Because this is our 8th year Harry Potter podcasting, this is Muggle Cast Episode 261 for January 27th, 2012.

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Welcome to Muggle Cast Episode 261, Eric Micah and I are here this week, hello gentlemen.

Hello.

Hello.

What do we have on tap for this week, this month, this year, the first episode of 2013?

It's kind of scary, isn't it?

To think this will be our 8th year of podcasting, yeah.

We started way, way back in 2005.

It is a long time Micah.

It is.

What's interesting is seeing you guys as we podcast here because we're doing it on Google Hangout, which we haven't normally done over the last.

How long has Google Hangout even been around?

Yeah, maybe a year, too, but it's only gotten better recently, so.

Yeah, I just find it interesting to see what each of you do as you podcast.

What do you know about me?

Sipping some coffee or...

It's pure hot.

It's a nice mug.

That's what I was going to say.

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