#432: Connecting Prisoner of Azkaban to Order of the Phoenix

<ul> <li>Happy Back to Hogwarts y'all!</li> <li>Enough already! Pottermore announces a new "reimagined" Sorting Hat is coming. Are we about to receive new House assignments?</li> <li>We've shipped MuggleCast tote bags to our first 150 patrons, with more going out in the weeks ahead!</li> <li>Andrew recaps Harry Potter Trivia Night at Wizards Unite Indianapolis, but he can't remember anything!</li> <li>Beautiful park, great community event, dragons, cool merchandise and more! Andrew shares his experience from Wizards Unite Fan Fest!</li> <li>Before beginning our chapter-by-chapter analysis of Order of the Phoenix, we connect the threads to Prisoner of Azkaban, since the Harry Potter series is a frame narrative (We recently did this with Sorcerer's Stone and Deathly Hallows on <a href="https://www.mugglecast.com/episode-427-connecting-sorcerers-stone-to-deathly-hallows/">Episode 427</a>). </li> <li>The grim, dementors and what happens when Harry runs from the Dursleys</li> <li>Aunt Marge, Dudley and the first chapter magical impact on the Dursley family</li> <li>Character appearances and reappearances: Lupin, Sirius, Luna and more!</li> <li>Is it a coincidence Harry meets Lupin and Luna the same way?</li> <li>The contrasting teaching styles of Remus Lupin and Dolores Umbridge</li> <li>Hermione takes on Trelawney in Prisoner of Azkaban and Umbridge in Order of the Phoenix for their ineffective teaching methods</li> <li>Ministry Interference: comparing Fudge's actions towards Harry in Prisoner vs. Order</li> <li>Lucius Malfoy and his meddlesome nature: first Buckbeak then Harry's trial</li> <li>We take a look at a similarity between Hermione and Umbridge (Say what?!?)</li> <li>How Dementors and time turners play a critical role in both books</li> <li>Sirius Black is a prisoner in both books</li> <li>Dumbledore undermines the Ministry at the end of both books: the escape of Sirius and the return of Voldemort</li> <li>Quizzitch: What type of flower bed does Harry find himself laying in as Order of the Phoenix opens?</l