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October 21, 2025Episode #725: Privet Drive Revenge Tour (HBP Chapter 3, ‘Will and Won’t’)
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This week, join us as we witness Albus Dumbledore welcoming himself into the Dursley’s perfect kept home. It’s the depants-ing we’ve been waiting for! Plus, we look at why Dumbledore decided to take care of the Kreacher business in front of the Dursleys, if Albus had any right criticizing the parenting of Dudley, and more.
Welcome back to the show, Meg!
Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince Chapter 3: Will and Won’t
The MuggleCast Pensieve segment, highlighting our last discussion of this chapter on MuggleCast #380, features a Kreacher possibility.
Harry’s back! And he’s ever more undignified than ever. From flower beds to pigstys, is our hero losing his cool factor?
What’s the beef between Albus Dumbledore and Rufus Scrimgeour that the Prophet is eluding to? It may have been hinted at already.
Do we approve of the Ministry’s guidebook for protecting oneself during the current era?
Why didn’t Harry believe Dumbledore was going to show? Does this has to do with Dumbledore’s treatment of Harry in the last book?
Why are the Dursleys awake and cleaning at 11pm?
Dumbledore goes hard against the Dursleys. Finally! But why did it take this long for them to meet, and for Albus to depants them?
MVP: What is the most effective guideline from the Ministry?
Lynx Line: If Dumbledore could’ve left a Yelp review for the Dursleys, what would it say?
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1 hr 9 min
October 14, 2025Episode #724: Snape’s House of Deceit (HBP Chapter 2, Spinner’s End)
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This week, join us as we wind our way to Spinner’s End and throw ourselves at the mercy of everyone’s (least) favorite Potions Master. Grab a tall glass of elf-made bloodred wine and toast the Dark Lord because its unlikely you’ll make it out of this chapter without making an Unbreakable Vow.
Welcome back, Irvin! Check out his new book Malfoy: The Most Treacherous Family, which is available now!
Potter TV Show News: Our first look at John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore!
Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince Chapter 2: Spinner’s End
We analyze Snape’s decision to remain in his childhood home. Could it be because of Lily? And why is it such bad shape?
The Sisterhood of Bellatrix and Narcissa: do the two actually care for each other?
Would Bellatrix rather be right or wrong about Snape’s loyalty?
Snape vs. Bellatrix: we’re here for snarky, sassy Severus Snape!
Snape’s allegiance: do we recall how we felt when first reading this chapter?
Could there be trouble in paradise with Voldemort and Bellatrix?
Did Narcissa manipulate Snape during the final step of the Unbreakable Vow?
MVP: Who’s the better chess master – Snape or Dumbledore?
Lynx Line: Snape’s childhood home is clearly a little drab – if Snape’s home were the subject of a home makeover show, what would it be called?
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1 hr 11 min
October 07, 2025Episode #723: Fudge’s Therapy Session (HBP Chapter 1, The Other Minister)
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That new assistant named Kingsley is a high performer! This week we’re starting our Chapter by Chapter re-read of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and discussing all the problems that Cornelius Fudge has just dumped on the British Prime Minister’s doorstep. It’s a rare Harry-less chapter this week, titled “The Other Minister.”
News: Congratulations to SIR Gary Oldman! (He really puts the Sir in Sirius)
Chapter by Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince Chapter 1: The Other Minister
Where were the hosts when the sixth Potter book came out? It was only 3 weeks shy of MuggleCast’s first episode!
The MuggleCast Time-Turner segment is now the MuggleCast Pensieve! It’s Book-6-themed and, this week, flashing back to MuggleCast #376, from July 16, 2018!
The hosts compare favorite chapters and discuss this is one of them.
The poor British PM believes the chaos was his to own, only to find out that the wizards are at fault for all of it!
Do wizards have a superiority complex? It sure seems like it, around the Muggle PM.
Is this chapter tied to a particular politician or administration from years past, when the book was set? Or perhaps when it was written? The hosts speculate.
