524: 'Cursed Child' Downsizing, A Wild Snape Observation, Sorting Hat Biases and other MuggleMail

<ul> <li>It's another MuggleMail episode, folks!</li> <li>But first: The Cursed Child's North American productions <a href="https://www.hypable.com/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-should-not-be-one-part/">are being condensed</a> into one part! What does this mean for the show's future?</li> <li>It's time to announce this year's <a href="https://www.mugglecast.com/introducing-our-2021-mugglecast-gifts/">MuggleCast Patreon physical gifts</a>: Throwback socks and a "Sweet 16" customizable wooden model car!</li> <li>Listeners must <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mugglecast">sign up to our Patreon</a> and choose their gift by September 1st to be eligible to receive them.</li> <li>Voicemails from listeners concern Petunia's motivations for spying on her neighbors, character maturities, a big fandom moment, and fond memories from the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 red carpet.</li> <li>It's DumbledoreMail galore as listeners write in about the hiding of Ariana, the blood pact and 12 uses of dragon's blood being related, and when phoenixes appear.</li> <li>Could Travers already be working for the Dark side in the time of <em>Crimes of Grindelwald</em>? He's got family history.</li> <li>Bellatrix's comment about Snape's neighborhood leaves one listener asking if his home town puts Snape in hot water with the Death Eaters.</li> <li>That same listener asks why NOBODY told Harry that Snape and Lily were childhood friends! Lupin, Sirius, and Dumbledore all hide that fact for their entire lives.</li> <li>Did the Hogwarts Sorting Hat always reflect Salazar Slytherin's bias?</li> <li>The hosts reflect on which scenes from the Potter films most improved on the books.</li> <li>In this month's Throwback Email, an Australian listener details WW2 references present in Grindelwald's backstory.</li> <li>A new game, "Who Said It?" has us identifying which of us said the excerpt read by Andrew. The participants do not do particularly well!</li> <li>Quizzitch: What is the name for the double agent, working for the British MOM as a bounty hunter