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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ELLIMIST CHRONICLES | Episode 66This speak: It doesn't get any better than us jumping straight into one of the most divergent books in the series! Will Michelle and Coleman be able to cover all the intricacies and metaphors without the episode falling apart at the seams? More importantly, will they figure out how to pronounce Ketran? All that AND MORE on the latest episode of Thought-Speak!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ANSWER | Episode 65This speak: After bragging about our schedule in the last episode, yes, we're back after another long hiatus.... But maybe that will be the last one? We talk about our lives, the podcast, the future of the podcast, and more importantly, the book! The gang have destroyed their town and their next target is Visser One's pool ship. Can they pull it off? Will Jake commit another warcrime (yes)? All that and more on the third or fourth reboot of Thought-Speak!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE CHRIS GRINE INTERVIEW | Episode 64This speak: We sit down with author and comic artist Chris Grine to discuss in more detail his adaptation of the Animorphs series and what's coming next for his indomitable talents. We gain insights into his process and how he sees the series overall, as well as some exclusive scoops on the next two books! It's like we're real journalists! All that and more on this latest episode of Thought-Speak!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE SACRIFICE | Episode 63This speak: I hope you didn't think we'd be off the air for another year. We're hitting you with back to back weeks of Thought-Speak goodness. Here we talk about what's coming next and how close we are to the end of the series. Ax starts his last book off with a bang and it doesn't let up. Holocaust inferences, subway gang fights, Cassie's outing as a traitor (and maybe their savior), Rachel's mom isn't worthless, and hands down, one of the best missions of the entire series. All that and a ton of stuff I forgot on this...2023-02-271h 27
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ABSOLUTE | Episode 62This speak: We're back! Again, and again, and again. Sorry folks, you're not rid of us yet. Like a parasitic alien species, we are here to climb into your auditory orifice and break down book number fifty-one in the Animorphs series: The Absolute. We also bring you some updates to the franchise and its movie/comic adaptations and lay out what's coming for your favorite series podcast. Let us know what you want us to dive into with the last few books or just email us about your memories of reading these books for the first time!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ULTIMATE | Episode 61This speak: You're not ready for our reaction of not being ready for this episode about the Animorphs not being ready for the end of this war! That's right dear listeners, we are counting down to the end of the war and you are not prepared for what our favorite mean, lean, and sometimes green teenagers are willing to do to win it. Don't let your friends and family know that you missed this brand new episode of Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs Podcast!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE DIVERSION | Episode 60This speak: We're back! Again! At the start, we update the listeners on life events, other podcasts, and reasons why we've been away but come crawling back every time. After that, we jump straight into the book with a breakdown of Tobias's sad, sad home life, the adrenaline-fueled reveal of the Animorph's greatest secret to the Yeerks, and of course, more wacky grocery store antics. You don't want to miss this amazing, brand new episode of Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs Podcast!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE VISITOR: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL | Episode 59This speak: WHOA! We get an exclusive copy of Chris Grine's latest comic adaptation of the Animorphs with THE VISITOR. Breaking down the plot, art, new depictions of fan-favorite aliens, ships, morphs, and so much more, you don't want to miss this EARLY REVIEW. We also discuss where the future of these adaptations may go and our excitement of the upcoming books and the end of the series. Join us and strap yourselves in for an incredible episode of Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs Podcast!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE RETURN | Episode 58This speak: Everyone's favorite snot-nosed little Benedict Arnold is back; of course we're talking about David! From trilogy to saga, David comes back with a vengeance, literally. See Rachel like never before; super, super tall for some reason? Also, Crayak is there with his buddy the Drode. They're hanging out and up to no good as always. I kind of wish we would have gotten some Chee in this book now that I'm thinking about it. They really never expanded their story in terms of Crayak's involvement with their masters. Weird tangent! Anyway, enjoy the episode!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE RESISTANCE | Episode 57This speak: Back to the basics! We dive into Animorphs book #47 and try to make sense of these dueling storylines. Civil War-era middle-grade antics dealing with abject racism and earning your place in society? Check. Giant tree-hugging space lizards fighting for their home alongside Trekkie alien diplomat wannabes? Double-check. Join us as we fumble our way through recording normal episodes again and try to bring this podcast back from the dead! Spooky!
