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MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

Prince It 'Til You Ace It (HBP Chapter 18, Birthday Surprises)

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode, unless you have a bezoar (and a bit of cheek) handy, we highly recommend you brush up on on all of Golpalott’s laws! Join Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura for a show full of alchemy, apparition and plenty of teenage angst! News: Warner Bros. Discovery has a new home in Paramount; plus several dozen young actors have been cast as various Hogwarts students Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 18: Birthday Surprises We analyze Golpalott’s Third Law: could this Potions class teach Harry something about how to ultimately destroy Voldemort? Does the creation of a Horcrux have an alchemical element to it? How does alchemy present in other book series, such as The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel? Can we expect to learn more about Dumbledore and Flamel's partnership in the new Harry Potter TV Show? Apparition: Just put your mind to it! Does this class pass our sniff test? Bezoar! Hermione is upset (again) with Harry’s success in Potions. Does Harry's cheek make him a bit to overconfident when trying to acquire Slughorn’s unredacted memory? When Harry can't locate Malfoy on the Marauder's Map, why does overlook the Room of Requirement? MVP: Destination. Determination. Deliberation. Which is the of the Three D’s? Lynx Line: Name a time in school where you found yourself totally out of your depth subject-wise. Did you overcome your knowledge gap? If so, was it due to hard work and determination? A good teacher or tutor? Or did you merely squeak by in class and never take up the subject again? Quizzitch: In this chapter, a bezoar from the stomach of a goat is used as a cure for poison. In reality, bezoars can appear in humans as ailments. What popular soft drink brand is used to treat bezoars in humans? Answer next week's question via the Quizzitch Form! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.

0:04.0

A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.

0:07.0

They think they're better than us.

0:08.0

Who do you think you are?

0:10.0

I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.

0:11.0

She's punishing me.

0:13.0

You destroyed my family.

0:14.0

I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.

0:17.0

A Woman of Substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.

0:20.0

Project Hail Mary is an extraordinary cinematic experience.

0:24.0

You're a great scientist, Dr. Grace.

0:25.7

The world is counting on you.

0:27.1

Starring Ryan Gosling.

0:28.4

So I met an alien.

0:29.9

Two worlds.

0:30.9

One impossible mission.

0:32.4

We're going to save the stars.

0:33.9

Project Hail Mary.

0:35.0

Amaze, amaze, amaze.

0:36.2

Seat first March 14th and 15th in Cinemas Everywhere, March 19th.

0:40.2

I think offering these kids some, like, strategies to approach the 3Ds with would be helpful here.

0:47.4

But instead, he's just like, oh, I mean, Susan's leg fell off because she wasn't determined enough.

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