LOVE this podcast! I never leave reviews, but I had to for this podcast! I love all the theories and intelligence behind your analyses in every scene. Hot tamale goes to Danny for not missing ANYTHING and having the best questions 😆 (you are all amazing).

I am doing a re-read of the series, and was looking for a podcast that gives perspective

38 yr old reading Harry Potter for the first time and I’m obsessed. There’s no one to talk to about it because everyone read it years ago and I’m scared of spoilers. Y’all have been so much fun to listen to! Thanks for the opportunity to dissect the books without the threat of a spoiler! ⚡️

Hi I love Harry Potter and I just love all of the theories you guys make. Also I love all the jokes you guys make and this is one of the best podcast I have listened to in a while so you guys keep doing this amazing podcast.

One thing it doesn’t take away from the five start from me but it’s hard to focus. I’m on the goblet ch 21 episode and someone is eating over the mic. It’s very distracting. Again I still will continue to listen I still love this podcast.

I love this podcast, I know I’m going to love all of the different opinions of these guys and I absolutely LOVE Harry Potter and this is going to be interesting to listen to.

The podcast is entirely dedicated to a nerd fandom which I have belonged to for only a short while but have been delighted to be accepted into…. I love potter and all things Harry Potter include podcasts most are really crappy but this one isn’t! I love the banter! Amazing fun banter between Jon, Danny, Kristin, and Jenn!

Been a diehard Potterhead going on 20+ years and never thought I’d get to experience the books in a new way but that’s exactly what this podcast does. Everyone who loves the book series should give it a listen!

I have listened to a lot of Harry Potter podcasts and I was looking for another one. I found this. To be honest, I've only listened to the trailer so far, but the hosts already have me hooked. I can already tell how much John loves the series and everyone else seems so eager to learn. I can't wait to see where this goes.

I love listening to this podcast. It is amazing and always makes me laugh. But Peeves is a poltergeist so technically he never died or lived, he just was created when Hogwarts was created.

I’ve never written a review for, well, I don’t think anything but I had to write a review for this podcast. I’m a huge HP fan so I’m incredibly happy listening to someone experience it for the first time! Here’s what I need to know…can y’all give your last names so I can follow you on socials? You seem like simply the best kind of people!

Wow. This is such a great podcast. I love discovering people who say they have never read or watched Harry Potter and now are reading it for the first time. I especially love when someone bad mouths it and then a few chapters in they go from no, to “I love it.” I can’t wait to listen to all of these. Hopefully I get to do this too with my friends and share their journey as well for podcast listeners. Thank you and keep going y’all.

Thank you so much for making a podcast for first timers without spoilers. Great show and will help me get through the books as a non-reader! So excited to make my way through!

I just discovered this podcast and I love it! I basically am Jon, but not quite so intense. Living vicariously through the first time readers and hearing their theories is such a blast! I am listening in order and currently just started Goblet of Fire, so ignore this if it’s already been addressed- but can you please assign chapter summaries before you all read them? The pause when Jon says “someone provide a summary “ is more awkward than when Cho and Harry kissed…

I was searching for a podcast to listen to while I work and came across this podcast on accident and it has been so fun! I'm the biggest Harry Potter fan and this is the book club I always wish I was apart of. I live for their wild predictions (like Professor McGonagall being Harry's grandma) and they always make me laugh and question my Harry Potter knowledge! I also love the personal stories and questions so we get to know them better. Just all around a great listen!

I love listening to others discover Harry Potter for the first time. This is one of the better Podcasts that does this. I love how Jenn loves answers. I love how Danny keeps track of everything.

Love listening to all of you! I wish we could hear more of your off-the-wall conversations. I love how real you all are. I snuck a peak at season two and so appreciate the fact that you have a somewhat reluctant person reading the books because that’s where a lot of people I know are at. I’ve read and listened to the books countless times and watched the movies just as much so I think it’s awesome hearing these first-time reader’s thoughts and theories. Keep the awesome episodes coming!

I listened to this show on a whim and now I’m obsessed. It’s so incredible to hear new perspectives and takeaways on a series that I have read and listened to so many times I thought I knew it all. I got a kick out of the crew being from my state. Maybe that’s why I like them so much! Also, definitely bring back the themed snacks/ drinks. 😂

Ngl on the whole every flavor bean thing I got SOAP it was actually pretty good lol 😂

I love it! Its so amazing!Ive loved Harry Potter since I was 7.

Having read/listened to the series 15+ plus times, this podcast gives a fun and fresh new way to experience the text. The podcast team has great energy together and goes on just enough personal tangents to make you feel like part of the group. Highly recommend!

