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Midlight CrisisChapter 131: The Tributes, Part 5Chapter 131 is finally getting hot! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they argue over what latte means (again, because Hannah won't let it go), discuss why both Hunger Games tributes and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron have eyebrows, and rant about walkable cities and public transport for rich people.
2025-12-021h 05Midlight CrisisChapter 128: The Tributes, Part 2Chapter 128 volunteers as tribute! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the District culture, Capitol propaganda, and the iconic three-finger salute.
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Midlight CrisisChapter 127: The Tributes, Part 1It’s Reaping Day in Chapter 127, may the odds be ever in its favour. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the bow and arrow fantasy girl, post-apocalypse North American fauna (domestic, feral, and wild, oh my!), and reveal which one of them has actually participated in a real life Hunger Games LARP.
2025-10-071h 07Midlight CrisisChapter 126: Welcome to... The Hunger Games!Chapter 126 roars in with an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, and a civil war, because we’re talking about YA dystopia this time, folks! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they reflect on their feelings about Suzanne Collins’ blockbuster Hunger Games series, complain about love triangles (again, but now with symbolism!), and discuss the quality of book-to-movie adaptations.
2025-09-231h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 125: City of Biology, part 2Chapter 125 has a job and is from a place for the last time, because this is our final City of Bones episode! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Downworlder biology, almost immediately break their promise not to talk about dicks THIS time, and finally announce what new book Midlight Crisis will be reading next!
2025-09-091h 09Midlight CrisisChapter 124: City of Biology, part 1Grab your stele and get ready to take some notes, because chapter 124 is the City of Bones biology episode! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how to attract a hip young crew to your church, forbidden Shadowhunter love, and how many jaws demons have (and which ones they use to smooch).
2025-08-261h 12Midlight CrisisChapter 123: THE CITY OF BONES WRAP-UPChapter 123 is the City of Bones wrap-up episode! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how they feel about the book now that it’s finished, discover which one of them speed-read through the rest of the trilogy and also the movie and TV show MovieClips in the last two weeks, and figure out what secret third thing Jace is, finally.
2025-08-121h 06Midlight CrisisChapter 122: Epilogue - The Ascent BeckonsChapter 122 is here to ask you - What Would Jonathan Christ Do? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss plot happening offscreen, how sleep and/or lack of romantic competition makes everyone nicer, and debate the existence of The Wand.
2025-07-2958 minMidlight CrisisChapter 121: ValentineChapter 121 is here, and its monologuing! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss werewolf booboos, biblically accurate brother kissing, and our lord and saviour Jacob Jonathan Christ, amen.
2025-07-151h 15Midlight CrisisChapter 120: Renwick's RuinChapter 120 has fallen in love with you but might be your brother? Boy do we ever hope not! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the boundary between gray morality and just being a Bad Guy, and a whole lot about lycanthropy, and discover some secrets about Valentine’s family.
2025-07-011h 18Midlight CrisisChapter 119: The Werewolf’s TaleSUMMARY: Chapter 119 is a whalewolf of a tale, folks! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Jonathan Christ, several flavours of werewolf trauma, and a fun variety of things that align with the lunar cycle.
2025-06-171h 10Midlight CrisisChapter 118: In Rats' AlleyPodbean summary: Chapter 118 finally emerges into the daylight, freed at last from its cursèd existence! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss fantasy betrayal, SCUBA diving in Saskatchewan, and using your Flip PhoneⓇ to talk to your RealtorⓇ on an EscalatorⓇ.
2025-06-031h 03Midlight CrisisChapter 117: AbbadonChapter 117 isn’t even the biggest reveal of this chapter! Whoa! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss germicidal irradiation via UVC, demon venom (NOT poison), and BETRAYAL!!
2025-05-201h 11Midlight CrisisChapter 116: The Mortal CupChapter 116 is here to pick you up in your getaway van! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss magical lore corrections and addendums, paranormal Jennifer Coolidges, and hypothesize how much, like for real, Alec might die.
2025-05-061h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 115: The Midnight FlowerWhat if you and Chapter 115 met up in the greenhouse to make out? Haha just kidding… unless…? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss teenage romance, flowers for fixing motion sickness, and learn which new pasta scenario will tear a friendship apart.
