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A weekly podcast delving into the deeper themes and meaning of the Harry Potter novels.
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Exciting Stuff From the Makers of HPProgs (That’s us)
Hey everyone!! Since we have started HP Progs, we have talked about doing podcasts on other subjects as well. We even had a podcast for the TV show, “The Wire” for a few weeks. Well, we would like to announce that we have collaborated wit...
What’s Happening In HPProgs World?!?
Hey guys. Just wanted to say hi. First of all, BIG, HUGE Thank You to everyone who commented after episode 95. It was great to see some new names as well as hear from some of our old favorite listeners again! Things have been pretty busy around here....
Beedle The Bard Contest Results
You were all supposed to hear this information on our newest podcast but my program crashed when I was almost done editing the episode and I lost everything, so it will be a few days until the podcast comes out. In the meantime, we wanted to get this...
2008 Podcast Awards
Our listener, Karina just informed us that she nominated us for a 2008 Podcast Award in the Culture/Arts category. We appreciate the gesture and at this point in time ask if you all have some extra time if you can send in a nomination as well. Not...
What’s Going On
Hey everyone. Believe it or not, Greg and I are both under the weather right now and if we would sit down to podcast tonight the result would be a raspy, nasal, and moany sounding episode. So we are going to do you all a favor and not subject you...
Episode 77
Hi Everyone! This is just a heads up that as of now, we will not be releasing episode 77 this week. Things are very busy around here and unfortunately there is no time to prepare, record, and edit the episode this week. We look forward to re...
Happily Not Fooling Anyone
I think we may be one of the only HP sites that isn’t pulling an April Fool’sDay joketoday. To thank us for that, since it is a new month, please vote for us on Podcast Alley, and we will send each person who votes a brand ...
Where’s Episode 73?
I don’t know. That was a lie. I do know. But I don’t want to tell you. Fine, I’ll tell you. It hasn’t been recorded yet. Greg and Penny the Harry Potter Procrastinators, I mean Prognosticators, pushed off recording until...
Status of Episode 72
Hey everyone. We are a bit late on episode 72, we plan on putting it up tomorrow evening (March 10). Just to give you a preview, we are taking a break from Patterns in Potter this week. We interviewed Dr. Jeffrey Rudski about Harry Potter Addiction. ...
So You Wanna Leave a Voicemail Comment?
If you are in the US, you can now dial: 206-337-0357 to leave us a voicemail comment. Once again, if you are in the UK you can call: 07092 899490 Please keep you comments as close to one minute as possible. On the show front, Episode 71 was ...
Voicemails for Episode #71
If you want to get in your voicemail for episode 71 (Patterns in Potter, Prisoner of Azkaban part 1, yada yada yada), please have them in by Saturday March 1 at 8pm. I am hoping to record on Saturday night. Not that that means anything but one can al...
Around the Prognosticators’ Table
Yes, I totally stole the title of this post from Travis, sorry but it works. So here is a few tidbits of info for y’all: –In case you haven’t noticed, the Thursday update thing has not been happening lately. We have found that it ...
Call For Voicemails: Episode 69
We have gotten some really great feedback on the voicemail discussions as part of the Patterns In Potter Series. So, because we released episode #68 late, we want people to have time to listen to it before moving on to episode #69. We plan on reco...
We Don’t *Completely* Suck at Life. Really We Don’t
Believe it or not, we actually recorded episode 68 on Sunday. But between a kid who might have the flu, work related emergencies, and an inability to upload the episode to the site we normally upload it to, we haven’t gotten it to you yet. ...
Episode # 68 will be a bit late this week
Hey All. Episode 68 will be recorded late this week, therefore will probably be a bit late getting to you. Right now we are looking to record it on Friday morning. We apologize for the inconvenience. We have gotten some pretty great sound files...
We are Giving up Harry Potter and Starting a Disney Podcast
Just Kidding. But seriously, it is looking like we won’t be having a show this week. Things have been wonderful and busy and tiring at Disney this week and if we tried to do the show, we wouldn’t be doing you or ourselves any favors. In ...
Episode #66: Up ASAP
We recorded Episode 66 this morning (and had a great time with it by the way) and have been trying all day to get it up so y’all can hear it. Unfortunately though, the service we use to upload the episode is giving us problems. We will get it...
Episode #64: Coming Soon
So things are a bit crazy around here and we will not be able to record until the weekend. We are looking to have the show up hopefully sometime Saturday night or Sunday. As a preview: We will be discussing the transformation of Ron Weasley from a se...
Call in Show…Tonight!
The first ever HPProgs call-in show is set to kick off at 11PM EST this evening, December 15. Call in and talk to us about whatever you like! It’s going to be awesome. In case you’re too shy (or chicken) to verbally engage us, we’re pr...
The gift that keeps on giving
In this holiday season we often stress out so much about the material gifts we are going to give that we forget to give the gift that is the most important to our loved ones. That is right, I am talking about the gift of happiness. Please give me ...
Status of Episode #58
Due to some unforseen circumstances (the whole Lavender Brown casting has really thrown us for a loop!), episode 58 will not be out at its regular time this week. Please stay tuned to hpprogs.com and we’ll let you know when we plan on releasi...
Pre-Order of the Phoenix!!!
You can now Pre Order Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! Just in time for the holidays, and it goes great with an HPProgs original Always T-shirt!!) ...
How to Add your Podcast to the new Zune Marketplace
Today, Microsoft released the new Zune 2.0 devices, along with a new Zune Marketplace (similar to iTunes). The new Zune Marketplace has a directory of podcasts, so of course it’s important for podcasters to know how to get their podcast listed...
Vote for HPProgs for Best Podcast
Harry Potter Prognostications has been selected as a finalist for Best Podcast in the 2007 Weblog Awards! If you have a moment, head on over and vote for your favorite podcast (hopefully, that’s us ). You can vote once every 24 hours and v...
Episode 53: postponed
Hey Everyone. I wanted to give an update on episode 53. Very unfortunately, we are going to have to postpone the episode until next week. There is a heck of a lot going on around hpprogs headquarters this week and if we would sit down to record, i...
Birthday Favor
It is my birthday month and if you aren’t going to give me tickets to JKR’s New York book tour stop, then the least you can do is go and vote for hpprogs on Podcast Alley. How’s that for guilt? Thanks in advance. Penny:)...
Note about Episode 50
Hi all. I just wanted to give y’all the heads up that episode #50 is going to be delayed. Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year) is this week and unfortunately Greg and I will not have time to edit the episode and get it up in its normal timely...
Thank You book Extended and Free T-shirt Giveaway!!
OK, so we spoke to Michal and she has graciously offered to extend the Thank You book Entry deadline to Saturday, September 15. But here is the good news. Everyone who sends in an entry will be entered into a drawing to win a free limited edition...
Reminder: Thank you book
Remember how you felt exactly a month ago (!) when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came out? You were overwhelmed, overjoyed, and probably overtired as well. But many of you did express an interest in doing something to thank JK Rowling for what...
Picture This!!
Announcement: We have (FINALLY) set up a flickr account for hpprogs (the address is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hpprogs/). So far, we have uploaded some t-shirt gallery pics as well as the Knight Bus pics. There is an hpprogs flickr group as wel...
