Animorphs Anonymous

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A chaotic book club with receipts.

The gist

Animorphs Anonymous follows a long-running fan conversation after the Animorphs read-through, with the AppleGrant Book Club taking on Remnants, The One and Only Ivan books, and related odd detours. The mood is affectionate, chaotic, and deeply tangent-friendly.

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About Animorphs Anonymous

Animorphs Anonymous is a long-running fan book club that has moved beyond Animorphs into Catherine Applegate and Michael Grant’s larger shelf. Its current AppleGrant Book Club era reads Remnants, The One and Only Ivan books, Crenshaw, adaptations, and adjacent material with a tone that is casual, sharp, and happily disorderly. The show cares about the text. It also cares about the tangent that arrives ten seconds later. A recap of The Mayflower Project can sit beside jokes about futuristic cars, NASA panic, doomed shuttles, and absurd character names. A discussion of The One and Only Ivan can move from captivity and artistic identity into the uncomfortable fantasy of meeting a baby gorilla without pretending that owning one would be fine. That is the show’s rhythm: playful first, then unexpectedly thoughtful, then playful again. The speakers are comfortable letting an episode wander through Free Willy facts, tiny movie screens, Hit Clips, ring lights, Discord names, hockey stats, and animal apparel. The detours are not filler so much as texture. They make the reading feel social, like a group chat that has developed its own mythology over years. Recent episodes show a strong interest in animals, captivity, zookeeping details, conservation questions, and the emotional lives of fictional creatures. They also return often to adaptation talk, nostalgic media objects, tabletop shows, and the Airtime for Nonsense orbit around the main feed. The humor can be blunt, but the editorial center is affectionate. Books are teased because they are being paid attention to. Characters are mocked, defended, renamed, and re-examined in the same stretch of conversation. The result is not a tidy classroom discussion. It is a funny, sprawling reader hangout for people who like genre fiction, animal stories, and fan communities with a high tolerance for inside jokes. At its best, Animorphs Anonymous makes close reading feel like nonsense with receipts.

Made for: Best for Animorphs-era readers, Applegate and Grant fans, and listeners who like recap podcasts where serious story talk coexists with strange tangents. It also fits anyone drawn to animal stories, YA adventure, and friendly conversational chaos.

What sets it apart: The show pairs genuine plot attention with an unusually elastic tangent engine: hockey stats, animal facts, nostalgic gadgets, tabletop side projects, and Discord bits can all become part of the reading. It feels less like formal criticism and more like a long-running fan community thinking out loud.

In their own words

Kaycie a normal fan and Alex a rabid fan casually discuss the Animorphs one book at a time! Join us as we tackle the hard questions like why does Jake end up a Cassie's for Thanksgiving? Or how old are you when you weigh 80 pounds? This and more on Animorphs Anonymous.

As heard by us

Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Its value is spirited, detail-minded book discussion, though the available episodes provide no clear contribution to sports coverage.

Animorphs Anonymous turns close reading into a loose, joke-heavy group conversation. Alex and Kaycie move beyond Animorphs into other books by Catherine Applegate and Michael Grant, pairing plot recaps with questions about character choices, speculative science and the stranger…

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Why you'd press play

One minute you're parsing alien-baby logistics; the next, you're naming your Remnants character.

Press play if you want

  • book recaps where animal ethics and Hellboy can comfortably share a paragraph
  • someone to take Ivan's fatherhood seriously without putting every joke in a museum case
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Episodes

  1. 1

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 78: GONE - LIGHT, Part 1

    ·1h 31m
  2. 2

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 100: Remnants Book 1 - The Mayflower Project

    ·1h 45m
  3. 3

    Emergency Transmission: We Talk to Animals Anonymous

    ·53m
  4. 4

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 99: Crenshaw

    ·1h 21m
  5. 5

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 98: The One and Only Ivan Movie

    ·1h 8m
  6. 6

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 97: The One and Only Family

    ·1h 29m
  7. 7

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 96: The One and Only Ruby

    ·1h 29m
  8. 8

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 95: The One and Only Bob

    ·1h 18m
  9. 9

    Surprise Attack Book Club 3! Rancfour art thou?

