A podcast about books, movies, TV, and all things adaptation. Join hosts Reese and Kellin as they explore the different ways the same stories get told.
We're back and talking A24's Tony, Kitchen Confidential, and the legacy of Anthony Bourdain!
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Music:
"Pretzels" by Raw
22 Aug 2026
The Odyssey (2026)
Who up violating Zeus' Law????
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Music:
"Pretzels" by Raw
2 Aug 2026
Station Eleven
I remember damage.
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Music:
"Pretzels" by Raw
"Doctor Eleven" by Dan Romer
22 Jun 2026
The Fault in Our Stars
In this episode Reese and Kellin talk about the year 2014, John Green, Tumblr, and how they were both massive "pick me" kids in middle school. Okay? Okay.
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Music:
"Pretzels" by Raw
"Boom Clap" by Charli XCX
17 May 2026
One Battle After Another
You know what freedom is?
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Music:
"One Battle After Another" by Johnny Greenwood
"American Girl" by Tom Petty
6 Apr 2026
Reminders of Him
We're taking you back to the night we met... A very-sick Kellin and a very-hungover Reese tackle their first Colleen Hoover adaptation. Spoilers: they do not like it very much!
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Music:
"Pretzels" by Raw
4 Mar 2026
Wuthering Heights
Drive me mad! In this episode, we're strolling the moors and diving headfirst into the Wuthering Heights, unpacking the legacy of the novel and the controversy of Emerald Fennell's totally-normal-and-not-at-all problematic new movie!
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Music:
"Pretzels" by Raw
"Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush
16 Feb 2026
Train Dreams and Our Top Ten Movies of 2025!
Hold onto something! In this episode we unpack TRAIN DREAMS (00:32), comparing the movie to the novella, and then countdown our ten favorite movies of last year (35:08)!
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Music:
"Pretzels" by Raw
"She's in Love" by Ziv Grinberg
1 Feb 2026
The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann, and waiting for that Green Light, we want it
Old sport! In this episode, Reese and Kellin are beating on, boats against the current, talking about "The Great Gatsby," the 2013 blockbuster adaptation starring Leonardo Dicaprio, the, um, size of F. Scott Fitzgerald's work, and who they'd cast in a Gen Z Gatsby remake!
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Music:
"Pretzels" by Raw
"She's in Love" by Ziv Grinberg
17 Jan 2026
People We Meet on Vacation
Welcome to ALWAYS BETTER! In our inaugural episode, we're talking "People We Meet on Vacation," the hit NYT bestseller by Emily Henry AND hit Netflix original starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth!
Join Reese and Kellin as they talk the movie, the book, the differences between the two, BookTok, RomComs, and, unfortunately, vasectomies.
Things Mentioned:
"The Gospel According to Emily Henry" by Lauren Boersma Harris (https://archive.is/20260110220309/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-gospel-according-to-emily-henry#selection-333.0-333.21)
"‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Book-to-Movie Changes: Author Emily Henry and Director on the Not-as-Steamy Sex Scene and Other Big Differences" by Jennifer Maas (https://variety.com/2026/film/news/people-we-meet-on-vacation-movie-changes-sex-scene-1236626621/)
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