We Read The Book: Recent Episodes
Lois Mitchell
Have you ever wondered how many details were lost as you watched the latest blockbuster based on that bestselling book? We Read The Book delves into that very topic, allowing you to annoy acquaintances at parties with the finer points of what Hollywood has got wrong over the years.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Bridget Jones’ Diary with Shaneyah Galley. Talking points: Oops! A Burp, Fountain Fighting, The Furry of Wall Street.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban with Jo Jones. Talking points: Arrogant Actors, The Dementor’s Smooch, Wizard Hobos.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Sally discuss The Bourne Identity. Talking points: Codenames, The Baboon Identity, Spiders = Movies/Time.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss The Polar Express. Talking points: Meeber Chryslams, Hot Chocolate, Automatonophobia.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss The Great Gatsby with Meghan Griffin. Talking points: Surprise! It’s Amy Adams, Gatsby’s Favourite Superheroes, Book-Measuring Contests
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Spider-man with Liam S. Smith. Talking points: Camp, The Enhanced Power of Me, J. Jonah Jameson the Buzzfeed Editor.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Lois discusses P.S. I Love You with Bradley Walker. Talking points: Lois is Fully Sick, Worst Friends Ever, Family Funtimes.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Paddington with Bronwyn Hughes. Talking points: It’s My Hat Now, Silly Voice, Unbearable Puns.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss The King’s Speech. Talking points: Larrikinism, Orlando Bloom Facts, Old Mr Hitler.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam discusses Crazy Rich Asians with Lois Mitchell. Talking points: Timeshare Conundrums, Harry Shum Jr.’s Chin, Rainbows In Singapore.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam discusses How To Train Your Dragon with Sally McMaster. Talking points: Lois Possibly Dead, Dragon Explosions, Red Death Is The New Blue Death.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Fever Pitch with Bradley Walker. Talking points: Air Bud Is Dead, Chad Freedom, Lois Hates Barge Hipsters.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod, or on Facebook at the We Read The Book Discussion Group.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss The Remains of the Day with Emily Bebbington. Talking points: Birds & Bees & Hugh Grant, He’s SO OLD, Just Trust Us. NOTE: There is a soft whine in the background for about 10 minutes in the middle - our apologies!
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Fast and the Furious with Sally McMaster. Talking points: Lesbians Make Everything Sexier, 2001: A Retrospective, Is Vin Diesel Shrek.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss She’s The Man with Jo Jones. Talking points: Marriage ft. Bling, That One Time Adam Was A Mermaid, Maximum Exposure.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Avengers: Infinity War with Cam Butler. Talking points: Jerry Seinfeld (The Newest Avenger), When Hugo Weaving Isn’t Hugo Weaving, Marvel/Nintendo Crossovers.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss A Wrinkle In Time with Erin Ayers. Talking points: Manborg, A Two And A Half Foot Rat, Weird Art Installation.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week we look back on our second year of podcasting and hand out some awards. Talking points: LCM, Sad Chip, Deplorable Lois.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Catch Me If You Can. Talking points: Flying Washing Machines, The Swedish Judge (Bork Bork), Christopher Walken Around.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Star Wars: A New Hope with Bradley Walker. Talking points: Pig In The City, Quiescent Piranha, Cultural Differences.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss The Princess Diaries with Emily Bebbington. Talking points: Macho Man Randy Savage, The Zeppelin Conundrum, Kool-Aid Cameo.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Treasure Island. Talking points: Modern Muppets, Billy Connelly Dies, When Musicals Aren’t Musicals.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Looking for Alibrandi with Kat Heap. Talking points: Sydney Slang, Why Parents Should Let Their Kids Ride Motorcycles Whenever They Want, Tea With Dad.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Thanks to The Dada Weatherman for the use of our theme song “Human Light”!
This week Adam and Lois discuss Jurassic Park with Jack Dawson. Talking points: Sexy Swaggering, Deus Rex Machinas, Velociraptor Jesus.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Jurassic Park Theme” Cover by Please Leave On (PLO).
This week Adam and Lois discuss Howl’s Moving Castle with Bradley Walker. Talking points: Portal To The Grocery Dimension, Adagio for Drill In A Minor, Princes Who Need To Chill.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “I Like To Move It” by Reel to Real as performed by Sacha Baron Cohen.
