- We are joined again by Liz from our social media team!
- Thanks to this week’s Patreon supporter, Jane S., aka Ann’s mom! Thanks Mom!
- Phoenix Register: Magical creatures at Universal Osaka!
- Visitors will encounter hippogriffs, nifflers, pygmy puffs, and dragons throughout the Wizarding World section of the park. MuggleNet article here.
- Owl Post: Jeri writes in about the beasts in Osaka, and hoping that the experience comes to Orlando.
- Jeri also wrote in about our podcast question from episode 171!
- The main takeaway: the wizarding justice system is Not Great.
- Main Discussion: Scenes 60-63 of the screenplay
- Could scene 60 be the actual best scene of the movie?
- “And by that I mean specifically us, because we would argue that.”
- We get a lesson on mine safety!
- How did the squid react to the manticore tentacle?
- Shannen: I love you, Percy.
- Do we have an exact date for the movie?
- Penny Clearwater is here to sabotage and destroy.
- You can watch the Hogwarts Great Hall scene on YouTube here!
- Check out the Winged Victory of Dumbledore here.
- Let Dumbledore wear purple!
- Newtcase: BEES!!!!
- Specifically, bees in mythology and folklore.
- Shannen reads “Telling the Bees” by John Greenleaf Whittier. Full text here.
Podcast Question: Why do you think it took Newt and Theseus so long to get to Hogwarts?