In Each Retelling

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...

Send us Fan Mail Here I interview the author of Our Own Little Underworld and I'm in Love With Mothman , retellings of the myth of Hades & Persephone, and Beauty and the Beast respectively...one of which was completely by accident. Here we discuss two romances that are very sweet in spite of their dark appearances, as well as what draws people to them. The following podcast is for enterta...

Send us Fan Mail Monster Month is a state of mind on In Our Retellings , the podcast where we explore all the ways old tales are made new...by creating our own! Here Grady, Shamila, Sam, and River pitch their own retellings of classic monster stories...but also Hamlet. Here be mad scientists, mythical and fairytale connections, racebending, cyber AND New England gothic vibes, and scariest of all,...

Send us Fan Mail The rumors are true folks, Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster will be taking over the roles of Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett a month after Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford depart the roles. This has left the Broadway fandom torn between the Tveitor Tots and "the gays who love Sutton", and those who feel this is stunt casting. What do Sam, Bex, and I think? Find out more as we...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Halloween, and welcome to yet ANOTHER new segment of the podcast! Do you need a quick and funny introduction or refresher on some spooky old stories? Do you like to roast unethical mad scientists and masked musicians who live under the opera house? Do you wish people would be nicer to female characters from old stories? Then join us as we do our best to summarize Rappaccini&...

Send us Fan Mail A brief statement regarding the promised episode on  The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter needing to be postponed. Watch this space for IER TLDR: Monster Month Edition. Support the show Find more information on this podcast as well as myself at the following links. https://faeriviera.tumblr.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@faeriviera https://twitter.com/FaeRiviera https:/...

Send us Fan Mail This week for  Monster Month, Sam, Shami, Grady, and I are starting a new segment called Around the Campfire , where my guests and I engage in one of the oldest storytelling traditions, telling ghost stories around...the ambient sound of a campfire...look, we're long distance friends, what do you want from us? Experience ghost stories from across the eastern half of the US an...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's continuation of Monster Month, there are many scary things to grapple with; the fact that Count Dracula and Edward Rochester aren't that different from real life abusive men, the way certain female characters in these classic stories get demonized...the fact that Jasmine was deeply concerned with having to defend a book she actually LIKED from Sam and Rive...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up, Creampuffs! This week one of our biggest groups yet continue Monster Month by covering the first season of the little webseries that could. Somehow we manage to balance out our squealing to actually say intelligent things about something we're all huge fans of.  The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed therein are s...

Send us Fan Mail Swing your razors wide for our first episode of Monster Month where Sam, Callie, and I sink our teeth into the thrilling concert version of Sondheim's macabre masterpiece! Here we gush over the immensely talented cast, compare it to the current Broadway production starring Josh Groban, and discuss the types of productions we'd like to see in the future. Settle down with...

Send us Fan Mail In this fair podcast where we lay our scene, Jasmine tries Try Guys for the first time! With Bex, River, and Shami as her guides, she discovers that Keith Habersberger might be the ultimate Juliet, that there are certain weapons that are capable of making people (or at least the audience) die of laughter, and that absurdity and tragedy need not be mutually exclusive. The following...

Send us Fan Mail Do you remember the 21st night of September when we suddenly found out there was a new serialized podcast adaptation of Dracula starring goth preteen versions of Mina and Lucy, and Bradley Whitford as Grandpa Van Helsing? Well Shami, Callie, and I sure do, and we're going batty for it! Here we discuss the casting news, as well as the pilot episode and our speculations on the...

Send us Fan Mail Earlier this week, Bill Willingham, renowned comic book writer of the series Fables announced he intended to release his series into the public domain due to  irreconcilable differences between him and DC.  Here, Shami, Grady, and I air our grievances against him as a writer, and explain why we still side with him over DC, and discuss the implications of this news. The following p...

Send us Fan Mail For centuries, people have tried to tame  The Taming of the Shrew,  the Shakespearean "comedy" about how abuse is the best way to make an unpleasant woman marriage material.  In the YA novel  If I'm Being Honest , married couple Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka posit "Wait, what if the shrew tamed  herself ." A bold strategy...that if you ask our...

Send us Fan Mail Who would have thought that a so bad it's not even fun monster movie that was made in two days and was never even copywritten would lead to a smash hit musical that the likes of Constance Wu and Corbin Bleu would be thrilled to be a part of? Here Jasmine, Shami, and Bex gush over the delights of Little Shop of Horrors, and how exciting it is to see them branch out into what t...