Sophie, Sam, and Hannah

Midlight Crisis

Arts EN ↓ 155 episodes

Three grown up biologists rereading books from our teens (while desperately trying to make biological sense of glittery vampires, and dragons, and bird kids). And it’s totally cool.

Author

Sophie, Sam, and Hannah

Category

Arts

Podcast website

midlightpod.podbean.com

Latest episode

Jun 30, 2026

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Episodes

Chapter 121: Valentine 15.07.2025

Chapter 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.

Chapter 120: Renwick's Ruin 01.07.2025

Chapter 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.

Chapter 119: The Werewolf’s Tale 17.06.2025

SUMMARY: 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.

Chapter 118: In Rats' Alley 03.06.2025

Podbean 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Ⓡ.

Chapter 117: Abbadon 20.05.2025

Chapter 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!!

Chapter 116: The Mortal Cup 06.05.2025

Chapter 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.

Chapter 115: The Midnight Flower 22.04.2025

What 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.

Chapter 114: Falling Angels 08.04.2025

Chapter 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.

Chapter 113: High and Dry 25.03.2025

Chapter 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.

Chapter 112: The Hotel Dumort 11.03.2025

Chapter 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.  

Chapter 111: The Memory of Whiteness 25.02.2025

Chapter 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.

Chapter 110: Dead Man's Party 11.02.2025

Chapter 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.  

MIDLIGHT CRISIS 2024: YEAR IN REVIEW 28.01.2025

Today'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.

Chapter 109: Magnus Bane 14.01.2025

Chapter 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.

Chapter 108: City of Bones 31.12.2024

Chapter 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.

MIDLIGHT CHRISTMAS 2024 17.12.2024

On 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!

Chapter 107: The Circle and the Brotherhood 03.12.2024

You 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.

Chapter 106: Weapon of Choice 19.11.2024

Chapter 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.

Chapter 105: The Five-Dimensional Door 05.11.2024

Chapter 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.

Chapter 104: Forsaken 22.10.2024

Chapter 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.

Chapter 103: Clave and Covenant 08.10.2024

Don'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. 

Chapter 102: Ravener 24.09.2024

Don'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.

Chapter 101: Shadowhunter 10.09.2024

Chapter 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.

Chapter 100: Discussing The Top ONE HUNDRED BOOKS Of All Time* 27.08.2024

*According to Midlight Crisis   Chapter 100 is a big milestone, y'all! We're celebrating with a special episode, wherein we discuss our collective favourite and least favourite books, discuss the Book Two Bitch/Bisexual, and almost ruin our long-running friendship over book opinions.

Chapter 99:Secrets and Lies 13.08.2024

Chapter 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.

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