SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast

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Episode 39: Your Children Are Beasts Jun 19, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ The Phoenix Register: The screenplay is done!
→ Go get cast in the movie!
→ "Yates don't care!"
→ Rolf took after grandpa.
→ Why wasn't Newt a person of color?
→ More sister dynamic please!
→ Alohobeasty? Speakmora!
→ "But mom, I'm gonna go see pretty animals!"
→ Newt goes Into the Woods.
→ We venture into fan-ficy territory.
→ Newt as a father figure to Credence?
→ "Or what if there was a bakery?"
→ The Time-Turner: History of Father's Day!
→ "It's not about cards and candy..."
→ The Newt Case: The Acromantula!
→ "Spiders can't be trusted."
→ "WAIT! Guuuuuyyyyssss." Podcast Question: What kind of relationship will Newt and Theseus have?

Episode 38: Graveselwald Jun 06, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → We're LIVE at MISTI-Con!
→ What would Newt's boggart be?
→ Everything is Graves...
→ Uncle Newt?!
→ Obama DEFINITELY knew about wizards.
→ We want more wizard schools!
→ Hogwarts study abroad?
→ What was Grindelwald's motivation.
→ Credence is an atomic bomb.
→ The manipulation of Credence is the saddest.
→ Horcruxes vs obscurials.
→ We've traded in Hamilton for Moana.
→ Jo's great at her psychological metaphors.
→ The movies should end with the Billywig.

Episode 37: Manic Pixie Dream Wizard May 22, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → "We've been here before..."
→ The Phoenix Register: CDs are here to make us feel old.
→ "For sure and seven years ago."
→ Send Ariel graduation smash cakes.
→ Every permutation of 19 years later...
→ Johnny Depp feels lucky, but do we?
→ How we relate to Harry and Newt is different, but the same.
→ Casual reminder that Jo isn't a casting director.
→ Cursed what? Cursed who?
→ "Theseus, Theseus, Theseussss!"
→ Filch is here to sweep and be angry.
→ The Time-Turner: Heroes of the 20s & 30s!
→ Mary Poppins is a Time Lady.
→ The Newt Case: The nundu!
→ "The most lethal-gonna-kill-ya beast."
→ "That is quite some halitosis."
→ Fantastic Beasts and the Return of Frank. PODCAST QUESTION: Do you think Newt was, is, or will be a "better protagonist" than Harry?

Episode 36: ALL the Houses May 07, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → Guest hosts, galore!
→ The Phoenix Register: Newt's patronus?!
→ Is the patronus Leta? Tina's hat? Graves?
→ Discount Buckbeak and Baby Groot.
→ "Don't say magic is the reason!"
→ Callum Turner as Thesues?
→ Jo still doesn't know how to math.
→ Theseus is in ALL the Houses!
→ "Salazar Slytherin was kind of an a-hole."
→ "Legit wizard, or nah?"
→ Were Leta and Theseus friends?
→ The Time-Turner: Germany leading up to WWII.
→ History is scary, sometimes.
→ The Newt Case: The Brazilian caipora!
→ "Here! I lit your cigar, now go away!" PODCAST QUESTION: Which House do you think Theseus was in and why?

Episode 35: Hey Jude Apr 23, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → "Long ago, the four hosts lived in harmony..."
→ The Phoenix Register: We have our Dumbledore!
→ Rogue One: A Graves Story?
→ "I want FULL Jude Law."
→ "BEARD HIM UP!"
→ "Screw wands! Time for fisticuffs!"
→ Dumbledore's queerness matters.
→ What will Dumbledore's timeline be like?
→ Dumbledore = Luke Skywalker?
→ "I loved you once. Now I don't. Prepare to die."
→ Will Aberforth show up in the series?
→ We're accidentally a Star Wars podcast today.
→ The Time-Turner: Gays in Paris!
→ Oscar Wilde and Dumbledore would be a great couple.
→ The Newt Case: The phoenix!
→ Did Newt give Fawkes to Dumbledore?
→ Ewan McGregor should play Hedwig's grandma. PODCAST QUESTION: Jude Law as Dumbledore—beard or no beard? Tell us why or why not!

