Rookie Rule Breaker (OOTP Chapter 16, In The Hog's Head)

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits! Patreon.com/mugglecast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On this week's episode, grab a dirty bottle of Butterbeer from the bartender who kind of looks familiar and pull up a seat or two, because Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura are hosting underground meetings in Hogsmeade's most iconic dive bar! News covers the recently announced interactive edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and new Cursed Child city and tour dates Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 16: In The Hog's Head. Our Time Turner segment has us spinning an old recording from past discussions! Be sure to check out Episode 452 for our prior Chapter 16 analysis! The Hog's Head: site of many an important event in the Harry Potter series We give our initial reactions to Hogsmeade's most iconic dive bar! Given it is quiet and off-the-beaten-path, was the Hog's Head the best choice for the first, unofficial meeting of Dumbledore's Army? FINALLY! Some inter-House unity! Well, kind of... Do we fault Cedric's housemates for wanting to know more about his death? Should Hermione have prepared Harry more for this moment? What would it have taken to convince each of us to sign up for Dumbledore’s Army? Luna vs. Hermione: our favorite Ravenclaw does not back down! Odds & Ends cover a pair of eavesdroppers in Mundungus Fletcher and Willy Widdershins Micah plays bartender, whipping up some Hog's Head cocktails for Andrew, Eric and Laura Lynx Line: If you had to disguise yourself as someone in the Hog’s Head, what would you dress up as and how would you avoid detection? Quizzitch: In the mid-20th century United Kingdom, pint glasses replaced what type of drinking vessel, commonly made of glass, ceramic, or pewter? Visit MuggleCast.com for transcripts, social media links, our full episode archive, our favorite episodes, and to contact us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mugglecast, your weekly ride into the Wizarding World fandom, where we go chapter by chapter through the Harry Potter books,
0:21.0	share the latest news, and keep you updated on the forthcoming Harry Potter TV show.
0:26.3	And this week, grab a few quid and a dirty bottle of butter beer while we discuss Order
0:31.8	the Phoenix Chapter 16, The Hogshead.
0:34.7	I'm Andrew.
0:35.6	Hi, I'm Eric.
0:36.6	I'm Micah.
0:40.3	And I'm Laura. Actually brought a Hogshead glass I'm Andrew. I'm Eric. I'm Micah. And I'm Laura. I actually brought a hogshead glass to the recording tonight from the Wizarding World theme parks. Yes. Oh, man. What kind of brew is
0:46.9	inside of your mug? I was tempted to actually put beer in this, but it's just my usual Celsius
0:51.7	energy drink that I drink while podcasting.
0:54.6	What flavor?
0:55.7	It's one of the berry ones. Are you into Celsius now, Micah?
0:58.8	No, I'm not, but I have I know that there are different flavors.
1:02.2	I haven't ever seen it outside the can. Andrew, are you sure you got the right glass and not
1:06.9	like the other glass that you keep in your office for me. I didn't see.
1:12.6	I got to say, I'm not a huge fan of the color.
1:15.7	I, I, too, never see this drink outside of the can.
1:18.5	Well, in fairness, it is a mug from the hogshead.
1:21.6	So even if the liquid was clear that you poured into it,
1:27.1	it was tainted by whatever Aberforth failed to clean out of that mug.
1:31.1	This has been sitting in my cabinet unused for years, so I'm definitely drinking dust.
1:34.1	I know I'm very impressed. I have mine in my cabinet. I didn't think of it.
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