This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Guest hosts, galore!
→ The Phoenix Register: Newt's patronus?!
→ Is the patronus Leta? Tina's hat? Graves?
→ Discount Buckbeak and Baby Groot.
→ "Don't say magic is the reason!"
→ Callum Turner as Thesues?
→ Jo still doesn't know how to math.
→ Theseus is in ALL the Houses!
→ "Salazar Slytherin was kind of an a-hole."
→ "Legit wizard, or nah?"
→ Were Leta and Theseus friends?
→ The Time-Turner: Germany leading up to WWII.
→ History is scary, sometimes.
→ The Newt Case: The Brazilian caipora!
→ "Here! I lit your cigar, now go away!"
PODCAST QUESTION: Which House do you think Theseus was in and why?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ "Long ago, the four hosts lived in harmony..."
→ The Phoenix Register: We have our Dumbledore!
→ Rogue One: A Graves Story?
→ "I want FULL Jude Law."
→ "BEARD HIM UP!"
→ "Screw wands! Time for fisticuffs!"
→ Dumbledore's queerness matters.
→ What will Dumbledore's timeline be like?
→ Dumbledore = Luke Skywalker?
→ "I loved you once. Now I don't. Prepare to die."
→ Will Aberforth show up in the series?
→ We're accidentally a Star Wars podcast today.
→ The Time-Turner: Gays in Paris!
→ Oscar Wilde and Dumbledore would be a great couple.
→ The Newt Case: The phoenix!
→ Did Newt give Fawkes to Dumbledore?
→ Ewan McGregor should play Hedwig's grandma.
PODCAST QUESTION: Jude Law as Dumbledore—beard or no beard? Tell us why or why not!
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ The Phoenix Register: The DVD is OFFICIALLY here!
→ The inside of Newt's case is actually a Target.
→ Schrödinger's fantastic beast?
→ Ariel impressions.
→ Why some scenes hit the cutting room floor.
→ WE WANT BLOOPERS!
→ Grindelwald will be defeated by a tea kettle to the head.
→ Is the Elder Wand in Boise?
→ Dan Stevens is a fantastic beast. *wink*
→ IT EATS MOONCALVES?!?
→ Get your own niffler named Pastries!
→ The Time-Turner: The Great Depression in the USA!
→ "The Great Depression started in America, as all great things do..."
→ The Newt Case: The Bunyip!
→ EVERYTHING'S a Bunyip!
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Hayley's back to guest host!
→ The Phoenix Register: DVDs, audiobooks, and a new introduction!
→ Why was Newt's best line cut from the film?
→ What's left to be declassified?
→ Mercy Lewis and Deliverance Dane were REAL.
→ Moldy Voldy's three headed horcrux?
→ Did Dumbledore write for wizarding BuzzFeed?
→ Shout out to Boise.
→ We could all use some wakey-up brew...
→ #BasicWitch
→ Dorcus strikes again!
→ The Time-Turner: Paris during World War II!
→ How will pre-WWI Paris affect Newt's next adventure?
→ The Newt Case: The Quintaped!
→ 5 out of 5 Moms agree: do not go near this beast.
→ "Two households, both alike in magic!"
→ Will Newt sing at the Moulin Rouge?
PODCAST QUESTION: How much effect do you think the muggle world events will have on Newt's story in the wizarding world?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Guest host Steph is back!
→ The Phoenix Register: THE WIZARDING WORLD WON AN OSCAR!
→ Awkward editing is awkward.
→ "Hi, I'm Grindy!"
→ Mary-Lou, a barebones character. EYY.
→ Origins of the Salem Witches Institute!
→ "You can't magic with us."
→ We know who knows...
→ The Time-Turner: Salem Witch Trials 2.0!
→ "It was a bad time to be a Sarah..."
→ DO NOT try witches cakes.
→ It's hard out here for a witch.
→ Never trust a Batholomew...
→ The Newt Case: The Runespoor!
→ We're basically a 90s sitcom.
→ Is it a patronus, though?
→ Magical cones of shame.
PODCAST QUESTION: Do you think the real events of the Salem Witch Trials validate or take away from J.K. Rowling's explanation of the Second Salemers?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ And now, the weather...
→ The Phoenix Register: Fantastic Beasts won a BAFTA!
→ Give the coats an Oscar.
→ Porpentina Esther Goldstein.
→ Is Newt an orphan?
→ "It's Harry Potter. Everyone is dead."
