This month Valerie (@StealingValerie) joined me to discuss The 100, written by Kass Morgan and adapted for TV by Jason Rothenberg. We talked about all things The 100 from the politics to the ships to the hunks.

Episode 4: The 100 w/ Valerie

This month Michael Chau and Andrew Marshello joined me to talk about The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta, adapted for TV by Tom Perrotta and Damon Lindelof. Both the book and the show are fascinating and eerily topical.

Episode 5: The Leftovers w/ Michael Chau and Andrew Marshello

On the latest episode of the pod, Katie Wright (Bret Easton Hell Yes!) joined me to discuss Dublin Murders, based on In the Woods and The Likeness by Tana French.

Episode 8: Dublin Murders w/ Katie Wright

On the latest episode, Andrew Marshello joined me to discuss the 1981 BBC miniseries The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. How does the miniseries compare to the books and the radio play? Find out!

Episode 10: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy w/ Andrew Marshello

Katie Wright came back to the pod to discuss Game of Thrones with me. We talked about our love of Petyr Baelish, Harry Lloyd’s excellent performance, the overall horniness of the show and much more.

Episode 19: Game of Thrones w/ Katie Wright

E.M. Forster expert Ellen Carter joined me to discuss the 2017 Howards End miniseries adapted by Kenneth Lonergan. We discuss all the weird little guys who brought this show to life.

Episode 22: Howards End w/ Ellen Carter

On this month’s episode, my House of House co-host Andrew Tavin joined me to talk about JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 2: Battle Tendency. We had a great discussion about JoJo’s and adaptations in general. Give it a listen!

Episode 23: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency w/ Andrew Tavin

Dave Grom returned to for more vampire talk. We’re discussing HBO’s True Blood.

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Episode 26: True Blood w/ Dave Grom

Kev Koeser (Talking Trek to You) joined me to talk about The Rings of Power. This show represents a lot of what’s bad about the television industry in 2022 but the show itself is actually… pretty good? This was fun to dig into.

Episode 30: The Rings of Power w/ Kev Koeser

This month, EJ Feddes (FedTalks) joined me to talk Doom Patrol. We compared the HBOMax show to Grant Morrison’s take on the super team.

Episode 31: Doom Patrol w/ EJ Feddes

This month musician Eleum Loughney joined me to discuss The Midnight Club. Listen to us a discuss a book that was fine and a show that Eleum truly hated.

Episode 32: The Midnight Club w/ Eleum Loughney

This month, I talked The Handmaid’s Tale with certified Margaret Atwood expert Jaime Chialastri. We discussed the milk train, the headspace white women were in after 2016, changes from the book and so much more.

Episode 33: The Handmaid’s Tale w/ Jaime Chialastri

Episode 34: Mayfair Witches w/ Ellen Carter

On this month’s episode, Katie Wright (Bret Easton Hell Yes!) joined me to talk about Hulu’s Welcome to Chippendales. We discuss Murray Bartlett’s handsomeness, the ethics of true crime, how a butler should look in every woman’s most erotic fantasies and much more!

Episode 35: Welcome to Chippendales w/ Katie Wright

Katie Wright (Bret Easton Hell Yes) once again joined me to discuss a miniseries starring Murray Bartlett. This time it's Tales of the City, based on the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin. This wasn't a great show but it was a good jumping off point for us to have a discussion about what makes LGBT representation good and also how hot Murray Bartlett is.

Chapter Surfing Episode 36: Tales of the City w/ Katie Wright

On the latest episode, Ellie Warren joined me to talk about the bafflingly horny book and TV show Outlander.

Chapter Surfing Episode 35: Outlander w/ Ellie Warren

Comic book writer Graham Blackaby joined me to discuss Reacher, based on The Killing Floor by Lee Child.

Episode 36: Reacher w/ Graham Blackaby

Sara Ghaleb joined me to discuss the Netflix series Bodies, based on the graphic novels of the same name.

Bodies w/ Sara Ghaleb

Sara Ghaleb joined me to discuss the Netflix original series Transatlantic, based on the novel The Flight Portfolio.

Transatlantic w/ Sara Ghaleb

In the latest episode, Hoff Matthews joined me to discuss Homicide: Life on the Street, based on the non-fiction book by David Simon.

Homicide: Life on the Street w/ Hoff Matthews

Ellen Carter joined me again to discuss the short-lived CW show The Secret Circle.

The Secret Circle w/ Ellen Carter

Each month Lenny sits down with a guest to talk about a TV show adapted from a book. As we discuss the huge variety of TV shows based on books, we'll get into what makes an adaptation work or fall flat.

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