Derry Public Radio - A Stephen King Podcast

Derry Public Radio concludes their completely biased take on March Madness! This year we’re revisiting the next 16 books we’ve covered since our very first March Madness! Now it's time to get into our final matchups! If you've enjoyed March Madness 2023 please email us your ideas for next year's bracket!

This week Derry Public Radio continues their Patreon Selection Series with Lisa Dailey's pick, “Doctor Sleep”. Join in as we discuss the aftermath of murder of the Baseball Boy, understanding AA processes, a boy band breaks the Universe, Danny and Abra’s stories fully connect, a welcome return from an old friend, the mourning process of the True Knot, and the confrontation at Cloud Gap. We’re talk...

Derry Public Radio continues their March Madness! This year we’re revisiting the next 16 books we’ve covered since our very first March Madness! This episode’s matchups are: Cell VS Dreamcatcher IT VS Dolores Claiborne The Gunslinger VS The Talisman The Shining VS Insomnia Want all 3 rounds now? Visit our Patreon page for access to exclusive bonus episodes and early releases! https://patreon.com/D...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their Patreon Selection Series with Lisa Dailey's pick, “Doctor Sleep”. Join in as we discuss the fate of the Torrence family after “The Shining”, generational trauma, the idea of taking steam, how it feels to meet Danny as an adult, the magic child aptly named Abra, parenting advice, the reveal of Doctor Sleep, an RV culture debate, and the Baseball Boy. We’...

Derry Public Radio is back with their arbitrary spin on March Madness! This year we’re revisiting the next 16 books we’ve covered since our very first March Madness! This episode’s matchups are: The Outsider VS The Tommyknockers The Colorado Kid VS Needful Things Christine VS Mr. Mercedes Thinner VS The Dead Zone Want all 3 rounds now? Visit our Patreon page for access to exclusive bonus episodes...

This week Derry Public Radio takes a short detour back into “Everything’s Eventual” for “In the Deathroom” with guest Simon Balcon from the UK based Stephen King podcast, “Kingsize”. Tune in as we discuss the immediate feeling of hopelessness, Fletcher’s constant subversion of expectations, the mystery surrounding the others in the room, Dr. Hines’ terrifyingly vague torture device, CM’s love of a...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their Patreon Selection Series with Kiah Benedict's pick, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Tune in as we discuss our expertise in baseball lingo, Trisha’s willpower, the haunting metaphor around the Greek Chorus-esque vision, falling up, the shocking time jump, the excitement of finding something man-made, and our perceptions of what’s real vs perception in the...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their Patreon Selection Series with Kiah Benedict's pick, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Tune in as we discuss baseball facts, Trisha’s complicated family dynamics, Ben’s Boy Scout background, horrifying near misses with death, an absurd amount of bugs, the steady increase of horrible events inflicted on Trisha, the Subaudible, what her love of Tom Gordon rea...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their Patreon Selection Series with Elizabeth Trudeau's pick, From a Buick 8. Tune in as we discuss our falling into the same trap of searching for answers, a sneaky reference to Dreamcatcher, fathoming the unfathomable, the catastrophe of 1988, a deep dive on Eddie’s problematic traffic stop, the debut of a long awaited sting, our reflections on Curt, and th...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Elizabeth Trudeau's pick, From a Buick 8. Tune in as we discuss the jumps to new narrators, the horrific way the creatures are described, what the Buick represents, the leaves, our mixed feelings about Curt, the dissection of the bat-thing, our own Buick theories, and another wonderful cliffhanger. Don’t eat while list...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Elizabeth Trudeau's pick, The From a Buick 8. Tune in as we discuss the timing of this book and King’s own accident, our feelings on Ned’s handling of grief, the delicious foreshadowing of the mystery around the Buick, the story behind King’s inspiration for the book, we torture Ben with his own words, Troop D takes on...