→ What's the deal with Tina's locket?
→ "It all connects back to Legos."
→ Tina takes on Grindelwald. NBD.
→ Graves is Barb from Stranger Things.
→ "Hop on a ship and follow him!"
→ Leta's like, "I'm gay."
→ The Time-Turner: The Statue of Liberty!
→ She stands for more than you thought she did.
→ The Newt Case: The White River Monster of Arkansas!
→ Magical alligator, snapping turtle, or elephant seal?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ This episode is 30, flirty, and thriving.
→ "The Phoenix Register": Audio books & DVD releases!
→ We're in love with the Ilvermorny song.
→ Ariel speaks Thunderbird.
→ Might we see Nicholas Flamel in the films?
→ Too many Jasons.
→ Who should play Theseus? Ed Sheeran or Jennifer Garner?
→ Queenie is basically everything.
→ Did she keep her Legilimency a secret at school?
→ Is there a Fantastic Beasts version of My Immortal yet?
→ Next movie, we want more Ilvermorny!
→ “The Time-Turner”: A 1926 apocalypse?!
→ Thank a priest in Scotland for War of the Worlds.
→ "The Newt Case": The Antipodean Opaleye!
→ Snarkiest segment yet brought to you by Eleanor.
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Sophie and Elayna are here!
→ The Phoenix Register: Fantastic Oscars and how to win them.
→ Meryl Streep could play Grindelwald!
→ We're recommending everything...
→ Zoe Kravitz "knows nothing".
→ What awaits Seraphina in movie two?
→ Magical Hall of Presidents!
→ JKR likes dropout protagonists.
→ Yay literature!
→ The universe of these films need more diversity.
→ #SeraphinaDeservesBetter
→ The Time-Turner: Women's marches in the 1910's!
→ Get it together, world.
→ The Newt Case: Unicorns!
→ Bob the unicorn, friend of Frank.
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ DAN FOGLER GUEST HOSTS!
→ Which Houses are Dan & Jacob in?
→ "The Phoenix Register": New book covers unveiled!
→ Scratch and sniff editions next?
→ Is Newt Scamander a super spy?
→ Paris, the city of love and pastries...
→ Niffler pocket dimensions?
→ Grindelwald to be defeated by nifflers.
→ Dan approves of Pastries!!
→ Opening a chain of Kowalski Bakeries.
→ Jacob = Indiana Jones.
→ Does Jacob remember Queenie?
→ “The Time-Turner”: World War I.
→ Punching Nazis and fighting the Huns.
→ "The Newt Case": The Occamy!
→ What would Jacob name his Occamy?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Listener Ann guest hosts!
→ Happy New Year!
→ The Phoenix Register: The DVD is out in April!
→ “It’s called Capitalism, Shannen!”
→ Tina belongs in every house.
→ Death potion? Good times.
→ Newt as the Crocodile Hunter?
→ “A sad fic waiting to happen…”
→ How to get on Jacob’s level.
→ Did Newt and Leta have a platonic friendship?
→ Good old Newtles.
→ The Time Turner: Holidays in the 1920s!
→ “Christmas was more flammable!”
→ The Newt Case: Kelpies!
→ Water horse demon things.
PODCAST QUESTION: Which character would you like us to discuss at length next episode and why?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Aaron is back to guest host!
→ IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY!
→ Submit your smash cake videos.
→ Shannen is a British baby.
→ "Why is this tomato on my PB&J?"
→ Speakbeasty.com is LIVE!
→ Richard Ayoade for Dumbledore!
→ Is the Swooping Evil master of the Elder Wand?
→ We predicted Pokemon Go
→ "Run outside and grab a squirrel."
→ Moment of silence for Newt's tea kettle.
→ Dwyane Johnson as Grindelwald?
→ Hodags and Hide-Behinds, our newest band.
→ "The Newt Case": The Tarasque!
→ "It's the fruit salad of beasts."
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Claire, Eleanor, and Sophie share initial reactions!
→ Is Newt trying to forget Leta?
→ What's Mary Lou’s motive?
→ #BringBackColin
→ Claire’s got a theory…
→ Whose wand is it anyway?
→ “That’s not how the justice system works…”
→ What's up with that death potion?
→ Does Newt shave?
→ Needs more Graves.
→ We're STILL obsessed with coats.
→ "The Newt Case:" The Erumpent!
→ Eddie's mating dance is everything.
