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Alex shares about his trip to Epic Universe! And Joe, Alex, and Brent dive into another Major Moment of Book 7, "The Muggle-Born Registration Commission"!   Open Alex's Epic Universe Trip Butterbeer or Butterbeer Not News You Can Use April Giveaway Wrap-Up Major Moments - The Muggle-Born Registration Commission Community Emails   Joe - @CustomVinylLush Alex - @AtariAlex Brent - @BrentAllenLive Show - @TalesFromGH TikTok- @TFGHshow   Tales from Godric's Hollow is your One-Stop Shop for ALL things magical in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!   Email - TalesFromGodricsHollow@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/talesfromgodricshollow  Instagram - www.instagram.com/talesfromgodricshollow Podchaser - www.podchaser.com/TFGH   Special Shout Out to our Producers/Sponsors AND Headmistresses, The Mysteriously Haunted Headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy and our Headmistress of Ilvermorny, Kori A!   Thank you to ALL of the Patreon supporters!!! We can't do all of this without you all!   Support us on PATREON! www.Patreon.com/TalesFromGodricsHollow   Spellio Revelio and E-Mail sounds/beds came from https://musicradiocreative.com/

Welcome to Fanatical Fics and Where to Find Them! This episode was originally posted on our Patreon bonus feed in November of 2022. Listen to You Pod It, Dude! on Apple Podcasts and Spotify - and follow on instagram!Listen to Professional Talkers on Apple Podcasts and Spotify - and follow on instagram!While this show is no longer being actively produced, we're so grateful to you for tuning in and hope you enjoy the back catalogue and coming wide releases of our bonus episodes. You can find an ad free feed at patreon.com/fanaticalficsFic: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1895183Please leave a review! We'll take kind and constructive… but no flames! You can also help us by suggesting this podcast to every person you've ever met!To see a full list of episodes and recommendations, grab some podcast swag, or get that sweet patreon link visit our website at https://www.fanaticalfics.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 105: Final Boss Con V LIVE (Part II)The chaos continues! We are back on the floor for Part II of our Final Boss Con V coverage. If you thought Part I was packed, grab your headphones because Episode 105 is a certified crit hit. From the zen of miniature painting to the high-energy world of voice-acting royalty, we're bringing you the best of the con.

Episode 142: Live at Final Boss Con Year 5 (Part I)The energy is electric, the cosplays are top-tier, and the microphones are hot! We are coming to you live from the floor of Final Boss Con Year Five for a massive two-part special. As the official podcast of FBC, we're taking you right into the heart of the chaos, the community, and the quest for the ultimate loot.Your hosts Kaiti and Jonah are steering the ship today, navigating through a packed schedule of legendary guests and local icons.The Upgrading Saga Begins: We check in with Ken, who has set himself a legendary challenge. Armed with a modest starting item and a dream, Ken is spent the day trading and upgrading his way through the convention floor. Will he end up with a holy grail collectible or just a very cool paperclip?Gaming for a Cause: Chris Francis stops by the booth to discuss Hurricon. We dive into the heart behind the heat, discussing how the gaming community is coming together to raise vital funds for the American Cancer Society.The Art of the Stitch: We shift gears to the creative side of the con with Rose from Druidic Crafts. She joins us to talk about the meditative world of crocheting, the "cottage-core" vibes of the con circuit, and how she brings fantastical creatures to life with a hook and yarn.A Visit from a Henchman: We close out Part I with a truly nostalgic deep dive. We're joined by Steve Andreno, the man behind the mischievous Baboo from Power Rangers! Steve shares stories from the set, the legacy of the show, and what it's like meeting generations of fans who grew up watching him serve Rita Repulsa.This is only the beginning of our Year Five coverage. The trades are still happening, the floor is still buzzing, and we have even more guests lined up.Make sure to subscribe and stay tuned for Part II, where we wrap up Ken's saga and bring you even more exclusive interviews from the official voice of Final Boss Con!For more information on Final Boss Con:finalbosscon.comHelp support us by listening to episodes, liking posts, sharing our episodes with friends and family and subscribing on all the social media platforms including YouTube! All of these forms of support are free and easy to do but very much appreciated!Find more Muggle with a Mic content and YouTube videos here: linktr.ee/mugglewithamicMusic from this episode: "Take a Chance", Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons

