Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast

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3.19: The Long Walk (Part 3) May 25, 2023

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'Ol Rich Bachman has them still walking as we cover chapters 7-9 of The Long Walk.

Discussion Question: What is your favorite tale of the woes of adolescence? Including but NOT LIMITED TO J. D. Salinger, John Knowles, even James Kirkwood, and that guy Don Bredes.

Next week, The Long Walk continues with chapters 10-13

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

3.18: The Long Walk (Part 2) May 18, 2023

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This week, Richard Bachman's The Long Walk continues with chapters 3-6. There's a whole lot more walkin'! And it's amazing!

Discussion Question: What is your favorite example of "naturalistic writing" as featured in The Long Walk?

Next week, The Long Walk continues with chapters 7-9

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

3.17: The Long Walk (Part 1) May 11, 2023

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This week we are so excited to begin our third book of season 3. This time, we're tackling Stephen King's notorious nom de plume: Richard Bachman's The Long Walk. Chapters 1 and 2 are on the docket for this week!

Discussion Question: What is your favorite dystopian contest/game story?

Next week, The Long Walk continues with chapters 3-6

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

3.16: Night Shift (Overview) May 04, 2023

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This week we look back at our last month with Night Shift, discussing King's short story skills, what we thought of the book as a whole, and which story landed with us the hardest.

Next week: Richard Bachman's The Long Walk begins with Chapters 1 and 2

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

3.15: Night Shift (Part 4) Apr 27, 2023

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This week we finish our coverage of Stephen King's Night Shift with the final four stories: "Children of the Corn" "The Last Rung on the Ladder" "The Man Who Loved Flowers" "The Woman in the Room"

Discussion Question: What is your favorite Night Shift story? Why?

Next week, we finish our time with Night Shift with our overview episode!

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

3.14: Night Shift (Part 3) Apr 20, 2023

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This week our coverage of King's Short Story collection Night Shift continues with three great stories and also another one. We're discussing "The Ledge" "The Lawnmower Man," "Quitter's Inc.," and "I Know What You Need."

Discussion Question: Ed Knows what Liz Needs. But not really. What is your favorite instance of characters with conflicting wants and needs?

Next week, we finish Night Shift with our 4 final stories "Children of the Corn" "The Last Rung on the Ladder" "The Man Who Loved Flowers" "The Woman in the Room"

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

3.13: Night Shift (Part 2) Apr 13, 2023

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This week our coverage of King's Short Story collection Night Shift continues with 5 more stories! We're discussing "Gray Matter," "Battleground," "Trucks," "Sometimes They Come Back," and "Strawberry Spring."

Discussion Question: What is your favorite killer machine?

Next week, Night Shift continues with four more stories: "The Ledge" "The Lawnmower Man," "Quitter's Inc.," and "I Know What You Need."

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

3.12: Night Shift (Part 1) Apr 06, 2023

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This week, we begin book 2 of Season 3, taking a look at King's first short story collection: Night Shift! We chat about Graveyard Shift," "Night Surf," "I am the Doorway," "The Mangler," and "The Boogeyman"

Discussion Question: What do you like most about the short story format? Do you enjoy them more or less than full-length novels? Why?

Next week, Night Shift continues with five more stories: "Gray Matter," "Battleground," "Trucks," "Sometimes They Come Back," and "Strawberry Spring"

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

3.11: Revisiting Kubrick's The Shining (and The Shinning) Mar 30, 2023

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This week, we take another look at Kubrick's classic and controversial adaptation of King's novel!

Also, we review The Simpsons episode The Shinning, cause why not?

Next week, Night Shift begins! We'll be discussing "Graveyard Shift," "Night Surf," "I am the Doorway," "The Mangler," and "The Boogeyman"

Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

3.10: The Shining (Overview) Mar 23, 2023

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This week, we take one final look at Stephen King's The Shining. We discuss our overall feelings on the book as a whole as well as answer some of your questions!

Next week, we're revisiting Kubrick's adaptation to see if our feelings about it have changed post Shining!

Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv

Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia

Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod

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Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet

Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff