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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 22h

OUT NOW! @mattfisher.bsky.social, having submitted to the whims of the wheel, as reward has wisely chosen a book by consistently compelling Star Trek author Vonda N. McIntyre. @markstay.bsky.social also joins, and we have a whale of a time discussing The Voyage Home! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OUT NOW! Though it sadly lacks a novelization, we've simply done too much Resident Evil stuff not to cover the new movie. Trevor Thomas is back from our Alien: Isolation episode! Kris Sundet returns from our video game season! We like the movie! Come hang out! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

OUT NOW! William Mendoza from @menonfilm.bsky.social joins to discuss a man of the Dark variety. He's lucky he jumped in where he did; while the last Darkman tertiary tome left us cold, The Gods of Hell is a rollicking return to form for author Randall Boyll! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

OUT NOW! Are you ravenous for all things Resident Evil? Nostalgic for the days when video game movies just kinda did whatever and their novelizations followed suit? We've got you covered! @rockmarooned.bsky.social joins to discuss Resident Evil (2002). Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One of the strangest novelisations I’ve ever read (and I’ve read the E.T. sequel!)

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

OUT NOW! That rarest of monsters, the British kaiju film novelization, was bestowed upon British correspondent @markstay.bsky.social by the all-knowing randomization wheel. To do it justice, we also brought in kaiju correspondent @rusteenh.bsky.social. It's time for Gorgo! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

OUT NOW! Darkman season continues to continue! The film's direct-to-video sequel did not receive a novelization, but it did receive wildly varying responses from the hosts of this podcast. It's time for Darkman 2: The Return of Durant! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

OUT NOW! We discuss the junior novelization of Masters of the Universe (2026) which has a lot more personality than many of its ilk (including at least one by the same author). We love when a junior's got a little juice, and we love to reassess a writer we'd written off! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

OUT NOW! Darkman season continues! On this episode we discuss the first book in author Randall Boyll's tetralogy of tertiary tomes. Did you enjoy the first Darkman adventure but wish it had less Darkman and more child murder? Darkman: The Hangman has you covered! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Cows in the Field @cowspod.com · 29/08/2026

UNCUT GEMS (w/ Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social)! Capitalism. Gambling. Capitalism. Gems. Gambling. Capitalism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@thelastmachine.bsky.social made an incredible game for our Darkman episode, and now you can play it yourself! Each image is from a MAD Magazine parody, and each offers three possible points. - What is the film being spoofed? - Was that film novelized? - What was the title of the MAD parody?

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

OUT NOW! Before Sam Raimi took on Spider-Man, he created his own superhero, and there's not much else like it. We begin our journey through the improbably extensive Darkman canon, with @thelastmachine.bsky.social as our guide. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Coming up on Authorized! Starting later this week, @thelastmachine.bsky.social will join us for a deep dive into the dark. We'll cover the Darkman novelization and that author's four additional tie-in novels, plus bonus episodes for the sequel films and video game. Behold the schedule!

Authorized: The Darkman Novels (with John Cribbs)

August 27 - Darkman
August 31 - Darkman: The Hangman
Sept. 7 - Darkman 2: The Return of Durant (BONUS EP!)
Sept. 21 - Darkman: The Gods of Hell (with William Mendoza)
October 5 - Darkman: The Price of Fear (with Gus Spelman)
October 12 - Die Darkman Die (BONUS EP!)
October 19 - Darkman: In the Face of Death (with Joseph Gibson)
October 26 - Darkman NES Game (BONUS EP!)

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Sarah Kurchak @fodderfigure.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Shout out to the original owner of my next UNCLE paperback

An old yellowed paperback cover from the inside. In very clean and perky handwriting, it says “Randy Dickey”

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Sarah Welch-Larson @dodgyboffin.com · 21/08/2026

Hi I joined Hannah and Andrew to talk about a genuinely buckwild pop culture artifact

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Kyler Fey vs Destoroyah @kylerfey.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I liked this book when I was a young kid. I tried to revisit it as an adult a few years ago. It’s not good. It’s really bad, but it’s fun to listen to Authorized team examine it. a

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

OUT NOW! @dodgyboffin.com joins for Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye! A listener request! You can request books at patreon.com/authorizedpod. But as two listeners now have discovered, you can pay us to read a book by our #1 enemy, but you can't make us like it. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

OUT NOW! We have completed our Beatles season! And any season completion, no matter how short, warrants a ranking episode. As per usual, it's a looser, more casual kind of hang. As is less usual, we got Johnny and @markstay.bsky.social to join in on the fun! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

OUT NOW! For our 5-year anniversary episode Mike Mitchell of @doughboys.bsky.social joined to discuss one of his favorite films, Raiders of the Lost Ark! The novelization has some great stuff, but also some terrible stuff. Ain't that life?! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

OUT NOW! We cover the junior novelization of KPop Demon Hunters, and @jessyoonwrites.bsky.social was kind enough to join us to discuss! This is one of our best interviews, as she gives us valuable insights into the creative, corporate, and cultural aspects of the project. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

OUT NOW! @bransonreese.bsky.social returns, this time to discuss something that isn’t a sequel: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Is this novelization charming enough to undo 12-year-old Branson’s feelings of betrayal upon watching the film in theaters? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

OUT NOW! It was never novelized, but we couldn’t do a Beatles season and not watch Magical Mystery Tour. @markstay.bsky.social joins to help us understand why this oddity is much maligned, but the rest of us are more inclined to believe it’s coming to take you away. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Andrew Jupin @jupinwhm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Had a ball talking about this v silly book with the great folks on @authorizedpod.bsky.social!

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I Read Movies 📖 🎥 🍿 @ireadmovies.com · 03/08/2026

Oh snap they’re covering StarTrek/X-Men Planet X!!! Can’t wait to listen to that.

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Catch @jupinwhm.bsky.social and the rest of @whmpodcast.bsky.social talking Star Trek next week at Star Trek: Las Vegas! Tickets here: linktr.ee/whmpodcast

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

OUT NOW! @jupinwhm.bsky.social of @whmpodcast.bsky.social returns to discuss a convergence of two of his interests: What if Star Trek: The Next Generation met the X-Men? The answer- They already met before, apparently? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

OUT NOW! This re-release of our bonus episode on Michael Mann's Heat has a NEW GAME! Maybe you've got the episode memorized. Maybe you only ever listen to the games. Regardless of your reasons, if you want to jump to the new part, you can do so at the timestamp 1:49:13. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

OUT NOW! We've had cases where it's bizarre that a movie exists. We've had cases where it's bizarre that a novelization was attempted. Here we've got both. So if we may introduce to you the act you've known for all these years, it's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

OUT NOW! Following last week's picture book, we push that idea to its absolute limit, while also sating our curiosity about a weirdly intriguing movie, by covering the Little Golden Book for Minions & Monsters. How do we fare? Is there a there there? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

OUT NOW! You might think we'd be disappointed that Yellow Submarine turned out to be more of a picture book than a traditional novelization. But you'd be wrong! We love this thing! Why? What makes it so special? Should you be hunting down your own copy right now? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

HELP! is a very strange movie. You know what's even stranger? The novelization. Had a lot of fun joining the ANP crew to break down this bizarre little curio.

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

OUT NOW! For week two of our Beatles month, we've got @noelmu.bsky.social back to offer a little... assistance in making sense of an anarchic film and a borderline incomprehensible book. It's time for Help! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Worth listening to if only for the moment where I realise that we’re reading two different versions of the book! And it’s very clean…

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

OUT NOW! Usually when we read two versions of a book it's because one was for younger readers. In this case, @markstay.bsky.social helped us discover that the UK and US editions of A Hard Day's Night are wildly different! Listen for the moment where we realize this on mic: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Pax Wolf @paxholley.com · 30/06/2026

Ooooo! Can’t wait for this. The movies are fun/weird for sure. I’ve never tried the novelizations!