Golden ThreadsLast July, Nick Jeffery and I put together a month long review of Rowling's work in celebration of her 60th birthday, a Kanreki party. Every day we posted conversations about each of Rowling's works with Nick discussing a ‘Lake' point, something biographical or bibliographical, and me talking about a ‘Shed' quality of the work, the author's traditional tools, artistry, and meaning.That worked great for about twenty days. Then we ran out of books. What to do for the remaining days of the month?We decided to talk about Golden Threads, the plot points, themes, and twists that run through everything Rowling has written. We started out with a survey of the fifteen-plus already identified by Rowling Re-readers and Fourth Generation types (see here and here) and then with more in depth looks at the ones that were controversial or more difficult to see. We closed off the month with the ‘Lost Child' Golden Thread and the possibility that Rowling's inspiration for the Harry Potter series was the trauma of pre-natal infanticide (‘abortion').As disturbing as that Golden Thread was to many Rowling fans and Feminist Gate Keepers, there was another third-rail string we didn't discuss, namely, the plot point of incest that readers encounter again and again in the Potter and Strike series as well as the stand-alone stories.Incest as Golden ThreadNick and I discuss the Incest Golden Thread on the fly in the conversation above about Strike-Ellacott fandom theories about Sleep Tight, Evangeline and the series finale. Here are some written references if you want to review them by looking at the books in question on your shelf.* Harry PotterThe foundation crime of the Hogwarts Saga is the abuse of Merope Gaunt by her father Marvolo and her brother Morfin. The abuse in question in this children's book series is not explicitly sexual. As with the abuse of Ariana Dumbledore by the Muggle boys, however, that Merope's father and brother violated her is there between the lines; her trauma is so great that she loses her capacity for magic (as she does after her Riddle lover leaves her) and the family does not send her to Hogwarts lest their shameful secret be revealed. No broken Merope, no Lord Voldemort, no Potter family murder and orphan Harry — no series. Though the Saga's foundation crime, the Gaunt family's abuse of its only young woman, is not revealed until Order of the Phoenix, it is the tragedy on which all the core conflicts of the septology are built.* Casual VacancyStuart ‘Fats' Wall is the adopted son of Tessa and Colin Wall. A teenager in Vacancy, he and Krystall Wheedon are the star-crossed lovers around whose choices and behaviors the ensemble drama largely turn. Fats at the end of the book claims responsibility for all the Ghost of Barry Fairbrother posts by means of which the secrets of Padford citizens are spilled.In the climax of the Wall family drama after Robbie's drowning and Krystall's suicide, Tessa reveals to Fats his personal history. His biological mother was only fourteen when he was born, an age that sadly means it is possible-to-likely that he is the fruit of incest. Tessa, a diabetic woman unlikely to carry a baby to term successfully, compelled her unwilling husband to agree to the adoption despite his mental fragility. Again, the foundation crime of this very involved story is incest, the abuse of a young woman by her family. * Lethal WhiteIn the first of only two Rowling books in which every epigraph was taken from a single work, the fourth Strike novel takes all of its headings from Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm, a play in which suicide and incest go hand in hand, especially in the White Horse finale. The novel parallels its epigraph source in astonishing ways.The Chiswell family has its secrets. The Minister of Culture hires Strike's agency to find ‘dirt' on Jimmy Knight and Geraint Winn that can used as counter “bargaining chips” to end their capacity to blackmail him. He shares neither what information they have that they are holding over his head to extort money and revenge nor what Billy Knight witnessed years ago. If Jasper or Izzy Chiswell had told Strike this information in the beginning, it is likely the pater familias would not have been murdered. The biggest secrets, of course, are about the sexual relationship between Raphael and his step-mother and the step-son's plans to murder father and eventually Kinvarra in order to be free to spend the millions he'll make from sale of the Stubbs. Not quite incest, a step-mother in bed with her step-son, but something like it.Rosmersholm‘s family secrets are if anything more disturbing. Kroll reveals to Rebecca that Dr. West, her adoptive father, was very likely her biological father as well. It is implied heavily that after her mother's death Rebecca's relationship with Dr. West changed from filial to sexual; Kroll's revelation about this is something of an Oedipus Rex moment. Rebecca realizes that she had been sleeping with her father and the incest taboo crushes her ability to accept Rosmer's overdue marriage proposal, a proposal for which she had convinced the ailing Mrs Rosmer to commit suicide.* Troubled BloodThe psychopathic murderer and torturer of children that the police and public believe killed Margot Bamborough is Dennis Creed. We learn in chapter 8 of Strike 5 via the Peg-Legged PI reading The Demon of Paradise Park that Creed was the incestuous rape off-spring of Agnes Waite and her step-father Awdry, a man who wanted to kill the child at birth but which the mother prevented (to her eventual regret). Awdry abused the boy all through his childhood, especially after Agnes' escape as a young woman (reminiscent of Peggy Nancarrow's flight from St Mawes). Troubled Blood is haunted by the victims of Creed's madness, all of whose deaths can be traced back to Awdry's violent sexual violation of his step-daughter.* Hallmarked ManThe mystery Cormoran Strike agrees with no little hesitation to try to solve is ‘What happened to Rupert Fleetwood?' Decima Longcaster Mullins, mother of Fleetwood's son Lion, believes her baby-daddy was the unidentifiable murdered man in the Ramsey Silver Vault. We learn before that victim's identity is revealed that Fleetwood fled the UK after he learned that the woman he loved was his half-sister and his son the product of unwitting incest. Rowling-Galbraith reveals only in the epilogue that Ian Griffiths murdered Tyler Powell because the young man was determined to rescue the young woman living with Griffith as his daughter who was pregnant with his child. Once again, the foundation crimes of a Rowling work turn on the intentional sexual abuse of a girl by a father-figure, here compounded by an Oedipus Rex like incest-in-ignorance episode. Incest Notes* Fantastic BeastsAs in the Harry Potter novels, there are no explicitly incestuous relationships in the Fantastic Beasts screenplays. The conception of Leta Lestrange, however, checks the ‘rape,' ‘power abuse,' and ‘inter-family' boxes of father-daughter incest nightmare. Her mother, Laurena Kama, was desired by Corvus Lestrange III even though she was married to Mustafa and the mother of Yusof. Corvus compelled her by the Imperius Curse to join him and, while she was under his control, which is to say ‘unable to consent or resist his will,' conceived Leta, who took his name as if her mother had been his wife. Leta unknowingly avenges the Kama family by her switching her younger half-brother Corvus IV with the Dumbledore baby that results in his death by drowning.* IckabogNick Jeffery points out in our conversation that there can be no more incestuous means of conceiving a child than the Ickabog species' parthenogenic reproduction. If one accepts that as incest, the Ickabog's death after delivery and the imprinted character of the Ickaboggle by its first contact post partum have to be read allegorically.* Cuckoo's CallingThere is no mention made in the first Strike novel of John Bristow's having sexually abused his younger also-adopted sibling-sister, Lula Landry. I'm going to include it in these ‘Incest Notes' because I think it possible that the man who killed his brother Charlie and envied his sister Lula ‘played' with her cruelly, which fostered her mental instability. I think this is more than imaginative free association head-canon because of Lula's successful search for and planned meeting her real sibling brother Jonah Agyeman the night of her death. Bristow-Agyeman, the false and true brothers, are figures of erotic and anterotic love in her life, so much that I don't think incest is a stretch for John Bristow, the unloved chick in the nest.Hogwarts Professor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.So what?There has been a real up-tick in speculation about how the Strike series will finish in its last two books with the guess work largely turning on how the Big Unresolved Mysteries will play out. The reason I've written up these thumbnail etchings of incest occurrences through Rowling's work is because several of the theories Nick and I are seeing in the comment boxes here and on the YouTube HogwartsProfessor channel are incest driven.To get that, a Serious Striker, beyond grasping that incest is a ‘thing' to expect in a Rowling piece like Bad Dad, Divine Mother, Violence Against Women, and at least one Lost Child, has to have in sight at all times three ideas that act as premises:* Closing Trilogy Theory: Hallmarked Man the first of a three book finale which introduces the main characters;There's a real split in Strike fandom about what to think of Hallmarked Man. The great mass of readers on Reddit I'm told and at least one Substack Sage believe it is “the worst book of the series,” a real stinker. Nick and I — and most of the Hogwarts Professor readers who comment on our posts and conversations — in contrast think it is a brilliant book, one that may eventually be considered one of the best in the Strellacott decalogy.The difference is that the one group reads Strike 8 as if it were just like the first seven books in the series, i.e., a stand alone mystery whose cast of characters will in large part disappear from the stage before the next book begins. That working assumption makes the extraordinarily large cast of players in Hallmarked Man and the five different story-lines just with respect to whom the silver vault corpse might be, not to mention the Strike-Ellacott romance and over arching mysteries clues seem a confusing pile-up of plot points and people, few of which made this book fun-to-read. The author seems like she just lost control of the story and threw everything that occurred to her into the story and cut none of it out.Our working theory disagrees with that Just-Like-All-the-Others assumption and finds the possibility that Rowling has just lost her way very unlikely. Having just finished charting each of Strike 8's chapter sets or ‘Parts' and found that each is an intricate ring, as well as those Parts working as a ring, too, believing that the author is asleep at the wheel seems borderline preposterous.We think that the first seven books, each written playfully on the model of its Harry Potter numeric counterpart, are a closed set — and that the last three books in the ten book series are being written as a trilogy in which the Great Mysteries introduced in the first seven will be resolved.Hallmarked Man, as the first book in this three part series, is burdened with introducing all the principal players of this extended finale inside a book whose mystery allows their appearance and character reveal without pointing too obviously to their part in the upcoming drama. Hence Tara, Dino, Valentine, Ralph Lawrence, Sacha, and at long last Rokeby playing the roles they do in this book.* Trilogy will resolve at last the Leda Margaret, Charlotte, and Strike/Ellacott story line mysteries; The end of Strike 10 seems to be a hard stop according to Rowling. She is obliged, consequently, in the next two books to give her readers satisfaction on the many hanging threads in the series, most notably:* The story of Strike's conception, the IED explosion, and his SIB medal;* Peggy Nancarrow, a.k.a., Leda Strike, why she left St Mawes as she did, why she raised her children as she did, and all the circumstances of her seeming suicide (Where's Switch?); and* Charlotte Campbell-Ross, sometimes referred to as the Honorable Milady Bezerko, and the baby she claims to have conceived with Strike, her backstage efforts to upend Strike's relationship with Robin, her break-up with the hotelier billionaire, her suicide note, and, echoing Leda, the circumstances of her seeming suicide.That's the shortest of lists obviously with nothing about Murphy or Robin or the host of other key players in the series. Given the ending of Hallmarked Man, I'm very much inclined to think that Sleep Tight, Evangeline's mystery will turn on where Robin went after Strike's proposal on the stairs which will necessarily involve Murphy, and, forgive me, many of the players from Strike 8 as Rowling-Galbraith begins rolling out the stunning twists hidden beneath the surface of Strike 8. All those fun confrontations with Charlotte's bizarro family, from Emilia at the end of Grave to Tara, Dino, Valentine, and Sacha? My bet is we'll learn in the next books how much Strike and Ellacott missed in their meetings with each.* Serious Strikers think incest is at the heart of the Strike, Nancarrow, and Campbell mysteries.Leda's Conception* Ted's Daughter with an Unknown WomenA real stretch, I know, but Ted, per the invaluable Cormoran Strike Timeline, was fourteen years older than his younger sister Peggy. If you think it inconceivable that Ted was Leda's father, you either imagine that just-barely-teenage boys cannot sire children (see George Hamilton's life for his sexcapades at age twelve with his stepmother) or you make nothing of the fact that Trevik gave up his daughter for his mother's upbringing when his wife died. Perhaps the cause of the Nancarrow house nightmare and Ted's departure for the Army “lest murder be done” was because, a la Hamilton, Leda's mother was not a young lass with whom Ted met outside The Victory but Trevik's abused wife, Ted's own mother. Which is to say he was both Leda's brother and biological father. Hence the otherwise almost inexplicable relationship of Ted, his barren wife, and Peggy-Leda. Just sayin'!Strike's conception:* Son of Leda and Ted;Leda is 23, give or take a year, at Strike's conception early in 1974 and her older brother is 37 and married to Joan who cannot have children. It's possible that Ted is Cormoran's dad, just as Joan is delighted to hear Strike say he is in Troubled Blood, the only barrier being our being told repeatedly that Ted was a “proper man.” Perhaps that repeated telling is a marker that he wasn't always that proper but did his best to set his sister (daughter?) up well with the Rokeby paternity evidence. See ‘Uncle Ted It' for more speculation along these lines.* Son of Leda and Trevik Nancarrow;I'm thinking that if Rowling is pointing to an incest relationship in the Nancarrow family it isn't with “proper man” Ted, the long-suffering and ever vigilant older brother but to the “pure terror” and “hard-drinking” man despised by sister and brother. You'll forgive for thinking that anything to which Rowling-Galbraith is clearly hopeful her readers will believe is not the surprise ending of her ten book series.* Rokeby deception If Strike's or Leda's conception was incestuous, especially if Ted was the father of either, then Rokeby was deceived about his parentage, I presume with Ted's SIB-driven assistance. The best motivation I have read about why Leda was murdered and her death staged as a seeming suicide, beyond even the Mad Guillespie theories, is that she tired of this deception, hence her refusal to accept Rokeby's child support, and intended to tell Cormoran who his father really was. So Ted killed her. Charlotte Conception and Abuse by Father, Relations with Half-Brother:* Tara and Dino's DaughterFiona wrote to me privately to share her theory that Dino is not only the father of Valentine, Cosima, Decima, and Rupert, but also of Charlotte:In response to a post by Cheryl Rose Orrocks on 17 Feb 2026, my current theory is that Dino Longcaster is Charlotte's father and that his son, Valentine Longcaster, will be revealed as her abuser and the possible biological father of Charlotte's children. Hence the 2nd incest storyline will also involve the Longcaster family. This could be why Charlotte's mother, Tara, despised Charlotte so much.If Jago Ross is somehow linked to the matter of the DNA test involving Bijou and Strike, it may be because he had Charlotte's birth children DNA tested to confirm parentage. Maybe Jago discovers he is not the biological father and assumes Strike is, hence the reason he wants to obtain Strike's DNA results.This would need a whole longish post to unfurl but the high points of Fiona's idea is that, just as with the Fleetwoods, Dino impregnated Campbell's wife Tara unknown to the father. When the Campbells divorced (he doesn't seem to have found out?), Dino then became Charlotte's stepfather in addition to being her biological father.And maybe even the father of her children that she claimed were Cormoran's and Jago's? Whew.* Dino's Sexual AbuseRubes posted her theory on a thread here on 3 March that Dino Longcaster abused Charlotte his step-daughter after his marriage to her then mother, Tara Campbell Longcaster:I think Charlotte got involved with Dino as a teenager (whether willingly or not). That is why she ran away and attempted to kill herself. She told her mother who disbelieved her or knew and it is the source of their conflict. Dino was also maybe the stepfather that tried to have her committed.Dino and his daughter [Cosima] gave me Ivanka and Donald Trump vibes. Maybe he sublimated that incestuous desire with young Charlotte. He is also obsessed with looks and perfection and we know Charlotte as Venus is the epitome of beautyI think Charlotte either extorted him all these years or else continued the on-and-off affair so he would help support her lifestyle.He might even be the father of the twins. It would support both the false paternity and incest themes in THM. We also have multiple examples of (step)fathers grooming/abusing their stepdaughters throughout the series.* Valentine or Sacha relations; Strike child, Ross twinsBoth the ‘Dino Did Her' theories suggest in turn that, a la the Brockbank twins Noel and Holly, the Longcaster and Legard half-siblings Valentine and Sacha had sexual relationships with their beloved swinging sis Charlotte. Either man could be the father of the mystery baby she told Strike was theirs and either one could also be the baby daddy of Jago Ross' supposed twins.As Fiona suggests, if the results of Bijou's DNA testing of Strike winds up in Ross' hands — perhaps Rowling makes the whole effort Ross-inspired after he discovers the twins are not his? — he is the one who reveals to Strike that neither of them was the father of Charlotte's only children. If so, I look forward to reading how Rowling has Strike or Robin connect the dots with the incestuous Campbell-Legard-Longcaster family love-pit.ConclusionsDoes incest tie up all the loose threads in this series? No way. I suppose incest or at least cousin-marriage is a way of life in Afghanistan but I don't see how incest explains for us all the questions surrounding the IED blast.But with respect to the several conception questions we've been straddled with, incest definitely throws up some fascinating possibilities (and ‘throws up' reflects the nausea inducing aspects of this viscerally felt taboo). If you accept the Finishing Trilogy Idea and its corollary that all the mysteries will be resolved in the last three books and that Hallmarked Man has given us our cast of characters, then the possibility that the soft-incest of Decima and Rupert with its sort of happy ending in Strike 8 was an introit to an inbreeding heavy finish in the last two books.Please share your thoughts in the comment boxes below about these theories and about my conversation with Nick in the video above!Hogwarts Professor is a reader-supported publication. 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Book 7, Chapter 6: The Ghoul In Pajamas

