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MuggleCastEpisode #731: The Great MuggleCast Bake Off (HBP Chapter 9, ‘The Half-Blood Prince’)
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2025-12-0900 minEpisodes Archives - MuggleCastEpisode #731: The Great MuggleCast Bake Off (HBP Chapter 9, ‘The Half-Blood Prince’)
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Get cozy this winter with a MuggleCast hoodie, Laura’s pants, or a long-sleeve tee! And if you’re Down Under, stay cool this summer with a short sleeve tee or crop top. Get 20% off all official merch at MuggleCastMerch.com when using code HOLIDAY at checkout!
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2025-12-0900 min
MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastThe Great MuggleCast Bake Off (HBP Chapter 9, 'The Half-Blood Prince')Help MuggleCast grow!
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2025-12-091h 11MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastCreating Our Own Hogwarts HousesWe're off for Thanksgiving, but here's a look at the fun you can experience in Bonus MuggleCast on our Patreon!
To celebrate Back to Hogwarts month, the MuggleCasters are creating their own Hogwarts Houses from scratch! We share the name of each of our Houses, the sigil, how to get into the Common Room, what each of these new Houses stands for, and so much more!
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2025-12-0227 minMuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastKeep Your Friends Close And Your Beetles Closer (OOTP Chapter 25, The Beetle at Bay)Help MuggleCast grow!
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On this week's episode, listen during Chapter-by-Chapter as the MuggleCasters discuss Harry juggling TWO dates in Hogsmeade. One which may have been doomed from the start (with Cho), and another which likely changes the course of Wizarding history (with Rita). Andrew, Eric, Laura, Micah, and Slug Club guest Katie dig in, because it's time for Chapter 25 of Harry Potter and t...
2025-05-061h 16MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastThe Fudgerator (OOTP Chapter 10, Luna Lovegood)After a tumultuous summer, it’s time to go back to Hogwarts! Harry is still navigating his feelings of Ron and Hermione being made prefects, and he’s about to meet an entirely new character who might refresh his perspective, all in the latest Chapter-by-Chapter segment from the MuggleCasters, covering Chapter 10 of Order of the Phoenix, Luna Lovegood.
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2024-12-171h 16MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastScout the Route! (OOTP Chapter 7, The Ministry of Magic)Aren’t government buildings exciting? This week, the MuggleCasters jog their memories of how to do public transit because it’s time to go to the Ministry for Harry’s disciplinary hearing! Join Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura as they discuss Chapter 7 of Order of the Phoenix, “The Ministry of Magic.”
Show announcements including what’s going on over at #Millennial and What the Hype?! as well as a unique gift idea for the upcoming Holidays.
HP TV Show news! Actor Mark Rylance is reportedly a top pick for Dumbledore by the creators of the show. We can see it.
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MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastDisorder of the Phoenix (OOTP Chapter 5, The Order of the Phoenix)More like DISorder, are we right? The cracks against Dumbledore keep coming as the MuggleCasters discuss the events of Book 5, Chapter 5 in our continuing re-read. Join Andrew, Eric, Pam and Micah as they discuss Sirius’ godfatherliness and Molly’s intentions. And more!
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Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5: The Order of the Phoenix. And our Time Turner segment has us spinning some old recordings from past discus...
2024-10-221h 11MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastThe MuggleCasters Reunite in Washington D.C.!This week, the four MuggleCasters are all under one roof for the first time since 2010! While attending Podcast Movement in Washington, D.C., we held a listener meet-up and later gathered around a single hotel room desk to answer questions about the show and each other. The entire experience was relaxing and fun, which you can hear for yourself now! Join Andrew, Eric, Laura and Micah IN PERSON while we celebrate 19 years of MuggleCast.Questions answered include:
How does recording in person differ from recording on-line?
Are the hosts as tall and as short as they...
2024-09-031h 12MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastNo Rest For Cousin Harry (GOF Chapter 19, The Hungarian Horntail) feat. Kierra LewisThis week it's into the woods we go as the MuggleCasters read and discuss Chapter 19 of Goblet of Fire, the Hungarian Horntail. And they are joined by someone who is reading the books for the very first time!
Welcome to the show, TikTok icon Kierra Lewis! Harry Potter reaction videos from Kierra are reminding us how fun it was to read the Potter series for the first time! (Find her on Instagram and YouTube, too)
Kierra tells us what it's like having hundreds of thousands and people following her reading the Harry Potter books, and how she has...