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
→ The game has changed on midnight releases.
→ "It felt like going home..."
→ "It's a better movie because it was MADE to be a movie."
→ PASTRIES CONFIRMED!
→ Zootopia: A Fantastic Beasts prequel?
→ "Your mom's an erumpent!"
→ Fantastic Beasts pick-up lines.
→ Newt's dance. The new bend and snap?
→ #JusticeForCredence
→ Haircuts spoil everything.
→ "Shut up BERNADETTE!"
→ Emotionally destroyed by wand umbrellas.
→ "Make it rain, Frank!"
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ We saw “Fantastic Beasts” and...
→ WE LOVE IT!! Kat and Amy join us for a SPOILER FREE review!
→ “Jo’s fingerprints are all over it.”
→ Better than the Harry Potter films?
→ Will this be the film to win Jo an Oscar?
→ Screenplay a MUST READ, says Eddie Redmayne.
→ MUCH darker than “Potter”.
→ The niffler is a “crap ton of fun”.
→ David Heyman is our fave.
→ We tried on the “Fantastic Beasts” Hot Topic gear!
→ The black carpet was magical…
→ Warwick Davis is making a fandom documentary!
→ “If you thought it was over, it’s only just starting again…”
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ SpeakBeasty listener Laine guest hosts!
→ "We only podcast to make puns..."
→ “The Phoenix Register”: More on The Blind Pig!
→ Could Graves be a Snape?
→ Buckbeak is our spirit animal, AND OUR GUEST HOST?!
→ "That was a dramatic situation I made up."
→ "Monumentous? Is that even a word?"
→ Fantastic Beasts 2 will be set in France!
→ The French called the '20s the "crazy years".
→ Eleanor gives a better history lesson than your professors.
→ “The Time-Turner”: Politics of the '20s!
→ Do wizards vote?
→ “The Newt Case”: The Kraken! It gets weird...
→ Fantastic Beasts in Atlantis?!
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Sophie & Claire are here with BIG news!
→ Casually meeting J.K. Rowling with a few hundred people.
→ “The Phoenix Register”: FIVE MOVIES! POSTERS! EMOJIS!
→ "I learned that from the podcast!"
→ Mary-Lou and her evil centerpieces.
→ Monday—do nefarious things...
→ We're still obsessed with Graves' coat.
→ Stephen Hawking & Dumbledore save the world?
→ Will we see the wizarding side of World War II?
→ Is Graves the next big bad?
→ Newt’s like “No!” and Graves is like “I don’t care.”
SPOILER ALERT: We discuss the first ten minutes of the film!
SKIP FROM 1:03:35 TO 1:14:36 TO AVOID SPOILERS
→ “The Time-Turner”: Jazz & the music of the 20's!
→ This isn't just Harry's world anymore...
→ “The Newt Case”: The Clabbert! Cute or creepy?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ LIVE AT NEW YORK COMIC CON!
→ Ashley exists! (Along with Ariel, Lizzie, Megan, and Elayna)
→ Newt's patronus: Niffler or Hippogriff?
→ “The Phoenix Register”: Main Titles from the soundtrack released!!
→ Will Fantastic Beasts live up to the hype?
→ Where in the Wizarding World could Newt travel next?
→ Will we ever see Rolf Scamander in the films?
→ Our podcast is almost a year old... #CueTheFeels
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Special guest, SpeakBeasty listener Allie!
→ Patronus test results! Squirrels, dragons, & more!
→ CONFIRMED: Agatha Christie is legit.
→ There is no canon...
→ Newt has A BROTHER?!
→ Are Theseus & Graves besties?
→ Pickett has attachment issues.
→ Jacob is super loyal. Probably a Hufflepuff.
→ Queenie is the epitome of feminine & strong.
→ “The Time-Turner”: Harry Houdini! Definitely a wizard.
→ “The Newt Case”: Billywigs! Hallucinogen or cute floaty things?
→ "Hovering uncontrollably or permanent floating may ensue."
On this bonus episode of SpeakBeasty:
→ Join Shannen and Jessica for an exclusive interview!
→ Find out which FANTASTIC sets Jessica explored!
→ Learn more about new creature concept art!
→ Discover what it was like to meet the team!
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ “The Phoenix Register”: Coloring books, posters, and covers!
→ Seraphina and her EPIC purple wand.
→ Welcome to the new generation of fans.
→ Should Robert Downey Jr be young Dumbledore?
