Leave Room for Zeus - The Magicians S01E10 - Homecoming
Release Date: 08/14/2025
I'm the Trolley - The Magicians S04E03 - The Bad News Bear
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Hello and welcome the The Magicians season 4 episode 3! This week, the posessed Elliot monster person finally kills his first god when he snuffs out the literal life of the party. Meanwhile, the crew goes on their 3rd heist mission (4th? eh, who's counting). But we aren't after money, we are after some new super-magical spell currency nonsense cooked up by the librarians. Just monsters all around. Thanks for listening!
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Frog Coded - The Magicians S04E02 - Lost, Found, F$&!ed
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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 2! This week, we lift the glamor (somehow or another) and say goodbye to our alternate personas. But not after meeting a debonair frog King, poisoning our ex-Dean, and flaying a godly messenger in Greece. Lots of puzzle pieces, but who the heck knows what the picture is supposed to depict. Thanks for listening!
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Street Fest Amulet - The Magicians S04E01 - A Flock of Lost Birds
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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 1! This week it's all new names, new faces, and new places. Can we get our ducks in a row before the big bad thing eventually happens? What is the big bad thing? Who knows. Thanks for listening! Watch a video version of this pod here: https://youtu.be/KwVefSy8Pk8
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The Magicians Season 3 Wrap-Up
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Hello! It's time to wrap-up The Magicians season 3! A huge thank you to all of the lovely listeners who sent in questions/topics. We talk favorite episodes, character coverage, and try to get a lay of the land for season 4. Is it the last season? Who knows. Thanks for listening!
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Talebook - The Magicians - S03E13 - Will You Play With Me?
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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 13! It's the season finale this week, y'all. That's right, the quest for the keys has come to a close. The gang is all back together and we are trotting off to a spooky old castle full of godly magic and unspeakable evil. But would you believe me if I told you that the gods and monsters weren't our biggest roadblocks to completing our quest? Nah, that comes to us via backstab after backstab after double cross after betrayal. Thanks for listening!
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Bear Naked - The Magicians S03E12 - The Fillorian Candidate
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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 12! This week, we get a bit of a lore dump that helps clarify why Julia still seems to be minorly magically inclined. Our shiney new alt-Penny is trying his best to integrate into our timeline, and it's not going great. Meanwhile, Eliot and Margo decide that one episode as deposed rulers of Fillory is long enough, so we head out onto the campaign trail! Thanks for listening.
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50¢ of Pennies - The Magicians S03E11 - Twenty-Three
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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 11! This week, timelines are getting twisted, yet again. Penny is here, but...wait, why do his hands look normal? Why isn't he at his purgatory book club building an eternal community of peers? Why are all of these main characters dying?! Oh, these are the same faces but different souls (shades?). Got it! Kind of. Thanks for listening!
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Growing Astroturf - The Magicians S03E10 - The Art of the Deal
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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 10! This week, we are continuing our quest for a handful of magical keys. But we just can't seem to keep the party together. Eliot and Margo are back in Fillory playing diplomat for a Kingdom that tried to have them killed. Quentin is at Brakebills with Alice, working on next steps while trying to keep the vibes manageable. Meanwhile, Penny joins a book club in purgatory at the behest of Hades himself...Just now struck me how silly this all got. Thanks for listening!
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Josh Culture Role Call - The Magicians S03E09 - All That Josh
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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 9! This week it's time to save Josh from party purgatory. But this isn't your standard exfiltratation operation. We have to dance, sing, and party our boy to safety. Thanks for listening!
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Such a Cassandra - The Magicians S03E08 - Six Short Stories About Magic
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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 8! This week, Penny finds himself in the underworld along with his BEST friend and a prophetic Alice lookalike. He came for a few answers and he he left with an exposition dump the size of a small moon. Pour one out for Mike as he puts this episode on his back and carries us all to credits. Thanks for listening!
info_outlineHello 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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