Episodes
Dominic Burgess joins the girls to talk about cake, landing his dream job on "Star Trek," his cats, and all things Magicians.
Published 05/10/20
In this 2-hour conversation, we talk to showrunners Sera Gamble, John McNamara, and Henry Alonso Myers about Season 5, the series finale, and making televised magic.
Published 04/26/20
This episode is a love letter: to the cast, the crews, the writers, and the fans. It is about the power of fiction to change lives and bring people together, and it is about what it means to love it. In our final episode breakdown (but not our final episode), we're joined by Arjun Gupta, Olivia Taylor Dudley, and Lev Grossman, who share what the show has meant to them -- including their favorite moments, onscreen and off, from the entire series -- and listen as we share what it has meant to...
Published 04/02/20
Dustin Ingram (Hyman) and Spencer Daniels (Charlton) join the girls to talk about their roles on "The Magicians," their affection for their scene partners (Arjun and Hale), and to nerd out over _Harry Potter_ and the _Magicians_ novels.
Published 03/29/20
Joey Mireles and Jade Tailor join the girls to sing the praises of Episode 512, "The Balls" -- a.k.a. this year's musical episode! So take your world seed out of your hoo-ha and join us.
Published 03/26/20
Brittany, Mike, David, and the girls pour one out for "The Magicians" in this slightly tipsy edition of Physical Kids Weekly. From pervert ghosts to the joy of finally standing up for yourself to pickled dead people, we cover all the bases of Episode 511, "Be the Hyman."
Published 03/19/20
Alex Ritter and Michael Luwoye join us to talk about magical pregnancies and the wide, wide underworld in Episode 510, "Purgatory."
Published 03/12/20
Sean Maguire and Stephanie Coggins join the girls to chat Chatwins and talk time travel for this very revealing episode.
Published 03/05/20
Writers Alex Raiman and Jay Gard join to the girls to talk about Episode 508, "Garden Variety Homicide."
Published 02/27/20
Elle Lipson and Sergio Osuna join the girls to discuss mendacious marsupials, bookish botanists, and -- of course -- exploding Todds.
Published 02/20/20
It's double trouble on Physical Kids Weekly! Actor Keegan Connor Tracy (Professor Lipson) and writer Hillary Benefiel join us to break down Episode 505, "Apocalypse? Now?!" and Episode 506, "Oops...I Did It Again."
Published 02/13/20
Clara and Dani go solo as they break down Episode 504, "Magicians Anonymous," written by John McNamara and directed by Geeta Patel. In a podcast that's almost as wacky as the episode itself, Dani teases her theory about the Dark King, Clara sings an ode to The Binder, and both girls coo over the friendship that's developing between Alice and Julia.
Published 02/07/20
Hale Appleman and Olivia Taylor Dudley join us to talk about Episode 503, "The Mountain of Ghosts," and the catharsis of speaking your truth.
Published 01/30/20
The girls go solo to talk about time bees, golems, and sleeper agents in Episode 502, "The Wrath of the Time Bees." Things are heating up in Kady's storyline, while Alice reaps the consequences of the "something crazy" she did in the premiere -- and starts to heal in the process.
Published 01/23/20
It's the Season 5 premiere of #TheMagicians, and Clara and Dani are back to help you get through it. We talk to writer Henry Alonso Myers about everything from grieving Quentin to the title card to the promise of apocalypse to come.
Published 01/16/20
Twitter's Spooky Spice joins us to break down the Season 5 trailer. From grief to camping trips to...a kraken?!...we cover all that excites us (and scares us) about the upcoming season of "The Magicians."
Published 01/07/20
Lilah Sturges and Lev Grossman join the girls to talk about the newly released graphic novel based on the first Magicians book -- and told from Alice's point of view. Plus, we announce the winners of the #MagiciansReachOut raffle and thank everyone who participated. Sorry ahead of time if Clara butchered your name.
Published 08/09/19
Margot Ready joins PKW to talk all things production design, from the inspiration behind the look of the different sets and worlds in the show to the collaborative nature of her work to how she got her start in TV after getting a degree in architecture. Plus, she shares insights into visual storytelling elements in two of our favorite episodes: Season 3's "A Life in the Day" and Season 4's "A Timeline and Place."
Published 06/16/19
In this vulnerable and emotional conversation, Lev Grossman and Olivia Taylor Dudley join Clara and Dani to process the finale.
Published 04/21/19
Jade Tailor joins Dani and Clara in discussing Episode 412, "The Secret Sea," depression, and accepting the world as it is. Things get personal when we start to talk about the drowned garden, and we all share what the show, the books, and the community surrounding "The Magicians" has meant to us. There are book spoilers in the episode breakdown, especially when we start to share our personal stories, but we've purposely kept them out of our interview with Jade. If you want to avoid them,...
Published 04/11/19
We talk to Christina Strain and Henry Alonso Myers about the origins of the library, mythology, and making exposition engaging as we break down episode 411. Plus, we continue our conversation about Quentin's depression and the necessity of his confrontation with Alice. Don't miss it!
Published 04/04/19
It's an 80s extravaganza for this most musical Margo episode! We talk about why "Here I Go Again" is the perfect Margo-in-the-desert song, why it's important that Margo and Eliot's songs are gender swapped, and the worsening of Quentin's depression. Plus, Clara shares her latest crackpot theory -- about the Mesopotamian goddess of chaos Tiamat -- and both of your hosts go deep on common themes in mythologies across cultures.
Published 03/28/19
Mageina Tovah joins Clara and Dani to discuss "The Serpent" and all things Zelda, from her origin story to her murky moral status to unusual mannerisms. Plus, Alice's split personality, Queen Kady of the Hedges, and -- of course -- Fargo.
Published 03/21/19
Freaking out about this dragon of an episode? Calm your man t**s, we've got the T. From dragon babies to Fargo to long-distance sex dolls, Clara and Dani break it all down. Don't miss it!
Published 03/14/19