This time on SpeakBeasty...

• Join Ann, Helene, Megan, and guest host Rex!
• “It’s a very phallic-looking sock puppet.”
• The Phoenix Register: A Fantastic Beasts exhibit is coming to the Natural History Museum in London! 
• “To take your mind off of imminent death and global warming...”
• We are gonna get our hands dirty. 
• Where do we go from here as a fandom after JKR’s recent Twitter controversy?
• “Alternately titled, In My Feelings.”
• Parasocial interaction!
• The eras of the Harry Potter fandom (not scientifically tested).
• “I don’t even know how rugby works.”
• “That would be tragic if you missed the newest episode of Lizzie McGuire.”
• “Thank you, Jordan Peele.”
• “We are a fandom that is resilient, and full of very accepting and caring people.”
• The Newt Case: The Nokk!
• “Scandinavian. Please. The good stuff.”
• “We need to be like Angelina Jolie, when she was weird.”

Podcast Question: Will the way you decide to consume Potter and Fantastic Beasts change after JK Rowling’s tweet? Why or why not?