In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, Lukis Mac and Hella Omega go deeper on manifestation and the power we all have as creators of our own lives.They break down what it means to wake up from “muggle mode”a state where you're living on autopilot, stuck in survival, and disconnected from your ability to shape your reality and how to shift into living as an empowered creator.They explore how the quality of your energy and the questions you ask directly shape your life, and how asking bigger, more intentional questions helps you break out of old patterns and follow your inner guidance instead of external conditioning.Key themes include getting clear on what you want, owning your vision, giving yourself permission, deciding it's non-negotiable, and taking action without needing to know the “how.” They also speak on trusting the process, timing, and surrender.They also dive into setbacks as redirection, “God forcing your hand,” and the shift from victimhood into full creator consciousness.Timestamps:00:00 Manifestation Wake Up Call00:49 Podcast Welcome Ritual01:38 Earth Playground Choices02:42 Energy And Muggle Mode03:36 Better Questions Better Life05:49 Permission To Want More08:03 Inner Guidance Over Noise10:50 Decide Without The How14:31 Friendly Unknown And Change17:50 Life As Ceremony Focus20:18 Faith Money And Alignment22:37 Work Reps And Expansion23:14 Alone Show Survival Setup24:03 Survival Clarity Mindset24:52 Urgency Beats Dillydallying25:38 Necessity Ignites Action27:09 Stop Waiting Start Finding28:58 Energy In Motion Principle29:53 Property Buying Momentum32:29 Permission To Want More35:17 Nonnegotiables Create Abundance36:10 Generosity Versus Stinginess37:50 Letting Go Vacuum Effect40:56 All In Breathwork Leap42:32 Plot Twists As Redirection44:46 Baby Bird Learn To Fly46:35 Alignment Decide Then Move46:54 Podcast Wrap And ShareFollow for more insights and inspiration:Follow Owaken:/ owakenbreathworkFollow Hella Omega:/ hellaomegaFollow Lukis Mac:/ lukismacLearn more about Owaken Breathwork:Owaken.com

In this high-energy episode of Tall Boy Radio, our host Beans dives headfirst into a world of hidden containers, GPS coordinates, and urban exploration. While most people might call it a hobby, after five minutes with this week's guest, it's clear that Geocaching is a lifestyle, an obsession, and a global scavenger hunt rolled into one.Joining Beans in the studio is none other than Jason Hale, better known to the outdoor community as "The Halemeister." As the face of the popular YouTube channel Geocaching with the Halemeister, Jason brings a staggering level of expertise to the table—boasting over 20,000 finds and having personally placed hundreds of hides for others to discover.The Man Behind the MapThe conversation kicks off with Jason's origin story. Beans explores how a simple curiosity turned into a YouTube channel that now serves as a beacon for "cachers" worldwide. Jason shares what it's like to film his adventures and the community spirit that keeps him trekking through woods and city streets alike.More Than Just a Tupperware in the WoodsJason breaks down the staggering variety of caches out there. The duo discusses:Traditional Caches: The classic "bread and butter" of the game.Multi-Caches: The mental marathons that lead you through several waypoints.Mystery & EarthCaches: Where geocaching meets geography lessons and complex puzzles.The Treasure (SWAG): From "trackables" that travel the globe to the simple joy of finding "Signature Items" left by other players.Pro-Tips and The "Halemeister" Survival KitWith 20,000 finds under his belt, Jason has seen it all. He offers listeners an exclusive masterclass in "The Find," including:Essential Gear: Why you should never leave home without a "Telescopic Mirror," a "Power Bank," and the ever-important "Tweezer" for those pesky micro-logs.Stealth Mode: How to look for a cache in a crowded public area without looking like a secret agent (or a total weirdo)...and the more relaxed rural cachesHide Like a Pro: Jason shares his philosophy on what makes a "Good Hide" versus a "Bad Hide," emphasizing creativity and respect for the environment."It's not just about the numbers; it's about the places I never would have stood if there wasn't a little plastic box waiting for me there." — Jason HaleWhether you're a "Muggle" who has never heard of the game or a veteran with a thousand finds, this episode is packed with wit, wisdom, and the infectious enthusiasm of two guys who truly appreciate the thrill of the hunt.Check out Jason's videos(10) Geocaching with Halemeister - YouTubetallboyradio.com

This IS a Dean Thomas episode, and, if I do say so myself, it delivers. From his quiet refusal to jettison his Muggle identity in a world pressuring him to assimilate, to his year on the run without proof of his blood status, to the moment he walks into the Battle of Hogwarts, Dean Thomas is the character this series didn't give us enough of, and this episode makes the case for why that matters.With 246 listener responses, critical analysis of wand theory, identity, and magical belonging, this is the Dean Thomas episode he always deserved.

Send us Fan MailHey y'all heeeeeey!! We're back with another outrageous episode of BS. Remember to listen to us in a kids' free zone, if you don't, we're not responsible for their mouths. Hope you enjoy. XOXO Two Bad B*tches. 

Chapter 13 - The Muggle-born Registration Commission, covered by Abby!Propaganda pamphlets (sound familiar?), Dementor-'guarded' courtrooms, and a stolen Horcrux worn like a fashion accessory — the Ministry isn't just corrupt, it's monstrous. The trio got what they came for, but getting out is a whole other problem. ⚡️

Final Prep & MiniaturesThe countdown is on! With Final Boss Con lurking just around the corner on April 25-26, it's time to level up your con-prep game.In the first half of today's episode, we're joined by Kaitlynn from Final Boss Con to give us the "State of the Con" address. If you want to navigate the weekend like a pro, you'll need the lowdown on:The ConTrack App: Your digital map to survival and scheduling.Raffle & Auction Sneak Peeks: A look at the loot you could be taking home.Then, we shift gears from logistics to artistry. We're sitting down with JpGotrokkits, the mastermind behind the Paint and Take booth at FBC. JP gives us the details on how you can snag a miniature, get some paint on it, and take it home—with the first one being completely free for con-goers!Kaiti and JP also dive into the world of mini-painting, sharing tips on how to get started without breaking the bank. We're featuring a segment of their deep-dive interview here, but if you want the full, unedited masterclass, keep an eye out for the complete video dropping on YouTube soon.Don't be a common mob—prepare like a legend. Whether you're here for the rare auction finds or just want to make sure your first mini doesn't look like a melted crayon, this episode is your required reading.Listen now, or risk being the only one at the con still looking for the restrooms while everyone else is winning raffles.For more information on Final Boss Con:finalbosscon.comHelp support us by listening to episodes, liking posts, sharing our episodes with friends and family and subscribing on all the social media platforms including YouTube! All of these forms of support are free and easy to do but very much appreciated!Find more Muggle with a Mic content and YouTube videos here: linktr.ee/mugglewithamicMusic from this episode: "Take a Chance", Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons

As if last week's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone TV Show trailer wasn't enough, HBO Max has released a new documentary giving us a behind the scenes look at the making of the upcoming book to TV adaptation! We react to this new documentary called Finding Harry and how it leaves us feeling about the new Harry Potter TV show. The thought and detail that is going into this series is nothing short of incredible, and we explain why we're feeling reassured about rebooting this story. From the numerous animatronics to an earthy Hogwarts to making illogical magic logical, we go moment by moment through this documentary. Your Harry Potter friends at MuggleCast are continuing to cover the TV show now through the December 2026 premiere and beyond. Be sure to follow us in your favorite podcast app and tell a fellow Muggle about our TV show analysis! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alice and Martha are back to the third book, and someone's prediction has come true! Stanley (??) makes his first OPAAT appearance as "Neville", who outta read the papers more, finds out that Sirius isn't just a Muggle convict. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don't forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! 

