By Jenny, Ted, and Gray
Ted, Jenny, and Gray read and discuss the Animorphs series.
In this episode: What kind of time travel is this and is it the best kind Wars and soldiers throughout history Violence and weaponry (and Marvel) An alien learns about the Holocaust What counts as “important” history Crayak’s successful mindgames Why are the Animorphs so precious about...
In our second mailbag episode: We respond to reader questions and comments! We rerank the books to determine our favorites so far; Which of the Animorphs has changed the most? What if Animorphs were written for adults? Or without commercial...
Book 29: The Sickness In this episode: Guest Host Emily used to play Animorphs in elementary school Book 19: the Sequel Gray is irrationally angry Cassie is a BAMF Who gets to be the leader if Jake is out of commission? Yeerks are gross A brief immunology lesson Jake/Cassie/Marco...
Book 27: The Experiment In this episode: Thematic plot holes Slaughterhouses are bad but they’re worse in real life Grazers and hunter gatherers Sentience, sapience, and free will Cow corner Ax gets a TV The shipping gets out of control Moses facts(?) KA Applegate and the hosts reflect on vegetarianism...
Book 27: The Exposed In this episode: We evaluate Rachel and Tobias’s banter; Rachel’s issues with violence and normalcy; How are the ghostwriters affecting character dynamics? How are the Animorphs still alive?? The Drode’s true motivations; Some more gross morphs (even Jenny...
Book 26: The Attack In this episode: The Animorphology council decides: Crayak rhymes with Kayak Small things that matter Created species and symbiotes The Iskoort are v. annoying How much are the Ellimist and Crayak interfering? More about the Howlers Jake <3 Cassie Marco gets gutted The Chee’s moral obligations Jake’s...
In this episode: Jenny, Ted, Gray, and guest Kevin discuss the first ghostwritten book in the Animorphs series Minor character revelations such as Ax developing a true sense of humor and Marco acknowledging Rachel/Tobias Effective coping strategies as the war escalates How many...
In this episode: HBC through the lens of post-colonial theory; Why didn’t the Andalites build a quantum virus to infect the Yeerks?; Yeerks probably had more culture once; It turns out we have more to say about intelligence; The Hork-Bajir...
Book 24: The Suspicion In this episode: Another guest host: Rena Helmacrons are very silly (as is this book) What does Marco need in a partner? Lots of description of items at a large scale, some of which make sense Science corner! Lots of different whales Helmacron technology Everyone...
In this episode: - Title talk - Visser Three’s method acting - Yeerk gender - What does Rachel’s confession mean for the Tobias/Rachel relationship?!? - Shorms - Tobias realizes that humans are animals too - The Council of Animorphology votes on the pocket universe theory - What...
In this episode: We share our feelings on Dak & Aldrea’s romance; How important is intelligence, really?; The Andalite patriarchy is not our fave; Hork-Bajir children grow up suspiciously fast; Visser Three is perhaps a nerd; Can you ever go...
In this episode: What happened to Germany? David continues to be the worst The Animorphs find a solution A fate worse than death? Rachel and Jake’s relationship A dramatic reading Toxic masculinity strikes again What Would Gray Do? The importance of solidarity
In this episode: - The Animorphs face the consequences of a bad decision - More Animorphs news! - Now Jenny and Ted can be honest about David - Cartoon villainy and who counts as people - Jake’s new confidence and ability to own his flaws -...
In this episode: -The blue box is found -A new Animorph is created -Marco is truly terrible with people -Jenny, Ted, and Gray disagree with everyone’s decisions -We contemplate a world in which Voldemort sided with the Yeerks -How would this have gone differently if David...
In this episode: - Jenny, Ted, Gray, and guest host Claire closely read The Departure, discussing premise rejection and what we owe to each other - Why is this one so good, you guys?? - The toll that war is taking on Cassie...
In this episode: *Dinosaurs! *Gray has been confidently mispronouncing “deinonychus” for years *Is this the best Rachel book? *Revisiting the Band of Five roles *More time travel philosophy *Outer space provided broccoli and ants *K.A. Applegate keeps up with scientific theories *A song about Deinonychus
In this episode: Which Animorph is which Disney princess; is Animorphs sci fi or magic; how DOES Visser Three visit the Yeerk Pool; the debate rages on about Andalite truth; we rank our favorite (and least favorite) books; Gray predicts...
