Harry Potter Theory
Welcome to Harry Potter Theory! This podcast features Harry Potter Theories, Fantastic Beasts Theories, Explanations, Top Lists, News, Character Backstories, Fan Fictions & More!
Episodes
January 25, 2026 • 4 mins
In a clip that just surfaced online, we got footage of an interview with Ralph Fiennes where he seems to accidentally reveal the name of the new VOLDEMORT in the upcoming HBO series.
I’ll play the clip then let you know my thoughts.
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January 24, 2026 • 20 mins
What if Snape Never Switched Sides?
This one’s going to be a doozy.
Severus Snape is perhaps one of the most important characters in the Harry Potter series.
He was the man who first delivered the prophecy to Voldemort.
He was the man trusted with secrets powerful enough to decide the outcome of the war.
He was the man who protected the son of the woman he loved, even when that boy hated him.
And perhaps most importantly,...
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January 20, 2026 • 19 mins
A while back I released ‘7 Major Events BEFORE The Harry Potter Story Started’ parts 1 and 2- segments of a series where I discuss events that took place PRIOR to the books and films.
Harry Potter lore is WAY deeper than some people realize (maybe not tolkien level deep, but that’s asking a lot), so today we’re going to be winding the clocks back once again and exploring 7 more significant events in Harry Potter canon. The las...
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January 17, 2026 • 10 mins
Running a Harry Potter channel, I get to see a LOT of opinions. And I mean A LOT. Which means that at any given moment, I’ve got a pretty good idea of where the fandom sits on a particular issue. For example: The Cursed Child is FAIRLY universally hated among Harry Potter purists, enjoyable to casuals, and probably the best thing they’ve ever seen to people unfamiliar with the story altogether. OF COURSE there’s nuance here, as I f...
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January 16, 2026 • 15 mins
Peter Pettigrew is remembered..Almost exclusively as a coward and a traitor.
A man who betrayed his closest friends, sold out an innocent family, and aligned himself with Voldemort purely out of fear.
And after Voldemort’s first downfall, he faked his own death, framed a childhood friend for his crimes, and spent over a decade hiding in the shadows—quite literally—rather than face the consequences of his choices.
And yet…
Pet...
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January 11, 2026 • 13 mins
"Did you know, sir? Then?..."
"Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all-time? No."
These were the words exchanged by Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore after taking a glance in to the Pensieve and observing Dumbledore’s first encounter with a young Tom Riddle. And it’s these words that clarify WHY Dumbledore saved Tom, invited him to Hogwarts, and gave him a magical education. Because you see, Dumbl...
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January 7, 2026 • 12 mins
“How come you’re not in Ravenclaw?” he demanded, staring at Hermione with something close to wonder. “With brains like yours?”
Ravenclaw student Terry Boot asks Hermione this directly in Order of the Phoenix, during the DA’s first meeting in the Hog’s Head. And, unsurprisingly, Terry Boot is not the only person to have ever thought about this. In fact, since the Harry Potter books first came out, one of the most pervasive questi...
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January 4, 2026 • 13 mins
What if I told you that there was a witch from Harry Potter lore that, despite possessing levels of power similar to the founders of Hogwarts..No one really talks about.
This witch, known more commonly for her title as a ‘sorceress’ was known for her extraordinary magical abilities—so much so that her name became legend, even beyond the wizarding world. Her mastery over spells and enchantments rivaled that of the most powerful s...
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December 29, 2025 • 19 mins
What if Muggles KNEW about magic?
About witches, wizards, wands, spells and flying broomsticks.
And what would they say if they knew that some of these magical folk could teleport across the country in seconds…
erase memories with a flick of the wrist…
and kill without leaving a trace?
Today we’ll be answering a question that the foundation of the Wizarding World was built to avoid: What would happen if the muggles found out a...
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December 25, 2025 • 43 mins
Today we’ve got a bit of an interesting one. Earlier this year, I made two separate videos—one ranking the most powerful wizards, and the other ranking the most powerful witches. In those videos, I covered ten of each.
And today, just over 10 months later, we’re going to pitting them against each other and taking a closer look at what the top 20 most powerful looks like..When both groups are ranked together.
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December 22, 2025 • 18 mins
If we go strictly by canon, then the only elves that we’re ever made privy to in the Harry Potter universe are house-elves—beings bound to magical servitude, owned by wizarding families, and expected to obey without question. But in one of my previous videos—The History of House-Elves—I introduced the idea that house-elves are likely not a natural, original species at all, but rather the end result of something that happened to el...
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December 16, 2025 • 21 mins
This video is one part of a multi-part series. We left part 1 at the conclusion of the battle of the astronomy tower. Except, in this version of events... things went very differently. Dumbledore, alive and well, survived the battle because he never succumbed to temptation and put on the Gaunt Ring.
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December 12, 2025 • 20 mins
Dumbledore’s death was one of the most heartbreaking moments in the entire series, a turning point that shattered the illusion of safety Harry had always relied on. But not only that, it represented a distinct shift in innocence in the series- a moment that made it clear that no one, not even the greatest wizard alive, was beyond Voldemort’s reach. It also left things looking pretty bleak for the good guys, with Death Eaters taking...
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December 9, 2025 • 12 mins
Voldemort Would Have Won If He Did This One Thing...
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December 6, 2025 • 14 mins
In the past I made a wand documentary that covered all of the wand materials- woods, cores, the lot. I even discussed wand FLEXIBILITY and SIZE, and how those things can be indicative of the type of wizard wielding the wand. But what I strangely never touched on…Was wand CREATION. Or rather, construction.
How are wands actually..Made?
And what makes this question increasingly interesting is just how few wandmakers there are in th...
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December 3, 2025 • 11 mins
It’s that time again. NEWS. Sorry for the voice, I’m sick.
There’s been lots going on in the Wizarding World as of late, and that’s an exciting prospect because for a little while the Harry Potter buzz seemed to have died off a bit. Did it die? Absolutely not. But am I excited that there’s some new LIFE being injected into it across a number of different areas? Absolutely.
From stage plays to Audible releases and new HBO updates,...
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November 30, 2025 • 17 mins
Welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be taking a look at some of the most well known characters who show up in the Harry Potter series, but whose Hogwarts houses are never identified.
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November 26, 2025 • 13 mins
You probably remember Sirius Black’s death in Order of the Phoenix—a tragic moment amidst the Battle of the Department of Mysteries that seemed to instantly shift the entire tone of the story.
But according to J.K. Rowling’s original draft, that wasn’t how Sirius was meant to die at all...
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November 23, 2025 • 16 mins
Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. When a young witch or wizard has no understanding of magic, they rely entirely on the way that it’s taught to them. They copy sounds. They mimic gestures, and they perform rituals they barely understand.
At Hogwarts, students mostly imitate what their professors demonstrate, and long before that, in magical homes, young witches and wizards often pick up bits of magic just by watching their parents....
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November 20, 2025 • 16 mins
Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.
Many..In fact, most corners of the Harry Potter fandom are wholesome, creative, and endlessly imaginative… …but there’s one corner — a slightly strange, often bewildering corner — that sometimes even longtime fans tiptoe around. It’s a world where canon, logic, ethics and timelines are seemingly out the window. A world where a simple pairing can ignite hundred-pag...
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