#489: The Politics of the Wizarding World

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🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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In celebration of Halloween, we hosted a brand-new, spoooooky edition of Quizzitch Live! Join us later this November for another round of trivia! News: MinaLima confirms they are working on a Chamber of Secrets Illustrated Edition while Laura introduces us to the latest trend on TikTok... POTTAH! Muggle Mail covers Halloween Happenings at Hogwarts, additional Potter plot holes and more scary moments from Chamber of Secrets and Deathly Hallows! With Election Day upon us, this week's main discussion focuses on Politics of the Wizarding World! Neville Chamberlain & The Mitford Sisters: which historic figures do we think may have inspired certain characters in the Harry Potter series? We discuss Nazi Germany's connection to the plots of both Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Government corruption: Cornelius Fudge, Lucius Malfoy and Dolores Umbridge Why Hagrid's arrest, Dumbledore's banishment and Buckbeak's execution defined Ministry interference and governmental abuse of power How The Daily Prophet acts as state-influenced media What problems do we think the wizarding government needs to address? Why does The International Statute of Secrecy still exist? Can we please banish Time Turners, Love Potions and Veritaserum already? Could the political aspects of Harry Potter be one of the reasons we love the series so much? The results are in from our "You Decide 2020 Minster of Magic" campaign! Find out who won: Hermione Granger, Aberforth Dumbledore, Kingsley Shacklebolt or Dolores Umbridge? Quizzitch: Which Minister founded the Department of Magical Law Enforcement? Chicken Soup For The MuggleCast Soul This week's episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh (visit HelloFresh.com/muggle90 and use code muggle90 at checkout for $90 off your order!) and MeUndies (visit MeUndies.com/mugglecast to see their new line of Harry Potter undies!) Support us on Patreon and receive magical benefits, like Bonus MuggleCast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Muggo Caster Weekly Ride into the Wizarding World fandom.
0:17.7	I'm Andrew.
0:18.7	I'm Micah.
0:19.7	And I'm Laura.
0:20.7	On today's episode, we're going to be talking about the politics of the Wizarding World,
0:25.2	because we are releasing this on a very important day in American history.
0:31.0	But we will not be talking about US politics, just the Wizarding World's politics and
0:35.3	how it relates to the real world from a historical perspective.
0:39.0	And we actually ran a campaign over the past week on our social media channels.
0:43.5	We decided to hold an election for the next Minister of Magic in the Wizarding World,
0:49.1	so we will reveal those results as well.
0:51.7	And first, somehow skipping, we hosted a Quizage Live Halloween edition on Saturday, on
0:57.8	Halloween actually.
0:59.3	And if you missed it, that's okay.
1:00.8	You can actually watch it later on YouTube.
1:03.6	So check our show notes and our social media channels for links to it.
1:07.6	It was a lot of fun.
1:08.6	It was Halloween themed.
1:09.7	It was spooky themed.
1:11.0	Yeah, it was really fun.
1:13.0	We all dressed up.
1:14.0	Laura.
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