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:

54: Episode #54: Pickles and Tea Parties Sep 03, 2006

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Read the winning California lyrics here!
PO Box Update. Click here to see the sketch of the MuggleCasters.
Our new catch-phrase: Pickle.
We learn Jamie can talk really-really-super-super-lyk-omg fast.
California song winners and the sketch will be posted soon!
Main Discussion: the Two-Way Mirror.
Our brand new debate segment: SHOULD Hogwarts stay open? The group takes sides and goes at it.
More Dumbledore/Norris Facts.
See Walker Texas Ranger on Conan right here.
Crackpot Theory of the Week.
A spur-of-the-moment British Joke of the Day.
The truth behind the other Potter podcasts.
Celine Dion or Savage Garden?

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53: Episode #53: Eric-tastic Aug 27, 2006

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Rupert intros the show! He’s got something for Micah next week.
Guess who’s featured in the newspaper for being the coolest. person. ever.
Listener Rebuttals tackle last week’s heavy discussion.
Character Discussion: Aberforth Dumbledore.
Goats. Riiiight.
Reading, PA is about to get a bad reputation.
We try our hand at a new crackpot-theory segment, but we need your help!
A few voicemails.
Jamie hurt his back.
Dumbledore/Norris Facts.
Andrew’s ‘HUH?!’ E-mail of the Week.
The verdict from the Easy Button: That WAS easy.

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52: Episode #52: O'MuggleCasters Aug 20, 2006

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MuggleNet staffer Claire joins us as a co-host.
Any takers on a MuggleCast dating service?
New T-shirts are on the way! “Squares” and “MicBolt” are almost out of stock.
They’re going in the Disney vault forever!
US writing a book? Pure blasphemy!
Main Discussion: Defense Against the Dark Arts.
What happened to all its teachers prior to SS?
Was there more to Lupin leaving the position?
Snape as the DADA teacher.
Who will teach it in HP7?
Lots and lots of voicemails.
New Dumbledore/Norris facts.
“Huh?!” E-mail of the Week.

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51: Episode #51: Gryffravenhufflerin Aug 13, 2006

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Ben is truly dedicated to the show.
…but Jamie thinks his recording circumstances are even more dedicated.
Listener Rebuttals
“Too much music!” cries Andrew.
What’s up with Harry’s eyes?
Has Lily given Harry some sort of eye barrier?
It’s like when a piece of dirt hits your contact lense.
“Uhh…Not really,” says Eric.
The deal with black and gray eyes mentioned in the books.
Who was at Godric’s Hollow the night Lily and James were killed?
Will Harry become an auror?
A podcasting first: Ben drives and podcasts!
Andrew scares a girl at the charity reading.
A caller gives us a great theory on Snape being good.
We try to do something bold and talk about the latest HP news.
Are Lucky Charms REALLY lucky?

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50: Episode #50: Everytime We Touch Aug 09, 2006

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Happy Birthday, MuggleCast!
50 Shows… wow…
Just Put Your Food in the – Micahwave?
Listener rebuttals.
JKR’s explanation of Wizard population?
Homeschooling and the Harry Potter world.
Nostalgia! Our first times doing the show together.
The absolute worst recording experiences ever.
Lumos 2006 and New York City reminiscence.
Main Discussion: An Evening with Harry, Carrie, and Garp.
John Irving, great questionnaire-pwner.
Whoopi, Jon Stewart, and – that other guy.
Dumbledore IS dead, and the website people are mad.
She totally avoided Snape, but gave us wands and Petunia.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione will live! Ben still disagrees.
A voicemail line just for Erica!
Here’s to another fifty shows!
Listener comments – favorite moments.
Jamie’s true singing voice comes out.

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49: Episode #49: Right On Time Jul 25, 2006

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Our first ever live episode of MuggleCast! Featuring a JKR book reading giveaway, a 12-year old dissing Eric, Hogwarts discussion, and much more! It’s a different (and kinda late) episode of the show because we’re busy in Vegas…excuse the less-than-perfect quality that you expect every week!