    ·1h 6m
  10. 10

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 94: The One and Only Ivan

    ·1h 24m
  11. 11

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 93: Pocket Bear

    ·1h 25m
  12. 12

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 85: Monster, Part 4

    ·1h 38m
  13. 13

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 65: GONE - HUNGER, Part 3

    ·1h 43m
  14. 14

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 64: WISHTREE

    ·1h 31m
  15. 15

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 63: GONE - HUNGER, Part 2

    ·1h 41m
  16. 16

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 62: GONE - HUNGER, Part 1

    ·1h 38m
  17. 17

    Surprise Attack Book Club 9! Notary Needed

    ·55m
  18. 18

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 61: GONE - Book 1, Part 4

    ·1h 41m
  19. 19

    Animorphs Anonymous RETURNS! We Re-read Books #19-22 and Megamorphs 2!

    ·1h 52m
  20. 20

    Emergency Transmission - We Discuss the GONE series with Michael Grant!

    ·1h 36m
  21. 21

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 92: Hero, Part 4

    ·1h 56m
  22. 22

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 91: Hero, Part 3

    ·1h 22m
  23. 23

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 90: Hero, Part 2

    ·1h 20m
  24. 24

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 89: Hero, Part 1

    ·1h 32m
  25. 25

    Animorphs Anonymous: We Talk to Improvised Animorphs!

    ·44m
  26. 26

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 88: Villain, Part 3

    ·1h 37m
  27. 27

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 87: Villain, Part 2

    ·1h 48m
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    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 86: Villain, Part 1

    ·1h 43m
  29. 29

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 84: Monster, Part 3

    ·1h 44m
  30. 30

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 83: Monster, Part 2

    ·1h 40m
  31. 31

    Animorphs Anonymous: We Talk to Reading Animorphs!

    ·1h 46m
  32. 32

    Emergency Transmission - We talk to Chris Grine about The Capture!

    ·47m
  33. 33

    Animorphs Anonymous RETURNS! We Re-read Books #14-18!

    ·1h 51m
  34. 34

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 81: Mouse and His Dog

    ·1h 18m
  35. 35

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 80: GONE - LIGHT, Part 3

    ·1h 26m
  36. 36

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 79: GONE - LIGHT, Part 2

    ·1h 47m
  37. 37

    Animorphs Anonymous: The Fifth Interstitial Episode

    ·2h
  38. 38

    Animorphs Anonymous RETURNS! We Re-read Books #10-13 and Andalite Chronicles!

    ·1h 56m
  39. 39

    Oops All Bookclub: Let's talk I Am Number Four

    ·1h 30m
  40. 40

    Animorphs Anonymous: The Fourth Interstitial Episode

    ·1h 28m
  41. 41

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 77: GONE - FEAR, Part 4

    ·1h 52m
  42. 42

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 76: GONE - FEAR, Part 3

    ·1h 32m
  43. 43

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 75: GONE - FEAR, Part 2

    ·1h 39m
  44. 44

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 74: GONE - FEAR, Part 1

    ·1h 52m
  45. 45

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 73: GONE - PLAGUE, Part 4

    ·1h 31m
  46. 46

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 72: GONE - PLAGUE, Part 3

    ·1h 53m
  47. 47

    Emergency Transmission - We talk to Chris Grine about The Predator!

    ·1h 12m
  48. 48

    Surprise Attack: Charles McFall

    ·1h 26m
  49. 49

    Surprise Attack Jason Dorough!

