Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came: A Podcast about Stephen King and His Books

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Dark Tower, Book II, The Drawing of the Three : Prologue: The Sailor. Roland Deschain by Sonya Lucas Introduction (0:00) Plot recap (1:00) Publication history (2:38) Illustrations by Phil Hale (8:14) Argument (10:08) Prologue: The Sailor (16:04) Fan art from Sonya Lucas (32:40) Outro (33:55) Leave us an Apple Podcast review ! Join...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we take a look back at The Dark Tower, Book I, The Gunslinger . Listener feedback (01:42) Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, First Stanza (07:46) Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, Last Stanza (08:05) Tease Movie Trailer episode (11:35) Does The Gunslinger work as a stand-alone story? (13:57) Book reviews (21:23) Overall theme (26:30) Char...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Dark Tower, Book 1, The Gunslinger , chapter 5. Introduction (0:00) Publication History (1:10) Chapter Structure (4:45) Tarot Reading (6:00) Roland’s Vision (16:15) Questions about the Tower (32:00) The World’s Oldest Question (37:00) Time Jump (44:00) Next Episode (51:00) Outro (52:00) For more information about the s...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Dark Tower , Book I, The Gunslinger , chapter 4. Introduction (00:00) Plot Recap and Publication History (00:41) Action Set Pieces (02:10) Michael Whelan Illustration (19:00) – http://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/gunslinger-slow-mutants/ Love and dying have been my life (33:22) Civilization coming apart (38:04) Resumption...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Dark Tower , Book I, The Gunslinger , chapter 3. Introduction (00:00) Plot Recap (00:46) Both Death and Life are Roland’s Enemy (01:33) Genre: horror; high fantasy and low fantasy (07:38) Who is the Man In Black? (16:04) What does Roland hope to get out of all this? (27:16) Closing (51:29) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Supp...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Dark Tower , Book I, The Gunslinger , chapter 2. Introduction (00:00) Plot Recap and Publication History (00:41) The World Moving On (05:07) Jake and the Gunslinger (23:22) The Gunslinger is Formidable (44:46) Closing (55:08) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Send your questions, comments, and ideas to twoguysdarktower@gmail.co...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger , chapter 1, “The Gunslinger.” Intro (00:13) Publication History (00:49) Plot Summary (10:41) Sylvia Pittston (27:05) Music Sample (38:29) – “Hero” from Psalm 69 by Ministry King is a Great Writer (40:02) Outro (48:27) Leave us an Apple Podcast review ! Join our Patreon:  https://www.pa...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, the hosts (Jay Russo and Sean McGurr) introduce themselves and provide a little bit of background on their connections to the works of Stephen King and the world of the Dark Tower. They also lay out the plan for upcoming episodes of the podcast. Introduction (00:13) Jay’s background with the Dark Tower (00:37) Sean’s background with the Dark Towe...