Yay! I'm very much looking forward to the podcast!

We did have a few audio issues with this episode, but rather than try to re-record and push it back even further, we decided to go ahead with it. Having said that, they have ALL been remedied and there will be no audio issues from here on out! Thanks for listening...even with our technical problems!

I really enjoyed listening to this today. I'm about to graduate college and was already planning a celebratory re-read, and now I have a bunch of people to do it with and some lovely nostalgic community to go with it.

@Alnwickist -- find a Starbucks and use their WiFi. For the cost of a small cup of coffee/tea/something, you can use their WiFi for hours.

downloaded! going to listen now! can't wait! Congrats Alohomora for the first podcast! :D

awesome first episode! nothing makes me happier than taking in depth about harry potter! i didnt read before listening- but in the future i definitely will! This will we an awesome re-read!!

Downloading now! Going to re-read chapters 1-3 tonight and save the podcast for the drive to work in the morning :) Thank you so much!! Looking forward to enjoying the experience all over again, this time with friends who are reading along too!

Fantastic first episode y'all!!! :D I'm just going to put my two cents in here. First of all I'm sorry if it's out of order, I listened to it yesterday. Ok no, I don't think that snakes can read body language. I think that they can sense the magic and the ability to speak parseltongue within a wizard, like dolphins can sense a hurricane coming. And Hagrid, i think was the one addressing the letters to Harry, and i think he knew where in the house Harry had moved to because of the Trace like Snodge said.I also think that Vernon moved Harry because he know he was being watched and he didn't want the wizarding "authorities" to find you how badly he was treating Harry. One more thing, yes i think Mrs. Figg knew Harry's situation but only to an extent. She knew the situation with Voldemort and that Harry was famous, but i don't think she knew about the whole family blood thing. Oh and Tip Toe Through the Tulips: SCARY. That's all :)

LOVE the podcast, by the way!

Poor Yertle...

Wow this was insightful. Totally exceeds my high expectations! I'm so happy to join you in this fascinating journey :)
About the Trace. It is clear that such a tracking system exist. That is how Ministry keeps an eye on underage wizards. They don't know when children use magic, but registers it near them. This means that the MoM knows the exact time and place of magical acts and the current position of the child. I used to think that they just monitors magical transference but now it seems like Ministry is able to see whereabouts of underage wizards all the time. Don't you think it can be very useful in the search of a lost child? First thing that comes to mind is Ginny in CoS. Or Hogwarts protection/high magical concentration prevents this? And do you think Hogwarts has something like that or it just uses resources of the Ministry?

I think Dudley will not be protected like a magician. It is sad, but that is just the way things works in a Muggle world. For ages the Evans family members were carriers of dormant magical gene, but until it is not active it does nothing - they had no magical abilities, they were ordinary Muggles. But Dudley has a chance to have a magical kids)
This is creepy song. Just imagine Vernon singing it...

Andre1101 , thank you! I'll definitely check it out.

About how the letters were able to get to Harry, Hagrid explains at the end of The Keeper of Keys that he was allowed to use a bit of magic to follow him and get his letters to him. I'm guessing that Dumbledore expected this sort of a reaction from the Dursley's and wanted to send someone to watch over them to make sure Harry got his letter.

I also have a theory that Ms Figg knew about how important Harry was, but didn't want to treat him too well or the Dursley's might have noticed how happy he was after leaving her house and decide that he shouldn't be allowed there. Or perhaps she believes that looking at all of her cats is truly a great time.

Ooh, interesting idea, Rachl!

Also, I had a thought about Mrs. Figg. In book 5, we learn that she has been in touch with Dumbledore about Harry, but that she couldn't be too nice to him or the Dursleys might suspect something. In ch. 2, Vernon makes the very first mention of his sister Marge as a potential babysitter, and I think, had they known Mrs. Figg was anything more than just a strange cat lady, they would have been much more likely to find cruel caretakers like Marge to watch him more often. At least Mrs. Figg was just boring. Marge is downright abusive. Also, if something ever slipped to the Dursleys about Mrs. Figg's slight involvement in the wizarding world, I think they might have been even nastier to Harry than they were because it would make magic seem a whole lot more pervasive than they choose to believe it is.

Anyway, loved the podcast, you guys! Reading along with everyone else here really does help keep the magic alive for me.

On the subject of Parseltongue and how Harry started the conversation with the snake at the zoo...

Snakes don't hear, as such, they sense vibrations. So I think it's most plausible for Parseltongue to be a form of telepathy and inherently magical, with humans speaking Parseltongue making accompanying "hissing and rasping" sounds consciously or subconsciously as part of the articulation process, in a way similar to hearing-impaired people complementing sign language with lip movements.

Sorry for the late response but here it goes. I personally LOVE “Tiptoe through the Tulips. It reminds me of those old black and white cartoons from the 20’s with the skinny cows. And the first thing that really stuck with me was the fact that Dudley threw his turtle., I mean really?! Why is it not a bigger deal…….I think that Vernon is afraid for his wife because a part of her still longs for that world and he doesn’t want to lose her to it. I think that maybe she took Harry in as a way to have not a second chance but more control over the wizarding world. I’m sure something slipped through the years that hinted to the fact that Petunia did once long for Hogwarts, and as Vernon is so dedicated for her I would assume that by trying to ignore the letters he was trying to keep her away from reliving those feelings of rejection. – Dudley is probably raised quite similar to other boys his age in Little Whinging. His friends acted and looked just like him. – As for the snake I’m a strong believer that strange and since strange. Magic knows magic. Since Harry had part of Voldemoret in him which inturn caused him to be part of Nigana the snake at the zoo would have sinced the snake magic in him. Like a dog smelling a dog that was in the room before he was. – With Mrs.Figg being a sqib she probably knows just as much as everyone else about Harry, but if she was too friendly to him the Dursleys probably wouldn’t have let her watch him. – The letters I think are probably inchanted to be delivered the way the where to Harry. Dumbledore knew he wasn’t getting them so he did a bit of magic to make sure he did. Its said that children have “the trace� on them until they turn of age so maybe it also helps keep track of them like Prof. X’s Cerebro.

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