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48: Episode #48: Dumbledore's Bladder Jul 16, 2006

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The Micahscope.
We’re getting down and dirty with Podcast Alley votes this week.
Save Gas Money! gasmoney@staff.mugglenet.com
Listener Rebuttals cover the Mirror of Erised and Snape.
This week we discuss the Room of Requirement.
How DOES it really work? You can’t make something out of nothing.
Perhaps the room has to have the item you require in stock.
Is there any way to empty it out?
Using it to hide Horcruxes?
What are its limitations?
Do the effects of the room only last while you’re inside?
Don’t trust something if you can’t see where it keeps its brain!
One listener gets in an accident while listening to the show.
In unrelated news, we premiere our new car giveaway!
Favorites: End Battle Scene.
…it kinda tangents off onto Michael Gambon playing Dumbledore in the final scenes of OOTP.
This Week in Potter: the release date of Half-Blood Prince.
Jamie tells a bold face lie to the BBC.
Could Ron and Hermione’s actions in the final scenes of the first book foreshadow HP7?
Another Horcrux theory from a listener.
The effects a person can have on their spells.

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47: Episode #47: No Conclusions Jul 09, 2006

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Listener Rebuttals tackle last week’s hot topics.
Can the Mirror of Erised reveal where the final Horcruxes are?
Much more Mirror of Erised discussion.
The Spice Girls make a guest appearance.
Dumbledore and Harry’s relationship in Half-Blood Prince is analyzed.
Jamie and Ben see each other in the mirror.
Moundridge High School doesn’t teach the English language properly.
Jo says that the POA film foreshadowed events in the final two books. Like what?
MuggleCast interviews Warwick Davis, who plays Flitwick in the Potter films.
We learn why his character’s appearance changed so dramatically from COS to POA.
Warwick explains how the crowd-surfing Flitwick scene came to be.
He tells us about his time on the OOTP set and the new director, David Yates.
He’s currently planning a new podcast of his own, titled “Small Talk.”
We learn about his filming career, his perspective on films, and much more.
British and Australian listeners can rejoice: we have foreign phone numbers now!
Jamie’s British Joke of the Day has a sad announcement

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46: Episode #46: Too Hot to Handle Jul 01, 2006

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Jamie, Kevin, and Laura return for MuggleCast LIV – nevermind.
Nominate us in the 2006 Podcast Awards!
Top 10 reasons to buy 11 MuggleCast T-shirts.
Listener Rebuttals extend on the Book 7 title analysis, Rowena Ravenclaw’s Horcrux, and memories.
Jamie has another use for the title Chariots of Fire.
Character Discussion: Volllldemort.
Was Voldemort born evil?
What were his motives from the start?
Why was Voldemort offering Lily so many chances to live?
Why is Dumbledore the only man Voldemort ever feared?
Could Voldemort come back as a ghost if Harry kills him?
Ben’s Gimme a Butterbeer calls out the media for blowing things out of proportion.
Jo’s interview on Richard and Judy.
Is Harry going to die in Book 7? We discuss the possibilities.
Jamie’s convinced Jo can’t bring herself to kill Harry
Jamie will tape himself eating 50 jumbo sausages if Harry dies.
Ben and Andrew think Harry’s death would make a great ending.
Could sequels be legally written?
Jamie’s British Joke of the Day returns.

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45: Episode #45: Hey, You Snape-ing Horcrux! Jun 25, 2006

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Listener Rebuttals and Voice Rebuttals
We make a PSA about Juvenille Arthritis (learn more here)
We go back to answering some book seven questions
Horcruxes revisted…where are the 3 unknowns?
Pettigrew’s final debt to Harry: giving him a Horcrux?
What will become of Draco?
What role will the Ministry of Magic play?
This week’s Butterbeer discusses the actors and actresses’ privacy
Voicemails are back!
Does Trelawney remember Snape hearing part of the prophecy?
Legilimency and Harry
Do we get made fun of for loving Harry Potter?
When you extract memories from your mind, is it a copy or does it actually leave your mind?
Laura rox our sox
Does anyone else besides Voldemort have Horcruxes?
This Week in Potter: the HBP title is released
Is the title of book seven right under our noses?
Andrew is convinced, and he’s got three potential titles.
Next week: MuggleCast LIVE!
Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul
Andrew performs a MuggleCast rap by Nixi with Ben handling the beat

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