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE INVASION: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL | Episode 56This speak: We're back! We talk about the show's return and what it means to us and all the changes in our lives. Diving deep into the first official Animorphs graphic (Graphix?) novel, we break down the original plot that started it all and how it holds up in this new format. Amazingly after that, we sit down with the man who made it happen: Chris Grine! The writer and illustrator of the adaptation talks with us about everything from Visser Three's thicc bod, to future adaptations and what they might have in store. All this and more as...2021-06-252h 20
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE DECEPTION | Episode 55This speak: Aximili (and those "teenage human-animal morphers" he's aligned with) discover the existence of the new Visser One's next evil plot! And it involves Visser Two! And some mysterious coordinates at sea! The Animorphs are no strangers to dangerous missions, but this time things are getting BONKERS real fast. After stealing an F-16 fighter jet, crashing it at sea, and then boarding the USS George Washington warship, the Animorphs discover a Yeerk plot that will change the future of the planet.... and maybe even initiate World War III.... Can Ax avert total war and the beginning of the en...2021-06-121h 33
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE REVELATION | Episode 54This speak: Marco's dad has a big new project at work. He's apparently developing humanity's first instance of Z-Space travel. Marco realizes the dangers involved, and of course, his father is soon made a target for Yeerk infestation. After losing his mother to the Yeerks, Marco isn't going to let his father go without a fight! But now Marco has to make a choice. Because this time, his actions have dire consequences, and his father's life hangs in the balance. Can Marco, the Animorphs, and their alien friend ol' what's-his-name, Tax? Or Brax? Can they save Marco's dad? Will...2021-06-121h 19
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastA VERY ANIMORPHS CHRISTMAS! | Episode 53This Speak: What if the Animorphs series had done a Christmas special? Would the Animorphs meet Santa Clause? What do the Yeerks do on Christmas? Will the kids get to enjoy their Christmas break? It's questions like these that keep us up at night.... but not anymore! Hosts Michelle and Coleman have created, in their minds, the perfect Animorphs Christmas-themed stories. Reindeer morphing? Santa-like aliens? Tender moments between Jake and Cassie? We've got it all! Pull up a chair by the fire and crack open the egg-nog, because when the episode is over you'll be wishing these books were...2021-06-121h 27
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE UNEXPECTED | Episode 52This speak: Cassie just boarded the wrong plane.... During a scuffle with the Yeerks at the airport, Cassie is separated from the others and pursued by scores of controllers. She manages to elude them, temporarily, by hiding out on a departing plane. But things rarely go as planned for our team of teenage heroes, and Cassie winds up in the Australian outback! Totally cut off from her friends! Miles from the nearest trace of civilization! And still being pursued by Yeerks! How will she escape her enemies? How will she get back to her homeland? And most importantly; how di...2021-06-121h 18
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE TEST | Episode 51This speak: Tobias is in over his head - again! After helping to locate a missing child in the woods, Tobias ends up in a vet's office with no way out! And it's the Yeerks that get to him first, headed up by his old nemesis Taylor. The one-time Sub-Visser claims to be helping the Yeerk Peace Movement progress, but she needs something from Tobias and the rest of the Andalite bandits (also Ax) to make her plan work. The team decides to play along and help her tunnel underneath the Yeerk pool in order to make it all g...2021-06-121h 37
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE JOURNEY | Episode 50This speak: Marco's got all sorts of problems! First, there's this camera he's got to snatch from some dude's apartment that just might have some pics of the team in mid-morph.... The only thing standing in his way is one. Tough. Dog. That, and he can't morph. Why not? Because of all the shrunken-down Helmacrons and Animorphs (and Ax's!) inside his body! Huh-whaaa? That's right, the Helmacrons are back, and the rules don't matter anymore! Will Marco ever get the little people out of his head and find a way to delete those potentially disastrous pix?? Find out when we...2021-06-111h 21
