Adaptation Today

In this episode, we hear from one of our own! James Fleury, who manages the Adaptation Today pedagogy resources with Katie McClain, tells us about his journey to adaptation studies and his work with franchise and video game studies. Listen for a fascinating conversation and even some game recs.

In this episode, Kristen Figgins, the founder of Adaptation Today, chats with Gracie Bain about the importance of adaptation studies and the creation of the AT resource.

Episode edited and mixed by Rebecca Raddatz and Gracie Bain.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com, and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field.

Music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

Additional music Joy Safari by TheoJT -- https://freesound.org/s/510919/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

In this episode, Gracie and Rebecca talk with Marina Cano about her new book, Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Novels on the Stage. We discuss what performance studies, theatre studies, and adaptation studies add to each other and why theatrical adaptations of nineteenth-century women authors are an important intervention.

You can find Marina's info here and her book here

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

The sound effect used is "JingleJazz" by Sound-Work . Accessed via Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License

We're back! In this relaxed episode, Rebecca and Gracie catch up with each other, talk about why they've been MIA for a bit (all good things!), and chat about how they came to study adaptation.

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

The sound effect used is "JingleJazz" by Sound-Work . Accessed via Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License

After a short Christmas break, the Adaptation Today podcast is back with a new episode for the new year! This is the third installment of our creator series. This time, we are speaking with writer Emma Woodhouse about the adaptation of historical figures and their lives. Amongst other things, we are addressing ethical questions, the publishing industry, and archival research.

If you want to find out more about Emma's work, visit her website, her facebook page, or check out her instagram!

Website: https://emmawoodhousebooks.wixsite.com/ewhb

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmmaWoodhouseAuthor/

Instagram:

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

The sound effect used is "JingleJazz" by Sound-Work . Accessed via Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License

In the second episode of our creator series, academic and writer Hamish Williams talks to us about his Tales of Basthinia series, how being a Tolkien scholar has affected his work, and the relationship between adaptation and reception studies. i.e., Hamish and Rebecca have to explain high fantasy to Gracie.

If you want to find out more about Hamish's work, visit his Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/39417914.Hamish_Williams?from_search=true&from_srp=true

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

The sound effect used is "JingleJazz" by Sound-Work . Accessed via Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License.

In this first installment ofAdaptation Today's creator series, Gracie and Rebecca speak with writer Bailey Brooks, whose work often focuses on the cultural memory of Oklahoma. Tune in for a discussion of how space and time can be adapted, what draws Bailey to her focus on cultural memory, and to get an answer to the question whether she considers herself a practitioner of adaptation.

If you want to find out more about Bailey's work, visit her website https://baileybrookswrites.com/.

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

The sound effect used is "JingleJazz" by Sound-Work . Accessed via Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License.

Full circle moment! Listen to Rebecca chat with some of the 2025 Association of Adaptation Studies conference organizers (Colleen Kennedy-Karpat and Seda Oz) about meaningful moments, how they conceptualized the theme of restoration, and some behind-the-scenes info.

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads, too.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

In this episode of Adaptation Today, Professor Allen Redmon, Dr Gracie Bain, and Rebecca Raddatz discuss the connection between trauma and adaptation studies by taking a closer look at Rewatching on the Point of the Cinematic Index in particular and the notion of the cinematic index in general.

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

The sound effect used is "Melancholy UI Chime" by plasterbrain. Accessed via Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License.

Join us as we celebrate our podcast aging and the theme of the 2025 LFA/AAS conference! In this episode, Rebecca, Gracie, Julie, and Katie chat about the conference's memorable moments (including some pretty fantastic impressions).

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads, too.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

In this episode of Adaptation Today, Seda Öz uses the book "Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema and Media" as a starting point to discuss adaptations in Turkey in particular and the value of shifting the focus of adaptation studies away from an Anglocentric focus in general. For this, she is joined by Taner Can, Iain Robert Smith, and Özlem Özmen Akdoğan.

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

This podcast is supported by the website Adaptation Today. To keep up with Adaptation Today, visit our website, adaptationtoday.com and join our listserv, where you can stay up to date on all the news in the field. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Threads, too.

The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

The sound effect used is "JingleJazz" by Sound-Work . Accessed via Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License.