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

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from February 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore “The Mangler” from Night Shift . Introduction (00:16) Publication History (01:46) Hits and misses (05:02) Dark Tower Thinnies (18:10) Yuck-King It Up (20:13) Fun Stuff (21:52) Outro (25:...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from November 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore “Gray Matter” from Night Shift . Introduction (00:00) Publication History (01:13) A Great Little Story (02:48) The Language in the Story (09:15) Dark Tower Thinnies (14:26) Yuck-King It...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from October 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore the short story “I Am the Doorway” found in Night Shift . Introduction (00:11) Publication history (01:13) Structure: Lots of framing and flashbacks (04:27) Double vision (06:59) Is Arthu...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from October 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore the short story “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet” found in Skeleton Crew . Introduction (00:00) Publication History (1:18) Madness (3:06) Creator versus Conduit (8:35) Justification of...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from September 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore “The Reach” found in Skeleton Crew . Introduction (00:13) Publication history (01:08) Exemplar of a (gothic) short story (03:37) Too far to reach (10:06) Dark Tower Thinnies (15:34) Fun...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from August 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore the short story “Word Processor of the Gods” found in Skeleton Crew . Introduction (00:00) Publication history (01:20) Monkey’s paw (07:38) Nice-guy Richie (12:05) Very 80s story (17:20) D...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from July 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore the short story “The Raft” from Skeleton Crew . Introduction (00:00) Publication history (01:54) Influences and connections (06:29) Weird relationships (09:23) A series of bad decisions (13:...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from June 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore the short story “Here There Be Tygers” from Skeleton Crew . Introduction (00:13) Publication history (01:23) Shame and dread (03:40) Unexplored places (07:59) What really happened? (11:32) D...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from June 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore “The Last Rung on the Ladder” found in Night Shift . Introduction (00:09) Recap (00:40) John D. MacDonald intro (01:14) A punch to the gut (06:50) Faith (09:17) Dark Tower Thinnies (16:22) F...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from May, 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore the story “Night Surf” found in Night Shift . Introduction (00:00) Publication History (01:22) Not if you were the last person on Earth (04:32) Connections to The Stand (12:51) Dark Tower Th...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from April 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore “Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut,” found in Night Shift . Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:41) Publication history (01:07) Homer’s decision (08:05) The titular shortcut is a thinny, right? (16:01) Dark...

Note : We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from February 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore Stephen King’s short story, Nona , found in Skeleton Crew . Introduction (00:11) Counter-culture (00:57) An unreliable narrator (04:59) Thinnies (14:52) for The Dark Tower, Castle Rock,...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we finish The Talisman , Part 4, Chapters 34-47. Introduction (00:00) On the subject of twinners (01:40) What is the talisman (10:30) Dark Tower Thinnies (16:47) Yuck-King It Up (24:57) Fun Stuff (27:44) Wrapping up The Talisman (34:50) Other Worlds Than These (42:09) Sean: Black Mirror season 6 Jay: Billions seasons 5 & 6 Outro (46:27) Leav...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Talisman , Part 3, “A Collision of Worlds,” chapters 27-33, and Interlude. Introduction (00:00) The power of storytelling (01:31) A collision of worlds (11:37) Late world building (22:41) Dark Tower Thinnies (28:58) Yuck-King It Up (30:07) Fun Stuff (34:13) Other Worlds Than These (36:14) Sean: White House Plumbers Jay: The Quick...

A new bonus episode of  Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came is live for all of our Patrons. What follows is an excerpt of our discussion of the 1977 short story “The Cat from Hell.” To get the whole episode and support our show, become a patron at  patreon.com/twoguysdarktower . Buy merch at  store.twoguystothedarktowercame.com . Send your questions, comments, and ideas to  twoguysdarktowe...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Talisman , Part 3, “A Collision of Worlds,” chapters 20-26. Introduction (00:00) The Sunlight Home (01:47) The Territories are a reflection of our world (13:56) Sacrifice is necessary along a hero’s journey (20:14) Dark Tower Thinnies (24:31) Yuck-King It Up (27:04) Fun Stuff (28:27) Other Worlds Than These (31:48) Jay: See How Th...

Greetings, constant listeners! Thank you so much for listening to our show. You may have noticed we have missed our regularly scheduled publish dates. Everything is OK, but there has been a lot going on in our personal lives. So, we are going to take a hiatus . We have all the Talisman episodes recorded and they will come out as we edit and post them. We also have several bonus episodes for our Pa...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Talisman ,  Part 2, “The Road of Trials,” Chapters 14-19. Introduction (00:13) Cool world building (02:06) Too much “Y” and not enough “A” (12:36) Dark Tower Thinnies (20:19) Yuck-King it Up (25:39) Fun Stuff (27:21) Other Worlds than These (31:52) Outro (37:09) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patreon.com/...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Talisman , Part II, chapters 6-13. Introduction (00:00) Struggling with the book (01:45) Jack’s first trial (05:54) Jack’s dad in the Territories (14:01) Dark Tower Thinnies (19:52) Yuck-King It Up (23:06) Fun Stuff (25:54) Other Worlds Than These topics (31:21): Jay: Succession on HBOMax Sean: Chernobyl on HBOMax Outro (36:24) Le...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Talisman, Part 1, “Jack Lights Out.” Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:50) Publication/Our history (01:57) Things are getting started (07:30) Jack’s relationships (13:24) Dark Tower Thinnies (20:30) Yuck-King it Up (23:34) Thank you, Patrons! (24:54) Fun Stuff (25:42) Other Worlds than These (32:07) Outro (35:24) Leave us an Apple Po...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore Carrie , Part 3, “Wreckage,” and our final thoughts on the novel. Introduction (00:13) Ending structure is not great (01:49) Ending writing is good (07:55) Dark Tower Thinnies (12:20) Yuck King It Up (13:41) Reviews (15:43) Our thoughts (20:05) Fun Stuff (20:48) Other Worlds Than These (24:06):   Perry Mason on HBO   The Last of Us on...

A new bonus episode of  Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came is live for all of our Patrons. What follows is an excerpt of our discussion of the 1983 film The Dead Zone . To get the whole episode and support our show, become a patron at  patreon.com/twoguysdarktower . Buy merch at  store.twoguystothedarktowercame.com . Send your questions, comments, and ideas to  twoguysdarktower@gmail.com . For more i...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore Carrie, Part 2, “Prom Night.” Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:49) Carrie’s powers (02:13) If Carrie didn’t die (07:48) King’s characters (12:50) Dark Tower Thinnies (24:02) Yuck-King it Up (26:57) Fun Stuff (29:19) Other Worlds than These (36:45) Outro (40:59) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patreon...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore Carrie , Part 1. Introduction (00:13) Publication history (01:34) Book structure (08:17) Women run the show (18:45) Scapegoats (22:24) Dark Tower Thinnies (26:06) Yuck-King It Up (32:32) Thank you, Patrons! (33:57) Fun Stuff (35:06) Other Worlds Than These (41:27) Outro (47:08) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at...

A new bonus episode of  Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came is live for all of our Patrons. What follows is an excerpt of our discussion of the short story “Harvey’s Dream” found in the Just After Sunset collection. To get the whole episode and support our show, become a patron at  patreon.com/twoguysdarktower . Buy merch at store.twoguystothedarktowercame.com . Send your questions, commen...