This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Shortest intro ever.
→ The Phoenix Register: THAT TRAILER THOUGH.
→ "What are they hiding from the Americans?!"
→ Portkey travel hair's a thing.
→ "Thanks to Haley's mating call..."
→ "Witch things! It's fine!"
→ Is Queenie colluding with the Murtlap?
→ Coincidence? NEVER!
→ "It's marketing, people! Marketing!"
→ The Avengers are Hedwig.
→ Basically a Hogwarts travel ad.
→ "Serious business at Hogwarts."
→ Gryffindor's back in town.
→ The Time-Turner: WB's first talking film!
→ "Now we can't shut up!"
→ Oops, we're a Hamilton podcast again...

Podcast Question: How do you think apparation will play into the next film given all the hype surrounding it right now?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Welcome guest host Marjolaine!
→ The Phoenix Register: TRAILER'S HERE!
→ WB is scared of Megan. 
→ Fantastic Beasts 2: Newt Escapes His Babysitter
→ "Take my money, whatever..."
→ Hogwarts. Hogwarts! HOGWARTS!? 
→ March Madness: Apparition Edition.
→ "It has taken the name of Augurey in vain."
→ The Newt... shed?
→ Everyone's on a roof.
→ "Hi, I'm Jude Law, welcome to Fantastic Roofs..."
→ We're just here for the baby dragons.
→ The Time-Turner: History of Le Grand Palais!
→ Shannen is an Animagus.
→ Kowalski's Korner: Who's your BEAST friend? :P

Podcast Question: Where do YOU think the French Ministry is located?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Kat and Allison guest host!
→ The Phoenix Register: No news is annoying news.
→ How many editions is too many editions?
→ The Dark Arts in Fantastic Beasts.
→ Double agent Theseus?
→ HOW DID WE FORGET SASQUATCH?
→ "Other houses like to eat, too!"
→ Will Queenie get manipulated by Grindelwald?
→ We want the Leta, Queenie witch gang.
→ Wizarding Kardashians?
→ Let's hope Leta isn't evil.
→ What's up with the Lestranges?
→ The Newt Case: The Nain Rouge!
→ Detroit, you okay?
→ Kowalski's Korner: Wizard Moana. We're here for it.

Podcast Question: Out of the characters we discussed, who do you think is most likely to go to the dark side? (Also, we reiterate, Detroit, you okay?)

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Welcome new host, Lizzie G.!
→ Guest host Mari is the Chosen One.
→ The Phoenix Register: Dan and Eddie's podcast!
→ Where. Is. The. Trailer. Though.
→ Is Graves even real?
→ Grindelwald's charmed his way to the top.
→ Barty Crouch Jr. was evil but had mad skillz.
→ What makes a great witch or wizard?
→ Fantastic points and how to lose them.
→ Just more Colin Farrell, please.
→ "Frank, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"
→ Kidnap Gnarlack and get all the answers
→ All the feels from all the franchises.
→ The Time-Turner: Women's Suffrage!
→ "This one goes out to all the ghosts."

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ "But is it Skinny Eddie?"
→ The Phoenix Register: David Yates had some words...
→ Where's the trailer, though?
→ "Owl, well..."
→ Albus Grindelwald's teenage diary.
→ "He's okay now! Well, he's dead..."
→ Drink some water, kids.
→ We do not condone a lot of things.
→ Shout out to our FBI agent listeners.
→ Can Jo write outside of her own experiences?
→ Fact: Warner Bros needs Jo.
→ Please, no one give David Yates a Twitter.
→ The Time-Turner: The Matagot!
→ Shrek was the original Fantastic Beasts.

Podcast Question: How much creative control do you believe J.K. Rowling has over the Fantastic Beasts series?

This time on SpeakBeasty...

→ Stephanie is here to guest host!
→ The Phoenix Register: New VR game is here!
→ "The future is NOW."
→ 50 Shades of Graves, amiright?
→ "It's the beasts, within..."
→ Squid theories & Hagrid's sketchy adoptions.
→ "We're going back to Hogwarts!
→ Flashbacks on flashbacks.
→ Wiffle Quaffle sounds fun.
→ "Not yet... *winks at camera*."
→ The Time-Turner: The Paris Metro!
→ The French version of Platform Nine and Three Quarters
→ "You'd have to ask Santa..."
→ Hobnobbing with the Non-Magique.

