Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs Podcast

This speak: It doesn't get any better than us jumping straight into one of the most divergent books in the series! Will Michelle and Coleman be able to cover all the intricacies and metaphors without the episode falling apart at the seams? More importantly, will they figure out how to pronounce Ketran? All that AND MORE on the latest episode of Thought-Speak! Patreon: www.patreon.com/thoughtsp...

This speak: After bragging about our schedule in the last episode, yes, we're back after another long hiatus.... But maybe that will be the last one? We talk about our lives, the podcast, the future of the podcast, and more importantly, the book! The gang have destroyed their town and their next target is Visser One's pool ship. Can they pull it off? Will Jake commit another warcrime (yes)...

This speak: We sit down with author and comic artist Chris Grine to discuss in more detail his adaptation of the Animorphs series and what's coming next for his indomitable talents. We gain insights into his process and how he sees the series overall, as well as some exclusive scoops on the next two books! It's like we're real journalists! All that and more on this latest episode of Thought-Speak!...

This speak: I hope you didn't think we'd be off the air for another year. We're hitting you with back to back weeks of Thought-Speak goodness. Here we talk about what's coming next and how close we are to the end of the series. Ax starts his last book off with a bang and it doesn't let up. Holocaust inferences, subway gang fights, Cassie's outing as a traitor (and maybe their savior), Rachel's mom...

This speak: We're back! Again, and again, and again. Sorry folks, you're not rid of us yet. Like a parasitic alien species, we are here to climb into your auditory orifice and break down book number fifty-one in the Animorphs series: The Absolute. We also bring you some updates to the franchise and its movie/comic adaptations and lay out what's coming for your favorite series podcast. Let us know...

This speak: You're not ready for our reaction of not being ready for this episode about the Animorphs not being ready for the end of this war! That's right dear listeners, we are counting down to the end of the war and you are not prepared for what our favorite mean, lean, and sometimes green teenagers are willing to do to win it. Don't let your friends and family know that you missed this brand n...

This speak: We're back! Again! At the start, we update the listeners on life events, other podcasts, and reasons why we've been away but come crawling back every time. After that, we jump straight into the book with a breakdown of Tobias's sad, sad home life, the adrenaline-fueled reveal of the Animorph's greatest secret to the Yeerks, and of course, more wacky grocery store antics. You don't want...

This speak: WHOA! We get an exclusive copy of Chris Grine's latest comic adaptation of the Animorphs with THE VISITOR. Breaking down the plot, art, new depictions of fan-favorite aliens, ships, morphs, and so much more, you don't want to miss this EARLY REVIEW. We also discuss where the future of these adaptations may go and our excitement of the upcoming books and the end of the series. Join us a...

This speak: Everyone's favorite snot-nosed little Benedict Arnold is back; of course we're talking about David! From trilogy to saga, David comes back with a vengeance, literally. See Rachel like never before; super, super tall for some reason? Also, Crayak is there with his buddy the Drode. They're hanging out and up to no good as always. I kind of wish we would have gotten some Chee in this book...

This speak: Back to the basics! We dive into Animorphs book #47 and try to make sense of these dueling storylines. Civil War-era middle-grade antics dealing with abject racism and earning your place in society? Check. Giant tree-hugging space lizards fighting for their home alongside Trekkie alien diplomat wannabes? Double-check. Join us as we fumble our way through recording normal episodes again...

This speak: We're back! We talk about the show's return and what it means to us and all the changes in our lives. Diving deep into the first official Animorphs graphic (Graphix?) novel, we break down the original plot that started it all and how it holds up in this new format. Amazingly after that, we sit down with the man who made it happen: Chris Grine! The writer and illustrator of the adaptati...

This speak: Aximili (and those "teenage human-animal morphers" he's aligned with) discover the existence of the new Visser One's next evil plot! And it involves Visser Two! And some mysterious coordinates at sea! The Animorphs are no strangers to dangerous missions, but this time things are getting BONKERS real fast. After stealing an F-16 fighter jet, crashing it at sea, and then boarding the USS...

This speak: Marco's dad has a big new project at work. He's apparently developing humanity's first instance of Z-Space travel. Marco realizes the dangers involved, and of course, his father is soon made a target for Yeerk infestation. After losing his mother to the Yeerks, Marco isn't going to let his father go without a fight! But now Marco has to make a choice. Because this time, his actions hav...