    ·1h 25m
  50. 50

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 71: GONE - PLAGUE, Part 2

    ·1h 48m
  51. 51

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 70: GONE - PLAGUE, Part 1

    ·1h 41m
  52. 52

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 69: GONE - LIES Part 3

    ·1h 27m
  53. 53

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 68: GONE - LIES, Part 2

    ·1h 57m
  54. 54

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 67: GONE - LIES Part 1

    ·1h 32m
  55. 55

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 66: GONE - HUNGER, Part 4

    ·1h 52m
  56. 56

    Animorphs Anonymous RETURNS! We Re-read Books #1-5

    ·1h 57m
  57. 57

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 60: GONE - Book 1, Part 3

    ·1h 51m
  58. 58

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 40: Everworld Book 4 Part 2

    ·1h 46m
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    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 59: GONE - Book 1, Part 2

    ·1h 54m
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    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 58: GONE - Book 1, Part 1

    ·1h 47m
  61. 61

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 57: Dogtown

    ·1h 13m
  62. 62

    Time Matrix Redux: We discuss the Andalite Chronicles Part 2

    ·1h 32m
  63. 63

    Time Matrix Redux: We discuss the Andalite Chronicles Part 1

    ·1h 58m
  64. 64

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 50: Everworld Book 9 Part 2

    ·1h 48m
  65. 65

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 43: Everworld Book 6 Part 1

    ·1h 52m
  66. 66

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 42: Everworld Book 5 Part 2

    ·1h 44m
  67. 67

    Oops All Bookclub: Let’s talk Dark Matter

    ·59m
  68. 68

    Animorphs Anonymous: The Third Interstitial Episode

    ·1h 59m
  69. 69

    Emergency Transmission: We talk to Chris Grine about The Message!

    ·1h 14m
  70. 70

    Surprise Attack Book Club 8! Kaiju Rising

    ·1h 10m
  71. 71

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 56: Everworld Book 12 Part 2

    ·1h 50m
  72. 72

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 55: Everworld Book 12 Part 1

    ·1h 40m
  73. 73

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 54: Everworld Book 11 Part 2

    ·2h
  74. 74

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 53: Everworld Book 11 Part 1

    ·1h 42m
  75. 75

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 52: Everworld Book 10 Part 2

    ·2h 2m
  76. 76

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 51: Everworld Book 10 Part 1

    ·1h 46m
  77. 77

    Surprise Attack Book Club 7! Gouda Invited Us In

    ·1h 5m
  78. 78

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 49: Everworld Book 9 Part 1

    ·1h 33m
  79. 79

    Surprise Attack Book Club 6! Tokyo Overdraft

    ·1h
  80. 80

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 48: Everworld Book 8 Part 2

    ·1h 35m
  81. 81

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 47: Everworld Book 8 Part 1

    ·1h 32m
  82. 82

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 46: Everworld Book 7 Part 2

    ·1h 41m
  83. 83

    Surprise Attack Book Club 5! Bread, Cheese, and the Fae Realm!

    ·1h 6m
  84. 84

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 45: Everworld Book 7 Part 1

    ·1h 32m
  85. 85

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 44: Everworld Book 6 Part 2

    ·1h 35m
  86. 86

    Surprise Attack Book Club 4! This is just a tribute

    ·49m
  87. 87

    Surprise Attack Book Club 2! We Hurt Ourselves in Our Confusion!

    ·1h
  88. 88

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 39: Everworld Book 4 Part 1

    ·1h 51m
  89. 89

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 38: Everworld Book 3 Part 2

    ·1h 56m
  90. 90

    Emergency Transmission: Surprise Attack Book Club! Attack of Opprtunity!

    ·1h 19m
  91. 91

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 37: Everworld Book 3 Part 1

    ·1h 32m
  92. 92

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 36: Everworld Book 2 Part 2

    ·1h 52m
  93. 93

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 35: Everworld Book 2 Part 1

    ·2h
  94. 94

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 34: Everworld Book 1 Part 2

    ·1h 59m
  95. 95

    Oops All Bookclub: Let’s talk The Nightland Express

    ·1h 2m
  96. 96

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 33: Everworld Book 1 Part 1

    ·1h 42m
  97. 97

    Animorphs Anonymous: The Second Interstitial Episode

    ·1h 49m
  98. 98

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 32: Odder

    ·1h 23m
  99. 99

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 41: Everworld Book 5 Part 1

    The hosts of Animorphs Anonymous introduce their new book club series, discussing Everworld Book 5, while bantering about bird identification.

    ·1h 28m
  100. 100

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 82: Monster Part 1

    The hosts of Animorphs Anonymous discuss the difference between trademark, registered, and copyright symbols while introducing their book club podcast.

