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 CBS All Access series, The Stand , episode 3, “Blank Pages.” Introduction (00:13) Listener feedback (01:56) Fundamental changes (07:29) What’s working (23:04) Dark Tower Thinnies (27:13) Yuck-King It Up (29:08) Thank you, Patrons! (30:15) Fun Stuff (31:42) Outro (41:15) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patr...

Our 17 th bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came is live for all of our Patrons. What follows is a short excerpt of our discussion of the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter . To get the whole episode, become a Patreon at patreon.com/twoguysdarktower .

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore episode 2 of the CBS All-Access series, The Stand , “Pocket Savior.” Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:48) Listener feedback (01:33) The structure is not working (05:30) What’s working (11:33) The show is boring (14:06) Dark Tower Thinnies (19:55) Yuck-King It Up (20:33) Thank you, Patrons! (23:03) Fun Stuff (24:00) Outro (33:48) Leave u...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore episode 1 of the CBS All Access miniseries, The Stand titled “The End.” Introduction (00:00) Watching in 2020 (01:30) Listener Feedback (02:50) Directorial Choices (08:25) Dark Tower Thinnies (24:08) Yuck-King It Up (25:32) New Patron (27:08) Fun Stuff (28:00) How Many Jamie Sheridans? (38:16) Outro (39:56) Leave us an Apple Podcasts...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we finish our discussion of The Stand , covering Book 3, Chapters 74-78, and the Circle Closes, as well as our wrap-up Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:42) It ends in a whimper (00:59) A season of rest (07:28) Overall big themes (13:21) Book reception and our thoughts (20:40) Dark Tower Thinnies (28:33) Yuck-King It Up (31:44) Fun Stuff (35:32) Ou...

Listen to this brief announcement to hear about how we will be covering The Stand miniseries on CBS All Access.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 3, Chapters 68-73. Introduction (00:00) The Trashcan Man Returns (01:46) Flagg (07:54) Larry (15:49) The Rat Man (19:58) The Climax/The Stand (20:18) Dark Tower Thinnies (33:07) Yuck-King It Up (34:53) Listener Feedback (36:57) Fun Stuff (39:22) Outro (44:57) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Pa...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 3, Chapters 61-67. Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:43) Flagg is losing control (01:39) Banality of evil (11:38) Importance of love (18:37) Dark Tower Thinnies (23:31) Yuck-King it Up (29:28) Listener feedback (32:27) Fun Stuff (34:58) Outro (43:35) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patreon.com/tw...

Our 16 th bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came is live for all of our Patrons. What follows is a short excerpt of our review of the 1984 movie Children of the Corn based on the Stephen King short story found in Night Shift . To get the whole episode and support our show, become a Patreon at patreon.com/twoguysdarktower .

The 15th bonus episode for Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came is live for all of our patrons. What follows is an excerpt of our conversation about the short story, I Am the Doorway , found in Stephen King’s Night Shift . To get the whole episode and support our show, become a Patreon at patreon.com/twoguysdarktower .

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 2, Chapters 57-60. Introduction (00:00) Sanity vs. Insanity → the New Reality (02:20) Entombment vs. Resurrection (15:57) The Bad Moon Has Risen (24:44) Dark Tower Thinnies (32:10) Yuck-King It Up (36:10) Listener Feedback (39:02) Fun Stuff (44:05) Outro (48:34) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 2, chapters 53-56. Introduction (00:00) Sean’s Thoughts/This section of the book (01:17) Growing Up (06:54) Spheres of Influence (14:50) M-O-O-N, that spells doom (21:28) Dark Tower Thinnies (26:30) Yuck-King It Up (30:32) Fun Stuff (35:08) Randee of the Redwoods Outro (43:49) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Supp...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 2, Chapters 50-52. Introduction (00:00) A New Society (02:34) Creation vs. Anti-Creation (15:49) Loosening of morals, but for a good cause? (26:35) Dark Tower Thinnies (30:44) Yuck-King It Up (34:24) Fun Stuff (37:48) Outro (46:50) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patreon.com/twoguysdarktower ....

