“SpeakBeasty” Episode 32: “You Can’t Magic with Us”
Join Ariel, Lizzie, Michael, and guest host Steph for a discussion about Fantastic Beasts antagonist Mary Lou, a comprehensive history of the real Salem Witch Trials, and a look at the Runespoor and its magical cone of shame.
Episode 32: You Can’t Magic With Us
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 Bartholomew…
→ “The Newt Case”: The Runespoor!
→ We’re basically a ’90s sitcom.
→ Is it aPatronuss, 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?
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