Unhinged 2026 Potter Predictions, Learning Voldemort's Name, And More MuggleMail

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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

4.6 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week we make a few end-of-year predictions for what 2026 will hold in store for Harry Potter fans, and open up the MuggleMail bag further than ever, as we read recent comments from YouTube and Spotify in addition to Discord, voicemails and e-mail! Join Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura for our final episode of 2025! Looking ahead: what news will we get about a Hogwarts Legacy sequel? How about the HBO TV series? Will more series be green lit? Andrew leads the group in making unhinged predictions including genderbent books and a line of adults-only official merchandise. Our own 2026 plans for MuggleCast include content that looks ahead as well as back, including more talks on the TV show and classic components of HP fandom history. Voicemails sent in include a Hermione Granger impression, and ask the question, "how do children learn Voldemort's name?" Was Arthur Weasley's originally-planned death hinted at in the text of Book 5 and before? Spotify listeners want to know: is Snape projecting? What is the general skill level of your average every day wizard? And will Micah tell more dad jokes? Is Severus Snape a good teacher? What about his old Potions book? Why doesn't Dumbledore ever tell Harry exactly how to destroy the Horcruxes? And, does Hermione belong in Ravenclaw? Additionally, folks tell us their feelings on the Full Cast Harry Potter Audiobooks as well as the Tonks and Lupin romantic subplot. Our Lynx Line segment asks our most dedicated listeners for recommendations of books they've read this year and enjoyed. See the full list of suggestions here! Bonus MuggleCast, available over on our Patreon, will have the hosts discussing their behind-the-scenes stories of contributing to MuggleNet.com MuggleCast will return January 12, 2026! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pursi!
0:02.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus,
0:03.0	Percy Jackson and the Olympians returns.
0:06.0	For the key to our survival, you must quest to the sea of monsters.
0:10.0	The epic saga is back for an all-new season.
0:15.0	Save Grover.
0:16.0	Every myth.
0:17.0	Save camp.
0:18.0	Needs a legend.
0:19.0	That's what real heroes do.
0:21.8	Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
0:24.5	New season exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.6	18 plus subscription required T's and C's apply.
0:30.1	There was a large group and we snuck out to like the back of the room.
0:33.7	And that was when he, my cousin Frank, told me what the F word meant. it's like. Fudge. Very bad, terrible. Fudge. Because I didn't know. You knew you weren't supposed to say it, but you didn't know. And that was when I learned fudge. Welcome to Mugglecaster Weekly Ride into the world of Harry Potter. I'm Andrew. I'm Eric. I'm Micah.
0:55.7	And we're your Harry Potter friends closing out our 20th year of this podcast talking about the books
1:02.9	and the movies and the upcoming TV show. So make sure you press that follow button in your
1:07.4	favorite podcast app and you'll never miss an episode. And this week, as we wind
1:12.0	down 2025, we're taking questions and comments from you, our listeners. It's time for another
1:19.2	muggle mailbag. But before that, since it's our final episode of the year, panel, why don't we
1:25.1	look ahead to 2026? I think it's fun to make some fandom predictions,
1:30.4	and then we can look back this time next year and see if we got any of them right. I don't
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