2025-04-2257 minMidlight CrisisChapter 114: Falling AngelsChapter 114 is aggressively teenagery, unfortunately. Bear with it and join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss being gay in 2000s media, the consequences of severe sleep deprivation, and rat trauma.
2025-04-0854 minMidlight CrisisChapter 113: High and DryChapter 113 is here to sing a song and sharpen your knives, which is a real thing, I don’t care what Sophie says. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how prone different monsters are to sun evaporation, vampire lacquer, and if shapeshifters are always naked.
2025-03-251h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 112: The Hotel DumortChapter 112 comes to you from a secret cache under an altar, because luckily you can find this podcast anywhere there is holy ground! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss their very good media literacy skills, whether it's possible to be atheist in a fantasy novel, and the metaphysical properties of vampire dust.
2025-03-111h 00Midlight CrisisChapter 111: The Memory of WhitenessChapter 111 drank a fairy potion and things have gotten a little silly. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the hilarious fulfilment of one of their ongoing predictions, get immediately attached to the one millennial-coded adult character (who could have guessed) (Sam did), and have really big feelings about small rodents.
2025-02-251h 08Midlight CrisisChapter 110: Dead Man's PartyChapter 110's been converted to run on demonic energy! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss various teenage love polygons, bellybutton magic, and, unfortunately, Tumblr Sexymen.
2025-02-111h 07Midlight CrisisMIDLIGHT CRISIS 2024: YEAR IN REVIEWToday's episode isn't just a chapter, it's a whole dang synopsis! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they review their last year of reading, roast Sophie for unspeakable book choices, and talk about fanfiction way more than anyone expected.
2025-01-281h 24Midlight CrisisChapter 109: Magnus BaneChapter 109 isn't in Australia, despite what Hannah might tell you. Or Velaris, despite what Sophie might tell you. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Downworlder cuisine, fail once again to guess how Clary and Jace are related, and debate the merits of doing yoga on the New York City sidewalks.
2025-01-141h 11Midlight CrisisChapter 108: City of BonesChapter 108 is a balmy seven degrees Celsius! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the easy descent into Hell/Bone City, talk about how your memories aren't repressed (they're just made up), and try to calculate how many Shadowhunters it takes to build a Bone City.
2024-12-311h 18Midlight CrisisMIDLIGHT CHRISTMAS 2024On the fifth year of Crisis, Sophie, Sam, and Hannah gave to meeee... Five! Movie! Scenes! Join us for our annual tradition as we mash together our YA fantasy novel of the year, a fairytale retelling, and a tangled web of secrets to bring you this year's hot-off-the-press holiday rom-com...
Alyssa's Holiday Adventures in Demon Sleighing!
2024-12-171h 42Midlight CrisisChapter 107: The Circle and the BrotherhoodYou followed a magic cat and it led you right to Chapter 107! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss fairy grammar, the Shadowhunter reality TV crossover everybody (Sam) has been waiting for, and bonus archangels.
2024-12-031h 07Midlight CrisisChapter 106: Weapon of ChoiceChapter 106 is Still Not King. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss werewolf name determinism, whether it's cool to play Dungeons and Dragons, and secrets learned through Scooby Doo-esque hijinks.
2024-11-191h 03Midlight CrisisChapter 105: The Five-Dimensional DoorChapter 105 knows what bergamot is, thank you very much! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the ideal frequency for eating cucumbers, sexy vampires (again, for some reason, free us) and the magic of hybridization.
2024-11-051h 08Midlight CrisisChapter 104: ForsakenChapter 104 is here, and like Clary, it slaps! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss if being not like the other girls makes you just like the other girls, biblically accurate radio, and angel swords.
2024-10-221h 12Midlight CrisisChapter 103: Clave and CovenantDon't sleep through Chapter 103, there is important exposition here! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss teenage dreams (the sexy ones), the Angel Suffering Table, and how to baptize a Shadowhunter.
2024-10-081h 08Midlight CrisisChapter 102: RavenerDon't look a gift Chapter 102 in the dark, yawning gap of its mouth! Instead, join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the stinging and smoochin' physiology of demons, how to make your cellphone holy, and a surprising connection with our previous reads.
