It Was A Book First
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It Was A Book First is a weekly podcast about new book-to-screen adaptations. Hosted by culture reporters and former colleagues Sophie Vershbow and Rudi Greenberg, IWABF dissects the TV and film adaptations everyone is talking about, what you'll be reading and watching next, and the business behind what actually makes it off the page.
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Why Colleen Hoover's 'Verity' Needed a Campier Adaptation
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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'The Love Hypothesis' Fails the Rom-Com Chemistry Test (with Linda Holmes)
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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Fall’s Most Anticipated Book-to-Screen Adaptations
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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'Practical Magic 2' Is a Cursed Adaptation of 'The Book of Magic'
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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'Coyote vs. Acme' Is Looney Tunes for People Who Read The New Yorker
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Even the Stars of 'The Dog Stars' Can't Save Ridley Scott's Adaptation
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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'Tony' Rewrites Anthony Bourdain's 'Kitchen Confidential' (with Tim Carman)
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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How Hollywood Costume Designer Whitney Anne Adams Styles Book Adaptations
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Oscar-Nominated Writer Samy Burch on Adapting Lost 19th Century Novella 'Late Fame'
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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We Watched Apple TV's 'Cape Fear' So You Don’t Have To (with Vulture's Roxana Hadadi)
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Two Classics Professors on Why Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Works (with Kyle Gervais and Il-Kweon Sir)
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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'The Odyssey' Is an Epic Adaptation Worthy of Homer’s Poem
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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What the Emmys Tell Us About Book-to-Streaming Adaptations (with Gary Goldstein)
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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'The Sheep Detectives' Is 'Three Bags Full' of Quirky Fun
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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'Off Campus': The Art of Adapting 'The Deal'
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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'The Testaments' and 'Backrooms' Explore Different Kinds of Horrors
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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'Margo's Got Money Troubles' Gets the Book (Mostly) Right
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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'Project Hail Mary' Is the Biggest Adaptation of 2026 … So Far
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Teaser: 'It Was A Book First'
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Jun 04, 2026 |