Podtrificus Totalus

It’s Monday and Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book, is here to tell you the good news about baby genius Ginny Weasley.

This week sees Harry attempt to rescue Ginny from her fate in the Chamber. There, he encounters the memory ghost of Tom Riddle, who has been controlling Ginny and forcing her to open the Chamber this whole time. Harry must fight the Basilisk and escape with his friends (plus Professor Lockhart).

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

A discussion on long fingers on CoSForums

"Wild About Harry" interview with Candis Magazine (Jennie Renton; November 2001)

Chamber of Secrets DVD Interview with Steve Kloves and J.K. Rowling (Lizo Mzimba; February 2003)

Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003)

im14andthisisdeep, a subreddit

"Finsta," slang for Fake Instagram

Lord Voldemort's middle name on Adventures on the Bookshelf

Translations of the "I am Lord Voldemort" anagram on the Harry Potter Wiki

Godric's sword was practical too on AccioBrain

The Age of the Weasleys, an essay by Troels Forchhammeron the Harry Potter Lexicon

Our Spell of the Week for this episode is not a spell but a creature: Phoenixes! Joe tells us about all the magical abilities of this special bird.

It’s Monday and the universe's favorite chapter by chapter Harry Potter podcast, Podtrificus Totalus, is talking giant snakes!

In this week's chapter, things get bad at Hogwarts. Harry and Ron can't find an opportunity to sneak into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom and uncover the Chamber of Secrets. They discover that the monster that has been petrifying their classmates is a basilisk and that Ginny, Ron's younger sister, has been taken to the Chamber. With the threat of Hogwarts closing for good and a reluctant Lockhart dragged along with them, they take the plunge into the Chamber, hoping they can rescue Ginny before it's too late.

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

The Basilisk on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Basilisk on Wikipedia

Several wizard rock songs, including "And Then I Died" by The Moaning Myrtles, "Never Going to the Bathroom Again" by Harry and the Potters, and "Save Ginny Weasley" by Harry and the Potters

Gilderoy Lockhart on the Harry Potter Wiki

The Memory Charm on the Harry Potter Wiki

Our Spell of the Week for this episode is Obliviate, which Lockhart attempts to use on Harry and Ron after he tells them his secret... using Ron's broken wand.

It’s Monday and Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, is back to talk about some current events and some giant spiders.

In this week's chapter, Harry and Ron follow Hagrid's advice to follow the spiders. This brings them into the Forbidden Forest, where they encounter an old friend and a new threat, uncovering some information about when the Chamber was opened last.

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

Max & Ruby, a children's book and television series

Aragog on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Gog and Magog on Wikipedia

Gog and Magog on the Encyclopedia Britannica

Gogmagog on Wikipedia

The Wand-Lighting Charm on the Harry Potter Wiki

Our Spell of the Week is Lumos, the Wand-Lighting Charm, which Harry uses to help them see in the dark forest.

In lieu of our usual links to our social media accounts and places where we subscribe, we would like our listeners to seek out Black and queer creators and voices instead. Some excellent people that we enjoy and would like to promote include Black Girls Create, House of Black Podcast, Kimya Dawson, The Gayly Prophet Podcast, Austin Walker and the Friends at the Table podcast, Ludo Bagman and the Trash, Wizards in Space, and the Wrock Snob among many, many others. We also encourage our listeners who have the financial means to spare even a few dollars to donate to Black Lives Matter and other, related funds. Act Blue has set up a page where you can spread your donation out among (at the time of writing) over 70 bail funds, mutual aid funds, and activist organizations.

It's Monday and Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, is remaining true to their word to release episodes regularly! What a dream! What a treat for you!

This week's chapter sees the trio falling complacent, reluctant to ask Hagrid any questions about his expulsion. But when Harry's room is ransacked, Tom Riddle's diary stolen, and Hermione is petrified, Harry and Ron set out to find answers but are interrupted by the appearance of Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy.

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003)

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

Fudge is based off of Neville Chamberlain according to an interview with J.K. Rowling in XLSemanal, a Spanish magazine

Cornelius Fudge on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Fudge in the Oxford English Dictinary

Dumbledore used homenum revelio when at Hagrid's hut according to Rowling (Live chat with Bloomsbury; 30 July 2007)

The Severing Charm on the Harry Potter Wiki

Our Spell of the Week is Diffindo, the Severing Charm, which may have been used to rip apart Harry's cloak and bedclothes when his dormitory was ransacked.

It's Monday and that means a new episode of Podtrificus Totalus, the universe's favorite Harry Potter podcast!

In this week's chapter, Harry finds a mystery diary that belonged to a T.M. Riddle fifty years ago -- the same amount of time that has passed since the Chamber of Secrets was last opened. A Valentine's Day disaster ends up revealing the diary's secrets, and Harry learns who opened the Chamber last time.

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

Buster's Breathless, an episode of Arthur

Philoctetes, a character in Disney's Hercules (1997)

Gimli, a character in The Lord of the Rings

Armando Dippet on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Thomas (name) on Wikipedia

"Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare

The Revealing Charm on the Harry Potter Wiki

Our Spell of the Week is Aparecium, which Hermione uses on the diary in attempt to reveal its secrets.

It's Monday! There's a new episode of Podtrificus Totalus! We are a Harry Potter podcast that reads the books chapter by chapter!

