A show that is occasionally great but frequently bad
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“If you get the right guest (Mike Flanagan, Matt Fraction, Bryan Fuller, King himself among some others) you can get really great moments of insight and intrigue with this show. The problem is, any guest that doesn’t fully join and anchor the conversation results in endless rambling and extremely boring content. You’ll spend 45 minutes on literally anything but King before maybe glossing over the same points you’ve heard 20 times before. And of course there are the lackluster technical aspects of the show. A 4 year old podcast should have ironed out the kinks of echo, background chatter, audibly belching hosts, etc. Some of these are just not fun to listen to if you are sensitive to that type of thing. Lastly, this recent Thomas Jane episode pulled me up short when the dude endorses RFK, Jr. and the hosts just roll with it as he describes how we’ll soon be in a false flag civil war and laments that good ol’ RFK (a literal insane person) isn’t getting the support he needs. This goes virtually unchallenged (and that was my end point for that episode). Yikes. That’s not the Stephen King content I’m craving. More like dipping into infowars. I don’t expect this podcast to establish solid political commentary or guardrails against every wild idea, but we can probably avoid inane conspiracy theory nonsense being blasted out in the world. We’ve already got plenty of that. Editing can be a useful tool. At this point I’m definitely creeping towards that inevitable unfollow. Bottom line, this show can be interesting (even fascinating, and a great promo tool for guests), but it’s frequently not worth your time. Download an old King book on audible, or pick up an old paperback and enjoy that instead.
Edited to add: just listened to an episode where Wampler is very audibly inebriated. This is not a value add, imo. It’s a drag to have the show continue to morph into such an unenjoyable production.”
Seanerino via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/03/24
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“If you’re a constant reader or just a fan of the movies adapted from his works, this is a blast. Great guests that offer a new perspective on books I’ve read more than once. It’s interesting to hear how people got into King. Just A+ all the way around.”
Mouphbreaver via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/31/20
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“One of the hosts is engaging, the other I checked out when he began to mention how awful it is when he’s approached by “fans.” The plot of Tommyknockers is more realistic than this deluded claim. Nobody cares about your blog bro.”
Jb5185 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/17/20
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“Love the format. Wampler and Vespe know their King. Love how the guest gets to choose the adaptation and how the same King property can be dissected different ways. I used to be a "Constant Reader" but had fallen off, after listening to a few episodes I found myself drawn back in the...”Read full review »
miles.dw via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/01/21
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