Into the Arena: Hunger Games Podcast

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly had the honor of chatting with the amazing AJ France, also known as, @thehungergamescollector! Join in for a fun chat all about being a fan, collecting merch, and starting a shop. Tell us all about your collections!  Join us on Mondays for Tribute Talk at 6PM PST/9PM EST. On March 23 we are hosting a ten year Hunger Games watchalong at 6PM PST...

Welcome back, tributes! This week, Emily and Holly discuss costuming and wardrobe in the Hunger Games movies! From pink dogs to capes, there are hits and misses, so join us as we walk through all four movies. What are your favorite outfits and looks from the series? Or, even better, which costumes are your least favorite? Share your thoughts with us on our social medias: @Intothearenapodcast on In...

Welcome back, tributes! Emily and Holly are back with new episodes for 2022! This episode, listen to us discuss your TBOSAS theories. Some are outlandish and some are crazy enough that they just may be true... Share your theories and thoughts on these theories with us on our social medias: @Intothearenapodcast on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Discord, and more!  For more information on The Hu...

Welcome back, tributes! This week's episode is one to conclude our first year on air. We are so thankful for your continued support and love in this fandom community. Emily and Holly discuss the audience's favorite episodes, the favorite episodes to make, and reminisce on the making of the podcast all the way from episode one. We are so excited to ring in the 2022 new year, hoping that it will be...

Welcome back, tributes! This week's relaxed episode is a discussion on our thoughts of what happens post-epilogue. Emily and Holly share their theories of everyone's favorites, Katniss, Peeta, Gale, and more! Do you think Gale would ever apologize or reach out to Katniss? Why did Mrs. Everdeen move away? Do Johanna and Haymitch ever find love? We can't forget our favorite one-shots. Share your the...

Welcome back, tributes! This week, the podcast is taken over by Dr. Gaul and Seneca Crane for our Halloween episode! Join us in wrapping up our deleted scenes series with the finale of Mockingjay part one and two. Were any of these scenes worth making it to the movie? Share your thoughts with us on the deleted scenes with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Be...

Welcome back, tributes! This has to be our most exciting episode to date. On this episode, Emily and Holly had the honor to sit down and chat with the fandom's favorite Lucy Gray Baird, Maiah Wynne. Maiah has awoken the Hunger Games fandom with her beautiful renditions of songs from the original Hunger Games trilogy as well as her portrayal of Lucy Gray in "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes". A b...

Welcome back, tributes! This week apart of the ALA's Banned Book Week (September 26 - October 2, 2021), Emily and Holly discuss The Hunger Games Trilogy making the banned books list. How old were you when you first read the books? What age do you think is an appropriate age for readers to tackle the trilogy? Share with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join...

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly discuss one of the fandom's most beloved theories: is Primrose Everdeen the daughter of Mrs. Everdeen and Mr. Mellark? While this is just a theory, the fans have discussed it for over a decade, arguing that perhaps Peeta and Prim are half siblings! What are your thoughts? Share with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Fac...

Welcome back, tributes! This week Holly and Emily go into the deepest, darkest part of the internet... Goodreads! And by Goodreads we mean the (one-star-rated) section of reviews of "The Hunger Games". Trudge through the hate, the negativity, and the comments that essentially said "we read one chapter of the book" for this humorous episode. Join us on September 24 for a "Mockingjay Part 1" watch a...

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly discuss the (limited) deleted scenes from "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" movie. Why did we need to cut these scenes?? Why, Francis, why?? Let's take Finnick on a walk and dream of the cave scene that could have been. What scenes do you wish were included from the book in the movie? Also, there is huge "TBOSAS" news we need to catch up on! Join u...

Welcome back, tributes! As requested from one of our amazing listeners, Taly, Emily and Holly dissect the cave scene, comparing the huge cut that was the translation from book to movie. We read fan comments and discuss your thoughts on the scene! As Emily says, the movie cave is the cave of angst, whereas the book scene will always hold a place deep in our hearts. What are your favorite moments fr...

