Adapt or Perish

About Adapt or Perish

Whether it's stage to screen, book to television, comic to blockbuster, or movie to musical and back again, this podcast leaves no adaptation unturned.

Publisher

Jeremy Latour, Ari Lipshaw, and Ian Averill

Category

arts · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Oct 2017

Latest episode

23 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

177 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2025

   All Good Things... (Ep. 174)

   In this episode of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy, Ian, Alex, and Ari are looking back at 8 years of the show! Head to adaptorperishcast.com to see our episode archive, read some fun extras, and get in touch. To get the latest updates or support the show, check out our Patreon page.

2. 

   2 Sept 2025

   Adaptation (Ep. 173)

   In this, the final episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re getting real meta with a look at 2002’s Adaptation! In this episode, we discuss: The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession, Susan Orlean’s 1998 nonfiction book Adaptation, the 2002 movie directed by Spike Jonze, written by Charlie Kaufman, and starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, and Brian Cox Footnotes: Being John Malkovich (1999) Identity (2003) Head to adaptorperishcast.com to see our episode archive, read some fun extras, and get in touch. To get the latest updates or support the show, check out our Patreon page.

3. 

   19 Aug 2025

   12 Angry Men (Ep. 172)

   In Episode 172 of Adapt or Perish, we’re tackling the important subject of dudes doing their civic duty with a look at 12 Angry Men, the courtroom classic! In this episode, we discuss: The 1954 episode of Westinghouse Studio One directed by Franklin Schaffner, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Robert Cummings, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Walter Abel, George Voskovec, and Norman Fell The 1957 theatrical movie directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden, George Voskovec, and Ed Begley The 1997 TV movie directed by William Friedkin, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Courtney B. Vance, Edward James Olmos, James Gandolfini, and Tony Danza Footnotes: “12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4030604/) Juror #2 (2024) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juror_No._2) William Friedkin on dealing with method actors (https://youtu.be/G8pXQUPBh7A) Ving Rhames gives his Golden Globe to Jack Lemmon (https://youtu.be/Tk3EgDPZD0w) Head to adaptorperishcast.com to see our episode archive, read some fun extras, and get in touch. To get the latest updates or support the show, check out our Patreon page.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

7,114

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

85 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

34 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

91

YouTube

68

Engagement

93