Two Guys To The Dark Tower Came

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VII, The Dark Tower, Part 5, chapters 1-3. Introduction (00:45) Susannah’s Exit (02:30) Mordred (14:20) Crimson King (21:57) Fun Stuff (36:35) Outro (50:51) Leave us an iTunes review! Send your questions, comments, and ideas to twoguysdarktower@gmail.com. For more … Continue reading Ep. 53 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 5, Chapters 1-3 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book 7, The Dark Tower, Part 4, chapters 4-6. Introduction (00:13) What is Happening? (01:21) The Meta Structure Tumbles (14:28) Fun Stuff (29:06) Outro (33:51) Leave us an iTunes review! Send your questions, comments, and ideas to twoguysdarktower@gmail.com. For … Continue reading Ep. 52 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 4, Chapters 4-6 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VII, The Dark Tower, Part 4, chapters 1-3. Introduction (00:00) Susannah and Roland’s relationship (05:45) The Three Kings (14:35) Crimson King (22:32) Fun Stuff (30:57) Outro (42:40) Leave us an iTunes review! Send your questions, comments, and ideas … Continue reading Ep. 51 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 4, Chapters 1-3 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VII, The Dark Tower, Part 3, chapters 1-4. Introduction (0:00:13) Each Man Owes a Death (0:02:23) Reaction to Jake’s death (0:23:19) Mrs. Tassenbaum (0:33:47) The Tet Corporation (0:42:17) Fun Stuff (0:47:09) Show Stuff (0:57:26) Outro (1:03:56) Leave us … Continue reading Ep. 50 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 3, Chapters 1-4 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VII, The Dark Tower, Part 2, chapters 9-12. Introduction (00:00) Eddie’s Death (02:30) King is Afraid, Tired, and Lazy (17:45) The Beam Says Thankya! (28:05) Fun Stuff (31:37) Outro (37:07) Leave us an Apple Podcast review! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/twoguysdarktower … Continue reading Ep. 49 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 2, Chapters 9-12 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VII, The Dark Tower, Part 2, Chapters 5 – 8. Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:45) Outsiders (03:07) A Swiftly-Tilting Ka Planet (10:58) Acquiescence to Ka (18:30) Our Heads Just Sploded (26:35) Fun Stuff (35:03) Outro (46:18) Leave us an … Continue reading Ep. 48 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 2, Chapters 5-8 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VII, The Dark Tower, Part 2, chapters 1-4. Introduction (00:00) King as Character (1:50) Randall Flagg (9:35) Dual Nature of Mordred (18:40) Fun Stuff (29:39) Outro (37:54) Leave us an iTunes review! Send your questions, comments, and ideas … Continue reading Ep. 47 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 2, Chapters 1-4 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Book VII of the Dark Tower, The Dark Tower, Part 1, Chapters 4-7 Introduction (00:09) Recap (00:42) So Many Faddahs (02:15) The Ka-tet is No Longer Broken (12:59) Tourism via Magic Doors (20:46) Fun Stuff (26:56) Outro (36:23) Leave us an iTunes … Continue reading Ep. 46 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 1, Chapters 4-7 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VII, The Dark Tower, Part 1, chapters 1-3. Introduction (00:00) Section Summary (00:46) Publication History (2:40) Stephen King Interview (3:01) The next SK novels (5:08) Michael Whelan, illustrator (5:40) Stakes are set high (7:12) Goodbye Callahan (7:30) But … Continue reading Ep. 45 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower — Part 1, Chapters 1-3 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VI, Song of Susannah, Coda and Wrap-Up. Introduction (0:00:10) Coda and Writer’s Notebook (0:01:12) Big Themes of the Book (0:10:24) Fun Stuff (0:28:37) Book Reviews and Reception (0:43:42) Sean and Jay Rank Book VI (0:55:08) Onward to the … Continue reading Ep. 44 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah — Coda and Wrap-up →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VI, Song of Susannah, Stanzas 11-13. Introduction (00:00) Stephen King is a character! (01:57) Neil Gaiman/Stephen King Interview (11:40) How much of King is true or real (14:05) Callahan and Jake finally show up (16:51) The Song of … Continue reading Ep. 43 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah — Stanzas 11-13 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VI, Song of Susannah, Stanzas 8-10. Introduction (00:12) Recap (00:43) So. Much. Exposition. (02:14) Stephen King is real!! (09:51) We have problems (21:52) Fun Stuff (27:10) Outro (38:45) Leave us an iTunes review! Send your questions, comments, and … Continue reading Ep. 42 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah — Stanzas 8-10 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VI, Song of Susannah, Stanzas 5-7. Introduction (00:00) Who, or what, is Mia? (01:38) The Turtle, Maturin (09:54) Literature as a storytelling device (15:43) Gunfight in Maine (23:24) Fun Stuff (31:38) Outro (36:46) Leave us an iTunes review! … Continue reading Ep. 41 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah — Stanzas 5-7 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book VI, Song of Susannah, Stanzas 1-4. Introduction (00:11) Book VI Introduction (01:47) Structure of the book (05:56) Beamquake (13:35) Trudy Damascus (23:26) Susannah / Mia (31:12) Fun Stuff (42:53) Outro (48:39) Leave us an iTunes review! Send your … Continue reading Ep. 40 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah — Stanzas 1 – 4 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we finalize our discussion of the Dark Tower, Book V,  Wolves of the Calla. Introduction (00:00) Is this Stephen King fanfic? (01:39) Big Themes (07:58) Side quest purpose (08:07) Subtitle: Resistance (11:55) Duty (18:16) Reploids (21:55) Contemporary reviews (23:17) Our rankings (29:30) Readers’ thoughts … Continue reading Ep. 39 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla — Wrap up →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book V, Wolves of the Calla, Part 3, Chapter 5-7 and Epilogue. Introduction (00:11) Metafiction (01:37) Mythology (11:13) Five minutes of action (23:34) Sticking the ending (30:14) Fun Stuff (38:16) Leave us an iTunes review! Send your questions, comments, … Continue reading Ep. 38 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla — Part 3, Chapters 5-7 & Epilogue →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book V, Wolves of the Calla, Part 3, The Wolves, chapters 1-4. Introduction (00:00) King’s artificial tension (1:57) Susannah disappeared again (8:45) Eddie’s all growed up (15:15) Fun stuff (35:05) Listener feedback (43:20) Outro (50:15) Leave us an iTunes … Continue reading Ep. 37 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla — Part 3, Chapters 1-4 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book V, Wolves of the Calla, Part 2, chapters 5-9. Introduction (00:12) So many tales and book references (01:27) What is Callahan’s role? (11:22) The Ka-Tet is broken…or is it? (20:26) Fun Stuff (27:28) Outro (43:31) Leave us an … Continue reading Ep. 36 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla — Part 2, Chapters 5-9 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book V, Wolves of the Calla, Part 2 Telling Tales, chapters 1-4. Introduction (00:00) Recap (00:47) Roland knows so much (2:10) Susannah’s pregnancy (12:06) Dry twists (17:41) Father Callahan’s story (23:43) Fun Stuff (36:30) Outro (45:07) Send your questions, … Continue reading Ep. 35 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla — Part 2, Chapters 1-4 →

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Tower, Book V, Wolves of the Calla, Part 1, chapters 4 – 7. Introduction (00:00) We argue the pronunciation of “Calla” (01:25) Metafiction setup (05:37) Infodump City (14:40) Fun Stuff (34:23) iTunes reviews and social media shout-outs (43:51) Outro (46:38) … Continue reading Ep. 34 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla — Part 1, Chapters 4-7 →