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

July will be Beatles month at Authorized! This is a strange set of films! What will their novelizations be like? Will Andrew learn to love the Beatles? Will Hannah's head explode if he doesn't? Tune in throughout July for answers to these questions and more!

Graphic advertising the Authorized mini-season of Beatles film novelizations

July 2 - A Hard Day's Night (with Mark Stay)
July 9 - Help! (with Noel Murray)
July 16 - Yellow Submarine
July 23 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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She Nerds Out Podcast @shenerdsout.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The SNOP will be back from hiatus very soon but here is another fun side quest we did with @authorizedpod.bsky.social! We join the fine folks at Authorized Novelizations Podcast for a Star Wars RPG! open.spotify.com/episode/3hWd...

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BONUS RPG: Star Wars - The Gravity Hammer ( w/ She Nerds Out Podcast )

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

After torturing @patrickhwillems.bsky.social for far too long with unhinged games, unhinged recipes, and the writing of Alan Dean Foster, we decided he deserved a fun movie and a book that, if nothing else, would at least go by quickly. It's Toy Story 5! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Happy Pride! We've got Rabia from the Showgirl's Luck podcast and @mx-emotion.bsky.social (me!) discussing A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamspawn by Christa Faust. Not one of those people is cis, and Andrew hosted solo, so please enjoy the most trans episode of Authorized. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Media/Lit @media-lit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Wes Anderson is trapped in a dreamscape, and the Midnight Coterie of Cinephile Podcasters drafts teams of quirky characters to rescue him. @moviesanduspod.bsky.social @leahmarilla.bsky.social @hsblechman.bsky.social @authorizedpod.bsky.social @scottcole.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6kQW...

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Media/Lit @media-lit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Our Wes Anderson draft was almost perfect...but we forgot to draft a Goldblum character! #wesanderson #jeffgoldblum Full Episode: youtu.be/nwx20i5ySq8?... @moviesanduspod.bsky.social @leahmarilla.bsky.social @scottcole.bsky.social @authorizedpod.bsky.social @kris-ingersoll.bsky.social

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

OUT NOW! This re-release of our episode on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has a NEW GAME! If you're just in it to see what kind of silly quiz Andrew has cooked up this time, jump to the timestamp 2:58:57 to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The good news about the games is that there's no way to prepare for them anyway! But that's also kind of the bad news.

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She Nerds Out Podcast @shenerdsout.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

While we're away, you can listen to the SNOP explore the novelization of the greatest UFO movie ever. We're back with the fine folks on the Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social to talk about Close Encounters of the Third Kind! open.spotify.com/show/68YhhFL...

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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Alien Contact

ALT: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Alien Contact

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

OUT NOW! The Man from U.N.C.L.E. books fully hit their stride with The Dagger Affair, and we've got Bill Koenig of @thespycommand.bsky.social to discuss it. Bill's expertise in (fictional) espionage provides loads of useful context for this lovingly written tertiary tome. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

OUT NOW! We're about to tackle our fourth Man from U.N.C.L.E. novel, and our previous little batch of TV episodes is starting to look like insufficient context to sustain Andrew through so many books. So Hannah has curated another four episodes to watch and discuss! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

OUT NOW! Ever since we first encountered the hosts of @shenerdsout.bsky.social we have been drawn inexplicably and inexorably back, as if compelled by otherworldly forces, to record podcast episodes with them. This time we're discussing Close Encounters of the Third Kind! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

OUT NOW! Our resident game master John Goodman was kind enough to work up another one-shot for us, this time set in the world of Star Wars. Even more exciting, the hosts of @shenerdsout.bsky.social were kind enough to join! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

OUT NOW! The wheel assigned Tombstone, a beloved classic, to Matt Fisher as a reward for bringing Sneakers into our lives. But fairly or not, the wheel also kind of blames him for Death Stranding, so it turns out the novelization is less laudable. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast @authorizedpod.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

OUT NOW! You might think we called up our Australian friend Rabia to weigh in on Burke & Wills, a foundational Australian story about the follies of colonialism. But no! This book was a gift given directly to Rabia by the almighty randomization wheel. All hail the wheel! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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