• Visit http://www.thehpalliance.org/darfurfast for full details.
• This special Harry Potter Alliance podcast covers a call to action by Harry Potter fans called DarfurFast. Listen for details on the effort, and hear from some special guests, including:
• Sifa Nsengimana who is the Executive Director of Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, a JDC special project which strives to provide a family-like life and a High School education to 500 orphans in Rwanda as well as co-chair of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur.
• Stephanie Nyombayire, one of the founding members of the Genocide Intervention Network.
• Sabina Carlson, STAND’s National Community Outreach Coordinator.
• John Prendergast Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project.
• Edited by Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters.

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• Harry Potter theme park update.
• JK Rowling named Entertainer of the Year.
• Ian McKellen discusses why he didn’t become Dumbledore.
• In fact, it’s good that he wasn’t Dumbledore. Andrew explains.
• MuggleMail covers Potter in schools, Potter’s influence on reading, and HD/Blu-Ray DVDs.
• Chapter by Chapter returns!
• We give a brief history and explain what we’re doing this time.
• First segment: Chapter 1, The Dark Lord Ascending.
• Is Bellatrix leading a less-than-exciting love life?
• Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul.
• An on-the-spot HUH?! Facebook message of the week.

Download Now Running time: 1:10:36, 24.3 MB

• Mikey B returns, and Andy from HarryPotterFanZone.com makes his MuggleCast debut!
• Andrew is 1337! LOLZ!
• Harry Potter changes a school in England. Could it do the same for America?
• We talk about the books that don’t fly with kids in school.
• WB confirms the rest of the HBP cast.
• But wait… is it truly the REST?
• Order of the Phoenix or Hairspray? Hairspray.
• Half-Blood Prince sneak peeks.
• MuggleCast Wall of Fame!
• Got a ZUNE? Now you can subscribe to us!
• MuggleMail goes through YOUR e-mails.
• Will the Writers Guild strike affect Deathly Hallows?
• What impact has Harry Potter made on literature?
• Thanksgiving is here and we count our blessings.
• Chicken Soup.

Download Now Running time: 1:16:22, 26.3 MB

• We’re LIVE for episode 119!
• One listener explicitly comments on explicit language.
• We comment one last time on the subject of Dumbledore’s sexuality.
• More on the suit over the Lexicon book.
• Should Jo be Time person of the year?
• What is the craziest thing a fan has ever done?
• Some talk about the summer conferences.
• Andrew gets angry at Terminus.
• Does the Sorting Hat always offer choices?

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• A new segment to kick off the show.
• We discuss the impact of Equus coming to Broadway.
• Will it be overtaken by fangirls?
• How long can it run if HBP is released just two months later?
• The Lexicon Lawsuit is making a lot of press and we respond.
• Should the book hit store shelves or do WB and JKR have a point?
• How other Potter books (including ours) on the market don’t compare.
• We address some listener rebuttals, most of which focus on Dumbledore being gay.
• Our views on Christianity are cleared up.
• One listener asks us how to handle parents who are now considering banner the books from her.

Download Now Running time: 1:14:39, 25.7 MB

• Dumbledore is gay – initial thoughts from the hosts!
• Eric gives us a full report on MuggleCast LIVE in Australia!
• We go over each of the questions answered at the October 19th reading in NYC.
• Andrew, Laura, and Micah talk about meeting Jo. (Yes, life is now complete.)
• Should Jo have revealed Dumbledore’s sexuality?
• Why does it matter, and why is it front-page news?
• This leads into a discussion on the presence of homosexuality and how it is regarded in society, as well as our own experiences.
• The hosts become quite opinionated when it comes to fans who act as though Dumbledore being gay tarnishes his character.
• The message of this episode: embrace differences and donÕt blindly follow the doctrine that all people must be one way, which is deemed the “right” way.

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• Jerry Cooke from Fandom Forecast joins us this week!
• Where is Jo going with Wizard of the Month?
• Titan Tiffin as young Tom Riddle?
• Eric gives a reminder about MuggleCast Down Under.
• The news that launched a thousand shrieks: Jamie will not be on for a while.
• Was Pettigrew braver at age eleven?
• We discuss the morality of Dumbledore.
• Was he raising Harry as a pig for slaughter?
• Did he help Harry by distancing him?
• Was what Dumbledore did morally permissible?
• Would Harry have chosen his path if not for Dumbledore?
• HUH?!
• Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul.
• Bloopers.

Download Now Running time: 1:43:49, 47.6 MB

• Micah sees Order of the Phoenix…finally!
• Dan and David Yates talk Half-Blood Prince.
• Eric is back and has info on MuggleCast Down Under.
• Kevin returns as well after battling some technical issues (typical).
• Laura has the golden ticket…which sparks a big book tour discussion.
• One listener clears up that she is not in fact Mrs. Sims.
• Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour?
• Could Harry have survived another Killing Curse in the final battle?
• What was the difference between the beings in the graveyard in Goblet of Fire and the ones that appeared from the Resurrection Stone in Deathly Hallows?
• We take some more Muggle Mail in response to our book parallel convo last week.
• Voicemails return!
• Chicken Soup.

Download Now Running time: 1:35:43, 43.9 MB

• Emma finishes Ballet Shoes: we discuss the trio filming outside of Potter.
• Order of the Phoenix DVD release date, but somebody hasn’t seen it in theaters.
• Our thoughts on Jim Broadbent being cast as Horace Slughorn.
• Feedback from our live show.
• Listener Rebuttal: Why did Fred have to die?
• Main Discussion: Book 1 and Book 7 Parallels.
• The Little Things.
• Opening chapters, the Mirror of Erised, King’s Cross and Gringotts.
• The Men With Two Faces: Quirrell and Snape.
• Dumbledore’s Ambiguity.
• Anchor’s to life: Sorcerer’s Stone, Horcruxes and Hallows.
• Dueling Club featuring Harry, the Terminator and Optimus Prime.
• Make the Connection is taken to a whole new level.
• Australians: Listen to the end of the show for a special announcement from Eric!

Download Now Running time: 1:25:11, 39 MB

• It’s a 12-hour show, ladies and gentlemen!
• This episode only includes the first two hours, however.
• Andrew, Jamie, and Laura entertain you for the first two hours.
• Pickle Pack reopening soon for a limited time.
• Harry Potter is the top grossing franchise of all time – what do we think?
• Dan on Broadway?
• Andrew Strang? Pre-order tickets, ladies!
• Andrew and Laura offer themselves out for lunch dates in exchange for tickets to Jo’s reading.
• …and proceed to argue over who deserves to go more.
• The hosts discuss school and how the show has had an effect.
• Jamie discusses why he thinks HP classes won’t become universal.
• Kick back with Springsteen, Tenile, and much more during breaks!

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