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE FAMILIAR | Episode 49This speak: Jake is having a tough time being the leader of the Animorphs (and the leader of Ax). After yet another gut-wrenching battle with the Yeerks, the team is fragmented and tormented and looking to Jake for guidance, but ol' Jakey's not in the mood. Lucky for him, when he goes to bed that night he wakes up in a world where he's not the leader of the Animorphs anymore! BUT the world is ruled by the Yeerks and the Animorphs have long since been defeated. Ruh-roh! Join Jake, alone and confused, as he navigates a hellish future-Earth...2021-06-112h 08
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastMEGAMORPHS: BACK TO BEFORE | Episode 48This speak: Jake's had enough. Enough of the bloody battles. Enough feeling powerless to help. Enough of being an Animorph. So naturally, Crayak is all over him ready to pounce, sending in the Drode to offer Jake a way out. But of course, a deal with the devil is no deal at all, and Jake awakes to find the timelines reset and everyone's memories wiped. And this time, on their way home from the mall one night, FIVE kids don't meet a dying alien. They don't get the power to morph. And they don't know they're being invaded by...2021-06-112h 10
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE OTHER | Episode 47This speak: Marco witnesses what appears to be footage of an Andalite on television, sending him flying from the coop over to Ax's scoop. With Ax's technological advancements they're able to replay the footage and find out exactly what they're dealing with here.....an after-school special about the treatment of the differently-abled! But Marco, Ax, and Tobias find way more than they expected roaming the woods when they run into *A BRAND NEW ANDALITE* that wants nothing to do with them. Ol' Gaffy the Buff Andalite is a man on a mission, struck by disaster now he's wishin' to...2021-06-111h 34
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE HIDDEN | Episode 46This speak: The hunt is on.... for Animorphs, that is! Cassie is enjoying normality one day when Erek busts in and gives her a new mission: Run! It seems the Yeerks have found and repaired some downed Helmacron technology, and now they are able to track the morphing energy the Animorphs emit when they use their powers. Also, the blue cube emits this energy constantly, and now it's up to Cassie to keep it moving to evade the sudden rush of oncoming Yeerks! Her escape leads her to the Gardens where an encounter with a Cape Buffalo throws a...2021-06-111h 07
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ARRIVAL | Episode 45This speak: During a botched mission, Andalite Aristh Aximili (and the Animorphs!) are unexpectedly aided by extra Andalites! Aximili is enthralled with the alluring Estrid, but his Animorph allies are only certainly skeptical. Aximili of course entertains his Andalite allies and adds his aid to their conspicuous cause. When the arguing Animorphs find themselves falling apart, it's up to Aximili to crack the code on his brave brethren's bold cold assassination attempt: their terrible target, the dreadly (amiright?) and deadly Andalite V-3! Is it Aximili's hour of power and glory? Or will it be downfalls and death and the...2021-06-111h 44
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE WEAKNESS | Episode 44This speak: Jake's outta town or something, so naturally Rachel turns into a power-hungry dictator that takes over the Animorphs (she gets Ax too!) and convinces everyone to go out and just start attacking all the controllers they know about to make Visser Three look bad in front of the bad guy-of-the-week that's Inspectoring him. So the Rachel-lead Animorphs (she's still got Ax, too!) hit the town bullying Yeerks and spreading the word that Visser Three and the Yeerks need to leave! Things seem to be going well for the new terrorist group until Rachel sucks and is stupid...2021-06-111h 32
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE MUTATION | Episode 43This Speak: Something-something Visser Three, yadda-yadda the ocean, let's just get to Atlantis already! When the Animorphs go to Atlantis(!), they discover the undiscovered truth about the lost city of Atlantis.... which is that it's not called Atlantis. Actually, it's "Nartec". Or at least that's what the people are called. We never get the name of their "city", it's just the land of the Nartec. The lost city of Nartec? That just doesn't have the same grandiose vibe as Atlantis. Well, whatever, the Animorphs find Atlantis, they get outta there, you know how these types of adventures go. Uhh...2021-06-111h 18
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastVISSER | Episode 42Thought-Speak is delighted to invite you to our recap and review of a very special Animorphs offshoot, Visser. Joining the typical lineup of hosts, Michelle and Coleman, is a brave Animorphs fan and Andalite-tier Patreon subscriber, Richard! After all, such a special book requires a very special extra host! And over the next two hours, we'll try our damndest to convince you to read this book with our constant adoration and highly-sung praise. We're not kidding around here folks, this is one of the best Animorphs books and if you haven't read it yet, you're doing yourself a disservice...2021-06-112h 11