Episode 34: Schrödinger's Fantastic Beast Apr 09, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → The Phoenix Register: The DVD is OFFICIALLY here!
→ The inside of Newt's case is actually a Target.
→ Schrödinger's fantastic beast?
→ Ariel impressions.
→ Why some scenes hit the cutting room floor.
→ WE WANT BLOOPERS!
→ Grindelwald will be defeated by a tea kettle to the head.
→ Is the Elder Wand in Boise?
→ Dan Stevens is a fantastic beast. *wink*
→ IT EATS MOONCALVES?!?
→ Get your own niffler named Pastries!
→ The Time-Turner: The Great Depression in the USA!
→ "The Great Depression started in America, as all great things do..."
→ The Newt Case: The Bunyip!
→ EVERYTHING'S a Bunyip!

Episode 33: Witches Be Basic Mar 26, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → Hayley's back to guest host!
→ The Phoenix Register: DVDs, audiobooks, and a new introduction!
→ Why was Newt's best line cut from the film?
→ What's left to be declassified?
→ Mercy Lewis and Deliverance Dane were REAL.
→ Moldy Voldy's three headed horcrux?
→ Did Dumbledore write for wizarding BuzzFeed?
→ Shout out to Boise.
→ We could all use some wakey-up brew...
→ #BasicWitch
→ Dorcus strikes again!
→ The Time-Turner: Paris during World War II!
→ How will pre-WWI Paris affect Newt's next adventure?
→ The Newt Case: The Quintaped!
→ 5 out of 5 Moms agree: do not go near this beast.
→ "Two households, both alike in magic!"
→ Will Newt sing at the Moulin Rouge?
PODCAST QUESTION: How much effect do you think the muggle world events will have on Newt's story in the wizarding world?

Episode 32: You Can't Magic With Us Mar 12, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → Guest host Steph is back!
→ The Phoenix Register: THE WIZARDING WORLD WON AN OSCAR!
→ Awkward editing is awkward.
→ "Hi, I'm Grindy!"
→ Mary-Lou, a barebones character. EYY.
→ Origins of the Salem Witches Institute!
→ "You can't magic with us."
→ We know who knows...
→ The Time-Turner: Salem Witch Trials 2.0!
→ "It was a bad time to be a Sarah..."
→ DO NOT try witches cakes.
→ It's hard out here for a witch.
→ Never trust a Batholomew...
→ The Newt Case: The Runespoor!
→ We're basically a 90s sitcom.
→ Is it a patronus, though?
→ Magical cones of shame.
PODCAST QUESTION: Do you think the real events of the Salem Witch Trials validate or take away from J.K. Rowling's explanation of the Second Salemers?

Episode 31: #GravesLives Feb 26, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → And now, the weather...
→ The Phoenix Register: Fantastic Beasts won a BAFTA!
→ Give the coats an Oscar.
→ Porpentina Esther Goldstein.
→ Is Newt an orphan?
→ "It's Harry Potter. Everyone is dead."
→ What's the deal with Tina's locket?
→ "It all connects back to Legos."
→ Tina takes on Grindelwald. NBD.
→ Graves is Barb from Stranger Things.
→ "Hop on a ship and follow him!"
→ Leta's like, "I'm gay."
→ The Time-Turner: The Statue of Liberty!
→ She stands for more than you thought she did.
→ The Newt Case: The White River Monster of Arkansas!
→ Magical alligator, snapping turtle, or elephant seal?

Episode 30: Thundersquawker Feb 12, 2017

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This time on SpeakBeasty: → This episode is 30, flirty, and thriving.
→ "The Phoenix Register": Audio books & DVD releases!
→ We're in love with the Ilvermorny song.
→ Ariel speaks Thunderbird.
→ Might we see Nicholas Flamel in the films?
→ Too many Jasons.
→ Who should play Theseus? Ed Sheeran or Jennifer Garner?
→ Queenie is basically everything.
→ Did she keep her Legilimency a secret at school?
→ Is there a Fantastic Beasts version of My Immortal yet?
→ Next movie, we want more Ilvermorny!
→ “The Time-Turner”: A 1926 apocalypse?!
→ Thank a priest in Scotland for War of the Worlds.
→ "The Newt Case": The Antipodean Opaleye!
→ Snarkiest segment yet brought to you by Eleanor.

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