“Promptly Potter” Episode 106: “Lupin Was the Only Good DADA Professor and We Will Die on This Hill”

– In Chapter 12 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, O.W.L.s have fifth-year students busy despite the term having only started. In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Harry argues with Umbridge about Voldemort’s return; as punishment, she sentences him to a week of detention.

– Today’s prompt is “Umbridge is right about one thing: The teaching of DADA has indeed been ‘rather disrupted and fragmented.’ How is the syllabus determined, and why is it so inconsistent just because of changing teachers?”

– This episode is hosted by Richa Venkatraman.

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Promptly Potter is MuggleNet.com’s Harry Potter critical analysis podcast in which we break down questions about the novels into bite-sized pieces. Each episode explores one chapter through a single carefully curated prompt. The topics and questions covered will span a range as long as Dumbledore’s beard. From controversial and burning to absolutely ridiculous (certainly our favorite), no question is off-limits.

Our alternating hosts dive into some of the things we’ve been reeling over for two and a half decades, but here’s the catch: They have to do it in 15 minutes or less.

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