Blame: The Sorting Hat's New Song (Book 5, Chapter 11)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This week, Vanessa and Matt explore the theme of Blame in Chapter Eleven of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! They discuss the titular song, the wisdom of Neville's Gram, and Hagrid's flawlessness. Throughout the episode we consider the question: how can we appropriately and responsibly shoulder blame?
Thank you to Ava for this week’s voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter 12, Professor Umbridge, through the theme of Context with our dear pal Casper.
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| 0:00.0 | Chapter 11, The Sorting Hat's New Song |
| 0:04.3 | Harry did not want to tell the others |
| 0:06.8 | that he and Luna were having the same hallucination. |
| 0:10.3 | If that was what it was, so he said nothing about the horses |
| 0:15.2 | as he sat down inside the carriage and slammed the door behind him. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm Vanessa Zoltan. |
| 0:22.5 | And I'm at Potts. |
| 0:24.5 | And this is Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. |
| 0:28.7 | Matt Dolores Umbridge gives a strange speech in this chapter. |
| 0:34.4 | And you and I both heard strange speeches, so we're going to talk a little bit |
| 0:38.0 | about Umbridge's speech and some weird speeches that we've heard in our lives |
| 0:42.9 | in today's every flavored bean conversation, which |
| 0:46.3 | everyone you can get that if you sign up for our Patreon |
| 0:49.4 | at patreon.com slash Harry Potter Sacred Text. |
| 0:52.7 | And remember to review us on Apple Podcasts where you can subscribe for ad free episodes. |
| 0:57.8 | Matt, you are telling today's story on the theme of blame. |
| 1:01.3 | What story do you have for us? |
| 1:03.1 | So Vanessa, I grew up with two brothers. |
| 1:05.7 | I still have two brothers. |
| 1:06.7 | I grew up with them and I still have them. |
| 1:09.2 | And there's a fairly large age gap between both my brothers. |
| 1:12.8 | I'm the middle son. |
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