It Was A Book First: transcripts

'You Can See Everything' Will Make You Question Everything 2026-10-23 · 77m

'East of Eden' Is a Great Adaptation of the Great American Novel (with Roxana Hadadi and Thomas Floyd) 2026-10-21 · 91m

'Other Mommy' Is the Worst Book Adaptation of 2026 (with Alison Sivitz) 2026-10-14 · 55m

Why Colleen Hoover's 'Verity' Needed a Campier Adaptation 2026-10-07 · 73m

'The Love Hypothesis' Fails the Rom-Com Chemistry Test (with Linda Holmes) 2026-09-30 · 88m

Fall’s Most Anticipated Book-to-Screen Adaptations 2026-09-23 · 69m

'Practical Magic 2' Is a Cursed Adaptation of 'The Book of Magic' 2026-09-16 · 74m

'Coyote vs. Acme' Is Looney Tunes for People Who Read The New Yorker 2026-09-09 · 52m

Even the Stars of 'The Dog Stars' Can't Save Ridley Scott's Adaptation 2026-09-02 · 66m

'Tony' Rewrites Anthony Bourdain's 'Kitchen Confidential' (with Tim Carman) 2026-08-26 · 72m

How Hollywood Costume Designer Whitney Anne Adams Styles Book Adaptations 2026-08-19 · 69m

Oscar-Nominated Writer Samy Burch on Adapting Lost 19th Century Novella 'Late Fame' 2026-08-12 · 45m

We Watched Apple TV's 'Cape Fear' So You Don’t Have To (with Vulture's Roxana Hadadi) 2026-08-05 · 72m

Two Classics Professors on Why Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Works (with Kyle Gervais and Il-Kweon Sir) 2026-07-29 · 64m

'The Odyssey' Is an Epic Adaptation Worthy of Homer’s Poem 2026-07-22 · 95m

What the Emmys Tell Us About Book-to-Streaming Adaptations (with Gary Goldstein) 2026-07-15 · 60m

'The Sheep Detectives' Is 'Three Bags Full' of Quirky Fun 2026-07-08 · 58m

'Off Campus': The Art of Adapting 'The Deal' 2026-07-01 · 72m

'The Testaments' and 'Backrooms' Explore Different Kinds of Horrors 2026-06-24 · 55m

'Margo's Got Money Troubles' Gets the Book (Mostly) Right 2026-06-17 · 58m

'Project Hail Mary' Is the Biggest Adaptation of 2026 … So Far 2026-06-17 · 84m

Teaser: 'It Was A Book First' 2026-06-04 · 2m

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It Was A Book First