Episode #468: Rubeus Hagrid’s Punch Out! (OOTP 31, O.W.L.S.)

MuggleCast opens with a listener email addressing current events in America. Also, please note we recorded this episode before JKR’s latest hurtful tweets.
Some suggested recommendations and resources that can help us all learn:
- Understand racism doesn’t “go away” – it mutates. Learn from organizations like The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Vera Institute of Justice, The National Civil Rights Museum, The Innocence Project, and The MBK Alliance.
- Everyone has biases , many of them unconscious – find ways to confront your implicit biases
- Amplify the voices of people of color, but recognize when to be quiet and listen
- VOTE for candidates and legislation that will hold authorities accountable
- Visit Ethel’s Club, which provides free grieving and healing sessions to African Americans around the world, led by licensed black therapists.
- Support black businesses in your area: Official Black Wall Street, EatOkra (iOS and Android).

Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler and Whoopi Goldberg read the latest chapters from Sorcerer’s Stone!
Harry Potter face coverings are now available from WizardingWorld.com
MuggleMail covers yet another definition of the word punting!
Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Order of the Phoenix – Chapter 31: O.W.L.S
7-Word Summary: Exams can cause severe headaches and visions
Ron has a little bit of James in him!
Malfoy Career Advice: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”
Comparing the O.W.L.S to standardized testing here in the United States
Anxiety, all-nighters, drugs, cheating and more!
Griselda Marchbanks: Dumbledore can “do things with a wand she’s never seen before!” Oh, reallllly?
Patronus Extra Credit
The Removal of Rubeus Hagrid
Why does Umbridge choose to sack Hagrid in this manner? Is this even about his job? We discuss the connection to current events.
A History of Magic exam gone Siriusly bad!
Why wasn’t Harry provided more information about what Voldemort was after?
The Umbridge Suck Count climbs to 94!
Quizzitch: What curse is Umbridge prepared to use on Harry?
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