Helplessness: The Other Minister (Book 6, Chapter 1)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman

Religion & Spirituality, Books, Jk Rowling, Sprituality, Sacred, Sacred Reading, Philosophy, Harry Potter, Arts, Reading, Society & Culture

4.7 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of Helplessness in the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. This week we discuss the election of Rufus Scrimgeour, all things related to the muggle Prime Minister, and whether Fudge is too polite for his own good. Throughout the episode we consider the question: How much information helps us during times of crisis and how much actually hurts us?

Thanks to Marianna Hackney for this week's voicemail! Next week we’re reading chapter two, Spinner’s End, through the theme of Prudence.

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0:00.0	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
0:07.0	Chapter 1, The Other Minister
0:11.0	It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office
0:16.0	reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain
0:19.0	without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind.
0:23.0	I'm Vanessa Zoltan, and I'm Caspar Tacyle.
0:26.0	And this is season 6 of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.
0:30.0	So Caspar, before we start today's episode, I have a trivia question for you.
0:35.0	Oh, I like trivia.
0:36.0	Do you know what the coolest thing about the city Los Angeles, California is?
0:40.0	Um, you need a car.
0:42.0	No, it's that your co-host, Vanessa Zoltan, is from there.
0:45.0	I know our executive producer, Arianna Nettleman.
0:47.0	It's a great city.
0:49.0	Do you know what else is in LA?
0:51.0	Our amazing Harry Potter and the Sacred Text group of Los Angeles.
0:54.0	Abby and Joel lead this fearless group of readers.
0:57.0	And they get together regularly and would love you to join them if you're in the LA area.
1:01.0	So go to Harry Potter, sacredtext.com forward slash groups.
1:05.0	Or you can find them on Facebook by searching for Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Los Angeles chapter.
1:10.0	And every episode this season will be shouting out one of our local groups,
1:13.0	because there are so many of them and they're all over the world, and we hope you'll join one.
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