Special Edition: New Series, New Host, New Us
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
We made it all the way back to Book 1 and there are some changes happening around Harry Potter and the Sacred Text! Namely, we have a brand new co-host: The brilliant and wise Matt Potts.
This week, Vanessa and Matt get together to talk about what they’re excited for in the first book, share their thoughts about sacred reading, and introduce a new critical lens to our reading practice.
Next week, we’re reading Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Boy Who Lived, through the theme of Frustration.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Vanessa and Matt, it's Casper Culling in from Brooklyn. |
| 0:04.4 | I'm so excited for this new start of reading Harry Potter on the Philosopher's Stone |
| 0:09.6 | Slash Source Stone. |
| 0:12.0 | And I just want to wish you both so much luck and to tell you that I love you and respect |
| 0:15.4 | you so, so much. |
| 0:16.4 | Bye. |
| 0:17.4 | I'm Vanessa Sultane. |
| 0:21.2 | And I'm Matt Pods. |
| 0:22.7 | And this is Matt's first episode as co-host on Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. |
| 0:28.6 | I feel like we should throw you a party. |
| 0:30.6 | It feels like a party. |
| 0:31.6 | I mean, just in our little zoom box here. |
| 0:33.6 | It feels like this is like a party, right? |
| 0:35.6 | It's a party. |
| 0:37.6 | For those of you who missed the parade that Casper threw himself on his way out the door, |
| 0:42.6 | Casper has left as an official co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. |
| 0:47.2 | He will be a very regular guest, including at the top of this episode. |
| 0:52.0 | He's not gone anywhere in our hearts or in our minds. |
| 0:55.5 | But we're so excited to be joined by Matt Pods, dear friend, professor, Episcopal priest, |
| 1:02.5 | and Matt, we thought that the best way for us to introduce you to the Harry Potter Sacred |
| 1:07.1 | Text community officially as co-host would be for me to do a 30-second recap of Matt Pods. |
| 1:14.0 | That sounds great. |
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