2024-09-241h 11Midlight CrisisChapter 101: ShadowhunterChapter 101 is heavily caffeinated at 10 pm, snaps for that. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss what The Youths get up to, Hannah's terrible knock-knock jokes, and the Shadowhunters' Magic Eye invisibility powers.
2024-09-101h 03Midlight CrisisChapter 99:Secrets and LiesChapter 99 is sending you to a farm upstate, where you can exposition all day long! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss gentle parenting your endangered magical teen, cat warlock eye genetics, and ska bands.
2024-08-131h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 98: PandemoniumChapter 98 is sneaking into your all-ages club to incite the fall of humankind! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss dimension-hopping viruses, the benefits and drawbacks of pharyngeal jaws, and reveal just how encyclopedic Sam's knowledge of this book is.
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Midlight CrisisChapter 97: Prologue - Dark DescentGrab your instruments, because Chapter 97 is mortal! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they prepare to speedrun like, so many fantastical creatures, reveal Sam's high school Shadowhunters clout, discuss the benefits of medium stakes, and enter... the City of Bones!
2024-07-161h 02Midlight CrisisChapter 96: The Maximum Ride Birdkid, Explained! Part 2Chapter 96 is an unexpected unexpected part two, because we biologized the hell out of this book! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they continue to have a surprising number of opinions about birdkids and Erasers. Tune in for answers to the questions you never knew you wanted to ask, like: If the birdkids are 2% bird, who (or what?) is 2% human? Which birdkid has a superpower that is never mentioned after chapter one? Why do Erasers have such nasty blood? How does electrolysis work anyway? And STAY TUNED for the thrilling answer to everyone's most burning question: What 2007 book is...
2024-07-021h 29Midlight CrisisChapter 95: The Maximum Ride Birdkid, Explained! Part 1Is it a bird? Is it a kid? Is it another gosh damn hexapod? No, it’s Chapter 95! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they finally, DEFINITIVELY reveal just how the Maximum Ride is made, if birdkids really DO fly in the fetal position, and, most importantly: how did we manage to talk about this dingdang book for so long that we had to make it a duology… in Chapter 95: Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment: The Birdkid, Explained: Part 1!
2024-06-181h 33Midlight CrisisChapter 94: THE MAXIMUM RIDE WRAP UPChapter 94 is the wrap-up episode, and the Voice in your head… or is it?! I guess we’ll never know… OR WILL WE?! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah in a retrospective of Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment as they share final thoughts and feelings, spoil the absolutely unhinged trajectory of the rest of the series, and reveal egg canon from an unexpected place.
2024-06-041h 02Midlight CrisisChapter 93: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 7
Chapter 93 flies off around sixish, to Washington, DC, of course! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the Gasman's government name, illegal science numerology, and the importance of bringing any injured birdkids you find in your backyard to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
2024-05-2855 minMidlight CrisisChapter 92: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 6Chapter 92 is slipping and sliding its way into your podcatcher. If only there was some carpet... for traction...
Anyway, join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss if your dog should be an Eraser, contemplate sturddlefish mistakes, and do NOT give you first aid advice
2024-05-071h 06Midlight CrisisChapter 91: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 5Chapter 91 is rubbing its sewer feet aaaaall over your lab carpeting! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss first-class lab equipment (unspecified), desperately try not to disparage their employers and/or academic institutions, and once again get stuck trying to make funny content about children being locked in cages for bad science.
2024-04-2358 minMidlight CrisisChapter 90: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 4Chapter 90 is Dissociating! In the Sewer. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss what language rats speak, how to do sea anemone enrichment, and Seventies Sex Cabin carpeting (tm).
2024-04-0959 minMidlight CrisisChapter 89: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 3Chapter 89 is here to remind you that you probably haven't fed your Neopet in 20 years, you should probably get on that. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they confidently and incorrectly discuss the timelines of technology development, besmirch the Erasers' strategy, and ask the age-old question: Are there vampires in the Old Testament?
2024-03-261h 03Midlight CrisisChapter 88: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 2Chapter 88 hopes this email finds you well and hopes to circle back to identify opportunities for synergies. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss various permutations of body hair, the evilness of an average six-year-old, and increasingly improbable methods of breathing underwater.