Is the portrait of the “frog-like” man (Umbridge’s dad?) a privacy concern for the Muggles?
MVP of the Week: Who was the best working man in this chapter?
Lynx Line: What event from human history was magical in origin, but was covered up between the two governments?
Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering this week’s Quizzitch question at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch!
On Bonus MuggleCast, we discuss the newly released album art for the upcoming full cast production audiobooks.
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1 hr 17 min
September 30, 2025Episode #722: Why Didn’t Voldemort Choose To Become a Ghost? And More MuggleMail
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On this week’s episode, we’re as excited as Dedalus Diggle bumping into Vernon Dursley after Voldemort’s downfall, as we bust open our Muggle Mailbag to hear directly from YOU – our listeners!
Filming News: We react to new behind-the-scenes footage from around Little Whinging before and after the first downfall of Voldemort.
It’s our Order of the Phoenix Muggle Mail episode!
How will HBO adapt lengthy books like Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince for the new Harry Potter TV show? Is eight episodes truly enough?
Why didn’t Voldemort choose to become a ghost?
Were Arthur Weasley’s early career ambitions derailed by the Imperius Curse?
We Declare Canon: Crookshanks is the Potter’s cat!
Listeners make the case for and against Voldemort & Bellatrix
How did the Diary Horcrux have knowledge of Voldemort’s future self?
And by the way… does the basilisk ever eat? We’re concerned about its diet.
Lynx Line: With the new Harry Potter audiobooks on the horizon, we asked supporters on Patreon to take a line from one of their favorite characters in Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince and submit their best impression! AND THEY DO NOT DISAPPOINT!
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1 hr 1 min
September 23, 2025 Episode #721: Order of the Phoenix Trivia Night!
This week it’s time to wrap our Order of the Phoenix re-read with Quizzitch Live, to test your knowledge of the fifth book! Special guest Barry of the Harry Potter podcast Retold joins us to host this Harry Potter trivia night.
Listeners competed live against one another across seven rounds of Order of the Phoenix questions. Do you remember the book and movie as well as your fellow Muggles do? Play along and find out!
Thanks again to Barry and to all of our listeners for joining in our live event, and a special thank you to those who support us on Patreon. Without you, we couldn’t host trivia nights like this! Next week, we’ll catch up on MuggleMail before proceeding onward to our Half-Blood Prince read-through in October!
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48 min
September 16, 2025Episode #720: At The Beep, Slay (OOTP Chapter 38, The Second War Begins)
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Another book, gone! This week we’re wrapping up our Chapter by Chapter re-read of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It’s a feel-good chapter that ties up a lot of loose ends and teases what’s to come in the final two Harry Potter books!
To celebrate the end of this re-read, we’ll be hosting a Quizzitch LIVE themed around Order of the Phoenix this Thursday, September 18 at 7:30 PM ET! Don’t miss it! A link will be available on social media.
Welcome Slug Club guest Ivana!
In the news: Harry Potter production designer Stuart Craig has passed away, so we look at the legacy he left on the franchise. Meanwhile, the upcoming Harry Potter audiobooks have announced several more big name starts joining its ranks. Game of Thrones fans will be pleased!
Chapter by Chapter continues with Order of the Phoenix Chapter 38: The Second War Begins.
Tying up loose ends: Fudge immediately fumbles how the Ministry is handling the return of Voldemort. What could they have done differently?
We’re impressed by how Dumbledore got Umbridge out of the forest, but how exactly did he do it? And should Ron have responded to Umbridge’s attack in the way that he did?
Harry is looking for some Sirius comfort, and finds some in Hagrid and Luna. There’s also one line from Harry that is extremely relatable, especially as we age: “Whenever he was in company he wanted to get away, and whenever he was alone he wanted company.”
Nearly-Headless Nick offers Harry some disappointing information, but it has us wondering why wizards choose not to return as a ghost after they pass.
The Order decides to greet Harry at King’s Cross… but why haven’t they been there for Harry’s previous journeys to and from Hogwarts?