This Speak: What if the Animorphs series had done a Christmas special? Would the Animorphs meet Santa Clause? What do the Yeerks do on Christmas? Will the kids get to enjoy their Christmas break? It's questions like these that keep us up at night.... but not anymore! Hosts Michelle and Coleman have created, in their minds, the perfect Animorphs Christmas-themed stories. Reindeer morphing? Santa-li...

This speak: Cassie just boarded the wrong plane.... During a scuffle with the Yeerks at the airport, Cassie is separated from the others and pursued by scores of controllers. She manages to elude them, temporarily, by hiding out on a departing plane. But things rarely go as planned for our team of teenage heroes, and Cassie winds up in the Australian outback! Totally cut off from her friends!...

This speak: Tobias is in over his head - again! After helping to locate a missing child in the woods, Tobias ends up in a vet's office with no way out! And it's the Yeerks that get to him first, headed up by his old nemesis Taylor. The one-time Sub-Visser claims to be helping the Yeerk Peace Movement progress, but she needs something from Tobias and the rest of the Andalite bandits (also Ax)...

This speak: Marco's got all sorts of problems! First, there's this camera he's got to snatch from some dude's apartment that just might have some pics of the team in mid-morph.... The only thing standing in his way is one. Tough. Dog. That, and he can't morph. Why not? Because of all the shrunken-down Helmacrons and Animorphs (and Ax's!) inside his body! Huh-whaaa? That's right, the Helm...

This speak: Jake is having a tough time being the leader of the Animorphs (and the leader of Ax). After yet another gut-wrenching battle with the Yeerks, the team is fragmented and tormented and looking to Jake for guidance, but ol' Jakey's not in the mood. Lucky for him, when he goes to bed that night he wakes up in a world where he's not the leader of the Animorphs anymore! BUT the world is rule...

This speak: Jake's had enough. Enough of the bloody battles. Enough feeling powerless to help. Enough of being an Animorph. So naturally, Crayak is all over him ready to pounce, sending in the Drode to offer Jake a way out. But of course, a deal with the devil is no deal at all, and Jake awakes to find the timelines reset and everyone's memories wiped. And this time, on their way home from the mal...

This speak: Marco witnesses what appears to be footage of an Andalite on television, sending him flying from the coop over to Ax's scoop. With Ax's technological advancements they're able to replay the footage and find out exactly what they're dealing with here.....an after-school special about the treatment of the differently-abled! But Marco, Ax, and Tobias find way more than they expected roami...

This speak: The hunt is on.... for Animorphs, that is! Cassie is enjoying normality one day when Erek busts in and gives her a new mission: Run! It seems the Yeerks have found and repaired some downed Helmacron technology, and now they are able to track the morphing energy the Animorphs emit when they use their powers. Also, the blue cube emits this energy constantly, and now it's up to Cassie to...

This speak: During a botched mission, Andalite Aristh Aximili (and the Animorphs!) are unexpectedly aided by extra Andalites! Aximili is enthralled with the alluring Estrid, but his Animorph allies are only certainly skeptical. Aximili of course entertains his Andalite allies and adds his aid to their conspicuous cause. When the arguing Animorphs find themselves falling apart, it's up to Aximili t...

This speak: Jake's outta town or something, so naturally Rachel turns into a power-hungry dictator that takes over the Animorphs (she gets Ax too!) and convinces everyone to go out and just start attacking all the controllers they know about to make Visser Three look bad in front of the bad guy-of-the-week that's Inspectoring him. So the Rachel-lead Animorphs (she's still got Ax, too!) hit the tow...

This Speak: Something-something Visser Three, yadda-yadda the ocean, let's just get to Atlantis already! When the Animorphs go to Atlantis(!), they discover the undiscovered truth about the lost city of Atlantis.... which is that it's not called Atlantis. Actually, it's "Nartec". Or at least that's what the people are called. We never get the name of their "city", it's just the land of the Nartec....

Thought-Speak is delighted to invite you to our recap and review of a very special Animorphs offshoot, Visser. Joining the typical lineup of hosts, Michelle and Coleman, is a brave Animorphs fan and Andalite-tier Patreon subscriber, Richard! After all, such a special book requires a very special extra host! And over the next two hours, we'll try our damndest to convince you to read this book with...