Podcast Question: How much of a role do YOU think Hogwarts will play in the next film?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Katy is back to guest host!
→ "The Phoenix Register": More new photos!
→ "The moustache has gotta go."
→ O Dumby, my Dumby!
→ Tina = new James Bond.
→ "In the last one, the bank explodes."
→ Kiss the Dementor cook.
→ "Professor! Language!"
→ Classic egg thievery. 
→ What was Fawkes really thinking?
→ This rejected theory brought to you by MATH!
→ The Newt Case": Lou Carcolh!
→ "It's REALLY HECKIN BIG."
→ Newt has the entirety of France in his case.

Podcast Question: What are your thoughts on our weird theories we found?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ It's almost Beasts year!
→ The Phoenix Register: New photo of Jacob and Newt!
→ Come say hi to us at Celebration of Harry Potter!
→ The NOT Crimes of Queenie.
→ Dumbledore and Flammel? #WeShipIt
→ Flirty Dumbledore? Yes.
→ Banana sandwiches. 
→ "You too, can be a Haley!"
→ So many fantastic memories.
→ We are now a Grandma podcast.
→ Bring back proper midnight showings, please!
→ The Time-Turner: New Year's Eve around the world!
→ We're stealing each other's resolutions.

Podcast Question: What is your New Year's resolution? What do you think Newt's would be?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Guest host Lizzie G. joins us!
→ The Phoenix Register: Straight outta the Paris sewers.
→ Eddie has legs for days.
→ Newt's coat is the new Harry's shirt.
→ "Albus, NO."
→ Plot twist: Ariana lives?
→ "I'M TRYING TO BE EVIL HERE!"
→ Warner Bros worked with her on this.
→ "This feels backwards."
→ "How did we get here in the first place?"
→ Let's not create a hierarchy of what's "worse".
→ The Newt Case: Knecht Ruprecht!
→ German folklore is fun.
→ Did Santa use house elves?

Podcast Question: If Haley's theory were true, who would you want to see as Grindelwald in the next 3 films?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Laine guest hosts!
→ Our show is fifty, nifty, and thrifty.
→ The Phoenix Register: New MinaLima art!
→ "When to wave, and when to behave."
→ Jude Law is... lemonade?
→ This is THRILLER.
→ Less heteronormativity please.
→ Dumbledore isn't Dumbledore yet.
→ Will they get married? Who's gonna die?
→ "Le-tah Lestrange..."
→ Voldemort's graduation though...
→ #GravesSTILLLives
→ The Time-Turner: The invention of the polygraph!
→ CSI: The Crimes of Grindelwald
→ What came first, the abilities or the spells?
→ "WE NEVER CLAPPED!"

Podcast Question: What do you think Queenie meant when she said, "She was a taker. You need a giver."?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Listener guest host Sam joins us!
→ "We have some feelings..."
→ The Phoenix Register: Buckle up, everyone. TITLE REVEAL!
→ Tina is DEFINITELY a pigeon. 
→ Deus ex Frank?
→ Philosopher's Stone is almost of age in the Wizarding World.
→ Where is the Resurrection Stone?
→ "He's like a sexy Ulysses S Grant."
→ The Nagini Theory.
→ "It's more of a love rhombus."
→ No more Seraphina treatment, please.
→ Beasty squad cosplay at NYCC 2018?
→ We get critical, but only out of love.
→ "Well, he's got great lederhosen..."
→ The Newt Case: The Loveland Frogman!
→ The Demofrogan!
→ The Ohio tourism department should hire us.

Podcast Question: What are your thoughts on the new image released and the title, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Listener guest host Sam joins us!
→ "We have some feelings..."
→ The Phoenix Register: Buckle up, everyone. TITLE REVEAL!
→ Tina is DEFINITELY a pigeon. 
→ Deus ex Frank?
→ Philosopher's Stone is almost of age in the Wizarding World.
→ Where is the Resurrection Stone?
→ "He's like a sexy Ulysses S Grant."
→ The Nagini Theory.
→ "It's more of a love rhombus."
→ No more Seraphina treatment, please.
→ Beasty squad cosplay at NYCC 2018?
→ We get critical, but only out of love.
→ "Well, he's got great lederhosen..."
→ The Newt Case: The Loveland Frogman!
→ The Demofrogan!
→ The Ohio tourism department should hire us.

Podcast Question: What are your thoughts on the new image released and the title, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ "We're still here..."
→ Terrible impressions abound.
→ The Phoenix Register: Newt's book release!
→ Pierre is a Snallygaster CONFIRMED.
→ "And that's what you missed on BEASTS."
→ "I WISH Merlin was in Cursed Child."
→ The movie should end on the Island of Misfit Toys.
→ Lots of Karl Marx, apparently.
→ That Deathly Hallows symbol is EVERYWHERE.
→ Dumbledore sold the Elder Wand at a yard sale.
→ Can you transfigure wands?
→ The Swooping Evil is master of the Elder Wand!
→ "Spells don't go through clothes."
→ The Time-Turner: Berlin in the late 20's.
→ What accent is that anyway?