    ·1h 22m
  101. 101

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 101: Remnants Book 2 - Destination Unknown

    Hidden gem

    ["Animorphs Anonymous episode 101, `AppleGrant Book Club Episode 101: Remnants Book 2 - Destination Unknown`, opens with Cast Away, Magnolia, and the Kentucky meat shower before it gets back to `Remnants`.", "Tim and Alex compare the book's feel to Star Trek, Doctor Who, and `The City on the Edge of Forever`, where Kirk watches a woman die so the Nazis do not win World War II.", "Their recap follows Jobs waking from hypersleep, a ship landing vertically, two different landscapes, and a pregnant Marine tied to a baby with leaking eyes.", "The later discussion tracks micrometeorites, the Kevlar coating, worms, and Big Bill's leg amputation, with the hosts pushing each theory until it clicks."]

    Apr 15, 2026·1h 30m·5 clips
  102. 102

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 100: Remnants Book 1 - The Mayflower Project

    Animorphs Anonymous examines AppleGrant Book Club Episode 100, focused on Catherine Applegate and Michael Grant’s Remnants Book 1: The Mayflower Project.

    Apr 1, 2026·1h 45m·5 clips
  103. 103

    Emergency Transmission: We Talk to Animals Anonymous

    Hidden gem

    Animorphs Anonymous interviews Alexis, founder of Animals Anonymous Apparel and a former zookeeper, about obscure animals, zookeeping, and conservation.

    Mar 15, 2026·53m·3 clips
  104. 104

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 99: Crenshaw

    The hosts discuss their anticipation for a women's hockey game and banter about a previous game between Canada and Switzerland.

    Mar 1, 2026·1h 21m
  105. 105

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 98: The One and Only Ivan Movie

    The hosts of the AppleGrant Book Club podcast discuss a Tamagotchi-like device that plays cutscenes and compare it to Hit Clips.

    Feb 15, 2026·1h 8m
  106. 106

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 97: The One and Only Family

    Hidden gem

    Animorphs Anonymous covers Catherine Applegate's The One and Only Family, the fourth Ivan book, and keeps circling back to Ivan, Kenyani, Bob, Ruby, and the babies.

    Feb 1, 2026·1h 29m·2 clips
  107. 107

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 96: The One and Only Ruby

    Hidden gem

    Ruby watches the life drain from her mother, and the hosts stop treating poaching like abstraction.

    Jan 15, 2026·1h 29m·2 clips
  108. 108

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 95: The One and Only Bob

    Jan 1, 2026·1h 18m
  109. 109

    Animorphs Anonymous: The Fifth Interstitial Episode

    Dec 16, 2025·2h
  110. 110

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 94: The One and Only Ivan

    Hidden gem

    ["Animorphs Anonymous's Apple Grant Book Club episode covers Catherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan and keeps circling back to animal captivity, Captain Power, and Philadelphia sports tangents.", "Casey, Alex, and Tim describe Ivan at Exit 8 Big Top Mall with Stella, Bob, Julia, and Mac, who sells Ivan's drawings for $25 in the gift shop.", "The episode keeps asking whether anyone should privately own a gorilla, a chimp, or an elephant, and Casey argues that trained keepers and educational animals are different from pets in diapers.", "The emotional core covers Ruby's arrival, Stella's infected foot, and Ivan's origin story in central Africa, where he marks 9,876 Xs on the wall."]

    Dec 1, 2025·1h 24m·5 clips
  111. 111

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 93: Pocket Bear

    Nov 15, 2025·1h 25m
  112. 112

    Animorphs Anonymous RETURNS! We Re-read Books #19-22 and Megamorphs 2!

    Nov 1, 2025·1h 52m
  113. 113

    Emergency Transmission - We Discuss the GONE series with Michael Grant!

    Hidden gem

    Michael Grant says simulation theory makes no practical difference: a fall still hurts, and walls remain solid.

