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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…

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Latest episodes

  1. Why Colleen Hoover's 'Verity' Needed a Campier Adaptation7 Oct 2026
  2. 'The Love Hypothesis' Fails the Rom-Com Chemistry Test (with Linda Holmes)30 Sep 2026
  3. Fall’s Most Anticipated Book-to-Screen Adaptations23 Sep 2026
  4. 'Practical Magic 2' Is a Cursed Adaptation of 'The Book of Magic'16 Sep 2026
  5. 'Coyote vs. Acme' Is Looney Tunes for People Who Read The New Yorker9 Sep 2026
  6. Even the Stars of 'The Dog Stars' Can't Save Ridley Scott's Adaptation2 Sep 2026
  7. 'Tony' Rewrites Anthony Bourdain's 'Kitchen Confidential' (with Tim Carman)26 Aug 2026
  8. How Hollywood Costume Designer Whitney Anne Adams Styles Book Adaptations19 Aug 2026
  9. Oscar-Nominated Writer Samy Burch on Adapting Lost 19th Century Novella 'Late Fame'12 Aug 2026
  10. We Watched Apple TV's 'Cape Fear' So You Don’t Have To (with Vulture's Roxana Hadadi)5 Aug 2026