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Radio Free Mid-World
Welcome to Radio Free Mid-World, a podcast examination of the Dark Tower series of books by Stephen King. Every other week, a panel of hosts will discuss these books that merge fantasy, sci-fi, and western themes... outlining the quest of the last Gunslinger to reach the Dark Tower. RSS Feed: https:...
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Episode 58: Everything's Eventual
Even joins me to talk about the short story "Everything's Eventual", which introduces the unwitting psychic assassin Dinky Earnshaw. Some bad dialogue...
Episode 57: It: Chapter 2
This week, Gwen joins me to talk about the sequel to the 2017 "It" film. This continues the story with an all new cast of grown up Losers returning to...
Episode 56: The Dark Tower, "The Little Red King"
Jeremy Greer joins me to observe the birth of Mordred Deschain, and the deaths of Mother Mia and Father Callahan. This section of the book feels like...
Episode 55: The Talisman
Zack Johnson joins me to talk about The Talisman, Stephen King's 1984 collaboration with Peter Straub that acts as a rough draft for many concepts in...
Episode 54: Song of Susannah, Stanzas 11-13
Autumn Greer joins me once more to finish out this book, which climaxes with Eddie and Roland wandering into the Maine home of Stephen King himself to...
Episode 53: Song of Susannah, Stanzas 7-10
Autumn Greer joins me once more to talk about the middle portion of Song of Susannah, which follows the adventures of Eddie and Roland in Maine in 197...
Episode 52: Song of Susannah, Stanzas 1-6
Autumn Greer joins me to talk about Song of Susannah, which is nobody's favorite Dark Tower book. However, it sets the stage for what happens next, so...
Episode 51: From a Buick 8
Jim Stormdancer (of Frog Fractions and Video Games Hot Dog fame) joins me to talk about another Tower-related novel, "From a Buick 8". A strange man a...
Episode 50: Bag of Bones
Autumn Greer joins me to talk about Bag of Bones, a novel about a writer who loses his wife under mysterious circumstances... which starts him on a co...
Episode 49: Wolves of the Calla, "The Wolves" (Part 2)
Evan Thorne joins me for the last chapters of Wolves of the Calla, where we say goodbye to the Wolves, goodbye to the Calla, and goodbye to any feelin...
Episode 48: The Wolves of the Calla, "The Wolves" (Part 1)
Two is one and one is none. That's what we learn in this week's episode, as Autumn Greer joins me to talk about the beginning of the end of Wolves of...
Episode 47: Wolves of the Calla, "Telling Tales" (Part 3)
Somebody saved Donald Callahan's life tonight. Jeremy Greer joins me to learn who, and how. As the ka tet settles into the Calla and tries to learn mo...
Episode 46: Wolves of the Calla, "Telling Tales" (Part 2)
Evan Thorne joins me for a history lesson in Calla folkways and close calls, as we learn the tale of Lady Oriza and Gray Dick, and hear from Granpere...
Episode 45: Wolves of the Calla, "Telling Tales" (Part 1)
Welcome Home. Autumn Greer joins me to talk about a section of the book that focuses very heavily on Father Callahan, and his journey from 'Salem's Lo...
Episode 44: Wolves of the Calla, "Todash" (Part 2)
Let's go back to the vacant lot, because the Rose is in danger. Zack Johnson joins me once again to talk about the remainder of the Todash portion of...
Episode 43: Wolves of the Calla, "Todash" (Part 1)
Time has resumed. Zack Johnson joins me to talk about the opening of Wolves of the Calla, which finds our ka-tet approaching civilization once more. T...
Episode 42: The Regulators
TV's gonna rot your brain, even if you're a demon. Autumn Greer joins me to talk about this absolutely bonkers companion to Desperation. Writing as Ri...
Episode 41: 'Salem's Lot
Here comes Mister Flip, to chase you out of Jerusalem's Lot. Autumn Greer joins me to talk about this seminal retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula, as m...
Episode 40: The Little Sisters of Eluria
The hospital isn't always the place you go to get better. Roland learns this the hard way after a run-in at the dead town of Eluria. Autumn and Jeremy...
Episode 39: The Fall of Gilead / The Battle of Jericho Hill
We know the "what" of Gilead's fall, but now we know the "how". Bryan May and Murph Murphy join me to continue the journey of Young Roland, as we watc...