MVP of the Week: Who had the most meaningful moment with Harry in this chapter?
Lynx Line: What would happen if the Order had to pay a visit the Dursleys because Vernon and Petunia were mistreating Harry?
Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering this week’s Quizzitch question at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch!
On Bonus MuggleCast, we celebrate Back to Hogwarts season by creating our OWN Hogwarts Houses! Let us know which of these new five are your favorite!
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1 hr 20 min
September 09, 2025Episode #719: There’s Something About Albus (OOTP Chapter 37, The Lost Prophecy)
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Grab the nearest expensive-looking trinket and hurl it at Dumbledore because Andrew, Eric, Laura and Micah are treating the headmaster’s office like a modern-day rage room! On this week’s episode, all the feelings are bubbling up to the surface as Albus finally comes clean with Harry!
Casting news abounds for the new Harry Potter TV Show, including one character never cast before and the return of Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick!
Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 37: The Lost Prophecy. Our Time Turner segment takes us back to Episode 473 – There’s Something About Harry.
Should Harry feel guilty about what’s happened to Sirius?
The hosts grade Dumbledore’s handling of Harry using the O.W.L. system
Does the loss of his sister Ariana inform Dumbledore’s overall treatment of Harry?
“Old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young” hits home!
Dumbledore is exhausted and frankly, we don’t blame him!
YOU LIAR! Dumbledore claims he is going to tell Harry “everything”!
Connecting The Threads between Trelawney’s prophecies
MVP: What was the most damning Dumbledore quote from this chapter?
Over on our Lynx Line, our patrons answer this week’s question: At what moment in the series should Dumbledore actually have told Harry everything?
Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering this week’s Quizzitch question at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch!
On Bonus MuggleCast, we discuss the possibility of a Harry Potter Hotel. Does Disney’s recent Star Wars flop have Universal rethinking the idea?
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1 hr 25 min
August 26, 2025Episode #718: Bella! My Loca! (OOTP Chapter 36, The Only One He Ever Feared)
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To celebrate MuggleCast turning 20 this month, listeners can get 20% off an annual subscription to our Patreon with promo code 20YEARS. We’ve never offered this large a discount before, but this large of an anniversary calls for a very special deal. So visit Patreon.com/MuggleCast and pledge today!
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On this week’s episode, we’re lifting Bellatrix off her feet both romantically and murderously! Is Voldemort revealing more about his affectionate side? Is Dumbledore again letting Harry put himself in danger and doing nothing to prevent serious injury? Does the M.O.M. have accessibility features or is Harry super powerful? All that and more.
Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 36: The Only One He Ever Feared. Our Time Turner segment takes us back to Episode 473 of MuggleCast, lazily titled “Dumbledore v Voldemort”
Harry asks the rotunda a question and it answers him. Could anyone have done this the whole time?
A moment of consideration for Lupin’s loss and how well he handles it by protecting Harry.
Would Harry be forgiven and not prosecuted for using an Unforgivable Curse successfully under these circumstances?
Just HOW does Harry get up to the atrium before Dumbledore?
Did Voldemort tutor Bellatrix “personally” like her statement would seem to indicate?
Why does Voldy call Bellatrix “Bella,” and is it a term of endearment?
Noting that the only reason Voldemort is seen by the Minister is because he shows up to rescue Bellatrix at the end and take her with him. AN ACT OF LOVE?!?!?!
Laura takes us through some symbolism with the fountain of magical brethren, and what happens to its members.
Do the statues have a bit of Dumbledore’s personality in them? They certainly approve of Dumbledore.
Apologies to Pokemon enthusiasts for our criticism, it turns out the fight scene in the book is just like in the movie after all. I choose you, Blastoise!
We praise Dumbledore for mastering Fudge.
MVP: Who is the most valuable player during the Dumbledore/Voldemort fight in the atrium?
Over on our Lynx Line, our patrons answer this week’s question: What is the most MAX THAT moment in the chapter? Ie, which scene do you most want to see adapted for TV that wasn’t done justice in the movie?