I’m a huge Harry Potter fan and stumbled on this podcast and I love it! I love Jen and Danny’s predictions and theories. I am genuinely impressed with them and love listening to them experience this book for the first time. The only thing I don’t like are the personal question in the interviews for example, what is your most memorable Christmas? I like to hear some of that now and then but I am here for Harry Potter theory’s and the further in the podcast we get, the more personal questions come up. I know it’s kind of just like a book club and in a book club you do that but honestly, I could do without that. You guys are awesome tho and I’m jealous of Jon and Kristen for having friends that agreed to this!

You guys are the best podcasters ever! One thing I would suggest is that if people are following along in the books you should say the page # with the quote.

All four of you guys seem like such bubbly and fun people, and I love the organized (thanks to the host, Jon) yet still casual, stream-of-consciousness discussion that sets this show apart from other HP podcasts. As I’m in my mid-twenties, I came back to this book series this summer in a similar position as Kristen’s, having watched all the movies and read most of the books once as a young teen, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed tagging along on this journey with you guys and I’ve been actively slowing myself down on the re-read so I can read Deathly Hallows with you guys eventually when I catch up! I find myself relating to Jon the most, in terms of personality (Hufflepuffs!) and in the tendency to nerd out, and I really admire how he’s able to lead such a spoiler-free discussion without giving much away because I know I would not be able to restrain myself as well as he does. Kristen is super sweet and her laugh is so endearing, I always love her contributions even if it’s not as often as the other two (understandable as she’s read the books before and doesn’t want to give too much away). From one dude to another, I have to admit Danny’s overall personality and analytical mind and imagination is such a catch. He is the life of the podcast and it’s no wonder things are going the way they are (Congratulations you two!!!). Jen is also super lovely, has a pleasant voice to listen to, and it’s been very entertaining listening to the both of the first time reader’s theories and camaraderie evolve throughout the podcast. I will admit the consistent giggling and the sounds of sniffing coughing, smacking lips and chewing from eating RIGHT into the mic gets a little grating, but of course I understand you guys are often recording after work and Jon does a decent job editing livestreams for the podcast. Overall, highly recommend these guys as the first stop for any other first time readers of this iconic book series!

I lOVE to read Harry Potter and when I saw this looking through podcast I thought it would be really good and it is but I mainly let my younger siblings listen to it since I’m further ahead but it’s truly amazing and I wish I would have seen this before.

Wish I would have found this earlier so I could engage in real time, but still really enjoying it. Hopefully I’ll catch up before you finish series! Loving all the theories, really reminds me of my first time reading the books.

I found this podcast the other day and it’s incredible! To be able to listen to people who don’t know what happens next is so refreshing-to hear their theories and their thoughts as they read through the book or watch the movie. it’s so different from other Harry Potter podcast. I feel like I’m reliving the amazing world of Harry Potter again through this podcast. Great work everyone and thank you for creating an epic Harry Potter podcast that I can’t stop listening too.

I love this podcast its really fun listening to Danny and Jen’s theories about harry potter and some of the questions about the chapters are hilarious. Overall a wonderful podcast, great job to John for the editing and since i didn’t mention Kristin, good job!

Started listening to this podcast from the beginning a few weeks back and I absolutely love it! Everyone is so engaging and funny. I’ve been reading Harry Potter every year (sometimes twice lol) since I was 17 (nearly 28 now!). I love hearing everyone’s thoughts and theories and opinions. :) can’t wait to catch up!

This is the first time I’ve read the books in over a decade, and I stumbled across this podcast thankfully. It’s so fun to hear people talking about their first time reading through and theorizing about what everything could mean. I wish I had a friend group like this when I read for the first time as well. Keep it up!

Great listen for first timers and any timers! Thank you all for the substantive discussion and perspectives, love the show!

I just finished listening to the episodes for the first book and I’m hooked!! Everyone is getting more confident and Jon is asking all the right questions. Also, there’s been some really interesting (and not totally wrong) predictions. I love how Jon clearly connects to the story on a deep level and he’s conveying the reasons he is so passionate. Im getting so excited for them to keep reading and I can’t wait to catch up!!

Be sure to listen to these podcasters. The analysis is fun and sometimes the predictions (or throw away comments that they didn’t even present as predictions) are spot on. Their new reader enthusiasm is a joy for a multi-time reader like me.

I’ve recently started listening and I’ve been having so much fun hearing your theories about stuff, especially since I’ve reached the third book, which is my favorite. I’m also starting to get really excited about things that will happen in future books and everyone’s reactions. I hope after the books you plan to have episodes on things like a very potter musical and other popular fan things.

THIS IS SO GOOD!!! I love listening to the podcast when I have free time! I think you all are great people, except maybe Jen (jk) but it’s crazy how good they are at the theory making most of them are really close (like the polyjuice Barry crouch one) and even the ones that aren’t very close (sorry Danny but Mcgonagall is not Harry’s grandmother) but Jon is so good at this questioning I mean pressing them to think of theory’s is just 👌the chefs kiss. It’s just an awesome podcast thank you so much. Keep up the good work Ps. I’m a slytheren

I just started reading the Harry Potter books for the first time after watching the movies multiple times and I wanted to find a good spoiler free Harry Potter podcast to listen along with while I read the books. I came upon Harry Potter and the First Time Readers and it has been perfect. The hosts are very funny and they have really great theories but yet they don’t spoil the book as you read along with them. I would definitely listen whether you’re a first timer like me or if you’ve read them many times.

