MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

Welcome Slug Club member Christina! Fandom Happenings: a new Wizarding World app, Mina Lima wallpapers, Lethal White begins filming and Darks Arts shows begin in Orlando! We take listener feedback on British "tea" and defending Mundungus Fletcher Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3: The Advance Guard 7-Word Summary: Tonight the Guard rides into Grimmauld Place We discuss Harry's treatment of Hedwig... his only friend at Privet Drive Who should Harry be guessing is behind the Howler? Does he even consider Dumbledore? Is it odd there is no further communication between Petunia and Harry? What about news on Dudley's condition? The child abuse continues: eating through a cat flap and not being able to "steal" food from the fridge Was Mad-Eye Moody really the best person for Harry to first encounter? We discuss the members of the Advance Guard and where else they popped up in the Potter series: Remus Lupin, Mad-Eye Moody, Nymphadora Tonks, Hestia Jones, Sturgis Podmore, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Elphias Doge Moody washes his eye - what are the chances one of the Dursleys drinks that upon their return to Privet Drive? We're introduced to Tonks for the first time in the series! Did the movies do her character justice? Laura wants to know.. why does Lupin look so ragged all the time?!? How ignorant are the Dursleys to think they won a best-kept lawn competition in the middle of a draught? And what's the prize for winning? Metamorphmagi: What would we do with this new magical ability? Does the Ministry detect magic being done by the Advance Guard while at Privet Drive? How do Muggles not see the Advance Guard depart Privet Drive and arrive in Grimmauld Place? What kind of magic is being used, if any? We Connect the Threads, give our MVPs of the Week and Rename The Chapter! Quizzitch: To what does Fred Weasley equate the concept of time? Micah and Eric will be at LeakyCon 2019 from October 11-13 in Boston! Join us for Podcasting with Potter on October 11, Name That Character on October 12 and MuggleCast Live on October 13! Register today using code MUGGLE for $10 off! Become a member of our community today on Patreon and receive awesome, magical benefits! This week's episode is sponsored by YourSuper. Improve your health with super plants! Get 15% off your order when using code MUGGLECAST at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No word back from the Nashville school that banned Harry Potter Eddie Redmayne provides us a smidge of an update on Fantastic Beasts 3 Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 2: A Peck of Owls 7-Word Summary: Many owls arrive at Harry's home tonight Mr. Tibbles was on the case! Good to know that Harry is being watched by... cats! We question Mrs. Figg's qualifications for keeping an eye on Harry all of these years If Dumbledore was so afraid of Harry using magic this summer why did he not institute a better plan for protecting him? We learn Mrs. Figg had to make coming to her house miserable... so the Dursleys allowed it to continue. Given his track record, is Mundungus the best person to be keeping tabs on Harry? What does it say about Vernon that he thinks Dudley's condition is due to a bad bit of "foreign" tea? Why wouldn't Harry be innocent until proven guilty following the Dementor attack? How quickly did Mundungus get word to Dumbledore about what happened? Petunia knows about Dementors... from Snape! Vernon asks if Harry's lot has the death penalty! What?!? Everyone in the room wonders why the Dementors are in Little Whinging… did Voldemort send them?  What happens when worlds collide? We share some of our personal experiences. Could the Dementors have actually attacked Harry inside the Dursley's house? Did a bond form between Petunia and Harry when she proves she understands what Voldemort's return means? Are we at all sympathetic to Vernon’s desire to kick Harry out of the house after all that has happened? Our patrons weigh in. REMEMBER MY LAST! Connecting the Threads, MVP of the Week and Rename The Chapter return! Quizzitch: What is the make and model of Nymphadora Tonks’ broom? Micah and Eric will be at LeakyCon 2019 from October 11-13 in Boston - register today using code MUGGLE for $10 off! Become a member of our community today on Patreon and receive awesome, magical benefits!  This week in Bonus MuggleCast, available exclusively on Patreon, we discuss what Dudley saw when he was attacked by the Dementor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sequoia from Fanatical Fics and Where To Find Them joins the show! We discuss the recent banning of Harry Potter at St. Edward Catholic School... and give them a call! Cursed Child gets a new marketing campaign, with the logo now matching the one from the books/films Chapter-by-Chapter returns with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 1: Dudley Demented 7-Word Summary: Harry Potter fights with Dudley and Dementors The introduction of Harry is very much one of a neglected child What does it say about the Dursleys that they take pride in the fact that Dudley doesn’t watch the news and has no clue who the Prime Minister is? What do we make of Ms. Figg  asking Harry over for tea frequently