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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 2 episode 3! This week, we get our second real shot at The Beast thanks to some clever "demonic tattoos". But, unfortunately, Julia has her own villain that needs to die and she needs The Beast's help to do it. When dangerous plans with opposite goals collide sometimes....people die. Thanks for listening!

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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 2 episode 2! This week, most of the group makes it back to earth and begins trying to find out more about this Beast killing battle magic. But unfortunately that knowledge was hidden in plain sight by a tricky pixie who loves a good riddle. Meanwhile, King Elliot is trying his best to be the "cool orgy and champagne guy", but being a good ruler means sometimes you have to sprinkle a little shit before you can rest on your laurels. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 2 episode 1! We pick up in the aftermath of our first real encounter with The Beast. Penny and Margo head off to a healing river for appendage reattachment therapy, while the rest of the group goes looking for crowns. At least 4 of us are coming out of this as royalty. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to season 1 wrap-up for The Magicians! Thank you to everyone to has been listening along with us these last couple of months. We had a great time summarizing our thoughts about the show and answering your questions. See you next week with season 2 episode 1!

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Hello and welcome to the season 1 finale of The Magicians! Remember to get those wrap up questions in. This week, Quentin and Julia make their way through time to meet up with the rest of the group. But they don't leave the past empty handed. They use their timeloop shenanigans to set us all up for Beast fighting success. We have knives, we have knowledge, we have a jar of....milk..ok, it's not milk, but it is necessary. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 12! This week, on the heels of an aggressively awkward morning after. The group decides to bottle their emotions and head into the the Neitherlands. But shortly after emerging from the fountain Quentin is separated from the group and thrust back to campus alone. Can he find his way back to us? Can we find our way to Fillory? Thanks for listening!

Welcome to The Magician's season 1 episode 11! This week, our magical motley crew dips into some forbidden battle magic for an upcoming spar with The Beast. But battle magic is a dangerous and complicated affair, especially for those of us in a heightened emotional state. So to help compensate, we all drain our heightened emotions into little glass vials and then magic missile the crap out of some unsuspecting bottles. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to season 1 episode 10 of The Magicians! This week we are getting....sexy? Penny is trapped in the Neitherlands, being pursued by a band of disgruntled laborers. The only way to save him is some good old, tried and true sex magic. But can Quentin overcome his lack of lusty experience to save his friend in time? Thanks for listening!

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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 9! This week, we find out that Christopher Plover, the author of Fillory and Further was a massive piece of shit. But we didn't get this second hand from a screen shot of a social media post, we learned it from some kid-ghosts at his haunted mansion. Can Quentin come to terms with his greatest hero turning out to be the worst kind of monster? Thanks for listening!

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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 8! This week, Elliot and his new loverboy Mike are taking their relationship up a notch. Moving on from sultry kisses to flaming cherries, personal revelations, and maybe still a few sultry kisses. Thank goodness everything is exactly as it seems on the surface and nobody is at risk of being stabbed with a cursed knife. Thanks for listening!

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