Fudge's Therapy Session (HBP Chapter 1, The Other Minister)

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That new assistant named Kingsley is a high performer! This week we're starting our Chapter by Chapter re-read of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and discussing all the problems that Cornelius Fudge has just dumped on the British Prime Minister's doorstep. It's a rare Harry-less chapter this week, titled "The Other Minister."

• News: Congratulations to SIR Gary Oldman! (He really puts the Sir in Sirius)

• Chapter by Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince Chapter 1: The Other Minister

• Where were the hosts when the sixth Potter book came out? It was only 3 weeks shy of MuggleCast's first episode!

• The MuggleCast Time-Turner segment is now the MuggleCast Pensieve! It's Book-6-themed and, this week, flashing back to MuggleCast #376 (mugglecast.com/episode-376-half-blood-prince-c…), from July 16, 2018!

• The hosts compare favorite chapters and discuss this is one of them.

• The poor British PM believes the chaos was his to own, only to find out that the wizards are at fault for all of it!

• Do wizards have a superiority complex? It sure seems like it, around the Muggle PM.

• Is this chapter tied to a particular politician or administration from years past, when the book was set? Or perhaps when it was written? The hosts speculate.

• Is the portrait of the "frog-like" man (Umbridge's dad?) a privacy concern for the Muggles?

• MVP of the Week: Who was the best working man in this chapter?

• Lynx Line: What event from human history was magical in origin, but was covered up between the two governments?

• Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering this week's Quizzitch question at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch (mugglecast.com/quizzitch)!

• On Bonus MuggleCast (patreon.com/mugglecast), we discuss the newly released album art (harrypotter.com/news/every-easter-egg-new-cove…) for the upcoming full cast production audiobooks.

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