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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices