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PotterCast 131: Rowling Along

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Posted by: Melissa
December 24, 2007, 01:57 AM

Happy Holidays! We’re back with the second part of our JK Rowling interview on our Harry Potter podcast, PotterCast.

To listen, subscribe via iTunes (subscribers, hit “Update this Podcast” if you don’t see it right away), or grab it via direct download, or just hit the "Play" button on the right side of the page (->.

Show info:

An intro with just the trio – we talk about the week’s news as well as the Jo interview and our experience of it. This is the last part with Jo but future shows will have our little bloopers, and Jo does promise to come back. So keep twiddling those dials!

Jo returns and we talk about:

Draco
Dogs on her web site
The wallpaper
Rude words and rubbish
Carnegie Hall redux
What’s in the Love Room?
Love raising people to the heights of absolute heroism, and foolishness
Bellatrix
What exactly did Alan Rickman know and when?
Snape – was he truly meant to be in Slytherin?
The Potter Park – she’s “very very very involved.”
“Personally, I think it will be the best thing in the world of it’s type, having seen what I’ve seen.”
What happened to Florean Fortescue?
Wand lore
Hagrid did not create Thestrals
Wands as sentient beings
Albus Potter and the Book They Said Would Never Happen
How the documentary happened
JK Rowling and the Changing Haircuts
“My Name is Lily Potter. You thought I was dead. You were wrong.”
“My name is Hedwig…”
Fred? “Whatever,” says John

RT: 46:25
Edited by Superhero Stede Bonnett

With special thanks to Jo and Le Grand Fidd, for everything.
Leaky theme song by Brad Mehlenbacher of Draco and the Malfoys

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104 Comments

Feorge

pffft, who cares about another interview with Jo? I mean, Mugglecast has Jamie back. Now that’s BIG!!!!

Looking forward to listening to it guys. The first one was amazing and I’m sure this one will be just as great. BTW, I’ve marked the 1st one in iTunes so it won’t get deleted…ever.

Posted by Feorge on December 23, 2007, 11:31 PM
marillawhite

a.ma.zing!!!

haha remember that time Voldemort was like “I know! I’ll get a wand’s loyalty by commanding a snake to kill its ‘owner’ for me! That’ll work just perfect!!”

gets me every time. except not because of the sadness that followed, but still. lol.

Posted by marillawhite on December 23, 2007, 11:32 PM
Amy S

omg this is amazing! the bellatrix fangirl in me kind of freaked the hell out over her confirming bella/voldy… AHHH :D

Posted by Amy S on December 23, 2007, 11:59 PM
Angela NZ

Love love love for Leaky + Jo!! Merry Christmas everyone (its Christmas Eve 6pm here), and thank you times a billion for being simply fabulous. Can’t wait to listen!

Posted by Angela NZ on December 24, 2007, 12:03 AM
MuggleTonks

You know you’ve done good when the object of your affection takes notice of you almost exclusively!! We all appreciate you doing what you do as well and as dedicated as you do it.

Happy Christmas :)

Posted by MuggleTonks on December 24, 2007, 12:15 AM
bre

It’s not on iTunes :(

Posted by bre on December 24, 2007, 12:25 AM
Brendan

I like the arrested development music!

Posted by Brendan on December 24, 2007, 12:42 AM
Ali

“The next password will be horcri” haha! Jo is such an inspiring, generous, and all around amazing person. You guys must feel very honored to have talked so openly to her, and I can’t think of anyone who deserves it more!

Posted by Ali on December 24, 2007, 01:21 AM
Mountain Violet

I haven’t been able to hear it yet, but may I say that I am looking forward to “What exactly did Alan Rickman know and when?”

;)

Posted by Mountain Violet on December 24, 2007, 01:21 AM
Isa

Great podcast! Now we finally know who Draco’s wife is!

Posted by Isa on December 24, 2007, 01:36 AM
FredFan

Ack! So close to discussion on Fred and yet so far away! Oh well, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for your next interview when I hope you’ll spend time talking about Fred, George and Lupin.

Thank you Jo, Melissa, John and Sue for allowing the magic to continue a bit longer.

Posted by FredFan on December 24, 2007, 02:29 AM
Mr. Blood

The next password was BEYOND awesome. One again, congrats on doing this interview and thank you so much for sharing it. You guys rock!

PS. I would have soiled myself if the next password was Dawlish . . but this was plenty good.

Posted by Mr. Blood on December 24, 2007, 03:05 AM
Kayleigh

Ohhhh, so the Slytherins DID come back! Only, they had to make sure they would win first. Nice!

I forgot about Slughorn shame

Lol @ Draco marrying some random undergrad and Pansy probably having a terrible life. lol I think the moral of this story is that violence against bullies is wrong, just write them into characters and make millions and then cackle about your greatness later, vindicated, haha :D

I loved how only Alan Rickman knew about Snape’s past. No one suspected him! It’s awesome how he kept that to himself for all these years. What a huge secret to keep, too.

Thank you for asking about Florean Fortescue!

But honestly, I’m tired of wand lore. I no longer care about why the wands do what they do. Inspect them on your own time! lol The room of love question. Awesome. I always suspected it to be more…mysterious, haha, then that. But still. Awesome.

You should have asked if this quote was an intentional clue: “Right, we’re leaving that room,” said Hermione decisively. “But what if that’s the one?” said Ron, staring at it with a mixture of apprehension and longing. —Ron and Hermione, talking about the Door of Love, pg 776 (OoP).

That way you could have chatted about Ron and Hermione!

But your right, she said she’s coming back, thank God. So we can all talk about Colin Creevy and Fred, the fate of George and Ron and Hermione lurrrve.

“Albus Potter and the Book They Said Would Never Happen”

Hahaha, oh please God no. I’m thinking more like a book of short stories. It will feature titles such as: “Rose Weasley and the Ridiculously Romantic Scorpius Malfoy”, “James Potter and the Resilient Spot”, plus the heartwarming “Ron Weasley and his Mad New Family”

Also, actual children’s books.

“See Buckbeak fly. Buckbeat flys high. Buckbeat has wings. Buckbeaks eats things.”

Posted by Kayleigh on December 24, 2007, 03:22 AM
Ponette

They never talked about romance at all. :(

Posted by Ponette on December 24, 2007, 03:37 AM
Ponette

It’s lovely listening to Jo, but the guys never touched on the promised romance. :(

Posted by Ponette on December 24, 2007, 03:38 AM
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