The Magnus Protocol - Season 1 QnA
🕑 Added 2025-01-28 16:24:00 +0000 UTCAlex and Jonny sit down to answer your burning questions about Season 1 of the Magnus Protocol.
Content Notes
- Spoilers through Season 1 of The Magnus Protocol and the entirety of the Magnus Archives
Produced by April Sumner
Edited by Nico Vettese
Mastering by Catherine Rinella
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Comments
Enno :3
who the fuck is mr blobby
Jenny Rii
With Alice question, everybody deserves a space to just exist in. I love that. And Needles was one I actually really liked. XD
Catherine Rinella
Mastering editor here! We also do some sneaky sound design after the SFX/Soundscape/Music is drafted. But it's a secret, because it involves (3) sacrifices and (1) Gateway-branded keyboard from the 90s. And we're running out of keyboards.
Trine Horsens
So I know TMA isnโt supposed to be funny but I just relistened to 120 and og Eliasโ sass and eye jokes are definitely peek dark humor!
Tama Connatser
This was delightful and brought me joy.
Tiffany Lane
Making Diamond a St Bernard makes the case lean sooo much further into Nina territory ๐ญ
mari
Just got around to listening to this. I had forgotten that I actually cannot listen to these things with head phones as my raucous laughter unnerves everyone around me unless they can also hear the unhinged ramblings of Johnny and Alex.
thomas
i am enjoying this podcast, thank you.
Kunzite
Just so you know, pacing is perfect. While I prefer the slow burn of tma, I like the timing of tmp a great bit. Might also be because Iโm listening week by week. With it being more dense lets me chew on it longer instead of my glutinous consumption that was of tma.
x
Please drop the alchemy system as part of an arg. I missed the first arg. This would be so sick
Mother of Ferrets
That's a special right there, original Jonny endings! ๐ Also thank you Nico (&all the editors) for the AWESOME job you're doing!
Nico Vettese
Vocal Cut editor here! So Alex and Jonny record the casements by themselves (no producers/directors supervising them) - problem is, they both get super into what they're reading that they forget to go back to robotic voice. Especially Jonny. Jonny is an incredible actor, and the way some of the casements have ended in S1 have been gory and whatnot, and Jonny has done a stellar and heavily emotional ending. Poor lad meant that I would then have to get pickups where he has to redo the endings with no emotion whatsoever and all robot
Nico Vettese
I saw your username before I read the comment, and just knew you would have something super nice to say about the production team - thank you for your kind words Kristune ๐
Carleigh Warsing
I am enjoying this podcast Jonny!
Rose Bouch
Jonny wrote a great story for Outliers called "Strange Stars" about an alchemist. Loved that story- thanks Jonny!
Ember
Seconding what others are saying, I definitely would read the 60 pages of alchemy magical system at some point when it is no longer a spoiler. I am that sort of nerd who loves magic systems (and designs their own). PS: I am enjoying this podcast, thank you!
Pia K R
the The Sims approach
KitCat3
I am enjoying this podcast, thank you (I say this from under the bus)
Kristsune
I honestly marvel at the editors work every episode, both in vocal cuts and with sound design. it absolutely blows me away every single time its *so* good (that's not even counting the music, which is a whole other level)
Cyanmoon1
Jonny kept saying 'guest writers' but all my brain would process was 'gastritis'
MarlaBothBothIsGood
I NEED ALEX'S NOTES LIKE OXYGEN
TheShy Typospherian
I am enjoying this podcast, thank you.
eleanor is fine
Everyoneโs bi for authorial convenience ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ (TMP scripture) (because there is a bible)
josh
Needles is forever
DJ Badillo
Neverrrrrr a McWeevil, plsssssss ๐๐๐
RedDedZombie
Would still rather eat a McWeevil than drink Huel :D
Alatus Dusted Beast
I think im also with Jonny on Needles.. though, that means second favorite to Ink5oul to me. Amazing work as always- i could barely do my detail work I was laughing so hard!!
Mother of Ferrets
Please please please can you share Alex's notebook with us after Protocol finishes? Also would be really interested in seeing the prompts given to guest writers if that could be shared when it's no longer spoilering anything
RedDedZombie
Wow, I just came for a QnA, and now Iโm under a bus and Alex is memeing, what happened?
Mosey Walker
I am enjoying this podcast thank you
Julia Diem
I am enjoying this podcast, thank you.
Enya
"Live your sexy murder dream." - Alex 2025
DJ Badillo
I think in TMP 10: Saturday Night, after Gwen gives him the name in the envelope, after you hear him run out the door into the night you can hear a car being smashed and then its alarm start to go off. Also, following up on Jonny and Alex talking about inadvertent comedy in these series, right before this moment when Gwen frantically asks, "Can he READ?!" is such a primely comedic line. XD
Enya
I am enjoying this podcast, thank youโจ๏ธ
RedDedZombie
When did Bonzo crush a car? Is that a thing I missed?
DJ Badillo
My chunky, creativity soup from the Hungry Man Grill ๐
JustYourAverageTom
I still wanna know how hard/fun it was to go from monotone robot voices, to slowly blending it to be like how they were read in archives, back to robotic voices. I loved that bit, very fun :)
DJ Badillo
I am enjoying this podcast, thank you!
Rachel Kight Smith
Nah I agree with Johnny, always commit to the bit
Andi G
I'm with Jonny on Needles. Sorry, Alex.