RTFB

RTFB

By Chris Hamm, Chris Jacobsen, Danielle Rowe, Travis RoweTV & FilmArtsBooksFilm Reviews
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RTFB episodes

  • One Shot - Nothing Lasts Forever / Die Hard
    Wherein we talk about a seminal Christmas Classic Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp, and its movie adaptation Die Hard. We also talk about: If this is a Christmas movie?, 80's Movie Trope Nostalgia, the Inspiration for the book, a much darker ending in the book, favorite scenes, and other Christmas movies to check out this year.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Dune 2 - Bonus Episode
    Wherein Travis talks to his mom, an OG Dune fan, about her reaction to the Dune movies and they also discuss: Mom's SciFi Bone Fides, Star Trek reviews, Other SciFi Books, Mom's reactions to reading Dune back in the 70s, if the movies were how she envisioned them, and environmentalist themes.
    37 min
  • The Postman - Episode 3
    Wherein we talk about the movie version of The Postman and we also talk about: restarting social media after the apocalypse, Kevin Costner and the female gaze, just rolling all the women into one character, Tom Petty as himself, Bill the pony - master swordsman, Giovanni Ribisi as himself, getting a status made of you for the wrong thing, and Danielle saying her famous catch phrase.
    1 hr 40 min
  • The Postman - Episode 2
    Wherein we talk about the second half of The Postman and we also talk about: Olympic foley artists, if theSociety of Cincinnatus was a real thing, emperor naming conventions, women in STEM roles, conmen and the Big Lie, and what to do with super soldiers after the war.
    1 hr 49 min
  • The Postman - Episode 1
    Wherein we talk about the first half of The Postman by David Brin and we also talk about: Patreon rewards (that no one wants), Predictions of the Future from the Past, reactions to the book, Deceased postmen as ultimate wingmen, Gordon constantly rolling for deception checks, Vague advice from powerful computers, and what might happen next.
    1 hr 51 min
  • Season 15 - Prelude to The Postman
    Wherein we chat about our new book - The Postman by David Brin, the movie, principally by Kevin Costner, and we also talk about: which government functions we might restart after the apocalypse, Other Chris' ad algorithm, what kind of vibes we can expect from the book, the movie completely bombing, and the absolutely stacked film year that was 1997.
    1 hr 22 min
  • RTFB: Year 4

    Wherein we talk about the fourth year of our little podcast and the best things we read and watched and also evaluate last year's goals and set some new ones.

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    52 min
  • One Shot - Dune: Part 2

    Wherein we talk about Paul's Return to Arrakis as he grapples with survival and embracing or rejecting revenge for his family and we also talk about: banning TikTok, European holidays, performance enhancement for darts, designing a messiah, infamous popcorn buckets and our own terrible purpose.

    An automated transcript is available at this link

    1 hr 27 min
  • One Shot - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
    Wherein we talk about one of the most banned books in America - the classic coming of age tale, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume and we also talk about: The benefits of being a regular at McDonald's, 50 years of Hip Hop, first experiences with periods, the death penalty, how Judy Blume is cool AF, Jewish sleep away camp, trying out churches, and make our parties.
    1 hr 36 min
  • One Shot - A Christmas Carol
    Wherein we talk about THE Christmas Adaptation - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and we also talk about: where our ghosts of Christmas past would take us, other Hallmark Movies Danielle watched, shifting the idea of how to celebrate Christmas, why was Scrooge such a dick anyway?, how hard is it to make pudding?, and the various movie versions that we've enjoyed.
    1 hr 12 min

About RTFB

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A book club and movie review podcast covering some of the most well regarded book to movie adaptations