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Oh, hey, before we continue my first ever journey through the Harry Potter novels, just a few

quick announcements. First, I'm excited to announce that I'm going to be a part of Vancouver Podfest in November. So on November 10th, which is a Saturday, for four hours, I will be a part of a Harry Potter extravaganza. I will be joining fellow Harry Potter podcast hosts, Hannah from Which Police and the entire team from Flipendo. We'll be doing some panels about our shows. We'll be doing some trivia, and we're going to have debates over heated subjects such as put outer versus deluminator and do the students wear clothes under their ropes. It's going to be very fun. There'll be more information online, but if you happen to be in the Vancouver area in November and you want to come through, I'd love to see you. Second, in a bit of personal news, I'll be moving to New York in about a week, which is very exciting. It's something I've been trying to do for a long time. Kelly and I have been long distance for two years, which is less than fun, so I'll be closer to her, which will be great, and I'll also be closer to a bunch of fine folks from Multitude. Multitude is the audio collective that Potterless is a part of, and there are five podcasts under Multitude currently. There's Potterless.

There's Spirits, which is a drunken dive into myths and legends. There's Join the Party, which is a captivating story told through Dungeons and Dragons. There's Way Station, which is a Lost Girl fan cast. And then there's Horace, the other show that I'm a part of, that is a basketball podcast about everything except for the actual basketball. So if you want to learn more about those shows, you can go to multitude.

Productions.

There are great podcasts made by great people, all centered around storytelling. And if you are caught up on Potterless and you need more things to listen to, I highly recommend a show for Multitude. Also, today's episode of Potterless is brought to you by Stitch Fix and Backbley. I'll be talking about those more at the middle of the show, but thank you so much for supporting me. And speaking

of supporting me, we have new patrons to welcome to the team. So shout out to Ellen Jamieson, Polly Burrage, Jake Hamell, Amanda Megan, Nicole Infanzone, Nathan Bryant, Hadassah Penn, Melissa Sussufel, Norris Steffenac, Katia Ravenclaw, Casey Perkins, Lola Mendeloff, Dayton Smith, Rachel Richter, Laura Krause,

Noreen, Ceyn Sidenc, Casey Vanichek, Taylor Fulton, Michae Schoemaker, Kristen Campbell,

Dorothy Yapp, Tuffel Tufferman, Ash Proser, Emma DeWitt, Emily Reeves, Esther Mori, Ulrique

Cholte, Nicole Kittis, Sam Poling, Phoebe Caradori, Shana, Adam Graham, Julia, and Julie Pagano. Shout out to Crystal Powell, who upgraded her pledge, and a huge shout out to her newest producer-level patrons, Brenna, Jackie Clear, and Drake Perez. They joined the ranks of Leanne, Vicky, Aaron, Erica, Calvin Sadie, Jesse, Natalie, Deborah, Debrae, Alex, Marcismo, Tori, Samantha, Juan, Jenna, Kieran, Leuiz, Rebecca, Abede, Caitlin, Benjamin, Rosemary, Arne, Arna, Arna, Indiana owner, Sydney, Billy, Rossan, Mic Rossan Micah Andrea Nikita Collette Chrissy Shrina Lala Chelsea Taylor

Samy Lafkeshaevice Chavarney Alley Callage Cassandra Ayeshae Carta, Jacarie, Ben, Francisco, Rachel Mary, Marcus, Zachary, Gabrielle, Jessica, Jonathan Lexi, Arna, Brandi, Melody, Kristen, Jonathan, Lexi, Alisa, Daisy, Jessica, Orchid, Jonathan, Joe, Isabel, Steve, Vivian, Kim, Samuel, Ali, Sean, Victoria, Kyla, Elena, Heather, Takari, and Darlene, who make impeccable first slices when scooping out a pie. If you want to be like one of these amazing people and get access to bonus episodes, exclusive merchandise, my notes, streams, you can go to patreon.com slash potteros, and speaking of we just hit over 500 patrons, meaning I'm going to Disney World, kind of.

I'm going to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida to check out both Harry Potter Parks. One is a celebration for finishing the books. And two, to do research because I'm for sure doing episodes of Pardos about the park, obviously. So thank you, everyone so much for that support. I'm very excited to go on that trip.

But without further ado, let's get into episode 51 of Potterless,

covering chapters 21 and 22 of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,

guest starring my sister, Megan Fruehaw. Hello, internet, and welcome back to another episode of Potterless, the journey of a grown man reading the Harry Potter series for the first time.

My name is Mike Schubert. I'm that grown man,

and I am back with my beloved older sister, Megan, who is here to discuss more of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with me. These two chapters, super meaty. Oh my goodness, things are getting

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