This week Adam and Lois discuss How The Grinch Stole Christmas with Lauren Hunter. Talking points: Whose Who Is Related To Whom?, Lois v Pseudoephedrine, Wild Pig Infestations.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “What’s This?” by Danny Elfman.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets with Jo Suckling. Talking points: Gilderoy’s Locks = Heart, Wizard Racism, Our Dark and Sex-Positive Lord.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Dirty Little Secret (Acoustic)” by The All-American Rejects
This week Adam and Lois discuss Murder on the Orient Express with Meghan Griffin. Talking points: The Helen Mirren/Judi Dench Conundrum, Hercules! Hercules!, It’s All Good.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Murder on the Dance Floor” by Sophie Ellis Bextor
This week Adam discusses Thor: Ragnarok with Sally McMaster. Talking points: The MCU Deadpool, New Zealand Goes To Space, Leaving Giant Fire Demons Alone In The Multiverse.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by Mother Of The Bride.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Mrs Doubtfire with Reagan Lloyd. Talking points: Reagan’s Deathbed, Being A Jerk To Children, Adam The Gameshow Girl.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Cherry Lips” by Garbage.
This week Adam discusses The Picture of Dorian Gray with Jo Suckling. Talking points: Preserving Fanny Packs, Caution: Dry Paint, Corpse Disposal 101.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Paint A Picture” by Tony Lucca.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Around The World In Eighty Days with Max from Movies of The Meek. Talking points: Doing It For The Money, Owen Wilson Impressions, You Had Me At The Nipples.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Around The World” by Daft Punk.
This week Lois discusses The Hunt for Red October with Erin Ayers. Talking points: Men In Uniform, Dad Lit, Disposable Characters.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “I’m On A Boat” by The Lonely Island.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Arrival - based on Story of Your Life - with Bradley Walker. Talking points: A Pointy Stick, Diverse Casts, Unsocial Media.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Star Trek: The Next Generation Opening Credits” as performed by Patrick Stewart.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Stardust. Talking points: Adding A Lot Of Butts, Lois Enjoys Everything About Charlie Cox, Yo Ho Sebastian.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “A Star Is Born” by Alan Menken and David Zippel.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Escape to Witch Mountain. Talking points: The Eternal Ball Pit, The Little Train Driver Who Died, Hungover Hosts.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “She’ll Be Comin’ Round The Mountain” by Ramblin’ Tommy Scott.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Field of Dreams. Talking points: The Opposite of Milkshakes, The Baseball/Time Travel Parallel, The Bee Two-vie
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Talkin’ Softball” from The Simpsons.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Matilda with Marika Aubrey. Talking points: The Many Forms of DeVito, Pantomime Dames, Sniffing.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Loud” from Matilda The Musical.
This week Adam and Lois discuss Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs with Kathleen Heap. Talking points: What Made You Think This Was A Good Idea, Storks On A Plane, The Godfather (ft. Danny DeVito).
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Food Glorious Food” from Oliver The Musical.
This week Adam and Lois continue discussing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring with Jo Suckling. Talking points: LOTR: XXX, Once Upon A Fanfic, Dwarf Architecture.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “The Ring Goes South” by Howard Shore (8-bit version)
This week Adam and Lois discuss The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring with Jo Suckling. Talking points: Lois Nerds Out, Passion Projects, The Cast of The Rings.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Concerning Hobbits” by Howard Shore (Electronic Remix)
This week Adam discusses Beauty and The Beast with Bronwyn Hughes. Talking points: Good Looking Candlesticks, The Second Tallest Tower, Good Heroes Don’t Kill.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “See My Vest” from The Simpsons
This week we look back on our first year of podcasting and hand out some awards. Talking points: Lois Has A Cold, Adam Could Talk All Day About… Something, Robot Overlords.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “One Week” by The Barenaked Ladies
This week we discuss 1984 with Sally McMaster. Talking points: Too Ugly For TV, Haunted Houses, Everyone's On The Bill.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “O'Brien Advert” by O'Brien Glass.
This week we discuss Sherlock Holmes with Janelle Mort. Talking points: Here A Sherlock There A Sherlock, Only 1890s Kids, Pesky Secretaries.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Shaft” by Isaac Hayes.
This week we discuss American Psycho with Jack Dawson. Talking points: The Island Of Lost Biros, Chainsaw Physics, Trump Warning Signs.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “It’s Hip To Be A Square” featured on Sesame Street.
