We recorded this way back in February, just as schools were starting to close due to coronavirus and the idea of kindergarten-via-Zoom was still new and novel. What lives we've lived since then. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

Have you ever wanted to spend 15 minutes talking through the events of a momentous Harry Potter chapter with a kindergartner while they lie in bed after reading said chapter? Well, now you can live the dream vicariously through us!  (Note: we read this chapter four months ago, before the coronavirus self-quarantining began, which is why my wife is out of the house at bedtime, helping friends who have a newborn. Listening to that detail now, months into social distancing, was jarring for me!...

Okay, sure, Voldemort is back to full power and he and Harry just had a mind-blowing duel, but let's not lose sight of the important issues: does Harry technically still win the Tri-Wizard Cup? And will it give Gryffindor enough House points to win the House Cup for the fourth year in a row?  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

In which we have SO MANY THEORIES about what the heck is happening here. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

Short, but thrilling! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

This chapter is so much fun. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

“Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading” - Anonymous We had a sieve in our kitchen when I was growing up, but we called it a strainer. I only knew the word from reading, and in my head it rhymed with "receive." I'm afraid I've taken the first steps toward passing that mispronunciation on to my children. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast:...

Having is a kid means sometimes having to explain concepts like "blackmail" on the spot, very poorly.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

We ended this one well after bedtime,  but we still had a long and great conversation after I stopped recording. I'm sorry you couldn't hear it, but just know the wheels are turning in his head. He's really trying to figure this one out. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

Seriously, this whole mystery of Mr. Crouch being "sick" is extremely suspicious.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

Do you remember how Professor Snape brought Harry to the Hospital Wing after he was almost killed by dementors in the last book? Well, five points to your House if you did! I did not immediately remember that, as you'll hear.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

Our conversation at the end of this chapter does include a minor spoiler, just FYI.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

We have a minor digression midway through the chapter as we try to solve some of the mysteries in the book. Who fired off that Dark Mark at the Quidditch World Cup, anyway? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

In which I sidestep the conversation about the appropriateness of students going to the Yule Ball with teachers. To be honest, the whole concept of finding a date went over his head, but hey, he's only six. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

WANGOBALLWIME? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

In which we shake our fists skyward at the continued presence of Rita Skeeter and debate the likelihood of the second task involving a singing, showering prefect. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

We were so excited to read about the first task we started our discussion during bathtime.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

The recording cuts off before we identify the Harry and the Potters song that mentions the Hungarian Horntail, but don't worry, we do remember that it's The Yule Ball, off their first album.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

Alright, real quick, I want to address the periodic crying baby in the background of many of these chapters: we've been reading mostly at bedtime lately, which is also the baby's bedtime, and once the baby realizes we're getting him ready for bed he protests loudly. Sorry! It's an honest little slice of life from our day, but I know it doesn't make for the most enjoyable listening experience for everyone. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ...

Sometimes you really have to get into character if you want your Dumbledore voice to be believable.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

In which a song by the band Harry and the Potters spoils one of the big surprises in the book. It won't be the last time, I'm sure. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

Thanks to the holidays and associated travels we took a little over a month off from Harry Potter, so it was great to get back in the saddle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support

Last year we received a note from his preschool teacher indicating that he was tested as having the vocabulary of an eight-year-old, and I 100% credit Harry Potter for that--how many other kindergarteners know what "constant vigilance" means? (Also, this week and last week there were some severe audio issues with the recording. Sorry! Next episode will be back to normal!) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this...

Thanks to a recording issue sound quality is a little bit off on this one, but the quality content is dead on. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reading-harry-potter/support