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE PROPOSAL | Episode 41This speak: Marco's dad has a new girlfriend! And Marco's not too happy about it... And now it seems that stress is causing Marco to mix up morphs! Marco tries to hide this all from his friends, The Animorphs (and Ax I guess?), but they've got a new mission to deal with and a controller's career to ruin. Some guy on TV is telling people to join The Sharing, and the team won't be having it! To stop him, they'll pull out all the stops and turn into bugs to try and gross him out. And when that fails...2021-06-111h 05
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE PROPHECY | Episode 40This speak: Cassie's hearing voices in her head! The voice of Aldrea, the Andalite-turned-Hork-Bajir that died in the Hork-Bajir Chronicles, specifically. Remember her?! Well, she's inside Cassie now. And it may have something to do with the Arn that showed up at the free Hork-Bajir colony. This Arn, the last of his kind, seeks to collect the DNA of the free Hork-Bajir and help to take back their homeworld. He offers up the ghost of Aldrea to the Animorphs (and that rascally Ax) to help them find a hidden weapons cache on the Hork-Bajir homeworld. The team is all...2021-06-111h 30
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ILLUSION | Episode 39Heya folks, we’re proud to present our review of a fan-favorite book in the series, The Illusion. This is a highly praised Tobias book that…
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Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE SEPARATION | Episode 38This speak: Rachel splits in two. Shut up, don't ask questions, it just happens, okay?! Now the Animorphs (Featuring Ax the Andalite & Erek the Chee!) have to deal with two completely different Rachels. One of them is a weakling that cries a lot, the other one is seriously a psychopath. Both are useless to the team, and just in time for their critical mission to attack the Yeerks, who are of course working on their latest weapon: an "anti-morph ray" that can supposedly interfere with their morphing powers. How will the Animorphs deal with this whacky new situation? What...2021-06-111h 26
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE CONSPIRACY | Episode 37This speak: Jake's great-grandpa dies, meaning an out-of-town funeral for both Jake and his brother. And as we all know, Tom is a controller. A four-day excursion away from the Yeerk pool is not something he can do. Now Tom will do anything to get out of going to the funeral. Including straight-up murder by a drive-by shooting. Jake's on edge guarding his dad, knowing that Tom could strike again at any moment. The Animorphs (and a feisty Ax!) are desperate to protect Jake's dad while keeping their identities a secret. And they're not so sure they can trust...2021-06-111h 34
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE REUNION | Episode 36This speak: The Visser formerly known as One returns! And when Marco runs smack-dab into her while skipping school, he gets it in his head that he should shadow her. What could go wrong? Marco quickly finds himself breaking all the Animorphs (and Ax!) codes of conduct in his relentless pursuit of his former mother-turned-Visser. Eventually, he hijacks the entire mission, taking Ex-V1 hostage and walking her to her eventual doom, leaving the reader wondering: "Dang... is Marco really going to kill his own mom??" All that and more when we review Animorphs book #30, The Reunion.2021-06-111h 20
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastMEGAMORPHS: ELFANGOR'S SECRET | Episode 35This speak: Our story begins on an alternate, time-tinkered Earth with an entirely different set of Animorphs. Jake is an authoritarian leader. Cassie is a slave owner. Marco is excited by Pong. Ax is the same. And Tobias is in love with the last Animorph, Melissa. This new, more interesting set of characters are swiftly replaced by the standard Animorphs we all know and love, thanks to a convenient truce between Crayak and Ellimist. Now the Animorphs (and Aximili!) are thrust through time on their latest mission to stop one of the second-string villains from messing around with the...2021-06-112h 00
