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

MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast

• 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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• Support us on Patreon and receive magical benefits, including our new physical gifts! Also access to our recording studio, Bonus MuggleCast, a personalized thank you video from one of the hosts and more!

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