MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

Slug Club member Alex joins the show Scholastic announces 20th anniversary editions for all seven Potter books, but they're kinda disappointing. Eddie Redmayne talks Crimes of Grindelwald bringing us closer to the Potter series Our thoughts on the new Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery video game trailer Main Discussion: Book Covers We compare the U.S. and UK book covers from Sorcerer's Stone to Deathly Hallows. Which of each is better? The hosts name their top 3 original Potter book covers and give one honorable mention Check out our interview with U.S. illustrator Mary Grandpre back on Episode 172 Patreon Question of the Week: Which Potter title would you change and why? Owl Post covers This Week in MuggleCast History, an interesting Fantastic Beasts quote from JKR and last week's discussion on Merope Gaunt Quizzitch: Which character was chosen by all four Ilvermorny houses? Andrew and Micah are headed to Orlando for A Celebration of Harry Potter (keep an eye out for meetup info) In Bonus MuggleCast, available on Patreon, we discuss which cover should have completely gone back to the drawing board, and which cover best depicts Harry at his current age? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Tammi 20181h 21min

Slug Club member Ashley joins the show Jude Law sits down with JKR to learn about Dumbledore's character Chamber of Secrets gets the House Edition treatment (and so will the rest of the series) Nighttime shows are coming to Wizarding World Orlando while Cursed Child rehearsals begin on Broadway Dan Radcliffe weighs in on the Johnny Depp/Grindelwald debate Ashley has her own discussion ready for the show and wants to know how Jacob will get his memory back? She breaks down what we know about memory charms to date and characters who've experienced them How exactly can a memory charm be broken? How much does Jacob remember by the end of Fantastic Beasts? Since the Swooping Evil venom is supposed to erase bad memories, is there a chance Jacob's memory wasn't fully erased? Will Jacob regain his memory in full? Will it be over time through a series of flashbacks through Fantastic Beasts 2? Did the murtlap bite somehow prevent him from losing his full memory? Could JKR offer further education on memory charms via Pottermore to prepare us? Main Discussion: The Gaunt Family Given Voldemort's recent birthday, we take a look at his family: Merope, Morfin and Marvolo Is there anything we actually like about these characters? Andrew gets incestuous asking if the other hosts would ever marry their cousins Could we ever love somebody after we found out they had us under a spell? Should Tom Riddle Sr. have sought out his son and tried to raise him? We discuss the distinction between Tom Riddle Jr. and Voldemort being able to love Do we see the Gaunt family playing a role in future Fantastic Beasts films? Email and text messages cover the Wizarding World's third expansion and the Potter films moving to HBO This Week in MuggleCast history looks at Episodes 72, 128, 168 and 189 Quizzitch: To whom, in the Harry Potter universe, is Mark Evans related? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Tammi 20181h 25min

We recap our New Years in Chicago Photos, Cards Against Humanity, bowling and more A special guest joins us for our landmark 350th episode Dumbledore gives his Top 14 New Years Resolutions To Make Hogwarts Safer A few Fantastic Beasts stills were released during the holidays Where's Dumbledore sitting? Who sent Newt that postcard? What's Grindelwald staring at? Harry Potter Weekends on Freeform are no more as the series moves to HBO! Now that they are all on demand, patrons share which movie they would watch first JKR releases a statement on why she blocked a fan and the hosts have mixed reactions Harry Potter: A History of Magic in NYC dates are announced One listener shares a very interesting theory on the Chinese beast alluded to in Crimes of Grindelwald Quizzitch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Tammi 201859min

Welcome Slug Club member Hayden! JKR found inspiration for the Hogwarts Houses in the most unlikely of places Another new Harry Potter video game is coming that's been in development for two years! It's set in the 1980s with an open world concept Plus, you can be a Hogwarts student and go through all seven years We discuss David Heyman's comments about the role of beasts in The Crimes of Grindelwald Eddie Redmayne confirms the Niffler and Pickett are back! We theorize on the formidable Chinese beast: Chinese Fireball, Phoenix, Re'em or other? Many actors have officially wrapped filming The Crimes of Grindelwald Christmas and New Year's in the Wizarding World - where would we spend the holidays? Does Santa exist? Andrew thinks Hagrid would have made the perfect Father Christmas! What do Potter fans have to look forward to in 2018? A new ride in Orlando, Cursed Child on Broadway, The Crimes of Grindelwald and more! The last Quizzitch question of 2017 targets Goblet of Fire! Thank you for a great year in Potter! We'll see you all in 2018! Bonus MuggleCast: We read from the latest Potter novel - Harry Potter and What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Joulu 201754min

Resistance Radio host and Hypable writer Donya joins the show! We react to J.K. Rowling’s statement on Johnny Depp What finally prompted her to comment? Many fans plan to boycott. How will this impact future Fantastic Beasts films? Will this even be a topic of discuss a year from now when the movie premieres? We call Laura to get her thoughts and she shares an interesting idea Two new Crimes of Grindelwald stills are released by Entertainment Weekly Text messages focus on Christmas and religion in the Wizarding World Eric goes international for our next Quizzitch question Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Joulu 20171h 9min

Andrew and Eric's trivia night adventures continue! There's an odd mistake in the Bloomsbury House Editions pulled from a fake JKR tweet! We react to David Yates' defense of casting Johnny Depp Could Colin Farrell have been recast as Grindelwald? Is Johnny Depp influencing our perspective of Grindelwald? Souring our expectations of his story? One listener thinks it's simple... TRUST IN JO! Eric and Andrew chat with Michael Aiello, Sr. Director of Creative Development at Universal Orlando Resort about Christmas at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Emails tackle Queenie's potential allegiance with Grindelwald Text messages: metaphorical beasts, the Elder Wand's allegiance and Jacob's brute force Quizzitch returns! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Joulu 20171h 14min

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald... we give our initial reactions! Will most of the film focus on Grindelwald's past crimes and rise to power? Or can we expect new crimes committed during this movie? How does this impact screen time for Newt? The beasts? Lots of references to the Deathly Hallows (and alchemy?) in the title screen The new cast photo gives us several first looks, including Jude Law as Dumbledore What's up with Jacob and Queenie staring directly at Grindelwald? Credence is cozied up with a new character! What exactly is a Maledictus? Leta is engaged to Newt's brother! What does that mean for the brothers Scamander? We've got a pretty good theory about when the first trailer is coming! Andrew reports live from Orlando for Holidays at Hogwarts Listener tweets, emails, voicemails and quizzitch! We'll see you after the Thanksgiving holiday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Marras 20171h 8min

Welcome Slug Club member Nicki PO Box Update: some Halloween and British surprises! A Pokemon GO style Harry Potter game is in the works from Niantic! Our initial thoughts on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Portkey Games What does the title suggest? Will it focus on Fantastic Beasts at all or only Harry Potter? What other Potter video games would we like to see? - Which old classics do we want remade? Our Main Discussion focuses on the brand-new Fantastic Beasts Illustrated Edition The foreword answers that question we had about Obscurus Books We get educated on the history of what defines a beast and how they're concealed from Muggles Is it coincidence that Newt includes the story of a jarvey in the introduction? Which beasts caught our attention? Which ones would we like to see in Fantastic Beasts 2? We run through some interesting notes Micah took while reading the book Getting high on billywigs, erumpent mating habits, killer bowtruckles and more We asked our patrons what dream features they'd like from this new Harry Potter app? Emails, voicemails and text messages Quizzitch Question of the Week has a Half-Blood twist! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Marras 20171h 28min