2.16 The Chamber of Secrets

It’s Monday and the universe’s favorite chapter by chapter Harry Potter podcast, Podtrificus Totalus, is talking giant snakes!

In this week’s chapter, things get bad at Hogwarts. Harry and Ron can’t find an opportunity to sneak into Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom and uncover the Chamber of Secrets. They discover that the monster that has been petrifying their classmates is a basilisk and that Ginny, Ron’s younger sister, has been taken to the Chamber. With the threat of Hogwarts closing for good and a reluctant Lockhart dragged along with them, they take the plunge into the Chamber, hoping they can rescue Ginny before it’s too late.

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:

Our Spell of the Week for this episode is Obliviate, which Lockhart attempts to use on Harry and Ron after he tells them his secret… using Ron’s broken wand.

We also answer an email from friend of the show Joseluis, who wrote in with some of his thoughts on how well the movies managed to adapt the Harry Potter books, especially compared to other book to movie adaptations. We encourage our listeners to send emails to [email protected] correcting us, expanding on something we mentioned, asking questions, and sharing their experiences with the Harry Potter series.

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Thanks for listening and we’ll see you again for 2.17, “The Heir of Slytherin!” Have a magical day!

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