This week we discuss Ella Enchanted with Jo Suckling. Talking points: Inter-species Romances, Snake Actors, Sorority Row.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “That’s How You Know” performed by Amy Adams.
This week Adam discusses Scott Pilgrim Vs The World with Brad Kinsella and Cam Butler while Lois goes on holiday. Talking points: Ceracasting, 8-Bit Classics, The Knives/Ramona Conundrum.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “We Are Sex Bob-Omb” by Sex Bob-Omb
This week we discuss A Beautiful Mind with Bradley Walker. Talking points: All’s Fair In Peace and Mathematics, Weirdos Unite, Evidence Dungeons And Dragons.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Math” by Jack Black
This week we discuss A Christmas Carol (ft. The Muppets) with Regan Lloyd. Talking points: Hypotheticals, Types of Tim, Descriptive Dickens.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo” by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
This week Lois discusses Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them with Jo Suckling. Talking points: Apparition Logistics, The British Actor Rule, Franchise Films And When We'll Get Them.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “We’re Going to the Zoo"
This week we discuss Big Hero 6 with Cam Butler. Talking points: Hayfever Season, Micro Bikinis, Disney Deaths.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Hero” by Enrique Iglesias.
This week Lois discusses Coraline with Liam S. Smith while Adam is away on a fancy holiday. Talking points: Scary Stories for Spooky Kids, Girl Reporters, Round The Twist.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Round The Twist Opening Theme” by Andrew Duffield.
This week we discuss Carol - based on the book The Price of Salt - with Bradley Walker. Talking points: Gay For The Rock, Lois Reveals Too Much, Too Many Feelings.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Carol of the Bells” by Mykola Leontovych remix by Goblins from Mars.
This week we discuss Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children with Kat Heap. Talking points: Armadillo Biology, The Skeleton War, Scary Ventriloquists.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper.
This week we discuss Eragon. Talking points: Trading Places, Magic: You’re Doing It Wrong, Really Big Maps.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Trogdor” by Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel.
This week we discuss Die Hard, based on the book Nothing Lasts Forever, with our guest Brad Kinsella. Talking points: Pals, He’s Dead Now, Sexy Germans.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Theme from Mission: Impossible” by Lalo Schifrin.
This week we discuss Wuthering Heights with our guest Joanne Suckling. Talking points: Unusual Musical Choices, Death by DC, Naming Nonsense.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush cover by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
This week we discuss Lord of the Flies with our guest Jack Dawson. Talking points: Hilarious Deaths, Boys’ Own Adventures, Missing The Point.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: We’re Gonna Live Like Kings from “Das Bus” - The Simpsons Season 9 Episode 14.
This week we discuss Cloud Atlas with our guest Bronwyn Hughes. Talking points: A Step-By-Step Guide On Not Making the Racist Choice, Plot Whiplash, and Soylent Green Is People!.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “In the Year 2525” by Zager and Evans.
This week we discuss The BFG. Talking points: Forgiving Child Actors, Visceral CGI, and Whizzpopping Corgis.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Giants In The Sky” by Stephen Sondheim.
This week we discuss High Fidelity with our guest Sally McMaster. Talking points: Theme Sounds, Death By Flashbacks, and Anti-Protagonists.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Marvin Gaye” by Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor.
This week we discuss Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone with our guest Joanne Suckling. Talking points: Nutty Professors, Quidditch for Cool Kidz, and One Time I Saw A Bird.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Harry Potter (Hedwig’s Theme Remix)” by Matt Kaaihue.
This week Lois discusses To Kill A Mockingbird with Bradley Walker while Adam is away. Talking points: Exceptionally Special Effects, It’s Not Racist?, and Ham Actresses.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Glory” by John Legend Ft. Common.
This week we discuss The Da Vinci Code. Talking points: Is It Fiction?, HARVARD, and The French.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine” by Sonseed.
This week Adam discusses Civil War with Sally McMaster while Lois is away. Talking points: Not Killing Your Friends, Human Doritos, and Narcissism.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “The Smithsonian” by Henry Jackman.
This week we discuss The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with our guest Cam Butler. Talking points: Spot The British Actor, But They Digressed, and Romance Is Dead.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish” by Joby Talbot, Christopher Austin, and Garth Jennings.
This week we discuss Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Talking points: It's better with The Rock, Tim Burton-ing, and Childhood Wonder.
You can contact us at wereadthebook@gmail.com or on Twitter @readthebookpod.
Closing Music: The Land of Chocolate from “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk” - The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 11.