This chapter sees Hermione finally finish brewing the Polyjuice Potion, with relatively positive results. Harry and Ron, disguised as Goyle and Crabbe, infiltrate the Slytherin Common Room, but Malfoy denies any involvement in the attacks, leaving them back at square one of unraveling the mystery of the Chamber of Secrets.

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

The Chronicles of Narnia book series by C.S. Lewis

The Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy

The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante

Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood by Judith Ortiz Cofer

"Social Psychology," an episode of Community

V for Vendetta (2005)

Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (the book) by J.K. Rowling, under the pseudonym Newt Scamander

The Iliad by Homer

J.K. Rowling's World Book Day Chat (4 March 2004)

Gilmore Girls, Cassie's favorite TV show

Exploding Snap on the Harry Potter Lexicon

"Harry Potter and the Tower of Babel" by Nancy K. Jentsch in The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon (Ed. Lana A. Whited; Published by University of Missouri Press in 2002)

Leekspin, an ancient meme

You're the Man Now Dog

Wizarding World Currency Exchanger on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Azkaban on Wizarding World

Our Spell of the Week for this episode is actually a Potion of the Week, and — big surprise — it's the Polyjuice Potion!

You can hear more from our guest, Adrienne Maclain, on her podcast, That's Aloud! You can also follow That's Aloud on Twitter and Instagram to make sure you always hear about the newest episodes.

It's Monday and that means yet another episode of Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book. We continue our coverage of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with mounting rumors about Harry's connections to the attacks on students. Snape and Lockheart host a disastrous Dueling Club that does little to improve Harry's reputation or the students' preparedness, and two more denizens of Hogwarts are petrified by the end of the chapter.

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

The Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger

The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot

Filius Flitwick on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino

Miss S. Fawcett on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Rictusempra, the Tickling Charm, on the Harry Potter Lexicon

J.K. Rowling interview at the Royal Albert Hall (Stephen Fry; 26 June 2003)

Parsel in the Oxford English Dictionary

"Wizard Chess," a song by Harry and the Potters

Hannah Abbott on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Our Spell of the Week is Expelliarmus, which the students learn at the Dueling Club and which will probably return many more times throughout this podcast.

You can hear more from our guest, Bri Castellini, on the Burn, Noticed podcast, which covers the TV show Burn Notice on an episode-by-episode basis. You can also find Bri on her personal website as well as on Twitter and Instagram as @brisownworld.

This week on Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book, Cassie and Joe stay on topic for their Shakira podcast by discussing Quidditch, broken arms, and the Wagga Wagga Werewolf.

Picking up from the previous chapter, Hermione cons Lockheart into signing a note that allows her to get a book out of the Restricted Section of the library. While the trio makes plans to brew the Polyjuice Potion, Harry is harassed by a bludger in his Quidditch match against Slytherin and lands in the Hospital Wing regrowing bones. There, he has an interesting visitor.

We make a number of references to outside sources, which are listed below:

Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira

The Polyjuice Potion on Wizarding World

The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, specifically these three lines

Poppy Pomfrey on the Harry Potter Lexicon

House-elves on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Brownies and Bogles by Louise Imogen Guiney

Brackium Emendo on the Harry Potter Wiki

Skele-Gro on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Our Spell of the Week this week is an unnamed Brackium Emendo, which Lockheart uses in the Chamber of Secrets movie to fix Harry's arm, if by fix you mean remove all the bones within.

This week on Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book, Cassie and Joe debate whether Squibs should be allowed to attend Hogwarts for chapter nine of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, "The Writing on the Wall."

Having just been discovered at the scene of Mrs. Norris's petrification, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are interrogated by their professors about their involvement. They're released, but they have questions about the Chamber of Secrets that need answering--and a mystery they have to solve before all the Muggle-born students in the school are targeted.

We make a number of references to outside sources, which are listed below:

Transmogrify in the Oxford English Dictionary

Everything you need to know about Squibs on Wizarding World

Squib in the Oxford English Dictionary

Professor Binns on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Rowling's planning document for Prisoner of Azkaban, which includes a first name for Professor Binns on the Harry Potter Lexicon (spoiler warning for Prisoner of Azkaban)

Rowling on the inspiration for Professor Binns (1998)

Hogwarts Ghosts on Wizarding World

Godric Gryffindor on the Harry Potter Wiki

July 2007 Wizard of the Month on J.K. Rowling's Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine

The Giant Squid is Godric Gryffindor in disguise on J.K. Rowling's Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine

Helga Hufflepuff on the Harry Potter Wiki

May 2007 Wizard of the Month on J.K. Rowling's Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine

Salazar Slytherin's namesake on J.K. Rowling's Twitter

The stories of the Hogwarts founders on Wizarding World

Salazar Slytherin reconciled with the other founders toward the end of his life on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Rowena Ravenclaw on the Harry Potter Wiki

Rowena Name Meaning on Nameberry

Rowena Ravenclaw on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Information on the Harry Potter Token Zone on Beyond Hogwarts

August 2007 Wizard of the Month on J.K. Rowling's Official Site, archived by the Wayback Machine

Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003)

Our Spell of the Week this week is an unnamed Transfiguration spell that Fred uses to transform Ron's teddy bear into a spider after Ron breaks his toy broomstick.