Magical Theory, a Harry Potter podcast
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🎓 You are now enrolled in Magical Theory. Term begins Sept 1. 📚 Students will be able to explore life through the lens of a close studying of Harry Potter text. Hosted by Professor Lynette and Auror Jeffrey, join us -- wands ready! ⚡️ Missed an earlier episode? Listen to all podcast episodes from the beginning on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdvEmDn42BjX7JuYhGO7AbBzDPxML83Ry Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/magical-theory/support
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🎓 You are now enrolled in Magical Theory. Term begins Sept 1. 📚 Students will be able to explore life through the lens of a close studying of Harry Potter text. Hosted by Professor Lynette and Auror Jeffrey, join us -- wands ready! ⚡️ Missed an earlier episode? Listen to all podcast episodes from the beginning on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdvEmDn42BjX7JuYhGO7AbBzDPxML83Ry Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/magical-theory/support
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Episodes
Lesson 5-9: Everyone in the Family, and The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
1/26/2023
Turn to Page 152, The Woes of Mrs. Weasley. Today’s lesson is called Everyone In The Family
The chapter begins with the aftermath of the trial. Harry is shocked, Dumbledore has fled, and the Wizengamot ignore Harry and Mr. Weasley (with a couple exceptions).
Malloy and a fudge are seen talking together. The entire Order is relieved by a result they claim was a certainty.
Hogwarts lists arrive, with a new book for Defense Against the Dark Arts, a post that was apparently difficult to fill....
Duration:01:09:20
Lesson 5-8: Three Hours Early, and The Hearing
1/23/2023
Turn to Page 137, The Hearing. Today’s lesson is called Three Hours Early
The chapter begins with Harry entering the courtroom and recognizing it from the Pensieve. The Wizengamot comes to order and Harry recognizes Percy, who makes no indication back.
Dumbledore arrives in the nick of time, but also avoids Harry’s attention. Amelia Bones leads the questioning of Harry, who recounts the attack. Dumbledore brings in Mrs. Figg to corroborate. Tensions escalate between Dumbledore and Fudge...
Duration:01:03:16
Lesson 5-7: Anxiety, and The Ministry of Magic
1/11/2023
Turn to Page 121, The Ministry of Magic. Today’s lesson is called Anxiety
The chapter begins with Harry waking early but fully. He barely touches breakfast as Lupin and Mr. And Mrs. Weasley listen to Tonks tell of her night shift fatigue. They reassure Harry that Madam Amelia Bones will give him a fair hearing.
Harry joins Mr. Weasley on his way to work. They take the Underground then the visitor’s entrance to the Ministry. Harry is taking in his surroundings without emotion. Perkins...
Duration:01:19:17
Lesson 5-6: The War at Home, and The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
1/9/2023
Turn to Page 98, The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. Today’s lesson is called The War at Home
The chapter begins with the kids going to bed after the revelation of Voldemort’s seeking a weapon. In the morning, they join Molly and Sirius in battling a Doxy infestation. Harry meets Kreacher, the Black family house-elf and Sirius and Harry ponder the Black family tapestry. Sirius bemoans the fact he is stuck in this house that he hates. Finally, Harry learns that Dumbledore came through...
Duration:00:58:59
Lesson 5-5: Lost Innocence, and The Order of the Phoenix
1/4/2023
Turn to Page 79, The Order of the Phoenix. Today’s lesson is called Lost Innocence
The chapter begins with Sirius telling Harry about his family home and predicament. Molly makes a stew, the twins make a mess, and Tonks makes faces.
After dinner, Sirius prompts Harry to ask about the Order and the wizarding world. Molly defends her position that Harry is too young, but is overruled by other Order members.
Harry learns about Dumbledore’s trouble, Voldemort’s silence, and ultimately the...
Duration:00:55:03
Lesson 5-4: I’ve Had It Worse, and Number Twelve Grimmauld Place
11/30/2022
Turn to Page 59, Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place. Today’s lesson is called I’ve Had It Worse
The chapter starts with Harry entering a newly appeared door and building, under the advice to be quiet and not wander. Molly Weasley emerges and beckons the advance guard into a meeting while directing Harry upstairs.