2024-03-121h 03Midlight CrisisChapter 87: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 1Chapter 87 is the beach episode! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss epic 2005 makeovers, the Millennial urge to become a marine biologist, and the potentially fraught physiology of SCUBA diving with hollow bones.
2024-02-271h 14Midlight CrisisChapter 86: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 6
Chapter 86 keeps showing up, like a bad penny! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how many ways you can fold a birdkid, Eraser statistical models, and just, like, a lot of physics that they don't really understand.
2024-02-131h 08Midlight CrisisMIDLIGHT CRISIS 2023: YEAR IN REVIEWToday's episode isn't just a chapter, it's a whole dang synopsis! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they indulgently reminisce about 2023 (books), gush about this cool new author that you probably haven't heard of (Brandon Sanderson), and shockingly reveal who has a book problem (everyone).
2024-01-301h 25Midlight CrisisChapter 85: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 5Chapter 85 is Oops! All tangents! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss rich people's librarians, hangry hunter-gatherers, and regrettably, James Patterson's '69 (again).
2024-01-1656 minMidlight CrisisChapter 84: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 4Chapter 84 is gonna take you to church! Actually, it's a cathedral. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss sanctuary laws, failed adaptations, and the James Patterson '69.
2024-01-021h 06Midlight CrisisChapter 83: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 3Chapter 83 is screaming bloody murder and so is the audio quality for some reason. Sorry about that, I don't know what happened. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss their own fourteen-year-old destinies (magical world-saving love triangles), bikes and Mikes, and the worst possible ways to make your human-dog hybrid not get hurt.
2023-11-211h 11Midlight CrisisChapter 82: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 2Chapter 82 comes to you straight from the, uh, pointer of the ouija doohickey. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they, respectively, discuss the complex history of beanie babies, the surprising origin of the ouija board, and doing toy crimes.
2023-11-0757 minMidlight CrisisChapter 81: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 1Chapter 81 is none of your beeswax, dipstick! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Max's evolving brain disease, the very cool technology of the early 2000s, and if h-e-double-hockey-sticks is a swear.
2023-10-241h 05Midlight CrisisChapter 80: New Yawk, New Yawk Part 5Chapter 80 is our Roman Empire (Taylor's version). Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss surfing the 'net (for kids and families!), Sophie's cat's inner potential, and secret subway cities.
2023-10-101h 09Midlight CrisisChapter 79: New Yawk, New Yawk Part 4Don’t worry, you’ll like Chapter 79 because it’s full of weirdos! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the immersion-breaking appeal of New York delis, time-travelling Russian communist fashion, and indulge in their annually mandated zoo spiel.
2023-09-2656 minMidlight CrisisChapter 78: New Yawk, New Yawk Part 3Chapter 78 is all about breakfast. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they finally find the most divisive topic they've ever discussed: lasagna.
2023-09-121h 02Midlight CrisisChapter 77: New Yawk, New Yawk Part 2Chapter 77 is full of so much good biology, finally! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss campfire snacks, some absolutely wild real life genetic experiments, and get super into the weeds (or into the womb??) about amniocentesis.
2023-08-291h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 76: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part 5 and New Yawk, New Yawk Part 1Chapter 76 started off with a fish, how did it end up like this?? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss which Olympic sport is most like throwing a four-year-old, monarch butterfly migration, and why Max should stop scuba diving between chapters.
2023-08-1559 minMidlight CrisisChapter 75: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part 4Chapter 75 is marcescent. You'll get it in a sec, I promise. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss hot chocolate crimes, the extreme paranoia of birdkids, and how to get a warbler to fight you.
2023-08-011h 05Midlight CrisisChapter 73: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part2Chapter 73 is SO rich. It has like $60. Wow. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss ATM theft, talk shit about American payment systems, and marvel over the phenomenon that is teenage boys in McDonald's.
Also, we talked about Fourth Wing a little bit, so there's that.
2023-07-041h 09Midlight CrisisChapter 72: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part 1Chapter 72 is eating rats, because Fang said so! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the importance of stretches for thirty-year-olds with wings, if birds go to hell, and Sam finally, FINALLY, gets to bring up Illyrian wingspans.
