Adaptation Episode #356: What We Owe to Each Other // Ruin and Rising by Leigh BardugoThe Adaptation team discusses Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo, the final installment in the Grisha trilogy. Question of the Week: How much do any of these characters (but particularly Alina) owe to Ravka? How much are they required to sacrifice for the people and/or Grisha? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/33353467
#355: The Escapologist and the Quiet // Matilda the Musical (2022)The team discusses Matilda: The Musical (2022). Question of the Week: How do you feel about the addition of the backstory with the escapologist and the acrobat? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/32431247
Commentary #27: Matilda (1996)Watch Matilda (1996) with us! Question of the Week: What is your favorite thing about this version and what would you hope they keep in the musical? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/32327607
#354: Protect Public Libraries // Matilda by Roald DahlThe team discusses Matilda by Roald Dahl, in all it's nostalgia and darkness. Question of the Week: Do you agree with Miss Honey’s interpretation of Matilda's powers and why she no longer has them at the end? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/32327547
#353: For Retribution // Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)Jenn and Kendyl discuss Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Question of the Week: What do you think the next Black Panther movie will look like? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/31953952
#352: Watch Her Make 'Em Bow // The School for Good and Evil (2022)Discussing the film The School for Good and Evil (2022) with series fans and non-readers. Question of the Week: Do you think that students have been sorted incorrectly because the school master was in charge? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/31953862
#351: Open Up the Bird Cage Door // Catherine, Called Birdy (2022)Adaptation discusses the pros and cons of the film Catherine, Called Birdy (2022). Question of the Week: Did you find the ending satisfying? Would you change anything? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/31953732
#350: Agatha All Along // The School for Good and Evil by Soman ChainaniDigging into good and evil stereotypes with The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani. Question of the Week: What class would you be most excited to take (in either school)? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/30607033
#349: Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch? // Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)A packed episode to discuss Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)! Question of the Week: What should the name of the Billy Butcherson movie be? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/30606993
#348: God's Thumbs! // Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen CushmanJess, Jenn, and Kedyl discuss the middle grade novel Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman. Question of the Week: Did the journal make Birdie less childish/more learned? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/27558579
#347: An Artificial, Assenting Smile // Persuasion (2022)The team talks Persuasion (2022) and finds that they didn't all have negative reactions. Question of the Week: If we were to make a movie in this tone, time period, and style, what story should be told this way? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/27477990
#346: The Jealous Ex // Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)The Adaptation team discusses Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Question of the Week: What are the parameters of Eternity? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/27477918
#345: Tempers to Manage // Persuasion by Jane AustenThe team talks about Jane Austen's Persuasion. Question of the Week: What’s your favorite interpretation of an Austen heroine? Who has yet to be done well? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/27477861
#344: Beyond Infinity // Lightyear (2022)Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss Lightyear (2022). Question of the Week: Knowing Buzz from Toy Story, what was one thing that you expected to see? How did it meet your expectations? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/27367716
#343: Supreme Authority // Jurassic World Dominion (2022)Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl talk Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Question of the Week: What do you think the core of this movie should have been about? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/27367560
#342: More Like Cringerella // Sneakerella (2022)Adaptation talks Sneakerella (2022). Question of the Week: Is Cinderella too cringe to adapt in the modern-age? What elements just can't translate anymore? Are there an elements that can be modernized? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/27367452
#341: Our Goddess Wanda // Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl talk Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). Question of the Week: What do you think happened in the 838? Are we mid-hex? Where is Vision? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/26349516
#340: Why So Petty? // Siege and Storm by Leigh BardugoJess, Jenn, and Kendyl talk about Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo and complain about Mal. Question of the Week: What came first for Nikolai: the desire for the throne or realizing his family was incompetent? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/26347134
#339: Simon Says // One of Us Is Lying (Season 1)Jess, Jenn, and Kendyl talk about season one of One of Us Is Lying (2021-2022). Question of the Week: If you didn't know it was Jake, do you think you'd be able to figure it out with the information the show gives? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/26174232
#338: A Three-Hour Tour // The Batman (2022)Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss The Batman (2022), take two! Question of the Week: What lesser-known Batman villain would you like to see next? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/26150094
#337: One of Us Had to Go // One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusJess, Jenn, and Kendyl discuss One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus. Question of the Week: Did you figure out who the culprit was while reading? Do you think readers were given enough information to put it all together? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25982823
#336: Have You Ever Loved Someone Madly? // Cyrano (2021)Adaptation discusses Cyrano (2021) and the play it's based on. Question of the Week: Do you think it was Cyrano's intention to reveal that he was the letter writer at the end of this movie? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25852623
#335: The Legacy Is You // Rumble (2022)Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss legacies once again with the film Rumble (2021). Question of the Week: What was your favorite monster design? Do you have any other ideas for monster careers? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25840986
#334: Let Poirot Love His Moustache // Death on the Nile (2022)Jess, Jenn, and Kendyl finally cover Death on the Nile (2022)! Question of the Week: Do you think the film gave you enough clues to figure out who the murder was? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25695087
#333: Spectacular Tentacular // Monster on the Hill by Rob HarrellJenn, Dorin, and Kendyl talk about the graphic novel Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell. Question of the Week: What are some other defensive uses for Wilkie’s inventions? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25694829
#332: A Garden You Never Get to See // The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)The Adaptation team talks about The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), how some choices change and enhance the material, and what does (and does not) make a sympathetic antihero. Question of the Week: What was your favorite shot in the film? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25510869
#331: Peter on Peter on Peter // Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), fall back in love with all the Peters, and outline some AU fanfiction. Question of the Week: If you could change ONE thing about this movie, what would it be? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25510821
#330: Ambition Is His Folly // Macbeth by William ShakespeareJess, Jenn, and Kendyl talk about Shakespeare's Macbeth, indulging in their love of literary prophecy once again. Question(s) of the Week: What Macbeth adaptation would you recommend? Who had the power of kick starting the prophecy? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25510764
#329: The Eternal Gray Area // Eternals (2021)Dorin, Jenn, and Kendyl discuss the Marvel film, Eternals (2021). Question of the Week: Which of the Eternals powers would you want to have? Follow us! /episode/index/show/adaptationpodcast/id/25290903