On this week’s episode, we take another trip down memory lane. Be sure to hide your valuable family heirlooms because there is a thieving Dark Lord lurking. Join Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura as they do the Hokey Pokey and they turn themselves around… because that’s what it’s all about!
- Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20: Lord Voldemort’s Request
- Memory #1: Hepzibah, Hokey & Helga Hufflepuff
- We debate whether or not Tom Riddle should have been given a post at Hogwarts vs. allowing him to dabble in dark artifacts at Borgin and Burkes
- Hokey The Scapegoat: we compare how Tom Riddle used her much like he used Morfin and Hagrid!
- Hepzibah Smith displays some of Hufflepuff’s less-than-flattering character traits. Do we agree she is Slughorn “lite” in her behavior?
- What do we make of the “young, attractive man charming the older, wealthy woman” trope?
- Memory #2: Awkward Job Interview
- Given how his appearance has begun to change, does Dumbledore already suspect Horcruxes during Voldemort’s trip to Hogwarts?
- Do we agree with Dumbledore that Voldemort didn’t actually come to Hogwarts to get the Defense Against The Dark Arts (DADA) post?
- Doesn’t the Ministry, school governors, and other faculty notice the turnover rate for the DADA position? Why isn’t anything done to break the curse?
- Lynx Line: In an alternate universe where Dumbledore decided to give Tom a second chance, what Hogwarts position should he have offered Tom instead of DADA Professor [wrong answers only]?
- Quizzitch: In Chapter 20, we learn why Hogwarts cannot have a DADA teacher for more than year. In United States history, which two American Presidents served less than one year in office?