The Adaptation Games

Join Kels and Ash this week for Part 2 with our special guest @Megan Talks as we go through some popular fan theories. We discuss mining accidents, rigged reapings, why the Capitol would allow Peeta to continue living, our hot takes on Catching Fire, our hotter takes on the upcoming Sunrise on the Reaping adaptation and all other kinds of thoughts.  You can also find Megan at Divine, Delectable, D...

Join Kels and Ash this week along with a special guest @Megan Talks as we discuss when we were first introduced to The Hunger Games series, our first movie experiences, Star Wars,  sociology, anthropology and the importance of media in helping us understand social theories. We had such an incredible time getting to know Megan and how she got her start talking about all things Hunger Games! You can...

Join Kels and Ash this week along with our first special guest, Kels’ little sister, Michelle! We discuss the influence of Appalachian folk music, movie companion CDs, our histories with the music of the 2012 YA era, and go through our opinions on all the songs from The Hunger Games: District 12 and Beyond. Michelle also hosts a little game show for Kels and Ash! Did you listen to this companion C...

Join Kels and Ash this week as we wrap up one of our favorite things to come out of this Podcast. We are wrapping up the final look at the original script for The Hunger Games! We discuss the movie Hope (2026), location shootings, movie ratings, Hayffie, the many faces of Peeta Mellark, bring back 007 Gale and wrap up things with our favorite ship Seneca x Haymitch. Did you read the script? And wh...

Join Kels and Ash this week as we wrap up the first Hunger Games movie!!! This week is one big complicated mess as we try and sort through the book finale and the film finale. While they may be incredibly different they both are pretty amazing. Come along as we discuss hiking adventures, relationship statuses, roman philosophers, music, shot compositions, and bring back the color theory. We can’t...

Join Kels and Ash this week in our Penultimate episode of The Hunger Games! We discuss what we’ve watched this week, just how creepy muttations are, CGI in 2012, the many sides of Cato, the true nature of the Capitol, figure out whether or not we know how to do tourniquets, everyone’s heights, who can die the fastest, some new theories and some of our own hot takes. We really cannot believe we’re...

Join Kels and Ash this week as we gush about Everlark. We discuss Clove the Joker, Thresh the powerhouse, what was lost with Cato, being too clever for your own good, and all the many and varied ways you can flirt with your crush. Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Watch on YouTub...

Join Kels and Ash this week to kick off Part 3 with a bang as we finally enter the cave with our boy Peeta. We discuss the fundamental differences between Katniss’, find out how much kissing might be too much, debate the merits of clean water, and enjoy the general sweetness of our Everlark’s greatest hits. Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 L...

Join Kels and Ash this week for one of our craziest episodes yet. We give our review of The Odyssey as an adaptation (which was over an hour long and which I had to brutally cut so shoutout to Anne Hathaway and John Leguizamo), discuss our new toxic lovers Haymitch/Seneca, see Gale’s next steps in his 007 story, are introduced to Spider-Man Katniss and make some new bets about what to expect next...

Join Kels and Ash this week as we wrap up Part 2 on the saddest note possible. We try our best not to cry, say goodbye to our sweet girl Rue, talk hearing loss, why pacifism sometimes isn’t the moral high ground, and the riots of District 11. Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Wat...

Join Kels and Ash this week as we discuss some anime, some legos, talk canaries, cultural and geographical dynamics in the districts, construct more symbology and be in agonizing, anticipatory grief for Rue.  Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAdaptationGames Follow TAG on Instagr...

Join Kels and Ash this week as we discuss the giant firewall, the control room, Katniss’ mind reading powers, crushes, tree climbing, and just how much fun a broadcast can be.  Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAdaptationGames Follow...

Join Kels and Ash this week as we discuss the start of the games, the chaos of the Cornucopia, talk about survival in the woods, give you a lesson on water purification and work through our second Peeta Betrayal Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Watch on YouTube: https://www.yout...

Join Kels and Ash this week as we finally get back to the main story! This week we start Part 2 of The Hunger Games and kick off with a bang of seeing Katniss’ reaction to the crush reveal, have THE quintessential Everlark conversation, step into the launch tube and so much more. Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spoti...

Join Kels and Ash as they continue reading the original script for The Hunger Games! This week we get to discuss even more interesting things including the Prep Team, seeing the book version of Cinna, a much more cruel Seneca, possibly rigged reapings, the Netflix-ification of scripts, filling out your own “death” paperwork, and finally getting to actually see Gale in the Capitol. Listen on Apple...

Join Kels and Ash as Ash gets to read their very first script! We get to take a glimpse into an Alternate Universe where The Hunger Games had a much more flirtatious Katniss, a bartering Peeta, a more competent Effie Trinket, a drunker Haymitch and a James Bond Gale. Listen along as we try to make sense of what could have been. Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation...

Join Kels and Ash this week for our first special episode! We are focusing on Donald Sutherland, a brief history of his career as an actor, and the incredible impact he had on The Hunger Games series. In honor of Donald Sutherland and Catfish Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Wat...

Join Kels and Ash this week as they finally wrap up Part 1 of The Hunger Games, learn just how important trumpets can be,  deep dive into the interviews, delve into color theory and talk crushes. IN LOVING MEMORY OF CATFISH Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Watch on YouTube: http...

Join Kels and Ash this week as they form parasocial relationships with astronauts, talk about SPAAAACE, ramble on about names, heap praise on Cinna, debate ambiguous Peeta, finally get to the first Rose Garden scene, learn about meeting Gale and feel betrayal  Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkby...

Join Kels and Ash this week to as they discuss Avoxes, look back on Peeta and mommy issues, talk about hiking (mis)adventures, berate gamemakers, study careers and clowns, and give a little bow Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAdapta...

Join Kels and Ash as they parade through the next part of The Hunger Games to discuss architecture, nature vs technology, video game characters, Cinna, broadcast operation, The Girl on Fire and Peeta the Showman Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Follow TAG on Instagram:   / thead...

Join Kels and Ash as they return to The Hunger Games film and the Reaping to discuss the foil between Snow and Katniss, Prim’s Duck Tail, I VOLUNTEER, Appalachia, Meet The Boy with the Bread, Mommy Issues, look at dandelions, Meet Drunk Mentors, MAHOGANY, analyze some colors and get to the Capitol. Buckle up for a long episode while we fit 3 chapters into 15 minutes of the film. Listen on Apple Po...

Join Kels and Ash as they kick off The Hunger Games film and the first chapter to discuss music, Gale as Exposition Dump, Katniss refusing to give names, the start of the Mockingjay symbol, and get us to reaping day. Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adaptation-games/id1894390414 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6efurkbyGO95vzpJN6bMWv Follow TAG on Instagram:   /...

Trailer for The Adaptation Games, a new Hunger Games podcast, hosted by Kels and Ash. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on social media, @TheAdaptationGames TikTok, Instagram Music:: In Pieces / Madison York / courtesy Epidemic Sound Logo Design and Animation:: Vintas Designs #TheHungerGames #CatchingFire #Mockingjay #TBOSAS #SOTR #Sunriseonthereaping