Two Guys To The Dark Tower Came

Our 20th 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 Stephen King short story “The Ledge” found in Night Shift. 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 the Bachman Book, Rage, chapters 21-35. Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:45) Using television & movies as a lens (01:31) Scapegoat Ted (07:03) The mysterious Joe McKennedy (13:08) Dark Tower Thinnies (20:25) Yuck-King It Up (23:47) Thank you, Patrons! (26:40) Fun Stuff (27:20) Outro … Continue reading Ep. 109 Rage, Chapters 21-35 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the Bachman Book Rage, chapters 1-20. Introduction (00:00) Publication History (01:20) Growing Up is Scary (04:40) King’s Writing (14:48) Dark Tower Thinnies (20:36) Yuck-King It Up (23:54) Fun Stuff (27:09) Outro (33:50) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review!  Support our show at … Continue reading Ep. 108 Rage, Chapters 1-20 →

Our 19th (!) 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 short story “The Mangler” found in Stephen King’s Night Shift. 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 The Long Walk, chapters 9-18. Introduction (00:09) Recap (00:41) More about the world (01:15) Nothing to lose (07:58) The ending (15:37) Dark Tower Thinnies (20:55) Yuck-King It Up (24:06) Fun Stuff (27:51) Outro (36:36) Leave us an Apple Podcasts review!  Support our … Continue reading Ep. 107 The Long Walk, Chapters 9-18 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Long Walk, chapters 1-8. Introduction (00:00) Publication History/Bachman (01:48) The World of the Walk (11:05) Does any of this matter? Should this be called The Long Talk? (18:49) Dark Tower Thinnies (26:39) Yuck-King It Up (29:24) Fun Stuff (35:26) Outro (43:10)  … Continue reading Ep. 106 The Long Walk, Chapters 1-8 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we discuss the CBS All Access series The Stand, episode 9, “The Circle Closes.” Intro (00:12) Recap (00:48) Listener Feedback (01:25) Artificially successful (09:09) Frannie in the well (13:34) Dark Tower Thinnies (26:24) Yuck-King It Up (29:48) Fun Stuff (31:31) Jamey Sheridans (38:16) Outro … Continue reading Ep. 105 The Stand Episode 9 “The Circle Closes” →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we discuss the CBS All Access series The Stand, episode 8, “The Stand.” Intro (00:00) Recap (00:48) Listener Feedback (03:12) What a mockery (08:10) The Hand of God (20:04) Dark Tower Thinnies (26:38) Yuck-King It Up (28:01) Fun Stuff (30:59) Jamey Sheridans (39:20) Outro … Continue reading Ep. 104 The Stand Episode 8 “The Stand” →

Our 18th 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 short story “Gray Matter” found in Stephen King’s Night Shift. To get the whole episode, become a Patreon at patreon.com/twoguysdarktower.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we discuss the CBS All Access series The Stand, episode 7, “The Walk.” Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:48) Listener Feedback (02:08) Free will (09:23) Relationships (17:55) Dark Tower Thinnies (25:26) Yuck-King It Up (27:57) Fun Stuff (30:49) Jamey Sheridans (35:58) Outro (36:32) Leave us an … Continue reading Ep. 103 The Stand Episode 7 “The Walk” →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we discuss the CBS All Access series The Stand, episode 6, “The Vigil.” Introduction (00:00) Listener Feedback (01:25) A Low Bar (02:36) Wasted Talent (10:43) Dark Tower Thinnies (22:00) Yuck-King It Up (26:27) Thank you, Patrons! (28:37) Fun Stuff (29:11) Jamey Sheridans (33:57) Outro … Continue reading Ep. 102 The Stand Episode 6 “The Vigil” →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we discuss the CBS All Access series The Stand, episode 5, “Fear and Loathing in New Vegas.” Introduction (00:12) Recap (00:48) Listener feedback (01:20) Give us the old Vegas (08:56) Characters have no depth (19:04) Dark Tower Thinnies (28:10) Yuck-King It Up (29:01) Fun … Continue reading Ep. 101 The Stand Episode 5 “Fear and Loathing in New Vegas” →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore episode 4 of the CBS All-Access series, The Stand, “The House of the Dead.” Introduction (00:00) 100th Episode Recognition (00:51) Show Recap (01:24) Listener Feedback (02:19) Continued Problems with the Show (06:18) What Is Working (09:42) Dark Tower Thinnies (23:14) Yuck-King It … Continue reading Ep. 100 The Stand Episode 4 “The House of the Dead” →

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 … Continue reading Ep. 99 The Stand Episode 3 “Blank Pages” →

Our 17th 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, … Continue reading Ep. 98 The Stand Episode 2 “Pocket Savior” →

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 … Continue reading Ep. 97 The Stand Episode 1 “The End” →

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 … Continue reading Ep. 96 The Stand, Book 3, Chapters 74-79, the Circle Closes, and our Wrap-Up →

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 … Continue reading Ep. 95 The Stand, Book 3, Chapters 68-73 →