Episode 197: Validated By A Wizard

• 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 here.
• 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:
  • First two images pg 62–63
  • Ministries of Magic intro to section Pg 88-89
  • British Ministry of Magic Pg 90-93
  • MACUSA Pg 100-103
  • French Ministry of Magic Pg 104-105
  • German Ministry of Magic Pg 107-107
  • Newt’s home and menagerie Pg 82-83
• We talk the various Ministries of Magic, Dumbledore's measurements, and more. 
• “I think the technical term is floopy-doopy?”
• Who is McGonagall? Is she real?
• “That’s where you go for Olympus!”
• Can anyone actually draw a map of the US?
• If you need some truly killer trivia questions, listen to the numbers Shannen lists at 53:38.
• “France is like, we’re women!”
• If you’d like to purchase your own copy, you can get the ebook or the physical book!
• For more MinaLima, there’s also a pop-up shop at Universal Orlando.
• Newtcase: changelings!
• The moral of changelings is “be nice to children.”

Podcast Question: What’s your favorite piece of MinaLima art?