Quizzitch: In this chapter, the statues of the Fountain of Magical Brethren spring to life to help save the day. But in the summer of 1985, widespread panic occurred when statues in County Cork, Ireland began to seemingly move on their own. What were they statues of? Send us your answers at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch!
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1 hr 13 min
August 19, 2025Episode #717: You’re A Fool, Harry Potter (OOTP Chapter 35, Beyond the Veil)
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To celebrate MuggleCast turning 20 this month, listeners can get 20% off an annual subscription to our Patreon with promo code 20YEARS. We’ve never offered this large a discount before, but this large of an anniversary calls for a very special deal. So visit Patreon.com/MuggleCast and pledge today!
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On this week’s episode, draw your wand and get ready to battle some Death Eaters, because it’s ON inside the Department of Mysteries. Just be sure to mind the brains, the baby-headed Death Eater and don’t drop that proph…e…cy. Oh no!
Welcome Slug Club Member, Shelby!
Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35: Beyond The Veil. Our Time Turner segment takes us back to Episode 472 of MuggleCast, titled “DUBBLEDORE!”
Harry has been duped! He incessantly asks Lucius Malfoy about Sirius, only to come to the stark realization that he’s nowhere to be found.
Could this whole situation have been avoided if Dumbledore just let Harry in on the prophecy?
Despite his major misstep, Harry remains calm and is able to match wit-for-wit with the Death Eaters. Ex: Voldemort is a half-blood, didn’t ya know?
The fact that Dumbledore’s Army can work their way through the Department of Mysteries battle with spells like Stupefy is hard for some of us to swallow.
Why do the Death Eaters hold back? Were they not anticipating Harry & company fighting back?
The members of Dumbledore’s Army are thrown into a real battle for the first time. How do we think their performances reflect their strengths and weaknesses that we’ve seen throughout the year?
The Evolution of Neville Longbottom
The Order is here! How does the shift in battle highlight the gap between student-level dueling and experienced adult combat?
Do we think if Sirius didn’t taunt his cousin Bellatrix, the outcome would have been different?
We try our best to decipher the “Summer Solstice” and “None will come after” prophecies!
MVP: What’s Dumbledore’s entrance music to the Department of Mysteries?
Over on our Lynx Line, our patrons answer this week’s question: Which Death Eater would you most like to team up with for this battle and why?
Quizzitch: In this chapter, Ron gets up close and personal with a human brain when he catches one in his hands. How much does the human brain weigh, on average, in pounds? Is it a) seven pounds, b) five pounds, c) three pounds, d) one pound? Send us your answers at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch!
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1 hr 10 min
August 12, 2025Episode #716: Celebrating 20 Years of MuggleCast, and Predicting the Future
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On this special edition of MuggleCast, we look back at twenty years of Harry Potter podcasting, revisit some of our earliest book predictions, and look ahead to the next two decades in the Wizarding World!
Happy 20th Birthday, MuggleCast! Let’s settle once and for all the pressing question on everyone’s mind: what do we talk about after all this time?!
Audible’s Harry Potter audiobooks ⁠with a full cast⁠ have revealed their seven release dates and some casting! The hosts weigh in.
Arabella Stanton (Hermione Granger) is pulling double duty between this and the upcoming HBO series.
There is another Dumbledore, and he’s the old pal of UK audiobook narrator Stephen Fry. Listen as we break down Hugh Laurie’s statement on accepting the role.
To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we look back over the earliest episodes at predictions made by the hosts which later came true! Thanks to listener Kim for compiling.
Are there things we would change about MuggleCast’s earliest days or in general? The hosts reflect.
This week’s Lynx Line: “What long-dormant MuggleCast topics would you like to see revisited?”
Predicting the future: what will MuggleCast be talking about 20 years from NOW?
It’s a triple serving of Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul! We are always moved by hearing from listeners on the topic.
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1 hr 21 min

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