Should We Feel Sorry for Petunia Dursley? And more MuggleMail

Join Andrew, Eric, Laura and Micah as we dive into the Muggle Mailbag and respond to listener feedback from the first five chapters of our Order of the Phoenix reread!

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• Voicemails cover what Hermione would be like in grad school, and a theory as to why the Cursed Child runtime keeps being shortened in America.
• An astute listener writes in about the historical name origins of the wizengamot! We are all impressed.
• Ron wearing the locket in Book 7 has the same exact feelings we see Harry have in early Book 5.
• Other topics include: Why Salazar Slytherin may have chosen emeralds as a house gem, whether we should feel sorry for Petunia Dursley, why Nearly Headless Nick should still be frozen, and Harry’s sparse security detail.
• A fun What If… segment and Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul round out the discussion.
• Finally, our Lynx Line benefit exclusively for Patrons has them sharing their overall thoughts on Book 5 so far.
• Next week’s Quizzitch question: How many Halloween feasts do we see Harry attend during his time at Hogwarts?
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