Welcome back, tributes! This week, for Memorial weekend, Emily and Holly discuss both the book and movie portrayals of the Star Squad. Walk through Mockingjay memory lane with us as we discuss life, death, and the Capitol citizen shot while eating their hotdog. What is your favorite Squad 451 moment? Share your thoughts with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join us on Mondays for Mockingjay Mondays to read "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" with us on Instagram.

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly discuss the deleted scenes from the first "Hunger Games" movie. There are many more Gale scenes and book details that we were gifted. Which ones do we wish had made the movie? Some of them we could definitely do without... Share your thoughts on the deleted scenes with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join us on Mondays for Mockingjay Mondays to read "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" with us on Instagram.

Welcome back, tributes! To celebrate Queen Katniss's birthday on May 8th, Emily and Holly go through all their favorite moments with Katniss! Come listen and celebrate the Girl on Fire! Stay tuned for a special surprise from our wonderful friend/fandom singer/songwriter Cherish Danae. Share your love of Katniss with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join us on Mondays for Mockingjay  Mondays to read "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" with us on Instagram.

Check out Cherish's "Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" song wherever you get your music: https://open.spotify.com/track/1l8pJjCMh6Fj9Xi10ac1Ji?si=92ca03bee1e34098 !

Welcome back, tributes! Following Emily and Holly's review of "Songs From District Twelve and Beyond" and "Catching Fire Motion Picture Soundtrack", the tributes discuss the trash fire that is the "Mockingjay Part 1 Soundtrack". Lorde, Lorde, Lorde where did we go wrong? Stay tuned for Emily's encore parody song performance. Share your thoughts on the soundtrack with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join us on Mondays for Mockingjay  Mondays to read "The Ballad of Songbirds  and Snakes" with us on Instagram. And join us the weekend of May 8, 2021 to celebrate Katniss's  birthday!

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly discuss one of the most critical aspects of the books that was ignored by the movies: Peeta's leg! This episode also dives into other forms of physical disability and physical trauma in the Hunger Games books that were completely ignored by the movies. While Collins included a significant amount of information regarding the impact of war on the body as a theme in the books, we discuss why this was not valued enough to be represented in the movies? The end result: Peeta is NOT weak #JusticeforPeetasleg. What are your thoughts on the lack of representation of physical disability and physical trauma in the movies as compared to the books? Share your thoughts with us at @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join us on Mondays for Mockingjay Mondays to read "The Ballad of Songbirds  and Snakes" with us on Instagram. And join us the weekend of May 8, 2021 to celebrate Katniss's birthday!

Welcome back, tributes! This week, Emily and Holly explore one of the most interesting parts of the world of Panem: the arenas. While we only know canon information about a handful of them, the tributes still delve into the locations, muttations, and likelihood of survival in each. The episode begins with an arena themed version of 'would you rather'. Stay tuned to the end to hear Emily and Holly transform into Head Gamemakers and share with Panem their plans for this year's Hunger Games! Which arena was your favorite? Play gamemaker with us and share your own arena on our social media @Intothearenapodcast (on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook). Join us on Mondays for Mockingjay Mondays to read "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" with us on Instagram.

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly dive into the man, the myth, the legend Gale Hawthorne. Find out why Gale is the only character from "The Hunger Games" Holly IS NOT in love with. We take your comments and read them on air: to love Gale or not to love Gale? Listen to our headcanon about Katniss and Peeta inviting Gale and his future family over to dinner twenty years in the future. Are you a Gale lover or a Gale hater? Join us on Mondays for Mockingjay Mondays to read "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" with us on Instagram. Share with us on our Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok @intothearenapodcast and check out more Hunger Games content there! 

Welcome back, tributes! Following Emily and Holly's review of "Songs From District Twelve and Beyond", the tributes discuss and review the incredible "Catching Fire Motion Picture Soundtrack". While Emily and Holly can agree on most things, there are some debates this episode on what is the best and the worst song of the album. What are your favorite and least favorite songs from the soundtrack?  Share with us on our Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok  @intothearenapodcast and check out more Hunger Games content there!

Welcome back, tributes! This week Emily and Holly deep dive into the nostalgia that are all of the "Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", "Mockingjay Part 1" and "Mockingjay Part 2" trailers. The episode begins with the most cringe-worthy display of Hunger Games fandom love with spoken word song parody from Emily and a table read of the dumbest fan fiction ever written by Holly. This week's episode is meant to be watched and you can find the full video of Emily and Holly's "Trailer Talk" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYUiW-X4uh8Yic0-9ByCtRg . Share your thoughts on our Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook @intothearenapodcast.

SOUND THE ALARMS! This week, Emily and Holly finally get to discuss "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" with ALL SPOILERS of THE ENTIRE BOOK. Come back and listen if you are not ready to be spoiled, but if you have made it this far and are ready to be spoiled: let's get this party started! Come on a double date with Emily/Sejanus and Holly/Peeta through our Ballad themed pregame. What do we think about Lucy Gray? Does Snow have OCD? Suzanne finally got to include her swamp potato cameo! Share your thoughts on the book with us on our Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok @intothearenapodcast and check out more Hunger Games content there! In the meantime, join us every Monday at 6PM PST/9PM EST for a Ballad read-along on Instagram!