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There’s Something About Albus (OOTP Chapter 37, The Lost Prophecy)

2025-09-09

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Help MuggleCast grow!

Our 2025 physical gift is here! The MuggleCast Yearbook includes writing by each of the four hosts, telling the story of the podcast across the last 20 years, and featuring tons of colorful images and jam-packed with enough nostalgia to make your eyes water. So visit Patreon.com/MuggleCast and pledge at the Slug Club level by September 15 to get yours!
Listeners can browse our official merch at MuggleCastMerch.com and pick up overstock items from years past at MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com!

Grab the nearest expensive-looking trinket and hurl it at Dumbledore because Andrew, Eric, Laura and Micah are treating the headmaster's office like a modern-day rage room! On this week's episode, all the feelings are bubbling up to the surface as Albus finally comes clean with Harry!

Casting news abounds for the new Harry Potter TV Show, including one character never cast before and the return of Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick!
Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 37: The Lost Prophecy. Our Time Turner segment takes us back to Episode 473 - There's Something About Harry.
Should Harry feel guilty about what's happened to Sirius?
The hosts grade Dumbledore's handling of Harry using the O.W.L. system
Does the loss of his sister Ariana inform Dumbledore's overall treatment of Harry?
“Old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young” hits home!
Dumbledore is exhausted and frankly, we don't blame him!
YOU LIAR! Dumbledore claims he is going to tell Harry "everything"!
Connecting The Threads between Trelawney's prophecies
MVP: What was the most damning Dumbledore quote from this chapter?
Over on our Lynx Line, our patrons answer this week's question: At what moment in the series should Dumbledore actually have told Harry everything?
Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering this week's Quizzitch question at MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch!
On Bonus MuggleCast, we discuss the possibility of a Harry Potter Hotel. Does Disney’s recent Star Wars flop have Universal rethinking the idea?