Pressure: Detention With Dolores (Book 5, Chapter 13)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This week, Vanessa and Matt explore the theme of Pressure in Chapter Thirteen of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! They discuss Fred & George's pressure points, the titular detention, and upcoming O.W.L.s. Throughout the episode we consider the question: how do different forms of pressure help/hinder us?
Thank you to Emily for this week’s voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter 14, Percy and Padfoot, through the theme of Resentment with the lovely Margaret H. Willison.
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| 0:00.0 | Listeners, you have probably heard me mention the upcoming Harry Potter Pilgrimage to Cornwall |
| 0:06.5 | that I will be leading with Casper and Ariana in May of 2024, but before today's episode, |
| 0:13.2 | I want to share some additional exciting news. We are now offering payment plans for the trip. |
| 0:19.7 | Many of you express interest in joining us for the five beautiful days of reflection, |
| 0:24.8 | group discussion, walking, and silent reflection moments. Our hope is that with a payment plan |
| 0:31.1 | that breaks the cost of the trip into three parts, you'll more easily be able to join us |
| 0:35.9 | for what is going to be a magical trip to the UK. If you want to know more, head to reading and |
| 0:41.6 | walkingwith.com and click on upcoming trips. There you will be able to register and there's |
| 0:48.8 | going to be an option to receive info about the payment plans and you'll hear from our team |
| 0:53.7 | within 48 hours about next steps. Hope to see you soon! |
| 1:03.7 | Chapter 13. Detention with Dolores. Dinner in the Great Hall that night was not a pleasant |
| 1:10.0 | experience for Harry. The news about his shouting match with Umbridge seemed to have traveled |
| 1:15.7 | exceptionally fast, even by Hogwarts standards. I'm Vanessa Zoltan. And I'm Matt Potts. |
| 1:23.6 | And this is Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Matt, we only have one announcement before we get |
| 1:30.1 | started today and that is what our every flavored bean conversation is going to be. Harry, |
| 1:34.4 | I think it's safe to say, gets punished in this chapter and while you and I, I would imagine, |
| 1:39.6 | have never had to cut our hands open due to a teacher, we have been punished by teachers before |
| 1:45.6 | and so we are going to share some stories about that in our every flavored bean conversation. |
| 1:50.9 | You can hear that in so much more at patreon.com slash Harry Potter Sacred Text. |
| 1:56.4 | You could say we're going to set the record straight. Yes. We're going to set the record straight |
| 1:59.9 | of our alleged misdeeds. Matt, you are telling a story this week on the theme of pressure. What |
| 2:05.6 | story do you have? Yeah, thanks Vanessa. I'm happy to tell this story. It actually comes from |
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