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“SpeakBeasty” Episode 54: “Newt Takes Down Fascism”

by Elayna Mae Darcy, SpeakBeasty · January 28, 2018

Join hosts Haley, Megan, and Michael, as well as guest host Stephanie, as they go for an adventure on the metro of 1920s Paris, discuss Hagrid’s casual brushes with fame, and try to imagine just how much of Hogwarts we will see in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald!

Episode 54: Newt Takes Down Fascism

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 and 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?

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1995

Harry, Fred, and George are banned from Quidditch
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1995

Peter Mullan's birthday
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Ron snogs Lavender
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1996

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone movie (London premiere)
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Deluxe Illustrated Edition (UK)
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