Midlight Crisis
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago -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.
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Chapter 91: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 5
April 23, 2024 12:00 - 58 minutes - 48.6 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 90: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 4
April 09, 2024 12:00 - 59 minutes - 50.2 MBChapter 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).
Chapter 89: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 3
March 26, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBChapter 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?
Chapter 88: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 2
March 12, 2024 13:41 - 1 hour - 146 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 87: Who’s Your Daddy, Who’s Your Momma? Part 1
February 27, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 86: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 6
February 13, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBChapter 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.
MIDLIGHT CRISIS 2023: YEAR IN REVIEW
January 30, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBToday'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).
Chapter 85: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 5
January 16, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MBChapter 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).
Chapter 84: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 4
January 02, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBChapter 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.
MIDLIGHT CHRISTMAS 2023
December 19, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBOn the twelfth day of Christmas, Midlight Crisis gave to me: Twelve dancing birdkids; Eleven movie titles; Ten concept changes; Nine fired night guards; Eight visual bird gags; Seven evil patents; Six himbo moments; FIVE HOT CRISEEEEES; Four heist montages; Three story tropes; Two percent bird genes; AND A CASSOWARY IN A PEAR TREEEEEE
Chapter 83: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 3
November 21, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 82: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 2
November 07, 2023 13:00 - 57 minutes - 51.1 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 81: The Voice - Make That MY Voice Part 1
October 24, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 151 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 80: New Yawk, New Yawk Part 5
October 10, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 79: New Yawk, New Yawk Part 4
September 26, 2023 12:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MBDon’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.
Chapter 78: New Yawk, New Yawk Part 3
September 12, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBChapter 78 is all about breakfast. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they finally find the most divisive topic they've ever discussed: lasagna.
Chapter 77: New Yawk, New Yawk Part 2
August 29, 2023 12:11 - 1 hour - 56 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 76: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part 5 and New Yawk, New Yawk Part 1
August 15, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes - 42.2 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 75: School - What Could Be Scarier Than That? Part 4
August 01, 2023 12:30 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBChapter 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
July 18, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBChapter 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
July 04, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBChapter 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
June 21, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes - 45.9 MBChapter 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
June 06, 2023 11:35 - 54 minutes - 126 MBChapter 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
May 23, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 39.8 MBChapter 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
May 09, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBThis 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
April 18, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBChapter 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
April 11, 2023 10:53 - 56 minutes - 130 MBChapter 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
March 28, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBChapter 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
March 14, 2023 12:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MBChapter 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
February 28, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBIt'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
February 14, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBChapter 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
January 31, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBChapter 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
January 17, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBChapter 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
January 03, 2023 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBSpread 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
December 20, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBOn 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.
Chapter 59: Prologue - Welcome to our Nightmare
December 06, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutes - 36.4 MBChapter 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!
November 22, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBWe'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!
Chapter 57: The Mourning Sage and ERAGON WRAP-UP
November 08, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBRead 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
October 25, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBChapter 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
October 11, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBChapter 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
September 27, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBChapter 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
Chapter 53: The Glory of Tronjheim and Ajihad
September 13, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBChapter 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
August 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 51: A Clash of Wills and Flight Through the Valley
August 16, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 50: The Hadarac Desert and A Path Revealed
August 02, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 49: Water from Sand and The Ramr River
July 19, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBOne 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.
Chapter 48: Fighting Shadows and A Warrior and a Healer
July 05, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBChapter 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.
Chapter 47: Capture at Gil’ead and Du Súndavar Freohr
June 21, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBIf 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.
Chapter 46: Legacy of a Rider and Diamond Tomb
June 07, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBAshes 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
Chapter 45: The Ra’zac’s Revenge and Murtagh
May 24, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 47.2 MBChapter 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.