Episode 38: The Wind Through the Keyhole, "Skin-Man (Part 2) / Storm's Over"
The wild west werewolf mystery is solved, and I'm joined by Evan and Chase to talk through the gory conclusion to this strange book. With the fairy ta...
Episode 37: The Wind Through the Keyhole, "The Wind Through the Keyhole (Part 2)"
Deeper into the endless woods we go, to find a tiger and almost certain death. Evan joins me to talk about the second half of the fairy tale that make...
Episode 36: The Wind Through the Keyhole, "The Wind Through the Keyhole (Part 1)"
Sean Wagoner joins me to get to know the Covenant Man, the In-World tax collector who menaces young Tim Ross. All of this happens in the fairy tale th...
Episode 35: The Wind Through the Keyhole, "Starkblast / Skin-Man (Part 1)"
A new old story, within the story, within the story. Evan joins me to talk about the opening movements of The Wind Through the Keyhole. After survivin...
Episode 34: The Long Road Home / Treachery
What happened during Roland's return to Gilead from Mejis, and how exactly did Gilead fall? Murph joins me to talk about two story arcs from the Dark...
Episode 33: Desperation
Nevada is home to a lot of intense people, and Autumn Greer joins me to talk about one of the most extreme: Collie Entragian. Desperation is the chron...
Episode 32: Wizard and Glass, "All God's Chillun' Got Shoes"
We're off to see the wizard... the wonderful Wizard of lots of places. With the flashback done, Autumn and Jeremy Greer join me to talk about the conc...
Episode 31: Wizard and Glass, "Come, Reap (Part 3)"
Charyou tree. Charyou tree. Evan joins me to talk about the upsetting conclusion of the flashback portion of Wizard and Glass. As Roland and the other...
Episode 30: Wizard and Glass, "Come, Reap (Part 2)"
It was never about the gas, it was about the ball. Murph joins me to talk about the continuation of "Come, Reap", as the boys are captured and it seem...
Episode 29: Wizard and Glass, "Come, Reap (Part 1)"
Bird and bear and hare and fish, bring me Evan Thorne to talk about this section of Wizard and Glass. Roland and Susan have taken the plunge, and the...
Episode 28: Wizard and Glass, "Susan (Part 2)"
Chase Greenlee and Jeremy Greer join me for the second portion of "Susan", where Roland finally gives in to his temptation and gets the entire ka-tet...
Episode 27: Wizard and Glass, "Susan (Part 1)"
Autumn and Jeremy Greer join me for an episode that begins a flashback to Roland's first adventure as a gunslinger. He, Alain, and Cuthbert venture to...
Episode 26: Wizard and Glass, "Riddles"
Evan Jones Thorne joins me to talk about the resolution to the cliffhanger from the Waste Lands, as we learn how the ka-tet escapes from the clutches...
Episode 25: The Stand (Part 2)
It's a battle between good and evil in the desert (minus the crocodile man). Murph Murphy joins me to discuss the back half of The Stand, all the way...
Episode 24: The Stand (Part 1)
This week I'm joined by Autumn Greer and Evan Jones Thorne to talk about the first part of Stephen King's original magnum opus: The Stand. It's a mass...
Episode 23: It (The Movie)
A movie so good your heart will soar. Or float, at least.
Jeremy Greer and Bryan May come along to talk about a movie so good it almost makes up...
Episode 22: The Mist
Gary Buttefield joins the show to talk about Stephen King's novella (and the associated movie) that's all about what we become when the fear sets in....
Episode 21: The Dark Tower Movie
Go home, there probably won't be other films like these. I'm joined by Jeremy Greer and Evan Jones Thorne to talk about the recent Dark Tower film ada...
Episode 20: The Waste Lands, "Riddles and Wastelands"
This train doesn't stop. Autumn and Paddy join the show to discuss the thrilling, anxiety-inducing conclusion to the Waste Lands. With Lud rapidly dec...
Episode 19: The Waste Lands, "Bridge and City (Part 2)"
Tick tock, Blaine is waiting.
The horrors of Lud have come to bear, as Chase Greenlee, Murph Murphy, and Evan Jones Thorne come along to talk ab...