5.8: The Hearing
This way that Harry is being set up here -- drawing more blame to himself in proportion to how well he could defend himself from attack -- the only way for Harry to be virtuous in Fudge's eyes is to l...
24 Sep 202545min
5.7: The Ministry of Magic
Harry, looking at the layers and layers as he goes down, he's learning how to operate in this world that's built on secrets and hidden agendas and subversive speech, whether it's subversive because it...
17 Sep 202545min
5.6: The Ancient and Most Noble House of Black
When Sirius looks around at how they're refitting the house for the Order, he says, "If my parents could see the use it was being put to now…" I thought, 'Oh, that's actually honest and hopeful,' beca...
10 Sep 202556min
5.5: The Order of the Phoenix
Everybody thought more highly of Harry's achievement than Harry did. He didn't realize what an advantage he's just given everybody and what a giant defeat he handed Voldemort, because as Harry has bee...
3 Sep 202548min
5.4: Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
In Korean, there are no capital or lowercase letters, so when I got this volume of Harry Potter in Korean translation, I checked to see how they did Capslock Harry and it's in boldface. If you're fami...
29 Aug 202547min
5.3: The Advance Guard
The moment he starts flying, he feels like himself again. This is something that we've really needed in this political landscape. The respite it gives your whole system to get back in touch with who y...
20 Aug 202539min
5.2: A Peck of Owls
Sometimes, there's a fantasy where you think, 'Well, if you could just make contact with somebody who's prejudiced and get them to see the common humanity, then they wouldn't be able to say to somebod...
13 Aug 20251h 5min
5.1: Dudley Demented
There is no getting away from knowing that for nine and three-quarter years, Dumbledore let him live a hopeless childhood with the Dursleys, never contacted him until he was eleven, never let him know...
6 Aug 20251h 19min
