Mugglecast: The Harry Potter Podcast

The crew discusses the latest update to Jo’s site. A third title?! What could this mean? Apology for the Gilmore Girls comment. We figure out a new way to stay safe against criticism. Listener rebuttals on Peeves. Main Discussion: Luna Lovegood. Is she related to Ollivander? Lupin? Is she as “Loony” as everyone makes her out to be? Her relationship with Harry and the comfort she provides him. Considering that she does not seem to fear death, will Luna be a pivotal character in Book 7? Why is she such a social outcast? Is the Veil a Lethifold? The Missing Day…explained? Is Jo telling us something with the birthday announcements on her site? Voicemails return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we welcome you to the show with our sweet new intro. Why is WB so adamant about keeping the movies 2 1/2 hours long? Check out MuggleNet’s new book, MuggleNet.com’s What Will Happen In Harry Potter 7. Probably Prophecy! (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink!) Jamie’s lack of Halloween enjoyment as a child explains his bitter disposition as an adult. Main Discussion: Ghosts, Poltergeists, and Ghouls, oh my! How should we take Nearly Headless Nick’s advice to Harry at the end of OOTP? What’s with the Bloody Baron, and why is he so… bloody? Was the Grey Lady inspired by the ghost of Lady Jane Grey, who haunts the Tower of London? Could Dumbledore get rid of Peeves? Does Professor Binns know anything crucial about Voldemort? Debate: Halloween is a morally vapid holiday, which encourages delinquency. Andrew and Jamie vs. Micah and Laura. Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul. Laura Mallory update. British/Halloween joke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric enlightens us as to how Dumbledore could be a hairless Demiguise. Sadly, we will not be getting blimps from the Australia Nick Kids’ Choice Awards. Jamie knows his French better than he was given credit for last week. Listener Rebuttals twist our brains with more time talk. Main Discussion: Department of Mysteries finale discussion. Why was the Ministry so easy to infiltrate? Did Ron suffer any long-lasting damage from the attack by the brain? Eric’s brain isn’t worthy to float in the “think tank”. We’re heating it up in the “love room”. Seven doors…? Andrew can’t count. MuggleCast dating service a success! Er… sort of. Laura gives some friendly advice… …while Ben says “dump him.” Debate: Should the ban on underage wizardry be lifted? Andrew & Laura vs. Eric. Attention Jamie fangirls: Blame the Easy Button for the lack of Brit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Purchase yer MuggleCast t-shirts! Transcripts are up to date. Episode 57 is finally released. This week’s main discussion: Time. What kind of control does the Ministry have over it? Can anyone with the right tools change time? Is the Time-turner the only device that can affect time? Will time play a role in Book 7? Why is it so important that you are not seen when traveling back in time? A second attempt to call Laura Mallory: Andrew pushes for an interview. Blooper: This Week in Steck. We’ll have more of our regular HP-related segments back next week. Information on MySpace hosting concerts for Darfur aid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spy on Spartz kicks off the show. Ben addresses a listener’s concern. We celebrate our big win at the 2006 Podcast Awards. Micah makes yet another request of Jo. This time, he’s 100% sure it’s going to happen. Our main discussion this week is the Veil. Has Ginny seen anyone die? How can Sirius come back? Andrew makes a pun! A small discussion about Laura Mallory leaves us so angry that we try to give her a call. This week’s HUH?! is from YouTube. Chicken Soup. After 58 episodes, Micah finally buys an iPod. Blooper: Jamie’s attempt at recording the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lots of empty promises Too many bad jokes Ben and Jamie’s Subway Challenge Embarrassingly late name introductions A 4-week old birthday wish Character Discussion: Aunt Petunia Is Aunt Petunia a Squib? Where’s the love for Lily and Harry? Where did Petunia get all this info about the magical world? What is Dudley afraid of? What would Harry’s boggart be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Rebuttals talk about last week’s Butterbeer and our Voldemort VS Dumbledore discussion. What’s Buggin’ Micah gets results! Don’t believe it was Micah? Andrew finds a hint Jo dropped. Our main discussion: Why did James give Dumbledore the invisibility cloak? Micah’s getting bugged again… look out! Send in the top 10 items on Dumbledore’s will. Dumbledore/Norris Facts. Voicemails concerning Home-schooling, Lily’s Eyes, and Fawkes. Dating Service update. The winner of last week’s song contest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two-Way Mirror Listener Rebuttals. A mai- discussion for you this week! Does the magical abilities of Dumbledore and Voldemort differ from the rest of the wizarding community? Crackpot Theory of the Week. Eric’s useless! He fails at life! He calls himself a fan?! Another Editorial Discussion