MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast

* Welcome back Patrick, and Slug Club member Shannon joins the show! * News: a shifty JKR assistant and several new Crimes of Grindelwald promos! * MuggleMail covers Dumbledore understanding parseltongue and nonverbal spells * The hosts give their official Crimes of Grindelwald predictions! * What characters will be Team Grindelwald by the end of the movie? * What will be the big shock about Credence that JKR mentioned? * Will we learn where Fantastic Beasts 3 is set by the end of the film? * Will Nagini be more than Credence's emotional friend? * How will Jacob remember Queenie? * What other Potter characters will be name-checked? * How explicit will the Grindelwald/Dumbledore relationship be? * Why can Dumbledore not move against Grindelwald? * What does it mean that Leta is implicated by prophecy? * Who will be the unsuspecting hero of the movie? * Will the core four make it through the film? Who else likely won't? * Will we see Jacob's bakery? Nurmengard? * We reveal our Most Anticipated New Character and Most Anticipated New Beast! * Quizzitch: What are the names of Newt’s three pet Kneazles? * Next week: Our Crimes of Grindelwald spoiler-FILLED review! Call or e-mail us after you see the movie with your own thoughts! * This week's episode is sponsored by Casper (Visit [Casper.com/MuggleCast](http://www.casper.com/mugglecast) and use code 'MuggleCast' at checkout) and Robinhood (Visit [MuggleCast.Robinhood.com](http://mugglecast.robinhood.com) for a free stock!)

- Laura's back! - #ProtecttheSecrets! Some fans have gotten to see Crimes of Grindelwald early! We speak to Lucas, one of the lucky few. - JKR all but reveals that Rio will be the location for Fantastic Beasts 3! - HQ Trivia - Harry Potter Edition is coming November 14! If we can't win this one, we've got issues. - Voicemails cover Hermione confunding Cormac, Potter Halloween costumes, Potter pickup lines, Dumbledore and parseltongue and a theory on Draco's real father - Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Silver and Opals - 7-Word Summary: Draco is trying out poisoned necklaces hooray! - Harry continues to test spells from the Half-Blood Prince. Is this safe to be doing on fellow students? Filch? Ron? - How do we think wizards create spells? - Clues abound over Snape being the Half-Blood Prince! - Why does Hermione take a liking to the Slug Club meetings? - Harry and Dung square off in Hogsmeade - How good is Draco's plan to get the cursed necklace to Dumbledore? - Where's the security to prevent all of this Imperius-ing in Hogsmeade? - Is Draco being given orders or coming up with these plans on his own? - Should Harry put more trust in McGonagall? - The hosts give their MVPs of the Week and Rename The Chapter - Quizzitch: To date, the Wizarding World film series has won ONE Academy Award. In what category was the award?

* Slug Club member Nicole joins the show! * Claudia Kim weighs in on the Nagini controversy  * The hosts predict the U.S. opening weekend box office total for The Crimes of Grindelwald  * MuggleMail covers obsessive love and Care of Magical Creatures * Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Hermione’s Helping Hand * 7-Word Summary: Harry tries to prune Buckbeak’s big lunch * Hermione reveals why Harry is so appealing... and it definitely bothers Ron! * Did people think this provided a window for Harry and Hermione? Or was it always Hermione and Ron? * Stan Shunpike's comments land him in Azkaban. What does this tell us about the current state of wizarding affairs? * Gryffindor tryouts - whose vetting these people?!?! * Why is Hagrid letting Buckbeak just chill outside his hut? Couldn't he be recognized? * Shouldn't Hagrid be more mature in his initial reactions to the Trio? * Time Turners: were they really all destroyed? Cursed Child begs to differ! * Did Hermione confunding Cormac help along the Ron/Lavender relationship? * Is Harry to blame at all for not replacing Ron with Cormac after he found out the truth? * Connecting The Threads: The Evening Prophet, Stan Shunpike & Aragog * The hosts give their MVPs of the Week and Rename The Chapter * Quizzitch: Who delivers the message to Harry about Dumbledore's second lesson?

* Welcome Slug Club member Sam! * News: JKR shares why everyone is headed to Paris… Credence! * Voicemails cover Book 1 and 7 connections, Hogwarts professors, Leta Lestrange and more * Chapter-by-Chapter continues with 'The House of Gaunt' * 7 Word Summary: A memory comes before another big reveal * Sam shares why this chapter is one of her favorite in the series * Why can't Hermione accept following alternate directions? * Does Slughorn remember Snape as a student? * Do Trelawney's mumblings shed insight on future Pensieve memories? * Stepping inside Bob Ogden's memory * Pureblood mania is alive and well inside the House of Gaunt * Merope is part of a horrible family dynamic with Marvolo and Morfin. Is her family lineage at all to blame for her actions? * Do we blame Tom Riddle Sr. for abandoning his son? What if he didn't? * Horcrux alert: the ring and the locket * As readers, what are we to make of all this guesswork by Dumbledore? * Who is the worst character in this chapter? Merope? Marvolo? Morfin? * Connecting the Threads: Parseltongue, snakes on doors and Bob Ogden * The hosts give their MVPs of the Week and Rename The Chapter * Quizzitch: How old is Stan Shunpike? * In Bonus MuggleCast, [available exclusively on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/posts/22220660) for Dumbledore's Army members and above, we discuss news on Yusuf Kama, Queenie & Grindelwald, the Chupacabra and the French Ministry escape

* This week's episode is brought to you by [ZipRecruiter](http://www.ziprecruiter.com/mugglecast) and [Bombas](http://www.bombas.com/mugglecast)!  * News covers Harry Potter: A History of Magic in NYC, Beedle The Bard Illustrated Edition and a cool Funko Advent Calendar * The hosts try and guess the official runtime of the Crimes of Grindelwald and analyze recently released photos and posters * Fans can see Crimes of Grindelwald early at your their AMC! * We take voicemails on Nagini, Moody, Cursed Child, Hogwarts Mystery and more * Chapter-by-Chapter continues with 'The Half-Blood Prince' * 7 Word Summary: Potions is taught by a quirky walrus * Harry is still trying to convince his friends Draco is a Death Eater * Is Hagrid even qualified to teach a N.E.W.T. level course? * Why do teachers accept certain O.W.L.s for N.E.W.T. level courses but others don't? * Snape is again the focal point of the chapter. Are there any clues in this chapter to suggest that he is the Half-Blood Prince? * What do we think of Snape's remodeling of the DADA classroom? * The importance of non-verbal spells * Do we think Hermione's DADA comparison of Snape and Harry is a fair one? * Potions Class: should Harry really be using a mysterious book with mysterious handwriting? * What if Ron had gotten the book instead? * Patrons joint he hosts in sharing their MVPs of the Week and Rename the Chapter * Quizzitch: What is the topic of Hermione's essay in Chapter 10? * In Bonus MuggleCast, available exclusively on Patreon: Johnny Depp finally talks Fantastic Beasts