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 Donny and I welcome our friend and author, Ora Smith, as we talk about the life of Howard Hughes. We discuss the Martin Scorsese film, “The Aviator,” and the book “Howard Hughes: His Life and Madnes…

This week Donny and Maura talk about the Italian novel “The Lost Daughter” by Elena Ferrante and the 2021 Netflix movie directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film is nominated for many Academy Awards, i…

It's our birthday week! Today Donny and Maura talk about the Alice Munro short story, "A Bear Came Over the Mountain" and the Sarah Polley adaptation, "Away From Her."  A man comes to grips with wife…

This week Donny and Maura discuss Ron Stallworths’ 2018 “Black Klansman: A Memoir and the academy award winning film “BlackKKlanman.” The movie was written and directed by Spike Lee, starring John Da…

Happy Valentines Day! Donny and Maura review the classis rom-com Bridget Jones's Diary. The book was published in 1996 and the movie released in 2001. The movie starred Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth a…

This week we discuss the 2017 novel “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas. The novel won the 2018 Coretta Scott King Award, The Michael L. Prinz Award, and many others. The film was released in 2018, wit…

Donny and Maura review the 1967 novel "The Power of the Dog" and the 2021 film of the same name directed by Jane Campion. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, and Kodi S…

We are throwing it back to old Hollywood today with the 1968 movie "The Swimmer" starring Burt Lancaster. The movie was based on the 1962 short story of the same name by John Cheever.

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Did you know that "Mean Girls" was based on the non-fiction book "Queen Bees Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter  Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys, and the New Realities of Girl World?"
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Donny and Maura dive into the classic " Emma" by Jane Austen and the modern spin of the 1995 cult classic "Clueless" by Amy Heckerling starring Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd and Brittany Murphy. 

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Maura and Donny kick-off Season 2 with F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and the movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan. 

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Donny and Maura wrap-up the year with the movie classic "A Christmas Story" based on the short story "Duel in the snow or Red Ryder Nails the Cleveland St. Kid" in the Jean Shepherd collection of sto…

Maura and Donny continue the holiday festivities with Debbie Macomber's "Dashing Through the Snow" and the Hallmark movie of the same name. 

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Donny and Maura welcome special guest and Grinch Expert, Amelia to talk about Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and the movie starring Jim Carrey.

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Donny and Maura kick-off the holiday season with David Baldacci's "The Christmas Train" and the Hallmark movie starring Dermot Mulroney, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Danny Glover.

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Maura and Donny discuss "There is Where I Leave You" by Jonathan Topper and the movie of the same name. Join us in this episode dedicated to our friend Melody Byer-Grell.

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Donny and Maura talk about the thriller "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn and the movie starting Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.

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Maura and Donny discuss Ray Carver's short story, "Why Don't You Dance?"  That was adapted into the movie "Everything Must Go"  starring Will Farrell.

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Happy Halloween!! Join Donny and I as we talk about Stephen Kings' "Carrie."

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Join us for a spooktacular start to Halloween! Donny and Maura talk about "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving and "Sleepy Hollow" the movie starting Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.

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