→ Why did the Ashwinder cross the road?
→ Newt and Charles Darwin were probably bros.
→ So. Much. Complicated. Canon.
→ Putting DVD's and paperbacks in a blender...
→ Han wasn't the only one who shot first.
→ “The Time-Turner”: Agatha Christie (aka, Gone Girl)
→ "What kind of beasts live in chalk quarries?"
→ “The Newt Case”: The Squonk!
→ Scientific names for sad cinnamon rolls.
PODCAST QUESTION: Will it blend? How do you define Harry Potter canon and how will Fantastic Beasts fit into your personal canon?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ It's a British invasion week!
→ “The Phoenix Register”: Casting directors and cake.
→ Get ready to throw money at the tie-in books!
→ Newt and Harry have Megan in common.
→ Are the gonna make Queenie EVIL!?
→ No more manic pixie dream girls!
→ What we know so far: it's a lot.
→ Less than 100 days to go!
→ Ariel is so very pleased.
→ “The Time-Turner”: First woman to swim the English channel SLAYED.
→ Gertrude is a BAMF. Gertrude is everything.
→ “The Newt Case”: The ashwinder!
→ Fire snakes ruined Hogwarts pantomime.
PODCAST QUESTION: Given all we've learned so far, what is the ONE THING you are most excited to see in the first Fantastic Beasts film this fall?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Megan and Eleanor join us!
→ “The Phoenix Register”: Lots of bits of scoop!
→ We'll be at New York Comic Con!
→ Beast plushies & possible parks!
→ Invoking nostalgic excitement = feels.
→ "Could be a giant rolling octopus..."
→ What's up with Credence?
→ The abstract nature of Legilimency.
→ Queenie & Newt should be BFFs.
→ Fantastic Beasts 3: The Great Emu War.
→ “The Time-Turner”: 1920's literature!
→ Winnie the Pooh & the death of the American dream.
→ “The Newt Case”: The adorable, awkward mooncalf!
→ "They just want to dance!"
PODCAST QUESTION: Do you think Credence possesses magical abilities? Why or why not?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Michael and Elayna are back, along with guest Colleen!
→ Some sad news...
→ “The Phoenix Register”:We learned a lot from Comic Con!
→ Fantastic Beasts Legos! T-shirts! Posters!
→ The funniest movie in the Wizarding World?
→ PICKET & PASTRIES NEED A SITCOM!
→ Eddie is a Hufflepuff! Best moment of his life.
→ Graves is just not having a good day.
→ Fire breathing squirrels!
→ Subway fight with wands!
→ We all wanna be wizards.
→ “The Time-Turner”: Prohibition!
→ “Wouldn’t it be great if we could drink right now?”
→ “The Newt Case”: Don't be such a Gytrash!
→ Story time with Michael...
PODCAST QUESTION: In the most recent trailer, we saw a shadowy figure attacking New York and a glowing beast beneath the ice. What creatures do you think they are? Do you think they could be something else?
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Guest host Hayley joins us!
→ “The Phoenix Register”: Fantastic Beasts at San Diego Comic Con!
→ Meet producer Elayna at SDCC!
→ NEWT FUNKO POPS!
→ Katherine & Alison became BFFs.
→ Feels we didn't sign up for...
→ Lots of playing with hair in this film.
→ Comprehensive Ilvermorny history.
→ "Dem boys have magic!!"
→ The power of love is strong with this one.
→ Poor Martha...
→ “The Time Turner”: Salem Witch Trails!
→ Damn Jo, back at it again with the foreshadowing!
→ “The Newt Case”: Meet the Wampus!
→ What's the ding???
This time on SpeakBeasty:
→ Shannen is back, along with Sophie!
→ "The Phoenix Register": Posters & stories & clips, oh my!
→ Newt is Dora the Explorer & Hufflepuff Batman.
→ This episode's hosts rep all four Ilvermorny houses!
→ DID WE MENTION ILVERMORNY HOUSES?!
→ Bowtie undone? Get it together, Newt!
→ Mustard face Tina is adorable.
→ Baby bowtruckles!
→ Fancy, gratuitous apparating.
→ "The Time Turner": Quidditch!
→ Was Captain America a Quidditch star?
→ What makes it more American? EXPLOSIONS.
→ "The Newt Case": The dastardly Dwayyo!
→ Fantastic Beasts should have been a rom-com...
→ "It's not beasts he finds, it's love!"