Our 14th bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came just went live to all of our patrons. What follows is a short excerpt of our synced commentary of the Netflix original movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game . To get the whole episode, become a patron at patreon.com/twoguysdarktower .

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand, Book 2, Chapters 46-49. Introduction (00:10) Recap (00:41) Really feeling the length of the book here (01:16) Sympathy for Mr. Trashcan (08:20) Dark Tower Thinnies (15:53) Yuck-King It Up (21:11) Listener feedback (24:23) Fun Stuff (25:23) Outro (36:25) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patreon.com/tw...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 2, chapters 43-45. Introduction (00:12) Recap (00:44) And so begins Book II (01:45) Abagail’s religious perspective (09:06) Strange bedfellows (16:56) Dark Tower Thinnies (29:26) Yuck-King It Up (40:49) Listener reviews & emails (42:04) Thank you, Patrons! (44:33) Fun Stuff (45:07) Outro (54:04) Leave us an Apple...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 1, chapters 35-42. Introduction (00:00) Searching for Society/Authority (02:08) Frannie/Harold (02:30) Rita/Larry (06:47) Glen/Stu (11:24) Lloyd (16:20) No Great Loss (21:30) Time to Talk Supernatural (25:00) Dark Tower Thinnies (32:04) Yuck-king It Up (38:08) Fun Stuff (41:58) Outro (51:12) Leave us an Apple Podcasts...

Our 13th bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came just went live to all of our patrons. What follows is a short excerpt of our synced commentary of the Netflix original movie adaptation of Stephen King’s 1922 . To get the whole episode, become a patron at patreon.com/twoguysdarktower .

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 1, chapters 26-34. Introduction (00:13) PTSD for our main characters (02:29) The tipping point (21:10) More new characters! (30:33) Dark Tower Thinnies (41:29) Yuck-King It Up (48:21) Fun Stuff (52:24) Outro (57:32) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review ! Support our show at Patreon.com/twoguysdarktower . Send your questi...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 1, chapters 16-25. Introduction (00:00) Life’s Trend Lines (01:45) Randall Flagg, the Dark Man (09:48) Pop Culture Lenses (19:01) Dark Tower Thinnies (26:54) Listener Feedback (30:35) Yuck-King it Up (31:51) Fun Stuff (37:32) Outro (46:35) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patreon.com/twoguysdar...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Stand , Book 1, Chapters 5-15. Introduction (00:00) Larry Underwood (02:07) Nick Andros (10:13) Parents (17:29) Dark Tower Thinnies (22:11) Listener Feedback (27:16) Yuck-King It Up (28:02) Fun Stuff (32:44) Outro (41:50) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patreon.com/twoguysdarktower . Send your questions, c...

Our twelfth bonus episode of Two Guys of the Dark Tower Came just went live to all of our Patrons. The following is a short excerpt of our discussion with Wred Fright, who noted the changes between the versions of The Stand for his blog. To get the whole episode, become a patron at Patreon.com/twoguysdarktower .

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Stand, Book 1, chapters 1-4 and all the front material.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore the short story, “Everything’s Eventual,” found in the collection Everything’s Eventual . Introduction (00:00) Story background (01:30) Creative process (07:45) The seduction of Dinky (14:43) Dark Tower Thinnies (21:02) Fun Stuff (28:28) Stephen King’s F13 Trailer Outro (36:40) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at...

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came , we explore The Eyes of the Dragon , Section 94-142 and our final thoughts on the book. Introduction (00:00) Duty versus loyalty (01:09) Evil repeats itself (06:59) The Napkins! (15:29) Dark Tower Thinnies (21:40) Fun Stuff (27:30) Final Thoughts (32:32) Outro (40:21) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review !  Support our show at Patreon.com/twoguysdar...