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• Episode #43: Making Sense of Deathly Hallows

  Published: July 25, 2007, 11:56 pm

  Tags: Deathly Hallows, Hagrid, Hogwarts, Ginny Weasley, House Elves, Jk Rowling, Horcruxes, Dobby, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Ron Weasley, Lily Potter, James Potter, Hermione Granger, Podcasts

  to Nazis, the fittingness of Snape’s death. What was the purpose of the epilogue? And what did we need the Deathly Hallows for anyhow? Of course, there’s more questions that need to be discussed (who discovered magic later in life? Where did Harry’s parents get all that money from?), but they’ll have to wait until next

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• Episode #31: Snape Revisted

  Published: May 3, 2007, 12:29 am

  Tags: Half Blood Prince, Severus Snape, Podcasts

  back to take a fresh look at Snape. Is Snape good or evil, or perhaps, neither (or both)? Most of us are under the presumption that there is some explanation for Snape’s actions: either he was working for Voldemort all along, and fooling Dumbledore, or he is truly faithful to Dumbledore and the Order, and killing Dumbledore was for some

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• Episode #30: Occlumens and Legilimency

  Published: April 26, 2007, 1:39 am

  Tags: Half Blood Prince, Order Of The Phoenix, Severus Snape, Harry Potter, Podcasts

  I know what you’re thinking…you want a podcast delving into the subject of…Occlumency and Legilimency! Your wish is granted (we always try to anticipate your needs…). This week, we explore the meaning of the mind in the HP books with a closer look at the inner workings of the wizarding psyche. We know

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• Episode #19: Was Snape at Godric's Hollow?

  Published: February 7, 2007, 12:25 am

  Tags: Deathly Hallows, Lily Potter, Severus Snape, Podcasts

  prognostication connecting Snape to Godric’s Hollow and the invisibility cloak. If you didn’t, you need to read it right now. Or listen to this week’s podcast, ‘cuz we took the ball and ran with it. The news: #7 is #1 (on Amazon, that is). JK Rowling, in excitement, defaces Balmoral bust. Waterstone prepares for mass

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• Episode #6: What Happened at Godric's Hollow?

  Published: October 31, 2006, 10:59 pm

  Tags: James Potter, Lily Potter, Lord Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Podcasts

  October 31, Halloween, has special significance in the Wizarding World; not only does it mark the anniversary of Nearly Headless Nick’s nearly-beheading, it’s also the date that Lord Voldemort attacked the Potter’s in Godric’s Hollow. In memory, we’ve got a special All Hallow’s Eve edition of HPProgs discussing

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• Episode #2 - Snape: Good, Bad or Both?

  Published: September 21, 2006, 12:28 pm

  Tags: Severus Snape, Podcasts

  podcast, Penny and I discuss Snape. Is he a good guy, acting under orders from Dumbledore? Or is he really a double-agent, still allied to Voldemort? Or is he both, or just out for himself? Along the way we discuss what effect perpetrating a murder has on oneself; is it possible that, even though Snape may have been acting on the side of

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• Episode #45: The Dearly Departed

  Published: August 10, 2007, 12:13 am

  Tags: Dobby, Peter Pettigrew, Wormtail, Deathly Hallows, Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Podcasts

  Hogwarts. And, of course, Severus Snape. In the news: Rowena Ravenclaw is Wizard of the Month at JKRowling.com. 16 year-old French boy arrested for posting his translation of Deathly Hallows online. J.K. Rowling fights the law, and the law wins. Bookie lose over ambigious death of Harry. Scholastic printing an additional two million copies of

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• Episode #46: The Religion of Harry Potter

  Published: August 16, 2007, 11:22 pm

  Tags: Deathly Hallows, Jk Rowling, Books, Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Podcasts

  There’s no question that there are religious/Christian undertones and themes to the Harry Potter books. In 2000, JK Rowling stated that if she were to divulge her religious beliefs, it would make the ending of the story obvious. Now that we’ve read Book 7, the religious content is clear; not only is Harry’s final battle with

