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Before we begin today's episode of Potterless, I wanted to make an announcement for our good

friends over at Spirits Podcast. So if you've listened to the episodes of Potterless that exist, you're probably very familiar with Spirits Podcast. Amanda's been on the show a couple times. Julie's been on the show. Their editor, Eric, is going to be in a future episode. It's basically like drunk history, but about mythology and way nerdyer. It's a good time. And they are currently doing a pre-order for shirts and pins that they're offering, which are awesome. They are really cool designs. They look fantastic. And the pre-order is ending this Thursday, the first Thursday of August. And I just wanted to give a little announcement in case you guys, first off, didn't know about spirits or didn't know that they're doing a little pre-order because they're a lovely podcast. They're doing a lovely pre-order. And I just thought should spread spread the news because they've been so nice to me, and they helped me make Potterless what it is, so this is the least I can do to thank them. Speaking of shirts, we're going to make ones for Potterless in the near future. I'm just trying to figure out if the best means to do so or through Patreon or through a pre-order. Still gotta figure that out, but stay tuned because wizard on shirts are shirts are going to happen and they're going to be fantastic. And of course, a big shout out to our producer-level patrons, Leon Davis, Griffin Meckleberg, Aaron Johnson, Erica, and Calvin Bauer, Michael VanderSliss, and Sadie Bear, who always get the larger portion of the wishbone. And if you guys want to support Patreon for bonus content, go to patreon.com slash potterless. If not, no big deal. But without further

ado, let's get into this.com slash potterless. If not, no big deal.

But without further ado, let's get into this upcoming episode of Potterless that covers chapter 27 through 30 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire starring Melissa Anelli, New York

Times best-selling author of Harry History, and the co-host of the Pottercast podcast.

Thank you. of the Pottercast podcast. Hello, Internet, and welcome back to another episode of Potterless, the tale of a grown man reading Harry Potter for the first time. We are back with Melissa Annetteley, New York Times bestseller and CEO of Mischief Management to discuss chapters 27 through 30 of Harry Potter and the Gobble to Fire. Melissa, are you ready to continue? I'm ready. Let's go. All right. Let's get right into it. So chapter 27, Padfoot returns, which first note, Sirius is back. I'm excited about it. You like Sirius. You're a big serious. I love him. I mean, he's Gary Oldman. How could you not?

sure yeah no serious is great i'm a big fan all the kids are asking about the lake stuff and of course ron he does, is embellishing the story more and more every single

time he tells it.

Apparently, there's some girl named Padman Patil, so we're back to alliteration names.

We've gone full circle.

She has a crush on Ron now that he's getting attention.

So she seems very shallow and doesn't have his best interests.

Well, you know, they're 14.

You know, at 14, I had my head turned too.

So Hermione's been on edge because people are teasing her for being Crum's choice, which I don't get because he's Victor fucking Crum.

Well, they all wish it was them. But how would you tease? You wouldn't tease you? I don't know. You've never been a girl in high school, have you? I have not. I went to an all-boys high school, so there was no teasing at all. It was just not a lot of gossip going on in an all-boys school. Yeah, no, but girls, you know, jealousy presents in ugly ways, especially, and I know what happens with boys too, but with girls, yeah, girls can be bad to girls.

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