Book 7, Chapter 5: Fallen Warrior

Anthony recaps a business-like win over the Wizards, bashes Washington for whatever the hell that roster is supposed to be, praises the Lakers for how they handled the game and then moves on to one of the wider-ranging Q&As in recent show history. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Misguided Misfits are back with another unfiltered episode you don't want to miss! This week, we're diving into the state of customer service—why it feels like it's declining and the wild experiences we've all had lately. We also get into the buzz around the upcoming Harry Potter series and what fans can really expect from this reboot.Of course, we had to talk about Latto and the pregnancy rumors shaking up social media, plus Druski continuing to prove why he's one of the funniest personalities in the game right now. From pop culture to real-life frustrations, we're covering it all with our usual mix of humor, honesty, and hot takes.Tune in and get through this thing called life with the Misguided Misfits!Follow us on Social @misguidedmistfitspod YoutubeInstagram Facebook TiktokSpotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2VSQeq67KCnZL1loOHXBjn?si=vRpnmXjkQYe2pjjd2koGBA&dl_branch=1 AppleHttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/misguided-misfits/id1573607785 YouTubehttps://youtube.com/channel/UCyLMJskl2j96R3wLcmhctNQFollow us on social Instagram • Facebook • TIKTOK @misguidedmisfitspodShop Bedrock Cosmetics Bedrockcosmetics.etsy.com                             Join Fetch and earn rewards from your receipts Come save money on Fetch with me! Sign up w/ code 64Y2VF & get 100 pts: https://referral.fetch.com/vvv3/referralsocial?code=64Y2VF. See you there!Join Chime https://chime.com/r/qituwrahcameron

Potter Revisited Episode #105 Department of Injustice AKA Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7 "The Ministry of Magic" Harry entering the room alone and realizing he is in the room where he saw the death eater trials is spooky  Does the Ministry assume Harry traveled to London from Surrey? Surely he should be pardoned for being late do the the quick location and time change - especially since he is a minor who cannot use the quicker transportation methods  Harry notices Percy, but Percy ignores him  What are Fudge and Umbridge's credentials to be interrogators in a criminal hearing? This feels like the Prime Minister asking you questions about a crime they think you committed as a minor Fudge has an agenda for this hearing and how he wants it to go Dumbledore makes his dramatic entrance into the hearing  Shay loves this version of Dumbledore - alert the press!  The way Dumbledore comes in, acts very calm and assertive totally undermines Fudge and his control over the hearing  Why is it such a big deal that Harry did magic in front of a Muggle when the Muggle is Dudley, who already knows about magic? Madame Bones being so in shock and impressed about Harry being able to produce a patronus is so great, we stan Fudge making a joke using Bagman's gambling addiction is in such poor taste and completely inappropriate for the situation Dumbledore brings up the Charter of Rights - shouldn't Harry been aware of this before the hearing so he wasn't steamrolled by the Minister of Magic who has a vendetta against him?  Mrs Figg is brought in as a witness, and it shows how much care the Ministry has in Squibs as they have no record of her  We are introduced to Umbridge and prepare for the awfulness coming our way  Umbridge is such an different villain compared to Voldemort in the series  Fudge brining up other past incidents of Harry shows he is grasping at straws, and how corrupt he is when he says "laws can be changed" Dumbledore dips as soon as Harry is cleared, and Tori doesn't understand Shay's Amanda Show reference  Shay discusses Madam Bones and how she would make a great surrogate mom figure for Harry in addition to Molly... and Tori breaks the news that she dies  Snape Sucks count for Chapter 7: 0 Email any thoughts, questions or feedback to  potterrevisitedpodcast@gmail.com Music: Shelter Song by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Follow Us:  Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/potterrevisited Twitter https://twitter.com/potterevisited Instagram https://www.instagram.com/potterrevisited_/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4v2Xt0OIQ8_LCVYhKf2S5A TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@potterrevisited  

For personal reasons, Professor Julian Wamble is taking a brief detour from the regularly scheduled programming — which also means listeners who haven't caught the Cho Chang episode yet have an extra week to do so before the Prof Responds follow-up drops next week. In the meantime, Julian shares the very first trial episode he ever recorded for Critical Magic Theory, back in 2023, a full six months before the podcast officially launched. Recorded at his therapist's nudging (who may or may not be Dumbledore??), the mini-episode lays out the three social hierarchies of the Wizarding World — Pure-Bloods, Half-Bloods, Muggle-borns, and Squibs — a framework Julian uses at the top of every class he teaches at GW, and the conceptual backbone the podcast has quietly run on ever since.Laugh along as Past Julian tries very hard to sound professional, and rejoice that the whole thing is blessedly short because 2023 Julian didn't think anyone would want to listen to him for very long.Joke's on him.

Dinos, Derbies, and Clarinet Solos

In Chapter 6, Cumentors make a surprise attack at Deathbert & Reapers, and Derrick is forced to save not only himself, but various Muggle children too…Hey! I'm all over the internet doing dumb stuff that I think is cool.Go find me somewhere!!!▶️ Youtube Channel: ⁠youtube.com/radiomike⁠✍️ Read my Blog: ⁠radiomike.substack.com⁠

Dearest Listeners,The social season is upon us, and the Muggles are trading their wands for waistcoats! This episode, Kaiti and Kaitlynn are diving deep into the world of Bridgerton. Grab your favorite beverage—the ladies are kicking things off by showing off their mug selections for the episode (because you can't talk scandal without a proper vessel).In this episode, we're breaking down:The Definitive Ranking: We rank every season of Bridgerton so far. Which sibling's story reigned supreme, and which one left us wanting more?Season 4 Deep Dive: Benedict's turn in the spotlight is finally here! We discuss everything about the newest season, from the masquerade magic to that undeniable chemistry.Page vs. Screen: We compare Season 4 to its book counterpart, An Offer From a Gentleman. We're talking about the biggest changes— especially the changes made to Bachelor Benedict —and whether the Netflix glow-up did Julia Quinn's novel justice.The Character Gauntlet: To wrap things up, Kaitlynn faces a high-stakes Bridgerton Character Quiz. See if you can outsmart the Ton and match these iconic residents to their quotes before we do!Whether you're a die-hard reader of the series or just here for the orchestral pop covers, this episode is for you. For more information on Final Boss Con:finalbosscon.comHelp support us by listening to episodes, liking posts, sharing our episodes with friends and family and subscribing on all the social media platforms including YouTube! All of these forms of support are free and easy to do but very much appreciated!Find more Muggle with a Mic content and YouTube videos here: linktr.ee/mugglewithamicMusic from this episode: "Take a Chance", Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative CommonsSound effects via uppbeat.io/

Book 7, Chapter 4: The Seven Potters

As Valentine's Day approaches in the Muggle world, romance is also a focus in this area of Half-Blood Prince. Join Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura as they watch Harry watch Draco, watch Hermione regret her revenge against Ron, and watch Snape learn that Harry is suddenly good at Potions.  New Throwback Content: This Saturday, February 14 at 11am ET, MuggleCast will stream the Chamber of Secrets PC Game LIVE on our Twitch! It will later be available on our YouTube channel. A listener recently reviewed us being “as cozy as a warm blanket on a cold day.” We're very touched! If you feel similarly, be sure to tell us by leaving a review. Chapter by Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 15: The Unbreakable Vow The MC Pensive segment takes us back to an episode we recorded seven years ago. Hermione decides to take Cormac McLaggen to Slughorn's Christmas Party, just as Ron feared she would. Is this revenge satisfying for the readers? Do we feel bad when it doesn't work out for Hermione? Should love potions be taken more seriously than they are, by everyone? Harry is (rightly) worried. Eric asks, how does Cormac not know how to show someone a good time? Harry says that he kinda always thought Filch and Madame Prince were a thing. The hosts pick apart that offhand comment... ...and then we speculate. COULD that be a thing? Filch and Madame Prince? What do they have in common? How does Mrs. Norris feel? Is Snape's attempt to detect Draco's lying ethical? We know there's more in it at stake for him. Should Draco have been suspicious that Snape was working for Dumbledore, based on Snape's emphasis on the importance of DADA for Crabbe and Goyle? What If?: Harry overheard that Draco's mission was to kill Dumbledore? What if it was said aloud? What would Harry do? Odds and Ends include the Number 12 (our favorite), and vampires. Our MVP segment asks who is the best character to take to Slughorn's Christmas party? Our Lynx Line topic this week for Slug Club patrons: Who should Snape and Trelawney have invited as their dates to Slughorn's party? And, what would their pick-up lines have been? Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering this week's Quizzitch question at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, bring your finest gin (Andrew's is indigo!) to a party at the Muggle orphanage where Mrs. Cole is meets Dumbledore, as our Chapter-by-Chapter series continues discussing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Our Chapter 13 discussion of "The Secret Riddle" is thought-provoking and focused largely on Dumbledore's actions and his intentions, based on what he might have known about things way back in the early 1940's. News: We discuss two new castings for the recent Prisoner of Azkaban full cast audiobook release. Stay tuned for a review of these new audiobooks! Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13: The Secret Riddle Is Harry treating Dumbledore differently at the start of the chapter than Young Tom Riddle treats him during the memory? What changes in Dumbledore's response to Harry if he already knows what Harry is saying about Draco is true? The Pensieve memory with Burke might seem different - but we've actually seen something like it before! A listener email asks, could Dumbledore have sent Mundungus to raid Grimmauld Place for Aberforth? How is what Dumbledore does to Mrs. Cole different than what Young Tom does to his fellow orphans? What made Merope still honor her father when naming Tom? We discuss Tom Riddle's mental state and one possibly identifiable diagnosis for his behavior. How come Harry didn't turn out like Tom Riddle given their similar trajectories? Was Dumbledore intentionally trying to impress Tom by making fire? Is he therefore playing with fire? Our MVP segment asks what the creepiest thing Young Tom Riddle does in this chapter? Our Lynx Line topic this week for Slug Club patrons: Which character would you most like to Confund and get to spill all the tea? Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering this week's Quizzitch question at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch! Coming up in Bonus MuggleCast: it's another edition of Harry Potter Hot Takes, NSFW! Pledge to MuggleCast on Patreon to listen to this and all of our bonus episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book 7, Chapter 3: The Dursleys Departing

