--- title: "1.08 The Potions Master" date: 2017-08-22T00:46:48-04:00 draft: false tags: - Philosopher's Stone episodeTitle: "The Potions Master" episodeSubtitle: "Snape shows up and Harry is all 'why are you so obsessed with me?'" episodeLength: 22708276 episodeURL: https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/stone/108ThePotionsMaster.mp3 episodeDuration: 27:45 episodeSeason: 1 episodeNumber: 8 featuredImage: /pottermore/108.webp --- {{< audio src="https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/stone/108ThePotionsMaster.mp3" >}} It's time for a slightly late (but no worse for the wear) episode of Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book. This week's episode covers chapter eight of *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, "The Potions Master." Harry and Ron begin their classes at Hogwarts, where Harry butts heads with Professor Snape, who seems to have a mysterious grudge against him. The mystery of the little package from chapter five also develops in this chapter, with the revelation of a break in at Gringotts. We make a number of references to outside sources and pop culture in this episode, which are listed below: - [Argus Filch](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Argus_Filch) on the Harry Potter Wiki - [Mrs. Norris](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Mrs_Norris) on the Harry Potter Wiki - [Professor Binns](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Cuthbert_Binns) on the Harry Potter Wiki - [Septimius Severus](http://www.ancient.eu/Septimius_Severus/), emperor of Ancient Rome - [The Year of Three Popes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_Three_Popes) - (Major Spoiler Warning for Book 7!) [Asphodel, Wormwood, Bezoars, and Aconite, an analysis of Snape's questions to Harry](https://expatronum.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/asphodel-wormwood-bezoars-and-aconite/) Our spell of the week for this episode is Scourify, which Snape likely uses to clean up Neville's disastrous first attempt at Potion making. We also respond to tweets from [Jose](https://twitter.com/joseluissolo) and [Justine](https://twitter.com/mixtapemontage) (of the [Cutaways Podcast](http://www.thecutaways.com/)). Thanks for listening and we’ll see you again for 1.09, “The Midnight Duel!” Have a magical day!