590: Battle of Flourish and Blotts (Chamber of Secrets, Chapters 3 and 4)

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🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode, we make our first visit to The Burrow and meet several characters for the first time in Diagon Alley! Plus, hold onto your Sorting Hat as we connect a handful of threads between Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince!

Micah visits Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience in New York!
Main Discussion #1: Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3: The Burrow
7-Word Summary: Weasley’s House Features New Magic And... Gnomes
Fred & George are truly their father's sons (be sure to check out our Weasley Twins episode from April 2021)
Right family, wrong motive - Dobby DOES belong to the Malfoys!
What if... Molly and Arthur had gone to pickup Harry at Privet Drive?
Comparing and contrasting Harry and Ron's view of The Burrow
Main Discussion #2: Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4: At Flourish & Blotts
7-Word Summary: Lucius takes Ginny’s father in a fight
Should the Weasleys have given Harry a bit more assistance with Floo Powder?
Inside Borgin and Burkes: vanishing cabinets, necklaces and hands of glory, oh my!
What is Lucius Malfoy's true motive in getting Tom Riddle's diary to Hogwarts?
Several characters are exhibiting odd behavior, Percy and Hagrid included!
What are our first impressions of Gilderoy Lockhart?
7 BOOKS?!?! Why is Hogwarts bankrolling Gilderoy's bad habits?
Bookstore Throwdown: Lucius and Arthur get into it!
Next Week: Chapters 5 & 6 of Chamber of Secrets
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0:00.0	Today on MuggleCast, Chapter 3 and 4 of Chamber of Secrets, but first a word from this week's sponsor, Stamps.com.
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1:33.5	Welcome to MuggleCast. You're a forward-angly-aried into the Wizarding World fandom. I'm Andrew.
1:38.2	I'm Eric.
1:39.3	I'm Micah.
1:40.3	And I'm Laura.
1:41.4	And today we're discussing chapters three and four of Chamber of Secrets.
1:46.4	But first, Micah had a unique Harry Potter experience that he wanted to tell us about what were you up to, Micah, this week.
1:52.9	Yeah, so actually last weekend, we were technically off even though we released that holiday guide episode.
2:01.0	On Saturday, I went up to Harry Potter of forbidden forest experience in Westchester, New York.
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