Ep. 8—Floo Powder? I Barely Know Her!

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11/03/16 • 50 min

Quibbles abound as Harry accidentally visits Knockturn Alley thanks to some magical surveillance glitter and a mouthful of fire. Also featuring Malfoy family values, Snape's comic timing, and our second installment of Enchanted Economics. Plus, how J.K. Rowling predicted the pumpkin-spice industrial complex.

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The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. We welcome Dobby (creepy bugger that he is), wonder whether the Dursleys need to be quite so awful (definitely) and finally visit the Burrow! Also, Heather catches a moth with her bare hands. Magic.

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Heather and Alex talk howlers, mandrakes, and racing brooms, and then things get serious. What does Mudblood mean in 2016? And what other "golden"-haired narcissist who can't stop plugging his books does the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor remind us of?