Episode #452: Essence of Goat (OOTP 16, The Hog’s Head)

  • J.K. Rowling announces the next Cormoran Strike novel is finished!
  • Kobe Bryant: how Harry Potter inspired his Wizenard Series
  • Muggle Mail covers some clever questions from a 10-year-old listener!
  • Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Order of the Phoenix – Chapter 16: In The Hog’s Head
  • 7-Word Summary: Shady happenings occur within Aberforth’s dingy bar
  • What in the world is up with the chapter art?
  • Harry’s internal struggle: to teach or not to teach Defense Against Dark Arts?
  • A mummy, two Yorkshire dementors and a shifty-looking witch walk into a bar…
  • Undercover thief! Is it pure coincidence or on Dumbledore’s orders that Mundungus is in the Hog’s Head?
  • Aberforth looks familiar to Harry. Oh, really?
  • Is the Hog’s Head really that dirty and grimy or is a bit of magic at play?
  • The bar smells of goats… what?!? What do goats even smell like?
  • How does the Hog’s Head stay in business?
  • We break down Aberforth’s relationship with his goat
  • Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff… The Formation of Dumbledore’s Army! Would any of members of Slytherin House worked well?
  • Does Hermione not fully consider the consequences of putting Harry in an awkward position?
  • From Quirrellmort to the Riddle Graveyard, the hosts rate Harry’s accomplishments with O.W.L. grades!
  • Zacharias Smith, Luna Lovegood, Ernie MacMillan and more!
  • Fudge and Heliopaths? No way! But Luna’s observations about Hermione are spot on!
  • Would we have signed our names to the Dumbledore’s Army parchment?
  • Quizzitch: Who visits Harry during History of Magic?
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