Why people recommend it
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling is a globally celebrated fantasy book series following a young wizard's education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and his battle against the dark wizard Lord Voldemort. Reginald Dwayne Betts mentioned on People I (Mostly) Admire that he loves the series. Ky Dickens on On Purpose with Jay Shetty recounted a story about a non-speaking individual who claimed to have absorbed the books through his sister's mind while she was reading. Brad Barrett on ChooseFI mentioned the series when discussing a dilemma his daughter presented about choosing between watching Star Wars and reading Harry Potter. Tim Pool on Timcast IRL brought up the books while criticizing how frequently political commentators reference them and The Handmaid's Tale. Lydia, also on Timcast IRL, referenced the series to discuss parents convincing children that magical worlds are real. Dave Rubin on The Rubin Report brought up the books twice across different episodes: once to discuss successful authors making a fortune as a societal win-win, and another time to cite J.K. Rowling's observation that the fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself. Across diverse podcasts, guests and hosts invoke the wizarding world to illustrate broad cultural touchstones, narrative impact, and recurring sociopolitical analogies.
Who recommended it
- Dave Rubin Discussed
- Reginald Dwayne Betts Discussed
- Ky Dickens Discussed
- Brad Barrett Discussed
- Tim Pool Discussed
Dave Rubin — 2 mentions
“if the woman who wrote all the Harry Potter books is richer than - or whatever she bought a hell of a lot of pleasure and so on to other be right I will frequently write an author if I really like their I might be fiction or whatever you know or a singer a performer I really like that's”
“JK rling described this idea in the Harry Potter books as quote fear of a name only increases fear of a thing itself”
Reginald Dwayne Betts — 1 mention
“so I'm going to maybe embarrass myself but I love the Harry Potter series”
Ky Dickens — 1 mention
“one of my favorite stories is one of the non-speakers once he started communicating knew all the things there was to know about Harry Potter or different books and the parents thought how and this individual said I I read them through my sister's mind when she was reading them”
Brad Barrett — 1 mention
“she was just going to pick out a book and she asked me this question it was like a Sophie's Choice type scenario where she basically said to me daddy would you rather me watch the Star Wars movies or read Harry Potter my brain exploded because like I want her to do both those things”
Tim Pool — 1 mention
“If I had only read one single book in my entire life I might compare him to voldemort [Laughter] He was self-made right george soros didn't he come from well look like a lowly the left apparently the only book they've ever read are harry potter that's true the thing all they ever reference are harry potter and the handmaid's”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“there is parents out there that are showing their kids harry potter and telling them that magic is real”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- Art of War
- Beloved
- Black Boy
- Black Boy [Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition]
Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Yeah, more than Harry Potter, which is crazy.”
“Then one day they wind up ruling the world. Like it's kind of Harry Potterish.”
“have you ever watched Harry Potter she asked this is the golden snitch it is chaos chaos”
“like since I was really little I thought you know what I'm going to be a best-selling author like JK Rowling I'm gonna make the next Harry Potter series by the time I'm 20 and just live off of that the rest of my life”
“i think we were even talking about a movie like harry potter and i could tell that he didn't he wasn't registering what we were talking about”
“he does have a vibe of like like like the bad guy in a Harry Potter movie Michael Ian Black”
“like you know he talks about Harry Potter a lot or the story of Pinocchio or just different things”
“I did a little research I see something about Harry Potter or some character name there I'm like what the hell does this have to do with me”
“and I remember when they were waiting in line for Harry Potter when Harry Potter was coming out and people would drive him by earlier yell and now Dumbledore dies at the end another”