Did You Read The Book?

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

January 1, 2026 147 mins

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, war, death, brutality, drug usage, substance abuse, PTSD, animal abuse, racial injustice, hate crimes, and racism. Please be advised.

 

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my frequent flyer guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we dive real deep into the past to talk about classic Greek themes, wacky mythos, and how in the heck do...

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Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest (and renown author!), Dan Rector, as we redeem ourselves by diving back into the classic sci-fi realm to nerd out over beautiful world building, the complexities of culture, and have a good ol' squeal ...

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November 1, 2025 111 mins

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, death, emotional abuse, and physical abuse. Please be advised.

 

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Meghan Palmer, as we have a massive scream into the void to unpack the major differences between stellar writing and fever dream creation in Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.

 

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Delicio...

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Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Dan Rector, (now a famous author!) as we come back for yet another hot mess in the adaptation world to rant about character flaws, the nonsense that was the early 2000's cinema style, and l...

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September 1, 2025 145 mins

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, death, sexual abuse, non consensual sex, psychological trauma, and body gore. Please be advised.

 

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my dynamic duo guests, Julie McCulloch-Francis and Daniel Palmer, as we face plant into yet another Eldritch horror vibe of terrifying body snatcher tropes, crazy head canon theories, and just a...

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August 1, 2025 48 mins

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 guest, Dan Rector, for round 2 of Dune where we dig deeper into the character development, the intrigue, and finally compare the adaptation to the original Dune by Frank Herbert.

 

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The Last Scion Game written a...

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August 1, 2025 1 min

My beautiful spectacular fam! Just like that, another year done and we are getting into season 5! Y'all are astounding and I continue to be impressed with everyone's participation and support. Thank you for joining me on this nerdy journey and here's to the next crazy year!

 

Erin

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July 1, 2025 132 mins

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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...

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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...

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May 1, 2025 93 mins

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...

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April 1, 2025 101 mins

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...

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February 1, 2025 103 mins

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 ...

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January 1, 2025 112 mins

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...

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December 1, 2024 99 mins

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...

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November 1, 2024 130 mins

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...

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October 1, 2024 122 mins

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...

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September 1, 2024 135 mins

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...

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August 1, 2024 112 mins

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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Monster...

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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!

 

Erin

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July 1, 2024 141 mins

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...

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