Muggles rejoice! Exciting news for our friends at Upper Deck, with the news that they're going to make Harry Potter cards.We also talk some about Invincible, Topps Chrome Marvel Studios – and then get inspired by @stackingslabs on Instagram as we talk ‘boomerang' cards – cards that leave you but make a return trip as you just can NOT live without them. What's YOUR boomerang card?Finally, we revisit a Marvel Annual Pack Wars legend.Our links are all here; https://linktr.ee/ThatCCPod========Music;I Got a Stick Arr Bryan Teoh Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠Intro;Smooth vocals by Greg McLaughlin of The Rebel Base Card Podcast – find his show here; ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2T5nysLpxbK2ZpRrgcCO8I⁠

We're back with another episode recorded live at the 14th annual Harry Potter Academic Conference, which took place online in October 2025.Katy and Emily are joined by several conference regulars—producer Laurie Beckoff, John Anthony Dunne, Louise Freeman-Davis, Lorrie Kim, Mark-Anthony Lewis, and Mitchell Parks—to discuss the gradual encroachment of fascism in the Potter series in light of recent sociopolitical developments in the Muggle world, looking to the books to find messages of hope, solidarity, and resolve in our own dark times.First, we define "fascism," a word that is thrown around a lot these days, and look at its connection to nationalism. When do we first start to see "authoritarian creep" in the series, how does it progress, and what insights can we glean from the series that might help us identify and head off similar trends in our society?As dark and depressing as this conversation can be, solidarity and resistance in the face of oppression are an essential part of Harry Potter. How can fiction help us fight fascism in our own world?We can't wait to attend the 15th annual conference back in person at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. Hope to see you there!This episode was edited by Land Deer.

