This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ The Phoenix Register: All the news from San Diego Comic-Con!
→ Is WB trying to copy Marvel?
→ "Those lady's things, they really do get to you."
→ The trailer is so long, Megan is not allowed to be angry.
→ "Hogwarts just has the one wardrobe."
→ Both the film and the creatures get darker and scarier.
→ "Credence has 'a dark alleys' esthetic."
→ Stay tuned for "Megan on a T-Shirt."
→ "This is Dumbledore."
→ "Grindelwald's vision needs a narrator."
→ All about the Mirror of Erised - what does Dumbledore actually see?
→ "In that moment, Newt was all of us."
→  Igor is the boss.
→  Is Nicolas Flamel just a quip?

Podcast Question: Who is the man in the hat? What are your theories and ideas on the trailer?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ The Phoenix Register: No News Wednesday - Michael is on, so the curse is back on too.
→ Gellert Grindelwald and how "being a German pays off".
→ New movie countdown segment! We discuss the first 15 minutes of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
→ The WB logo opening gave us all the feelings.
→ Visual callbacks to Order of the Phoenix are everywhere.
→ "Prepare for ALL the newspaper headlines".
→ MinaLima are awesome - a weekly reminder. 
→ "The hair-shot, because hair matters".
→ The fantastic actors in this film and their first performance.
→ Michael hates certain aspects of David Yates' movie style.
→ Life advice: "People who refuse food are not to be trusted".

Podcast Question: Do you think that Voldemort and Grindelwald would have been friends had they encountered each other at the height of their power?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Farewell Igor: "Here is your symbolic goodbye cake".
→ Welcome Catherine: Be prepared to hit the beep button a lot.
→ SpeakBeasty houses: Sasquatch, Augurey, Niffler, and Mooncalf.
→ The Phoenix Register: New MinaLima book, new Fantastic Beasts LEGO set.
→ "Michael couldn't be here, because he went to pet dinosaur bones".
→ Everything you need to know about Gellert Grindelwald.
→ "Getting kicked out of Durmstrang gives you some serious street cred!".
→ Grindelwald is a more dynamic villain than Voldemort.
→ Did Grindelwald reciprocate Dumbledore's feelings toward him?
→ "Fighting and then making out and then fighting again".
→ Grindelwald IS wizard Hitler.
→ The Greater Good vs Eternal Life.
→ The Newt Case: Jarveys and all that ferret business.

Podcast Question: What are your thoughts and theories on Grindelwald? Hopes of what to see in the future movies?