582: Have a Broomstick, Potter (Sorcerer's Stone, Chapters 9 - 10)
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There are certain things you can't do without becoming best friends, and podcasting about Harry Potter together is one of them! Chapter-by-Chapter returns with analysis of Sorcerer's Stone's "The Midnight Duel" and "Halloween"! Our trio of heroes get goaded by Malfoy into a trap, and then accidentally lock a troll in a bathroom. Harry also finds the one thing that he is naturally good at. 

• News: Jim Kay has announced) he will be stepping down from making the illustrated edition Potter books. We thank him for his work.

• Main Discussion #1: Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel

• 7-Word Summary: Draco challenges Harry to a Midnight Fakeout

• After Neville's injury, the students leap to his defense. Have the hosts had similar moments at school, or were we all too scared to speak up?

• In what is clearly another security nightmare, Madame Hooch abandons her class of 11-year-olds who 5 minutes ago were handed a very fast and dangerous broomstick for each of them. No wonder something bad happens next!

• Laura asks what (specifically) makes Harry a natural at flying? Maybe abuse from Dudley made his reflexes better?

• How blatant is what McGonagall does 'favoritism' toward Gryffindor House, and why does the First Years rule exist to begin with?

• After narrowly avoiding trouble during the day, Harry and Ron immediately go wandering the castle at night. Shouldn't they be more careful?

• Should Harry have known that Malfoy was planning a trap? How does Malfoy have an inside line to Filch?

• Did NOBODY walk Neville home from the hospital wing to make sure he could get in the Common Room?

• Fluffy's origins and comments on the movie adaptation are covered in 'Odds and Ends'

• Main Discussion #2: Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 10: Halloween

• 7-Word Summary: Dinner is interrupted by a massive disturbance 

• Major things almost always happen to Harry on Halloween. Micah recounts some of the big ones.

• Are Ron's choice of words against Hermione a bit too much?

• It is Hermione's pronunciation advice which helps Ron successfully tackle the troll!

• Have any of the hosts befriended people they were not expecting to like?

• Examining Hermione's motivations to lie, the act which solidifies her friendship with Harry and Ron.

• HOW is it that Quirrell is not caught or at least hugely suspected for letting in the troll? Should Voldemort have used someone else instead?

• The students of Hogwarts do not seem to dress up for Halloween, but if they DID, Andrew has ideas as to what they would be.

• Harry and the Golden Snitch meet for the first time. Our hearts are all aflutter

• If McGonagall had not discovered Harry's talent during the first flying lesson, when would there be another chance?

• Next Week: Chapter-By-Chapter for Sorcerer's Stone, Chapters 11 and 12!

• Quizzitch: In Chapter 9 of Book 1, Which secret passage out of Hogwarts do the Weasley Twins suspect Lee Jordan has found?

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