2023-06-2155 minMidlight CrisisChapter 71: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 10Chapter 71 is making a batch of delicious cookies, and a grilled cheese with avocado, yum. I am so hungry you guys. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the Mayberry vacation, the caloric needs of a birdkid, and many different flavours of ~*~childhood trauma~*~
2023-06-0654 minMidlight CrisisChapter 70: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 9Chapter 70 is a weakly-swimming plankton, like a jellyfish. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how to find your lost birdkid, the rising price of gas these days, t e e t h, and accidentally remember some shocking truths about moms.
Vaccinate your birdkids, folks.
2023-05-231h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 69: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 8This is Chapter 69, nice. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the Kerplunk Experiment, birdkid deliverables, and why Angel might pounce upon a can of beans. Also Sam is still mad about experimental design, but that's a constant at this point.
2023-05-091h 05Midlight CrisisChapter 68: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 7Chapter 68 is ready to drop a bomb on your decrepit mountainside logging cabin! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss werewolf hair, if cult leaders are just hot, and fast food Dumpster (tm) diving for breakfast.
2023-04-181h 11Midlight CrisisChapter 67: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 6Chapter 67 unfurls from the indentations along our spine! Like wings do! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how cool it is, actually, to ask for help, what you should do when you find an injured bird (kid), and why you shouldn't put an 8-year-old in charge of your plans.
2023-04-1156 minMidlight CrisisChapter 66: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 5Chapter 66 is a screaming effort all around, really. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss being adopted by birds, why Iggy and the Gasman should never have been left alone, and biblically-accurate birdkids.
2023-03-2853 minMidlight CrisisChapter 65: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 4Chapter 65 has human legs and a human butt, so I'm going to send it to Sophie in the mail. You're welcome, Sophie. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the USA Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918), the many joys of windbreakers, and ferruginous hawks.
2023-03-1455 minMidlight CrisisChapter 64: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 3It's me, hi, I'm Chapter 64, it's me. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Max's special vision, the expressive faces of judgmental animals, and their extremely thorough understanding of engineering.
2023-02-281h 07Midlight CrisisChapter 63: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 2Chapter 63 could be any one of a couple characters' POVs, which is kind of confusing, honestly. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss language development, evil gene science (both fictional and horrifyingly real), and the complex psyche of people who like invertebrates.
2023-02-141h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 62: Flock Fright, Part 3; and Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 1Chapter 63 waits darkly in your podcatcher. Do you know what that means? We don't. Please enlighten us, we're so confused. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they (we) discuss the birdkid digestive systems, comparative flight speeds, and the genetics of being an edgelord.
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Midlight CrisisChapter 61: Flock Fright, Part 2Chapter 61 descends from the sky like a spider to kidnap you and shove you headfirst into a sack! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss head injuries in fiction, what the term "GMO" really means, and complain about the experimental design of child abuse, because that's the real issue, obviously.
2023-01-171h 08Midlight CrisisChapter 60: Flock Fright, Part 1Spread your wings and take flight with Chapter 60! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss wing flying posture and their aspirational mad scientist experiments, and Hannah accidentally assigns herself a horrifying nickname.
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Midlight CrisisBONUS: MIDLIGHT CHRISTMAS 2022On this foggy Christmas Eve, Santa will come to say -- hey, you should listen to Midlight Christmas! Buckle up for our annual departure from YA fiction as we bring you CHRISTMISFITS, the high fantasy Christmas rom-com nobody knew they were missing! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they rewrite a holiday favourite to include shape-shifting druids, parallel love stories, and an unnecessary amount of teeth content.
2022-12-201h 49Midlight CrisisChapter 59: Prologue - Welcome to our NightmareChapter 60 opens book three of this podcast, because everyone knows good fantasy comes in threes, right? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discover their avian superpowers, have their fourth wall broken, and share all the hottest James Patterson gossip.
Welcome to Midlight Crisis reads: MAXIMUM RIDE: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT!
2022-12-0644 minMidlight CrisisChapter 58: The Eragon Dragon, Explained!We've done it, folks! We read Eragon cover to cover and biologized all over it, and the time has come to bring all of those ideas together. What is a dragon egg actually made of? Does Saphira have radioactive bones? How plausible are d*cklegs, really? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss their theories from the past 30 Chapters, grumble about hexapods, and draw their final conclusions.
Welcome to The Eragon Dragon, Explained!
