MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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**MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast**

MuggleCast is your weekly ride into the world of Harry Potter, including the books and upcoming TV show! Our Harry Potter podcast, hosted by four life-long friends, brings its listeners entertaining and thought-provoking discussions about the Wizarding World. With each new episode we discuss everything Harry Potter: the latest news, the Potter books, the upcoming HBO TV Show, the theme parks, the video games, the fandom, and more! We’re currently hosting a Chapter by Chapter re-read of the original seven Harry Potter books while keeping listeners up to date on the Harry Potter TV show.

Latest Episodes:

Episode #343: Fantastic Beasts And The Not 2 Oct 30, 2017

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Slug Club member Kate joins the show!
Andrew and Eric share their Halloween costumes
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is headed to Australia! What country will be next?
Coming soon: the title for next Fantastic Beasts film! Does that mean a trailer is not far behind?
Listeners share their Fantastic Beasts 2 movie title suggestions
Main Discussion: Halloween & Harry Potter
We talk about the key events that have happened on October 31 in the Potter series
That night in Godric's Hollow, Troll in the Dungeon, the Triwizard Tournament selection and more
Did JKR always intend for Halloween to play a pivotal role in each book? Why did she choose it?
Is there a reason it stopped being so important after Goblet of Fire?
No Halloween discussion is complete without ghosts!
The hosts profile the Hogwarts House ghosts, Professor Binns, Moaning Myrtle and Peeves
We ask listeners which House they would join if they had to choose based on the House ghost!
Quizzitch!

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Episode #342: A History of Magic Oct 23, 2017

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Welcome Slug Club member Irvin!
Cursed Child tickets go on sale and we're left in the dust!
Until Katy (and her husband) come to the rescue!
We discuss ticket prices - why were no special offers made for people buying both Parts 1 & 2?
Listeners share their Cursed Child ticket buying experiences
We review Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magic
The book details the exhibition currently at the British Library
It feels like touring a museum (in a good way)
We explore the original synopsis JKR sent to Bloomsbury
The Harry Potter world owes a lot to then 8-year-old Alice Newton
Ghost panels, statues, a selection committee of professors - the Sorting Hat that almost wasn't!
Fudge and Vernon Dursely were originally going to be coworkers? WHAT?!
We look at JKR's early list of Hogwarts professors: Enid Pettigrew, Oakden Hernshaw, Mopsus?
Harry and Ron almost met the merpeople in Chamber of Sercrets!
Steve Kloves shares his story and how judging a book by its cover almost cost him the films
Quizzitch: In Prisoner of Azkaban, what does Snape task students with in their year-end lesson?
Voicemails on Grindelwald and Wizarding World theme park

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Episode #341: The Niffler and the Stone Oct 16, 2017

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Slug Club member Bethany joins the show
Eric gives us a Trivia Night update
Cursed Child Broadway tickets on sale this week! Who will make the cut?
The Cormoran Strike series is headed to Cinemax
Chris Riddell set to illustrate The Tales of Beedle the Bard for Bloomsbury
Listener Rebuttals focus on the latest Fantastic Beasts casting news
Will we find out what Nicolas Flamel and Dumbledore discovered?
We receive some Death Eater clarification
Will Dumbledore take away Grindelwald's powers out of love?
Taking a look at the entire cast, where do we think Fantastic Beasts 2 is headed?
Can beasts even fit into a story with this many characters?
Is there a chance FB 2 focuses on one beast that’s integral to the plot?
How much time do we think we will spend looking back as opposed to present-day?
We review casting to date, including one we have overlooked (who is Krall)?
Patrons share their overwhelming support for more Seraphina Pcquery screen time
Quizzitch and text messages return!

