• Slug Club member Ashley joins the show
• Jude Law sits down with JKR to learn about Dumbledore’s character
• Chamber of Secrets gets the House Edition treatment (and so will the rest of the series)
• Nighttime shows are coming to Wizarding World Orlando while Cursed Child rehearsals begin on Broadway
• Dan Radcliffe weighs in on the Johnny Depp/Grindelwald debate
• Ashley has her own discussion ready for the show and wants to know how Jacob will get his memory back?
• She breaks down what we know about memory charms to date and characters who’ve experienced them
• How exactly can a memory charm be broken? How much does Jacob remember by the end of Fantastic Beasts?
• Since the Swooping Evil venom is supposed to erase bad memories, is there a chance Jacob’s memory wasn’t fully erased?
• Will Jacob regain his memory in full? Will it be over time through a series of flashbacks through Fantastic Beasts 2?
• Did the murtlap bite somehow prevent him from losing his full memory?
• Could JKR offer further education on memory charms via Pottermore to prepare us?
• Main Discussion: The Gaunt Family
• Given Voldemort’s recent birthday, we take a look at his family: Merope, Morfin and Marvolo
• Is there anything we actually like about these characters?
• Andrew gets incestuous asking if the other hosts would ever marry their cousins
• Could we ever love somebody after we found out they had us under a spell?
• Should Tom Riddle Sr. have sought out his son and tried to raise him?
• We discuss the distinction between Tom Riddle Jr. and Voldemort being able to love
• Do we see the Gaunt family playing a role in future Fantastic Beasts films?
• Email and text messages cover the Wizarding World’s third expansion and the Potter films moving to HBO
• This Week in MuggleCast history looks at Episodes 72, 128, 168 and 189
• Quizzitch: To whom, in the Harry Potter universe, is Mark Evans related?

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• We recap our New Years in Chicago
• Photos, Cards Against Humanity, bowling and more
• A special guest joins us for our landmark 350th episode
• Dumbledore gives his Top 14 New Years Resolutions To Make Hogwarts Safer
• A few Fantastic Beasts stills were released during the holidays
• Where’s Dumbledore sitting? Who sent Newt that postcard? What’s Grindelwald staring at?
• Harry Potter Weekends on Freeform are no more as the series moves to HBO!
• Now that they are all on demand, patrons share which movie they would watch first
• JKR releases a statement on why she blocked a fan and the hosts have mixed reactions
• Harry Potter: A History of Magic in NYC dates are announced
• One listener shares a very interesting theory on the Chinese beast alluded to in Crimes of Grindelwald
• Quizzitch

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• Welcome Slug Club member Hayden!
• JKR found inspiration for the Hogwarts Houses in the most unlikely of places
• Another new Harry Potter video game is coming that’s been in development for two years!
• It’s set in the 1980s with an open world concept
• Plus, you can be a Hogwarts student and go through all seven years
• We discuss David Heyman’s comments about the role of beasts in The Crimes of Grindelwald
• Eddie Redmayne confirms the Niffler and Pickett are back!
• We theorize on the formidable Chinese beast: Chinese Fireball, Phoenix, Re’em or other?
• Many actors have officially wrapped filming The Crimes of Grindelwald
• Christmas and New Year’s in the Wizarding World – where would we spend the holidays?
• Does Santa exist? Andrew thinks Hagrid would have made the perfect Father Christmas!
• What do Potter fans have to look forward to in 2018?
• A new ride in Orlando, Cursed Child on Broadway, The Crimes of Grindelwald and more!
• The last Quizzitch question of 2017 targets Goblet of Fire!
• Thank you for a great year in Potter! We’ll see you all in 2018!
• Bonus MuggleCast: We read from the latest Potter novel – Harry Potter and What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash

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Running time: 52:10, 31.3 MB

• Resistance Radio host and Hypable writer Donya joins the show!
• We react to J.K. Rowling’s statement on Johnny Depp
• What finally prompted her to comment?
• Many fans plan to boycott. How will this impact future Fantastic Beasts films?
• Will this even be a topic of discuss a year from now when the movie premieres?
• We call Laura to get her thoughts and she shares an interesting idea
• Two new Crimes of Grindelwald stills are released by Entertainment Weekly
• Text messages focus on Christmas and religion in the Wizarding World
• Eric goes international for our next Quizzitch question

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Running time: 1:06:49, 40.1 MB

• Andrew and Eric’s trivia night adventures continue!
• There’s an odd mistake in the Bloomsbury House Editions pulled from a fake JKR tweet!
• We react to David Yates’ defense of casting Johnny Depp
• Could Colin Farrell have been recast as Grindelwald?
• Is Johnny Depp influencing our perspective of Grindelwald? Souring our expectations of his story?
• One listener thinks it’s simple… TRUST IN JO!
• Eric and Andrew chat with Michael Aiello, Sr. Director of Creative Development at Universal Orlando Resort about Christmas at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• Emails tackle Queenie’s potential allegiance with Grindelwald
• Text messages: metaphorical beasts, the Elder Wand’s allegiance and Jacob’s brute force
• Quizzitch returns!

