched the movie together. After watching the film, they couldn’t wait to sit […]
The post Episode 23: Fantastic Beasts and the Wait for the Next Movie appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Episode 22 of The Harry Potter Lexicon Podcast focuses on the character of Draco Malfoy. Steve and Nick start by talking about the latest news about the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie franchise, now announced to be five movies instead of three, and theorize on how far this franchise will go in […]
The post Episode 22: The One About Draco appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Steve and Nick continue their discussion of Cursed Child, so here is your spoiler warning (which we didn’t quite get to mentioning until we had already been talking about cursed child quite a bit), don’t listen to this episode if you haven’t read or seen Harry Potter and the Cursed Child yet unless you don’t mind […]
The post Episode 21: Do Seers see alternate realities? appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Steve and Nick finally got a chance to sit down and talk about Cursed Child, some good, some not so good, and found it is very hard to steer away from the Time Travel rabbit hole. So much stuff to talk about and we debate a few big issues on the story. SPOILER WARNING: Don’t listen […]
The post Episode 20: Is Cursed Child Good? appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
On this, our second Live episode of the Harry Potter Lexicon Podcast, Steve and Nick take the viewers on a tour of the New Lexicon and show off a bit of the new unique navigation and some of the special features that we’ve put our blood, sweat and tears into. We also took live questions […]
The post Episode 19: The Grand Circle Tour of the Lexicon appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Episode 18 of the Harry Potter Lexicon Podcast is very special, for multiple reasons. Our first ever Live Podcast (with live Canon questions from the audience) Our first ever Video Podcast (don’t worry, you can still listen to audio!) We pushed the New Lexicon Live during the podcast! Tonight’s episode was a lot of fun […]
The post Episode 18: We’re LIVE! appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Steve and Nick talk about live data on the new lexicon, which spawns a debate about wizarding currency. Just how much is a Galleon “really” worth anyway? We also try to make sense of the concept of Magical Contracts, and Nick recounts a tale of his recent visit to the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter […]
The post Episode 17: Trademarks, Contracts, and Butterbeer appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
Steve introduces a new series with this episode to coincide with the new version of the Harry Potter Lexicon website, and also introduces a new co-host, Nick Moline. They discuss the new website, for which Nick is the programmer, and then delve into the mysterious Marauder’s Map, answering the age-old fan question of why <insert […]
The post Episode 16: So How Does the Map Work Anyway? appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
The Harry Potter Lexicon podcast is back with a new series. In this episode Steve talks about Severus Snape (and calls him “Snake” by accident more than once), discussing how Snape changes from book to book until a moment of cruelty in book four changes everything. Links: Snape in the Lexicon The Lexicon on Facebook, on […]
The post Episode 15: The one who is both brave AND clever appeared first on Harry Potter Lexicon.
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