• Andrew works with Congress and President Bush to bring you our next contest
• Character discussions are back! This week: Mad-Eye Moody
• What does the name Alastor mean?
• Where did Moody get his magical eye from?
• Why did imposter Moody suggest that Harry become an Auror?
• More Horcrux talk
• Chapter by Chapter: Chapter 12, “The Mirror of Erised”
• Does Filch know Snape is onto Quirrell?
• Will Harry run across the mirror once again?
• Invisibility discussion
• Dueling club: Hippogriff vs Thestral
• What is Dumbledore’s Boggart?
• What would Hermione see in the Mirror of Erised?
• We discuss our Favorite Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers

Download Now Running time: 1:10:15, 24.5 MB

• Chapter 11 of Sorcerer’s Stone: “Quidditch”
• Further proof of our house point discussion
• Do Filch’s actions in this chapter suggest he’s on the bad side?
• Keep Jordan under control
• Why did Quirrell use dark magic during the match?
• What other enchantments are on broomsticks?
• Hermione is ALWAYS right – except when she’s emotional
• Would Hermione be able to keep her cool in a situation like the veil?
• Countercurses
• Why do Hagrid and Dumbledore trust Snape?
• DADA: Why did Dumbledore give Snape the position?
• Why didn’t Legilimency appear in the first four books?
• Why was McGonagall unsurprised by Dumbledore’s death?
• Kevin plays Favorites
• What if…Harry hadn’t been raised by the Dursleys?
• Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul

Download Now Running time: 56:19, 22.9 MB

• Snape…good or evil?
• Could Snape be just working for himself?
• The debate over Malfoy knowing of Filch’s presence is finished
• Discussion on the delivery of the Nimbus 2000
• Why doesn’t Oliver know what basketball is?
• What will Harry do after Hogwarts?
• We already know that Jo doesn’t enjoy writing about Quidditch, and now we find the proof in the books
• Please Jo: Make Harry a hot dog vendor!
• What are the requirements for nonverbal spells?
• Laura proves the crazy I-Hate-Harry-Potter-Georgian-Lady wrong.
• The house points system
• Why did the editors want to cut the troll scene?
• Is your first wand the best wand?
• Veritaserum: is THE truth told?
• DaVinci Code discussion
• Is the boggart seen in its original form when Mad-Eye spots it?
• Collectormania podcast update

Download Now Running time: 1:08:18, 23.8 MB

• The answer to converting Muggle money to Wizarding money
• The answer to why Quirrell had Voldemort on the back of his head
• Astronomy tower discussion
• More debate over the HP7 release date
• Chapter-by-Chapter discussion: Chapter 9 of Sorcerer’s Stone
• Ben looks like a swan?
• Harry the natural flyer
• What’s the deal with the school brooms?
• Trophy room protection
• Why are students forbidden from walking around at night?
• Why does the Bloody Baron patrol the halls?
• Did Peeves’ voice put Fluffy to sleep?
• New segment: FAVORITES
• PO Box update
• Jamie’s British Joke of the Day
• A big Collectormania podcast announcement

Download Now Running time: 1:05:05, 22.7 MB

• Katie Couric leaves NBC and Micah Tannenbaum stands in
• Micah gets upset over his score on the WOMBATs
• WOMBAT discussion
• OOTP release date is official…what does this mean for HP 7?
• Listener Rebuttals
• Our thoughts on Jim Dale versus Stephen Fry
• Grindelwald’s relation to Hitler and World War II
• Chapter 8 of Sorcerer’s Stone discussion
• Meanings behind the flashes of light
• Potions with Voldemort and Horcruxes
• The opal necklace revisited
• Jamie’s British Joke of the Day

Download Now Running time: 1:16:30, 26.6 MB

• The real MuggleNet Greg guest-hosts
• Listener Rebuttals
• Chapters 6 and 7 are discussed
• Why is the Killing Curse green?
• Why does Dumbledore want to be on the Chocolate Frogs?
• Is Grindelwald gone? And why doesn’t anyone talk about him?
• Scabbers wasn’t a real rat
• What if Harry had shaken Malfoy’s hand?
• Why did Hermione want to be in Gryffindor?
• Voicemails
• British joke of the day
• Soothin’ babies

Download Now Running time: 52:32, 18.4 MB

• A full cast of MuggleCasters…or is it?
• Our first batch of Listener Rebuttals
• “Right, Andrew?!” cries Ben
• Won’t/Shan’t revisited
• So who IS the milkman?
• Discussion on Chapters 4 and 5 from Sorcerer’s Stone
• Is it All a dream?
• Harry’s father’s mother’s daughter-in-law’s eyes
• Darth Potters – Lily and James on the Dark Side?
• Fudge and the Muggles
• Is Slytherin the only house for bad guys?
• Secret Magic within Ollivander’s?
• And that’s where…whaaa?
• Next week: the normal segments and normal co-hosts return

Download Now Running time: 1:04:04, 22.6 MB

• Andrew explains the Listener Rebuttal
• Book Discussion: Sorcerer’s Stone Chapters 1-3
• The first sentence examined (in-depth)
• Introduction to the Dursleys
• Odd occurrences observed – is the wizarding world being careless?
• We meet Dumbledore, McGonagall, Hagrid, and see first mention of Sirius Black
• Tabby cats don’t like brick walls (ask Andrew)
• How strong is Dumbledore and McGonagall’s relationship at this point?
• Harry arrives on Privet Drive
• We discuss the Dursleys’ treatment of Harry
• Mrs. Figg and Aunt Marge get their first mentions
• Let’s go to the zoo – The Vanishing Glass and Parseltongue
• The Dursleys begin to get nervous
• We discuss the whole letter fiasco
• Harry turns 11 and there’s a knock at the door
• Create Your Own MuggleCast Segment Third Place Winner announced
• How did Sirius and Voldemort get their wands back?
• Do you think Time Turners will play a role in Book 7?
• When you send a Howler, do you record or write it?
• What if…Slughorn had given the Potions Book to Ron instead of Harry in Half-Blood Prince?
• Editorial Segment: Micah and Laura talk with Brandon Ford of The Underground Lake

Download Now Running time: 1:34:34, 32.8 MB

• Andrew forgets how to do the show
• We give everyone the scoop on our new show segments
• Goblet of Fire DVD wrap-up
• Thoughts on special features
• Looking back at the movie
• Main discussion: Sibyl Trelawney
• Connection to ancient mythology to play role in Book 7?
• Is she really a seer?
• Did Jo take the easy way out with the prophecy?
• Why did Dumbledore and Trelawney originally meet at the Hog’s Head?
• What is Jo insinuating about divination and prophecies in general (since predictions by the main seer are wrong)?
• Is Trelawney a risk?
• What’s up with all the drinking in HBP?
• Who’s better with divination: Trelawney or Firenze?
• Will we see much of her in Book 7?
• Our thoughts on Emma Thompson playing the crazy teacher
• MuggleCast listeners ask…
• Do you think Trelawney is toast?
• What is the reason she is still at Hogwarts? What are McGonagall’s thoughts on her?
• What house was she in?
• Why doesn’t Harry defeat Voldemort first then destroy the Horcruxes at his leisure?
• Can Voldemort come back as a ghost?
• Second place Create your own MuggleCast Segment winner: Katy Cartee
• A heart-warming e-mail from a listener

Download Now Running time: 1:13:50, 29.9 MB

Episode 29 of MuggleCast

Download Now Running time: 1:15:40, 30.57 MB