Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast
Kingslingers is a podcast exploring and analyzing Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Each week, join Constant Reader Scott as he leads Dark Tower newbie Matt on this epic journey to find out what lies at the top of the tower... and beyond!
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Long days, pleasant nights, and welcome to the newest Doof! Media podcast - Kingslingers.
This is just a quick introduction, explaining the format and schedule of the show, so subscribe now and get excited for episode one next Thursday 1/16/20!
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On the very first episode of Kingslingers, we dive into Chapter 1 of The Gunslinger...titled The Gunslinger. Let's meet Roland as he recounts the time one time where he shot an entire town in the face.
Listener Discussion:
If you’ve read The Dark Tower series, without spoiling it, tell us why you love this book series so much. If this is your first re...
Matt and Scott continue with The Gunslinger and discuss chapters 2: The Way Station and 3: The Oracle and the Mountains. Roland meets and falls in love with Jake and then out sexes a sex-demon/
Listener Discussion:
After three chapters of this book, do you like Roland? Why or why not.
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Scott leads Matt through the mountain and to the climactic encounter with Walter O' Dim at the end of The Gunslinger. We're discussing Chapter 4: The Slow Mutants and Chapter 5: The Gunslinger and the Man in Black.
We'll be back next week to discuss The Gunslinger as a complete novel!
Listener Discussion:
Talk about how Stephen King uses the concept o...
This week, before moving on in our quest, we pull a Roland and take a look back at The Gunslinger, discussing its themes and circling around to some stuff we missed the first time.
Next week we officially kick off The Drawing of the Three reading all the way through Part 1: The Prisoner - Chapter 3: Contact and Landing. Remember to check out the show schedule below if you're ever unsure of which chapters are covered when!
We begin book two of The Dark Tower, The Drawing of The Three. We're discussing the Prologue through Part 1: The Prisoner - Chapter 3! Roland meets Eddie Dean and has his first Tooter Fish Popkin.
Next week we'll complete Part 1: The Prisoner by discussing Chapters 4 and 5! Remember to check out the show schedule below if you're ever unsure of which chapters are covered when!
Listener Disc...
Our coverage of The Drawing of The Three continues as we wrap up our time with Eddie Dean with chapters 4, 5 and Shuffle of Part 1: The Prisoner. It's a good old fashioned transdimensional drug deal gone bad shootout, y'all!
Next week we'll begin Part 2: The Lady of Shadows with Chapters 1-3. Remember to check out the show schedule below if you're ever unsure of which chapters are covered when!
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This week we begin Part 2: The Lady of Shadows, covering chapters 1 through 3 where we spend some time with Detta and Odetta before yanking them into Roland's increasingly crowded beach party.
Next week we'll conclude Part 2: The Lady of Shadows with chapter 4 and re-shuffle. Remember to check out the show schedule below if you're ever unsure of which chapters are covered when!
Listener Dis...
This week we conclude Part 2: The Lady of Shadows, covering chapter 4 and Re-shuffle. Odetta and Eddie wish upon a star as Roland just wishes for some Penicillin.
Next week we're finishing the book by reading all of Part 3: The Pusher. Remember to check out the show schedule below if you're ever unsure of which chapters are covered when!
Listener Discussion:
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Let's finish The Drawing of the Three with our discussion of Part 3: The Pusher. Roland takes Jack Mort for a ride to get some drugs and Suzannah Dean finally makes her entrance.
Next week, we're taking one final high-level look at The Drawing of the Three before moving on to the next book in the series.
It's also mailbag time, so if you've got any burning questions to ask us about Stephen King, this show, Doof! Media or the first...
This week Scott and RoboMatt take one final look back at The Drawing of the Three as we discuss it's overall themes and how it moves the overarching story forward.
**We had some audio issues this week, Sorry Matt sounds like a creepy robot**
Next week, we will officially begin Book 3: The Waste Land, covering all of Chapter 1: Bear and Bone.
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This week Scott and Matt's journey to The Dark Tower leads them into book 3: The Waste Lands. We're discussing Chapter 1: Bear and Bone, in which the Ka-tet fights a giant bear and Eddie and Susannah bone.
Discussion Question:
What are the Drawers? Do you have any places in your life you would describe this way?
Next week, we'll go through C...
This week we head back to New York to spend a day in the life of the still alive Jake Chambers! We're discussing Chapter 2: Key and Rose!
Discussion Question:
Why do you think King makes so many references to other stories within this chapter?
Next week, we'll go through Chapter 3: Door and Demon
This week, our two stories converge as Jake finally joins the rest of the Ka-tet! Also, Susannah joins the demon banging club. We're discussing Chapter 3 of The Waste Lands: Door and Demon
Discussion Question:
Without spoilers, what is your favorite Stephen King monster? If you’re new to Stephen King, what’s your favorite novel-based ...
This week we have a long conversation about a couple of very long conversations. We're discussing chapter 4 of The Waste Lands: Town and Ka-tet.
Discussion Question:
This week’s chapter shed some more light on Roland Deschain and the mythology of gunslingers, with Susannah finally understanding why JFK was considered one. Can you thi...
This week our Ka-tet finally gets to The Great City of Lud, where Eddie's elves turn out to be orcs! We're discussing the first half of Chapter 5 of The Waste Lands: Bridge and City
Discussion Question:
Talk about some other stories that employ the riddle device and how and why they used it?
Next week, we...
This week Blaine the Pain the insane mono train both saves and then threatens to kill our Ka-tet. We're discussing the second half of Chapter 5: Bridge and City.
Discussion Question: Why did Roland save Jake this time?
Next week, we'll be discussing Chapter 6: Riddle and Waste Lands.
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This week our Ka-tet boards Blaine and begins the wild, riddle-filled journey to Topeka as we discuss the 6th and final chapter: Riddles and Waste Lands.
No discussion question this week! It's time for another mailbag. Send us some questions you want us to answer and we'll discuss them on next week's episode.
Next week, we'll be taking one final look back at The Waste Lands with a speci...
This week Scott and Matt are joined by special guest Scott Wampler, Managing Editor of Birth.Movies.Death.com and cohost of The Kingcast to look back on The Waste Lands one last time before we head to Topeka. We talk with Scott about his history with King, why he loves these books so much, and what the characters mean to him.
We also answer all your mailbag questions!
Check out Scott's new Stephen King Podcast, The Kingcast: https...
This week on our NINETEENTH episode we begin Scott's favorite book in the series: Wizard and Glass. We're talking about the Prologue through Chapter 3 of Part 1 in which Blaine finally gets what's coming to him: a dead baby joke.
Discussion Question: Why do you think the old ones built Blaine? What was his purpose? What does this say about the old ones? (Please try and answer this without spoilers of future ...
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