MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast
MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast
Harry Potter
Episode #376: Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 1
1 hour 24 minutes Posted Jul 16, 2018 at 8:24 am.
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Show notes
  • 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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