Embarrassment: The Four Champions (Book 4, Chapter 17)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week, Vanessa and Matt explore the theme of Embarrassment in Chapter Seventeen of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! They discuss the growing teen angst in these chapters, Karkarov and Maxime's reaction to unexpected tournament changes, and Ron's intertwining feelings of anger and embarrassment. Throughout the episode we consider the question: what does our embarrassment indicate about our values?
Thank you to Alicia for their voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter Eighteen, The Weighing of the Wands, through the theme of reluctance.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Harry Potter and the Secret Text Listeners. This is Matt. |
| 0:02.8 | This is Marcel, and this is Hannah. |
| 0:05.6 | Harry Potter and the Secret Text Listeners, if you don't recognize Marcel and Hannah, |
| 0:08.4 | you ought to recognize Marcel and Hannah because they are co-hosts of the really fabulous podcast, |
| 0:12.6 | which please, which I have had the pleasure and privilege to guest on, a couple of times. |
| 0:17.5 | And we are super excited to tell you about an upcoming event. |
| 0:20.4 | This summer, June 9th to 11th, we will be gathering in person in Monticello, New York |
| 0:26.5 | for not sorry summer camp. We'll be meeting in person for the first time. |
| 0:31.9 | So many of us, and we want to meet you too. |
| 0:35.2 | We are going to be sharing meals together, singing Marcel, will you sing with us? |
| 0:40.2 | I will sing with you, yes. I love you. |
| 0:41.7 | Mass you sing. |
| 0:42.6 | I can sing it with others. |
| 0:44.6 | Good, great. I'm bringing my ukulele. We're singing. |
| 0:47.4 | You're going to bring a ukulele. |
| 0:49.2 | You better believe it. There's going to be vegan s'mores. |
| 0:51.9 | I guess maybe non-vegan s'mores hard to say. |
| 0:54.1 | Arts and crafts? So many fun things. |
| 0:56.4 | This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. |
| 0:59.2 | A once in a lifetime s'mores opportunity. |
| 1:02.1 | No. |
| 1:03.4 | There will be an improv workshop hosted by coach, otherwise known as Hannah Rehack. |
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