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MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

Episode #376: Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 1

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

* Slug Club member Chris joins the show * David Heyman says Grindelwald is scarier than Voldemort! * Why is Dumbledore teaching a young Newt Defense Against the Dark Arts? * "After all this time," Chapter-by-Chapter returns! And just in time for HBP's birthday! * We analyze the chapter that had been brewing in JKR's mind for more than 13 years * Would The Other Minister have worked earlier in the series? * Where's Harry? Our first Potter book that doesn't begin with the boy wizard! * Voldemort is on the rise and its clear the tone of the series has shifted * Fireplace entrances, shady portraits, secret staff - do wizards have a superiority complex? * Should the Ministry have considered lifting the International Statute of Secrecy? * Does Fudge ever consider enlisting the help of the Muggle Prime Minister? * Do other heads of state have similar relationships with their Muggle counterparts? * Rufus Scrimgeour: our thoughts on the new Minister and do we have cause to trust him? * Kingsley Shacklebolt "Undercover Secretary" * Whatever came of the Ministry's inquiry into the death of Sirius Black? * How much control do magical governments have over their Muggle counterparts? * Two new segments debut with Character MVP and Rename The Chapter! * Patrons weigh in with their thoughts on the first chapter of Half-Blood Prince! * Quizzitch: What is the name of the bridge that gets destroyed by Death Eaters?

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0:00.0

Welcome to MuggleCast376, I'm Andrew.

0:17.6

I'm Eric.

0:18.6

I'm Micah.

0:19.6

And we have a guest this week, one of our Slough Club members.

0:22.0

Hey Chris.

0:23.0

Hey everyone, how you doing?

0:24.4

Good, how are you?

0:25.4

Thanks for joining us.

0:26.4

I am doing fantastic.

0:28.2

I'm super excited to be here.

0:30.2

Awesome.

0:31.2

We've been a dream for me.

0:32.2

Awesome, awesome.

0:33.2

It was so good to have you on, hailing from Florida, where you were telling me before

0:37.2

the show that you and your wife, girlfriend, instead of going to the beach, you go to the

0:42.3

Wizarding World Parks to vacation.

0:44.0

I think that's awesome.

0:45.0

Yeah, that's our spot for like weekend vacations.

0:48.0

And I've been, you know, thankfully I live close enough that we were able to go a lot.

0:52.0

So for Hans Meade and then for the opening of Diagon Alley, we've been able to spend a lot

0:56.3

of time there.

0:57.4

Yeah, awesome, awesome.

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