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE SICKNESS | Episode 34This speak: Ax comes down with a deadly and contagious case of SPACE AIDS! And just in time for the next dangerous mission to the Yeerk Pool! When Cassie is confronted by a controller claiming to be with the Yeerk Peace Movement, she learns that her old buddy Aftran (from The Departure) isn't doing so well after the last time we saw her... as in, she's about to be interrogated by Visser 3 and reveal all the Animorphs deepest darkest secrets to him! So now Cassie and the rest of the Animorphs (and not Ax!) have to figure out a...2021-06-111h 21
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE EXPERIMENT | Episode 33This speak: The plot is hologram-delivered to the team once again from their paranoid android friend, Erek the Chee. This time the Yeerks are up to something beefy, and it's the Animorphs (and Ax!) job to investigate a few locales and get to the bottom of the Yeerk's sneaky new plan. All the team knows is that it involves chimps and cows, a laboratory, and a slaughterhouse. But first, Ax must somehow manage to pull himself away from his newly acquired television set! In an adventure that feels in part like it was sponsored by PETA, will the Animorphs...2021-06-111h 29
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE EXPOSED | Episode 32This speak: After some quick subplot melodrama, Rachel and Cassie end up at the mall (surprise surprise) where they quite conveniently encounter a malfunctioning Erek. Oh no! After helping to bail out the Chee, the Animorphs (and Ax!) are off on another wildly inconvenient mission. This time, it's another ocean adventure, as the team takes forever to acquire the perfect morph to reach the bottom of the ocean. That's where the big doggy spaceship is. What lies below, inside the Chee's hidden spacecraft? Nothing. Nothing at all. How will the Animorphs (and Ax!) get outta this jim-jam?! *Shrug* All...2021-06-111h 06
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ATTACK | Episode 31This speak: We've got a lot of catching up to do! Michelle, Coleman, and Nate discuss everything from Animorphs to Power Rangers to Game of Thrones! We also bring Nate up to speed on what's been happening in the series thus far, we have a mini-discussion about Animorphs #1 The Invasion, we'll talk Howlers and Pemalites, Ellimists and Crayaks, Iskoorts, and alien worlds. The Animorphs are on another mission to save an obnoxious alien race on a faraway planet and defeat the Ellimist's arch-nemesis, Crayak. There are many "firsts" for the series in this book, and we'll discuss them all...2021-06-111h 48
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE EXTREME | Episode 30This Speak, the hosts discuss the ghostwriting process now that we're entering that territory, revisiting the "listener emails" section of the show and reading some, an argument about Visser 3's feeding grounds, Coleman's bizarre feelings on this book, Ax impersonates Visser 3 again, we discuss how the team handles arctic conditions, everyone almost freezes to death, another quickly wrapped-up plot, and comparisons to The Forgotten. All that and more, when we review the first ghostwritten Animorphs book, #25, The Extreme.2021-06-111h 25
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE SUSPICION | Episode 29This Speak, it's the amazing shrinking Animorphs! Michelle and Coleman discuss; the future of the Thought-Speak podcast, all the spoilers contained within the cover images, everything wrong with the Helmacrons, plenty of action filler scenes, Coleman's outspoken opinions on the fandom, the story of the stupid r/Animorphs karma-stealing sweatshirt, Coleman points out a print error that went uncaught by the authors and publishers, the similarities between this book and Michael Grant's BZRK, the stupid idea to include the Yeerks in this whole shrinking plot, the return of Chapman and a meeting of the Sharing, and the usefulness of...2021-06-111h 12
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE MICHAEL GRANT INTERVIEW | Episode 28On this unfeasibly special episode of Thought-Speak, Michelle and Coleman somehow managed to snag an interview with the man, the myth, the legend, and one-half of the K.A. Applegate duo that gave us Animorphs, Michael Grant! We were lucky to have an hour of his time where we spoke with him (quite candidly at times) about all of his works, including Front Lines, Gone, BZRK, Messenger of Fear, Eve & Adam, and of course our beloved Animorphs. This is not an episode to be missed, folks!2021-06-111h 08
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE HORK-BAJIR CHRONICLES | Episode 27This speak: the subtle differences between the hard & soft covers, Coleman's beef with the Hork-Bajir design, how with equal parts science and Ellimist anything is possible, how the Yeerks are like ISIS, how the Hork-Bajir homeworld doesn't have a proper name, but even if it did it would probably be something stupid, Aldrea's unlikely morphing ability, Tribe Trees and Father Deep, a Rick & Morty reference, several Star Wars references, Aldrea's poor brother Barafin and his bunk habits, why you should not be like the Arn, why the Arn are unbelievable dicks, an unlikely army of mind-controlled monsters, the Andalites...2021-06-111h 36