    Oct 15, 2025·1h 36m·2 clips
  114. 114

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 92: Hero, Part 4

    Oct 1, 2025·1h 56m
  115. 115

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 91: Hero, Part 3

    Sep 15, 2025·1h 22m
  116. 116

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 90: Hero, Part 2

    Sep 1, 2025·1h 20m
  117. 117

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 89: Hero, Part 1

    Aug 15, 2025·1h 32m
  118. 118

    Animorphs Anonymous: We Talk to Improvised Animorphs!

    Aug 1, 2025·44m
  119. 119

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 88: Villain, Part 3

    Jul 15, 2025·1h 37m
  120. 120

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 87: Villain, Part 2

    Jul 1, 2025·1h 48m
  121. 121

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 86: Villain, Part 1

    Jun 15, 2025·1h 43m
  122. 122

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 85: Monster, Part 4

    Jun 1, 2025·1h 38m
  123. 123

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 84: Monster, Part 3

    May 15, 2025·1h 44m
  124. 124

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 83: Monster, Part 2

    May 1, 2025·1h 40m
  125. 125

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 82: Monster Part 1

    Apr 15, 2025·1h 22m
  126. 126

    Animorphs Anonymous: We Talk to Reading Animorphs!

    Apr 1, 2025·1h 46m
  127. 127

    Emergency Transmission - We talk to Chris Grine about The Capture!

    Mar 15, 2025·47m
  128. 128

    Animorphs Anonymous RETURNS! We Re-read Books #14-18!

    Mar 1, 2025·1h 51m
  129. 129

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 81: Mouse and His Dog

    Feb 15, 2025·1h 18m
  130. 130

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 80: GONE - LIGHT, Part 3

    Feb 1, 2025·1h 26m
  131. 131

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 79: GONE - LIGHT, Part 2

    Jan 15, 2025·1h 47m
  132. 132

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 78: GONE - LIGHT, Part 1

    Jan 1, 2025·1h 31m
  133. 133

    Animorphs Anonymous RETURNS! We Re-read Books #10-13 and Andalite Chronicles!

    Dec 27, 2024·1h 56m
  134. 134

    Oops All Bookclub: Let's talk I Am Number Four

    Dec 24, 2024·1h 30m
  135. 135

    Animorphs Anonymous: The Fourth Interstitial Episode

    Dec 15, 2024·1h 28m
  136. 136

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 77: GONE - FEAR, Part 4

    Dec 1, 2024·1h 52m
  137. 137

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 76: GONE - FEAR, Part 3

    Nov 15, 2024·1h 32m
  138. 138

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 75: GONE - FEAR, Part 2

    Nov 1, 2024·1h 39m
  139. 139

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 74: GONE - FEAR, Part 1

    Oct 15, 2024·1h 52m
  140. 140

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 73: GONE - PLAGUE, Part 4

    Oct 1, 2024·1h 31m
  141. 141

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 72: GONE - PLAGUE, Part 3

    Sep 15, 2024·1h 53m
  142. 142

    Emergency Transmission - We talk to Chris Grine about The Predator!

    Sep 1, 2024·1h 12m
  143. 143

    Surprise Attack: Charles McFall

    Aug 29, 2024·1h 26m
  144. 144

    Surprise Attack Jason Dorough!

    The Surprise the Tag Book Club hosts welcome author Jason Dorough to discuss his book after finally finishing it before DragonCon 2024.

    Aug 25, 2024·1h 25m
  145. 145

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 71: GONE - PLAGUE, Part 2

    Aug 15, 2024·1h 48m
  146. 146

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 70: GONE - PLAGUE, Part 1

    Aug 1, 2024·1h 41m
  147. 147

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 69: GONE - LIES Part 3

    The hosts of the AppleGrant Book Club podcast introduce their episode on 'Gone - Lies Part 3' with banter about upcoming content and a new catchphrase.

    Jul 15, 2024·1h 27m
  148. 148

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 68: GONE - LIES, Part 2

    Jul 1, 2024·1h 57m
  149. 149

    AppleGrant Book Club Episode 67: GONE - LIES Part 1

    Jun 15, 2024·1h 32m
  150. 150

    AppleGrant Bookclub Episode 66: GONE - HUNGER, Part 4

    Jun 1, 2024·1h 52m