Mimblewimble - The Harry Potter Podcast

27/09/2018

New episode out!
This episode is all about the events leading up to everyone’s worst fears since we discovered there’s a monster on the loose attacking Muggleborns. Before Ron discovers that his friend is the latest victim, he:

(and Harry) discovers a suspicious diary in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. He’s very skeptical of it because books can be dangerous (beyond just giving you dangerous ideas) but Harry picks it up and carries it around anyway.

suspects that Hermione might have given Lockhart a valentine. He is also around when Harry is forced to listen to his humiliating valentine.

is not present when Harry writes his name on a page in T.M Riddle’s diary and discovers that the diary can write back. The diary belongs to someone who caught the person who previously opened the Chamber and you’ll never believe what happens next. DUN DUN DUNNNN.

thinks that Riddle sounds shifty because he turned Hagrid in. He also picks classes sensibly instead of making choices based on someone else’s choices (AHEM).

is sympathetic when the diary is stolen and also concludes that it’s a probably a Gryffindor who stole is.

is with Harry when they find out that the latest victim is their friend, Hermione Granger :(
https://www.mimblewimble.in/home/episodes/sixteen

This episode is all about the events leading up to everyone’s worst fears since we discovered there’s a monster on the loose attacking Muggleborns. Before Ron discovers that his friend is the latest victim, he: (and Harry) discovers a suspicious diary in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. He’s very ...

09/08/2018

In this episode, we (and Ron) get to learn a little bit about the title of this book aka The Chamber of Secrets. But before that, a whole bunch of stuff happens:

- Harry and Ron get assigned detentions. McGonagall smartly tailors the detentions - Harry gets assigned time with his favoritest Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor and Ron has to clean the trophy room, in the Muggle way, with Filch. Talk about fun. During his detention, Harry hears a disembodied voice but can't be sure where it was coming from or who it could be.

- Harry almost gets another detention from Filch for dripping mud in the corridor but is saved by Nearly Headless Nick. Nick also invites him to his 500th Deathday Party on Halloween; Harry agrees to attend, with Hermione and Ron, out of sheer gratitude.

- As per Ron's prediction, the Deathday party turns out to be dead depressing so they split midway to go back to the feast. Harry hears the disembodied voice again in the corridor (Ron and Hermione can't), except this time it's saying a lot of scary stuff like 'Rip. Tear. Kill.' and 'I smell blood'. Harry runs towards the voice, a confused Ron and Hermione in tow, and end up in front of some writing on a wall ('The Chamber of Secrets is open. Enemies of the heir, beware') and a petrified cat - Mrs. Norris. The entire school shows up just after they do and catches them at the scene of the crime.

- Filch accuses Harry of killing his cat because Harry figured out he's a Squib. But thankfully, Dumbledore believes that Harry had nothing to do with the incident and gets him off the hook. Hermione remembers reading about the Chamber of Secrets but she doesn't have her copy of Hogwarts, A History to refresh her memory and all the copies have been borrowed from the library. So, she interrupts Professor Binns during a History of Magic lecture and asks him. That's how Ron learns about the Chamber of Secrets.
https://www.mimblewimble.in/home/episodes/thirteen

In this episode, we (and Ron) get to learn a little bit about the title of this book aka The Chamber of Secrets. But before that, a whole bunch of stuff happens: - Harry and Ron get assigned detentions. McGonagall smartly tailors the detentions - Harry gets assigned time with his favoritest Defense

27/07/2018

In episode 3 of season 2, we discuss the events leading up to Ron coming to Hermione's defense. From what? Let's find out.

After they find out that they cannot get past the barrier in platform 9 3/4, Ron and Harry put their heads together to come up with a misguided and dangerous plan. They decide to ride the flying car to Hogwarts. What could go wrong, right? Turns out, everything.

Well, the car is seen by some muggles
The car loses juice and starts to protest against the long drive.
They hit a tree in the Hogwarts ground. The only tree that hits back
Ron breaks his wand.
The car throws Harry and Ron out and drives itself into the forbidden forest.
Finally, they get caught by Snape who is hell-bent on getting them expelled.
Dumbledore arrives to save the day and lets them off with a detention. But their bad luck does not stop there. Ron gets a howler from Mrs. Weasley and Harry gets a lecture from Professor Lockhart. Harry, to his annoyance, gets a 'FAN' (not Ginny), who follows him around taking pictures and attracting more attention.