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE PRETENDER | Episode 26This speak: More cover critiques, Tobias gets hawk-blocked, weird unexplained flash-visions plaguing Tobias, the classic soap opera cliche of long-lost relatives showing up, the case of Tobias's missing clothes, a lovely visit to the Lost Valley of Hork-Bajir for a side mission, the introduction of Toby, a long and drawn-out spying mission, the evolution of conservatism, the coincidences start to get to Coleman, another pre-mission homework cram session, Visser Aria's awesome acting, Rachel and Tobias finally have that relationship conversation we've all been waiting for and the review that's sure to upset some fans! All that and more in...2021-06-111h 13
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE SOLUTION | Episode 25This speak: As usual, we discuss in deep detail, like way too much detail, the cover illustration and the blurb on the back of the book, in-depth character discussions on Rachel and David, how David takes the 'Michael Meyers' approach to stalking the team, everyone getting "CHAOS MORPHS", Visser Tony's brief cameo this book, our suggestions and ideas for how they could have made David work as an Animorph, the fate of poor cousin Saddler, and of course the poor fate of David, and Coleman's proposal for a more humane way to end the David situation that would have...2021-06-1156 min
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE THREAT | Episode 24This speak: Another in-depth discussion of the book cover, more talk about how big of a D-bag David is, more character development for Cassie, poor cousin Saddler, Visser Tony’s hologram-ception plot, another mission gone awry, the many deaths of Tobias, and one of our favorite morph-on-morph showdowns in the entire series! All that and more in our review of Animorphs #21, The Threat.2021-06-111h 05
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE DISCOVERY | Episode 23This speak: We start our review by praising the hell out of this much-loved book and by dissecting our new character David, Coleman makes a bold statement right off the gate about David, why getting the Escafil device back matters so much and why the Animorphs need to do whatever it takes to get it back, another visit from Eric is always a nice surprise, how we're going to lose our Russian listeners, we discuss birds breaking into bedrooms, why the Animorphs waste a bunch of time blundering around trying to steal the blue box back from David, the...2021-06-111h 28
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE DEPARTURE | Episode 22This speak: another spoilerific book cover, Cassie drops out of the war again, a fresh look at the classic "hero and villain must work together" cliche, conveniently placed leopard attacks, random tangents about long-forgotten movies, a much-needed Yeerk biology lesson covering reproduction, a lot of talk about two girls hanging out in the woods, the Yeerk's possible fake-Andalite propaganda, conveniently placed caterpillars, someone finally calls Cassie a fool, and the worst deal any Animorph ever made! All that and more in our review of Animorphs #19, The Departure.2021-06-111h 11
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastMEGAMORPHS: IN THE TIME OF DINOSAURS | Episode 21This week on Thought-Speak: Making fun of the terrible covers, Liz reads the back of the book, the sudden abundance of Sario Rips, we discuss what actors the characters voices might sound like, milking T-rexes, faulty morph technology, Ax adding a T-Rex kill to his list of accomplishments, obvious ominous comets, crafting items from their downed enemies, Craaaaab peeeeoople, prehistoric ant aliens, broccoli's alien origins, the team's worst best plan involving Sario Rips, we discuss a much better cover design, dinosaurs fighting alien ants, and a whole bunch of other weird crap you'll only ever hear about in an...2021-06-111h 13
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE DECISION | Episode 20This week on Thought-Speak: Making fun of the inside cover flap, Chapman's road rage, mosquitos! Ax's Matrix moves, a convenient POP! Is the Ellimist involved? Are there still any 'coincidences in this world? Captain Sam the Andalite traitor, differences between Andalite and Leeran cultures, the hammerhead shark finally makes it into Leeran waters, the Leeran-controller's only weakness: it's dangly-brain bits, Marco makes a weird Vietnam reference, and we share some of our own Z-space mass theories! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 18, "The Decision."2021-06-111h 16
