Thought-Speak - A Book Nostalgia Podcast

In this super-ultra-mega-special episode, we're starting right out introducing our super-ultra-mega-special guest co-host, Nate! We'll let him introduce himself and play a little trivia game to get him warmed up on the series. That's not all, we also discuss in excruciating detail the book's cover art, the Andalite re-design, the science of morphing technology, Z-Space mass, the two hour time limit, the Skrit Na alien race, the Chapman Chronicles, the various alien languages, the Andalite home-world economy, the spooooky Ellimist, Doctor Who references galore, alternate timelines and why we shouldn't discuss them, Futurama references galore, the Taxxon homeworld, Star Wars references galore, genocide and xenocide, the Time Matrix, why you shouldn't summon Hellraiser, Ender's Game references galore, K.A. Applegate's centaur fetish, pocket universes and why we shouldn't discuss them, His Dark Materials references galore, how the Ellimist screwed over Loren, Dragon Ball Z references galore, and the first ever review from a non-fan of the series! All that and more, when we recruit our first-ever guest co-host to help us review "The Andalite Chronicles"!Continue readingAnimorphs: The Andalite Chronicles

In this episode we're talking about how terrible the Animorphs TV show is, an announcement for next week's special episode, we try out our Hork-Bajir accents, getting sexist about female Hork-Bajir, the political beef between Andalites and Hork-Bajir, the "something else" that's in Tobias, how to tell a male Hork-Bajir from a female Hork-Bajir, and how Tobias gets his groove back! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 13, "The Change."Continue readingAnimorphs: The Change

In this episode we're talking about the worst Animorphs fans, the crazy amount of Andalite Chronicles ads, Jeremy Jason McColeman, lots and lots of great dialogue, the level of dedication that Visser 3 has for his job, Marco's awesome llama morph, Cassie and Marco wanting to morph Rachel, Ax being a real "bad Ax", more evidence of Cassie being a creep, and another book we want! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 12, "The Reaction."Continue readingAnimorphs: The Reaction

In this episode we're talking about where we're supposed to find the books, a hidden gem in the recap, how Jake might screw with Tom during their home lives, Jake's "time flashes", the Animorphs "go out attacking" mentality, the supposed rarity of sario rips, who the richest Animorph might be, more questions and rules for morphing, urethra fish, Time Travel with Coleman, and soooo many random tangents! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 11, "The Forgotten."Continue readingAnimorphs: The Forgotten

In this episode we're talking all about the "get morphed" contest winner, why our review of The Secret was justified, Coleman's thoughts on Chee fan art, the many near-deaths of Marco, what Z-Space "mass" might look like, awkward Rachel/Tobias flirting, communist Pemalites, what the Alternamorphs series should have been, bat morph, and the bloodiest, most gruesome battle since The Stranger! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 10, "The Android."Continue readingAnimorphs: The Android

This week, hosts Mitchell and Coleman talk about the longest opening recap yet, Batman vs. Spider Man, unnecessary termite morphs, unnecessary skunk side-plots, Marco's one good zinger from this book, Visser 3's new box obsession, and the ultimate weapon: skunk butt! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 9, "The Secret."Continue readingAnimorphs: The Secret

This week, hosts Mitchell and Coleman geek out about Ax's first official character design, how terrible the Animorphs are at watching Ax, cool ways for Yeerks to die, kangaroo battle morph, the many conveniences of the plot, how Cassie finally snapped and went too far, how Ax phoning home makes absolutely no sense, when the plot jumped the shark, the many friendship speeches of this book, and our different opinions on Seerow's Kindness! All that and more in the review of Animorphs book 8, "The Alien."Continue readingAnimorphs: The Alien

In this first-ever Mega episode, hosts Mitchell and Coleman discuss the Animorph's diary exchange program, the last instance of Melissa being a relevant character, the incompetence of Rachel, the incompetence of the Veleek, Tobias the skycam, the retro book cover, a better Rachel plot, Cassie the Animorphs secretary, our own crazy homeless shack lady theory: yep, we figured out who she really is, punching lawnmowers, Geography With Coleman!, and the continuing incompetence of Visser 3! All that and more in the first ever "Megamorphs" Animorphs book, "The Andalite's Gift."Continue readingAnimorphs: Megamorphs: The Andalite’s Gift

In this week's installment hosts Mitchell and Coleman discuss time travel, tattoos, time travel tattoos, the Applegate vault, the inaccuracy of the cover images, what's going on with the Ellimists?, various plot holes, and some actual listener emails to read! All that and more in the season finale of Animorphs: book 7, "The Stranger."Continue readingAnimorphs: The Stranger

In this week's installment hosts Mitchell and Coleman talk dog poop, why it sucks to be a controller, more alien name pronunciations, what the heck's going on with Crayak?, Jake the sociopath, and some of the coolest most active Animorphs websites. All that and more in this week's review of Animorphs book 6, "The Capture."Continue readingAnimorphs: The Capture