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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OUT NOW! Those Baldur's Gate novelizations got some wheels turning. Our very own John Goodman happens to be a seasoned Dungeon Master, and he's cooked up a one-shot for us in the same iconic setting. How will our party of podcasters fare in Faerûn? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! Our dear friend @markstay.bsky.social joins to discuss Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, the first in a trilogy of tertiary tomes clearly written with zero oversight from Lucasfilm. For better or worse, Star Wars stories will never be this weird again. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! This re-release of our episode on Batman & Robin 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 1:24:30 to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! Stalwart guest @thelastmachine.bsky.social is back again to discuss September 30, 1955. Fun fact: Tarantino has repeatedly called this novelization his favorite book. We're not sure it beats Cowboys and Aliens, but it really is quite good! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! We finally reach the last of the extant Death Race movies. Would you believe it isn't amazing? We're not exactly sure why we did any of this, but we've got plenty of thoughts about why (if the series is indeed over) Beyond Anarchy is a real low point to go out on. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! We've had @bilgeebiri.bsky.social on twice before. He's a terrific guest, and keeps coming back despite both of those previous books being pretty much intolerable. To break that streak, here comes the novelization of a universally acclaimed masterpiece: Waterworld. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! Our 200th novelization! Look. We've read Yvonne Navarro novelizing a Species movie before. We know she kills it. We've had @davidlsims.bsky.social on before and we know he's a delight. Guaranteed slam dunk here. We're good at this! 200! Yes! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

And more!

As mentioned on the ranking episode, here are some recently unearthed glimpses into Andrew Overbye's childhood (as well as those of Andrew Marco and past guest Annie Ulrich)