Hermione and Ron are elated to see their friend, but Harry is sour with their withholding from him and eventually that boils over to angered yelling. Fred and George arrive with...
Duration:00:50:56
Lesson 5-3: Best Kept Lawn Winners!, and The Advance Guard
11/27/2022
Turn to Page 42, The Advance Guard. Today’s lesson is called Best Kept Lawn Winners!
The chapter begins with Harry writing three identical letters and sending Hedwig to deliver them. The Dursleys leave the house, and others enter. Lupin and real Moody lead a pack of witches and wizards to gather Harry and accompany him by broomstick to an unknown location. Once they arrive, Harry is given a bit of parchment declaring he is at the Headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix.
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Duration:00:41:53
Lesson 5-2: Petunia is the muggle Snape, and A Peck of Owls
11/10/2022
Turn to Page 20, A Peck of Owls. Today’s lesson is called Petunia is the muggle Snape
The chapter begins with Mrs Figg revealing what she knows, as a squib, including her communication with Dumbledore. Mundungus returns and goes to tell Dumbledore.
Harry lugs Dudley into their house and Petunia and Vernon go insane. Letters from the ministry arrive to label Harry a criminal. Petunia pulls a fact about Dementors out of nowhere. Sirius sends a letter telling Harry not to leave, but Vernon...
Duration:01:05:28
Lesson 5-1: 0 to 100, and Dudley Demented
11/2/2022
Turn to Page 1, Dudley Demented. Today’s lesson is called 0 to 100
The chapter begins with a bespectacled boy in the garden. Harry is listening to the news for any inkling of Voldemort's activity. His friends are vague and withholding in their letters, but the news day-after-day, holds nothing. A loud disapparating-esque sound causes Harry to start, and then his aunt and uncle to freak out. Harry trudges off, eventually encountering his cousin Dudley, and then, shockingly, two dementors -...
Duration:00:34:41
Lesson 4-37: Truth and Honor, and The Beginning
10/18/2022
Turn to Page 716, The Beginning. Today’s lesson is called Truth & Honor
The chapter begins with Harry in a blur of pain and memory, taking small solace in being alone with Hermione and Ron. Hagrid gets Harry to smile for the first time since the Graveyard. He shares with the trio his expectation that Voldemort would return and his readiness to fight. Karkaroff and Bagman are both fled to parts unknown.
At the final feast, Dumbledore honors Cedric and Harry by telling the school the truth:...
Duration:01:07:09
Lesson 4-36: Freakin’ Fudge, and the Parting of the Ways
10/12/2022
Turn to Page 692, The Parting of the Ways. Today’s lesson is called Freakin’ Fudge
The chapter begins with Dumbledore processing Barty Crouch Jr.’s confession. He dispenses new tasks to Snape and McGonagall, and requests Harry to come to his office. There, they meet Sirius, and Harry recounts his experiences in the graveyard, with some difficulty. Dumbledore is stoic except for when Harry mentions Voldemort using Harry’s blood for the potion.
Harry sees his friends and the Weasley crew,...
Duration:01:10:32
Lesson 4-35: Nothing But The Truth, and Veritaserum
10/3/2022
Turn to Page 670, Veritaserum. Today’s lesson is called Nothing But The Truth
The chapter begins with Harry traveling by Portkey, with Cup and Cedric in hand. He keeps his eyes shut as he lands, and people begin talking near him, and to him, and about him. The news that Cedric is dead passes through the crowd and Dumbledore attempts to survey the situation. Fudge is panicked. Moody removes Harry from the crowd.
In Moody’s office, Harry answers the old auror’s questions about his experience...
Duration:00:56:51
Lesson 4-34: The Past is Never Far Away, and Priori Incantatem
9/27/2022
Turn to Page 659, Priori Incantatem. Today’s lesson is called The Past is Never Far Away
The chapter begins with Harry receiving his wand from Wormtail so that he can properly duel Voldemort. Voldemort makes Harry bow and then leads with Cruciatus. He asks Harry if he wants the pain again, and when Harry doesn’t respond, Voldemort uses the Imperius Curse. Harry resists and breaks the spell, jumping behind a gravestone.
