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Hosted by Alan Sevin · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 29 episodes
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On the In Contrast podcast, Alan & Nisha talk about movies and the books they are based on. Nisha reads the books and Alan watches the screen adaptations, and through discussion of comparison and contrast, they attempt to answer the age-old question: Is the book better than the movie?
Alan Sevin hosts In Contrast, a tv show with 29 episodes published.
In episode 27, Alan and Nisha take on their first noir, discussing the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. This classic hardboiled tale of passion and crime, just like Cain's other major work Doub
In episode 26, Alan & Nisha delve into the counterculture classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. First published in 1962, the novel by Ken Kesey was inspired by his time working at a mental hospital while studying at S
In Episode 25, Alan and Nisha go back to a millennial childhood favorite and their very first Roald Dahl story... James and the Giant Peach! Originally published in 1961, this story is one of many Dahl classics that have
In Episode 24, Alan & Nisha blast off to the Red Planet to discuss The Martian. Originally self-published and released by Andy Weir as an online serial, the book was then adapted into a full novel released in 2014. Right
In episode 23, Alan & Nisha return to the classics with Pinocchio. Originally released as a serial, The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi was published as a novel in 1883. It quickly became a staple of children's
In episode 22, Alan & Nisha take a trip to the Pacific Northwest to hear the tale of Robert Grainier in Train Dreams. Originally a 2011 novella by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams was nominated for the Pulitzer and has enjoye
Happy New Year from In Contrast! We are ringing in 2026 with a very special episode. In celebration of what would have been her 250th birthday, we discuss Jane Austen's timeless novel Pride and Prejudice. For the first t
Happy holidays from In Contrast! In episode 20, Alan & Nisha look for some Christmas cheer with The Polar Express. Originally a 1985 children's picture book by Chris Van Allsburg, it was adapted into a 2004 feature-lengt
In episode 19, Alan & Nisha tackle a MONSTER of an episode (we're so sorry) -- Frankenstein! Among the most influential novels of all time, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
In episode 18, Alan and Nisha ring in spooky season with one of the classics... The Exorcist. The 1973 film, based on a 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty, has become the stuff of legends. Directed by the great William F
In episode 17, join Alan & Nisha as they discuss The Wild Robot, first a book published by Peter Brown in 2016. The rights for a film adaptation were bought almost immediately by Dreamworks Animation, and the film was re
In episode 16 of In Contrast, Alan & Nisha do the one single thing you're not supposed to do.. talk about Fight Club. Fight Club was the debut novel of author Chuck Palahniuk, originally published in 1996 and adapted to
In episode 15, Alan & Nisha have their first foray into the timeless mysteries of Agatha Christie with 1934's Murder on the Orient Express. Among Christie's most well-known novels, this story finds longstanding detective
In Episode 14, Alan & Nisha discuss the much-acclaimed psychological thriller Shutter Island ! They talk about the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane, and the 2010 film adaptation directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonar
World Dracula Day is this month! To celebrate, Nisha put together a special bonus episode where she talks about 10 of the weirdest people characters Dracula has appeared with across the years.
Welcome to Episode 13, which means we are kicking off our second year of In Contrast! For this episode, Alan & Nisha discuss Nisha's birthday pick: Water for Elephants! They discuss the 2006 novel by Sara Gruen and its 2
In episode 12, Alan & Nisha discuss another classic of gothic horror: Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death! They marvel at how well this story holds up even 180 years later, and even still has some notable paral
In episode 11, Alan & Nisha once again visit with pod favorite H.P. Lovecraft to discuss his 1927 short story, The Colour Out of Space. Often cited as perhaps the favorite work of Lovecraft himself, this story has been a
In episode 10, Alan & Nisha tackle the well-known crime thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley. Written by Patricia Highsmith and released in 1955, this novel kicked off a series of five books that would be published over the
Happy 2025 from In Contrast! Alan & Nisha are ringing in the new year by discussing a seminal work in modern young adult fantasy and a personal favorite of Nisha's: The Golden Compass. This book (also known as The Northe
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In Contrast is hosted by Alan Sevin. The show is categorised under tv (film) and has published 29 episodes.
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