Nick is joined by John Granger and special guest star Guido in their temporary headquarters as they await the move to Granger Towers. We discuss the revelation that J. K. Rowling has an inherited blood clotting disorder, and speculate that this could be von Willebrand Disease, and discuss what this could mean for a Golden Thread that John first explored more than five years ago. Nick surveys the instances of blood in all her published work, and John identifies a theme that Nick has missed - the Eucharist. Could this be the key to understanding the final narrative arch of the Strike series?Links Discussed in this Episode:The revelation of J. K. Rowling's condition:https://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/j-k-rowling-and-the-roy-phipps-connection/John discusses the Golden Thread on the Reading Writing Rowling Podcast in 2020.https://audioboom.com/posts/7566531-episode-37-troubled-blood-and-the-faerie-queene-strike-5John Granger's book How Harry Cast his Spell exploring the Christian content and meaning in Harry Potter.https://www.amazon.com/How-Harry-Cast-His-Spell/dp/1414321880John's visit to Denmark Street and St Giles-in-the-Fields in 2016.https://web.archive.org/web/20171130161236/https://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/visiting-cormoran-strikes-pub-and-denmark-street-premises-in-london/Victor Turner - Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual (1966)https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/vision/1966-turner.pdfThe Blood Survey:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe word “Blood” appears 33 times.dragon's bloodThe Bloody BaronHarry thought Flint looked as if he had some troll blood in him.One book had a dark stain on it that looked horribly like blood.That's unicorn blood.It put its hand into its pocket and pulled out a blood-red stone.Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsThe word “Blood” appears 46 times.not a drop of magical blood in their veins‘Wizard blood is counting for less everywhere –'No Malfoy's worth listenin' ter. Bad blood, that's what it is.‘No one asked your opinion, you filthy little Mudblood,' he spat.who think they're better than everyone else because they're what people call pure-blood.Most wizards these days are half-blood anyway.‘… I smell blood … I SMELL BLOOD!'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanThe word “Blood” appears 21 times.‘It all comes down to blood, as I was saying the other day. Bad blood will out. Now, I'm saying nothing against your family, Petunia'Ron and Hermione were standing underneath it, examining a tray of blood-flavoured lollipops.‘BLOOD!' Ron yelled into the stunned silence. ‘HE'S GONE! AND YOU KNOW WHAT WAS ON THE FLOOR?'Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireThe word “Blood” appears 37 times.Now that they had removed their furs, the Durmstrang students were revealed to be wearing robes of a deep, blood red.‘B-blood of the enemy … forcibly taken … you will … resurrect your foe.'I wanted Harry Potter's blood. I wanted the blood of the one who had stripped me of power thirteen years ago, for the lingering protection his mother once gave him, would then reside in my veins, too …Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixThe word “Blood” appears 85 times.‘Yoooou!' she howled, her eyes popping at the sight of the man. ‘Blood traitor, abomination, shame of my flesh!'‘Because I hated the whole lot of them: my parents, with their pure-blood mania, convinced that to be a Black made you practically royal‘The pure-blood families are all interrelated,' said Sirius. ‘If you're only going to let your sons and daughters marry pure-bloods your choice is very limited; there are hardly any of us left.‘Terrified? I hope I, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, have never been guilty of cowardice in my life! The noble blood that runs in my veins –'Again and again Harry wrote the words on the parchment in what he soon came to realise was not ink, but his own blood.‘It seems there was some rather unusual kind of poison in that snake's fangs that keeps wounds open. They're sure they'll find an antidote, though; they say they've had much worse cases than mine, and in the meantime I just have to keep taking a Blood-Replenishing Potion every hour.‘While you can still call home the place where your mother's blood dwells, there you cannot be touched or harmed by Voldemort. He shed her blood, but it lives on in you and her sister. Her blood became your refugeHarry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceThe word “Blood” appears 105 times.‘If I had murdered Harry Potter, the Dark Lord could not have used his blood to regenerate, making him invincible –'Harry had never hated Malfoy more than as he lay there, like an absurd turtle on its back, blood dripping sickeningly into his open mouth.‘My daughter – pure-blooded descendant of Salazar Slytherin – hankering after a filthy, dirt-veined Muggle?'It was as though something large and scaly erupted into life in Harry's stomach, clawing at his insides: hot blood seemed to flood his brainI've learned more from the Half-Blood Prince than Snape or Slughorn have taught me in –'‘Harry, I'd like you to meet Eldred Worple, an old student of mine, author of Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires – and, of course, his friend Sanguini.'Blood spurted from Malfoy's face and chest as though he had been slashed with an invisible sword. He staggered backwards and collapsed on to the waterlogged floor with a great splash, his wand falling from his limp right hand.‘Payment?' said Harry. ‘You've got to give the door something?' ‘Yes,' said Dumbledore. ‘Blood, if I am not much mistaken.' ‘Blood?'Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsThe word “Blood” appears 125 times.As I reveal in chapter sixteen, Ivor Dillonsby claims he had already discovered eight uses of dragon's blood when Dumbledore “borrowed” his papers.'MUDBLOODS and the Dangers They Pose to a Peaceful Pure-Blood Society‘Splinched,' said Hermione, her fingers already busy at Ron's sleeve, where the blood was wettest and darkest.Was it his own blood pulsing through his veins that he could feel, or was it something beating inside the locket, like a tiny metal heart?‘Drop your wands,' she whispered. ‘Drop them, or we'll see exactly how filthy her blood is!'Every drop of magical blood spilled is a loss and a waste.‘Precisely!' said Dumbledore. ‘He took your blood and rebuilt his living body with it! Your blood in his veins, Harry, Lily's protection inside both of you! He tethered you to life while he lives!'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemThe word “Blood” appears 11 times.The Kappa feeds on human blood but may be persuaded not to harm a person if it is thrown a cucumber with that person's name carved into it.Re'em blood gives the drinker immense strength, though the difficulty in procuring it means that supplies are negligibleSalamander blood has powerful curative and restorative properties.Quidditch Through the AgesThe word “Blood” appears 6 times.The first Bludgers (or ‘Blooders') were, as we have seen, flying rocksThe Tales of Beedle the BardThe word “Blood” appears 5 times.There is not a witch or wizard in existence whose blood has not mingled with that of MugglesCasual VacancyThe word “Blood” appears 97 times.Then pain such as he had never experienced sliced through his brain like a demolition ball. He barely noticed the smarting of his knees as they smacked onto the cold tarmac; his skull was awash with fire and blood; the agony was excruciating beyond endurance, except that endure it he must, for oblivion was still a minute away.All they could get out of her at first was, ‘The Fields, the bloody, bloody Fields …'‘Mrs Weedon's new pills are upsetting her stomach,' said Parminder calmly. ‘So we're doing your bloods today, aren't we?'Sharp, hot pain and the blood came at once; when she had cut herself right up to her elbow she pressed the wad of tissues onto the long wound, making sure nothing leaked onto her nightshirt or the carpet.Some of her self-hatred had oozed out with the blood.Pagford, bloody Pagford. Samantha had never meant to live here.That morning, at breakfast, she had tested her blood sugar with the glucometer for the first time, then taken out the prefilled needle and inserted it into her own belly. It had hurt much more than when deft Parminder did it.Did she find it easier to accept him as a separate individual than if he had been made from her flesh and blood? Her glucose-heavy, tainted blood …The Cuckoo's CallingThe word “Blood” appears 64 times.Her accidental assailant was massive; his height, his general hairiness, coupled with a gently expanding belly, suggested a grizzly bear. One of his eyes was puffy and bruised, the skin just below the eyebrow cut. Congealing blood sat in raised white-edged nail tracks on his left cheek and the right side of his thick neck, revealed by the crumpled open collar of his shirt.Perhaps a knife would plunge between his shoulder blades as he walked through the front door of her flat; perhaps he would walk into the bedroom to discover her corpse, wrists slit, lying in a puddle of congealing blood in front of the fireplace.‘Pushing someone over a balcony's a spur-of-the-moment thing,' said Strike, as though he had felt her inner wince. ‘Hot blood. Blind temper.'When Lucy's lips were pursed she bore a strong resemblance to their Aunt Joan, who was no blood relation to either of them.You're a cold-blooded b*****d, aren't you? No f*****g wonder old Jonny's not keen on you.'Strike, however, knew Charlotte as intimately as a germ that had lingered in his blood for fifteen yearsSergeant Gary Topley lying in the blood-spattered dust of that Afghanistan road, his face unscathed, but with no body below the upper ribs.The SilkwormThe word “Blood” appears 140 times.Message after message, stuck out on the bloody cliffs at Gwithian trying to get reception—Strike had never taken the time to consider, although Polworth, a man of many pithy theories, took the view that such women (‘nervy, overbred') were subconsciously looking for what he called ‘carthorse blood'.‘—and she says he won't let them sell. There was bad blood between Fancourt and Quine.'Strike would have advised any friend to leave and not look back, but he had come to see her like a virus in his blood that he doubted he would ever eradicate‘So much for love being a mirage and a chimera,' sighed Mrs Ellacott as she tossed down her pen. ‘This is no good. I wanted blood and guts, Michael. Blood and guts.'Career of EvilThe word “Blood” appears 115 times.He had not managed to scrub off all her blood. A dark line like a parenthesis lay under the middle fingernail of his left hand.He was good at reading people. He had read and charmed the girl who had died yesterday among the blood-soaked peach towels.“He doesn't like talking about personal stuff. Blood out of a stone.”On a high metal table sat a pillow in a plastic evidence bag; it was covered in dark brown bloodstains. A cardboard box next to it contained bottles of spirits. Where there was bloodshed, there was always alcohol.Strike remembered the wide patch of blood on the sheets, the excoriated skin on her wrist where Rhona had tried to free herself.Nevertheless, those long hours of driving through the darkness when he had known an encounter with the police might be fatal, when he had feared a request to turn out his pockets or a shrewd-eyed passenger noticing dried blood on him had taught him a powerful lesson.He was wearing a yellow T-shirt and on his right forearm was the rose tattoo, which had undergone a modification: a dagger now ran through it, and drops of blood fell out of the flower towards the wrist.If they'd been five minutes later she'd've been a goner. It took two blood transfusions to keep her alive.Lethal WhiteThe word “Blood” appears 143 times.He had been left with a deep dislike of being driven by anybody else and, to this day, with dreams of blood and agony that sometimes woke him, bathed in sweat.She could imagine Raphael bloody at the steering wheel, and the broken figure of the young mother on the road, and the police cars and the incident tape and the gawpers in passing cars.“Last night, when he was stoned. He said he knew a government minister who had blood on his hands.”“Would you mind waiting outside the curtain? We need to take bloods, change his drips and his catheter.”Strike could taste blood, but, from what he could see, the splintered and torn remnants of Jimmy's placard had been scattered by the mêlée.There was a piece of thick cream writing paper headed with a red Tudor rose, like a drop of blood, and the printed address of the house in which Robin stood.The old knife wound on her arm had been gaping open and it was the trail of her spurting blood that her pursuers were following, and she knew she would never make it to the place where Strike was waiting for the bag of bugs . . .‘She come into the yard, seen what had happened, ran towards Mr Chiswell, grabbed the hammer and just swung for him. Blood everywhere. It was horrible,'Troubled BloodThe word “Blood” appears 171 times.“Yeah, well, blood and soil's never been my—”She'd heard stories that Ilsa gave titles like cheap thrillers: the Night of the Bread Knife, the Incident of the Black Lace Dress and the Blood-Stained Note.She believed, I think, like Suhrawardy, that ‘bloodshed and disorder are not necessarily evil in themselves, if resorted to for a noble cause.'”And even in the seventies, before DNA testing, the police did pretty well with fingerprints, blood groups and so forth.“Anyway, one of the things she told Lawson was that she'd sponged blood off the spare-room carpet the day Margot disappeared.“According to Roy, the age difference and the blood relationship ought to have constituted a total prohibition on the relationship in the minds of all decent people. But as we know, he managed to overcome those qualms seven years later.In the second week of November, Joan's chemotherapy caused her white blood cell count to plummet dangerously, and she was admitted to hospital.She'd only once in her life had to face the possibility that she might be pregnant, and could still remember the relief that had flooded her when it became clear that she wasn't, and wouldn't have to face still more contact with strangers, and another intimate procedure, more blood, more pain.“But there was something bloodless about the man. Not wet exactly, but—” Oonagh gave a sudden laugh. “‘Bloodless'—you'll know about his bleeding problem?”The demon he “saw” was carrying a cup of blood and a sword.‘She – never seemed – to remember – that I couldn't – protect her – couldn't – do anything – if somebody tried – to hurt – because I'm a useless – bleeder … useless … bloody … bleeder … 'A few pages inside was a brown smear. Strike halted the cascade of pages to examine it more closely. It was, he suspected, dried blood, and had been wiped across a few lines of writing.This I will say more, to wit, that those who walk in their sleep, do, by no other guide than the spirit of the blood, that is, of the outward man, walk up and down, perform business, climb walls and manage things that are otherwise impossible to those that are awake.She'd taken the full force of Strike's elbow between her eyebrows, and she realised her nose was bleeding only when she accidentally sprayed blood onto the kind American's white shirt front.‘It – was – a – f*****g – joke,' said Morris, examining the blood smeared on his hands. ‘I only meant to make you jump – f**k's sake—'The Ink Black HeartThe word “Blood” appears 214 times.There was bad blood between Strike and Mitch Patterson, the boss of the agency in question, which dated back to the time Patterson had put Strike himself under surveillance.‘Thanks – I ripped off a nail opening the last one. Yeah, so she was banging on about blood diamonds, and I…'Having explained the Christian symbolism of the pelican, which was feeding her chicks with her own blood, Groomer wondered aloud whether Legs was ready for a coffee‘Second letter of the alphabet, eighth letter: BH. Stands for blood and honour. Blood and Honour are a neo-Nazi skinhead group.'Might still be a bit of Edie's blood on the grass. You could frame it. Sell it on eBay.Vilepechora: I fkn love a redhead. Proper Viking bloodStrike parked, then used the old man's handkerchief and his own saliva to remove from his face all traces of blood, of which there was a surprising amount.Red Soles lay where he'd been deposited on the platform, blood trickling from his inner ear.They fort there was a vampire in the real cemetery, in the seventies. Edie fort it was corny, 'avin' a vampire, but I drew 'im so she could see what I was finking. I wanted 'im to be inept, like, tryna kill tourists but never gettin' enough blood to live on, so 'e was, like, weak an' feeble…'‘Julius Evola. Far-right philosopher. Ludicrous racial theories. A rather determinedly eccentric classmate of mine at Radley was partial to him. Used to carry The Myth of the Blood around and read it ostentatiously at meal times.It was impossible to know whether Ross had turned pale, because the man had always looked as though antifreeze ran in his veins rather than blood, but he'd certainly become unnaturally still.Robin stamped hard on his bare foot before both slipped in another puddle of Inigo's blood.As the door shuddered, Robin saw, by the dim glow from a skylight, Katya slumped on the floor beside the bath, blood all over the hands she was pressing against her stomach.The Running GraveThe word “Blood” appears 194 times.It's important to say that my mother – I was raised to call her Louise, because the UHC forbids naming blood relationships – isn't stupid.It'll have been used for chopping wood, but Oisin was convinced it had blood on it. We couldn't get it out, though. We couldn't reach.I don't know what's normal for a birth but she seemed to lose a huge amount of blood. I was present when the baby was actually born because one of the birthing team couldn't cope any more and I volunteered to take her place.Strike's imagination insisted on showing him a vivid picture of Charlotte submerged in her own blood, her black hair floating on the clotted surface.There was a puddle of blood seeping from under one of the toilet cubicle doors. She could see Lin's bloodstained legs, which weren't moving.They committed nine murders in all, one of them of a pregnant actress, and those young women were right in the thick of the action, ignoring the victims' pleas for mercy, dipping their fingers in the victims' blood to scrawl – Jesus,' said Strike, with a startled laugh, as he remembered a detail he'd forgotten, ‘they wrote “pigs” on the wall as well. In blood.'The Hallmarked ManThe word “Blood” appears 246 times.Some might have considered her flat tone insensitive, given Charlotte's recent death in a blood-filled bathtub, but as Strike was more than happy to dispense with prurient questions or faux sympathyThe body was blood group A positive – that's the same.‘The splash patterns from the blood were un-fakeable, according to forensics. There was also a partial footprint that had clearly been made while the blood was still liquid.'The back wall broke the monotony of the sea of silver, because it displayed many antique aprons and sashes embroidered in gold, and Robin's eye lingered on an apron embroidered with a bloody severed head, held up by a single hand.‘Yeah, somefing like… an' 'e dropped 'is doob tube, remember, Daz? An' 'e told you it was a f****n' blood sample, like you was gonna nick it off 'im.'Previously a Conservative MP, he now headed various charitable and political organisations and committees, was ever-ready with a quote for the papers, sprinkled his conversation with Latin tags and capitalised to the full on the English public's weakness for a toff who seemed ready to laugh at himself, having a fondness for appearing on political quiz shows, where he played to the hilt the part of genial, bumbling blue-blood.Blood must've started pooling in the lower part of the body before they started to mutilate it. Maybe that was deliberate. Maybe they didn't want blood seeping out under the vault door.'As Strike watched, life and blood started to drain from the brindle, its legs twitching ever more feebly as blood flooded from its jugular.Robin took the turn into the road at speed, then looked sideways at Strike, one of whose hands was pressed to his inner thigh, blood seeping through his fingers.The bodies of Jim Todd and a woman Strike assumed to be his mother, Nancy, were lying on the dirty carpet in a foul miasma encouraged by the gas fire that continued to blaze. Todd, who was fully dressed, had been stabbed multiple times. His now black blood had soaked his shirt and the floor beneath himBlood now gushing from his head wound, Strike succeeded in grabbing the wrist of Griffiths' knife-holding hand, then slammed it down on the rough concrete floor,He could feel a weird coldness, as though flesh that had never been exposed to fresh air was meeting it for the first time, and this contrasted unpleasantly with the continuing flow of warm blood.Possibly combining heavy blood loss and neat whisky hadn't been the very best idea, Strike was prepared to concede that now, but he had to keep talking, because he wanted the man to know he knew.The IckabogThe word “Blood” appears 11 times.‘If Beamish was half-eaten, why wasn't there more blood?' asked the second.soldiers who'd been sent back to the marsh to find out what happened to Private Nobby Buttons had discovered nothing but his bloodstained shoes, a single horseshoe, and a few well-gnawed bones.Finally, the same man cut off the head of one of the hens and made sure plenty of blood and feathers was spread around, before breaking down the side of the coop to allow the rest of the chickens to escape.In hundreds, Ickabogs were slain, Our blood poured on the land like rain, Our ancestors like trees were felled And still men came to fight us.The Christmas PigThe word “Blood” appears 2 times.They all seemed to be bits of humans. Some were mouths: one was loudly chewing gum and others smoking stinking cigarettes, which made the glowing red dots and the nasty smell. There were noses, ears, a single finger, its nail chewed to a bloody stub, several oozing spots which were so disgusting Jack could barely look at them, and a couple of fists, which were pounding the ground in a menacing fashion as though they couldn't wait to start hitting someone.The Cursed ChildThe word “Blood” appears 22 times.ALBUS (with power and strength) No, you need to listen to me, you said it yourself – how much blood is on my father's hands. Let me help you change that. Let me help correct one of his mistakes. Trust me.POLLY CHAPMAN The Blood Ball of course – who you – the Scorpion King, are taking to the Blood Ball.POLLY CHAPMAN Mudbloods of course. In the dungeons. Your idea, wasn't it? What's going on with you? Oh Potter, I've got blood on my shoes again . . .DRACO We were capable of having children, but Astoria was frail. A blood malediction, a serious one. An ancestor was cursed . . . it showed up in her. You know how these things can resurface after generations . . .Fantastic Beasts (Screenplay)The word “Blood” appears 2 times.Fantastic Beasts and the Crimes of GrindelwaldThe word “Blood” appears 20 times.A baby Chupacabra—part lizard, part homunculus, a blood-sucking creature of the Americas—is chained to GRINDELWALD'S chair.SKENDER Once trapped in the jungles of Indonesia, she is the carrier of a blood curse. Such Underbeings are destined, through the course of their lives, to turn permanently into beasts.We see TEENAGE DUMBLEDORE and TEENAGE GRINDELWALD facing each other in a barn. Both score their palms with their wands. Now bleeding, they interlace their hands . . .DUMBLEDORE turns his head away, fighting the impulse to cover the glass again. Bracing himself, he looks up.From their bloody palms rise two glowing drops of blood, which mingle and merge to create one. A metal shape begins to form around the droplet, becoming more defined and intricate. It is GRINDELWALD'S vial.NEWT It's a blood pact, isn't it? You swore not to fight each other.Fantastic Beasts and the Secrets of DumbledoreDumbledore stares at him, then slowly brings a hand into view and reveals: the BLOOD TROTH. As he cradles it, its chain slowly slithers between Dumbledore's fingers, as if alive.Theseus nods, eyeing the troth, watching as the DROPLETS OF BLOOD circle one another like weights in a clock.The blood troth flashes red and flies free, caroming off the floor and to the wall. As he draws his wand, taking aim, the troth's chain, still tethered to his arm, constricts, burrowing deep into his flesh.CREDENCE I'm a Dumbledore. You abandoned me. The same blood that runs my veins runs yours. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/subscribe