throughout the summer? Are Vernon and Petunia overreacting to the “crack” that pretty much the entire neighborhood hears? Or is it fair they suspect Harry? Harry's isolation: let the conversation about Dumbledore’s approach to Harry begin! We analyze Harry's dreams: Cedric's death, long corridors, locked doors and more! Harry is itching for a fight and tries to provoke Dudley with name-calling. What do we make of this version of Harry? Who is Mark Evans? J.K. Rowling once addressed rampant speculation. When the Dementors attack and Harry hears the voice inside his head - is it Voldemort or the Horcrux speaking to him? Have we ever seen Harry control a Patronus through spoken word before? Surprise! There's more to Ms. Figg than meets the eye! We debut a new chapter-by-chapter segment... Umbridge Sucks! Connecting the Threads, MVP of the Week and Rename The Chapter return! We answer an email on frame narratives and take a very cute voicemail on midnight book release parties Quizzitch: J.K. Rowling once said on her old website that Ms. Figg deals in the roaring trade of cross-bred cats and what? Micah and Eric will be at LeakyCon 2019 from October 11-13 in Boston register today using code MUGGLE for $10 off! Become a member of our community today on Patreon and receive awesome, magical benefits! This week’s episode is brought to you by ThirdLove: Visit ThirdLove.com/MuggleCast for 15% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exciting changes are afoot with Pottermore's new Sorting Hat, sparking fan anxieties about house reassignments. The hosts share hilarious experiences from Wizards Unite Fan Fest, including a trivia night that left Andrew scratching his head. They explore the connections between 'Prisoner of Azkaban' and 'Order of the Phoenix', highlighting Harry's evolving dynamics with familiar characters like Lupin and Umbridge. The discussion dives into the implications of differing teaching styles and the themes of friendship, power, and the complexities of the wizarding world.

Welcome Slug Club member Stephanie! She recently became a mother, so we challenge her to sort little Eleanor into a Hogwarts House. Don't forget we'll be in Indy this weekend for Wizards Unite and at LeakyCon Boston this October! Use code MUGGLE when registering for $10 off! If you've waited in line at Universal Orlando for Hagrid's and missed the pre-show video, watch it here! In anticipation of our Order of the Phoenix chapter-by-chapter analysis we take a time turner back to the early 2000s to discuss the years before the fifth Harry Potter book. The wait between Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix was three years (the longest gap!), and it was a critical period for the fandom. How did the Harry Potter fan community soar during this time? When did we all start discovering Harry Potter fansites? What were the biggest questions heading into Order of the Phoenix? Who was going to die in the fifth book? What did Priori Incantatem truly mean? What was next for Harry, Ron and Hermione? To help us out a bit, we revisited MuggleNet's Facts About Book Five! What were the hosts initial thoughts of the Order of the Phoenix cover art? Release party reminiscing: where were we all for the release of the fifth book? Quizzitch: where did Harry get the name Hedwig? In addition to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram... We're now on LinkedIn! Become a member of our community today on Patreon and receive awesome, magical benefits! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pottermore announces a new app - what can we expect? Micah and Andrew recap their time at Podcast Movement Andrew will be at Wizards Unite Fan Festival in Indianapolis on August 31. If you see him, say hi! Micah and Eric will be at LeakyCon 2019 from October 11-13 in Boston - register today using code MUGGLE for $10 off! It's a mailbag episode full of exciting voicemails and listener emails! When the Weasley twins tossed snowballs at the back of Quirrell's head, was this foreshadowing on the part of J.K. Rowling? A Crackpot Theory blows us away: Did Dumbledore attempt to recreate Ariana and accidentally create Credence? Was hiding the Sorcerer's Stone an attempt by Dumbledore to see Harry's true heart? Given how fast the phoenix evolves at the end of Crimes of Grindelwald, could it be an illusion? One listener tells us that she originally had no idea that Harry Potter was a British book series! Emails cover Lily's protection, James' sacrifice, theme park expansion and more! And... Could the Deathly Hallows have been made from a thestral? Laura tells us about her time at a Harry Potter-themed AirBNB, and the panel comes up with ideas for their own rental property. Become a member of our community today on Patreon and receive awesome, magical benefits! