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Hi, I'm going to keep this intro short because this is the longest episode of Potterless

to date, and I don't want to make the intro, make it that much longer, but I have two very

important announcements. First, shirts are getting mailed at this week. If you are a $10 patron that gave me your address, I am mailing you your shirt this week. If you did not give me your address, please send that to Potterospodcast.gum. And if you want a shirt, it's not too late. I have extra shirts. So if you become a $10 patron, a shirt is yours. Second, I will be at

PodCon in Seattle in December. So PodCon is a podcasting convention being put on by Hank Green and some other podcasting people, and I will be there. I'm probably going to find a way to make some sort of meet-and-grreet meetup happen so that I can see all your lovely faces. If you're going to be there. That'd be fantastic. I don't care if there's only three people. It would be better than zero.

So I'm going to try to make that faces if you're going to be there. That'd be fantastic. I don't care if there's only three people.

It would be better than zero.

So I'm going to try to make that happen.

There's going to be some amazing people there. The Spirits Ladies are going to be there. Eric Silver from Join the Party. Lauren Shippen, who is on this episode is going to be there. So it's going to be a good time. I would love to meet you guys.

But don't worry if you can't make it because once this podcast sweeps across the entire nation

becomes more popular than cereal, I'll have pot-torless.

It'll be a great time. Let's thank our newest patron, which is Olivia Benson. And of course, shout out to our producer-level patrons, Andreas, Vicky, Aaron, Erica, Calvin, Michael, Sadie, Emily, Chandra, Jesse, Maggie, Natalie, and Deborah, who never have to untangle their headphones from their pocket.

So without further ado, let's get into episode 27 of Potterless, covering chapters 11 through 14 of Harry Potter and the Order of a 25-year-old man reading Harry Potter for the first time.

My name is Mike Schubert. I'm that 25 year old man. And we are back again with

Lauren Shippen host creator, time traveler on the Bright Sessions. Lauren, how's it going?

It is going so great. I'm glad. It's been a whole minute and a half since we last spoke about

Harry Potter, which is way too long. Too long. So let's get right back into it. Chapter 11,

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