PotterCast #258 – PukWhatgie?
Jul 10, 2016
News
Get excited Leaky followers–everyone’s favorite Harry Potter podcast is back with another new episode! The Harry Potter world is very much a live, with new content being added faster than fans can react and become excited. With all this hot news, PotterCast is back, and attempting to tackle the Potter Universe with lively discussion–may take a few bit-by-bit segments.
As listeners may recall from the last PotterCast episode, John Noe (in true character) had a good laugh at the seeming ridiculousness of the leaked Ilvermorny house names. As fans have learned since the release of the Ilvermorny foundation story, Thunderbird, Pukwudgie, Horned Serpent, and Wampus are indeed the names of the four houses of Ilvermorny. Everyone on PotterCast appreciates the irony, though all admit the names are still quite funny.
This week, the PotterCast podcasters were joined by Zack Luye, who runs the Game of Thrones news fansite Winter is Coming and hosts a Game of Thrones podcast for his site (similar to The Leaky Cauldron and PotterCast). Zack cohosted and helped edit this weeks PotterCast–thanks Zack!
In this week’s episode, the PotterCast crew sorted Zack and John Noe into their Ilvermonry houses (Melissa guessed Zack’s house before he finished J.K. Rowling’s quiz, and John Noe’s teasing of a certain house came back to bite him when he was sorted into it!), discussed the names and lore behind the new American wizarding houses–particularly Pukwudgie–and the color pallettes for each house.
With so much cannon behind Hogwarts and it’s four houses, the PotterCast crew discusses what is next for the Ilvermorny story, and hypothesizes what is to come. Even though J.K. Rowing claimed there was “no equivalence” between the Hogwarts and Ilvermorny houses, the group discusses the obvious parallels between the two sets of houses.
There is no equivalence between Hogwarts and Ilvermorny houses, but don’t diss Hufflepuff! https://t.co/ey0VdC542f
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 29, 2016
The podcast wraps up with an interesting look at Bre’s Hogwarts/Ilvermorny poll that breaks down data about the Ilvermorny houses, North American schools, and….
GeekyCon! There is only a few weeks until GeekyCon kicks off in Orlando at the end of this month! The next PotterCast will be hosted live from GeekyCon, and by then all fans will have their hands on the eighth story! Learn more about GeekyCon here.
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