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're live from Orlando at Podcast Movement 2019! We're staying at the wrong hotel, but it's cool because there are a ton of inns and Unfoundables! Eric and Micah ride and review Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure The twists, the turns, the creatures and more! Why you should ride Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure even if you're not a roller coaster person We debate the motorbike vs. the sidecar -- Andrew has evolved on the debate How does this ride compare to Forbidden Journey and Escape from Gringotts? We rank the four Potter rides at Wizarding World Orlando! There's some new merch at the Wizarding World that Eric and Andrew want to get their hands on, like shirts that read "Hogwarts Alumni"! Universal announces a fourth theme park, Epic Worlds, and rumors surface about a Fantastic Beasts land. What would we like to see? Micah and Eric will be at LeakyCon 2019 from October 11-13 in Boston - register today using code MUGGLE for $10 off! Become a member of our community today on Patreon and receive awesome, magical benefits! This week's episode is brought to you by AWAY, the most excellent suitcase. Visit AwayTravel.com/MuggleCast2019 for $20 off your suitcase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Andrew in Indy for a special Wizards Unite gathering over Labor Day Weekend! On a related note, we discuss our latest thoughts on the game. MuggleCasTBT takes us back to a dark Cursed Child prediction  Chapter-by-Chapter returns with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17: The Man With Two Faces The last time we analyzed a chapter from Sorcerer's Stone was 2006! A lot has changed since then 7-Word Summary: Quirrell surprises Harry with Voldemort’s head attacheSurprise! It wasn't Snape!  We analyze Professor Quirrell as a character pre-Voldemort, with help from Pottermore What does it mean to have a "special gift" with trolls? Snape the Savior: should the debate about his loyalties have ended here?  How Harry's reliance on his intuition allowed him to defeat Quirrell Was there a confrontation between Dumbledore and Voldemort in the chamber? Should Dumbledore have confided the prophecy in a 11-year-old? Connecting the Threads with Deathly Hallows: Harry awakens to Dumbledore, death as a choice, James and Snape, and endings at King's Cross Notable Quotables, MVP of the Week and Rename the Chapter Quizzitch: What film actor, who appeared in Movie 1, has the same birthday as the character he portrays? Andrew, Micah and Eric will be hosting a meetup in Orlando on Thursday, August 15th! Can you make it? Let us know! This week's episode is brought to you by ThirdLove: Visit ThirdLove.com/MuggleCast for 15% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going to be in Orlando this August - if you're in the neighborhood, come say hi! Visit our site to fill out our brief survey. There's never been a better time to support the show! Become a Patron by July 31 and get this year's TWO physical gifts - signed album art and a MuggleCast tote bag! Our main discussion is The Secrets of Sorcerer's Stone: We expose the little things in the first book that ended up playing a larger role later in the series -- especially within Deathly Hallows. Does Dumbledore govern Harry's existence from the very beginning of the series? What protected Harry overnight on the Privet Drive stoop? #SecurityNightmare Did Rowling know the role Sirius would play in later books? Why are wizards so willing to risk exposing themselves following Voldemort's downfall? Why does Dumbledore think Harry's scar will come in handy? Does Dumbledore suspect a Horcrux connection exists this early on? We connect the MANY threads between Sorcerer's Stone and Deathly Hallows The importance of Gringotts and Griphook King's Cross and the Doorway Between Worlds Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Card and what it means for Fantastic Beasts We discuss Centaurs, Harry's Magical Protection and Snape's Loyalties The Sorcerer's Stone, the Deathly Hallows and the Quest for Immortality  The Golden Snitch and Neville's bravery Patrons question the "Lost 24 Hours" between Voldemort killing Harry's parents and Harry's arrival at Privet Drive, Dudley's tail, and school attendance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do the people behind Wizards Unite listen to MuggleCast? Some new game features would suggest so! Eric announces the MuggleNet Caption Contest is back! #MuggleCasTBT takes us back to a bold prediction made about Nicolas Flamel and his "safe house" in Crimes of Grindelwald We take listener feedback on last week's Dark Mark tattoo debate Our Main Discussion focuses on The Beginning of Harry Potter Did Sorcerer's Stone launch a generation of readers? Harry Potter's biggest ally may have been the Internet! How did all of the hosts get started on the Potter series? We discuss J.K. Rowling's struggles behind getting published, including being a woman Did you know Rowling didn't even have a middle name until Sorcerer's Stone was published? We revisit our Episode 200 interview with Harry Potter producer David Heyman, who talks about how he found Harry Was it really necessary to change Book 1's name to Sorcerer's Stone in the United States? We read interesting comments from Scholastic's Editor at the time, Arthur Levine. The hosts share what moments in Sorcerer's Stone really resonated with them and name their favorite chapter Quizzitch: What time does the Hogwarts Express depart from platform 9¾? There's never been a better time to support the show! Become a Patron by July 31 and get this year's physical gifts - signed album art and a MuggleCast tote bag! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices