Episode #84: Post Portus Podcast
As you may have read, we just got back from Portus 2008, a Harry Potter convention that took place July 10-13 in Dallas, Texas. And, guess what? We had a blast! From Jim Dale giving a live performance, to meeting lots of fun and interesting people, it was a great time. We sat right down as soon as we could after we got home to record some of our thoughts on what the Harry Potter fan-world is like one year after the release of Deathly Hallows, along with details on the all the great sessions we went to, movies watched, conversations had, etc. It really was a great time, and special thanks to the HPEF for going all out and putting together an amazing weekend.
If you were there, leave a comment or send us an email. And make sure to check out www.hp2009.org for Azkatraz, in San Francisco! Hope to see you there!
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Tags: azkatraz, Harry Potter, HPEF, Portus
July 17th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Yeah! Thanks for taking the time to tell us all about Portus! Can’t wait to see the video footage! Are we ever going to here the podcast from podcast palooza?
July 17th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Thanks for the review of Portus. I think you did a good job of giving us a feeling of how it went. I’d be interested in hearing more about those people who think Voldemort didn’t get a fair deal. I hesitate to call them delusional but such a view does seem a bit of a stretch. But not having heard their arguments it’s hard to tell. Maybe a podcast topic for you in the future.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Great! Your review of Portus was superb! Thank you!!!
p.s.
Is it possible for there to be a tote bag offered through Zazzle?!?! I do not wear t-shirts so much but LOVE ALL the designs and have been DYING to get a HPProgs product!
THANKS!!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Hi
Im only getting 52mins - it cuts off in the middle of Greg speaking.
Loving the coverage of Portus.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
KT said, “Im only getting 52mins - it cuts off in the middle of Greg speaking.”
Mine did too. At first I just thought it was my podcast aggregator, since it will cut things off early.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
thanks for letting us know. we’re working on it. Will post an update if/when we repost the episode. The good news is that the episode was only like 54 minutes, but we still want it to be complete for you all.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Ok, the episode should be fixed now. You may have to close your browser if you are listening on line, or re-download if you are using iTunes or what have you.
We just got a hold of the Portus Podcast Palooza and will be posting that soon.
revgeorge: we have some video of Penny’s session with the Death Eaters, I’ll see if we can edit it down and post.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Penny - i would actally have it considered good news if you had said that the episode was actually 90 minutes…
July 17th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Thanks! I thought that you just forgot to say where we could find you, but then it cut off in the middle! By the time i got to commenting, this morning, I had forgotten!
July 17th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
The episode is now fixed, if you want to download it again to get the last few minutes.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Greg said, “revgeorge: we have some video of Penny’s session with the Death Eaters, I’ll see if we can edit it down and post.”
Thanks, Greg! That would be great.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Yes, I’d really like to hear that. And while I suppose you could argue that if Voldemort had been raised with love, he would have turned out differently, I’d like to hear what the people have to say.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Another great episode. Great to hear you talking about future episodes. Long Live HP Progs!
July 17th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Thanks Delma! We missed you at Portus!
July 18th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Oh!! I missed it too - especially once I heard your podcast! No conferences for me this year but I hoping to make the NYC WRock Festival.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:35 am
Great show…really nice to sort of relive the event through listening. It really was a good conference. My first post-portus podcast is up.