In Each Retelling

Send us Fan Mail Alas we don't have time to properly pay tribute to the Bard's birth/deathday, but we still have plenty of outtakes related to things we've reviewed! At long last, the missing half of the If I'm Being Honest episode! A weird number of references to Degrassi and Rocky Horror Picture Show ! River's unhinged fancasting of their Hamlet pitch for the very first...

Send us Fan Mail Once upon a time, a little over a year ago, from the mind of one Conor Duffy and the Fate TTRPG system came a tale about Jean Valjean, Queen Titania, Morgan le Fay, Alice, and Christine Daae being called on to stop a thief from stealing the very power of storytelling, while having to escape Chateau Dif, defeat the Sweet Witch, and persuade the First Goddess along the way. Now in a...

Send us Fan Mail I promised I wouldn't leave you empty handed while I got to work on these gigantic episodes, so enjoy, well, exactly what's on the tin. From The West Wing, to Empowered comics, to the revival of My Fair Lady , my friends sure do have a variety of interests that you can hear about here! Clips Used The West Wing "Made in America" from Bonnie & Clyde Find My G...

Send us Fan Mail Well. It figures that on a weekend our hostess did laundry and taxes, multiverse shenanigans would ensue. The universe may not be in the balance, but Jasmine's self esteem might be as she hides in a closet while her alternate self and her friends discuss what The Emperor's New Groove was once going to be, Kingdom of the Sun. What's wilder, what a different movie tha...

Send us Fan Mail As a wise, Australian bunny once said "Easter is new beginnings, new life, Easter is about hope," and so to celebrate we discussed the Tumblr darling, Rise of the Guardians, in which Jack Frost, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman formed a superhero team...and this movie is a lot better than that suggests. Join us in screaming about the gender...

Send us Fan Mail No need to wish for the Goblin King to take your baby brother away, dear listeners, this week we are covering the cult classic that takes inspiration from more classic tales than we can even count, Labyrinth ! Come for the nostalgia, stay for the David Bowie infodumps, the various comparisons to existing fairytales and classic stories, and conversations about what this film has to...

Send us Fan Mail Once again editing is hard and thus you're getting another chunk of my gigantic file of outtakes! This one's about half Broadway discussion, a quarter discussion of celebrities who have done various awful things, and a quarter bookwormy goodness.  Clips Used Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/yeti-music/chasing-balloons License code: N7BH6DYCM...

Send us Fan Mail Sally forth, tally ho, let's kill this double feature at last! Jasmine, River, Sam, Ilana, Bryan, and Kyle come together again to discuss the 2014 version of La Belle et La Bete and we all ask incredibly important questions such as whether it was worth sparing Mickey Mouse's life for this movie,  dear GOD who thought copying that one Mountain Dew Commercial with those pu...

Send us Fan Mail Editing is hard, not only because the La Belle et la Bete (2014) episode is taking longer than usual, but also what was meant to be a Beauty and the Beast themed outtake special needed some help from the outtakes in the vault...but hey, Disney fans tend to think of the Disney versions of Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid in the same breath, right? Just have fun with the...

Send us Fan Mail "I ask you a little of this childish simplicity, and to bring us luck, let me speak four truly magic words, childhood's 'Open Sesame'...Once upon a time..." -Jean Cocteau And speaking of those very words, nearly a decade ago, Jasmine was delighted to see that Brows Held High would be discussing not only Jean Cocteau's take on one of her favorite fairy...

Send us Fan Mail Disney cast members are seeking to unionize!  Spotify is screwing over the authors of audiobooks! Disney Adults and theatre kids alike were hit with surprise teasers this week! In another surprise case of there being a lot of news, we call to order the Congregation of the Wall Dwellers (Sam, Shami, and River) to discuss the good (solidarity forever, how much Moana and Wicked mean...

Send us Fan Mail With the La Belle et La Bete double feature still languishing and dying of loneliness due to scheduling issues, we've decided to instead celebrate Valentine's Day with a discussion of which of our favorite relationships within fairytales, myths, and classic literature has stood the test of time, and River's gonna rank them! Who will win? The socialite and the bootle...