with Brandon Ford. Laura, Micah, and Brandon discuss what Wormtail could be up to, Dumbledore’s death, and more. A new segment titled “What’s Buggin’ Micah?” shows a new side of our news man. More Dumbledore/Norris facts. The return of Gimme a Butterbeer. HUH?! Comment of the Week. One long blooper where Ben goes through Moundridge High to see what his fellow classmates think of Potter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Read the winning California lyrics here! PO Box Update. Click here to see the sketch of the MuggleCasters. Our new catch-phrase: Pickle. We learn Jamie can talk really-really-super-super-lyk-omg fast. California song winners and the sketch will be posted soon! Main Discussion: the Two-Way Mirror. Our brand new debate segment: SHOULD Hogwarts stay open? The group takes sides and goes at it. More Dumbledore/Norris Facts. See Walker Texas Ranger on Conan right here. Crackpot Theory of the Week. A spur-of-the-moment British Joke of the Day. The truth behind the other Potter podcasts. Celine Dion or Savage Garden? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rupert intros the show! He’s got something for Micah next week. Guess who’s featured in the newspaper for being the coolest. person. ever. Listener Rebuttals tackle last week’s heavy discussion. Character Discussion: Aberforth Dumbledore. Goats. Riiiight. Reading, PA is about to get a bad reputation. We try our hand at a new crackpot-theory segment, but we need your help! A few voicemails. Jamie hurt his back. Dumbledore/Norris Facts. Andrew’s ‘HUH?!’ E-mail of the Week. The verdict from the Easy Button: That WAS easy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MuggleNet staffer Claire joins us as a co-host. Any takers on a MuggleCast dating service? New T-shirts are on the way! “Squares” and “MicBolt” are almost out of stock. They’re going in the Disney vault forever! US writing a book? Pure blasphemy! Main Discussion: Defense Against the Dark Arts. What happened to all its teachers prior to SS? Was there more to Lupin leaving the position? Snape as the DADA teacher. Who will teach it in HP7? Lots and lots of voicemails. New Dumbledore/Norris facts. “Huh?!” E-mail of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben is truly dedicated to the show. …but Jamie thinks his recording circumstances are even more dedicated. Listener Rebuttals “Too much music!” cries Andrew. What’s up with Harry’s eyes? Has Lily given Harry some sort of eye barrier? It’s like when a piece of dirt hits your contact lense. “Uhh…Not really,” says Eric. The deal with black and gray eyes mentioned in the books. Who was at Godric’s Hollow the night Lily and James were killed? Will Harry become an auror? A podcasting first: Ben drives and podcasts! Andrew scares a girl at the charity reading. A caller gives us a great theory on Snape being good. We try to do something bold and talk about the latest HP news. Are Lucky Charms REALLY lucky? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Birthday, MuggleCast! 50 Shows… wow… Just Put Your Food in the – Micahwave? Listener rebuttals. JKR’s explanation of Wizard population? Homeschooling and the Harry Potter world. Nostalgia! Our first times doing the show together. The absolute worst recording experiences ever. Lumos 2006 and New York City reminiscence. Main Discussion: An Evening with Harry, Carrie, and Garp. John Irving, great questionnaire-pwner. Whoopi, Jon Stewart, and – that other guy. Dumbledore IS dead, and the website people are mad. She totally avoided Snape, but gave us wands and Petunia. Harry, Ron, and Hermione will live! Ben still disagrees. A voicemail line just for Erica! Here’s to another fifty shows! Listener comments – favorite moments. Jamie’s true singing voice comes out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our first ever live episode of MuggleCast! Featuring a JKR book reading giveaway, a 12-year old dissing Eric, Hogwarts discussion, and much more! It’s a different (and kinda late) episode of the show because we’re busy in Vegas…excuse the less-than-perfect quality that you expect every week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Micahscope. We’re getting down and dirty with Podcast Alley votes this week. Save Gas Money! gasmoney@staff.mugglenet.com Listener Rebuttals cover the Mirror of Erised and Snape. This week we discuss the Room of Requirement. How DOES it really work? You can’t make something out of nothing. Perhaps the room has to have the item you require in stock. Is there any way to empty it out? Using it to hide Horcruxes? What are its limitations? Do the effects of the room only last while you’re inside? Don’t trust something if you can’t see where it keeps its brain! One listener gets in an accident while listening to the show. In unrelated news, we premiere our new car giveaway! Favorites: End Battle Scene. …it kinda tangents off onto Michael Gambon playing Dumbledore in the final scenes of OOTP. This Week in Potter: the release date of Half-Blood Prince. Jamie tells a bold face lie to the BBC. Could Ron and Hermione’s actions in the final scenes of the first book foreshadow HP7? Another Horcrux t