In this episode: another guest star; Ax struggles with his loyalties; Andalite job-hunting advice; Jake attempts to make a joke; and was that really the easiest way to get the group into Z-space?
Content warning this week: we discuss suicide and mental health, drug use and claustrophobia, including references to the highly inappropriate terms this book uses. Please use caution in listening if you need to, and see the episode notes for resources. In...
In this episode: - Some exciting announcements! - Discussions about bad decisions, the difference between being a killer and a warrior, whether the Animorphs can go back to being normal kids, and leadership - What is tiramisu? - A deep dive into Cassie/Jake - True...
In this episode: Marco’s issues with vulnerability; Marco’s obvious crush on Jake; Visser One as a cool villain; Gray’s true identity; What animals will the Yeerks try to take over next?
In this episode: Another guest host! What does a robot horse sound like? The Yeerks make bad plans Mental health language Identical twin animals A comparison to Tamara Pierce’s Wild Magic series
In this episode: - Overall thoughts on the Andalite Chronicles - A solid thirty minutes about time travel - Did Tobias lay the Time Matrix? - Andalite communism - Forgiving Elfangor - Hoobers and Mortrons - The importance of grass on Earth - SOFTBALL! - Up close and personal...
In this episode:We are extremely happy about so many things!Rachel and Tobias are amazingThe Hork-Bajir are also amazingGray still hates the Ellimist
In this episode: -We read the second part of The Andalite Chronicles! -There are cool Star Wars-esque space battles -How does Elfangor’s moral compass develop? -We learn more about the Andalites - including the horrible truth about what they REALLY look like -The Ellimist’s birthday...
In this bonus episode, Jenny, Ted, and Gray pull out the mic for an emergency extra podcasting session to discuss which Harry Potter house each of the Animorphs would belong to. Plus: - We realize we do not know anything about...
In this episode: The most 90s thing that has happened since the 90s Scapecrocs Skepticism around the things teenage girls like The sexual and longevity implications of morphing Gray adds another morphing rule Every balloon of mass has a story Andalites don’t sneeze
We read the first part of The Andalite Chronicles! - We learn about Andalite warrior culture, ethnocentrism, and inability to crouch - We’re introduced to this weird species called humans - Elfangor thinks about war crimes more than the Animorphs do - Gray speculates...
In this episode: The jungle is HORRIFYING Time travel is confusing Animorphology leadership lessons Ax becomes a hot-looking monkey Gray figures out the name of her rock band
In this episode: Another guest host! The best thing humans ever invented Is K.A. Applegate a cat person or a dog person Memory and violence Asimovian robot literature Gray officially becomes skeptical of Z-Space Food-based psychological warfare Is Jenny an android Spiders of the past and future The Dumbledore of...
In this episode: Our first guest host! Gray's rules for morphing How good is Cassie and Jake's relationship, really? Cassie's philosophical struggles Could a skunk really defeat Visser Three?
In this episode: The Animorphs grapple with death (not literally) Ax discovers chocolate and other human oddities Jake is the morph police Warrior societies are almost universally real dumb
In this episode: Marco is a bad driver Visser 3 is a bad manager What does the Veleek sound like? The return of the whale
In this episode: Rachel + Tobias 4ever The importance of blinders Applegate does not like circuses Is the future pre-determined? Internalized misogyny
In this episode: What Jake’s family eats How big is Jake, really? Shipping that is not really justified by the book Incredibly gross morphs The Yeerk invasion plan Jake commits war crimes What it’s like to fight the Animorphs
Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss book 5: The Predator
In this episode: *We learn more about Andalites *Teen friendships and teen romances *Race in The Animorphs *Are whales Andalites??
Jenny, Ted, and Gray discus book 3: The Encounter. CW: Suicide
Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss book 2: The Visitor.
Gray experiences The Invasion for the first time. It turns out it wasn't an invasion of lizards.
In this episode, Jenny and Ted introduce Gray to the wonder of Animorphs, and Gray tries to guess the premise.
Listen to this trailer to get a sense of what the podcast will be like!