Podcast Question: Do you think Grindelwald wanted all three Hallows, or just one?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Amy joins us as a host!
→ Claire and Ariel have some announcements.
→ "The Phoenix Register": Newt's travel application!
→ "He gotta deliver that book!"
→ We're not a "Back to the Future" podcast
→ “We’ll talk the Barebones about it...no?”
→ Is it hard to compare Hogwarts and Ilvermorny on purpose?
→ More new words for Muggle?
→ SO MANY NEW CHARACTERS.
→ "He was on the decline because of evil."
→ Are we in for another Dobby?
→ Is the purple heron is a red herring?
→ "The Time-Turner": The first flight from NYC to Paris!
→ French aviators be fancy.
→ "He saw ghosts in the cockpit."

Podcast Question: What are your character theories based on all the new details released?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Welcome to new host, Aurelia!
→ The Phoenix Register: Uhm, Dan Fogler's instagram?
→ "We're killing you, but you're gonna have fun!"
→ Will the death potion be important later?
→ What was the point of the Ilvermorny stories?
→ Mont Saint-Michel, magical or nah?
→ But can the Dursley's swim?
→ Does Grindelwald talk over French wizard prison?
→ Is the French Ministry at Versailles?
→ The Newt Case: The Graoully Dragon!
→ "They did NOT like this dragon."
→ "Going to France? Don't forget your Bishop and a cross."
→ Dragon hunting field trip, anyone?
→ ALL the fandom crossovers.

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Welcome Haley to the show!
→ "The Phoenix Register": Filming scenes at Hogwarts?
→ Apparently, we STILL need more Graves.
→ We want to see Nicolas Flamel.
→ "Look at this shiny rock I got!"
→ Does Grindelwald want the Philosopher's Stone?
→ "That's a pretty rock, but OLIVER WOOD!"
→ "Not with my pastries!"
→ Too many baguettes.
→ Giant baby Madame Maxime.
→ "So Veelas are okay because the patriarchy?"
→ "I wonder if Newt likes bananas."
→ "The Newt Case": The Golden Snidget!
→ #JusticeForSnidgets

PODCAST QUESTION: Who of the characters we discussed would you like to see in Paris in the second film, and would you classify Veela as beings or beasts?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ #NoFanShaming
→ Jude-ception.
→ Grindelwald is Mrs. Norris.
→ "So you're gay, right?"
→ "That poor little chicken nugget..."
→ David Bowie the singing Bowtruckle.
→ A Fantastic Beasts theme park?
→ We NEED Jacob's bakery.
→ Ride a boat with Newt!
→ "I'm gonna buy that cup!"
→ The Time-Turner: Josephine Baker!
→ "I wonder if Newt likes bananas?"
→ The Newt Case: The Tailypo!
→ A scary story with Michael...

PODCAST QUESTION: If they added a Fantastic Beasts portion to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, what would you want to see?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ #NoFanShaming
→ The Phoenix Register: MuggleNet Live! is almost here!
→ Jude-ception.
→ Grindelwald is Mrs. Norris.
→ "So you're gay, right?"
→ "That poor little chicken nugget..."
→ David Bowie the singing Bowtruckle.
→ A Fantastic Beasts theme park?
→ We NEED Jacob's bakery.
→ Ride a boat with Newt!
→ "I'm gonna buy that cup!"
→ The Time-Turner: Josephine Baker!
→ "I wonder if Newt likes bananas?"
→ The Newt Case: The Tailypo!
→ A scary story with Michael...

PODCAST QUESTION: If they added a Fantastic Beasts portion to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, what would you want to see?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ 10 years later?
→ The Phoenix Register: Sasqueenie!
→ The great mystery of Diskid...
→ Grindelwald is basically Count Olaf.
→ "Welcome to my big gay circus!"
→ "He's a broken wizard..."
→ "How about NO ONE DIES?!"
→ In stories, death has to mean something.
→ Credence will be saved by Chocolate Frogs.
→ Will Dumbledore become a mentor to Credence?
→ "You ruined my circus time!"
→ The Time-Turner: Beauxbatons!
→ Adventures with Credence and his French boyfriend.
→ The Newt Case: The Obscurus!
→ "SNAPE'S HAIR IS AN OBSCURUS!"
→ Getting on a boat—REMIX!