In the first episode of Critical Magic Theory in 2026, Professor Julian Wamble steps away from the six-part Albus Dumbledore arc for a rant/rave on Ariana and Aberforth Dumbledore—two characters whose stories expose the wizarding world's obsession with secrecy. Prof revisits Ariana's childhood attack by Muggle boys and argues it reveals how ignorance fuels entitlement and violence, while the Ministry of Magic prioritizes concealment over care, pushing families toward isolation instead of healing.The episode then turns to Aberforth: the sibling who stayed, the caretaker who absorbed the fallout, and a cautionary tale of what happens when grief and resentment fester in silence—yet who still chooses to protect Harry and resist Voldemort's world. Finally, the episode complicates what it means to be a “good” half-blood, showing how the Dumbledores don't fit neat categories of supremacy or bridge-building when their relationship to Muggles is shaped by trauma, passing, and retreat.

Book 7, Chapter 2: In Memoriam

Let's Chat!!Boo, Bitches! This episode was recorded on vacation, which means all rules were suspended.I was surrounded by friends who are—tragically—muggles, and instead of relaxing like a normal person, I did the only reasonable thing: handed them a microphone and started asking questions about witchcraft, magick, superstition, and all the things they definitely don't believe in… except when they do.What followed was a hilarious, honest, and occasionally unhinged conversation full of accidental witch behavior, strong opinions about crystals and tarot, and several moments where people realized they might already be doing low-key magick without realizing it.No one was cursed.Several people were exposed.Science was not consulted - although there were scientists involved!Grab a drink (or pedialite if necessary) and enjoy A Witch, Some Muggles, and a Microphone—a vacation experiment that absolutely delivered. Support the showUntil then, Stay Witchy!!River's Etsy Store: www.batsandbaublesinc.etsy.comWebsite: www.c3witchypodcast.comMerch: www.c3witchypodcastmerch.comOur wonderful logo is done by: www.nellamarinadraws.etsy.comIntro and Outro Audio:podcast intro & outro music:Góða Nótt by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4754-g-a-n-ttLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-liceSound from Zapsplat.com – Witches Cauldrons bubbling

Book 7, Chapter 1: The Dark Lord Ascending

Hosts David and Kyle are back for the next chapter of the Deathly Hallows! The crew discusses the gang's plan to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic. What worked? What didn't work? Let's just say this plan left a lot to be desired.

