# Michael Punke

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E48: Blockbuster Western Fiction with Michael Punke

You may know bestselling author Michael Punke from his blockbuster novel "The Revenant," also an Academy award-winning film starring Leo DiCaprio. Well, Punke has picked up pen again and this time turned out "Ridgeline," a riveting story set in 1866 Wyoming. He joins Russell and Alan to talk about …

The Revenant - Book Vs. Movie

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Is the Book Better?, I take on The Revenant — comparing Michael Punke’s historical novel with Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Oscar-winning film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. From brutal frontier survival to icy revenge, I break down what the book actually focuses on versu…

NY Times Best Selling Author Michael Punke on Golden Globes film The Revenant & The American West

Our talk with New York Times best selling author Michael Punke, covers American history, gut wrenching realities, and honors the dreamers who went West. We detail his books: "The Revenant" becoming a Golden Globe winner; the essential town to the U.S. in The World Wars (that also created the State …

Cover Lovers [February Challenge 2026]

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our February reading challenge, books based solely on loving the cover. Listen in as we delve into our personal aesthetic, poorly describe colors, and make a lot of fish puns. Books we discuss include: “The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches” by Sangu …

Revenants and Mountain Men

Peter and Jimmy discuss being lost, the art of historical fiction, and getting lost in Hollywood development with Michael Punke, author of "The Revenant." While in their conversational wanderings, they find time to reflect on how physical ailments, injuries, and mental health issues amplify what it…

We Lost It at the Movies

Jimmy and Peter head into Hollywood’s treacherous development hell with returning guest Michael Punke, author of The Revenant, and celebrated screenwriter Tab Murphy (Gorillas in the Mist). What begins as a conversation about screenwriting and adaptation opens into something deeper: mountain men, J…

Hugh Glass: The Real Life Revenant | An Interview With Novelist Michael Punke | 3

Author Michael Punke read the few facts known about Hugh Glass and wrote The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge, based on Glass’s ordeal. Director Alejandro Iñárritu adapted Punke’s novel into the Academy Award-winning 2015 film by the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Punke joins host Cassie De Pec…