Authorized Novelizations Podcast
@authorizedpod.bsky.social
A podcast about the novelizations of your favorite movies. New episodes Thursdays! Listen: http://shorturl.at/lDZ45 Patreon: https://patreon.com/authorizedpod
OUT NOW! @ethanalter.bsky.social returns to discuss apes once again. Different apes though. Where earlier games were light on narrative, Donkey Kong Land eschews it entirely. Luckily, stalwart franchise author Michael Teitelbaum has filled out its narrative as ably as ever. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
OUT NOW! @ethanalter.bsky.social returns to discuss apes once again. Different apes though. Where earlier games were light on narrative, Donkey Kong Land eschews it entirely. Luckily, stalwart franchise author Michael Teitelbaum has filled out its narrative as ably as ever. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
OUT NOW! We rank the novelizations we read in 2025. These episodes take a bit more of a casual hangout approach, as evidenced by the fact that it takes us over 20 minutes to start ranking things. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
OUT NOW! We rank the novelizations we read in 2025. These episodes take a bit more of a casual hangout approach, as evidenced by the fact that it takes us over 20 minutes to start ranking things. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
OUT NOW! Dan Friesen of @knowledgefight.bsky.social joins again! The game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is widely considered an improvement on its predecessor. Will the novelization, for some reason subtitled Rescue on Crocodile Isle, pull off a similar coup? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
January 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
OUT NOW! Dan Friesen of @knowledgefight.bsky.social joins again! The game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is widely considered an improvement on its predecessor. Will the novelization, for some reason subtitled Rescue on Crocodile Isle, pull off a similar coup? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
OUT NOW! Dan Friesen of @knowledgefight.bsky.social joins to kick off our video game season (and 2026!) with the novelization of Donkey Kong Country. The game is light on narrative, so the book has to invent almost as much as it adapts. How does it fare? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
OUT NOW! Dan Friesen of @knowledgefight.bsky.social joins to kick off our video game season (and 2026!) with the novelization of Donkey Kong Country. The game is light on narrative, so the book has to invent almost as much as it adapts. How does it fare? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
OUT NOW! This re-release of our episode on Friday the 13th: Road Trip has a NEW GAME! Jump to the last 20 minutes to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
OUT NOW! This re-release of our episode on Friday the 13th: Road Trip has a NEW GAME! Jump to the last 20 minutes to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
As 2026 dawns, so will our season of video game novelizations!
Featuring @ethanalter.bsky.social, @kradec.bsky.social, @philathans.bsky.social, @adamvole.com, @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @thelastmachine.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @rockmarooned.bsky.social, @alexwolinetz.com, and more!
Featuring @ethanalter.bsky.social, @kradec.bsky.social, @philathans.bsky.social, @adamvole.com, @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @thelastmachine.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @rockmarooned.bsky.social, @alexwolinetz.com, and more!
December 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
As 2026 dawns, so will our season of video game novelizations!
Featuring @ethanalter.bsky.social, @kradec.bsky.social, @philathans.bsky.social, @adamvole.com, @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @thelastmachine.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @rockmarooned.bsky.social, @alexwolinetz.com, and more!
Featuring @ethanalter.bsky.social, @kradec.bsky.social, @philathans.bsky.social, @adamvole.com, @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @thelastmachine.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @rockmarooned.bsky.social, @alexwolinetz.com, and more!
OUT NOW! We return to Hannah's picks with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Hannah loves this imperfect movie for showcasing Robin Hood's true strength: a joyful and generous heart. Whatever December 25th means to you, we hope your day is touched by the spirit of Robin Hood. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
December 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
OUT NOW! We return to Hannah's picks with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Hannah loves this imperfect movie for showcasing Robin Hood's true strength: a joyful and generous heart. Whatever December 25th means to you, we hope your day is touched by the spirit of Robin Hood. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
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This game was insane and I had a great time
OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @markstay.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, and @mr-e-motion.bsky.social join to play Andrew Overbye's new original multi-path Indiana Jones adventure. Maybe our most unhinged episode yet?
Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Play the game for yourself: tinyurl.com/4x64tcyj
Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Play the game for yourself: tinyurl.com/4x64tcyj
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This game was insane and I had a great time
OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @markstay.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, and @mr-e-motion.bsky.social join to play Andrew Overbye's new original multi-path Indiana Jones adventure. Maybe our most unhinged episode yet?
Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Play the game for yourself: tinyurl.com/4x64tcyj
Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Play the game for yourself: tinyurl.com/4x64tcyj
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @markstay.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, and @mr-e-motion.bsky.social join to play Andrew Overbye's new original multi-path Indiana Jones adventure. Maybe our most unhinged episode yet?
Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Play the game for yourself: tinyurl.com/4x64tcyj
Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Play the game for yourself: tinyurl.com/4x64tcyj
OUT NOW! Gavin Zalinger joins to discuss Star Trek: Generations. We are not using the Nexus to time travel and redo past episodes, but rather covering the second of two separate books. This is the senior novelization, in the style commonly known as old adult fiction. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
OUT NOW! Gavin Zalinger joins to discuss Star Trek: Generations. We are not using the Nexus to time travel and redo past episodes, but rather covering the second of two separate books. This is the senior novelization, in the style commonly known as old adult fiction. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
OUT NOW! This re-release of our episode on Friday the 13th: The Carnival has a NEW GAME! Jump to the last 20 minutes to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
OUT NOW! This re-release of our episode on Friday the 13th: The Carnival has a NEW GAME! Jump to the last 20 minutes to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
OUT NOW! We consider Kristoffer Sundet our unofficial video game correspondent, so naturally we had him on to discuss the novelization of the film adaptation of a game he hasn't played and claims not to understand (though he's still got us beat on that front). Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
OUT NOW! We consider Kristoffer Sundet our unofficial video game correspondent, so naturally we had him on to discuss the novelization of the film adaptation of a game he hasn't played and claims not to understand (though he's still got us beat on that front). Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Questions for Andrew? Questions for Hannah? Questions for Andrew and Hannah? Submit them here to be answered on the year-end ranking episode!
