#489: The Politics of the Wizarding World

<ul> <li>In  celebration of Halloween, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AmVWSA3zcM">we hosted a brand-new, spoooooky edition of Quizzitch Live</a>! Join us later this November for another round of trivia!</li> <li>News: MinaLima <a href="https://twitter.com/rowlinglibrary/status/1322265964122169346">confirms they are working on</a> a Chamber of Secrets Illustrated Edition while Laura introduces us to the <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@t22felton/video/6884690238946561285?_d=secCgsIARCbDRgBIAIoARI%2BCjyPau0yNO%2FsQGzvkaOqQc6GVjucs9A8Goj6yNh6z7of2Uy2LsaFVZvPziIlrH%2FlTnCMjvynE9VkLSZ4FxoaAA%3D%3D&amp;language=en&amp;preview_pb=0&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAZDzBT9vvgApYBro9rsV1gM5WE_JtwMW5DMhYe89KB875I9RNuavZCC5hTGCw6ocd&amp;share_item_id=6884690238946561285&amp;share_link_id=940204CF-095A-475F-8CC1-53FA124275C5&amp;timestamp=1603994865&amp;tt_from=copy&amp;u_code=d9acj2di7dah8e&amp;user_id=6759763966274700293&amp;utm_campaign=client_share&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=copy&amp;source=h5_m">latest trend on TikTok</a>... POTTAH!</li> <li>Muggle Mail covers Halloween Happenings at Hogwarts, additional Potter plot holes and more scary moments from Chamber of Secrets and Deathly Hallows!</li> <li>With Election Day upon us, this week's main discussion focuses on Politics of the Wizarding World!</li> <li>Neville Chamberlain &amp; The Mitford Sisters: which historic figures do we think may have inspired certain characters in the Harry Potter series?</li> <li>We discuss Nazi Germany's connection to the plots of both Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts</li> <li>Government corruption: Cornelius Fudge, Lucius Malfoy and Dolores Umbridge</li> <li>Why Hagrid's arrest, Dumbledore's banishment and Buckbeak's execution defined Ministry interference and governmental abuse of power</li> <li>How The Daily Prophet acts as state-influenced media</li> <li>What problems do we think the wizarding government needs to address?</li> <li>Why does The International Statute of Secrecy still exist?</li> <li>Can we please banish Time Tu