Episodes

  • Book Versus Movie: Bringing Up Baby (1937 short story vs 1938 film)

    Book Versus Movie: Bringing Up Baby (1937 short story vs 1938 film)
    Feb 1 2026
    Book Vs. Movie: “Bringing Up Baby” The 1938 Howard Hawks Film Vs the 1937 Short Story by Hagar Wilde. Today, we are joined by special guest co-host, Kerala Hubbard of The On Purpose Home. We discuss the differences and key similarities between the 1937 short story, "Bringing Up Baby," by Hagar Wilde (Beverly Violet Bidwell), and the groundbreaking Howard Hawks adaptation from 1938. In this episode, we discuss:
    • Negative but brief impact of the film on Hepburn’s career
    • The differences between the book and the movie.
    • The unsung, non-human stars of the film
    • Hagar Wilde’s source material and contributions to the production
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    • Montana Meditations Youtube Channel
    • The On Purpose Home Podcast
    • You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast Group
    • Instagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmovie
    • bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com
    • Margo P’s Instagram: @shesnachomama
    • Margo P’s Blog: coloniabook.com
    • Margo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomama
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Book Vs. Movie: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (1979 song vs 2000 cartoon)

    Book Vs. Movie: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (1979 song vs 2000 cartoon)
    Dec 31 2025
    Book Vs. Movie: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (1979 song vs 2000 cartoon)Today, we closing out a frankly garbage year with special guest co-host, Sonia Mansfield of the What a Creep podcast. We discuss the earworm of our youth, which became a Millenial/Gen Z holiday cartoon staple: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer. In this episode, we discuss:
    • The innovative marketing strategy of Elmo and Patsy
    • The differences between the book and the movie.
    • The many, many plotholes of the movie.
    • Who is the audience for this movie?
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    • Sonia Mansfield on Instagram @thesoniashow
    • Margo P on Substack: https://substack.com/shesnachomama
    • You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast Group
    • Instagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmovie
    • bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com
    • Margo P’s Instagram: @shesnachomama
    • Margo P’s Blog: coloniabook.com
    • Margo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomama

    *Please support your local booksellers or buy your books online at Bookshop.org, where proceeds support local, independent booksellers.
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    52 mins
  • Book Vs. Movie: The Mean One (2022) vs How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)

    Book Vs. Movie: The Mean One (2022) vs How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
    Dec 16 2025
    Book Vs. Movie: The Mean One (2022) vs How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and Steven LaMorte’s “The Mean One”Today, we are joined by special guest co-host, Kelly Espitia of Bookish Explorations with Kelly. We discuss the Dr. Seuss’s holiday classic, which this podcast has covered before, and it’s most recent adaptation in the spoof horror holiday film, “The Mean One”In this episode, we discuss:
    • Dr. Seuss’s classic book
    • The differences between the book and the movie.
    • Dangers of spoofing a beloved child’s book
    • The clever storytelling tricks that make this film your next holiday favorite
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    • Kelly Espitia on Instagram @bookishexplorationswithkelly
    • “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on Bookshop.org*
    • You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast Group
    • Instagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmovie
    • bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com
    • Margo P’s Instagram: @shesnachomama
    • Margo P’s Blog: coloniabook.com
    • Margo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomama

    *Please support your local booksellers or buy your books online at Bookshop.org, where proceeds support local, independent booksellers.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Special Edition: Graphic Biography of Caravaggio (Ken Mora) vs. Biopic (Jarman)

    Special Edition: Graphic Biography of Caravaggio (Ken Mora) vs. Biopic (Jarman)
    Nov 28 2025
    Book Vs. Movie: Caravaggio in Print and on FilmKen Mora’s “Caravaggio: A Light Before Darkness” and Derek Jarman’s “Caravaggio”Today, we are joined by special guest co-host, author Ken Mora. We discuss the colorful, moving life of artist Michelangelo Caravaggio as portrayed in Mora’s graphic biography, “Caravaggio: A Light Before Darkness,” and in Derek Jarman’s 1986 film, “Caravaggio.”In this episode, we discuss:
    • Caravaggio’s tempestuous and short life
    • The differences between the book and the movie.
    • Film debuts of Tilda Swinton and Sean Bean
    • The process of bringing this story to the page and the advantages of graphic storytelling
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    • Ken Mora on Instagram
    • Ken Mora site
    • “Caravaggio: A Light Before Darkness” on Bookshop.org*
    • You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast Group
    • Instagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmovie
    • bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com
    • Margo P’s Instagram: @shesnachomama
    • Margo P’s Blog: coloniabook.com
    • Margo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomama

    *Book Versus Movie is participating in the 2025 Economic Blackout. Please support your local booksellers or buy your books online at Bookshop.org, where proceeds support local, independent booksellers.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Book Versus Movie Podcast

    Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Book Versus Movie Podcast
    Nov 14 2025
    Book Vs. Movie: “How’s Moving Castle” The 1986 Diana Wynne Jones Book Vs the 2004 Studio Ghibli FilmToday we are joined by special guest co-host, Kerala Hubbard of The On Purpose Home. We discuss the many, many differences and important similarities between the 1986 novel, Howl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones, and the groundbreaking Studio Ghibli film adaptation from 2004.In this episode, we discuss:
    • WWII influences on both the author and the filmmaker
    • The differences between the book and movie.
    • Original voice cast: Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa
    • English language voice cast: Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Billy Crystal, Emily Mortimer
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    • Mother Hubbard Mugs
    • Montana Meditations Youtube Channel
    • The On Purpose Home Podcast
    • You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast Group
    • Instagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmovie
    • bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com
    • Margo P’s Instagram: @shesnachomama
    • Margo P’s Blog: coloniabook.com
    • Margo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomama
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Lemony Snicket

    Lemony Snicket
    Oct 31 2025
    Book Vs. Movie: “A Series of Unfortunate Events” The 1999 Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) Book Vs the 2004 Jim Carrey FilmToday we are joined by special guest co-host, Andrea Engstrom of Lil Habit. We dip our toes into the Edward Gorey-esque world of the Baudelaire orphans to continue our long-standing tradition of covering Halloween-y books and movies. In this episode, we discuss:
    • Who is Lemony Snicket? And why?
    • The differences between the book and movie.
    • The cast includes: Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O’Hara, Meryl Streep, and Kara and Shelby Hoffman as Sunny, the biter.

    Follow us on the socials!
    • You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast Group
    • Instagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmovie
    • bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com
    • Margo D’s Blog: Brooklynfitchick.com
    • Margo D’s Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”
    • Margo D’s TikTok
    • Margo D’s YouTube: @MargoDonohue
    • Margo P’s Instagram: @shesnachomama
    • Margo P’s Blog: coloniabook.com
    • Margo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomama
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    55 mins
  • “He’s Just Not That Into You” The 2004 Liz Tuccillo & Greg Behrendt Book Vs the 2009 Jennifer Aniston Film

    “He’s Just Not That Into You” The 2004 Liz Tuccillo & Greg Behrendt Book Vs the 2009 Jennifer Aniston Film
    Oct 17 2025
    Book Vs. Movie: “He’s Just Not That Into You” The 2004 Liz Tuccillo & Greg Behrendt Book Vs the 2009 Jennifer Aniston FilmPicture it: the Sex and the City writer’s room. Writers Liz Tuccillo & Greg Behrendt overhear a female coworker asking for relationship advice (at work, but that’s another issue for another time) about guy she’s been seeing. After hearing a litany of red flags, Behrendt pipes up with, “He’s just not that into you.” And thus was born an empire. It’s the quip that became an episode on a hit HBO show that became a bestselling, Oprah-featured, self-help book that became a movie. Seems like many were into the “He’s Just Not That Into You” universe. But were we?

    In our first episode back after losing our dear friend and co-host, Margo D, Margo P and special Guest Host, Sonia Mansfield of What a Creep have MUCH to say about how this has all held up, or not, over the last two decades. Have a listen to find out!In this episode, we discuss:
    • The backstory of “the quip”
    • The differences between the book and movie.
    • The cast includes: Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Krist Kristofferson, and Justin Long

    Follow us on the socials!
    • You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast Group
    • Instagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmovie
    • bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com
    • Margo D’s Blog: Brooklynfitchick.com
    • Margo D’s Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”
    • Margo D’s TikTok
    • Margo D’s YouTube: @MargoDonohue
    • Margo P’s Instagram: @shesnachomama
    • Margo P’s Blog: coloniabook.com
    • Margo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomama
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Saturday Night Fever (A Complete History): John Travolta, Nik Cohn, John Badham, & Robert Stigwood

    Saturday Night Fever (A Complete History): John Travolta, Nik Cohn, John Badham, & Robert Stigwood
    Jul 28 2025
    Book Vs. Movie: “Saturday Night Fever”
    Margo D’s Book About the Classic Film!

    This episode is special because we're releasing it on the same day Margo P is having her birthday and Margo D is celebrating the upcoming release of Fever: The Complete History of Saturday Night Fever! The book is a celebration of the movie that made the world want to dance and turned a TV “Sweathog” into a movie star.

    In this episode, the Margos discuss:
    • New York magazine writer Nik Cohn and how he and Robert Stigwood helped create a classic
    • The rocky road to movie making for director John Badham
    • Choreographer Lester Wilson and why he never got the credit he deserved for his work on the film
    • Behind-the-scenes gossip by the cast & crew (many who are telling their story for the first time!)
    • Paramount Pictures’s lack of faith in the movie and their surprise at its success.
    • The disco boom & bust of the late 1970s
    • Why 'Saturday Night Fever' is considered a cinematic classic, despite its dark subject matter.
    Clips Featured:
    • “He hits my hair!”
    • Saturday Night Fever (1977 trailer)
    • You Should be Dancing
    • Denny Dillon as Doreen
    • Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie
    • Fran Drescher as Connie
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    • Join our Patreon page “Book Vs. Movie podcast”
    • You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast Group
    • Instagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmovie
    • bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com
    • Margo D’s Blog: Brooklynfitchick.com
    • Margo D’s Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”
    • Margo D’s TikTok
    • Margo D’s YouTube: @MargoDonohue
    • Margo P’s Instagram: @shesnachomama
    • Margo P’s Blog: coloniabook.com
    • Margo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomama

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    1 hr and 21 mins