526: In Defense of Slytherin House

<ul> <li>Welcome Tylor, President of the Wizarding World-inspired animal rights nonprofit, <a href="https://www.protegofoundation.org/">The Protego Foundation</a>, and co-host of <a href="https://www.thechickpeeps.com/">The ChickPeeps</a> podcast with Evanna Lynch!</li> <li>Who is Tylor's favorite character? The answer may shock you (but is perfect for this episode)!</li> <li>Main Discussion: In Defense of Slytherin House</li> <li>What do we make of the first words revealed to us by the Sorting Hat about Salazar Slytherin? Does this introduction mislead us?</li> <li>Is there an argument to be made that Slytherin’s preference for pure-blood students could have been due to muggle persecution of wizardry? </li> <li>Andrew shares why he converted to Slytherin House</li> <li>How much of Salazar Slytherin’s legacy should be used against current members of his house?</li> <li>The Slytherin Spectrum: we rate notable members of Slytherin House, including Merlin, Severus Snape, Regulus Black, Leta Lestrange, Dolores Umbridge, Horace Slughorn and more!</li> <li>Which characters are still down with Slytherin's pure-blood mania? Which are on the right side of history, but may have some ingrained blood status bias?</li> <li>Each hosts says something nice about Slytherin House and listeners give their thoughts!</li> <li>Quizzitch: What living creature are both Marvolo Gaunt and Salazar Slytherin compared to, in appearance? Visit <a href="http://www.MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch">MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch</a> to submit your answer!</li> <li> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mugglecast">Support us on Patreon</a> and receive magical benefits, including our new physical gifts! Also access to our recording studio, Bonus MuggleCast, a personalized thank you video from one of the hosts and more!</li> </ul> <div><br> </div>