Voldemort promises to end it and kill Harry, and Harry decides to face...
Duration:01:04:01
Lesson 4-33: Old Habits, and The Death Eaters
9/19/2022
Turn to Page 644, The Death Eaters. Today’s lesson is called Old Habits
The chapter begins with Voldemort. He taunts Wormtail and pretends that he will heal Wormtail's missing hand, but instead he calls forth his Death Eaters using the Dark Mark tattoo.
Voldemort pontificates aloud about their loyalty and their fear. When they arrive, he taunts them with a recounting of his downfall and his despair, and his expectations that they prove themselves. Voldemort also shares parts of his plan...
Duration:00:52:13
Lesson 4-32: RIP Cedric, and Flesh, Blood, and Bone
7/17/2022
Turn to Page 636, Flesh, Blood, and Bone. Today’s lesson is called RIP Cedric
The chapter begins with Harry and Cedric emerging from the portkey into a graveyard. A figure carrying something enters and Harry is incapacitated by pain, while a disembodied voice says “Kill the spare.”
An Avada Kedavra spell kills Cedric, and Harry recognizes Wormtail, who ties him up and proceeds to complete a ritual into a large cauldron. It involved a bone from the grave of Tom Riddle, Wormtail’s hand, and...
Duration:00:56:57
Lesson 4-31: Riddles in the Dark, and The Third Task
7/11/2022
Turn to Page 605, The Third Task. Today’s lesson is called Riddles in the Dark
The chapter begins with Harry recounting his experiences in Dumbledore’s office with Hermione and Ron. They lose a night of training, but resume with the Impediment Curse and the shield charm, in preparation for the third task. Rita Skeeter writes another piece of nonsense about Harry and Hermione has a potential breakthrough about how Rita gets her information.
Later, Mrs. Weasley and Bill come to Hogwarts to...
Duration:00:56:36
Lesson 4-30: Curiosity, and The Pensieve
7/4/2022
Turn to Page 581, The Pensieve. Today’s lesson is called Curiosity
The chapter begins with Dumbledore asking Harry to wait in his office while he and Fudge survey the area of Mr. Crouch’s disappearance. Harry greets Fawkes and gazes around the office before spotting glittering lights. He inspects this interesting thing until eventually falling into what he determines is a memory - similar to how he fell into Tom Riddle’s diary. He sees a large judicial room and watches different sessions of...
Duration:00:52:35
Lesson 4-29: The Dream or the Dreamer?
6/26/2022
Turn to Page 564, The Dream. Today’s lesson is called Or The Dreamer
The chapter begins with our trio recapitulating the madness of Mr. Crouch. Theories soar, but nothing sticks. Sirius replies with god-parental panic and caution. The trio has an awkward run-in with the twins, who seem to have stressors of their own, but both groups are tight-lipped.
In Divination, Harry falls asleep and has a lucid dream of Voldemort scolding Wormtail but declaring his mistake cleaned up because a person...
Duration:00:48:18
Lesson 4-28: Who Knows What?, and The Madness of Mr. Crouch
6/5/2022
Turn to Page 535, The Madness of Mr. Crouch. Today’s lesson is called Who Knows What?
The chapter begins with our trio going to the kitchens. Dobby welcomes them with open arms and gets his new socks, but Winky is drunk in the corner. She is nearly incoherent, but when Harry brings up Mr. Crouch, Winky declares that he needs her to help to keep his secret.
Hermione receives hate mail after the Witch Weekly article, and is determined to figure out how Rita Skeeter is spying on them without...
Duration:00:51:07
Lesson 4-27: The Paw Patrol, and Padfoot Returns
5/30/2022
Turn to Page 509, Padfoot Returns. Today’s lesson is called The Paw Patrol
The chapter begins with Harry relieved that Ron could share in the glory of the second task. A note from Sirius implies he will be coming back to Hogwarts to see Harry. In potions class, the Slytherins still hate on Harry, but Pansy also turns her attention to Hermione, showing her an exclusive by Rita Skeeter in Witch Weekly about Hermione loving Harry and Krum, including details that cause Hermione...
Duration:00:49:52