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“SpeakBeasty” Episode 23: “Breaking the Third Wall”

by Elayna Mae Darcy, SpeakBeasty · November 6, 2016

Join hosts Ariel, Eleanor, and Shannen and guest host Laine for a journey back in time, discussing how French history could inform the story of the second Fantastic Beasts film and whether or not wizards of the 1920s would have voted!

Episode 23: Breaking the Third Wall

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?!

PODCAST QUESTION: How do you think French history will play into the Fantastic Beasts sequel?

Share your thoughts on this episode with us below in the comments, and don’t forget to support SpeakBeasty on Patreon, where you can get thank you tweets, join our common room, and more!

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