Episode #342: A History of Magic

- Welcome Slug Club member Irvin! - Cursed Child tickets go on sale and we're left in the dust! - Until Katy (and her husband) come to the rescue! - We discuss ticket prices - why were no special offers made for people buying both Parts 1 & 2? - Listeners share their Cursed Child ticket buying experiences - We review Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magic - The book details the exhibition currently at the British Library - It feels like touring a museum (in a good way) - We explore the original synopsis JKR sent to Bloomsbury - The Harry Potter world owes a lot to then 8-year-old Alice Newton - Ghost panels, statues, a selection committee of professors - the Sorting Hat that almost wasn't! - Fudge and Vernon Dursely were originally going to be coworkers? WHAT?! - We look at JKR's early list of Hogwarts professors: Enid Pettigrew, Oakden Hernshaw, Mopsus? - Harry and Ron almost met the merpeople in Chamber of Sercrets! - Steve Kloves shares his story and how judging a book by its cover almost cost him the films - Quizzitch: In Prisoner of Azkaban, what does Snape task students with in their year-end lesson? - Voicemails on Grindelwald and Wizarding World theme park