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss Harry's journey to Hogwarts in our version of the TV show. Enjoy!Topics/Summary:·      1:21 Quick Recap, and opening at Kings Cross. We could also open in the Leaky Cauldron, but it would be better for us to take that extra time exploring the wizarding world than the Muggle one. We see Harry meet the Weasleys, go through the barrier, get on the Hogwarts Express, and arrive at Hogsmeade Station.·      13:15 There's Hogwarts! The moment where the students round the bend and see Hogwarts is the biggest milestone so far. We see the symbol of magic in the wizarding world, and the place where the core parts of the story will take place. As viewers, we have seen this place more times than we can count, so it's almost as if we are showing it to Harry for the first time.·      20:53 The Sorting Ceremony. The doors to the Great Hall swing open, and we see the beginnings of the Hogwarts factions form. Draco and Harry are the most important sortings of the ceremony. The hat barely touches Draco's head, and he is sorting into Slytherin. Harry goes through a bit of a conversation with the Sorting Hat, and it is important to see Dumbledore reaction to all of this. We end with Harry standing in his dormitory with his trunk, Hedwig, and the window with the Hogwarts grounds.Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.comthepotterdiscussion.comNox

Send us a textIn this episode, we discuss Harry's journey from the hut on the rock and his introduction into the wizarding world. Enjoy!Topics/Summary:·      1:19 Recap and opening with the hut on the rock. We should see a little bit of what the Dursleys think about this revelation. Petunia always wanted to hear this for her, so how does this show within her? Vernon is adamant and denies it, and Dudley has no idea what's happening.·      12:30 Hagrid and Harry's journey into the Muggle world. Hagrid enchants the boat to row them back to the mainland, and maybe we get a glimpse at the beautiful English countryside that represents the identity that has been revealed. In the Leaky Cauldron, Harry gets his first look at what it means to be Harry Potter in the wizarding world. He shakes hands and wonders what he got himself into.·      20:00 Diagon Alley! We aren't going to skip a single scene. The archway opens and he is faced with pure magic. Everything from the bank to the bookstore should be examined in detail. The conversation with Ollivader should remain unchanged because it's super important!·      26:40 The final scene is in the Leaky Cauldron. Harry and Hagrid are discussing the day, and Harry asks Hagrid why he is so famous. Hagrid tells Harry the backstory of Voldemort and his parents, and Harry finally begins to see the full story.Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.comthepotterdiscussion.comNox

Book 6, Chapter 30: The White Tomb. Dan and Jess also discuss the book vs. the movie!

This week on the Garden Tarts:Side A: What one song from each U2 album would you play for a muggle (Harry Potter translation: every day person)? The only rule is it can't be a single. Side B: Finish this sentence, "If U2 knew..."And questions for Bono over whiskey and cake!www.thegardentarts.comSUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentartstwitter: @the_gardentartsinstagram: @the_gardentartswatch this ep on YouTube: @thegardentarts

Send us a textIn this episode, we design the second episode of the first season of our Tea Leaves series. Enjoy!Topics/Summary:·      1:48 Recap of Season 1, Episode 1·      3:55 We open with Vernon and Petunia finding Harry. They make the decision to keep them in, and I want to see what they were thinking when making that choice. Harry is their family, so they couldn't just turn him away, right? Perhaps Petunia has to tell Vernon more of her life story.·      10:06 Harry's childhood. We should spend a little time looking at his infancy, and moving into his schooling as a young kid. Perhaps there are strange happenings with the magical things surrounding him.·      17:42 Now, Harry is ten years old. This is where the film opens in the present day. It's best to have a clear line between the past and the present so there's no confusion between his muggle life and his wizard life. Dudley's birthday and the zoo scenes are super important, so we should keep them pretty close to how they appear in the books and films.·      25:55 The letters start arriving now, and Vernon has to nail the post flap shut. He is fighting the war against the letters from Hogwarts, a battle he loses. When the fireplace scene happens, Vernon decides to go far away, and they go to the hut on the rock. Hagrid breaks down the door just like he does in the films, and tells Harry, “Harry, you're a wizard.”Having anything you want to hear or say? Click here for a voice submission or here for text. ThePotterDiscussion@gmail.comthepotterdiscussion.comNox

Hear ye hear ye! On a fair dayin late September, a village by the name of Rio Grande embarked on a grand adventure! A group of adventurers from the rhelm of Final Boss Con transported the village into a place of wonder and excitement! Men, women and children came from near and far to partake in wonders and merriment! Games, food, entertainment ... drink! All were present! But where, and what is this place? Well, join us will you for this episode of Muggle with a “Pint” as we take you on a journey through ... The Rio Renaissance Faire!(Also, special FBC announcements at the end.)Go forth and press play on this episode of Muggle with a Mic!For information on the Alzheimer's Association:alz.orgSupport our Walk Team here:https://act.alz.org/site/TR?team_id=945420&pg=team&fr_id=18816For more information on Final Boss Con:finalbosscon.comHelp support us by listening to episodes, liking posts, sharing our episodes with friends and family and subscribing on all the social media platforms including YouTube! All of these forms of support are free and easy to do but very much appreciated!Find more Muggle with a Mic content and YouTube videos here: linktr.ee/mugglewithamicMusic in this episode:"Celtic Impulse" , "Achaidh Cheide", "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Help MuggleCast grow! Join us as our patron at Patreon.com/mugglecast, and receive a slew of great benefits instantly, including more than 60 hours of bonus recordings, 30 hours of chapter readings, and much, much more! Listeners can browse our official merch at MuggleCastMerch.com and pick up overstock items from years past at MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com! That new assistant named Kingsley is a high performer! This week we're starting our Chapter by Chapter re-read of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and discussing all the problems that Cornelius Fudge has just dumped on the British Prime Minister's doorstep. It's a rare Harry-less chapter this week, titled "The Other Minister." News: Congratulations to SIR Gary Oldman! (He really puts the Sir in Sirius) Chapter by Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince Chapter 1: The Other Minister Where were the hosts when the sixth Potter book came out? It was only 3 weeks shy of MuggleCast's first episode! The MuggleCast Time-Turner segment is now the MuggleCast Pensieve! It's Book-6-themed and, this week, flashing back to MuggleCast #376, from July 16, 2018! The hosts compare favorite chapters and discuss this is one of them. The poor British PM believes the chaos was his to own, only to find out that the wizards are at fault for all of it! Do wizards have a superiority complex? It sure seems like it, around the Muggle PM. Is this chapter tied to a particular politician or administration from years past, when the book was set? Or perhaps when it was written? The hosts speculate. Is the portrait of the "frog-like" man (Umbridge's dad?) a privacy concern for the Muggles? MVP of the Week: Who was the best working man in this chapter? Lynx Line: What event from human history was magical in origin, but was covered up between the two governments? Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering this week's Quizzitch question at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch!  On Bonus MuggleCast, we discuss the newly released album art for the upcoming full cast production audiobooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week it's time to wrap our Order of the Phoenix re-read with Quizzitch Live, to test your knowledge of the fifth book! Special guest Barry of the Harry Potter podcast Retold joins us to host this Harry Potter trivia night. Listeners competed live against one another across seven rounds of Order of the Phoenix questions. Do you remember the book and movie as well as your fellow Muggles do? Play along and find out! Thanks again to Barry and to all of our listeners for joining in our live event, and a special thank you to those who support us on Patreon. Without you, we couldn't host trivia nights like this! Next week, we'll catch up on MuggleMail before proceeding onward to our Half-Blood Prince read-through in October! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book 6, Chapter 29: The Phoenix Lament

Harry, looking at the layers and layers as he goes down, he's learning how to operate in this world that's built on secrets and hidden agendas and subversive speech, whether it's subversive because it's wizards trying to hide, escaping detection by Muggles, or whether it's members of the Order pretending in public not to know each other for their own safety. For full show notes, transcripts, ways to contact the hosts or support the show, and more, visit hpafter2020.com.

On Episode 468 we discuss...→ Order Recruitment Services→ It Ain't Flowing, It's Flying→ Psychological Warfare→ Kingsley's Involvement and Recruitment→ Trust in the Legal System→ Apparition Tests: The DMV of the Wizarding World→ The Nature of Traitors in the Wizarding WorldBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

If you've ever felt eye-rolled for your woowoo stuff, spirit signs, or spiritual development, this episode is your reminder: you're not weird, you've just been talking to muggles. According to Harry Potter, a Muggle is a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born in a magical family. In this episode, I talk about knowing your audience and why “this stuff” isn't for every room, every friend group, or every family chat.  I share how tiny intuitive knowings get dismissed around the wrong people, why it's okay to keep sacred things private using 3 examples that have happened over the last few weeks in my daily life.  We talk about who is safe to share with and when to keep your practice quiet. "This stuff" is important and fun, just don't feel obligated to explain it to people who won't understand.  You aren't weird, you are just talking to the wrong people.  Book a session with Medium in the Middle (Virtually or in-person in Banff): https://mediuminthemiddle.as.me/schedule.php Register for the next virtual Usui Reiki Level One Course on September 13 & 14 https://www.themediuminthemiddle.com/reiki-level-one Register for the next virtual Usui Reiki Level Two Course on September 27 & 28: https://www.themediuminthemiddle.com/reiki-level-two Sign up for the Practice Mediumship Circle (no experience necessary) on September 20: https://www.themediuminthemiddle.com/meeting-in-the-middle Follow along on social media: https://www.facebook.com/mediuminthemiddle/ https://www.instagram.com/mediuminthemiddle/

On Episode 467 we discuss...→ Theories on Muggle-Born Support→ The Significance of Family Presence→ Harry's Journey Begins→ Instant Comfort: Harry and Ron's Connection→ Harry's Generosity and Understanding of Poverty→ Harry's Curiosity and Future Aspirations→ Arthur's Playful Plugs→ Did Someone Say "Draco Malfoy?!"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

Book 6, Chapter 28: Flight Of The Prince

This week, Casper and Vanessa explore the theme of Ritual in Chapter 13 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! They discuss Umbridge's list, the trio's new identities, and the rituals of court! Throughout the episode we consider the question: what is the difference between habit and ritual?Thank you to Ingrid for this week's voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter 14, The Thief, through the theme of Authenticity.Harry Potter and the Sacred Text is a Not Sorry ProductionFind us at our website | Follow us on Instagram--It's two sickles to join S.P.E.W., and only five dollars to join our Patreon for extra content every week! Please consider helping us fill our Gringotts vault so we can continue to make this show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.