of fictional athletic games and events that take place alongside the actual Olympic Games. Beginning with the 2014 Winter Olympics, which took place in Sochi, Russia, MuggleNet has published a series of articles reporting on the Wizolympics from the point of view of several (mostly fictional) journalists from the Daily Prophet. Some of the articles include stories that feature established characters from the books such as Ludo Bagman and Rita Skeeter. Many of the events described in the Wizolympics are specific to members of the wizarding community, such as dragon wrangling, doxy baiting, and body-bind surfing, whereas some events are derived from the real Olympic Games but given a wizarding spin, such as fencing (in which competitors build fences) and bobsledding (in which only people named Bob qualify). Though the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, were postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MuggleNet forged ahead with the 2020 Summer Wizolympics, as well as the 2016 Summer Wizolympics. Podcasts Current podcasts Accio Politics Accio Politics launched on July 31, 2017, as an independent podcast dedicated to the chapter-by-chapter analysis of politics in the wizarding world. From government to patriarchy to friendship to legacy, host Adriana Wilson and her weekly guest cover a myriad of topics, seeking to deconstruct the political implications behind the characters and story. On March 3, 2019, Accio Politics joined forces with MuggleNet. The podcast is produced and as of May 2020, cohosted by MuggleNet staff member Helene Karp. Alohomora! Founded in April 2012 by Noah Fried and Kat Miller, Alohomora! aims to rekindle the excitement of when the Harry Potter series was new, fresh, and unknown. Its slogan, "Open the Dumbledore", refers to the nature of the podcast, which is to open doors and thoughts that had previously been locked or untouched. It focuses on the original text of the books and takes segments or passages and analyzes them to a depth that has never been done before. At first, the initiative included forums, visitor essays ("Quibbles"), and thousands of daily debates as well as a podcast. The hosts are joined by a fan guest on almost every episode – occasionally a leading fandom guest such as Lev Grossman, Steve Vander Ark, or Warwick Davis. The podcast itself includes in-depth analysis of chapters from the Harry Potter series, often paired with analysis of material from other sources such as the Harry Potter Lexicon