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE UNDERGROUND | Episode 19Today on Thought-Speak: Remember Private Thought-Speak? It's back! Also: another in-depth discussion of the cover! Does this book deserve to be more than just "the oatmeal" book? Planet Hollywood! Coincidences! Continuity! More coincidences! Nuthouses! Building a better tarantula scene! The story of poor, poor George Edelmen! Oatmeal! Rachel's absence from her own plot! Mole morph! The Underground! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 17, "The Underground."2021-06-111h 11
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE WARNING | Episode 18Today on Thought-Speak: An explanation about the most recent hiatus, a revelation about Michelle and Coleman's other projects, 90's internet lingo, more poop humor, infiltrating the WAA! HQ, the best scene with Jake's family yet, another Animorphs mission gone wrong, lovely Yeerk cannibalism... All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 16, "The Warning."2021-06-111h 10
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ESCAPE | Episode 17In this episode we're talking about when the Animorphs lose their innocence, building a better Animorphs video game, offensive parrots, Erek's under-utilized hologram powers, Coming next fall from the makers of Thought-Speak... Dolphin Rodeo!, Ocean World, #sharkpetting, why the Yeerks need to stop shouting "Andalite!", SPOILERS for Jaws 3, why this series should have been a little more like Spider-Man, Jake's magical bully detector, how Tobias started riding Rachel, Marco's power obsession, Animorphs VS. Predator, Visser 3's opaque obsession, how another one of Cassie's plans almost gets everybody killed, convenient brain implants, Visser 3's giant yellow water snake, and how...2021-06-111h 48
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE UNKNOWN | Episode 16In this episode we're talking about how much we miss Nate, how awesome our new opening and segue-ways are getting tweeted at by Applegate + Grant, more making fun of the Scholastic marketing team, how ugly and wrong the cover is, another crazy theory about the Animorphs journals, Crazy Helen's "Loco Weed?", an uncharacteristic sci-fi reference overload, more arguing about how to split the series into "seasons", how Marco gets away with being a dick all the time, Yeerks in horses, poop jokes!, toilet humor, and weird Animorphs fan fiction! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 14, "...2021-06-112h 15
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ANDALITE CHRONICLES | Episode 15In this super-ultra-mega-special episode, we're starting right out by introducing our super-ultra-mega-special guest co-host, Nate! We'll let him introduce himself and play a little trivia game to get him warmed up on the series. That's not all, we also discuss in excruciating detail the book's cover art, the Andalite re-design, the science of morphing technology, Z-Space mass, the two-hour time limit, the Skrit Na alien race, the Chapman Chronicles, the various alien languages, the Andalite home-world economy, the spooooky Ellimist, Doctor Who references galore, alternate timelines and why we shouldn't discuss them, Futurama references galore, the Taxxon homeworld, Star...2021-06-113h 03
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE CHANGE | Episode 14In this episode we're talking about how terrible the Animorphs TV show is, an announcement for next week's special episode, we try out our Hork-Bajir accents, getting sexist about female Hork-Bajir, the political beef between Andalites and Hork-Bajir, the "something else" that's in Tobias, how to tell a male Hork-Bajir from a female Hork-Bajir, and how Tobias gets his groove back! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 13, "The Change."2021-06-112h 07
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE REACTION | Episode 13In this episode we're talking about the worst Animorphs fans, the crazy amount of Andalite Chronicles ads, Jeremy Jason McColeman, lots and lots of great dialogue, the level of dedication that Visser 3 has for his job, Marco's awesome llama morph, Cassie and Marco wanting to morph Rachel, Ax being a real "bad Ax", more evidence of Cassie being a creep, and another book we want! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 12, "The Reaction."2021-06-112h 09
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE FORGOTTEN | Episode 12In this episode we're talking about where we're supposed to find the books, a hidden gem in the recap, how Jake might screw with Tom during their home lives, Jake's "time flashes", the Animorphs "go out attacking" mentality, the supposed rarity of sario rips, who the richest Animorph might be, more questions and rules for morphing, urethra fish, Time Travel with Coleman, and soooo many random tangents! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 11, "The Forgotten."2021-06-112h 20
