MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast

• Welcome Slug Club guest Neil, who's joining us from South Korea in the middle of the night.
• What CEO David Zaslav might do with Fantastic Beasts, Harry Potter, and his upcoming meeting with JKR.
• While Secrets of Dumbledore is the lowest performing Wizarding World film of all time, it still technically has broken even, reaching $400M globally. Is the future secure for its remaining announced sequels?
• Hypothetically, what scripted Harry Potter TV shows could we see coming if not a direct reboot of the original Potter books?
• The hosts all provide an idea for a television series that fills in canon and explores plot holes from the series.
• Laura wants an episode dedicated to "The Missing 24 Hours", while Micah wants a series focused on Tom Riddle's ascent to power.
• Is a Marauders series anybody's second choice for new TV content? How about one that shows the events of Deathly Hallows from the students' perspective in Hogwarts? And finally, Andrew's idea for an Auror Dept. police procedural is intriguing!
• Next, the hosts "Star Wars-ify" a Wizarding World story, pairing an adult and child character together in the style of Disney+'s The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Would Salazar Slytherin look good boasting a gray area? Are outcasts Hagrid and Luna the perfect pair for an exploration of Wizarding World secrets? Would Tonks and Mad-Eye see eye to eye if placed together for long? How about Snape and Draco? And would a time-traveling Neville Longbottom learn a few things from Professor Sprout?
• Finally, falling in line with Discovery Channel's past offerings, the hosts predict which educational and/or questionable reality programming we might get from the content creators.
• Ideas include space-faring wizards, Charms disasters, a travel show, and "Trelawney Truckers"!
• Quizzitch: Who illustrated the first book cover for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, published in 1997 by Bloomsbury in UK?
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• The MuggleCast 2023 Listener Survey is HERE and is open to all listeners through October 6th! We want to know what you love about the show, what you think could improve it, and what other content you’d be interested in us making.
• Check out Parts 1 and 2 of Belated Binge Podcast's "Harry Potter: A History" and "Harry Potter: A Fandom" series with Eric!
• We begin our Book 3 wrap-up by revisiting our 7 Word Summaries and voting on which one should get a re-do!
• 7-Word Summary of Book 3: Sirius prevails over Ministry officials and Snape
• Voicemails include: Is there a connection between the Deathly Hallows and the gifts Harry receives from the Dursleys?
• Does the prophecy's existence explain why Snape picks on Neville? Is there another reason why Voldemort doesn't have hair?
• Lupin's werewolf depiction may be referenced elsewhere, and the phases of the moon are more gradual than you may think!
• A listener writes in about Micah's criticism of Time-Turning.
• Why are Lupin's lesson plans so creature-centric?
• Is there a reason behind the many strained paternal relationships in HP?
• Would Veritaserum help crack a Fidelius Charm? And, is being someone's Godfather a special magical bond?
• Listeners also point out: McGonagall's anti-Divination stance goes back to Book One. And, how does Professor Binns grade papers?
• One 13-year-old listener made her parents detour around Mount Greylock (we 100% support this).
• Quizzitch: Who found the Riddle family dead?
• Next week: Goblet of Fire movie commentary!
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• And don't forget you can join our community at Patreon.com/MuggleCast and receive magical benefits, including Bonus MuggleCast! This week, we discuss moments that were cut from Book 4 for the movie!

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• Main Mini-Discussion: What does Fantastic Beasts 4 need to do in order to be a satisfying story for fans?
• With where Secrets of Dumbledore left us, what more story is there to tell?
• Can the franchise continue to hang its hooks on Potter nostalgia, but then fail to deliver?
• Do we feel there is enough meat for five Fantastic Beasts films? Could a flashback movie work?
• It's time to bust open the Muggle Mailbag!
• What did Grindelwald know about Dumbledore's future when he said: "Who's going to love you now?"
• Will Jude Law's Dumbledore ever reenact the Half-Blood Prince potion scene?
• Is Secrets of Dumbledore too gay?
• Did Dumbledore plan for Jacob to be an "assassin" all along?
• Why did Leta choose Theseus? Is Newt to blame?
• Which characters are the best examples from each Hogwarts House?
• Can you use spoons to do magic?
• Quizzitch: In Half-Blood Prince, during the cave scene, what does Dumbledore toast before drinking the potion?
• On next week's episode: we're off for the Memorial Day Holiday, but back the following week with our Secrets of Dumbledore movie commentary!
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• For Pride month, MuggleCast is participating in The Hogwarts Hunt, a fundraiser and scavenger hunt to benefit LGBT charities. We're team Hufflepuff! Visit our social media for more info.
• Who are the most indefensible characters in Harry Potter? Why do we say that they can't they be redeemed?
• The hosts unexpectedly discuss a few Ravenclaws and Micah and Laura get nervous.
• Micah says the Death Eaters would actually approve of the Dursleys' treatment of Harry if they knew.
• Among the irredeemable characters, which ones do we LOVE to hate and why?
• Characters like Snape or Umbridge have scenes that are greatly written as to illustrate their motives clearly, and we are shook.
• Could anything or anyone humanize Bellatrix Lestrange?
• What allow us to defend some characters, but not others? Their upbringing? Their intelligence and skill? Where do we draw the line?
• Is Argus Filch a character we understand? Would a Squib living at a magic school always have his attitude?
• Is James Potter a defensible character, since we see so little of him and when we do he is still that teenage bully of Snape?
• Do we believe that James would have made a good father and raised Harry without prejudice, had he lived?
• Debate: Umbridge, Nature vs Nurture?
• Quizzitch: Which of Umbridge's Educational Decrees (what number) barred teachers from giving the students any information that was not related to the subjects they were hired to teach?
• Andrew was on Swish & Flick podcast discussing the history of Dumbledore's sexuality! Check it out here or wherever you listen to podcasts!
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