First Years: A Harry Potter Podcast

Today's episode covers CHAPTERS 2-4 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. We talk about dreams and what they mean, the importance of parenting, and Dudley's "diet". 

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SOURCES: 

"Can Dreams Reveal Potential or Predict the Future?" 17 Nov. 2011, www.huffpost.com/entry/can-dreams-reveal-potenti_b_642775?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ3_mLnWq0B8XkIZfQEdxsNjlTMFLFgQao6e21ePrQHpT_eXdNWF6bTzWajX0B7AFJk6HcjUaMBce87dBlj6KBcDozqp1BV0ue_nccWHpUI8UWucEUqJ0UJkQqGSS63V3rORyskTwmDCY6oBk7lkBXiC9HjJUUcn5UeTq367g-Ni.

"Dreams: Why We DREAM, Nightmares, and Lucid Dreams". 5 Nov. 2019, www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/dreaming-overview.

Tanaaz. "How to Receive Psychic Messages in Your Dreams". 15 Sept. 2015, foreverconscious.com/how-to-receive-psychic-messages-in-your-dreams/.

We're starting Goblet of Fire!! For this episode you just need to have read CHAPTER ONE of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. We talk about loyalty and mob mentality. 

Get ready to win house points!! We're starting our third House Cup Tournament. Will Hufflepuff win it for the third time in a row?! Or will another house take the title from them? Earn house points by writing reviews, interacting with us on Instagram, and participating in our Mindful Magic Mondays! 

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SOURCES: 

Carey, Benedict. Making Sense of the 'Mob' Mentality. 12 Jan. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/science/crowds-mob-psychology.html.

Carruthers, Tom. Using Venom to Heal? 19 Sept. 2019, www.science.org.au/curious/people-medicine/using-venom-heal.

“Crowd Psychology.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_psychology.

Henderson, Rob. “The Science Behind Why People Follow the Crowd.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 24 May 2017, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/after-service/201705/the-science-behind-why-people-follow-the-crowd.

“Herd Mentality.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_mentality.

Paterson, James. “How Snake Venom Kills... and Saves Lives.” Let's Talk Science, 23 July 2019, letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/how-snake-venom-kills-and-saves-lives.

Ross, Pete. “Think You Wouldn't Do Evil? Think Again.” Observer, Observer, 8 June 2017, observer.com/2017/06/mob-mentality-digital-age-twitter/.

Today we're joined by my lovely friend Jesse Boone to go over the movie adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban. We chat about what works, what doesn't, what we think of the changes made, and more! 

HOUSE CUP COCKTAIL NIGHT: NOV 30!

First Years Podcast ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! Thank you to everyone who has been listening and sharing the podcast. I'm so grateful to you. I'm so proud to be part of this community of incredible people. GIVEAWAY STARTS DEC 7! 

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We finish up the last two chapters of Prisoner of Azkaban in this episode! We chat about Snape, Trelawney, how time travel works, and think about what we might expect in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 

WIN HOUSE POINTS: Participate in Mindful Magic Mondays, rate & review and leave your name and Hogwarts house, join us for House Cup Cocktail night, send in your theories about Goblet of Fire! 

Be on the lookout for our giveaway for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! 

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SOURCES: 

Dockterman, Eliana. Breaking Down How Time Travel Works in Avengers: Endgame. 26 Apr. 2019, time.com/5576656/avengers-endgame-time-travel/.

Elvy, Craig. The Umbrella Academy: Time Travel Rules Explained. 16 Aug. 2020, screenrant.com/umbrella-academy-time-travel-rules-paradox-explained/.

Thoman, Lauren. The Three Types of Time Travel Stories. 17 Nov. 2017, www.quirkbooks.com/post/three-types-time-travel-stories.

In this episode, we finish up our discussion on chapters 17-20 of Prisoner of Azkaban. We chat about Sirius Black, discuss Werewolf Trials of the 16th century, and chat about what Wolfsbane is actually all about. 

Join me on Instagram Live on @FirstYearsPod on Friday, October 30th for our Mischief Night Cocktail Hour! Pour yourself a drink, bring some questions, and be ready to discuss Harry Potter. We go live at 8pm EST! 

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Earn house points: participate in Mindful Magic Monday, our Insta stories, and/or rate & review and leave your Hogwarts house!

