Impulsivity: Sectumsempra (Book 6, Chapter 24)

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

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This week, Vanessa and special guest Courtney Brown explore the theme of Impulsivity in Chapter 24 of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! They discuss Draco and Harry’s fight, Hermione’s “I told you so” moment, and the big kiss! Throughout the episode we consider the question: when is impulsivity fun and when is it harmful?

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0:44.0	Chapter 24, Septum Sempra. Exhausted but delighted with his night's work,
0:50.8	Harry told Ron and Hermione everything that had happened during next morning's
0:55.6	charms lesson, having first cast the muffliato spell upon those nearest them. I'm Vanessa Zoltan.
1:04.2	And I'm Courtney Brown. And this is Harry Potter in the Sacred Text. Everybody if you hear particular delight in my voice and my heart today, it is because
1:15.2	we are joined by Not Sorry Programs Manager Courtney Brown.
1:20.7	In between Matt leaving and Casper joining us, we are having some very special guests, hold down the fort. And Courtney,
1:31.4	you came to us as a listener. Yes, I did come as a listener. So thank you for accepting my
1:37.5	demand to be on the podcast now that I am an employee. I consider one of the great successes in my life hiring you.
1:46.6	So now I get to show you off to everyone.
1:50.2	Courtney, can you just tell people a little bit about what you do at NotSari?
1:54.6	Yeah, absolutely.
1:55.9	I am the programs manager at NotSari.
1:58.0	So planning pilgrimages and working with our pilgrims closely,
2:02.1	helping facilitate our virtual programs, adding support for live shows in person, anything that's
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