3.4 The Leaky Cauldron

When I think what could have happened to him the night he ran away from home! If the Knight Bus hadn't picked him up, I'm prepared to bet he would have been dead before the Ministry found him.

It’s Monday, and that’s the day that the Wizarding World’s favorite Harry Potter podcast releases. It’s time for a brand new episode of Podtrificus Totalus!

This week, we cover the fourth chapter in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, “The Leaky Cauldron!” This finds Harry with new freedoms as he temporarily lives in and explores Diagon Alley. He eventually meets up with the Weasleys and Hermione, andhe learns a dark secret about Sirius Black…

We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are linked below:

Professor McGonagall on Wizarding World

Gobstones on Wizarding World (spoilers for Half-Blood Prince)

Firebolt on Wizarding World

Firebolt on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Florean Fortescue on the Harry Potter Wiki

Cassandra Vblatsky on the Harry Potter Wiki

Some fanart of Hermione by tumblr user beastlyworlds

Wandlore on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Wand Woods on Wizarding World

Crookshanks on the Harry Potter Lexicon

Crookshanks on the Harry Potter Wiki

The Great Gatsby, an overrated book by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Jim Halpert and Dwight Shrute, two characters on The Office (US)

Rat tonic on the Harry Potter Wiki