Derry Public Radio is back with all the goofs you can handle this holiday! "A Merry Derry Christmas 2022"! Join us as we play stupid games and win zero prizes in this yearly holiday special! Thank you to everyone who has helped us grow in 2022 and supported all of our outrageous ideas and live events! We appreciate you so much! Now pour some hot chocolate into your DPR Mug and enjoy “A Merry Derry...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Jerrod Hazelwood’s pick, The Mist. Tune in as we discuss the Dark Tower references, we solicit fan-fic, the incredible casting, our reads on Mrs. Carmody’s motivations, the unremarked upon horrors that make everything scarier, the horrifying sacrifice, and of course, THE ending. We’re out of gas and out of bullets on E...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Jerrod Hazelwood’s pick, The Mist. Tune in as we discuss the first night in the store, CM warps our brains, the Owl Theory, the ecosystem of the Mist creatures, Boner Talk is back, the idea of “good enough”, the heroic Dan Miller, the incomprehensible horrors in the Pharmacy, the Cult of Mrs. Carmody, and a cliffhanger...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Jerrod Hazelwood’s pick, The Mist. Tune in as we discuss the Drayton family chemistry, our feelings on severe storms, theories of Project Arrowhead, the horror of grocery stores, what happened to the Bag Boy, our responses to survival horror, the rise of the Flat-Earthers, and the aura of hopelessness this story create...

This week Derry Public Radio revisits the short story collection, “Everything’s Eventual”, with the story “The Road Virus Heads North”. Join in as we discuss magic paintings, yard sales, a mind blowing dream sequence reveal, the primal fear of running from something you can’t escape, the powerful descriptions through only imagination, and the glory of an early 2000’s made for TV adaptation. The ch...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Robyn Nickerson’s selection “Lisey’s Story”. Join in as we discuss Lisey’s changes after grieving, the rescue of Amanda, exploring the “sprained muscle” theory of going to Boo’Ya Moon, the Long Boy in action, we’re finally shown Scott’s tragic death, the secret to Amanda’s cover up, and Scott’s final story. We’re givin...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Robyn Nickerson’s selection “Lisey’s Story”. Join in as we discuss the beautiful writing, CM’s fear of looking under beds, the creative chronology in the storytelling, Scott’s horrible upbringing, the stages of the bool taking her through the stages of grief, Jim Dooley’s brutality, and Paul’s bad-gunky. It’s time we r...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Robyn Nickerson’s selection “Lisey’s Story”. Join in as we discuss our first impressions of Lisey, the invented language of the Landons, the disorienting style of the narrative, theories about Scott's past, the shooting at U-Tenn, Zack McCool’s chilling phone call, the night of the blood-bool, and a confrontation takes...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Brock Salisbury’s selection “Insomnia”. Join in as we discuss the deeper implications of our little bald doctors, the “Santa Clause” theory, murderous time travel, destiny vs decisions, speculating about The Green Man, how much responsibility Ed should be carrying, Patrick’s fate, and a tragic epilogue. We’re saying go...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Brock Salisbury’s selection “Insomnia”. Join in as we discuss the Little Bald Doctors acting as The Fates, the return of the theme of domestic violence as a family secret, the massive plot dump on the higher planes of existence, the plethora of references to The Dark Tower, Ed’s plan to kill thousands comes into focus,...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Brock Salisbury’s selection “Insomnia”. Join in as we discuss the music in the audiobook, Ben’s aversion to being stabbed, Leydecker’s victim blaming, the full range of perspectives we’re given, a King dream sequence with a Creepshow flair, the arrival of the little bald doctors, another surprise insomniac is revealed,...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Brock Salisbury’s selection “Insomnia”. Join in as we discuss the beefy prologue, spousal grief, the pro-choice and anti-choice mindsets we’re presented with, the domestic violence seconday plotline, Roe V. Wade, The Crimson King name drop, the vibrant auras, King remixes, sexuality, and Ralph is designated a Centurion...

This week we sat down with Jason Gilliland, the Director of Events for the Downtown Davenport Partnership. Tune in to hear all about the upcoming Alternating Currents festival including music, comedy, art, and especially the “Stephen King Rules Dollar Baby Film Festival”. Enjoy and download the Alternating Currents app today! Barker St. Cinema: https://barkerstreetcinema.ca/ https://barkerstreetci...

This week Derry Public Radio continues their 2022 Patreon Selection Series with Aiden White’s selection “The Shining”. Join in as we discuss the 1980 Kubrick adaptation capturing “the feeling” of the book, the treatment of Shelly Duval, the effectiveness of music throughout, debating how true these characters are in their representation, Jack Nicholson’s sexiness, the flood of subtle references yo...