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Book Riot - The Podcast

Making Sense of Franchise Adaptation News

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

Arts, News, Books, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca try to make sense of a bunch of adaptation news before talking about recent reads, Don DeLillo's hockey smut, and more. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: Check out Zero to Well-Read and its brand new companion newsletter, and follow along on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Updates on the Fourth Wing adaptation  The Testaments is coming to Hulu April 8  Brandon Sanderson’s unprecedented adaptation deal with Apple TV Percival Everett was the bestselling Black author of 2025 Don DeLillo wrote hockey smut in 1980 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.2

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0:32.6

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0:39.0

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0:44.5

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0:54.7

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1:04.4

This is the Book Riot podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill.

1:06.8

And I'm Rebecca Schinsky.

1:08.3

And today, Rebecca, we've got all kinds of top level AAA adaptation news.

1:13.1

All over the map.

1:14.4

Top half of the show. It's kind of movie season where we're getting ready for Oscars and people

1:19.8

are doing red carpet events and awards are being handed out. And I think I've got some,

1:25.7

I think there might be some secondary thing going on around a couple of these that we want to talk about.

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