2022-11-221h 21Midlight CrisisChapter 57: The Mourning Sage and ERAGON WRAP-UPRead Chapter 57 and then brisingr that book goodbye because we are DONE WITH ERAGON! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they realize that Saphira can breathe fire, spoil the rest of the series, and share their feeeeelings about the book.
2022-11-081h 13Midlight CrisisChapter 56: The Shadows Lengthen and Battle Under Farthen DûrChapter 56 finally reaches its climax, in like, the last chapter of the book. Which is fine, I guess. Better late than never, right? Anyway, join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss dwarvish foresight (or lack thereof), an actual definitive (ish) Saphira size, and the Shade's fleshy exosuit.
2022-10-251h 06Midlight CrisisChapter 55: Hall of the Mountain King and Arya’s TestChapter 55 is in the middle of a super sexy swordfight, or an exceedingly uncomfortable one, depending on which podcast host you are! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the cultural history of Alagaesia, magic tests, and the (im)proper way to end a book.
2022-10-111h 16Midlight CrisisChapter 54: Bless the Child, Argetlam and Mandrake Root and Newt’s TongueChapter 54 has its own internal weather, how fun! Join extremely famous jellyfish podcaster Sophie and her lowly cohosts Sam and Hannah as they discuss dwarf slides, blessings, and fantasy age gaps.
Listen to Sophie's guest spot on "Just The Zoo of Us" at: https://maximumfun.org/episodes/just-the-zoo-of-us/159-moon-jellyfish-w-sophie-wolvin/
Check out Kadour Ziani's mad hops at: https://www.instagram.com/kadour_ziani_official/?hl=en
2022-09-271h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 53: The Glory of Tronjheim and AjihadChapter 53 is Morbin' a few months too late for that joke to be topical. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss their favourite dinosaurs, fantasy rebellion politics, and a handsome Dorito-shaped man.
2022-09-131h 11Midlight CrisisChapter 52: The Horns of A Dilemma and Hunting for AnswersChapter 52 opens the secret door and is wearing a purple and gold robe! Listen, you try coming up with 52 of these. Anyway, join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss dragon puberty, an extremely unpleasant and extremely bald wizard, and the Book Two Bisexual.
2022-08-301h 03Midlight CrisisChapter 51: A Clash of Wills and Flight Through the ValleyChapter 51 has like a super strong moral code and will definitely judge you if yours is different. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Murtagh's terrible home life, how much horses work out, and the relentlessness of the GD Urgals.
2022-08-161h 15Midlight CrisisChapter 50: The Hadarac Desert and A Path RevealedChapter 50 has a wicked sunburn, because sunscreen doesn't seem to exist in Alagaesia, but the Hadarac desert does. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how much Saphira loves the desert, the hit-first-ask-questions-later female character, and some truly stunning language skills.
Also, listen closely, and you might catch the quiet jingles of our fourth co-host, the enigmatic Totoro.
2022-08-021h 05Midlight CrisisChapter 49: Water from Sand and The Ramr RiverOne human, one elf, one dragon rider, two horses, and a dragon discuss how to cross the desert. There's no punchline, that's just what happens in Chapter 49. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss scale structures, aestivation, and the illustrious Taylor Swift scorpion.
2022-07-191h 10Midlight CrisisChapter 48: Fighting Shadows and A Warrior and a HealerChapter 48 breaks out of prison to escape in a hail of arrows! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss magic training, pine tree smell, and play fast and loose with dragon math.
2022-07-051h 17Midlight CrisisChapter 47: Capture at Gil’ead and Du Súndavar FreohrIf you've been checking every prison in Alagaësia for Chapter 47, you've found it! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss various teeth, super secret dragon passwords, and onions.
2022-06-211h 10Midlight CrisisChapter 46: Legacy of a Rider and Diamond TombAshes to ashes, dust to dust, Chapter 46 (sandstone) to Chapter 46 (diamond). Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they say their goodbyes to Brom. Very respectfully, of course.
RIP, Brom. We hardly knew ya.
Additional reading:
What's your humour? https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/O4TS/?fbclid=IwAR2nTqY3xbcLSau8dl5JT_DAMtH6mCd_7mg0r6wb2weZtxX8w8a55uxDX1k
2022-06-071h 06Midlight CrisisChapter 45: The Ra’zac’s Revenge and MurtaghChapter 45 hasn't seen the movie Dodgeball, have you? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the flap musculature (scientific term) of birds, dragon sentience, and how terrible sibilance is for podcasting.
