6.3K
Downloads
152
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.
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 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.
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 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.
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 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.
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 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.
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 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.
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 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.
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 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.
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 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.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 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 teeth content.
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 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!