You'd think things would get better for Harry at the Quidditch practice. But the Gryffindor team's practice is interrupted by the Slytherin team. They show off their brand new Nimbus 2001s, generously donated to them by Mr. Malfoy to get his son on the team.

When Hermione points out that nobody in the Gryffindor team bought their way in, Draco Malfoy calls her a nasty word. That's when Ron goes to Hermione's defense.

We also have a Harry Potter story from Shruthi Venkatesh, a friend and listener, whose fun illustrations have become the trademark of the podcast.

If you are interested in sharing your story with us, just record yourself telling the story of how you starting reading the books and send it to [email protected].

You can prepare for this episode by reading

Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow
Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart
Chapter 7: Mudbloods and Murmurs
of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

You can also listen to this podcast on iTunes, Google Podcast, or any other favorite podcast app. Just search for Mimblewimble - The Harry Potter Podcast.
https://www.mimblewimble.in/home/episodes/twelve

"Eat slugs, Malfoy!"

15/06/2018

This is a sad video about two podcasting dummies. So if you are looking to be inspired, do not watch this video.

Podcasting is a lot of fun but not easy. Through the course of the video, we discover how hard the whole ordeal is. We answer the question: Why do we even continue to have a podcast?

Actually, we don't answer that.

We don't really give you any valuable information on this video.

But if you do want some actual information about starting a podcast, try this: https://www.mimblewimble.in/blog/podcasting-for-dummies

18/05/2018

Episode 9, our season finale is out!

Harry walks through fire to meet Quirrell, not Snape. It's quickly revealed that Quirrell is acting under Voldemort's orders and is trying to discover the secrets of the Mirror of Erised so that he can take the Stone and bring Voldemort back to life. Somehow, Harry winds up with the Stone. Harry lies about it but the voice sees through his lies and demands to speak to him "face to face". Quirrell unwraps his turban to reveal a second face on the back of his head - Voldemort. Harry tries to get away when Voldemort monologues about how he's a mere shadow of himself. In the scuffle, Harry realizes that Quirrell can't touch him without suffering pain. So even though it hurts him as well he puts his hands on Quirrell until he passes out.

When he wakes up, he's in the Hospital Wing with Dumbledore who explains everything that happened and fills in some of the details. Dumbledore explains that he arrived to pull Harry off Quirrell but Voldemort got away. After discussing it with Flamel, Dumbledore destroyed the Stone as well. Harry recovers in time to attend the last night feast where Slytherin is expected to win the House Championship cup.

Except, Dumbledore hands out some points in the last minute to Harry, Hermione, Ron and Neville and Gryffindor ends up winning the cup. The year over, they pack their trunks, get on board the Hogwarts Express and leave Hogwarts. For now.
https://www.mimblewimble.in/home/episodes/nine

"To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure" Harry walks through fire to meet Quirrell, not Snape. It's quickly revealed that Quirrell is acting under Voldemort's orders and is trying to discover the secrets of the Mirror of Erised so that he can tak

04/05/2018

In Episode 8 of Mimblewimble, we discuss the chapter "The Forbidden Forest".
In it, Harry, Hermione and Neville get caught out of bed and lose 150 points for Gryffindor. So they get ostracized not just by Gryffindors but also by Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws because Slytherin would win the house cup again. We discuss how this is unfair because the super smart Ravenclaws should be able to win points for their house and not rely on a Gryffindor to stop the Slytherin winning streak. Do you agree?

03/05/2018

Episode 8 - Harry walks through fire is out!
In this episode, we discuss the coolest events from Book 1 - Harry and Hermione's trip to the forbidden forest, Firenze, Hagrid's boo-boo, Neville's bravery, Devil's snare, the giant Wizard chess and more. Phew. That's a lot. That's why this episode is our longest yet.

We also hear Samyuktha Dega's beautiful Harry Potter story.

Don't miss this one :)

https://www.mimblewimble.in/home/episodes/eight

"Mars is bright tonight" After Harry, Hermione, Malfoy and Neville get caught out of bed past curfew, by Filch, McGonagall takes 50 each from their respective houses and assigns them detentions. Losing a 150 points puts Gryffindor behind Slytherin, in the House Championshi