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PotterCast 130: The One with J.K. Rowling
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And it's here! J.K. Rowling is on PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast! Aggggh! This is part one of her appearance; the rest will be up next week. We'll have a transcript up as soon as we can.
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J.K. Rowling comes to PotterCast! This is just part one - make sure to tune in next week for part two!
In this landmark show we talk about:
-The morals of Beedle the Bard
-Who was right about Horcri?
-Who made the first Horcrux?
-Creating a Horcrux vs. splitting the atom
-Will Jo tell us how to create a Horcrux?
-The things that made her editor look like she wanted to vomit
-The Scottish Book and its potential date of publication
-Baby pictures for the Dawlish entry
-Dumbledore and homosexuality in the wizarding world
-The recklessness and blindness that comes with love
-Madam Hooch fanfic
-Is Harry kinda not really a Horcrux?
-Was Harry the not-so-much-a Horcrux damaged in CoS??
-The pain in Harry's scar explained in more detail
-Dumbledore's "in essence divided" spell
-Neville. Just Neville. The Boy it Could Have Been.
-Matthew Lewis as Cormac McLaggen?
-Thrice defying the Dark Lord explained
-The missing 24 hours, and how Dumbledore found out what happened in Godric's Hollow
-"You either get to be right, or you get more stories!"
-"I've got a bit of a problem with this myself...maybe they've got a point."
-How the Scottish Book would be laid out, and more info about what will be in it
-"It's about doing the absolute definitive, giving people everything guide."
-Hannah Abbott's backstory: Muggleborn or pureblood? And running the Leaky Cauldron
-The Web site and the WOMBATs - are there more WOMBATs? The secret agenda that got book seven info online.
-Jo: "I win!"
-The Trio: Did they graduate Hogwarts?
-Hogwarts graduation traditions, and Jo's feelings on not writing a ceremony
Don't forget to tune in next week!
RT: 49:10
Edited by Superhero Stede Bonnett
With special thanks to Rosi for being our Brit voice, and Fiddy for putting up with all manner of craziness.
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oh my Lord I love the intro. brilliant. this is great so far :D
Wow I thought I’d have to wait till morning … it’s 10 pm on the 18th here in NZ so YAYYYY. Almost finished downloading … thanks for putting it up so fast Melissa and everyone else!
She mentions Hooch fanfic? !1!!!
Stream faster, damnit :D
This very rocks.
OMG!!! I’m updating my iPod now so I can go crawl under the covers and listen! It’s freezing!
Since Jo has so kindly and wonderfully answered questions about her characters in this interview, I think it only right and proper to return the favour lest she ever read these comments.
Madame Hooch is, of course, crazy about McGonagall and has been for many years.
She has, of course, kept this very much to herself obviously not even allowing her own author to know, but trust us, we’ve seen the evidence.
Hope that helps clear things up!
(And a thousand thanks to Jo for a wonderful interview.)
Just finished! It was AMAZING. Now I have to wait a WHOLE WEEK for the next part! Geeeeez. Wow. So much awesomeness. Hearing her voice alongside my favorite trio for the first time is such a treat! This interview to me represents everything about Jo and Harry Potter that I love….a devotion and love for the fans. Even though I don’t work for Bloomsbury, Scholastic, WB, Leaky, Pottercast or any other organization or fansite affiliated with Harry Potter, I still feel like I’m a part of all this. It almost makes me want to cry to think how devoted Jo is to her fans. How many super celebrities do this kind of thing for their fans??!! Not many. Jo is clearly down to earth and well a “normal” person (dare I say it). Hearing her talk about Christmas shopping, etc. makes me feel like she is a next door neighbor that I can relate to in many different ways. This interview makes me feel almost like Jo did this just for me. I’ve been listening to Pottercast for a long time now and I feel like Melissa, John, and Sue are my friends. So, Jo just chatted with some of my good friends. That is awesome. When I look back on these years of the Harry Potter phenomenon and tell my future children about it I feel like I’m going to be able to say I was an active participant in the fandom. I am just so touched by this. I can hardly even contain my emotions. Thank you Jo, you are just such a wonderful person. You have made these past few years absolutely wonderful. Oh, and I must say, I live in Fayetteville, AR, USA but I read Harry Potter for the first time when I was in Europe. It was the first and only time I’ve been to Europe and looking back I am so glad I started reading them over there. It just makes it that much more sentimental to me. Well. this is really long so I suppose I will go to bed now as it’s 3:30am and I must get up in about 5 hours. Good night everyone! Thanks again Jo! Merry Christmas!!!!!!
That was terrific guys, really enjoyable.
Can’t wait for the next installment.
Wow, sorry about that comment. It’s REALLY long. I think I got a little emotional. I hope you all will forgive me!!!! G’night!
Omg, it’s awesome, I love the way her voice sounds and she told so much what I was thinking of and I can’t wait for the Encyclopedia
AAAH! It was AMAZING what a fantastic interview!! Can’t wait (literally) ‘till part 2!! Wow I couldn’t stop dancing while listening to it!! What a fab early christmas present Leaky and Jo!! Thank you!!
Oh yay, there’s a part 2! And here I was thinking that it was (ahem) only 48 minutes long! The longer the better :) Thanks again Leaky! It was wonderful, just amazing to hear her voice. SamKamHPFan, that ’s how a lot of us feel, so emo all you want!
there is new canon? I CAN’T DOWNLOAD!! my sound doesn’t work!! can anybody write the new canon?
That was fantastic! I can’t wait for Part 2 – by the way, is it going to be released a little earlier than Tuesday? Not that listening to you guys and Jo is a bad way to spend Christmas, but seeing it was released at around 7pm Australian time today (and I’ll be out til late that night), I’d have to cross my fingers that I had time to download and listen Boxing Day in between work, seeing The Golden Compass and getting ready to go on holidays!
Ahh that was beautiful. Thanks Leaky, for being so wonderful and hardworking that Jo couldn’t help but notice!
That was truly incredible; so funny and honest and interesting. Thanks to Jo for participating in this and of course to Leaky for getting this set up. I’m gobsmacked; truly a great Christmas gift.
JKR, awesome as always! Amazing interview. I hope she does do the character info and writing info like she said for the “Scottish Book”
Do we really have to wait a week for the next bit? Ah well it’ll be worth the wait! :)
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I’m in Australia (6pm) and I’m seriously considering skipping swimming training to go straight home and listen to this. What a treat. Thxs.