Happy Gryffindor here! I’m so excited I found this podcast. Like Jon, I’ve read and reread and rereread these books so many times. Somewhere between 10-15 at least, I think, and every time I read them, I fall in love all over again. Currently I’ve binged my way through part of their coverage of Chamber of Secrets. I love how much Jon loves the books, and I love how much the others are loving them. The questions are great, and really show how well he knows the books. One of my favorite things is how they talk about Harry. It seems like a lot of people only see the Harry from the movies, or only see the brave Gryffindor thing. But really, he’s hilarious, so compassionate, stands up for others, is an amazing friend, talented, does his best not to let his fame go to his head, and he always follows his heart, and I so appreciate that they recognize this. I like the length of the episodes, because they really get into it, and the takes are always so interesting. I wish I was friends with them all so I could go to book club too, lol. If y’all ever need one more, let me know!

I started from the beginning and I’m only halfway through their episodes on the second book, but I’m definitely liking it so far! They’ve all got fun personalities and commentaries and (at least so far) they don’t get into real world politics and problems, which is really nice. Mugglecast is always making comparisons about how the bad characters are just like conservative people like me, so it’s nice to listen to something where you aren’t being villainized. So many people turn to books like these as a means of escaping our real world problems, so it’s refreshing when we can all unite around some good ol HP, regardless of politics or other differences. Hopefully that doesn’t change as the podcast goes on, because I’m really enjoying the levity that this group brings to their discussions! They aren’t trying to make listeners feel bad about their beliefs, they are just having fun and teasing each other but overall being really encouraging and supportive of each other’s theories and ideas. They are a very positive and light-hearted group to listen to during my morning workouts or daily commute

As a HP fan from childhood this podcast has been perfect. I stopped at the 3rd book when I was younger and didn’t read the rest, but I’ve seen all of the movies. This podcast has got me back into reading the books. I bought the first 2 in the illustrated copies and they are just…magical. I plan to buy the others after I finish these 2. I love the different opinions as you guys read through the chapters. The newbies to HP have fascinating theories. At times, things I never even thought of. Every time I turn on this podcast it’s like sitting around with friends. I love it so much considering no one in my life is as interested in HP as me. Thank you guys for creating such a great podcast.

I’ve gone through a couple of different Harry Potter podcasts and so far this is my favorite. I love how you added some humor along with the facts about the couple of chapters you cover. (I’m a Hufflepuff)

I love this podcast because it brings me to so many new and interesting ideas and things that could’ve happened if J. K. Rowling thought of them and written them PS I am in Gryffindor

This is my favorite but I would love if it could stay on topic P.S.I’m a griffindor

I try just about every podcast with the premise of someone reading HP for the first time, but this one instantly stands out for me. With a group of four, I feel like I’m listening in to a lively book club instead of someone performing for a listening audience. Jon’s love for the books is so evident and he is a great guide for the newbies. I love that the newbies are so curious and open to the series, not overly cynical/critical. I truly think this is providing the closest possible experience to reading Harry Potter for the first time! I’m only 3 episodes in but I can’t wait to binge the rest!

Love this pod guys. It’s amazing seeing people experience this incredible universe for the first time. I read these books in my childhood and fell in love with reading because of them. I recently reread the books and my views are completely different as an adult but I still love the books just as much! I love all of the theories everyone comes up with! Some of them are surprisingly right on point! Keep up the good work! I’m currently trying to catch up to the current pod episodes!

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This is my second time reading the books, and it’s been so fun listening to this podcast with perspectives from first time readers as well as picking up so many details I missed the first time I read the books. Highly recommend.

I love listening to new people read these books. I wish I could wipe my memory and read them again for the first time. One thing I did want to mention, in the first book there’s a part where Fred and George are throwing snowballs at professor quirrell. So technically they were blasting Voldy in the face with snowballs😂. Just a fun little thing that shows the difference between the books and movies. Love the show!

Even though I’ve read the books, seen the movies and debated it all a hundred times through the years, I’d never thought about how different that experience would be through the eyes of first time readers. I love how they ask questions or form theories that, even though I already know the answers, make me re-imagine this world I’ve visited so many times and re-marvel at the way in which the whole puzzle of the saga comes together. I’m obsessed, I’ll be following through to the end, including the mecca trips, I’ve never found anyone intense enough about this whole thing to go with me 😂

Jon has such thoughtful questions. I also laughed so hard twice at some of the responses. Such a good podcast!