Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast

This week we're discussing chapters 25-29 of The Talisman! Jack finally makes it out of The Sunlight Home, but...at a tragic price . Discussion Question: What in your opinion makes a dramatic death sad? What writing techniques do authors employ to activate this empathy? Next week, The Talisman continues with chapters 30 - The Part 3 Ending Interlude Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com...

This week, Jack and Wolf find themselves in the notoriously horrible Sunlight Home. How are they gonna get out of this one!? We're chatting about chapters 20-24 of The Talisman Discussion Question: Who is your favorite evil religious figure in storytelling? Next week, The Talisman continues with chapters 25-29! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https:...

WOLF! RIGHT HERE AND NOW! We're covering chapters 15-19 of The Talisman . Discussion Question: What is your favorite Werewolf story? What are, in your opinion, the key elements that make a good werewolf story? Next week, The Talisman continues with chapters 20-24! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingsl...

Jack goes flipping back and forth as he runs from Weregoats and creepy phones as we continue our analysis of The Talisman. We're chatting about chapters 10-14! Discussion Question: What is your favorite description of otherworldly beauty? Next week, The Talisman continues with chapters 15-19! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofm...

Our journey into The Territories continues as we discuss chapters 6-9 of Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman ! Discussion Question: What is your favorite story based on The Odyssey Next week, The Talisman continues with chapters 10-14! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers : @Kingslinge...

New Book Week! Scott and Matt begin The Talisman , King's first collaboration with author Peter Straub. Today we read and discuss chapters 1-5 and the first interlude! We talk about how different in style this book feels, Jack's wonderful and complex relationship with his mother, and of course... The Hero's Journey. Discussion Question: What is your favorite book written by more than one author an...

This week, we're taking a quick break from King's novels to discuss the Tower adjacent short story Ur! We talk about why this story disappointed us, despite its amazing concept, just what the hell is going on with the Low Men, and the differences between the versions Next week, The Talisman begins! We will be reading and discussing the entirety of Part 1 of the novel, including chapters 1-5 and th...

This week, we have one final talk about Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon. We chat about the severe lack of Thomas, if this would be a good story to introduce people to King, and what the heck is the deal with Flagg. Next week, we're discussing the short story Ur . Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with K...

This week we climb out of our tower and reach the end of The Eyes of the Dragon Discussion Question: It's a mailbag episode! Send us your questions about Eyes of the Dragon, The Dark Tower, or anything! Next week, we take one last look at The Eyes of the Dragon with our overview episode. Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia...

This week, we continue to work through King's Fantasy tale of dogs and gods. We're discussing chapters 72 through 101 of The Eyes of the Dragon. Discussion Question: How do you define "duty?" What is an example in storytelling where someone does their duty? How does it reflect this definition? Next week, The Eyes of the Dragon concludes Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Sup...

Happy New Year Everyone! Our first episode of the new year sees us talking about chapters 46 through 71 of The Eyes of the Dragon. Thomas finds himself King of Delain and Peter finds himself trapped in a cell at the top of the Needle, but fortunately our young prince has some napkins. Discussion Question: What is your favorite prison break in storytelling (successful or otherwise) Next week, The E...

This week, our final episode of 2021 has us looking at Chapters 25-45 of The Eyes of the Dragon . Thomas spies on his daddy, Flagg kills him, and Perfect Peter takes the fall. We chat about King's use of intrigue, the story's take on mob psychology, and where the story is going from here! Discussion Question: What is your favorite Stephen King-related thing of 2021 Next week, The Eyes of the Drago...

Scott and Matt begin a new book: King's divisive by charming high fantasy novel The Eyes of the Dragon. We're chatting about chapters 1-24. We meet Roland, Peter, Thomas, and the devilish magician and advisor to the King: Flagg! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Discussion Question: What is your favorite fantasy kingdom in storytelling Next week, The Eyes of the Dragon continues with chapters 25...

This week we're Kingslinging another King short story. We learn about the past of Breaker Extraordinaire Dinky Earnshaw with 2002's "Everything's Eventual" Discussion Question: What is your favorite "interesting" or "minor" psychic power? Next week, The Eyes of the Dragon begins with chapters 1-24! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com...

This week the Kingslingers are back to take one last look at Low Men In Yellow Coats. We read and discuss our listener's take on the novella and talk about some overall themes we didn't explore enough in the individual episodes! What a story, huh!? Discussion Question: None this week! Next week, we'll be reading and discussing the entirety of Everything's Eventual the short story in King's collect...

At long last, we're ready to talk about the winners of our first Kingslingers Stephen King writing prompt podcast. To discuss the winning stories, we thought it would be fun to meet up with our friends from Do The Write Thing . Matt and Scott are joined by Alexandra and Jarvis to read the top 3 winning stories and briefly discuss them.  Congrats again to our winners: Winner: Talullah's Cab Ride by...

Another King novel in the bag! This week on Kingslingers we finish Low Men In Yellow Coats chatting about the final 3 chapters: 9-11. We chat about Bobby's descent to lowness and why King's description of the Low Men differ so much from that of The Dark Tower Discussion Question: What did you think of Low Men In Yellow Coats ? Any themes/motifs/ideas we didn't talk about that you want to share? Ne...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Low Men In Yellow Coats continues with chapters 5-8. Bobby Garfield goes on an adventure with his new friend Ted, which leads him to a bar on the bad side of town, and a lesson in growing up. Discussion Question: What is your favorite seedy location or "Down There" in storytelling Next week Low Men concludes with chapters 9-11. Check out the show schedule: https://tiny...

It's new book time! We begin our coverage of Stephen King's Low Men In Yellow Coats with Chapters 1-4! We chat about Bobby Garfield's complex relationship with his mother and King's incredible skill at writing child characters Discussion Question: What book made you fall in love with reading? Next week Low Men continues with chapters 5-8! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv S...

We're back and healthy this week and ready to wrap up our coverage of Insomnia. We talk about our overall feelings on the novel, why we think it hasn't been adapted and why Roland thinks it's a mind trap. Next week, Low Men in Yellow Coats begins with the first 4 chapters! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated wi...

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for terribly timed illness! Scott is recovering from a bad chest cold that knocked his voice out, so... we'll be taking some unplanned time off this week. To make it up to you, we're releasing one of our Patreon Exclusive Other Levels of the Tower episodes, where Scott and Matt take a look at adaptations of King's works. On this episode, we watch a...

This week, we finish Insomnia! We chat about Chapter 30 and the Epilogue, arguably the best part of the whole dang book! Discussion Question: It's time for another mailbag. Send us YOUR questions It's our Insomnia overview episode as we take one final look back at the book. Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated w...

This week Insomnia reaches its climax as Ralph and Lois, with the assistance of a green dude, take the fight to Atropos, Ed, and even the Crimson King himself! We're discussing chapters 26-29. Discussion Question: Who is the Green Man Next week Insomnia concludes with Chapter 30 and the Epilogue Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/do...

This week on Kingslingers, Ralph and Lois climb into a creepy tree storage unit and find The One Ring! We're discussing Chapters 23-25 of Insomnia Discussion Question: What is your favorite evil villain lair and why? Next week more Insomnia! Chapters 26-29! The final lines of chapter 29: "Then he and Lois were falling as well as flying." Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Su...

This week on Kingslingers, Ralph and Lois jump into burning builds, fight off crazed gunmen and save the life of innocents. It's like they're superheroes or something! We're chatting about Insomnia chapters 20-22! Discussion Question: What do you think about Ka? How has your feelings about Ka changed over the course of this podcast? Over Season 2? Next week our Insomnia coverage continues as we di...