Episode 196: The Sea Serpent and the Ramora are Dating

Feb 04, 03:00 PM

  • 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 chill?
  • “He's a funny little guy but he'll eat you!”
  • Liz aspires to be a “create an entire magical species to destroy fishing nets” level of petty 
  • You can listen to us be so, so wrong about snallygasters in episode 141, “More Dumbledores, More Secrets.”
  • “The Ministry … is bad.” - Shannen
  • Bigfoots and brown bears are working together!
  • Disco Yeti!!
  • Time-Turner: the history of Muggle zoology!
  • Marjolaine has proof that Charles Darwin was not a wizard.

Podcast Question: Which beast, of the ones discussed today, would you like to see in the Fantastic Beasts movies?