Ep. 74—Three Wizards and a Funeral

The Quibbler: A Harry Potter Book Club

Heather Price-Wright & Alex Dalenberg

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4.8 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, Harry? This week, Hermione helps with homework; Ron dodges his snog-buddy; polyjuice potion finds a saucy new use; Draco mopes and we almost feel sorry for him; Myrtle and Dobby reveal crucial plot information and then vanish into tertiary character limbo; Slughorn gives a speech; and Harry takes his shot. Plus: Hagrid’s alternate path as the subject of a Werner Herzog documentary. This week’s chapters: The Unknowable Room & After the Burial Next week’s chapters: Horcruxes & Sectumsempra

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0:00.0	Friends, wizards, countrymen, lend me your extendable ears.
0:07.1	We come to bury Aragog, not to praise him.
0:11.5	You're listening to The Quibbler Podcast, the Harry Potter Book Club for Orators.
0:18.5	Farewell, Aragog, king of Araknitz, whose long and faithful friendship those who knew you won't forget.
0:27.6	Though your body will decay, your spirit lingers on in the quiet, web-spun places of your forest home.
0:42.1	May your many-eye descendants ever flourish,
0:47.9	and your human friends find solace for the loss that they have sustained.
0:51.4	I'm Heather Pricewright.
0:53.4	And I'm Alex Dallenberg.
0:55.1	And hey, we're back.
1:01.1	PSA, winter is tough for the depressives among us.
1:05.8	So apologies for missing a couple of weeks, but here we are back at it again.
1:07.2	Hang in there, Winter Warriors.
1:09.5	Yeah, we get it.
1:10.4	Right there with you.
1:14.7	I hear you. This week, we are continuing to read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We are on the chapters called The Unknowable Room and After
1:21.6	the Burial. As per usual, spoilers and cursing, yada, yada, yada. You will also hear some adult themes. This week's
1:29.6	adult themes are Irish wakes, arachnophobia, passing your driver's test, gender bending,
1:36.8	and getting lucky. Alex, pray tell in the spirit of our intro. What happened this week?
1:42.7	In this week's chapters, Harry is still puzzling
1:46.2	over how to get Slughorn to spill the every flavor beans about his discussion. You thought that
1:53.2	was funny. A little good wizard candy pun. Trying to get Slughorn to tell him about his discussion with Young Lovo.
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