Welcome back, tributes! This week's episode is one of our most exciting episodes! This week, Emily and Holly had the honor of chatting with a major icon in the Hunger Games fandom, Jerry, (A.K.A. @hg_fanboy on Instagram/Twitter). Jerry has been active in the fandom for nearly a decade, creating a safe and inclusive community for tributes to enjoy everything about Panem! We discuss some fun memorie...

Welcome back, tributes! After concluding the 'Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' read along on Mockingjay Mondays, Emily and Holly deep dive into their fancasting for the upcoming film adaption. (Lionsgate, if you're reading this we are talking to you!) Holly swoons over half the cast while Emily picks out five billion options for someone to be cast as her boyfriend, Sejanus Plinth. Like always, shar...

Welcome back, tributes! As Effie Trinket once said, "Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor!" That's right, it's almost July 4th which means it is almost Reaping Day! The day where one strong man and woman will be plucked from the masses to represent their district in the annual games. In this episode, Emily and Holly discuss each of the reapings, the theories of volunteering in ca...

Welcome back, tributes! This week, after painfully getting through our Gale hate episode, Emily and Holly happily discuss their love of their Hunger Games lives, Peeta Mellark. The stunning, caring, hilarious, charming, angelic Peeta Mellark blesses our podcast this week with his fictional presence. Let's talk favorite quotes, looks, and scenes (and for our Peeta haters out there, don't worry ther...

Welcome back, tributes! This week, for Memorial weekend, Emily and Holly discuss both the book and movie portrayals of the Star Squad. Walk through Mockingjay memory lane with us as we discuss life, death, and the Capitol citizen shot while eating their hotdog. What is your favorite Squad 451 moment? Share your thoughts with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook)....

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly discuss the deleted scenes from the first "Hunger Games" movie. There are many more Gale scenes and book details that we were gifted. Which ones do we wish had made the movie? Some of them we could definitely do without... Share your thoughts on the deleted scenes with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join u...

Welcome back, tributes! To celebrate Queen Katniss's birthday on May 8th, Emily and Holly go through all their favorite moments with Katniss! Come listen and celebrate the Girl on Fire! Stay tuned for a special surprise from our wonderful friend/fandom singer/songwriter Cherish Danae. Share your love of Katniss with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join us...

Welcome back, tributes! Following Emily and Holly's review of "Songs From District Twelve and Beyond" and "Catching Fire Motion Picture Soundtrack", the tributes discuss the trash fire that is the "Mockingjay Part 1 Soundtrack". Lorde, Lorde, Lorde where did we go wrong? Stay tuned for Emily's encore parody song performance. Share your thoughts on the soundtrack with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on...

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly discuss one of the most critical aspects of the books that was ignored by the movies: Peeta's leg! This episode also dives into other forms of physical disability and physical trauma in the Hunger Games books that were completely ignored by the movies. While Collins included a significant amount of information regarding the impact of war on the bod...

Welcome back, tributes! This week, Emily and Holly explore one of the most interesting parts of the world of Panem: the arenas. While we only know canon information about a handful of them, the tributes still delve into the locations, muttations, and likelihood of survival in each. The episode begins with an arena themed version of 'would you rather'. Stay tuned to the end to hear Emily and Holly...

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly dive into the man, the myth, the legend Gale Hawthorne. Find out why Gale is the only character from "The Hunger Games" Holly IS NOT in love with. We take your comments and read them on air: to love Gale or not to love Gale? Listen to our headcanon about Katniss and Peeta inviting Gale and his future family over to dinner twenty years in the future...

Welcome back, tributes! Following Emily and Holly's review of "Songs From District Twelve and Beyond", the tributes discuss and review the incredible "Catching Fire Motion Picture Soundtrack". While Emily and Holly can agree on most things, there are some debates this episode on what is the best and the worst song of the album. What are your favorite and least favorite songs from the soundtrack? &...

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly deep dive into the nostalgia that are all of the "Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", "Mockingjay Part 1" and "Mockingjay Part 2" trailers. The episode begins with the most cringe-worthy display of Hunger Games fandom love with spoken word song parody from Emily and a table read of the dumbest fan fiction ever written by Holly. This week's episode is m...