MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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 ev...

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...

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 discove...

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 kno...

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...

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 ha...

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 an...

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 w...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome Slug Club member Neva to the show! What is The Cursed Child planning for 19 years later? Did JKR's tweet confirm filming at Hogwarts this week? Main Discussion: Residences in the Wizarding World We talk about the pros and cons of some notable magical abodes The Burrow, Malfoy Manor and Grimmauld Place How about a room at the Leaky Cauldron? Godric's Hollow and Hogsmeade? Where do they rank...

Andrew and Eric are joined by longtime listener and Hypable writer Katie. How to you convert someone who isn't a Harry Potter fan into a big one? We discuss various options after being inspired by a Pottermore article. Later, we take lots of great voicemails as well as an e-mail responding to one of our recent discussions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JKR is the highest paid author of 2017... but should she be? We celebrate 12 years of podcasting with a special PO Box update Main Discussion: What has Potter changed about pop culture? We talk about how Potter normalized nerd culture and made reading "cool" Is Harry Potter a gateway fandom? How Harry Potter rode the wave of the Internet Fansites, podcasts, FRAPR maps, fan listings, phpBB forums a...

Slug Club member Cherise joins the show We remember actor Robert Hardy who played Cornelius Fudge The original cast of Cursed Child is headed to Broadway... including the owl? Cursed Child's Jack Thorne is set to pen Star Wars: Episode IX Andrew breaks down the differences between the Cursed Child rehearsal and final editions Our main discussion centers around consumerism and Harry Potter Take a g...

Slug Club member Justin joins the show Eric is celebrating J.K. Rowling and Harry's birthday this year in a different set of robes Don't forget to check out our Fantastic Beasts commentary We reveal and discuss the big surprise from JKR's interview with CNN Fans celebrate the 10th anniversary of Deathly Hallows Devil's Advocate: Micah and Justin defend the encyclopedia STILL not being released Wiz...

Join Andrew, Eric, Micah, and Jeanna as they watch Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them from start to finish! You'll need to bring your own copy of the movie to the party, and we tell you when to hit play on your DVD/Blu-ray/Digital copy. Throughout our viewing of the whole film we discuss specific scenes, offer theories, and complain about the number of endings. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad...

We reflect on the 10-year anniversary of Deathly Hallows, which is this Friday! And give our top 10 (or so) moments since 2007 The conversation gets heated over Beedle The Bard Pottermore: then and now JKR revealing Dumbledore is gay was the first big post-Potter revelation The Wizarding World and Studio Tour open and expand The Casual Vacancy and Robert Galbraith hit bookshelves Cursed Child and...

Slug Club member Cullen joins the show We discuss the latest Fantastic Beasts filming news We're headed to the circus! Circus Arcanus: Museum of Human Oddities will play a key role in Fantastic Beasts 2 Our thoughts on the film taking place in NYC, Paris and London How will Grindelwald break out of prison? Who will aid in his escape? Will he hide out with the circus before it departs for Europe? W...

Evanna Lynch joins the show! See Evanna on London's West End in "Disco Pigs" She gives her thoughts on The Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts So... how is J.K. Rowling doing? Fantastic Beasts Character Discussion: Newton Artemis Fido Scamander Eric talks about what it means to have a Hufflepuff take centerstage Newt's strong connection to creatures; what are his ethics towards them?- Newt and Leta:...

Happy Father's Day and congrats Mikey B! We acknowledge several of the dads and father figures in the Potter series! Pottemore continues to troll Andrew Who the eff is Fleurble Laffalo? We review the new 20th Anniversary editions of Philosopher's Stone Amazon.co.uk has some questionable shipping methods Can we expect future anniversary editions of other Potter books? What special content would the...

We discuss the latest Fantastic Beasts casting news Young Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Newt & Leta - are we headed back to Hogwarts & Godric's Hollow? And we theorize on Sebastian? Who is he? A sibling? A goat? A likely casualty? What about Aberforth and Ariana? Fantastic Beasts Character Discussion: The Barebones Family Rowling draws parallels to institutional orphanages Do Mary Lou and Grindelwald s...

Welcome Slug Club member Juliana! It's been 13 years since the release of Prisoner of Azkaban in theaters! We reminisce. The 20th anniversary editions of Philosopher's Stone have shipped! Fantastic Beasts Character Discussion: Credence Barebone How much is there still to learn about him? Who was his mother? Could his father still be alive? Can Credence control his powers? He's very targeted in his...

Welcome Slug Club Member Clara The original cast of Cursed Child close the show on an interesting note We'll be at MuggleNet Live in Orlando this September! Fantastic Beasts Character Discussion: Percival Graves (Grindelwald) We discuss his name origin and other notable Percivals in the Potter series What truly happened to Graves? Was the Graves/Grindelwald story all a little bit too Mad-Eye Moody...

"You've never heard of midnight release parties?" Wizarding World Hollywood is getting a nighttime show The original cast of Cursed Child calls it a wrap Fantastic Beasts Character Discussion: Seraphina Picquery What does Seraphina being selected by all four Ilvemorny Houses tell us about her? Sorting Hat vs. Gordian Knot - it's on! Picquery's term as President (1920-1928) - how exactly did it com...

Slug Club member Katy joins the show! Andrew visits a Thunderbolt.. ThunderBIRD restaurant in middle-of-nowhere Utah Pottermore launches a Harry Potter book club... been there, done that Cursed Child sets its opening date on Broadway. We make plans to attend Andrew steals the Potter prequel We take listener rebuttals on last week's Jacob discussion Fantastic Beasts Character Discussion: Porpetina...

It's a two-man show with Andrew traversing the country But he does make a pit-stop at a very interesting restaurant Listeners give their feedback on last week's Queenie discussion The Cursed Child has been filmed! It's not what you think... On the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, JKR apologizes for another character death! Fantastic Beasts Character Discussion: Jacob Kowalski The heart of th...