SOURCES:

Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Werewolf. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/art/werewolf.

Flint, W. (2019, October 11). Werewolf Trials: Witch Trials With A Hairy Twist. History Daily. https://historydaily.org/werewolf-trials.

Grandmont, J.-P. (2017, January 31). Wolfsbane: fictitous plant contains very real dangers. Plant Profiles in Chemical Ecology. https://sites.evergreen.edu/plantchemeco/wolfsbane-fictious-plant-contains-very-real-dangers/.

History.com Editors. (2017, August 23). Werewolf Legends. https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2020, October 17). Werewolf. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf.

Today I am joined by the lovely Emily Cavender to discuss chapters 17-20 of Prisoner of Azkaban. We discuss Harry's motivations, Snape's motivations, why Lupin doesn't seem more concerned about not taking his potion, and wonder if he made the right choice in not telling Dumbledore that Sirius Black is an animagus. Emily introduces us to fan fiction, "fanon" versus "canon", shipping, and lays out her argument for WolfStar. 

This is part one of two. Part two will be posted next week! 

MISCHIEF (MANAGED) NIGHT COCKTAIL HOUR: October 30th at 8pm EST. Join us on @firstyearspod Instagram live to drink and chat about HP stuff. 

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SOURCES: 

Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Werewolf. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/art/werewolf.

Flint, W. (2019, October 11). Werewolf Trials: Witch Trials With A Hairy Twist. History Daily. https://historydaily.org/werewolf-trials.

Grandmont, J.-P. (2017, January 31). Wolfsbane: fictitous plant contains very real dangers. Plant Profiles in Chemical Ecology. https://sites.evergreen.edu/plantchemeco/wolfsbane-fictious-plant-contains-very-real-dangers/.

History.com Editors. (2017, August 23). Werewolf Legends. https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2020, October 17). Werewolf. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf.

Today we're going over chapters 15 and 16 of Prisoner of Azkaban. We're chatting about crystal scrying, the role of sports in our world and the wizarding world, and Professor Trelawney's prediction. 

Thank you to Steven who wrote a wonderful review and earned Hufflepuff 10 extra points. Go check out his new podcast, The Pin Pod! The house points totals are as follows: 

Hufflepuff: 80 Gryffindor: 20 Slytherin: 20 Ravenclaw: 10 

FIRST YEARS MISCHIEF COCKTAIL HOUR: Oct 30th at 8pm! 

For next episode please be sure to read chapters 17-20. 

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SOURCES: 

CRYSTAL SCRYING – HOW TO RECEIVE DIVINE MESSAGES WITH CRYSTALS. 1 Nov. 2018, www.earthcrystals.com.au/crystal-scrying-receive-divine-messages-crystals/.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Crystal Gazing. 10 Oct. 2007, www.britannica.com/topic/crystal-gazing.

Today we're going over chapters 13 and 14 of Prisoner of Azkaban. We go over: Hermione's loneliness, the Quidditch Match, Snape's reliability/unreliability, Hogwarts' (bad) security and more! 

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For today's episode you need to have read CHAPTERS 11 AND 12! We go over: the transition from the Nimbus 2000 to the Firebolt, Hermione's issues with boundaries, the morality of the Dementor's Kiss, why chocolate is used against the effects of Dementors, and the social statuses of the wizarding world. 

Thank you to the hosts of The Book List podcast for writing a review! You've earned 20 house points for Gryffindor! Check them out at @thebooklistpod on Instagram. 

Standings: Hufflepuff: 45 Gryffindor: 20 Slytherin: 15 Ravenclaw: 5 

If you'd like to change those stats, you can earn house points by writing a review and leaving your name and Hogwarts house to earn a shoutout and house points, participating in our Mindful Magic Mondays posts, or by engaging with our instagram stories! 

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Next episode please read chapters 13 and 14! 

THIS EPISODE IS NOT SPOILER FREE. Creating Magic podcast and I were invited to do a panel discussing Dementors, Patronuses, and mental health within Harry Potter as part of a livestream celebration of Harry's birthday by Scum and Villainy. This is the audio recording of that panel. We hope you enjoy! If you are a first time reader of the books, this episode is not for you -- we'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week!

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