It Was A Book First
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About
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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Recent episodes
- 'East of Eden' Is a Great Adaptation of the Great American Novel (with Roxana Hadadi and Thomas Floyd)
- 'Other Mommy' Is the Worst Book Adaptation of 2026 (with Alison Sivitz)
- Why Colleen Hoover's 'Verity' Needed a Campier Adaptation
- 'The Love Hypothesis' Fails the Rom-Com Chemistry Test (with Linda Holmes)
- Fall’s Most Anticipated Book-to-Screen Adaptations
- 'Practical Magic 2' Is a Cursed Adaptation of 'The Book of Magic'
- 'Coyote vs. Acme' Is Looney Tunes for People Who Read The New Yorker
- Even the Stars of 'The Dog Stars' Can't Save Ridley Scott's Adaptation
- 'Tony' Rewrites Anthony Bourdain's 'Kitchen Confidential' (with Tim Carman)
- How Hollywood Costume Designer Whitney Anne Adams Styles Book Adaptations