Intelligence: The First Task (Book 4, Chapter 20)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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This week, Matt and special guest Margaret H. Willison (!!) explore the theme of Intelligence in Chapter Twenty of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! They discuss Hermione's approach to studying, Harry's natural ability on the broom, and Ron's apology, or lack thereof. Throughout the episode we consider the question: what distinguishes intelligence from other forms of talent?
Thank you to Rebecca for their voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter Twenty-one, The House-elf Liberation, through the theme of Vulnerability with special guest Jackson Bird.
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| 0:52.0 | Chapter 20, the first task. |
| 0:55.0 | Harry got up on Sunday morning and dressed so inattentively that it was a while before he realised he was trying to pull his hat onto his foot instead of his sock. |
| 1:02.0 | When he'd finally got all his clothes on the right parts of his body, he hurried off to find Hermione, |
| 1:07.0 | locating her at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall where she was eating breakfast with Ginny. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm Matt Potts. |
| 1:14.0 | And I'm Margaret H. Bellison. |
| 1:16.0 | And this is Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. |
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| 1:36.0 | Our friend and co-host, Vinesse Zolten is away on sabbatical and that means that over the next four weeks we are going to have amazing co-hosts join us here on Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. |
| 1:46.0 | This week we have the amazing Margaret H. Bellison, who is a culture writer and podcaster. |
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