Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came: A Podcast about Stephen King and His Books Jay Russo and Sean McGurr

A new bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came is live for all of our Patrons. What follows is an excerpt of our discussion of the 1977 short story “The Cat from Hell.”

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Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Talisman, Part 3, “A Collision of Worlds,” chapters 20-26.



Introduction (00:00)

The Sunlight Home (01:47)

The Territories are a reflection of our world (13:56)

Sacrifice is necessary along a hero’s journey (20:14)

Dark Tower Thinnies (24:31)

Yuck-King It Up (27:04)

Fun Stuff (28:27)

Other Worlds Than These (31:48)



Jay: See How They Run (2022)

Sean: Dead Ringers (2023)





Outro (37:35)



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Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

Next Episode: The Talisman, Part 3, “A Collision of Worlds,” chapters 27-33 and Interlude.

Greetings, constant listeners! Thank you so much for listening to our show. You may have noticed we have missed our regularly scheduled publish dates. Everything is OK, but there has been a lot going on in our personal lives. So, we are going to take a hiatus. We have all the Talisman episodes recorded and they will come out as we edit and post them. We also have several bonus episodes for our Patrons recorded and they too will be coming out soon, too.

While we’re on hiatus, keep in touch! You can email us at twoguysdarktower@gmail.com and our Twitter handle is @2guysdarktower.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Talisman,  Part 2, “The Road of Trials,” Chapters 14-19.



Introduction (00:13)

Cool world building (02:06)

Too much “Y” and not enough “A” (12:36)

Dark Tower Thinnies (20:19)

Yuck-King it Up (25:39)

Fun Stuff (27:21)

Other Worlds than These (31:52)

Outro (37:09)



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Other Worlds Than These topics:



Jay: Smokey and the Bandit (1977), starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, and Paul Williams.

Jay: Unspooled podcast, hosted by Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson.

Sean: Beef (2023), starring Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, and Joseph Lee. 



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Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

Next Episode: The Talisman, Part 3, “A Collision of Worlds,” Chapters 20-26.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Talisman, Part II, chapters 6-13.



Introduction (00:00)

Struggling with the book (01:45)

Jack’s first trial (05:54)

Jack’s dad in the Territories (14:01)

Dark Tower Thinnies (19:52)

Yuck-King It Up (23:06)

Fun Stuff (25:54)

Other Worlds Than These topics (31:21):



* Jay: Succession on HBOMax

* Sean: Chernobyl on HBOMax





Outro (36:24)



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Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

Next Episode: The Talisman, Part 2, chapters 14-19.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Talisman, Part 1, “Jack Lights Out.”



Introduction (00:13)

Recap (00:50)

Publication/Our history (01:57)

Things are getting started (07:30)

Jack’s relationships (13:24)

Dark Tower Thinnies (20:30)

Yuck-King it Up (23:34)

Thank you, Patrons! (24:54)

Fun Stuff (25:42)

Other Worlds than These (32:07)

Outro (35:24)



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Other Worlds Than These topics:



Jay: Star Trek: Picard, Season 3, starring Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, and Ed Speleers

Sean: Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez



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Intro and outro music is Western Cowboys Logo by Shorties.

Next Episode: The Talisman, Part 2, “The Road of Trials,” Chapters 6-13.