2024-03-121h 04MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastNothing About Quidditch Is Fair (GOF Chapter 8, The Quidditch World Cup)The Quidditch World Cup is a security nightmare! (Are you really surprised?) This week, the MuggleCasters dive in (from no less a height than the Top Box) to discussion about rogue mascots and classism as we discuss Chapter 8 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, "The Quidditch World Cup."
Thanks to all who listen to our podcast on Spotify! You made our Wrapped something special.
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Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Goblet of...
2023-12-121h 06MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' Movie Commentary Track!As we prepare to launch our Goblet of Fire Chapter-by-Chapter series, we're excited to finally do a movie commentary track for the fourth Harry Potter movie!
Join the MuggleCasters as they watch and discuss Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. You will need to bring your own copy of the movie's standard edition in order to get the full experience. Before the movie begins, we help you sync up with us so we're all watching together (The sync point is as soon as you get through the 'WB' logo and see a skull).
And have...
2023-10-032h 39MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastHow Are Spells Created? Discussing the Physics of Harry PotterOn this week's episode, the subject of many a late night with Laura and her boyfriend is made into a main discussion for MuggleCast as the hosts and Marc talk through the physics of Harry Potter! Surely magical objects don't come from 'nowhere,' and there must be a magical cost for doing magic somehow? Those big questions and more are our target as Andrew, Eric, Laura, Micah and Marc put on their thinking caps and dive in!
Welcome to this week's special guest, Laura's boyfriend Marc!
Marc is a game designer with a passion for physics.
A...
2022-08-301h 11MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast'Secrets of Dumbledore' Screenplay Review and Revelations, and Perspective-Changing MuggleMailArmed with the brand new Secrets of Dumbledore: The Complete Screenplay book, the MuggleCasters go to work finding answers for mysteries that were not made clear by the 3rd Fantastic Beasts movie, but may have been clearer during production!
What revelations do we have from the new Fantastic Beasts 3 screenplay?
The MuggleCasters are hosting an Instagram Live event this Wednesday, August 3rd at 8:30 PM ET to celebrate our birthday!
More birthday fun: MuggleCast is hosting a LIVE Quizzitch game about ourselves this Saturday at 11 AM ET! Stay tuned to our social media for links.
Don't miss our 2022 Patreon Gi...
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Thank You for Spieling podcastS2E1 - Before We Were Famous, with Micah Tannenbaum, Part 1Thank You for Spieling is back!!!!!! For the start of Season 2, I am joined by my long-time MuggleCast podcast co-host and dear friend Micah Tannenbaum for a two-part interview about our life outside of Harry Potter! We talk about formative experiences, favorite TV shows, early celebrity crushes, and much more on this Part 1 episode. Part 2 will be released next week or sooner. Thank you all for waiting during the inter-season break, and thanks especially to Rob Southgate for his amazing work editing our entire convo. Find Rob's podcast marketing/editing/consulting business on his web...
2022-07-311h 25MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast'Secrets of Dumbledore' Movie Commentary TrackWatch Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore with the MuggleCasters in our movie commentary track! We had a ton of fun watching the movie together and making sense of everything that's going on. What are each character's motives? What are we noticing now that we're watching in the comfort of our own homes? Even the credits had a surprise that a couple of us weren't aware of! We discuss every moment of the movie as we watch it together!
The Secrets of Dumbledore was just released on HBO Max, and now you can watch the movie in real...
2022-06-042h 30MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastAnswering Burning 'Secrets of Dumbledore' Questions With New CanonOn this week's episode, the fearless MuggleCasters take it upon themselves to answer Secrets of Dumbledore's biggest unanswered questions, using their extensive knowledge of the Wizarding World to provide plausible answers and put to bed the movie's most dangling plot threads. Join Andrew, Eric, Laura and Micah on this fun journey through the plot points and listen as they finally discuss whether their own prophecy about the movie came true!
Main Discussion: Can our knowledge of book canon help us explain the events of Fantastic Beasts 3?
In what YEAR is the third movie set? Some title cards would...
2022-05-101h 24MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastSorcerer's Stone Movie Commentary TrackThis week's episode is a movie commentary track for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone! The movie turns 20 years old this weekend, and you can finally watch along with the MuggleCasters. Listen as Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura share their insights and revisit the magical movie that launched the franchise.
You need to bring your own copy of the movie in order to fully enjoy this commentary track. We will help you sync up with us at the beginning (Press 'pause' as soon as the WB logo finishes fading to black. Then press 'play' when Andrew says...
