Adaptive Difficulty

Adaptive Difficulty
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Adaptive Difficulty is a podcast focused on examining the question: What makes a good adaptation? Join hosts Josh and Cameron every month as they discuss an individual adaptation and its source material.

  1. 4D AGO

    Wuthering Heights (2026)

    There's nothing like watching erotica with strangers in a theatre. Wuthering Heights (2026) is also nothing like the book. Well, not nothing; it certainly bears some resemblance, but it's like if the book were half-hidden in the dense fog of a remote English moor. Join us as we discuss the hot and fresh (pun intended) 2026 Wuthering Heights movie, directed and written by Emeral Fennell, based on Emily Bronte's 1847 masterpiece Wuthering Heights. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/centuries-agoLicense code: 4UOSOLZL7CRTDCHS

    1h 6m

  2. FEB 6

    The Adapties (Awards Show!)

    Come to root for your favorite, stay to see just how far Charlie and the Chocolate Factory can go against all odds. The awards season heats up now that Adaptive Difficulty has weighed in! We crown winners and losers among our episodes, and christen the Best Adaptation for the year in a drag-out bracket brawl. License code: CBIKOUNEIFQL78EA

    53 min

  3. JAN 23

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

    Do not cite the podcast to me, Witch! I was there when it was recorded. Put on your giant fur coat and grab your Turkish delight to settle in for this wide-ranging discussion of C.S. Lewis's fairy tale turned theatrical sort-of-epic. Topics include the role of women in the book compared to the movie, Edmund's major character changes, and whether the movie tie-in video game is secretly an underrated classic. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/roger-gabalda/the-great-wonder License code: KOJSNUQIBDEVMYXG

    56 min

  4. JAN 9

    Tom & Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011)

    New Year! New Pod Plus. Some creative works are so inspiring and wonderful that people keep adapting it. New Pod Plus is our way of exploring those many adaptations. We thought it best to start this new string of shorter episodes with something truly worthy of discussion and consideration. That's right, it's Tom & Jerry & The Wizard of Oz, an "interesting" rendition of The Wizard of Oz. Experience the whacky whimsy as Tom and Jerry go toe-to-toe with the Wicked Witch of the West. Dorthy's there too, I guess. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/monument-music/the-festive-fairyLicense code: HUETXQMJ6GDLGZXS

    24 min

  5. 12/26/2025

    The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

    Empire? I hardly know her. But seriously, who doesn't like The Empire Strikes Back? It's very close to a perfect movie, for the most part, but is the novel a perfect book? It has to be better than the last Star Wars book, right? Join us as we celebrate the holiday season with our own Star Wars Holiday Special. This time we are diving into The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas's 1980 blockbuster sequel to Star Wars: A New Hope, and Donald F. Glut's 1980 novel of the same name, published one month before the movie.

    1 hr

  6. 11/28/2025

    Pride and Prejudice (2005)

    It's a truth universally acknowledged that two men in possession of microphones must be in search of a podcast. And we found it. Join us as we experience 2005's Pride and Prejudice, staring Keira Knightley based on Jane Austen's 1813 Pride and Prejudice. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/cory-alstad/watching-her-stepLicense code: DXLH7S4T8WGREL69

    1h 33m

  7. 10/24/2025

    The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

    If I had a nickel for every time Jack Black starred in a movie based on a kid's beloved video game franchise that involved traveling to an alternate dimension through a portal hidden in an abandoned industrial sector, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Join as we explore 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/cyborg-ninjaLicense code: B0NCUEHYO3QRTOH7

    1h 23m

  8. 09/26/2025

    No Country for Old Men

    What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss? Does Chigurh vote? And who would he vote for? Is this podcast lucky, since it travelled all this way to your ears? Join us as we ruthlessly chase down No Country for Old Men, the 2007 film based on the book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy.

    1h 16m
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Adaptive Difficulty is a podcast focused on examining the question: What makes a good adaptation? Join hosts Josh and Cameron every month as they discuss an individual adaptation and its source material.

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  • Creator
    Adaptive Difficulty
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
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