{"podcast":{"title":"MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast","slug":"mugglecast-the-harry-potter-re-read-podcast-775700","podcast_index_feed_id":775700,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/mugglecast","website_url":"http://www.mugglecast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a768baf2-a5b6-11ee-9d26-3fc4781e7cb4/image/623b705da3906ed0d9d896142d3f80e2.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"mugglecast","episode_count":780,"summary":"MuggleCast is your weekly ride into the world of Harry Potter, including the books and upcoming TV show! Our Harry Potter podcast, hosted by four life-long friends, brings its listeners entertaining and thought-provoking discussions about the Wizarding World. With each new episode we discuss everything Harry Potter: the latest news, the Potter books, the upcoming HBO TV Show, the theme parks, the video games, the fandom, and more! We're currently hosting a Chapter by Chapter re-read of the original seven Harry Potter books while keeping listeners up to date on the Harry Potter TV show.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T18:21:24.981189+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mugglecast-the-harry-potter-re-read-podcast-775700"},"episode":{"title":"Gin and Tomic (HBP Chapter 13, 'The Secret Riddle')","slug":"gin-and-tomic-hbp-chapter-13-the-secret-riddle","published_at":"2026-01-27T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mugglecast-the-harry-potter-re-read-podcast-775700/gin-and-tomic-hbp-chapter-13-the-secret-riddle","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mugglecast-the-harry-potter-re-read-podcast-775700","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NIAAI4766610245.mp3?updated=1769452005","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NIAAI4766610245.mp3?updated=1769452005","summary":"This week, bring your finest gin (Andrew's is indigo!) to a party at the Muggle orphanage where Mrs. Cole is meets Dumbledore, as our Chapter-by-Chapter series continues discussing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Our Chapter 13 discussion of \"The Secret Riddle\" is thought-provoking and focused largely on Dumbledore's actions and his intentions, based on what he might have known about things way back in the early 1940's. News: We discuss two new castings for the recent Prisoner of Azkaban full cast audiobook release. Stay tuned for a review of these new audiobooks! Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13: The Secret Riddle Is Harry treating Dumbledore differently at the start of the chapter than Young Tom Riddle treats him during the memory? What changes in Dumbledore's response to Harry if he already knows what Harry is saying about Draco is true? The Pensieve memory with Burke might seem different - but we've actually seen something like it before! A listener email asks, could Dumbledore have sent Mundungus to raid Grimmauld Place for Aberforth? How is what Dumbledore does to Mrs. Cole different than what Young Tom does to his fellow orphans? What made Merope still honor her father when naming Tom? We discuss Tom Riddle's mental state and one possibly identifiable diagnosis for his behavior. How come Harry didn't turn out like Tom Riddle given their similar trajectories? Was Dumbledore intentionally trying to impress Tom by making fire? Is he therefore playing with fire? Our MVP segment asks what the creepiest thing Young Tom Riddle does in this chapter? Our Lynx Line topic this week for Slug Club patrons: Which character would you most like to Confund and get to spill all the tea? Participate in our weekly trivia segment by answering t…","meta_description":"This week, bring your finest gin (Andrew's is indigo!) to a party at the Muggle orphanage where Mrs. Cole is meets Dumbledore, as our Chapter-by-Chapter s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4253,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mugglecast-the-harry-potter-re-read-podcast-775700/episodes/gin-and-tomic-hbp-chapter-13-the-secret-riddle/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mugglecast-the-harry-potter-re-read-podcast-775700/gin-and-tomic-hbp-chapter-13-the-secret-riddle.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}