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PotterCast 130: The One with J.K. Rowling
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And it's here! J.K. Rowling is on PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast! Aggggh! This is part one of her appearance; the rest will be up next week. We'll have a transcript up as soon as we can.
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Show info:
J.K. Rowling comes to PotterCast! This is just part one - make sure to tune in next week for part two!
In this landmark show we talk about:
-The morals of Beedle the Bard
-Who was right about Horcri?
-Who made the first Horcrux?
-Creating a Horcrux vs. splitting the atom
-Will Jo tell us how to create a Horcrux?
-The things that made her editor look like she wanted to vomit
-The Scottish Book and its potential date of publication
-Baby pictures for the Dawlish entry
-Dumbledore and homosexuality in the wizarding world
-The recklessness and blindness that comes with love
-Madam Hooch fanfic
-Is Harry kinda not really a Horcrux?
-Was Harry the not-so-much-a Horcrux damaged in CoS??
-The pain in Harry's scar explained in more detail
-Dumbledore's "in essence divided" spell
-Neville. Just Neville. The Boy it Could Have Been.
-Matthew Lewis as Cormac McLaggen?
-Thrice defying the Dark Lord explained
-The missing 24 hours, and how Dumbledore found out what happened in Godric's Hollow
-"You either get to be right, or you get more stories!"
-"I've got a bit of a problem with this myself...maybe they've got a point."
-How the Scottish Book would be laid out, and more info about what will be in it
-"It's about doing the absolute definitive, giving people everything guide."
-Hannah Abbott's backstory: Muggleborn or pureblood? And running the Leaky Cauldron
-The Web site and the WOMBATs - are there more WOMBATs? The secret agenda that got book seven info online.
-Jo: "I win!"
-The Trio: Did they graduate Hogwarts?
-Hogwarts graduation traditions, and Jo's feelings on not writing a ceremony
Don't forget to tune in next week!
RT: 49:10
Edited by Superhero Stede Bonnett
With special thanks to Rosi for being our Brit voice, and Fiddy for putting up with all manner of craziness.
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Cant wait to listen! Does anyone else have problems with it not showing up in iTunes? Currently for me the most recent podcast is the OoTP commentary.
The direct download link is wrong…. it downloads 128
Its nothing to do with not subscribing to the podcast as i done that a loong tme ago, do i have to click anything on this page?
wow this is so exciting. and as early on tues as you can get! thank-god for time zones…it only 7pm here :P
YAAAAY!!!!!!!! Staying up for it was worth it! Now I get no sleep!!!! But it doesn’t matter! I didn’t get any for DH when it came out and this is almost as exciting so who cares!!! Who needs sleep!! Thanks for doing this pottercast! Thanks Jo! I love you!
I’m in London and for the off chance of it already being up I’ve logged in first thing this morning… and it’s up!!! Thank you so much Leaky! It’ll be great to hear this on the way to work :-)
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Oh my gosh, I’m downloading it right now. This is so exciting…. :D
YAY!!! I’m so excited for this I can hardly stand it! Thank you so much PotterCast!
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!
You are welcome, you are welcome, Pinefresh! Cool you joined the OMG/YEAH Fanclub!
I’m sorry if I sound like a downer (I’m actually very excited), but I have to ask whether anyone else having trouble downloading the episode?
I open iTunes and it starts to automatically download the latest ep like usual (which takes about ten minutes with my dodgy connection) and when it’s finished it reports it as “Done,” as per usual. But then I go to the podcast list and the episode is listed there as one which hasn’t been downloaded. I’ve “downloaded” it twice now without success and it’s very strange (the file is nowhere to be found on my computer, either.) Is anyone else having difficulties?
Oh well, I hope that it works this time. While I’m waiting, I’ll just let out a few more happy squeals of excitement. :)
Just listen to the podcast. It was awsome. Can’t wait for part 2.
I was sitting on pins and needles waiting for someone to ask what the spell was that Dumbledore attempted casting on Voldemort during their duel in “Order”, but alas…
I love the interview so far! :) I’m looking forward to hearing the second portion!
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