# It Was A Book First

A podcast by It Was A Book First. It Was A Book First is a weekly podcast about new book-to-screen adaptations. Hosted by culture reporters and former colleagues Sophie Vershbow and Rudi Greenberg, IWABF dissects the TV and film adaptations everyone is talking about, what you'll be reading and watching next, and the business behind what actually makes it off the page.

Feed: https://feeds.captivate.fm/it-was-a-book-first/

## Latest episodes

- [Mike Flanagan Turns 'Carrie' Into a Gen Z Nightmare (with Ashley Reese)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/fecacf136332) (2026-10-28, 94 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ededaa50-5ac9-4ed2-9571-dbd85a453967.mp3
- ['You Can See Everything' Will Make You Question Everything](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/1c431bf3627e) (2026-10-23, 78 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/9b526a4e-6c1f-49bc-92bb-65f51f4a99c2.mp3
- ['East of Eden' Is a Great Adaptation of the Great American Novel (with Roxana Hadadi and Thomas Floyd)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/d2eab4adc8d2) (2026-10-21, 92 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/35754873-87dc-4ecf-8e72-b5315f8ab394.mp3
- ['Other Mommy' Is the Worst Book Adaptation of 2026 (with Alison Sivitz)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/e04605c7766e) (2026-10-14, 55 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b581fb93-ce00-4f00-a0a5-63c86e63ae25.mp3
- [Why Colleen Hoover's 'Verity' Needed a Campier Adaptation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/bf895d9fbf86) (2026-10-07, 74 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7741ba88-f3ae-494d-a6d4-46f79476c503.mp3
- ['The Love Hypothesis' Fails the Rom-Com Chemistry Test (with Linda Holmes)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/b4dc95b575f0) (2026-09-30, 88 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/206e475b-a08c-46f4-a4ae-6903909fad21.mp3
- [Fall’s Most Anticipated Book-to-Screen Adaptations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/9d22911af33c) (2026-09-23, 69 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/614a8646-ce2c-42de-bf03-963074496f9b.mp3
- ['Practical Magic 2' Is a Cursed Adaptation of 'The Book of Magic'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/95a7c0a3bfe1) (2026-09-16, 74 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/cd5339d2-ba0d-4cd2-b1a3-51f03220b647.mp3
- ['Coyote vs. Acme' Is Looney Tunes for People Who Read The New Yorker](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/13b4825cda02) (2026-09-09, 52 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/880eaafe-0275-4849-925c-03117fea8d0c.mp3
- [Even the Stars of 'The Dog Stars' Can't Save Ridley Scott's Adaptation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/b13f2971c1c3) (2026-09-02, 67 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8da0f694-ded4-4334-a1ad-0eb15f652a65.mp3
- ['Tony' Rewrites Anthony Bourdain's 'Kitchen Confidential' (with Tim Carman)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/c2f0d6abf375) (2026-08-26, 73 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c681f43c-8afd-49c4-992d-de0c40baadcb.mp3
- [How Hollywood Costume Designer Whitney Anne Adams Styles Book Adaptations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/fc38543e83c8) (2026-08-19, 70 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e612f4b0-e4ef-4318-b82d-0005c3cb8c12.mp3
- [Oscar-Nominated Writer Samy Burch on Adapting Lost 19th Century Novella 'Late Fame'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/4638a79d1ca5) (2026-08-12, 45 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0a7dca18-7102-47f2-9b25-bbd6f9668680.mp3
- [We Watched Apple TV's 'Cape Fear' So You Don’t Have To (with Vulture's Roxana Hadadi)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/fc8f3166cc78) (2026-08-05, 73 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/932c5d37-dc90-4f5c-b748-f0d04c2bc9bb.mp3
- [Two Classics Professors on Why Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Works (with Kyle Gervais and Il-Kweon Sir)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/4af70916c823) (2026-07-29, 64 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0d53cef2-6af9-455e-940c-9dab571d3d1b.mp3
- ['The Odyssey' Is an Epic Adaptation Worthy of Homer’s Poem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/9cf84d0f2c8d) (2026-07-22, 95 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c99746a5-63f3-4397-855d-7251c44d234d.mp3
- [What the Emmys Tell Us About Book-to-Streaming Adaptations (with Gary Goldstein)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/21158bfa269d) (2026-07-15, 60 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/759542bd-ae1f-44f7-93b8-9f11b2ce19bb.mp3
- ['The Sheep Detectives' Is 'Three Bags Full' of Quirky Fun](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/fa98b3413f44) (2026-07-08, 58 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b971a1e6-1276-4326-b09a-4d50f5461e0a.mp3
- ['Off Campus': The Art of Adapting 'The Deal'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/5c095586b620) (2026-07-01, 72 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/948e0a95-e1eb-4633-915b-c4d77e1586e9.mp3
- ['The Testaments' and 'Backrooms' Explore Different Kinds of Horrors](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/27a9973dd224) (2026-06-24, 55 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/3e0ce635-7bf6-45a7-9922-0ca91dd60b75.mp3
- ['Margo's Got Money Troubles' Gets the Book (Mostly) Right](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/46585830c143) (2026-06-17, 58 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/adbfccef-d70f-4561-a8d8-0688429b008f.mp3
- ['Project Hail Mary' Is the Biggest Adaptation of 2026 … So Far](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/6b9e845e530a) (2026-06-17, 85 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/153fa8c2-af29-44f0-9535-a303e222096c.mp3
- [Teaser: 'It Was A Book First'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896902131/a080414f5d51) (2026-06-04, 2 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/40745e8e-7382-4eda-9543-477502b8cd93.mp3

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