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Harry Potter Lexicon Podcast

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<blockquote>“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</blockquote> <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/?attachment_id=26123" rel="attachment wp-att-26123"><img class="alignleft wp-image-26123 size-medium" src="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/podcast-castle-cover-300x300.jpg" alt="The HP Lexicon Podcast" width="300" height="300" /></a>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 <a href="mailto:steve.lexicon@gmail.com">email</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steve-Vander-Ark/229520567073352">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Lexicon_Steve">Twitter</a>

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Recent Episodes

May 2, 2020

Encore Episode: “Oh wait a minute, who was that?”

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, <a href="http://www.hp-lexicon.info/wizworld/money.html">Galleons</a> changing the world, the <a href="http://www.hplex.org/about/books/ps/rg-ps15.html">late Quidditch match</a> in book one, and other bits of Potter lore. Links: * <a href="http://harrypotterforwriters.blogspot.com/2011/06/what-will-pottermore-know.html ">Harry Potter for Writers blog about Pottermore, including screen shots and a link to the video</a> * <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/source/other-canon/dp/">HP Lexicon sources: The Daily Prophet Newsletters</a> * <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/thing/money/">HPL: Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts</a> * <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/2007/02/04/wizard-money/">HP Lexicon essay: Wizard Money</a> * <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/source/the-harry-potter-novels/ps/">HPL: Reader’s Guide to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone</a>

November 13, 2019

Encore Episode: Did Dumbledore Walk Around With It in His Pocket?

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 <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/2001/12/01/29854/">missing twenty-four hours</a> * the mystery of Quirrell * and a few other <a href="http://www.hp-lexicon.info/about/books/ps/rg-ps.html">oddities</a>. Links: * The Harry Potter Lexicon * <a title="Steve Vander Ark on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steve-Vander-Ark/229520567073352">Facebook page</a>

May 30, 2018

OP9: Lucius? I Remember Him

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 <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/malfoy-family/lucius-malfoy/">Lucius Malfoy</a>. I knew there was no love lost between them, of course. However, the fact that Lucius Malfoy would be skulking around the <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/place/great-britain/england/london/ministry-of-magic-headquarters/">Ministry</a> and taking meetings with <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/fudge-family/cornelius-fudge/">Fudge</a> seemed perfectly normal. Of course a slimy guy like that would be trying to get in tight with the Minister for Magic. Here’s how Rowling describes it: They had just reached the ninth-level corridor and Cornelius Fudge was standing a few feet away from them, talking quietly to a tall man with sleek blond hair and a pointed, pale face. The second man turned at the sound of their footsteps. He, too, broke off in mid-conversation, his cold grey eyes narrowed and fixed upon Harry’s face. ‘Well, well, well… Patronus Potter,’ said Lucius Malfoy coolly. Harry felt winded, as though he had just walked into something solid. He had last seen those cold grey eyes through slits in a Death Eaters hood, and last heard that man’s voice jeering in a dark graveyard while Lord Voldemort tortured him. All that is true, of course, but for fans reading this in June of 2003, it had all happened several years ago. A lot of discussion, a lot of re-reading, a ton of fan fiction, and the filmed versions of the first two books had come out since. In other words, for most fans the last they had seen of Lucius Malfoy was in the film of Chamber of Secrets, as Jason Isaacs’ long white wig whisked out of sight after his characters had accidentally freed Dobby. I supposed it’s impossible to explain for those who weren’t reading the books at the time how the three years between books four and five affected fans — how it affected the whole world. Between July of 2000, when Goblet of Fire was published, and June of 2003, when Order of the Phoenix debuted, Harry Potter became a world-wide phenomenon. The characters of Harry, Ron, and Hermione now looked in everyone’s minds like Dan, Rupert, and Emma. There were trading cards and action figures and jewelry boxes and who knows what else. The first Harry Potter convention, <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/event/july-17-2003-em-nimbus-2003-em-the-first-harry/">Nimbus 2003</a>, was held in Orlando. The internet became the new way for people to communicate and online fandom was essentially invented by Harry Potter fans. So much had happened and so much had changed since fans had read those last few chapters of Goblet of Fire that the next paragraph they read in Order of the Phoenix just seemed odd. Rowling described Harry’s reaction to Lucius this way: Harry could not believe that Lucius Malfoy dared look him in the face; he could not believe that he was here, in the Ministry of Magic, or that Cornelius Fudge was talking to him, when Harry had told Fudge mere weeks ago that Malfoy was a Death Eater. “Mere weeks ago”? It’s true, the <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/place/great-britain/england/yorkshire/little-hangleton/graveyard/">graveyard</a> in <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/place/great-britain/england/yorkshire/little-hangleton/">Little Hangleton</a> had only been a couple of weeks ago in the story timeline. Fans had to come to a screeching mental halt and try to remember how they had felt three years before, when <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/diggory-family/cedric-diggory/">Cedric Diggory</a> had been murdered, when the <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/event/duel-in-the-graveyard/">Priori Incantatem</a> effect had given Harry just the edge he needed...

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What is Harry Potter Lexicon Podcast?: <blockquote>“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</blockquote> <a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/?attachment_id=26123" rel="attachment wp-att-26123"><img class="alignleft wp-image-26123 size-medium" src="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/podcast-castle-cover-300x300.jpg" alt="The HP Lexicon Podcast" width="300" height="300" /></a>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 <a href="mailto:steve.lexicon@gmail.com">email</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steve-Vander-Ark/229520567073352">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Lexicon_Steve">Twitter</a>
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Information about guest appearances is not available.

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