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The Quibbler: A Harry Potter Book Club

Ep. 56—Granger Things

The Quibbler: A Harry Potter Book Club

Heather Price-Wright & Alex Dalenberg

Arts

4.8787 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Who knew we'd come out of these chapters wishing we had Phineas Nigellus as a life coach? This week, Harry puts the Grim in Grimmauld; Arthur experiments with alternative medicine; Hermione ruins her family's Christmas; Ginny reminds everyone that Book 2 happened; Gilderoy learns cursive; and Snape preaches closed-mindedness. Plus: Wow is Ron even in this book? This week's chapters: Christmas on the Closed Ward & Occlumency Next week's chapters: The Beetle at Bay & Seen and Unforeseen

Transcript

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0:00.0

April is the cruelest month, and the Order of the Phoenix isn't much kinder.

0:06.6

You're listening to The Quiddler podcast, The Harry Potter Book Club for Modernists.

0:12.7

This is precisely why I loathed being a teacher.

0:17.1

Young people are so infernally convinced that they are absolutely right about everything.

0:23.4

No, no, like all young people, you are quite sure that you alone feel and think.

0:30.3

You alone recognize danger.

0:32.3

You alone are the only one clever enough to realize what the dark lord may be planning.

0:40.5

I'm Heather Pricewright.

0:42.0

And I'm Alex Dallenberg.

0:43.7

That's a little wasteland reference for you.

0:46.6

I think people probably got it, but thank you.

0:49.5

Little T.S. Eliot.

0:50.5

Little.

0:51.4

Wasn't that guy kind of a Nazi?

0:52.9

Who am I thinking of?

0:53.5

Ezra Pound. Who the wasteland is dedicated to. Little. Wasn't that guy kind of a Nazi? Who am I thinking of? Ezra Pound.

0:55.0

Who the wasteland is dedicated to.

0:57.0

Okay.

0:58.0

So, Nazis is all the way down.

1:00.0

What's T.S.

1:01.0

Elliot's favorite dessert?

1:02.0

What?

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