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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 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.

Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Chapter 128: The Tributes, Part 2
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Chapter 128 volunteers as tribute! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the District culture, Capitol propaganda, and the iconic three-finger salute.

Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
Chapter 127: The Tributes, Part 1
Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
It’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.

Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Chapter 126: Welcome to... The Hunger Games!
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
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.

Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Chapter 125: City of Biology, part 2
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Chapter 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!

Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Chapter 124: City of Biology, part 1
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Grab 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).

Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Chapter 123: THE CITY OF BONES WRAP-UP
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Chapter 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.
