Schedule - Season 6
Listener Picks!
Want to read the books or watch the movies along with us? We would love it if you sent us your reactions to how the movie compared to the book, your favorite characters, things you are shocked that were different between the two, ANYTHING. We want to hear it all! Take a look at what is coming up this season!
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Season 6 is an exciting one! Every book/movie combo was picked by YOU! All our listeners came together and picked some of their favorites. Do you see your favorite on the list?
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*Book/Movies selections may change but we try to stick to this schedule best we can​
The Hobbit
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Season 6 Episode 1
Release Date: January 6, 2025
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, is persuaded by the wizard Gandalf to join a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug
*One book broken into three movies - we will cover all in one episode
Season 6 Episode 2
Release Date: January 13, 2025
Uglies
By: Scott Westerfeld
A teenager named Tally rebels against a society that forces people to undergo cosmetic surgery to become "Pretty".
Under The Bridge
By: Rebecca Godfrey
Season 6 Episode 3
Release Date: January 20, 2025
A true-crime story about the 1997 murder of Reena Virk and the investigation that followed.
Season 6 Episode 4
Release Date: January 27, 2025
Schindler's List
By: Thomas Keneally
A fictionalized account of the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved the lives of over 1,100 Jewish people during the Holocaust
Blood & Chocolate
By: Annette Curtis Klause
Season 6 Episode 5
Release Date: February 3, 2025
Vivian is a werewolf living with her mother and her pack in a city in Maryland. She falls in love with a human boy, but is devastated when he is unable to accept her for who she is. Her rage and grief cause her to lose control of herself while in wolf form.
Season 6 Episode 6
Release Date: February 10, 2025
The Sweet Hereafter
By: Russell Banks
A small town in Upstate New York in the wake of a school bus accident in which many local children are killed. Their grieving parents are approached by a slick city lawyer who wants them to sue for damages.
Season 6 Episode 7
Release Date: February 17, 2025
Me Before You
By: Jojo Moyes
Louisa Clark, a quirky young woman who takes a job as a caregiver for Will Traynor, a wealthy man who became paralyzed after a motorcycle accident; as Lou attempts to brighten Will's days and convince him that life is still worth living, they form a deep bond, forcing Lou to confront difficult questions.
Season 6 Episode 8
Release Date: February 24, 2025
Where the Crawdads Sing
By: Delia Owens
Kya Clark is a young woman who raises herself in the North Carolina marshes and becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Season 6 Episode 9
Release Date: March 3, 2025
The Warriors
By: Sol Yurick
A New York City street gang who are framed for murder and must travel from the Bronx to Coney Island to get home.
Season 6 Episode 10
Release Date: March 10, 2025
Defending Jacob
By: William Landay
A father whose 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a classmate.
*One book broken into two movies - we will cover all in one episode
Dune
By: Frank Herbert
Season 6 Episode 11
Release Date: March 17, 2025
A young man named Paul Atreides who must travel to a dangerous planet to ensure the future of his family and people.
Season 6 Episode 12
Release Date: March 24, 2025
The Portable Door
By: Tom Holt
A man lands an internship at a mysterious London firm with unconventional employees, including the charismatic CEO who is incorporating modern corporate strategy into ancient magical practices.
The Fall of the House of Usher
By: Edgar Allan Poe
Season 6 Episode 13
Release Date: March 31, 2025
A faithful friend, Ethan Powell, responds to an urgent summons from a childhood acquaintance. He finds himself a solitary guest in the foreboding, inscrutable Usher mansion. A mysterious ailment has possessed Roderick Usher, lord of the manor, which has resisted all medical treatment and threatens to extinguish the line of Usher forever.
Season 6 Episode 14
Release Date: April 7, 2025
The Hunt for Red October
By: Tom Clancy
Soviet submarine captain, Marko Ramius, seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutting-edge ballistic missile submarine Red October.
*Movie was renamed to 10 Things I Hate About You
The Taming of the Shrew
By: William Shakespeare
Season 6 Episode 15
Release Date: April 14, 2025
A wealthy merchant has two daughters, the fiery and outspoken Katherina and the beautiful and mild-mannered Bianca; however, Bianca cannot be married until her older sister Katherina is wed first, attracting a variety of suitors seeking Bianca's hand.
Season 6 Episode 16
Release Date: April 21, 2025
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie
By: Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Juliet Ashton, a London-based writer in post-WWII England, who begins exchanging letters with residents of the island of Guernsey, discovering a unique book club they formed which was created as an alibi during the German occupation of the island. As she learns more about their experiences, she feels compelled to visit Guernsey and uncover the secrets of their lives during the war.
The Joy Luck Club
By: Amy Tan
Season 6 Episode 17
Release Date: April 28, 2025
The lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their daughters in San Francisco.
Season 6 Episode 18
Release Date: May 5, 2025
Lost Girls
By: Robert Kolker
Determined to find her missing daughter, a desperate woman launches a personal investigation that leads police to the unsolved cases of murdered sex workers.
The Perfect Mother
By: Nina Darnton
Season 6 Episode 19
Release Date: May 12, 2025
A woman, often portrayed as seemingly ideal, whose obsessive need to control her adult son's life, particularly his relationship with his wife, escalates to dangerous levels.
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret.
By: Judy Blume
Season 6 Episode 20
Release Date: May 19, 2025
Eleven-year-old Margaret moves to a new town and starts to contemplate everything about life, friendship and adolescence.
I Am Legend
By: Richard Matheson
Season 6 Episode 21
Release Date: May 26, 2025
Robert Neville, the last surviving human on Earth after a pandemic turns everyone else into vampires.
Season 6 Episode 22
Release Date: June 2, 2025
Dear Evan Hansen
By: Val Emmich
Evan Hansen is an anxious, isolated high-school student who's aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social media age. He soon embarks on a journey of self-discovery when a letter he wrote for a writing exercise falls into the hands of a grieving couple whose son took his own life.
Matilda
By: Roald Dahl
Season 6 Episode 23
Release Date: June 9, 2025
Matilda Wormwood, a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother. Worse, Agatha Trunchbull, the evil principal at Matilda's school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull's wrath and fight back against her unkind parents.
Season 6 Episode 24
Release Date: June 16, 2025