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One of King's all time great novels -we jump into the 70s with reckless abandon. In this episode we tackle the first 100 pages - Johnny and Sarah; The Collisions; the character work; The Slick Castle Rock Killer & more..

We continue our walk through the cracked landscape of The Dead Zone . We look at the twin evils of Frank Dodd and Greg Stillson.. mediocrity to hell ! Blessings or curses , lightness and dark - hold our hand and let's trip. x

Let your hosts Simon & Matt take you back to the winter wonderlands of The Dead Zone film. King & Cronenberg - a good marriage. Altogether now, " The ice is gonna break " !

We kiss goodbye to 22/11/63 with a look through the lens at the mini series adaptation starring James Franco. We talk credits , poundcake and philosophy. Meet you by the Depository. x

Join Matt and Si as they host a (haunted) house party with the finest Stephen King VIPS to celebrate 11/22/63. We throw back the wines and get stuck into the nibbles with Derry Public Radio, The Constant Reader Podcast, The Year Of Underrated Stephen King, Chat Sematary, Tower Junkies, Dave Musson, Jamie Stewart and Discover Derry Maine. It's a party with a guest list to die for ! Everyone sha...

Lee Harvey has the Day That Changed The World in his sights. Jake & Sadie are fighting against the machines with teeth. The world is going to nuclear hell in a handcart . And Si and Matt are discussing the meaning of the word "boffo". Come dance with us.

We go back through the portal to fly with the butterfly effect & make music with the harmonics and dischords. We talk pts 3 & 4 - is this one of King's greatest ever love stories ? What is the cost to Jake on his mission - and how does he battle the personal vs the professional ? Guardian angels , Plymouth Furies and much more. We also rage against the machine - in this case , censorship.

It's finally here. The book that is a fan favourite & often an introduction to new Constant Readers to our Greatest Living Author. Join Matt and Si as they step back in time for the first 200 pages of the novel . We just look at Pts 1 & 2 in this episode, so it's spoiler free for anyone doing the readalong. We talk root beer, The Past, the power of a good cry.. oh, and a certain Cl...

Join Matt for an in depth interview with the thriller writer Jessica Huntley. Her psychological page turners leave you wanting to read just one more chapter! We chat about her upcoming thriller "Jinx" , and address what it means to be a writer who explores the darkness. We chat King ( of course ! ) ; mental health, self publishing, recovering from trauma , police procedural, multiple twi...

This was an absolute joy to record . Join Matt as he casts away the wonderful Alex - independent bookshop owner, and man responsible for shipping all King lovers globally their beloved new Hodder paperbacks. We talk King . Where to stock his books on your shelves. We talk about the whether the book will survive . We talk about censorship and re editing. We talk about what makes a book great , and...

We approach the business end of the decade and there are some absolute belters here . Matt and Jamie get their Zombie On with "Cell", discuss the nature of grief with king's personal fave " Lisey's Story". From one King fave , to the fave of a King, Jamie talks about why "Duma Key" is his standout novel. And via some short stories and discovered Bachman beauties , we end up with Big Ol Jim Rennie...

Join Matt and Jamie as they walk along the beam of The Tower - Wolves of The Calla, Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower . This episode is full of meaty spoilers , so if you haven't reached the clearing at the end of the path yet then we have another episode released simultaneously with no spoilers at all. This is  a feisty episode that we expect and hope will divide opinion. Also featured are...

Join Matt and Jamie as they walk along the beam of The Tower - Wolves of The Calla, Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower . This episode has had all spoilers filetted out so you are safe to listen to if you haven't finished your quest to The Dark Tower. We don't want to spoil anything for you , but this gives you a flavour of this time in King's career.  Also featured are "From A Buick 8" and t...

It's the new millenium . King is still with us , despite staring his own mortality in the face after an accident in 99. But it's a very different author we see at the start of the century , and Dreamcatcher - or Cancer as it was originally called , and Black House are testament to this . And King opens up to the world in  "On Writing".  Join Matt and Jamie as they enter the new dawn of t...

Matt and Simon nervously stick their thumbs out on the dark highway and hitch a ride into one of King's classic campfire stories . They discover risk, regret and deals with the devil along the way. They look at what became the world's first mass published e book , and put it in the ring with the "portable magic" of the paperback. Fancy a ride ? 

Ever wondered why Tony Soprano’s therapist stuck with him? Why Fleabag is obsessed with sex or why Walter White is always in his underpants? This week Matt meets psychotherapist Sasha Bates, the co host of new podcast "Shrink The Box', where  fictional characters such as Shiv from Succession, Omar from the Wire and Ross from Friends are put on the couch to analyse why their behaviour causes t...

"BANG! What’s that? Bang-Bang! Oh, Hark, The guns are shooting in the dark! Little guns and big ones too, Bang-bang-bang! What shall I do?" - Enid Blyton Come shine bright like a firework with Matt and Si as they ignore advice to keep a safe distance back, but go right into oen of King's classic short stories from " The Bazaar Of Bad Dreams" 

Take the lift up to the "13th" floor and join Matt and Simon as they enter Room 1408 in The Dolphin Hotel. Will you last longer than an hour ? Bloody hope so as the episode is nearly 90 mins ! Let's join hands , take a breath and look at the short story , the film adaptation and the broken heart of both. Warning - HippyDippyShit at one point. 

Simon & Matt shake off the January blues with a full throttle road trip into one of King's short stories from " Everything's Eventual". They also look at the TV adaptation and discuss if objects in the rearview really do appear closer than they are.  watch out for the canine landmines...

For this special  episode to kick start 2023, Simon and Matt are joined by the wonderful Kim C from The Underrated Stephen King podcast. Kim brings class and insight , the boys bring questionable impressions and even a sing along.  The three dissect King's novel , discuss the prose and the relationships , and also become casting directors as they talk Billy adaptations. There's even a Se...

Join us for a special ep of Survivor Type where the new castaway is none other than Chris Jiggins of "discoverderrymaine". Chris is from Port Hope, Canada and shares some incredible stories about the cast he met when It chapters 1 and 2 were filmed there . Stories may include meetings with a certain  owner of Secondhand Rose ; what is was like to be involved with the filming ; some great stor...

Join Matt and Jack as they venture into a dark and brooding world of twists and turns where things are rarely as they seem, and terror reigns supreme.... Jack talks us through the tales of psychological horror that make up "Dark Lines" and we also have a world exclusive in a sneak peek and author read of the upcoming "Warning Signs".  Warning :- James Corden Abuse within the episode. 

Join Matt in the first episode of The Long Talk ( yes I know puns aren't big or clever )  as he has a deep chat with Jack Harding , dark fiction author of Ripper Street and Dark Lines.  In this episode , Jack talks about the process of creating the semi alternate Victorian London - where imaginations run wild and madness reigns supreme. What drew him to The Ripper ? How did he approach his first c...

We round off the 90s with a horror high - from fan favourite Desparation to it's troublesome twin The Regulators;  from the so called Last Castle Rock story "Needful Things" to the study of grief and crisis in the highly personal "Bag Of Bones"... Join us as we complete  this decade and century and head towards an event like no other....

In this episode acclaimed author Jamie Stewart and Kingsize host Matt Robinson keep their feet grounded and their hearts in their mouth as they cast their 90s lense on the domestic horror of Dolores Clairborne , Gerald’s Game, Green Mile and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. King shows us that the world really does have teeth , and more often than not in the 90s , they bite.