From the streets of Hogsmeade to the desks of Snape's office, we're back exploring the themes and threads we've found in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix so far – all while rapidly moving backward through the series. In this episode, we discus chapter 25 ("The Beetle at Bay") and chapter 24 ("Snape's Worst Memory"), and discover why it really is the worst – and most heartbreaking – memory in The Prince's Tale. Please help us keep making this podcast a success by leaving a 5-star rating and/or a review; don't forget to subscribe too, so you don't miss any future episodes.   Want more magic? Save $12 off your first box with Magic Delivered.    Connect with us on social media @glitteringbelljar on Instagram. 

Step back with us in the Glittering Bell Jar as we read Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix – backwards, chapter by chapter! In this episode, hosts Brie & Valerie discuss chapters 30 ("Grawp") and 29 ("Career Advice"), highlighting topics and themes they've never noticed before. This includes racism, politics, bullying, and, ya know, other light conversation topics – consider that your content warning! We also discuss Ginny's best quote (one to rival Dumbledore's wisdom, in Valerie's opinion): "Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." We're using that as our motto to keep going with this podcast! Please help us re-launch this podcast by leaving a 5-star rating and/or a review; don't forget to subscribe too, so you don't miss any future episodes.   Want more magic? Save $12 off your first box with Magic Delivered.    Connect with us on social media @glitteringbelljar on Instagram. 

Welcome to the first episode of the Glittering Bell Jar! In this episode, we dive into the world of Harry Potter starting all the way at the last few chapters of the Deathly Hallows. We begin with “19 Years Later” dive into “The Flaw in the Plan” and “Kings Cross”. Join us as we look at Harry Potter through a new lens!

Welcome back to Hogwarts! Unfortunately, Umbridge is here, and we're just getting started with her... In this episode, we dive into three chapters of Order of the Phoenix: 33 (Fight & Flight), 32 (Out of the Fire), and 31 (O.W.L.s), examining some themes we've already identified in the book (like Dumbledore's magical and Hermione's mental prowesses), and grabbing at new threads we intend to pull as the season goes on. Please help us re-launch this podcast by leaving a 5-star rating and/or a review; don't forget to subscribe too, so you don't miss any future episodes.   Want more magic? Save $12 off your first box with Magic Delivered.    Connect with us on social media @glitteringbelljar on Instagram. 

How many times can Valerie mispronounce "The Department of Mysteries?" Only eagle-eared listeners can tell! In this episode, we cover chapters 36, 35, and 34 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We work backwards through the Ministry, picking up on themes and threads we've never noticed before – like Neville's wand, Luna's thestral-riding habits, and the mistakes all parent – and parental figures – make. Please help us re-launch this podcast by leaving a 5-star rating and/or a review; don't forget to subscribe too, so you don't miss any future episodes.   Want more magic? Save $12 off your first box with Magic Delivered.    Connect with us on social media @glitteringbelljar on Instagram. 

Welcome back! We are back to start season 3, reading Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix backward, chapter by chapter. In this first episode of season, we work through chapters 38 and 37, discussing themes, hints, and other fascinating observations from the book and the wider wizarding world. Our main takeaway? It's all Dumbledore's Fault!  Please help us re-launch this podcast by leaving a 5-star rating and/or a review; don't forget to subscribe too, so you don't miss any future episodes.   Want more magic? Save $12 off your first box with Magic Delivered.    Connect with us on social media @glitteringbelljar on Instagram. 

Wow we have made it to chapter 1 of the Half-Blood Prince! The book begins (or ends in our case) stunningly, as we are plopped right into the muggle world where we see the viewpoint from the Prime minister. Valerie does some digging and we discover some cool facts about our favorite characters and we wrap up the second season of the Glittering Bell Jar! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod  

Here we are, approaching the end – er, beginning – of Harry Potter in the Half-Blood Prince. As we're reading the book backward, the time travel bit gets a tad confusing from time to time.   In this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast, we're traveling into the Muggle world to visit the home of the Half-Blood Prince himself, Severus Snape. There we get a peek into what life is like for Voldemort's supporters, and how Narcissa Malfoy is handling her husband's arrest and son's new mission.   Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

