#497: The First Movie's Best Character Introductions

• Welcome Slug Club member Pablo to the show! Spanish language speakers, check out Pablo's HP podcast Cuarantena 9 3/4!
• In a bit of sad news, Hogwarts Legacy has been given a 2022 release window, not 2021 as we had hoped.
• How will the hosts fill the time without the new game? By checking out other games like Micah?
• The Sorcerer's Stone movie turns 20 this year! To celebrate, we'll be hosting discussions about the first film throughout the year!
• The hosts discuss which character was given the best introduction in the movie.
• The rest of today's episode is all MuggleMail! The hosts answer your e-mails and voicemails
• Why don't we hear more about teachers' spouses at Hogwarts?
• Should Samuel L. Jackson voice the Sorting Hat on a new TV series? We listen to his audition tape.
• Did Dumbledore fail to protect Frank and Alice Longbottom sufficiently in the wake of the death of the Potters?
• 12-year-old listener Wyatt asks us, would throwing a Horcrux through The Veil destroy it?
• The hosts ruminate on whether a Chapter by Chapter reboot lays in our future.
• Quizzitch: Which actress reportedly turned down the role of the witch Sybil Trelawney in “Prisoner of Azkaban” because she did not believe boarding school life should be glorified?
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