2021-11-092h 35MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastCelebrating and Criticizing Gryffindor HouseThis week, the MuggleCasters tackle the fiercest Hogwarts house of them all with their main discussion centered on Gryffindor! Joining the discussion is long-time friend of the show and boyfriend of Andrew, Pat! The panel of current and former Gryffindors talk about the good and the bad traits of Gryffindor, like why being bold can be a bad thing, and how being "daring" can mean you like to get into trouble. The hosts also examine Gryffindor's security system, ask why it is so insecure, and how famous Gryffindors like Minerva McGonagall and Peter Pettigrew fit into their house assignments!
2021-09-141h 20MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastIn Defense of Hufflepuff HouseComing off of the success of our last episode where we defended Slytherin House, the MuggleCasters turn their sights to that other maligned Hogwarts house: Hufflepuff! Join Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura as they discuss the qualities possessed by Hufflepuff students, examine why Hufflepuff does not get much glory in the books, and why everyone should want to know a Hufflepuff in real life. All that and more, on MuggleCast episode 527!
Important: Only one week remains to select your 2021 MuggleCast patrons physical gift! Join us at Patreon and make your selection between our retro throwback socks and the...
2021-08-241h 21MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastRevisiting 'Deathly Hallows, Part 2' Ten Years Later
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 turns ten years old!
On this episode, the MuggleCasters and Slug Club member Molly reminisce about the last film in the original series.
Where were we when Deathly Hallows came out?
We experience the touching farewell speeches given by Dan, Rupert and Emma on the red carpet in London.
Movie 8 has the highest Rotten Tomato rating of the whole series! And it made the most money. Can we see why?
We deep dive the plot of DH2 and re-learn what was new and different, including Aberforth.
Micah recaps the biggest omissions in adaptation...
2021-07-201h 34MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastPrisoner of Azkaban Movie CommentaryThis week's episode is our fifth-ever Wizarding World movie commentary! Watch Prisoner of Azkaban with the MuggleCasters, and listen as we react in real-time to everything happening. Is this movie as bad as some people say it is? What do we love and hate about it? We discuss it all as we watch!
Note: You will need your own copy of Prisoner of Azkaban in order to watch with us. We will help you sync up the movie with us at the start of the commentary track. We strongly recommend listening to this episode with your own copy...
2021-05-252h 22MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastHow To Tell Fred and George Weasley Apart, and More Twin Talk
News: Warner Bros' recent deal with Regal means a shorter window between theaters and streaming for future Wizarding World films.
This week, we focus our attention on Fred and George Weasley, in celebration of their April 1st birthday.
Following up on our Ron discussion, we read the Twins' horoscope (Aries) for insight into their personality.
Is it strange for George to marry Angelina Johnson, after Fred's death? The hosts weigh in.
The Weasley Twins have traits that can be found in each of their other family members, like Percy's ambition and Arthur's ingenuity.
Are Fred and George the most entrepreneurial...
2021-04-061h 11MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastSeven Harry Potter Fan Films That Expand The Story in Brilliant Ways
The MuggleCasters recently appeared on Evanna Lynch’s ChickPeeps podcast, where we nerded out on Harry Potter - check it out!
We remember Harry Potter fandom icon Nigel Taylor (Vladimir Snape)
Grab the popcorn, candy and soda and hide it inside Laura's huge purse, because this week, we're going to the movies!
In our main discussion this week, we review several excellent Harry Potter Fan-Made Short Films
We review some of the best fan-made movies over the last several years
Severus Snape the The Marauders
Voldemort: Origins of the Heir
Lily Evans and the Eleventh Hour
Life After Fred
Dumbledore an...
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The ChickPeeps Vegan PodcastS3, Ep22: ChickPeeps x Mugglecast Crossover!This season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your first order at vivolife.com. This week we have a very special crossover episode with Wizarding World podcasting masters; the hosts of MuggleCast! Created in 2005, to talk about all things Harry Potter, MuggleCast has produced over 500 episodes is still going strong. This week, Tylor and Evy are joined by Andrew, Eric, Laura and Micah to get their take on animal rights in the wizarding world, and to discuss how to make the wizarding...
2021-03-101h 31MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastWhy J.K. Rowling's Tweet Was Transphobic and HurtfulIn this special installment, Rori Porter, a transfemme member of the Harry Potter fandom, joins the MuggleCasters to discuss why J.K. Rowling's December 19th tweet was transphobic and hurtful.
Rori explains the court battle the tweet is in reference to, what Rowling's doing by saying this, and how it affects trans people. We also discuss the role inclusion and acceptance has played in the Harry Potter fandom, and where we go from here.
Check out TransStudent.org to learn more about the trans community, and click here to read Rori's piece published to Medium.
