539: What Was The '98 Hogwarts School Year Like? And More Muggle Mail

Published: Nov. 16, 2021, 10 a.m.

b"On this week's episode, we empty some owl post from our Muggle Mail bag! What would the 1998-99 Hogwarts school year have looked like? Why did Harry decide to become an Auror? Plus, we analyze several new Credence theories, a Chicken Soup from India and a horcrux email from 2006 that we\\u2019ll finally answer!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWe're confounded! Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is closing this January!\\n\\nHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone director Chris Columbus says he thinks they got Harry\\u2019s scar wrong... and is interested in making a Cursed Child movie!\\n\\nIt's our monthly Muggle Mail episode with voicemails covering Dumbledore and Grindelwald's blood pact, Mads Mikkelson's casting and more!\\n\\nWould Hermione, Ginny and Luna have been close? Would the Slytherin students have been treated poorly? How would Snape have been remembered?\\n\\nCredence theories abound!\\n\\nWould J.K. Rowling ever write a HP-world book from a different character's perspective?\\n\\nWhat is Grindelwald's emotional motivation?\\n\\nChicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul returns!\\n\\nOur throwback email from 2006 covers Harry's glasses being a horcrux!\\n\\nQuizzitch: What was the first movie directed by Chris Columbus, which co-starred a young Vincent D'Onofrio as the Norse god Thor?\\n\\nThis week's episode is brought to you by BetterHelp (get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/MuggleCast), WarbyParker (try 5 pairs of glasses at home for free at WarbyParker.com/MuggleCast) and ThirdLove (Get 20% off at Thirdlove.com/mugglecast)\\n\\nComing up on Bonus MuggleCast (available on Patreon), the hosts discuss a certain character not appearing in The Secrets of Dumbledore and give their predictions on when we will see our first movie trailer!"