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Lord of the Flies is back thanks to the new four episode limited series from Adolescence creators Mark Munden and Jack Thorne.After revisiting William Golding's original text, Bren...

Brenna and Joe return to discuss D.J. Caruso's film adaptation, I Am Number Four (2011).Screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) and Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire ...

With Brenna back from her French vacation, we dig into the mailbag to address messages from Neera, Spencer and the creative team behind You Can Live Forever!Neera's recommendations...

Brenna and Joe kick off Book 8 with the first entry in The Lorien Legacy series: I Am Number Four (2010).Ostensibly written by "Pittacus Lore", this is actually from James Frey's F...

Brenna and Joe wrap up Book 7 with a look at the 2002 Disney adaptation of Tuck Everlasting, starring Alexis Bledel and Jonathan Jackson (and his schwoopy hair!)The big change in t...

Brenna and Joe return to middle grade fiction with Natalie Babbitt's 1975 classic novel, Tuck Everlasting.It's a beautifully simple, but effective story with some age-appropriate m...

Brenna and Joe return to discuss the film adaptation of Along For The Ride, written and directed by Sofia Alvarez (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before).Shocking no one: the complicat...

Brenna and Joe return to the world of Sarah Dessen to discuss 2009's Along For The Ride.There are no surprises here: it's all predictable conventions and tropes...and we don't care...

Brenna and Joe check out Tracey Deer's Indigenous Canadian film, Beans (2020), which we've both been eager to check out for years.Pre-teen actor Kiawentiio gives an incredible...

Joe and Brenna venture into new territory to discuss writing/directing duo Sarah Watts and Mark Slutsky's queer Canadian Jehovah's Witness romance.Featuring stand-out performa...

Brenna and Joe return to the world of Jim Henson to discuss the one-off reboot of The Muppet Show (2026).We discuss why Sabrina Carpenter was an inspired first host, how kiddos han...

Former guest Alex Heeney writes in to gently read Brenna and Joe about recent comments that suggest they may be aging out of YA. At what point do you realize you're no longer the t...