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• Episode #47: The Prince's Tale - The Tao of Snape

  Published: August 23, 2007, 1:36 am

  Tags: Books, Deathly Hallows, Half Blood Prince, Slytherin, Neville Longbottom, Lily Potter, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, James Potter, Podcasts

  question, Severus Snape is one of the most intriguing characters in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world. In the beginning, he was simply a mean teacher, and obstacle for Harry; but by the end of the series, Snape became a paradigm of sacrifice for love and courage, to the point that Harry names his son after his once-despised teacher.

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• Episode #54: J.K. Rowling Speaks

  Published: October 18, 2007, 11:12 pm

  Tags: Albus Dumbledore, Books, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Jk Rowling, Podcasts, Severus Snape

  7. She also spoke about Snape, Dumbledore, the Harry Potter Encyclopedia and how she broke the news of the fate of the trio to the actors who portrayed them. Details from the Open Book Tour LA press conference - Religion. (MTV News) More from MTV on Snape and Dumbledore. J.K. Rowling talks to the movie stars (MTV Movies Blog). More from the

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• Episode #56: Love in Harry Potter

  Published: November 1, 2007, 5:12 pm

  Tags: Albus Dumbledore, Books, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Podcasts, Severus Snape, Agape, Bellatrix, Dumbledore, Eros, Love, Philia, Snape, Storge, Voldemort

  Although in English we have one basic term for love, there’s really all different kinds of love: brotherly love, selfless love, erotic love, and all make some kind of appearance in the Harry Potter novels. In this week’s show, we take a look at love in Harry Potter and how the various relationships are expressed, and what the nature

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• Episode #57: Fatherhood in Potter

  Published: November 8, 2007, 8:22 am

  Tags: Albus Dumbledore, Deathly Hallows, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, James Potter, Lord Voldemort, Podcasts, Severus Snape, Arthur Weasley, Dumbledore, Fatherhood, Lupin, Snape

  and even, to some extent Snape, we take a look at Harry’s bevy or male role models, how they shaped his character and how they contributed to his being what appears to be, for all that we can tell, a good father to his children as well. Make sure to vote for HPProgs for Best Podcast in the 2007 Weblog Awards! We’re hanging tough

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• Episode #58: Harry Potter Potpourri

  Published: November 21, 2007, 8:53 pm

  Tags: Albus Dumbledore, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Podcasts, Severus Snape, Afterlife, Death, Immortality, Interviews, Jkrowling, Religion, Souls, Wiliam Penn

  The more interviews J.K. Rowling gives, the more show topics we get. This time, J.K. Rowling spoke with the Dutch newspaper Volksrant (not to be confused with Volkswagon or Voltron) and discussed many topics. Amongst them were the issues of life after death in the Harry Potter books, as well as more details on Nazi parallels and her religious

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• January Portus Preview up Now

  Published: January 30, 2008, 7:30 pm

  Tags: Portus 2008, Severus Snape, Snapecast, Snapefest

  interviewed Rachael from SnapeCast who will be hosting SnapeFest at Portus. I have to say I am not a HUGE Snape person. While I do agree that he is at the center of the Harry Potter Series, I pretty much contend that he is still a jerk who did some really heroic things (I am of the opinion that good people can act jerky). But Rachael talks

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• Episode #78: The Truth Hurts

  Published: May 9, 2008, 3:39 pm

  Tags: Harry Potter, Jk Rowling, James Potter, Order Of The Phoenix, Patterns In Potter, Podcasts, Book 5, Dolores Umbridge, Knowledge, Ootp, Severus Snape, Trust, Truth

  In the week’s episode, we continue our discussion of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the central theme of truth and knowledge, specifically how the book presents the theme in context of Hogwarts, education, careers and experiential vs. learned/taught knowledge. It’s even more exciting that I can describe. We look forward

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