Did You Read The Book?
A comparative podcast where movie buffs and bookworms come together to talk about stories and their adaptations that we love, hate, or love to hate.
Episodes
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, physical and mental abuse, death, murder and war. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Dan Rector, as we have a part 1 dive into the beauty of classic Sci-Fi, nerd out over the incredible intricacies of world building, and just a full on rant about everything Denis Villeneuve in Dune by Frank Her...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around mental abuse, toxic relationships, loss of identity, and sexual assault. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my one and only best guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we lose our minds over why this is a crowd favorite, the perplexities of problematic relationships, and tie it off with squealing over the dream that is Health L...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, physical and mental abuse, suicide, death, depression, and toxic relationships. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my brand new guest, Griffin Goldenbagen, as we dive into a real serious topic of the fluidity of relationships, the joys and pains of emotional and personal growth, and what it means to be human in No...
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my two stellar guests, Julie and Monica, as we have a severe nerd out over the beauty of animation, good ol' fashion love pairing tropes, and give Monica a lot of spice for her horribly out of line opinions on voice actors (jk we love her, but still) in How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
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Arcane created by Riot Games, Christian Li...
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Mary, as we have a nerd fest over beautiful art styles, Nordic lore, and the beauty of works of passion in Hilda by Luke Pearson.
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A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers (2024)
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors directed by F. W. Murnau ...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, death, and toxic relationships. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my boomerang of a guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we talk through an age old story of sadness, woe, and funky adaptation choices in Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare.
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Dr. Who created by Sydney Newman
The De...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around war, death, violence, and body gore. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my lovely guest, Monica Chen, for her debut episode (yay!) as we go real deep into the beauty of manga, incredibly depicted mech suits, and have some strong thoughts around alien design dos and don'ts in All You Need Is Kill illustrated by Takeshi Obata...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder, violence, false incarceration, addiction, and child abduction. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my wonderful returning guest, Daniel Palmer, as we bring yet another glorious sci-fi topic to the table to gush over beautiful world building, incredible future tech, and have a proper giggle over the cinematic vibe tha...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder, suicide, body gore, violence, and animal harm. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my rock star of a guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we kick off the spooky season and talk about classic Eldritch horror themes, the terrors of post apocalyptic living, and give emotional support to Julie as she goes on her biggest ra...
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Meghan Anderson, as we get real down and nerdy with historical factoids, societal faux pas, and go goo goo over dreamy Mr. Darcy (like any sane person would, COME ON!) in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
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The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
Bride and Prejudice directed by Gurinder Chadha
Bride a...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder and sexual assault. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my dream guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we revisit the gruesome Hannibal Lecter universe to talk about great villains, character flaws, and poke many a hole in the vibe of the early 2000's film era in Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.
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My lovely fam! Can't believe it but Season 3 is a wrap! As always, thank you ever so much to my listeners near and far for the ongoing support. It is such a pleasure to share my passion with the world. Another enormous thank you and virtual hug to my guests for participating in my episodes. I couldn't have gotten here without your lovely selves. Cheers to the next season, y'all!
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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around self harm and death. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my top notch guests, Daniel Palmer and Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we have a good ol' fashion nerd out over aliens, horror tropes, and a few giggles over the lovely Nicolas Cage in The Color Out Of Space by HP Lovecraft.
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Celestis by Paul Park
Sag...
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Dan (the man!) Rector, as we continue our adventure in the sci-fi world to focus on the hubris of man, political turmoil, and big ass robots in Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates.
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The Last Scion by DGP Rector (a text based computer game!)
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Ancillary J...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around sexual abuse, domestic and mental abuse, and murder. Please be advised.
Welcome back (after a long break!) to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Mary, to dive real deep in to (you guessed it) another dark topic of murder, corruption, and how to be a real badass in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
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I'l...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around sexual abuse, domestic and mental abuse, murder and self harm. Please be advised.
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Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my gold star guest, Julie, to break down the complexities and representation of...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around sexual abuse, war violence and suicide. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my stellar guest, Dan Rector, to finally switch topics from Alan Moore to Frank Miller, where we geek out over epic Spartan tropes, beyond scrumptious actors, and just have a good ol' time talking more graphic novels with Frank Miller's masterpiece 30...
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses topics of suicide, murder and body gore. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my rock star guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, for a spooky session to talk about monsters, religious zealots and (the scariest part I think) how crazy human nature is during a crisis in The Mist by Stephen King. Happy spooky season y'all!
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Shi...
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Daniel Palmer, as we (you guessed it) geek out over more Sci-Fi elements, from sound production to cerebral concepts depicted beautifully in Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang and adapted to screen in Arrival directed by Denis Villeneuve.
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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around suicide, sexual abuse and physical abuse. Please be advised.
Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Mary, as we have ourselves a good ol' fashion nerd out around amazing high fantasy design, sexy and beautiful characters, and a wonderful representation of chosen families in The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski.
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