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MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

8: Episode 8

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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News, Arts, Tv & Film, Entertainment News, Books

4.6 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2005

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On our September 24th, 2005 edition of MuggleCast… While spying eyes can’t seem to find Spartz this week, just what is the connection between Harry and Lily’s? And can you compare a teacher you once had to one at Hogwarts? The crew weighs in on characterization: everything from Luna and Neville’s coin obsession to Dumbledore’s beloved profession. Plus, the polls are now open for you to decide the funniest fate for the Dark Lord. And Jamie even makes a request for rabbit voicemails. From the first-ever MuggleNet female host to the first-ever Andrew Listener Challenge…all that and more ahead with Andrew, Eric, Jamie, and Laura on this week?s edition of MuggleCast. Our first MuggleNet female staffer joins in on the discussion! Vote for your favorite entry in our Voldemort contest Andrew thanks the fans who made fan sites Main topic: Characterization in the Potter books Hogwarts VS real teachers Hermione’s friendships What would happen if Hogwarts is closed? We ask Laura how busy MuggleNet Fan Fiction is Spy on Spartz Jamie’s British Joke of the Day (x2) The Brit puts out a request for rabbit impressions New segment: Andrew’s Listener Challenge Harry having his mother’s eyes– how could it affect HP7? Neville and Luna with those coins How long could HP7 possibly last? Could it be years? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is MuggleCast, Episode 8, for September 24th, 2005.

0:17.6

If you haven't finished reading books yet, then you probably should not listen to this

0:21.3

podcast as we do talk about several different plot spoilers.

0:25.7

Hey everybody, welcome to another exciting edition of MuggleCast.

0:29.9

I'm Andrew Sims, I'm Eric Skull, I'm Jamie Lawrence, Ben Shane is not here this week

0:36.8

because he's, oh I don't even know what he's doing, I think he said it's a baby dormit,

0:41.4

it doesn't really matter, because nobody likes him, yeah, so before we get things started,

0:46.6

first let's get you updated on the past week's top stories with Micah.

0:50.3

Thanks Andrew, Scholastic, the American publisher of the Harry Potter series,

0:54.4

has announced that sales for Harry Potter and the half-blood prince have hit 11 million

0:58.4

in the US alone. By comparison, 5 million copies of Order of the Phoenix were sold in the first

1:03.5

24 hours and 11 million sold in total. And on Thursday night, the sixth book in the Harry Potter

1:09.1

series was named America's best-selling novel from January to August, sold more than twice as many

1:14.7

copies in the United States in its first two weeks as any other author's book in a whole year.

1:20.2

Moving from half-blood prince to Goblet of Fire, special gathering and party has been announced

1:24.7

for the Goblet of Fire premiere weekend of November 12 in New York City.

1:29.0

Reservations include hotel and various activities to enjoy over the weekend.

1:33.6

This is a great way to plan your trip for the US Goblet of Fire premiere.

1:38.2

More details over on mobilenet.com. Of course you can check out all the new trailer

1:42.9

information, video clips and pictures on our main page. This week three new interviews have

1:47.8

been posted with the actors who play Flora Delacore, Cedric Diggory, and Cho Chang.

1:53.2

It's also been reported a commercial with new footage for Goblet of Fire aired Thursday night

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