Dumbledore pays 4 Privet Drive a visit in this chapter where he comes to rescue Harry for the summer. We get an intimate look at how Harry has grown up unable to express even the slightest emotions. Despite all of this he still remained good at his core.    Let's chat about that and more in this episode of the Glittering Bell Jar!   Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

Love him or hate him, Horace Slughorn is a pretty important part of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Maybe that's why there's an entire chapter dedicated to him in the book – but we pretty much don't mention him at all in our analysis, so... Join us for this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast, where we talk about everything EXCEPT the subject of the chapter! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

We are spending some time at the Burrow with our favorite red-headed family before the kids all head off to Hogwarts. This time with Harry, Hermione, and Fleur as additions to the family. Valerie and Brie try to pin down exactly when Tonks and Lupin fell in love and struggle with the O.W.L system.    Join us and find out which subjects they would get an Outstanding in!    Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

Let's head down Knockturn Alley in this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast. We continue our backward reading of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by following Draco as he gives his mum the slip and makes his first, feeble attempts to reach Albus Dumbledore.   Speaking of his mum, Narcissa Malfoy, we chat about her too – as well as the equivalency of prefects and team captains, the Prefect's bathroom, the urban legend of Regulus' death, and Fred & George as lifestyle icons for the class clown.   Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

We are on the train and heading back to Hogwarts! Things are a little different this year since Hermione and Ron are Prefects. Harry begins in the Slug Club compartment and ends stunned on the ground after eavesdropping on Malfoy. We talk all about Mr. Weasley being the "cool dad", whether Fleur is as vain as she pretends to be and so much more! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

From Harry Potter's perspective, any chapter with the title "Snape Victorious" can't be good – but that's what we're discussing in this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar (A Harry Potter Podcast). Join us as we continue our backward reading of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! In this episode, we chat about book vs. movie Tonks, Harry's grief over Sirius' death, and Snape being, well, Snape! There's a lot to unpack in these characters as Snape achieves his long-held desire to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

It’s time we officially meet the Half-Blood Prince, well at least his book. In this episode, the kids are back at school and it’s time to plan their class schedule. Due to a new potions professor, Harry picks up that fateful used potions book. We discuss that and more in this episode of the Glittering Bell Jar!

Here we are at last, with a full picture of Lord Voldemort – and Tom Riddle. In this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast, we're going to the House of Gaunt, to discuss all the dark secrets it holds, and why it plays a role in the development of the evilest villain in the Wizarding World.   If you, as we do, love Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince because of how it makes sense of and explains all the bad guys, this episode is for you! (However, if you're brand new, start at Episode 1 so it all makes sense since we're reading the series backward!)   Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

In this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar, we chat about why the rules don't apply to Hermione and why Hagrid is so mad at the big 3!  Join us as we continue our backward reading of Half-Blood Prince and the rest of the Harry Potter series! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

Forget "silver and gold" – we're talking Silver & Opals, that is, Chapter 12 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, in our backward reading of the Harry Potter Series. In this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast, we discuss Malfoy's planning proficiency (spoilers: we DON'T agree!), Snape inventing spells (or just documenting them?), and the gems and easter eggs that J.K. Rowling is so good at hiding throughout these books. Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

Welcome to another episode of Season 2 in The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast. Today we're discussing "The Secret Riddle," chapter 13 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as we continue reading the book backward chapter by chapter (with daily episodes!).   In this episode, we naturally spend a lot of time discussing the young Tom Riddle, from his traumatic early years living in an orphanage backward to his time in Merope's womb and any trauma that may have occurred there. Like the book itself, we've been revealing Tom Riddle in reverse and making sense of the man who would become Voldemort. Join us for this episode!   Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod

In this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar, we attempt to avoid talking about Ron in a chapter, pretty much all about Ron. Between Quidditch, snogging, and broken hearts, you won't want to miss this one! Join us as we continue our backward reading of Half-Blood Prince and the rest of the Harry Potter series! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your discount by visiting: followthebutterflies.com/acciobox    Learn more about this podcast: https://followthebutterflies.com/podcast/ or follow us on social media @belljarpod