The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast

The Losers run out of Boston Common as The Pulse consumes the world around them. Luckily, they find a peaceful retreat at Gaiten Academy, where they catch their breath to discuss Stephen King's Cell. Together, they meditate on the reverberations of 9/11 throughout the post-apocalyptic novel, the parallels to H.G. Wells and Richard Matheson, the hilarious digital marketing campaign around its release, and why this often feels like King's version of a Greatest Hits album.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Black Forest author Laramie Dean, practitioner of Montana gothic and one of Randall’s smartest friends, joins us for a spirited, enlightening chat about queerness in King’s work as it’s evolved from ‘Salem’s Lot and The Stand to 2018’s Elevation. Laramie also opens up about what he looks for in queer horror stories and tells us about his copy of Silver Bullet, which was sent to him at age 8 with a personalized message from King himself. Get Black Forest here: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Forest-Laramie-Dean-ebook/dp/B09T3C6XLBFollow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Here's a clip from our Valentine’s Day special exclusive to our patrons in The Barrens. We called it The Sweetest Slice, which, yes, is a reference to poundcake. Why? Because, this year, we played Kinky Cupid and tore out our favorite sex scenes from Stephen King’s works. Want to hear the full track? Become a member of The Barrens (Patreon) by visiting www.patreon.com/thebarrens. You'll unlock hundreds hours of exclusive content that includes The Stephen King Archives, dozens of Ka-mmentary tracks for your favorite King flicks, all of our Lobstrosities episodes clawing through those silly King sequels, in addition to spinoffs like The Soul's Midnight, Talkin' Hawkins, and CrichtonCast. Not to mention, dozens upon dozens of locked episodes and one-offs.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Losers head to the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, DC to help the FBI solve a strange case file sent from the Derry Private Library in Maine. It's an X-File dated February 8, 1998 and there's a single word at the top: "Chinga". Join Special Agents Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, McKenzie Gerber, and new recruit Sammie Kuykendall as they attempt to solve this bizarre case and explain how best-selling author Stephen King is involved. Rest assured, the truth is out there ... somewhere. Note: This episode was recorded in October 2021 and is being unlocked from our Patreon to celebrate its 25th anniversary today. For more episodes like this, please join us in The Barrens: www.patreon.com/thebarrens. Tonight, we're even hosting a watchalong of the episode in our Discord. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon | StoreHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

One club welcomes another on the latest installment of The Losers’ Club’s On Writers series. This week, Losers Randall Colburn and Mel Kassel chat with acclaimed novelist Paul G. Tremblay about last year’s The Pallbearers Club. Tremblay unpacks his careful approach to ambiguity and the necessity he feels to earn his experiments with narrative. He also discusses A Knock at the Cabin, the M. Night Shyamalan-directed adaptation of his Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Cabin at the End of the World, and his experience as a novelist in Hollywood. He also teases his next novel, which centers around a “cursed” film production, and offers an update on the long-gestating film adaptation of his 2015 breakout A Head Full of Ghosts. And, yes, Stephen King is discussed.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Winter is fierce, but the heat is on across King's Dominion. So, once again, The Losers' Club is putting on their shades, revving up their Plymouth Fury, and feeling the breeze in Hollywood King. Topics include the just-released trailer for Rob Savage's The Boogeyman, all the updates surrounding King's next novel Holly, Kurt Wimmer's finally-to-be-released Children of the Corn, and all those King tweets you've been retweeting throughout January. Elsewhere, they also share their King crushes ahead of Valentine's Day and banter about banned books.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Here's a clip of our Patreon exclusive series the Dark Tower Detour, which sees co-hosts Dan Pfleegor and Dan Caffrey studying the minutiae of Roland Deschain’s epic quest. Now that they’ve completed their run through Mid-World, the Dans are going back to the beginning. The very beginning. All the way back to Robert Browning’s poem “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”. Want to hear the full track? Become a member of The Barrens (Patreon) by visiting www.patreon.com/thebarrens. You'll unlock hundreds hours of exclusive content that includes The Stephen King Archives, dozens of Ka-mmentary tracks for your favorite King flicks, all of our Lobstrosities episodes clawing through those silly King sequels, in addition to spinoffs like The Soul's Midnight, Talkin' Hawkins, and CrichtonCast. Not to mention, dozens upon dozens of locked episodes and one-offs.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In the latest installment of their On Writers' series, Randall and Mel talk with Brian Evenson, author of such eerie and enigmatic works Last Days, Song for the Unraveling of the World, and Father of Lies. Brian discusses his "ruthless" style, body horror, and genre experimentation in his 2021 collection The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell. We also chat about his TV work on Peacock's Friend of the Family and the literary spin-offs of Aliens and Dead Space he's written under the name B.K. Evenson. Brian's got plenty of recommendations, too, so have some pen and paper handy. Learn more about his incredible body of work at BrianEvenson.com. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Losers return to Maine and take a ferry out to Moose-Lookit Island, where they learn about the mystery of The Colorado Kid. It's a slim tale with very little answers, but they quickly learn there's a lot of meat to chew on. Hell, you might even choke on it! Keep all that in mind as you join the Losers for their first book episode of Season 7. Together, they discuss the origins of the Hard Case Crime imprint, how Stephen King got involved, the ways this peculiar parable is built on hard-boiled tropes, and how it all aligns with From a Buick 8 and beyond.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Six years, seven seasons! The Losers reassemble following a much-needed holiday break to look ahead at 2023. Together, they share their own highlights of Season 6, share the Club's reading and viewing lists for the year, dig into some Needful Tweets, and make a stop in Hollywood King to finally discuss all the news surrounding Mike Flanagan's The Dark Tower. Gonna be a real wild year, alright.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.