Midlight Crisis

Midlight Crisis

By Sophie, Sam, and HannahArtsBooks
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Midlight Crisis episodes

  • Chapter 40: An Old Friend and The Witch and the Werecat

    Welcome to Tierm, where you can listen to Chapter 40 through a wall using maaagic! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Eragon's fortune-telling, what Hungarian and Ancient Greek may have in common with the language of Alagaesia, and whether toads actually exist.

     

    1 hr 6 min
  • Chapter 37: Admonishments and Magic Is The Simplest Thing

    Chapter 37 was recorded in the Ancient Language of magic, but don't worry, we translated it for you. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss magical linguistics, the difference between sorcerers, magicians, and dragon riders (oh my), and Eragon's possible astrological sign.

     

    Additional reading:

    1) The 21 gram soul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_grams_experiment 

    2) "Can't Help Myself" at the Guggenheim: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/34812 

     

    1 hr 11 min
  • Chapter 36: Thunder Roar and Lightning Crackle and Revelation at Yazuac

    Chapter 36 crosses a treacherous plain and comes to an abandoned (or is it!?) town! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how far you can realistically see across a prairie, why you shouldn't but apparently can jump on a dragon's wing, and the impossibility of punching a person off a horse.

     

    Additional links: http://www.hokulea.com/moananuiakea/ 

     

    1 hr 2 min
  • Chapter 35: Saddlemaking and Therinsford

    Chapter 35 learns how to fight with a sword, because this is a fantasy novel, y'all! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss speech patterns, dragon energy expenditure, and finally asking the most important question: how DID dinosaurs have sex?

    1 hr 14 min
  • BONUS: MIDLIGHT CHRISTMAS!

    Jingle your bells, don your gay apparel, and get ready for a holly jolly good time as we depart from our regularly-scheduled Eragon content to bring you CHRISTMAS DRAGON LLC, the festive rom-com (with dragons!) you didn't know you were missing! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they pitch their feel-good holiday love story with with miscommunications aplenty, totally scientific dragon magic, and the true meaning of Christmas: unionizing your workplace.

    1 hr 17 min
  • Chapter 34: The Madness of Life and A Rider‘s Blade

    Chapter 34 is lurking in the Unprecedentedshadows, ready to leap out of a hidden bramble on the back of a dragon! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the use of glottal stops in fantasy, the two different types of hemlock, and who is faster: a dragon or a vampire?

    1 hr 5 min

About Midlight Crisis

From the publisher's feed

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.