2022-05-2457 minMidlight CrisisChapter 44: Trail of Oil and Worshipers of HelgrindListening to podcasts is its own kind of worshipe, if you think about it. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah in Chapter 44 as they discuss the fact that Brom is the real main character, the general vibe of cathedrals, and science diagrams that look like s#!tposts.
2022-05-101h 13Midlight CrisisChapter 43: A Master of the Blade and The Mire of Dras-LeonaAdd some peat to Chapter 43 and it's more of a mire than Dras-Leona, apparently! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the rules of magic fights, Eragon's special eardrums, and a tenebrous nightmare ship.
2022-04-261h 07Midlight CrisisChapter 42: A Costly Mistake and Vision of PerfectionPass out into Chapter 42 and join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss poor mentorship in fantasy, the rules of scrying, and elk bugles.
Additional reading:
Yi qi: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/chinese-dinosaur-had-bat-like-wings-and-feathers?fbclid=IwAR0oFXlwV9USDZ0s8HSEG7jGq2hUrSsu5LH6k_taZIsmfz0OfxSx3pr_m-4
2022-04-121h 05Midlight CrisisChapter 41: Of Reading and Plots and Thieves in the CastleThis is how you spell "Chapter Forty-One." Learn it. And join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss close-quarters longbow usage, cat teeth, and how holly can protect you from lightning.
2022-03-2958 minMidlight CrisisChapter 40: An Old Friend and The Witch and the WerecatWelcome to Tierm, where you can listen to Chapter 40 through a wall using maaagic! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Eragon's fortune-telling, what Hungarian and Ancient Greek may have in common with the language of Alagaesia, and whether toads actually exist.
2022-03-151h 05Midlight CrisisEpisode 39: A Song for the Road and A Taste of TeirmExplore your poetic yearnings for the ocean and love for lowbrow dad jokes with Chapter 39! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how dragons walk, big walls, and what eels and elves have in common.
2022-03-011h 01Midlight CrisisChapter 38: Daret and Through A Dragon’s EyesSlip into your comfiest yoga clothes and get ready for our arrival in Daret in Chapter 38. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss mind melding magic, the colour blue, and a surprising number of pigeon facts.
2022-02-151h 00Midlight CrisisChapter 37: Admonishments and Magic Is The Simplest ThingChapter 37 was recorded in the Ancient Language of magic, but don't worry, we translated it for you. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss magical linguistics, the difference between sorcerers, magicians, and dragon riders (oh my), and Eragon's possible astrological sign.
Additional reading:
1) The 21 gram soul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_grams_experiment
2) "Can't Help Myself" at the Guggenheim: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/34812
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Midlight CrisisChapter 27: Prologue - Shade of FearPut that copy of Midnight Sun back on the shelf (or follow in Sam's footsteps and do, um, something else with it) and crack open our next read, because we've finally moved on to a new book! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they find their fantasy names, discuss the hottest new series of 2001, and accidentally find a vampire in a story that is absolutely NOT supposed to have one.
2021-08-311h 07Midlight CrisisChapter 14: Mind Over MatterChapter 14 is strangely flattered by all the attention it's getting from its three stalkers fans this week. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discussion vampire evolution, the official Sam Swoon Scale, and get angry about pandemics, like, more than once.
2021-03-0257 minMidlight CrisisChapter 13: ConfessionsChapter 13 shines bright like a diamond (or a vampire) with Twilight's iconic meadow scene. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss what mineral vampire skin is made of, the neuroscience of multitasking, and, to Hannah's delight, how Formula 1 relates to vampires.
2021-02-161h 04Midlight CrisisChapter 9: TheoryChapter 9 runs in a straight line straight into your podcast feed. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how fast Edward is compared to other animals, the Persephone myth, and Hannah's inconvenient inability to pronounce the word "midnight."
2020-12-0855 minMidlight CrisisChapter 5: Blood TypeChapter 5 oozes into its budding romance like blood from a pricked finger and also like this metaphor oozing away from me. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they talk about relationship dynamics, Sam's swoon scale, and the effects of vampirism on the environment.
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