Whether it's stage to screen, book to television, comic to blockbuster, or movie to musical and back again, this podcast leaves no adaptation unturned.
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Recent episodes include "All Good Things... (Ep. 174)" (23 September 2025, 51 minutes), "Adaptation (Ep. 173)" (2 September 2025, 56 minutes), and "12 Angry Men (Ep. 172)" (19 August 2025, 97 minutes).
Adapt or Perish publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 73 minutes across 177 episodes.
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Episode #175
<p>In this episode of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy, Ian, Alex, and Ari are looking back at 8 years of the show!</p> <p>Head to adaptorperishcast.com to see our episode archive, read some fun extras, and get in touch. To get...
Episode #173
<p>In this, the final episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re getting real meta with a look at 2002’s Adaptation!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession, Susan Orlean’s...
Episode #172
<p>In Episode 172 of Adapt or Perish, we’re tackling the important subject of dudes doing their civic duty with a look at 12 Angry Men, the courtroom classic!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> The 1954 episode of...
Episode #171
<p>In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at Clash of the Titans, the story of the Kraken-fighting, Medusa-beheading demigod Perseus!</p> <p>In this slightly extended mini-episode, we discuss:</p> The...
Episode #170
<p>In Episode 170 of Adapt or Perish, we’re celebrating the release of a new Superman movie with a look back at every major screen adaptation of the Man of Steel released since 1941!</p> <p>We’re also releasing this as...
Episode #169
<p>In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at The Wedding Banquet, the delightful story of a green card marriage and the deception that goes along with it.</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> The...
Episode #168
<p>We’re keeping the haunted house theme going in Episode 168 of Adapt or Perish with a look at Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> Oscar Wilde’s original 1887 short story...
Episode #167
<p>In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at Lilo & Stitch, the story of everyone’s favorite alien koala-dog and the Earth girl who adopts him.</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> The 2002 animated...
Episode #166
<p>In Episode 166 of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at the many screen adaptations of The Turn of the Screw, the gothic horror classic by Henry James!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> Henry James’ original 1898...
Episode #165
<p>In Episode 165 of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy and Ian are celebrating their home state with a look at Lost on a Mountain in Maine!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> The original 1978 book by Donn Fendler as told to...
Episode #164
<p>In Episode 164 of Adapt or Perish, Ari’s back for a discussion of Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton’s poetic look at South Africa in the years before institutionalized apartheid.</p> <p>In this episode, we...
Episode #163
<p>In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at two very different but completely identical versions of Death at a Funeral, the chaotic look at a family in mourning.</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p>...
Episode #162
<p>In Episode 162 of Adapt or Perish, we’re taking a look at the story of the boxer/quarterback/stand-up comedian taken too soon and given a second chance in a new body, (usually called) Heaven Can Wait!</p> <p>In this...
Episode #161
<p>In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re going back to Roald Dahl for a look at his short story Poison, screen adaptations from Alfred Hitchcock and Wes Anderson, and more!</p> <p>In this episode, we...
Episode #160
<p>In Episode 160 of Adapt or Perish, Jules Verne is taking us Around the World in 80 Days!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> Jules Verne’s original 1872 novel The 1956 theatrical movie directed by Michael...
Episode #159
<p>In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we’re heading to the town of Chewandswallow for some light apps and a look at Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> The original 1978 book written by...
Episode #158
<p>In Episode 158 of Adapt or Perish, we’re talking time travel and taking a look at the seminal work of science fiction from H.G. Wells, The Time Machine!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> The original 1895 novel...
Episode #157
<p>In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we’re doing a Dracula follow-up with a look at the newest screen adaptation from Robert Eggers, Nosferatu!</p> <p>If you haven’t heard it, catch up by listening to Dracula (Ep. 54) on...
Episode #156
<p>In Episode 156 of Adapt or Perish, we’re going back to the works of Agatha Christie, but now we’re focusing on Miss Marple and The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> The Mirror...
Episode #155
<p>For this Christmas Eve Adapt or Perish Mini, journey with us through the Candy Cane Forest, the Sea of Swirly Twirly Gum Drops, and the Lincoln Tunnel for a look at Elf!</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> Elf...
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