581: What if Petunia Had Been Accepted to Hogwarts? And More MuggleMail

MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast

On this week's episode, we're busting open our MuggleMail bag as listeners send in owls about the first several chapters of Sorcerer's Stone! We entertain a few What Ifs about Petunia and Dudley and get some enlightening perspectives on Narcissa and Lupin!

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• We're opening up our Chapter-by-Chapter MuggleMail bag!
• Why was Hagrid sent for Harry?
• How big is the student body at Hogwarts?
• What happened to both sets of Harry's grandparents?
• How did Dudley's pigtail finally get removed?
• Did Harry's Horcrux impact the Dursley's treatment of him?
• What if... Petunia had magical ability and had been accepted at Hogwarts?
• What if... Dudley was a wizard? Would Vernon have disowned him?
• Could House-Elves be responsible for sending the Hogwarts letters?
• Other MuggleMail covers Leta Lestrange, The Elder Wand, Narcissa Malfoy and Remus Lupin
• Should Dumbledore have been sorted into Slytherin?
• Why wasn't Dobby asked to be in The Order?
• Quizzitch: In one of their very first History of Magic classes, which two famous wizards do the students in Harry's class get mixed up?
• On next week's episode: Chapters 9 & 10 of Sorcerer’s Stone: The Midnight Duel and Halloween
• In this week’s Bonus MuggleCast available exclusively to Patrons, we discuss excerpts from Alan Rickman's recently released diary, Truly Madly!
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