2020-01-0542 minMuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast#423: 'Harry Potter: Wizards Unite' review
Introducing MuggleCasTBT! Each week on the show and on social media, we'll be sharing a clip from an old episode in which we make a prediction about Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts.
In our first clip, Micah correctly predicts that Dumbledore will be a crucial part of the Fantastic Beasts film series when we still had no idea that he would even be in it.
The MuggleCasters review Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the highly-anticipated game from the creators of Pokemon GO!
What are our overall impressions of the game? Is it living up to expectations?
What are we liking and...
2019-07-011h 08MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast#409: 'Crimes of Grindelwald' Commentary TrackJoin the MuggleCasters as they watch Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald together! This is a commentary track in which we watch the entire movie and discuss everything that's going on. Don't stop once the credits start rolling -- we end up talking all the way through them, and after. We're those people in the theater who refuse to leave!
This is a movie commentary track meant to be played in sync with your own copy of the film. This commentary is designed to work with American DVDs (which are in NTSC format) and all digital and...
2019-03-182h 27MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastEpisode #203: LIVE From Infinitus 2010 and The Wizarding WorldThe MuggleCasters are in Orlando to podcast in front of a live audience! This episode actually includes two shows in one. The first show is from within the hotel where the Infinitus Harry Potter conference was held. The second is live from within the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park! Join us as we talk about the latest Harry Potter news, our thoughts on the Wizarding World park, and much more.
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2010-07-201h 03MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastEpisode #54: Pickles and Tea Parties
Read the winning California lyrics here!
PO Box Update. Click here to see the sketch of the MuggleCasters.
Our new catch-phrase: Pickle.
We learn Jamie can talk really-really-super-super-lyk-omg fast.
California song winners and the sketch will be posted soon!
Main Discussion: the Two-Way Mirror.
Our brand new debate segment: SHOULD Hogwarts stay open? The group takes sides and goes at it.
More Dumbledore/Norris Facts.
See Walker Texas Ranger on Conan right here.
Crackpot Theory of the Week.
A spur-of-the-moment British Joke of the Day.
The truth behind the other Potter podcasts.
Celine Dion or Savage Garden?
2006-09-031h 27MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastEpisode #52: O'MuggleCasters
MuggleNet staffer Claire joins us as a co-host.
Any takers on a MuggleCast dating service?
New T-shirts are on the way! “Squares” and “MicBolt” are almost out of stock.
They’re going in the Disney vault forever!
US writing a book? Pure blasphemy!
Main Discussion: Defense Against the Dark Arts.
What happened to all its teachers prior to SS?
Was there more to Lupin leaving the position?
Snape as the DADA teacher.
Who will teach it in HP7?
Lots and lots of voicemails.
New Dumbledore/Norris facts.
“Huh?!” E-mail of the Week.
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2006-08-2056 minMuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastEpisode 32
A full cast of MuggleCasters…or is it?
Our first batch of Listener Rebuttals
“Right, Andrew?!” cries Ben
Won’t/Shan’t revisited
So who IS the milkman?
Discussion on Chapters 4 and 5 from Sorcerer’s Stone
Is it All a dream?
Harry’s father’s mother’s daughter-in-law’s eyes
Darth Potters – Lily and James on the Dark Side?
Fudge and the Muggles
Is Slytherin the only house for bad guys?
Secret Magic within Ollivander’s?
And that’s where…whaaa?
Next week: the normal segments and normal co-hosts return
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2006-03-261h 09MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastEpisode 16On our November 20th, 2005 edition of MuggleCast…
The guys discuss Goblet of Fire. Join Ben, Andrew, Kevin, Eric and Micah on this week’s edition of MuggleCast.
MuggleCast finally gets the plug on iTunes!
The group spends a few minutes reminiscing about the fun we had in NYC
Andrew and Joe Fulton from MillionairePlayboy.com reveal the two Lego contest winners
We provide complete Goblet of Fire coverage
So much coverage that we can’t even list it here
OOTP is also right around the corner, so what can we expect?
David Yates as the director of the...
2005-11-201h 06MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read PodcastEpisode 5On our September 03, 2005 edition of MuggleCast…
While the debt Pettigrew owes to Harry is something to remember, will only one classroom scene in Goblet of Fire be an Unforgivable act? And, is your vote for the U.S. or U.K.? Which one deserves the world premiere? * Phone rings * The crew also tells the tale of how they got hooked on the boy wizard. Plus, is there a prized possession right under our noses — one of the Dark Lord’s Horcruxes hiding at Hogwarts? * Phone rings *
From contest prize announcements to proper name pronouncements… all that and more...
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