Skepticism: Will and Won't (Book 6, Chapter 3)

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

🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of Skepticism in chapter three of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This week we discuss Harry’s magical thinking, Kreacher’s humiliation, and Dumbledore’s relationship to lemon drops. Throughout the episode we consider the question: when do we need to trust authority and when should we be skeptical?

Thanks to Nici for this week's voicemail! Next week we’re reading chapter four, Horace Slughorn, through the theme of Joy.

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0:00.0	Chapter 3.
0:02.3	Will and Won't Harry Potter was snoring loudly.
0:06.6	He'd been sitting in a chair beside his bedroom window for the best part of four hours,
0:11.1	staring out at the darkening street, and finally had fallen asleep with one side of his face
0:16.2	pressed against him.
0:17.2	I'm Vanessa Zoltan, and I'm Caspar Teckel.
0:19.8	And this is Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.
0:22.5	Hey Caspar, do you know what city in America apparently has the best pizza?
0:29.1	Chicago.
0:30.1	I actually agree with you.
0:31.3	I prefer New York style.
0:32.7	Sorry Chicago.
0:33.7	We love you the city.
0:34.7	It's not your pizza.
0:36.2	But no, apparently according to all of these interesting food ratings, New Haven, Connecticut
0:41.1	has the best pizza scene of any city in America.
0:45.5	Well, do you know what else is in New Haven?
0:47.5	Why?
0:48.5	Our amazing Rita's group run by Hannah.
0:51.1	You should join her if you live in the New Haven area somewhere in Connecticut, which
0:54.7	is drivable, and you can find them at Harry Potter, sacred text.com forward slash groups
0:59.8	to find out when and where they meet.
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