Send us Fan Mail At long last, what was supposed to start off our December is starting off our February, but hey, it took Sir Gawain a year to get his quest done! The Green Knight is a fascinating take on Arthurian Legend that also happens to star Dev Patel with a magnificent beard. Ilana, Conor, Katie and I discuss the odd collisions of Christianity and paganism, the historical context of the tal...

Send us Fan Mail For the very first time, we have three stories to discuss for this segment of Retelling the News . This just in, Good Omens Season 3 has been officially renounced, and we rejoice that the Ineffable Husbands' story will finally reach its conclusion after a heartbreaking Season 2 finale. Additionally, FINALLY, someone decided more could be done with the newly public domained Mi...

Send us Fan Mail A retelling of the Perseus and Medusa myth set in India in which a naga comes into her power after being assaulted, while the love of her life is being forced to hunt her down? Is it any wonder that this description made us seek out our very first Advanced Reader Copy to review for this podcast?  So...why do Shami and I have such complicated feelings about this book? Join us as we...

Send us Fan Mail At long last, we are letting this episode out of the vault! It may not have been Gatsby Month for about five months now, but it's always a good time to listen to Shami, Justin, and I explain The Great Gatsby to Bryan! Here we discuss our complicated feelings about this movie as an adaptation, the merits of The Great Gatsby as a horror movie, and how incredible Robert Redford...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year, and with the new year comes new works in the public domain, and how ! From Mickey Mouse and Tigger, to Citizen Kane , to the film that inspired the look of one of the most notorious comic book villains of all time, this is a stacked list of works that now belong to the people, and are therefore the bread and butter of this podcast now! Here we go over the list that...

Send us Fan Mail As we bid the holiday season a fond farewell, have some outtakes that wouldn't have made any sense any other time of year, that are SHOCKINGLY more related to Hanukkah than Christmas, and with special guest stars....Gonzo and Rizzo???  The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only, the views and opinions expressed therein are solely those of the individuals speakin...

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas one and all, and what better way to celebrate the first Christmas of In Each Retelling than with the internet's favorite Christmas AND Muppet movie? It's practically the office Christmas party as we're joined by River, Shami, Sam, Callie, Meredith, Justin, and for the very first time Liz. This episode holds the kind of chaos that would make the Muppe...

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas Eve, dear listeners.  We have a very special holiday treat for you all coming tomorrow, but for now, enjoy this special little promo clip. "One More Sleep 'Til Christmas" as sung by Jasmine Garcia, Meredith Cook, Sam Marchiony, Bryan Harris, and Shamila Karunakarun, using the following backing track. All rights reserved. https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Send us Fan Mail It's been ten years since the unexpected smash hit left our hostess feeling rather cold in the face of realizing a beloved fairytale from her childhood wasn't being done justice, and one of her dearest friends found their initial joy being frozen in Retail Hell. But what has time done to their opinions? What does Sam think about all of this other than hoping Olaf doesn&a...

Send us Fan Mail This week, with a great deal of help from Ilana's expertise, we essentially do the adult version of the classic "let's learn about Hanukkah" formula that just so happens to be present in the two specials we cover, from the classic Rugrats episode "Chanukah", to the more recent Elena of Avalor 's "Festival of Lights".  Here we discuss th...

Send us Fan Mail When I say Doctor, you say Who! When I say Much, you say Ado! In honor of the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who reuniting fan favorites David Tennant and Catherine Tate, what better way to celebrate than discussing ANOTHER reunion of theirs, this time in a production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing . Here we discuss their gangbusters chemistry, just how much Hero...

Send us Fan Mail In honor of the recent cinematic release of the Hunger Games prequel,  A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , we at IER decided it'd be fun to contemplate how to turn some classic stories into this genre that made so many of us, yet fell so far from grace. Join Grady, Callie, Sam, and me in pitching YA Dystopia Retellings, from Grady once again making  Snow White somehow even mor...

Send us Fan Mail After 118 days of standing in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strike, River, Shami, Bryan (you guys were supposed to meet him a lot sooner than this to be honest) and I felt it was a good idea to have a chance to celebrate SAG-AFTRA's victories, boo the AMPTP for putting us through this for so long, and discuss everything we're excited for the strike free future of this po...