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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.
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.
Episodes

Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Chapter 136: The Games, Part 1
Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Chapter 136 is waiting on the roof for one last night of freedom. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss sassy book Peeta, the Let Go Threshold, and get a little too involved nerding out over implantable trackers.

Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Chapter 135: The Tributes, Part 9
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Strap on your heels and practice your fake smiles, and join Chapter 135 on the interview stage! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss healing workplace injuries as an adult, the horrifying canonical timeline for the first Hunger Games, and the best discontinued recipes of Newfoundland eateries.

Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Chapter 134: The Tributes, Part 8
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Cue up your podcatcher and dunk your porkchop in your wine, because it’s time for Chapter 134! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss reality TV producer mentality, edible plants (for the biology), and get way too deep into the environmental regulations of Panem.

Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
MIDLIGHT CRISIS YEAR IN REVIEW: 2025
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
Well, folks, 2025 was a ride, wasn't it? Did anyone else have a full-blown Crisis, or was that just us? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they reminisce over their 2025 Year In Books, including getting called out by their most read authors, nominating their annual superlatives, and accidentally inflating each others' TBRs.

Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
Chapter 133: The Tributes, Part 7
Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
Chapter 133 is coming to you with protein bars stuffed into all its pockets! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss why the Capitol is actually hell (facetious and sincere), how Katniss and Haymitch actually screwed up the iconic training scene, and tread extremely close to the line talking about how the Hunger Games is basically reality TV.

Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Chapter 132: The Tributes, Part 6
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Chapter 132 is here and you're pretty sure you recognize it, except you don't because that's a crime! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the next big Capitol beauty gadgets that might also kill you instantly, goose liver classism, and, unfortunately, tongue stuff.

Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Midlight Christmas 2025: Jingle Ballet
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Jingle your bells, Hall your -mark, and get ready for the dystopia edition of Midlight Christmas! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they gender-swap a Russian folk tale, persistently try to avoid monsterf*cking, and kind of forget the entire plot (oops).
Get ready for... Jingle Ballet!

Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Chapter 131: The Tributes, Part 5
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Chapter 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.

Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Chapter 130: The Tributes, Part 4
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Chapter 130 is feeling a little claustrophobic on this train, how about you? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they trauma-dump about bullying, discuss dandelions on multiple separate occasions, and nearly end their friendship over Sophie's accidental Star Wars reference.

Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Chapter 129: The Tributes, Part 3
Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Chapter 129 isn't sponsored by Hellmann's mayonnaise, but good lord it should be. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Sophie's ardent love for baths, the incredible power of secondhand embarrassment, and do some unnecessary train math.
