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 75: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part 4 01.08.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 74: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part 3 18.07.2023

Chapter 74 is honestly pretty depressing, sorry guys. Join Sam, Sophie, and Hannah as they discuss what Max has in common with Bigwig (the rabbit), how high a birdkid can count, and have a terrible realization that this book might actually be worse than Midnight Sun.

Chapter 73: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part2 04.07.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 72: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part 1 21.06.2023

Chapter 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.    

Chapter 71: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 10 06.06.2023

Chapter 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~*~

Chapter 70: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 9 23.05.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 69: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 8 09.05.2023

This 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.

Chapter 68: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 7 18.04.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 67: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 6 11.04.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 66: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 5 28.03.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 65: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 4 14.03.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 64: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 3 28.02.2023

It'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.

Chapter 63: Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 2 14.02.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 62: Flock Fright, Part 3; and Hotel California, Sort Of, Part 1 31.01.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 61: Flock Fright, Part 2 17.01.2023

Chapter 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.

Chapter 60: Flock Fright, Part 1 03.01.2023

Spread 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.

BONUS: MIDLIGHT CHRISTMAS 2022 20.12.2022

On 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...

Chapter 59: Prologue - Welcome to our Nightmare 06.12.2022

Chapter 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!

Chapter 58: The Eragon Dragon, Explained! 22.11.2022

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.   W...

Chapter 57: The Mourning Sage and ERAGON WRAP-UP 08.11.2022

Read 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.

Chapter 56: The Shadows Lengthen and Battle Under Farthen Dûr 25.10.2022

Chapter 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.

Chapter 55: Hall of the Mountain King and Arya’s Test 11.10.2022

Chapter 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.

Chapter 54: Bless the Child, Argetlam and Mandrake Root and Newt’s Tongue 27.09.2022

Chapter 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....

Chapter 53: The Glory of Tronjheim and Ajihad 13.09.2022

Chapter 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.  

Chapter 52: The Horns of A Dilemma and Hunting for Answers 30.08.2022

Chapter 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.

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