For this episode, you need to have read through chapter one of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Philosopher's Stone. Our first introduction to magic is an owl that flutters by the window that nobody notices...what does that mean for our understanding of the wizarding world? 

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First Years is a production of Matchbook. It's produced by Quinn Parker and Sarah Jones Dittmeier. Sources can be found below. Special thanks to JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series. 

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