Listener Rebuttals tackle last week’s hot topics. Can the Mirror of Erised reveal where the final Horcruxes are? Much more Mirror of Erised discussion. The Spice Girls make a guest appearance. Dumbledore and Harry’s relationship in Half-Blood Prince is analyzed. Jamie and Ben see each other in the mirror. Moundridge High School doesn’t teach the English language properly. Jo says that the POA film foreshadowed events in the final two books. Like what? MuggleCast interviews Warwick Davis, who plays Flitwick in the Potter films. We learn why his character’s appearance changed so dramatically from COS to POA. Warwick explains how the crowd-surfing Flitwick scene came to be. He tells us about his time on the OOTP set and the new director, David Yates. He’s currently planning a new podcast of his own, titled “Small Talk.” We learn about his filming career, his perspective on films, and much more. British and Australian listeners can rejoice: we have foreign phone numbers now! Jamie’s British Joke of

Jamie, Kevin, and Laura return for MuggleCast LIV – nevermind. Nominate us in the 2006 Podcast Awards! Top 10 reasons to buy 11 MuggleCast T-shirts. Listener Rebuttals extend on the Book 7 title analysis, Rowena Ravenclaw’s Horcrux, and memories. Jamie has another use for the title Chariots of Fire. Character Discussion: Volllldemort. Was Voldemort born evil? What were his motives from the start? Why was Voldemort offering Lily so many chances to live? Why is Dumbledore the only man Voldemort ever feared? Could Voldemort come back as a ghost if Harry kills him? Ben’s Gimme a Butterbeer calls out the media for blowing things out of proportion. Jo’s interview on Richard and Judy. Is Harry going to die in Book 7? We discuss the possibilities. Jamie’s convinced Jo can’t bring herself to kill Harry Jamie will tape himself eating 50 jumbo sausages if Harry dies. Ben and Andrew think Harry’s death would make a great ending. Could sequels be legally written? Jamie’s British Joke of the Day returns.

Listener Rebuttals and Voice Rebuttals We make a PSA about Juvenille Arthritis (learn more here) We go back to answering some book seven questions Horcruxes revisted…where are the 3 unknowns? Pettigrew’s final debt to Harry: giving him a Horcrux? What will become of Draco? What role will the Ministry of Magic play? This week’s Butterbeer discusses the actors and actresses’ privacy Voicemails are back! Does Trelawney remember Snape hearing part of the prophecy? Legilimency and Harry Do we get made fun of for loving Harry Potter? When you extract memories from your mind, is it a copy or does it actually leave your mind? Laura rox our sox Does anyone else besides Voldemort have Horcruxes? This Week in Potter: the HBP title is released Is the title of book seven right under our noses? Andrew is convinced, and he’s got three potential titles. Next week: MuggleCast LIVE! Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul Andrew performs a MuggleCast rap by Nixi with Ben handling the beat Learn more about

Guess who’s back (everyone down to the dance floor) Micah rips on the Georgian lady who hates Harry Listener Rebuttals respond to Prophecies and Trelawney New names for Micah Some great quotes from Chapter 17 of Sorcerer’s Stone Where do we see foreshadowing of Horcruxes? Matt Vines makes a funny Character Discussion: Percy Weasley Matt makes another funny! Boy, he’s on a roll Will Percy ever make up with the family? Which side is Percy on? The differences between Percy’s and Voldemort’s equal goals Magically doing “it” Spy on Spartz asks, “Why is the world round?” Gimme a Butterbeer speaks out against spoilers Three years ago this week OOTP was released…where were we? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finally got rid of Andrew! Even though National Wear Your MuggleCast T-shirt Day is over, you can still support the show by purchasing your MuggleCast T-shirt today! There are two different logos available in five sizes. Send Subway gift cards to Ben, and maybe heíll send your letters and packages to the other Casters… Listener Rebuttals What happens when people under the Fidelius Charm die? Main Discussion, part one: Horace Slughorn Slughorn is selfish! Could Slughorn unify Slytherin with the other Hogwarts houses? Main Discussion, part two: Prophecies What exactly is a prophecy? What happens if a prophecy isnít fulfilled? What did the smashed prophecies in OOTP mean? How often do true seers come about? Favorites: Favorite Weasley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices