• Do the people behind Wizards Unite listen to MuggleCast? Some new game features would suggest so!
• Eric announces the MuggleNet Caption Contest is back!
• #MuggleCasTBT takes us back to a bold prediction made about Nicolas Flamel and his “safe house” in Crimes of Grindelwald
• We take listener feedback on last week’s Dark Mark tattoo debate
• Our Main Discussion focuses on The Beginning of Harry Potter
• Did Sorcerer’s Stone launch a generation of readers?
• Harry Potter’s biggest ally may have been the Internet!
• How did all of the hosts get started on the Potter series?
• We discuss J.K. Rowling’s struggles behind getting published, including being a woman
• Did you know Rowling didn’t even have a middle name until Sorcerer’s Stone was published?
• We revisit our Episode 200 interview with Harry Potter producer David Heyman, who talks about how he found Harry
• Was it really necessary to change Book 1’s name to Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States? We read interesting comments from Scholastic’s Editor at the time, Arthur Levine.
• The hosts share what moments in Sorcerer’s Stone really resonated with them and name their favorite chapter
• Quizzitch: What time does the Hogwarts Express depart from platform 9¾?
• There’s never been a better time to support the show! Become a Patron by July 31 and get this year’s physical gifts – signed album art and a MuggleCast tote bag!

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