In Each Retelling
The podcast where we explore how old tales are made new! Whether it's the fairytales we heard as children, the classic literature we read in high school, or the most ancient of mythologies, it seems creators can't help but keep putting their own spin on old stories, and we're going to tackle every flavor we can get our nerdy hands on.
Episodes
86 episodes since 2023
Hadestown (Act I)
We may have forgotten a little thing called spring, but that doesn't mean we can't still discuss the highly acclaimed and highly popular musical adaptation of the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice, that also saw fit to make it all about the reaso...
September 16, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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2:02:39
In Our Retellings: Shakespeare in High School
Because talking about 10 Things I Hate About You made us yearn for a simpler time when mid budget movies that set Shakespeare plays in high school existed, we've decided to pitch our own versions! Could King Lear be about Texa...
September 09, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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47:15
Dracula Weekly #13: Dr. Seward and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
It's the 13th episode, and perhaps that's why Dr. Seward's having such a rough week between potentially watching the girl he loves die, and Renfield having more and more mental breakdowns because Dracula abandoned him...but truthfully, we don't...
September 08, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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29:35
10 Things I Hate About You
It's officially back to school season, and without a strike to stop us, we can finally discuss the absolute high school rom com classic, 10 Things I Hate About You. Join Jas, Sam, Callie, and River in discussing how Petruchio ...
September 02, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:31:49
Dracula Weekly #12: We'll Just Defeat Dracula With Disco and Popcorn the Cat, This is Fine
Good news, Shami's back, and is torturing Dracula with disco music. Bad news, this is a fairly short segment again where Arthur finally admits something's wrong with his fiancee. So instead we end up talking a lot about vampiric animals, where ...
September 01, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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29:05
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Season One)
Lightning Thief Month comes to an end with arguably the adaptation that finally did this story justice, the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Here Jas, River, Leif, and for the very first time Edric, will discuss all...
August 26, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:50:42
Dracula Weekly #11: This Time It's Personal
This week it would seem that our attempts to thwart Dracula have put a target on our beloved Shami's back, so she sadly could not join Jas, Ellie, and Callie this week. To distract ourselves and MAYBE find a solution, we explore how Renfield is...
August 25, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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28:22
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
In the penultimate episode of Lightning Thief Month, we discuss the musical adaptation, and it's honestly a little surprising that it exists, and Jas questions whether or not this adaptation is much better than the despised film adaptation in s...
August 19, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:19:26
Dracula Weekly #10: Could It Beeeeeeeeeeeee DRACULA?
It's just Jas and Callie today, and the good news is Jonathan's alive! The bad news is Mina and Lucy have no idea of the danger they're in. About the only comfort we have is how gay they're still being, and plotting all the ways we're going to ...
August 18, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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16:58
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (2010)
Fourteen years ago, Jasmine's family had a movie night, and discovered the director of two films Jasmine had a great fondness for at the time had done a similar film about the children of Greek gods, and had a pretty decent time, blissfully una...
August 17, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:14:07
Dracula Weekly #9: In the Arms of the Angels
Between the major character deaths, the ill fated puppies, and Dracula's first bite out of Lucy, it's a harrowing week in the Dracula novel this week. Join Jas, Ellie, Shami, and Callie as we discover our comic relief had hidden depths...
August 11, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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33:17
Stray Gods
Surprise bonus episode, although does it really count when it's belated? But hey, this episode gets to come out on the anniversary of its subject matter, the beautifully sung, beautifully animated roleplaying game (or is it a visual novel? Jury...
August 10, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:27:15
Dracula Weekly #8: Devils You Know and Devils You Don't
The Captain of the Demeter is wrong about his first mate, the older gentleman Lucy and Mina met might be right about not being so precious about the dead, and maybe the way to shake up the Dracula story is by incorporating lesser known vampire ...
August 05, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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22:14
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
"Look, I didn't want to be a half blood." Nearly 20 years ago, that simple sentence renewed youthful interest in Greek mythology, and shockingly, there have been three adaptations (four if you count the graphic novel) of this modern my...
August 05, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:32:12
My Own Private Idaho
Wrath Month belatedly continues with one of the loosest Shakespeare adaptations ever, and Jas tries to figure out how she feels about it while River, Matt, and Kyle explain why they love this meandering but poignant film, and come up with some ...
July 29, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:01:48
Dracula Weekly #7: The Character Assassinations of Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra Need to Stop
This week on Dracula Weekly, while the crew of the Demeter is feeling tense, Lucy and Mina are trying to be blissfully unaware in their proto cottagecore outing, but between Lucy's sleepwalking and Mina's suspicions about Jonathan's letter, it'...
July 28, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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25:32
Dracula Weekly #6: Quite Possibly the Nerdiest Episode Yet
How on earth did D&D, Taylor Swift, Star Trek, Chappel Roan, and all other sorts of nerdy shit get involved in our quest to read Dracula and help the Harkers break the time loop? Find out on this belated edition of Dr...
July 28, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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35:04
Dracula Weekly #5: Even Dracula Is Not Immune to the Weirdness of the 2020s
Shami and Jas are short on novel to read and ideas on how to break the time loop this week, so we decided to discuss all of the varying adaptations of Dracula in these unprecedented times. We've got Moffat being on his bullshi...
July 14, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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35:50
Black Swan
IER returns, and since we tragically missed Pride Month, July will now be wrath month, and our first entry is really an embodiment of feminine rage in Black Swan, where Sam and Jas discuss the horrors of being a woman, being a ballerin...
July 08, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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55:51
Dracula Weekly #4: We're Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
And just where have the Dracula Weekly gang been? Turns out you gotta be careful what you joke about on the Internet, because the multiverse just might hear you...The following podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The views and o...
July 07, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:02:05
Behind the Curtain: Technology is Homophobic
Sadly, due to various technical issues, all planned episodes are postponed until our hostess has a working laptop again. Fear not though, our Pride Month episides will still happen, even if later than expected.
May 29, 2024
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1:37
Once Upon a Time (Season One)
Happy anniversary In Each Retelling! And to celebrate a year of doing this podcast, we are finally going to start unleashing the looming specter that has haunted us from the very beginning...this week, Shami, River, Callie, and Jas must begin w...
May 26, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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1:39:57
Dracula Weekly #3: Fancasting the Himbo Cowboy
This week, Jonathan's days and Lucy's proposals are both numbered, and have left Shami, Callie, and Jas to propose a The Princess and the Frog/Dracula fusion AU, and a fancast worthy of the glorious polycule we'd make...
May 24, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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24:26
Elementary, My Dear Players: The Sherlock Holmes Trivia Game
Happy Sherlock Day dear Listeners! As a special treat, here's a bonus episode in which Jasmine and River quiz Sam, Shami, and Callie on fun facts about the world's first consulting detective! The following podcast is for entertainm...
May 22, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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29:39