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December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Questions for Andrew? Questions for Hannah? Questions for Andrew and Hannah? Submit them here to be answered on the year-end ranking episode!
www.patreon.com/posts/143609...
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You love Larry Cohen, so you MUST listen to @thelastmachine.bsky.social's interview with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of Cohen's newly published memoirs and an unreleased Cohen screenplay! Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social on THE PINK SMOKE!
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Ep 161 I Killed Bette Davis by Larry Cohen
Podcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 12/02/2025 · 1h 56m
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December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You love Larry Cohen, so you MUST listen to @thelastmachine.bsky.social's interview with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of Cohen's newly published memoirs and an unreleased Cohen screenplay! Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social on THE PINK SMOKE!
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THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST
We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social!
m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen
We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social!
m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST
We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social!
m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen
We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social!
m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen
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I cooked a whole meal for this podcast episode please listen
OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social and @dodgyboffin.com join again to celebrate Thanksgiving with a tertiary tome for the taste buds, this time @a24movies.bsky.social's Scrounging: A Cookbook. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
December 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I cooked a whole meal for this podcast episode please listen
The Larry Cohen love can no longer be shoehorned into Authorized and is spilling into other podcasts. Listen to Andrew on the Pink Smoke podcast!
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST
We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social!
m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen
We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social!
m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Larry Cohen love can no longer be shoehorned into Authorized and is spilling into other podcasts. Listen to Andrew on the Pink Smoke podcast!
OUT NOW! @thelastmachine.bsky.social joins to discuss Speed Zone, theoretically a third entry in the Cannonball Run series. Can three SCTV alumni save a film with no story or jokes? Why do we keep doing this? We think it had something to do with something called Carquake? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
OUT NOW! @thelastmachine.bsky.social joins to discuss Speed Zone, theoretically a third entry in the Cannonball Run series. Can three SCTV alumni save a film with no story or jokes? Why do we keep doing this? We think it had something to do with something called Carquake? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
It's Slow Maude Sunday! In addition to his prolific work in genre fiction, Alan Dean Foster is also an avid wildlife tourist. He has faced down lions and tigers and sharks, but none of those creatures had read his books. Find out if his Maude manuscript will finally send Hannah over the edge!
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's Slow Maude Sunday! In addition to his prolific work in genre fiction, Alan Dean Foster is also an avid wildlife tourist. He has faced down lions and tigers and sharks, but none of those creatures had read his books. Find out if his Maude manuscript will finally send Hannah over the edge!
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The Authorized podcast had me back for Friendsgiving. Last year it was the ALIEN cookbook, this year it was one of A24’s. Come for our opinions about this cookbook, stay for sourdough care tips and one of the hosts eating an entire spoonful of Marmite
OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social and @dodgyboffin.com join again to celebrate Thanksgiving with a tertiary tome for the taste buds, this time @a24movies.bsky.social's Scrounging: A Cookbook. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Authorized podcast had me back for Friendsgiving. Last year it was the ALIEN cookbook, this year it was one of A24’s. Come for our opinions about this cookbook, stay for sourdough care tips and one of the hosts eating an entire spoonful of Marmite
OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social and @dodgyboffin.com join again to celebrate Thanksgiving with a tertiary tome for the taste buds, this time @a24movies.bsky.social's Scrounging: A Cookbook. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social and @dodgyboffin.com join again to celebrate Thanksgiving with a tertiary tome for the taste buds, this time @a24movies.bsky.social's Scrounging: A Cookbook. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
OUT NOW! @mr-e-motion.bsky.social joins to discuss Death Race 2. We kinda like it, they don't. They are also our social media czar, meaning they write these posts! So why are they being referred to in third person? Who is the first person perspective? Do words mean things? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
OUT NOW! @mr-e-motion.bsky.social joins to discuss Death Race 2. We kinda like it, they don't. They are also our social media czar, meaning they write these posts! So why are they being referred to in third person? Who is the first person perspective? Do words mean things? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Apparently sometimes books can get adapted into movies?
The New Flesh episode on THE RUNNING MAN turns into kind of a post-mortem on a movie that didn't sit well with any of us -- Brett, me, or our pals at @authorizedpod.bsky.social, Andrew and Hannah, who sat in for a really fun talk! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Running Man (2025)
Podcast Episode · The New Flesh Horror Movies Horror News Scary Movie · 11/24/2025 · 1h 48m
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November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Apparently sometimes books can get adapted into movies?
It's Slow Maude Sunday! Maude's historic two-parter tackled abortion in November of 1972, preceding Roe v. Wade by two months and likely fueling some wildly uncomfortable Thanksgivings. Help us read its unpublished novelization!
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November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's Slow Maude Sunday! Maude's historic two-parter tackled abortion in November of 1972, preceding Roe v. Wade by two months and likely fueling some wildly uncomfortable Thanksgivings. Help us read its unpublished novelization!
www.patreon.com/c/authorized...
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If you have even a quarter as much fun listening to this as I had recording it, you’re in for a very good time.
OUT NOW! @fodderfigure.bsky.social joins to discuss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #3: The Copenhagen Affair. Our thirst for uncles knows no bounds, and Sarah devoted a whole chapter of her first book to her special interest in the series, so we’ve got a lot to discuss! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you have even a quarter as much fun listening to this as I had recording it, you’re in for a very good time.