MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

524: 'Cursed Child' Downsizing, A Wild Snape Observation, Sorting Hat Biases and other MuggleMail

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  • It's another MuggleMail episode, folks!
  • But first: The Cursed Child's North American productions are being condensed into one part! What does this mean for the show's future?
  • It's time to announce this year's MuggleCast Patreon physical gifts: Throwback socks and a "Sweet 16" customizable wooden model car!
  • Listeners must sign up to our Patreon and choose their gift by September 1st to be eligible to receive them.
  • Voicemails from listeners concern Petunia's motivations for spying on her neighbors, character maturities, a big fandom moment, and fond memories from the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 red carpet.
  • It's DumbledoreMail galore as listeners write in about the hiding of Ariana, the blood pact and 12 uses of dragon's blood being related, and when phoenixes appear.
  • Could Travers already be working for the Dark side in the time of Crimes of Grindelwald? He's got family history.
  • Bellatrix's comment about Snape's neighborhood leaves one listener asking if his home town puts Snape in hot water with the Death Eaters.
  • That same listener asks why NOBODY told Harry that Snape and Lily were childhood friends! Lupin, Sirius, and Dumbledore all hide that fact for their entire lives.
  • Did the Hogwarts Sorting Hat always reflect Salazar Slytherin's bias?
  • The hosts reflect on which scenes from the Potter films most improved on the books.
  • In this month's Throwback Email, an Australian listener details WW2 references present in Grindelwald's backstory.
  • A new game, "Who Said It?" has us identifying which of us said the excerpt read by Andrew. The participants do not do particularly well!
  • Quizzitch: What is the name for the double agent, working for the British MOM as a bounty hunter, who is secretly taking orders from Grindelwald? Visit MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch to submit your answer!
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