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Running time: 1:11:49, 43.1 MB

• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald… we give our initial reactions!
• Will most of the film focus on Grindelwald’s past crimes and rise to power?
• Or can we expect new crimes committed during this movie?
• How does this impact screen time for Newt? The beasts?
• Lots of references to the Deathly Hallows (and alchemy?) in the title screen
• The new cast photo gives us several first looks, including Jude Law as Dumbledore
• What’s up with Jacob and Queenie staring directly at Grindelwald?
• Credence is cozied up with a new character! What exactly is a Maledictus?
• Leta is engaged to Newt’s brother! What does that mean for the brothers Scamander?
• We’ve got a pretty good theory about when the first trailer is coming!
• Andrew reports live from Orlando for Holidays at Hogwarts
• Listener tweets, emails, voicemails and quizzitch!
• We’ll see you after the Thanksgiving holiday!

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Running time: 1:06:19, 39.8 MB

• Welcome Slug Club member Nicki
• PO Box Update: some Halloween and British surprises!
• A Pokemon GO style Harry Potter game is in the works from Niantic!
• Our initial thoughts on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Portkey Games
• What does the title suggest? Will it focus on Fantastic Beasts at all or only Harry Potter?
• What other Potter video games would we like to see? Which old classics do we want remade?
• Our Main Discussion focuses on the brand-new Fantastic Beasts Illustrated Edition
• The foreword answers that question we had about Obscurus Books
• We get educated on the history of what defines a beast and how they’re concealed from Muggles
• Is it coincidence that Newt includes the story of a jarvey in the introduction?
• Which beasts caught our attention? Which ones would we like to see in Fantastic Beasts 2?
• We run through some interesting notes Micah took while reading the book
• Getting high on billywigs, erumpent mating habits, killer bowtruckles and more
• We asked our patrons what dream features they’d like from this new Harry Potter app?
• Emails, voicemails and text messages
• Quizzitch Question of the Week has a Half-Blood twist!

And here’s Nicki and Robert’s sweet Harry Potter display (with a cameo from their pup Parker)!

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Running time: 1:25:50, 51.5 MB

• Pottermore continues to troll Andrew about Lavender Brown
• An adoption agency in Orlando is sorting dogs into Hogwarts Houses
• Evanna Lynch has launched her brand-new podcast – check it out!
• Main Discussion: Newt’s Book Release Party in Fantastic Beasts 2
• Flourish and Blotts and Diagon Alley will feature in the next film
• What will 1920s Diagon Alley look like?
• The perfect excuse to bring the fearsome foursome back together
• Will Theseus make an appearance? Dumbledore? Credence?
• Is it just coincidence that we had another notable book release in the second Potter film?
• What’s the deal with Obscurus Books? Is Newt a self-publisher?
• With the book release taking place in March 1927, the Dark Lord has now been born
• Emails, voicemails and text messages!
• Quizzitch returns Order of the Phoenix style

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Running time: 1:11:45, 43.1 MB

• 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 events that have happened on October 31 in the Potter series
• That night in Godric’s Hollow, Troll in the Dungeon, the Triwizard Tournament selection and more
• Did JKR always intend for Halloween to play a pivotal role in each book? Why did she choose it?
• Is there a reason it stopped being so important after Goblet of Fire?
• No Halloween discussion is complete without ghosts!
• The hosts profile the Hogwarts House ghosts, Professor Binns, Moaning Myrtle and Peeves
• We ask listeners which House they would join if they had to choose based on the House ghost!
• Quizzitch!

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Running time: 1:23:49, 50.3 MB

• 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 at the British Library
• It feels like touring a museum (in a good way)
• We explore the original synopsis JKR sent to Bloomsbury
• The Harry Potter world owes a lot to then 8-year-old Alice Newton
• Ghost panels, statues, a selection committee of professors – the Sorting Hat that almost wasn’t!
• Fudge and Vernon Dursely were originally going to be coworkers? WHAT?!
• We look at JKR’s early list of Hogwarts professors: Enid Pettigrew, Oakden Hernshaw, Mopsus?
• Harry and Ron almost met the merpeople in Chamber of Sercrets!
• Steve Kloves shares his story and how judging a book by its cover almost cost him the films
• Quizzitch: In Prisoner of Azkaban, what does Snape task students with in their year-end lesson?
• Voicemails on Grindelwald and Wizarding World theme park

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Running time: 1:27:30, 84.4 MB