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ANDROID | Episode 11In this episode, we're talking all about the "get morphed" contest winner, why our review of The Secret was justified, Coleman's thoughts on Chee fan art, the many near-deaths of Marco, what Z-Space "mass" might look like, awkward Rachel/Tobias flirting, communist Pemalites, what the Alternamorphs series should have been, bat morph, and the bloodiest, most gruesome battle since The Stranger! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 10, "The Android."2021-06-112h 04
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE SECRET | Episode 10This week hosts Michelle and Coleman talk about the longest opening recap yet, Batman vs. Spider-Man, unnecessary termite morphs, unnecessary skunk side-plots, Marco's one good zinger from this book, Visser 3's new box obsession, and the ultimate weapon: skunk butt! All that and more in our review of Animorphs book 9, "The Secret."2021-06-111h 32
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ALIEN | Episode 9This week hosts Mitchell and Coleman geek out about Ax's first official character design, how terrible the Animorphs are at watching Ax, cool ways for Yeerks to die, kangaroo battle morph, the many conveniences of the plot, how Cassie finally snapped and went too far, how Ax phoning home makes absolutely no sense when the plot jumped the shark, the many friendship speeches of this book, and our different opinions on Seerow's Kindness! All that and more in the review of Animorphs book 8, "The Alien."2021-06-111h 58
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastMEGAMORPHS: THE ANDALITE'S GIFT | Episode 8In this first-ever Mega episode, hosts Michelle and Coleman discuss the Animorph's diary exchange program, the last instance of Melissa being a relevant character, the incompetence of Rachel, the incompetence of the Veleek, Tobias the skycam, the retro book cover, a better Rachel plot, Cassie the Animorphs secretary, our own crazy homeless shack lady theory: yep, we figured out who she really is, punching lawnmowers, Geography With Coleman!, and the continuing incompetence of Visser 3! All that and more in the first-ever "Megamorphs" Animorphs book, "The Andalite's Gift."2021-06-112h 12
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE STRANGER | Episode 7In this week's installment hosts Michelle and Coleman discuss time travel, tattoos, time travel tattoos, the Applegate vault, the inaccuracy of the cover images, what's going on with the Ellimists?, various plot holes, and some actual listener emails to read! All that and more in the season finale of Animorphs: book 7, "The Stranger."2021-06-101h 41
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE CAPTURE | Episode 6In this week's installment hosts Michelle and Coleman talk dog poop, why it sucks to be a controller, more alien name pronunciations, what the heck's going on with Crayak?, Jake the sociopath, and some of the coolest most active Animorphs websites. All that and more in this week's review of Animorphs book 6, "The Capture."2021-06-101h 36
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE PREDATOR | Episode 5In this episode hosts Michelle and Coleman discuss free book swag, the gentle and deadly nature of gorillas, the art of morphing clothes, do lobsters feel fear? how Cassie once again drops the ball, and why you never, ever morph ant. All that and more in this week's review of Animorphs book 5, "The Predator."2021-06-101h 22
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE MESSAGE | Episode 4This week hosts Michelle and Coleman discuss the recent delays, how they really feel about Cassie, future podcast ideas, talking whales, how bad it sucks to be Marco, and how to pronounce Ax's full name. All that and more in this week's review of Animorphs book 4, "The Message."2021-06-101h 15
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE ENCOUNTER | Episode 3Michelle and Coleman wonder about the possibility of a future Animorphs movie, dive into what's wrong with the re-release of the books, and thank everyone who has tuned in so far and given feedback for the show. Later they introduce a new segment where they read listener email and see what you, the listeners, thought of the first Tobias-centric book.2021-06-101h 49
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE VISITOR | Episode 2This week on THOUGHT-SPEAK, hosts Michelle and Coleman discuss some of the terrible Animorphs video games, Coleman walks us through the editing process, and Mitchell points out the morality involved in morphing humans. And that's all before the review even starts!2021-06-101h 22
Thought-Speak: The Original Animorphs PodcastTHE INVASION | Episode 1In the premiere episode of THOUGHT-SPEAK, hosts Michelle and Coleman introduce themselves and dive into why they thought the world needed an Animorphs podcast. 2021-06-101h 10