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Episode #340: Verified Jerk Oct 09, 2017

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Eric and Andrew gear up for another trivia night
Cursed Child's Broadway registration is now closed!
We review the Prisoner of Azkaban Illustrated Edition
Our main discussion centers around the new Fantastic Beasts casting news
We question if there is any relation between Eric and Spielman?
Andrew explains the relationship between Jessica Williams and JKR
Travers and Rosier: we discuss the two known Death Eaters
Nicolas Flamel will appear in Fantastic Beasts 2! In present-day form or in a flashback?
Could Grindelwald be in search of the Sorcerer's Stone? Is that story too familiar?
Will Flamel assist Newt in his latest journey?
Carmen Ejogo is back as Seraphina Picquery. Will her appearance be short-lived?
Andrew attempts the sequel to HP Encyclopedia: The Musical
Emails and voicemails return, with a text message thrown in the middle
In Bonus MuggleCast -- available on Patreon -- We discuss the prank Sirius and James played on Snape. What was going through Sirius' mind? Does it affect our view of him?

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Episode #339: Of Course Oct 02, 2017

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Cursed Child is open for registration!
Eric and Micah share their Ticketmaster experiences while Andrew registers on air
JKR won't pander to the fandom: is it the Encyclopedia or Marauder's story that's in jeopardy?
Could Cursed Child have run for a week? Would fans have gone to see all five parts?
Our thoughts on JKR's comments on the collaborative nature of Cursed Child
JKR has given fans a lot since the release of Deathly Hallows - should we want more?
The difference between giving fans too much and giving them what they want
We tackle last week's Quizzitch question
E-mail-bag: Maybe a Game of Thrones style Marauders story isn't all that bad after all
The Prisoner of Azkaban Illustrated Edition hits store shelves this week!

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Episode #338: Quizzitch Sep 25, 2017

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Slug Club member and Hogwarts Professor Kyle joins the show
Eric and Andrew recap their Potter trivia night in Chicago
Kyle talks about his Potter classroom and how it went viral
How have his students reacted? Have more of them started to read Potter?
What's been the response from the school? Teachers around the world?
We learn about how Kyle incorporates Potter into his daily curriculum
And he has a few tough questions for us: Does the Harry Potter series have a narrator?
Should Squibs be allowed to take courses at Hogwarts?
Episode 337 Rewind: Patrons share the courses they would teach at Hogwarts
Healing, Magical Artifacts, Journalism, Music and more!
The hosts tell which courses they would most like to teach... and play hooky from!
Emails cover Newt's wand, The Cursed Child & a Horcrux-Obscurus theory!

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Episode #337: Dumblescruff Sep 18, 2017

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Slug Club member Robert joins the show
New Potter merchandise hits the market
Jude Law shows off his Dumbledore scruff
Episode 336 Rewind: Listeners share their favorite modes of magical transportation
We break down the Hogwarts Courses in our latest main discussion
Where do Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms and Herbology rank on our list?
Do Divination, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures and History of Magic even matter?
How important is Flying?
Bonus MuggleCast tackles Muggle Studies, Potions and Transfiguration
If we were to make our own Hogwarts class schedule, what subjects would make our Top 5?
Pop Quiz of the Week debuts!

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Episode #336: Two Sickles A Scoop Sep 11, 2017

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We look back on September 1
Cursed Child gets some real estate in Times Square
Warwick Davis greets fans at King's Cross
Listeners share how they spent #19YearsLater
Eric reveals he forgot to share one very important piece of PO Box mail
The author of the notorious fan fiction My Immortal is revealed
We share listener rebuttals on our Wizarding World residence discussion
Our main discussion this week... Magical Transportation
We analyze everything from the Hogwarts Express to Broomsticks to Flying Cars
Do we prefer Floo Powder, Portkeys, Apparition or Flying Beasts?
The hosts share their top picks for how they'd get around the wizarding world
Voicemails return!

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Episode #335: Live From Orlando Sep 05, 2017

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Andrew, Micah, and Eric cap off MuggleNet Live with a discussion on "19 Years Later" and alternate Epilogue ending lines. Stick around after the live recording for a post-mortem that the three recorded the morning after.

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Episode #334: Back To Hogwarts? Aug 29, 2017

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