NEWS FOR THE DAY 30.05.06

Daniel Radcliffe 17th birthday project

DanRadcliffe.com is organizing a very special project this year for Daniel's 17th birthday (July 23). The project will include the Demelza Drive 2006, a birthday edition of ACED Magazine, and the Greatest Fans Idol. If you are interested in participating or wish to find out more, click here.

Harry Potter makes girls violent

A prominent US psychologist says popular fictional characters such as Hermione Granger could be contributing to an increase in violence among girls.

We'll add this to the list of other things Harry Potter has been held responsible for possibly causing: headaches from causing kids to read for extended lengths of time, back problems for forcing kids to lug around the monstrous fifth book, chauvinism, devil-worshiping, fatism (discrimination against obese people), "postPotter depression" (how we feel after we finish a book and settle down for the multi-year wait for the next installment), forced abortions in China, and global warming.

Okay, I made the last one up, but you get the idea - Harry is a popular scapegoat. Don't get your knickers in a twist over this one.

MuggleCast Episode 41: Fat Lady, Watch Out!

MuggleCast Episode 41: Fat Lady, Watch Out!
Join Andrew, Kevin, Eric, Micah and me as we celebrate the one year anniversary of when the MuggleCast idea was originally spawned. We also take the latest listener-submitted voicemails and go through our regular segments:

- Listener Rebuttals cover our listeners' thoughts on translations, cursing, and Christianity
- For the first time ever, we tell the story of how MuggleCast was born, how Micah made it on, and more
- Why does McGonagall hate Divination?
- Dumbledore returning the Invisibility Cloak
- This week's Give Me a Butterbeer calls out stereotypes and prejudice in Potter
- How did Fudge's opinion on Voldemort's being back change?
- Dumbledore would trust Hagrid with his life. Would he trust Hagrid with keeping his fake death a secret?
- Chapter by Chapter: Ch 15 of Sorcerer's Stone, "The Forbidden Forest"

If you're new to podcasting, head on over to iTunes and subscribe here. Or, you may direct download from our MuggleCast site.

Additional information on this week's show:

- Andrew apologizes for spoiling the OC
- Eric reveals what's in this week's PO Box (look out, Ben!)
- National Wear Your MuggleCast T-Shirt Day is THIS FRIDAY
- It's the one year anniversary of the MuggleCast idea being born
- Chapter by Chapter: Ch 15 of Sorcerer's Stone, "The Forbidden Forest"
- Occlumency, Red VS Green Sparks, how to conjure sparks, Centaurs
- Is there a distinguishing factor that makes someone a half-blood, pureblood, or Mudblood?
- Andrew's driving now (stay off the roads!)

Originally posted by: albusdumbledore

Harry Potter makes girls violent

A prominent US psychologist says popular fictional characters such as Hermione Granger could be contributing to an increase in violence among girls.

We'll add this to the list of other things Harry Potter has been held responsible for possibly causing: headaches from causing kids to read for extended lengths of time, back problems for forcing kids to lug around the monstrous fifth book, chauvinism, devil-worshiping, fatism (discrimination against obese people), "postPotter depression" (how we feel after we finish a book and settle down for the multi-year wait for the next installment), forced abortions in China, and global warming.

Okay, I made the last one up, but you get the idea - Harry is a popular scapegoat. Don't get your knickers in a twist over this one.

This is mad! But thanks for sharing!