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Is Halloween Evil or Anti-Christian? Scarcrux: the Neverending Debate; Harry Potter plotholes; cut short by baby crying. Note: Some audio issues with the voice recording on this one; I’ll get it fixed before the next pubcast. It’s probably not even something to be “fixed;” I was talking low to [...]

 

 Hog's Head PubCast #6 [10:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1364)

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No podcast by midweek. I wrote it up and just got started, but I had no time to finish. I’m shooting for this weekend.

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“Lull” is an odd word. But that’s what I’m in right now as far as HP blogging goes. Actually, it’s not so much a lull as it is I’m drowning in my multiple other responsibilities at the moment. There does seem to be a general lull in the HP world overall at [...]

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You scored as Albus Dumbledore. You are very wise, observant, and analyctical. You have a very “well-organized” mind, which makes you function in a calm and fair manner. Though you get angered easily, its rare of you to ever act our of temper. You are constantly seeing the good in people and are naturally [...]

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Dumbledore had just managed to put Fudge, Dawlish, Shacklebolt, and Umbridge on the ground, unconscious, so that he can make his escape from Hogwarts. Harry, McGonagall, and himself remain conscious in the headmaster’s office, and the following occurs:
“Listen to me, Harry,” [Dumbledore] said urgently, “you must study Occlumency as hard as you can, do [...]

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In the future, you may be able to get on Harry Potter rides at Disney. What do you think they’ll have? Some kind of round and round Whomping Willow ride, perhaps? Bumper cars that are all Ford Anglias? Shrieking Shack haunted house?
The fascinating issue for me will be whether [...]

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Things have slowed down around here this week, because it’s been an insanely busy week for me. It’s highly unlikely that there will be a podcast this weekend, unless I get an extra two hours later today that I didn’t expect.
I do plan a couple of PubCasts on Dumbledore in the near [...]

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If you want to better understand J.K. Rowling as a writer, and as a result better understand Harry Potter, you need to listen to this interview with Stephen Fry (the voice of the UK audio books). Here’s the transcript.
A few gems:
we need to feel fear, and we need to confront that in [...]

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Education in Harry Potter: Umbridge, Bad Educator; Rowling on Boarding Schools, Children; Dumbledore on “Underestimating Youth”
This show is missing a few items I wanted to add, particularly about Umbridge being Dumbledore’s “shadow.” I may try to post on them at a later date.

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 Standard Podcast [11:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1523)

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I just finished re-watching Goblet of Fire, and in my frustration (once again) over Gambon’s Dumbledore, I thought I’d do some digging around online and see what the general opinion is of Gambon in fandom. I came across a line in an HPANA forum that many of my readers will appreciate:
Snape didn’t kill Dumbledore; [...]

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In light of the recent national publicity of Laura Mallory’s case against Harry Potter, I think revisiting Rowling’s words from this interview from July 2000 would be quite appropriate:
Q: Do you believe in witchcraft and have you ever done any witchcraft ?
JKR: No.
Q: What are your feelings towards the people who say your books are [...]

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The Laura Mallory protest against Harry Potter, which I’ve been keeping my readers updated on since April, has made the national news, now she’s brought her case to the state of Georgia. (HT to LaShawn)
It’s on the main web page of both Fox News and MSNBC.
It’ll be interesting to see the [...]

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I think that maybe J.K. Rowling has read and likes M. Scott Peck. Has anyone suggested it before? I haven’t read it anywhere, but I’m beginning to see a link, and I plan to start developing it and see where it goes. Here’s my initial contribution.

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Before reading, be sure to answer my question about the possible name change. I’m really looking for opinions on this.

Emma Watson is talking about not returning to play Hermione after Order. That would be really, really sad. How could Hermione be replaced for the last two films?
Mike Frizzell discusses Harry [...]

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