MuggleCast #221: Podcasting Hard




MuggleCast - Low Bandwidth Edition: the Harry Potter Podcast show

Summary: - News: Strange Magic, BAFTAs, Rowling's projects and more. - Chapter-by-Chapter: Goblet of Fire 27-29. - Why do Ron and Hermione's lake stories differ so greatly? - Should readers have taken issue with Rita Skeeter's article on Hermione? - Things start to come together as Hermione questions Rita's reporting... - ...and Snape questions Harry about Boomslang skin. - We analyze Hermione vs. Hagrid's response to Skeeter's article. - Percy's ignorance and obsession with the Ministry surfaces. - How did Fleur have such a good guess at what the Third Task would entail? - Our first look at how the Order of the Phoenix communicate after Krum is attacked - did you catch it? - Why didn't Dumbledore take precautions and check the maze himself if he was so worried? - Foreshadowing: Snape is a bat, Ron does become a prefect. - Breaking the rules vs. blackmail: Is Hermione right in suggesting telling someone about Fred and George? - What is it with Moody/Barty Crouch Jr. suggesting students become Aurors? - We get our first look at "serious" Sirius the parental figure. - Why doesn't Harry think that Wormtail's blunder could be referring to Crouch Sr.? - Why does Fudge continue to make excuses for Bertha Jorkins? And then show blatant racism? - Your tweets on the Rowling TV movie and future projects. - Could Jo write under a pseudonym in the future? - MuggleMail: Hagrid's story, Ghosts and Merfolk, Harry's naivety and more .