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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.
Episodes

Apr 21, 2026
Apr 21, 2026
56 min
Get your bets on Chapter 139 in now before it gets shot a crossbow! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss gambling on fixed games, what constitutes a medium-sized tree, and where you might find a skunk.

Apr 7, 2026
Apr 7, 2026
1 hr 6 min
Hurry and listen to Chapter 138 before a hovercraft comes to take its, um, corpse away! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the number of dees in a chickadee call, drinking blood (but not in a vampire way), and whether or not you should ask your sponsor for popcorn.

Mar 24, 2026
Mar 24, 2026
1 hr 1 min
Don’t step off your pedestal until you’re ready to listen to Chapter 137, or you’ll be blown up!! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss various cornucopiae, several distinct water-related topics, and the potential meanings of cannonfire.

Mar 10, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
59 min
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.

Feb 24, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
1 hr 5 min
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.

Feb 10, 2026
Feb 10, 2026
1 hr 8 min
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.

Jan 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026
1 hr 38 min
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.

Jan 13, 2026
Jan 13, 2026
1 hr 13 min
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.

Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025
1 hr 6 min
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.

Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025
1 hr 26 min
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!
