Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast

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17: The Waste Lands (Part 7) May 07, 2020

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This week our Ka-tet boards Blaine and begins the wild, riddle-filled journey to Topeka as we discuss the 6th and final chapter: Riddles and Waste Lands.

No discussion question this week! It's time for another mailbag. Send us some questions you want us to answer and we'll discuss them on next week's episode.

Next week, we'll be taking one final look back at The Waste Lands with a special guest!

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16: The Waste Lands (Part 6) Apr 30, 2020

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This week Blaine the Pain the insane mono train both saves and then threatens to kill our Ka-tet. We're discussing the second half of Chapter 5: Bridge and City.

Discussion Question: Why did Roland save Jake this time?

Next week, we'll be discussing Chapter 6: Riddle and Waste Lands.

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15: The Waste Lands (Part 5) Apr 23, 2020

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This week our Ka-tet finally gets to The Great City of Lud, where Eddie's elves turn out to be orcs! We're discussing the first half of Chapter 5 of The Waste Lands: Bridge and City

Discussion Question:

Talk about some other stories that employ the riddle device and how and why they used it?

Next week, we'll be finishing up Chapter 5: Bridge and City by discussing Sections 23-40.

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14: The Waste Lands (Part 4) Apr 16, 2020

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This week we have a long conversation about a couple of very long conversations. We're discussing chapter 4 of The Waste Lands: Town and Ka-tet.

Discussion Question:

This week's chapter shed some more light on Roland Deschain and the mythology of gunslingers, with Susannah finally understanding why JFK was considered one. Can you think of some other real-life Gunslingers? What about other characters in fiction?

Next week, we'll be discussing Sections 1-22 of Chapter 5: Bridge and City

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13: The Waste Lands (Part 3) Apr 09, 2020

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This week, our two stories converge as Jake finally joins the rest of the Ka-tet! Also, Susannah joins the demon banging club. We're discussing Chapter 3 of The Waste Lands: Door and Demon

Discussion Question:

Without spoilers, what is your favorite Stephen King monster? If you're new to Stephen King, what's your favorite novel-based monster?

Next week, we'll be discussing Chapter 4: Town and Ka-Tet

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12: The Waste Lands (Part 2) Apr 02, 2020

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This week we head back to New York to spend a day in the life of the still alive Jake Chambers! We're discussing Chapter 2: Key and Rose!

Discussion Question:

Why do you think King makes so many references to other stories within this chapter?

Next week, we'll go through Chapter 3: Door and Demon

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11: The Waste Lands (Part 1) Mar 26, 2020

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This week Scott and Matt's journey to The Dark Tower leads them into book 3: The Waste Lands. We're discussing Chapter 1: Bear and Bone, in which the Ka-tet fights a giant bear and Eddie and Susannah bone.

Discussion Question:

What are the Drawers? Do you have any places in your life you would describe this way?

Next week, we'll go through Chapter 2: Key and Rose

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10: The Drawing of the Three (Overview) Mar 19, 2020

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This week Scott and RoboMatt take one final look back at The Drawing of the Three as we discuss it's overall themes and how it moves the overarching story forward.

**We had some audio issues this week, Sorry Matt sounds like a creepy robot**

Next week, we will officially begin Book 3: The Waste Land, covering all of Chapter 1: Bear and Bone.

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Time Stamps:

Intro - 1:55

Overall Discussion - 3:04

Stephen King News - 1:12:13

Mailbag - 1:15:25

9: The Drawing of the Three (Part 5) Mar 12, 2020

Show notes

Let's finish The Drawing of the Three with our discussion of Part 3: The Pusher. Roland takes Jack Mort for a ride to get some drugs and Suzannah Dean finally makes her entrance.

Next week, we're taking one final high-level look at The Drawing of the Three before moving on to the next book in the series.

It's also mailbag time, so if you've got any burning questions to ask us about Stephen King, this show, Doof! Media or the first two books in The Dark Tower now's the time to ask them!

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Time Stamps:

Intro - 1:17

Chapter 1: Bitter Medicine - 3:23

Chapter 2: The Honeypot - 35:44

Chapter 3: Roland Takes His Medicine - 50:26

Chapter 4: The Drawing - 1:26:03

Final Shuffle - 1:53:03

Audience Discussion - 2:05:57

8: The Drawing of the Three (Part 4) Mar 05, 2020

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This week we conclude Part 2: The Lady of Shadows, covering chapter 4 and Re-shuffle. Odetta and Eddie wish upon a star as Roland just wishes for some Penicillin.

Next week we're finishing the book by reading all of Part 3: The Pusher. Remember to check out the show schedule below if you're ever unsure of which chapters are covered when!

Listener Discussion:

How does Detta's sense of justice differ from Odetta's.

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

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