PODCAST QUESTION: Do you think Credence and Dumbledore will interact in the next films? If so, how?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ We’ve got the answers to the universe.
→ “Mary Grandpre is the OG.”
→ Manticores on Chopped?
→ “Did I need it? Nope. Did I buy it? Yep.”
→ Alfonso Croissant, our newest Niffler.
→ Secret magic circus tents.
→ “THIS. But with WANDS.”
→ Why must women work twice as hard to prove themselves?
→ If only Tina could punch us in the face…
→ “He’s just BUSY.”
→ The Indiana Jones of teeth.
→ Hermione… Mother of House Elves.
→ The Time-Turner: More historical Wizard Cards!
→ Mirabella Plunkett. WOMP.
→ The Newt Case: Fairies!
→ Fairy dolphin people are a thing.

PODCAST QUESTION: Do you think Tina has a narrative advantage over Hermione because she is the main character’s love interest?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ Alison's finally on an episode!
→ The Phoenix Register: New illustrated Fantastic Beasts covers!
→ Because yes, you need more copies...
→ Who's dressed in a filly tutu?!
→ Have we seen the last of the Shaws?
→ Casting announcements!
→ J.K. Rowling can do better. #RepresentationMatters
→ Name etymologies for days!
→ "We learned it from the twitter."
→ Fantastic... feasts?
→ Did Grindelwald start a gang in jail?
→ Does Newt know about the hallows?
→ "It's the camping all over again!"
→ The Time-Turner: Circuses and the 1920s!
→ It wasn't always acrobatics...
→ The Newt Case: The Sphinx!
→ "They eat themselves or jump off a cliff."

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ It's SpeakBeasty: The Musical! 
→ The Phoenix Register: The Teen Choice Awards! 
→ Lots of nominated beasts. 
→ Harry Potter turns 20. 
→ Could Newt's story have survived without Harry's? 
→ "It's AcoroMANtula, not AcromanTULa." 
→ Severus Weasley and Cinderella Black? 
→ "It was I who dropped the piano!" 
→ Ron vs Jacob: "They're both fluffy bunnies." 
→ UNCLE JACOB?! 
→ The SpeakBeasty strudel cleanse. 
→ We decided on the topic of episode 240... 
→ YES YES NO. 
→ "Six shots and a brain exploder." 
→ Gnarlak Jerkbutt! 
→ The Time-Turner: Michael's Wizard Cards! 
→ Norvel Twonk and the Barry Manilow of vampires... 
→ The Newt Case: We gonna talk about Sasquatch. 
→ Sasquatch needs a Teen Choice award.

PODCAST QUESTION: What other famous historical witches and wizards from Jo's canon do you think we'll see in the films?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ The Phoenix Register: The screenplay is done!
→ Go get cast in the movie!
→ "Yates don't care!"
→ Rolf took after grandpa.
→ Why wasn't Newt a person of color?
→ More sister dynamic please!
→ Alohobeasty? Speakmora!
→ "But mom, I'm gonna go see pretty animals!"
→ Newt goes Into the Woods.
→ We venture into fan-ficy territory.
→ Newt as a father figure to Credence?
→ "Or what if there was a bakery?"
→ The Time-Turner: History of Father's Day!
→ "It's not about cards and candy..."
→ The Newt Case: The Acromantula!
→ "Spiders can't be trusted."
→ "WAIT! Guuuuuyyyyssss."

Podcast Question: What kind of relationship will Newt and Theseus have?

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ We're LIVE at MISTI-Con!
→ What would Newt's boggart be?
→ Everything is Graves...
→ Uncle Newt?!
→ Obama DEFINITELY knew about wizards.
→ We want more wizard schools!
→ Hogwarts study abroad?
→ What was Grindelwald's motivation.
→ Credence is an atomic bomb.
→ The manipulation of Credence is the saddest.
→ Horcruxes vs obscurials.
→ We've traded in Hamilton for Moana.
→ Jo's great at her psychological metaphors.
→ The movies should end with the Billywig.

This time on SpeakBeasty:

→ "We've been here before..."
→ The Phoenix Register: CDs are here to make us feel old.
→ "For sure and seven years ago."
→ Send Ariel graduation smash cakes.
→ Every permutation of 19 years later...
→ Johnny Depp feels lucky, but do we?
→ How we relate to Harry and Newt is different, but the same.
→ Casual reminder that Jo isn't a casting director.
→ Cursed what? Cursed who?
→ "Theseus, Theseus, Theseussss!"
→ Filch is here to sweep and be angry.
→ The Time-Turner: Heroes of the 20s & 30s!
→ Mary Poppins is a Time Lady.
→ The Newt Case: The nundu!
→ "The most lethal-gonna-kill-ya beast."
→ "That is quite some halitosis."
→ Fantastic Beasts and the Return of Frank.

PODCAST QUESTION: Do you think Newt was, is, or will be a "better protagonist" than Harry?