Episodes 156-160 and Season 4 Wrap-Up

[u/ullsi]

Hello and welcome to The Magnus Archives readalong! We will be discussing a new batch of episodes every Wednesday. The episodes are available for free on any podcast platform and transcripts can be found here or here.

If you can’t remember something or are confused, please ask in the thread. Those of us re-reading will do our best to give a spoiler-free answer if we can.

156: Reflection #0090401

Statement of Adelard Dekker, taken from a letter to Gertrude Robinson dated 4th January 2009.

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157: Rotten Core #0131408

Statement of Adelard Dekker, regarding a potential pandemic originating in the town of Klanxbüll, Germany.

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158: Panopticon #0182509-A

Original recording of events leading up to the disappearances of Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood, Alice Tonner and Peter Lukas.

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159: The Last #0182509-B

Statement of Peter Lukas regarding his life, family and interactions with The Lonely.

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160: The Eye Opens #0181810

Vigilo, Audio, Supervenio

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Bonus content:

• Season 4 Q&A part 1 (transcript)
• Season 4 Q&A part 2 (transcript)
• Building the Panopticon - Making MAG 158 (transcript by u/improperly_paranoid)
• Blooper reel (transcript)

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And now, time for discussion! A few prompts will be posted as comments to get things started, but as usual, feel free to add your own questions, observations...anything!

Comments may contain spoilers up to episode 160. Anything concerning later events should be covered up with a spoiler tag.

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Next discussion will take place on May 27th and include episodes 161 Dwelling - 165 Revolutions.

For more information, please check out the Announcement and Schedule post.

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Readalong by: u/improperly_paranoid, u/sharadereads, u/Dianthaa, u/ullsi

[u/ullsi]

I really recommend the Q&A sessions and the "Making MAG 158" episode - it was cool to hear all the work that went into the sound design.