Episode 172: Manticore Crab Bake

• We are joined again by Liz from our social media team!
• Thanks to this week’s Patreon supporter, Jane S., aka Ann’s mom! Thanks Mom!
• Phoenix Register: Magical creatures at Universal Osaka!
• Visitors will encounter hippogriffs, nifflers, pygmy puffs, and dragons throughout the Wizarding World section of the park. MuggleNet article here.
• Owl Post: Jeri writes in about the beasts in Osaka, and hoping that the experience comes to Orlando.
• Jeri also wrote in about our podcast question from episode 171!
• The main takeaway: the wizarding justice system is Not Great.
• Main Discussion: Scenes 60-63 of the screenplay
• Could scene 60 be the actual best scene of the movie?
• “And by that I mean specifically us, because we would argue that.”
• We get a lesson on mine safety!
• How did the squid react to the manticore tentacle?
• Shannen: I love you, Percy.
• Do we have an exact date for the movie?
• Penny Clearwater is here to sabotage and destroy.
• You can watch the Hogwarts Great Hall scene on YouTube here!
• Check out the Winged Victory of Dumbledore here.
• Let Dumbledore wear purple!
• Newtcase: BEES!!!!
• Specifically, bees in mythology and folklore.
• Shannen reads “Telling the Bees” by John Greenleaf Whittier. Full text here.

Podcast Question: Why do you think it took Newt and Theseus so long to get to Hogwarts?