Episode 200: The Beasty Awards, A Fantastic Finale
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
SpeakBeasty is proud to present THE BEASTY AWARDS! Twenty categories decided by our patrons. Thanks to this week's Patreon supporter … ALL OF THEM, past and present! We literally couldn't have done it without you. Who won best glow-up? Spoopiest moment? Most dramatic? Our on- and off-air talents say their goodbyes. Thanks for listening. Your support, your love, your comments, and your downloads kept us going. Case closed.
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Episode 199: The Manticore is Our Roman Empire
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Thanks to this week's Patreon supporter, Jamie! Phoenix Register: while we wait for the news that cancels the hiatus… The Harry Potter series on MAX will be out in 2026. “I hope they Riverdale it.” Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is 20 (how?!) and the Studio Tour is celebrating from May 1 - September 4. More info . Owl Post: none, but don't worry, we're not firing the owls. Main Discussion: magical creatures in theme parks! We talk Universal, Disney, Knott’s, and Efteling. “Let's get weird and talk about dragons.” Check out Shannen...
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Episode 198: In My Voldemort Era
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
Episode 200 is a party AND NOTHING ELSE. Thanks to this week's Patreon supporter, VlightPhase! We appreciate you sticking with us to the end. Phoenix Register: Dawn French (The Fat Lady from the Harry Potter movies) had a real-life Erumpent mating dance moment! Listen to her interview on the Off-Menu Christmas special . “It's giving, your skull is susceptible under force.” Wand interaction enhancements are under construction at Universal Orlando - including potential for dueling! The Forbidden Forest Experience is no longer opening in a wildlife sanctuary in Australia. Main...
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Episode 197: Validated By A Wizard
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
Happy Valentine's, Galentine's, and/or Palentine's Day! Thanks to this week's Patreon supporter, Ali! We appreciate you! Phoenix Register: we have a name for the Wizarding World land in Epic Universe! It's called The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: The Ministry of Magic. More info . Find out one of Carolyn's husband's core memories. Owl Post: Jerri writes in about sea adventures and swimming snakes. Enjoy the tangent about dog beds as well. Main Discussion: a deep dive into MinaLima's Fantastic Beasts work in The Magic of MinaLima! If you'd like to follow along in your copy: ...
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Episode 196: The Sea Serpent and the Ramora are Dating
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
Welcome … to SpeakBeasty After Dark, ft. Shannen's post-cold voice. Thanks to this week's Patreon supporter, Jasmine H.! Phoenix Register: HBO is holding pitch meetings for the Harry Potter TV series, per Deadline. TikTok doesn't understand lead times. New Harry Potter Squishmallows are coming out, featuring Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Owl Post: Jerri writes in with thoughts on Universal, Edinburgh, and the show ending. Main Discussion: the final third of the beasts that haven't appeared on-screen in Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts. Unicorns: dangerous? Chill? Dangerously...
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Episode 195: A Great Big Magical World
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
Time isn't a real thing and we made it up. Thanks to this week's Patreon supporter, Allee! Phoenix Register: Hogwarts Legacy is the best-selling game in the UK and the US for 2023. It was also the most-searched game on Google. A giant elder wand has gone up at Epic Universe! . It's acting as a beacon to mark the entrance of the Wizarding World land. Sad news: with episode 200, we're bringing SpeakBeasty to a close. It's not goodbye, it's see you later! The last episode is actually dropping 3/31, not right before the eclipse. “My dog's really cute, and so is my husband, and I'm kinda...
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Episode 194: If I Fits I Sits
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
Happy New Year from the SpeakBeasty team! Thanks to this week's Patreon supporter, Beth W.! Phoenix Register: congratulations to Geoff and Ashley on the newest member of the Beasty crew! Owl Post: Liz, Lorrie, and Geoff write in about their favorite Beasty moments of the year. Main Discussion: in honor of the newest baby Beasty, we're talking the care and feeding of baby Beasts! “I did heavy amounts of research … in my head.” What animal is Liz usually mistaken for? We ponder the limits of diricawl teleportation. “That's Credence just being a silly boy.” Qilins just love...
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Episode 193: What A Year It's Been
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
It’s Christmas! A very Beasty Christmas to those of you who celebrate! Phoenix Register: Visions of Magic is open in Cologne! Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Victoria Yeates, Poppy Corby-Tuech, and Oliver Massuci reunited at German Film Comic Con and talked behind the scenes shenanigans, what role they’d like to play in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series, and the surprising location of the green room! Watch the panel on . Cursed Child is kicking off its national tour in Chicago in September! Who’s up for a show? Attraction and shop names were revealed for Epic Universe. Check out the article...
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Episode 192: Let The Jarvey Swear
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
Thanks to this week’s Patreon supporter, Neeharika P.! We’re still workshopping the festive version of our name. No news this week ☹ …except that there might be a Supernatural reboot? No owl post either ☹ please send us owl post, but not your Destiel fanfics Main Discussion: The beasts we didn’t see, part 2 “Part of my brain is a horsefish?” More references: , , , nogtail art (, , ), Newt got expelled because his jarvey is too rude and full of ‘tude Liz is a knarl, confirmed “A venom SAC, not a venom SNACK.” Ann’s theory about the trolls from Frozen is confirmed ...
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Episode 191: Fairy Dad
SpeakBeasty: A Fantastic Beasts Podcast
Do the kids still say ‘IRL?’ Thanks to this week’s Patreon supporter, Anne S.! Phoenix Register: the House of Minalima pop-up opened in Paris, and Marjo got to go! Marjo reveals some Fantastic Beasts secrets and we learn something incredibly unsurprising about Geoff. You can see the newspaper we talk about . There’s a connection between Hadestown and Secrets of Dumbledore. Owl Post: Jerri writes in with suggestions of where else the gang could go. Main Discussion: the beasts we didn’t see! To follow along, read the article . “This is like if black mold had a personality …and a...
info_outline- It’s Christmas! A very Beasty Christmas to those of you who celebrate!
- Phoenix Register: Visions of Magic is open in Cologne!
- Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Victoria Yeates, Poppy Corby-Tuech, and Oliver Massuci reunited at German Film Comic Con and talked behind the scenes shenanigans, what role they’d like to play in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series, and the surprising location of the green room! Watch the panel on YouTube.
- Cursed Child is kicking off its national tour in Chicago in September! Who’s up for a show?
- Attraction and shop names were revealed for Epic Universe. Check out the article here.
- Owl Post: Jerri writes in about the beasts she thinks would have done well in the movies.
- Main Discussion: The SpeakBeasty Year in Review!
- What friend of the show was in Hogwarts Legacy?
- The Great Wizarding Express is maybe less great than advertised.
- May 2023: In our Mothman era.
- “And my dog was like, why aren’t you letting me sniff things?”
- Warner Brothers should give us a medal.
- Time-Turner: Christmas in America in the 1930s!
- Christmas during the Great Depression was, surprisingly, depressing.
- American Girl update: it was definitely not Samantha.
Podcast Question: What was your favorite Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts moment or memory of 2023 (and why was it listening to SpeakBeasty)?