The8ook8ender's Podcast

In this mini series, The8ook8ender's Podcast gets conversational! SPOILERS for Sinners (2025) Listen to my friends and I sit down and talk about Sinners (2025), one of the best original movies to come out this year. Join us as we learn about the music and culture that inspired the movie, its nuance and effortless genre bending and discuss if vampires can ever truly be evil. CONTENT WARNING: pr...

In this mini series, The8ook8ender's Podcast gets conversational! SPOILERS for The Summer I turned pretty- TV series Listen to my friends and I sit down and talk about the hit TV show 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' in the aftermath of its third season. We dish on the state of the love triangle, the sibling dynamic and all that delicious pining. So sit back, and give it a listen. ---This...

I'm back for a second! Let's compare and contrast Casey McQuiston's 2019 novel 'Red White and Royal Blue' with it's 2023 film adaptation. Listen to me dreamily quote emails, struggle to comprehend American Politics and whine about all the things the movie lacks because it doesn't have June Clairmont Diaz. Stay tuned for a chaotic conversation style episode about the sam...

The second and final in the two part finale.  Find within, the demi-god who inherited his pride from the gods, the goddess more a mother than mortals often are, the valient prince fighting on the wrong side, the coward who killed the lion and the father whose honesty melted the frozen heart of a hero.  I hope you treat this tale of Troy as the base you needed to look for many more. I hop...

The first in a two-part finale. After taking round-about ways through many allied stories, the Iliad finally begins. Find the story of the warrior and the wimp, the hero with augmented god-sight, heavenly whisking services and many more within this long-awaited chapter. And as always, brace yourselves for these stories of despicably large mortal egos and crazy godly shenanigans, sprinkled with a h...

long life, or glory? People tried to chose for him, but his choice changed history.  The movie Troy is horrible, listen to find out everything it got wrong! Listen, to find out who the true goddess of war is and how much her father decided her life was worth. Do our gods love us? Or are they terrified of us? [Cover art by @archetipical on instagram] socials- @the8ookbender on instagram and th...

Stories have many versions, each is as true as the next. This episode is about minor gods who might have created the universe and the greatest (B)romance in Mythology. Why did his mother throw him in a river and why do anatomy professors know Greek Mythology? Listen to find out! socials- @the8ookbender on instagram and the8ook8ender@gmail.com

Love is not pretty, gods are not above jealousy. Fate is less a path than a labyrinth and heroes can be villains. Behind every power couple, there are honest people left in the dust and the price of a kiss is often blood. You have heard the tale of the heroine; within is the tale of the hero... or the villain socials- @the8ookbender on instagram and the8ook8ender@gmail.com

Everyone's heard of the Trojan war.  This is the story of the epic characters who played a role in it.  Who was the most beautiful woman in the world? Is pretty privilege real? Who wrote this story and who was it written for?  Hopefully you'll find out once you listen. socials- @the8ookbender on instagram and the8ook8ender@gmail.com

In the old days, the story teller was a healer, a magician and most importantly- a teacher. Within the tales by civilizations part, we can glimpse the earliest answers we made up to the existential questions that confound us still. In times of hopelessness and absolute boredom, I passed time immersing myself in the proverbial torrent of tales. The 8ook8ender's podcast is my attempt at reviving the...