"We got Potter! We got Potter!"
In the third episode of Mimblewimble, our discussion starts right where we left off in the second episode: a wand choosing Harry. We end the discussion when Harry gets sorted.
In between these two events, Harry reads his textbooks, names his owl, travels to London with the Dursleys, finds Platform 9 and 3/4 at King's Cross, boards the train, makes a new friend, and gets sorted into a House at Hogwarts.
Are you just starting the Harry Potter series? No problem. Here's what you should read before listening to this episode from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone -
Chapter 5: Diagon Alley (we start at the end of this one)
Chapter 6: Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat (we stop midway through this one)
You can also listen to this podcast on iTunes and your other favorite podcast apps. Just search for Mimblewimble - The Harry Potter Podcast.
If you have any points to add to our discussion, please feel free to leave a comment below!
Footnotes
JK Rowling's entry about owls in Pottermore
Why Harry Potter is great literature by Brian Brown
Fanfiction recommendations:
Hermione gets sorted into Slytherin - The Green Girl
Harry gets sorted into Ravenclaw - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Harry gets sorted into Slytherin - Better be Slytherin!
We couldn't find the right 'Harry gets sorted into Hufflepuff' fics but here are some popular ones from ff.net (Aishwarya hasn't read either of them so can't vouch):
Harry the Hufflepuff (Humor)
The Best Revenge (Drama)