Listen Stephen, Stephen Listen

Lillie and Margot
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A Stephen King book review podcast.

  1. 02/18/2020

    Christine

    Heavy topics: A loner young man who becomes radicalized, you know, for a change“We are doomed to repeat the mistakes of previous generations” is maybe what Stephen was going for, but....This is a 1 to 1 metaphor about addictionThe lighter side: This book is what’s the phrase *checks notes* EXTREMELY GAYChristine did nothing wrongA lil smoochAn exciting new flavor of overbearing mother and bumbling dadLillie makes the Best Freud JokeRecommendations: Songs about evil and/or dangerous transportation that simply slap: Satan is My Motor by CAKE, Survival Car by Fountains of Wayne, Bat Out of Hell by MeatloafSupernatural episode “Route 666” aka RACIST TRUCKQueer Theory in 80s and 90s Action Movies video essay by Renegade Cutvideo essay by Renegade CutAny of the Tim Burton directed or produced Batman moviesGone Home video gameFollow us on twitter: @Listen_Stephen Email us: listenstephenpod@gmail.com Support the show at: patreon.com/listenstephen Follow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrot Our intro song is by Lena Orsa

    2h 2m

  2. 01/21/2020

    The Running Man

    Heavy topics: We really, really, REALLY hate Ben RichardsWhoooo boy there is so much racism and misogyny hereSex work is just a part of this world and is totally unremarkable unless my wife does itA man’s sense of self and ego are more important than anything else in his lifeThe YMCA basement scene! No thanks!The lighter side: Stephen King's Beard From When He Was Going Through ItThe explosives thing is real dumbWe had to read the word pudenda with our very own eyeballsRecommendations: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, Bright: The Apotheosis of Lazy World Building video essay by Lindsay Ellis, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Follow us on twitter: @Listen_Stephen Email us: listenstephenpod@gmail.com Support the show at: patreon.com/listenstephen Follow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrot Our intro song is by Lena Orsa

    1h 35m

  3. 01/07/2020

    Different Seasons Part 2

    Heavy topics: Get in loser, we’re getting existentially traumatizedDisplacement of griefTHE. LEECHES!Teddy’s anger and his relationship with his dadStud City has some… troubling implicationsThe lighter side: Real 1960s childhood sad boi hoursGordie, you and Chris are absolutely in love and you’re so f*****g valid.Hemingway and Faulkner… you wish my dudeWhat do we have to do to get invited to this damn secret society?“If this woman giving birth in my taxi had been screaming hysterically instead of breathing weirdly, I wouldn’t have crashed the car.” Sure my dude.David’s wife sure is… there…Recommendations: Eighth Grade, Over the Garden Wall tv mini-series, Harry Potter series, Wuthering Heights or any other gothic Romance, Crimson Peak, any Sherlock Holmes novel. Follow us on twitter: @Listen_Stephen Email us: listenstephenpod@gmail.com Support the show at: patreon.com/listenstephen Follow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrot Our intro song is by Lena Orsa

    1h 54m

  4. 12/01/2019

    Different Seasons Part 1

    Heavy topics: Red is not a sympathetic narrator, he is a barely remorseful murdererThe horror and failure of the American prison systemNazis, the Holocaust, and the deaths of millionsTodd and Dussander’s toxic relationship ruined them bothThe lighter side: In which we learn why Margot hates Adam SandlerEVERYONE is doing crime in this prison, can you believeFellas, is it gay to break your parole and run away to Mexico to run a hotel with your friend whose companionship helped you cope with prison?In which we meet Stephen’s worst parents everTodd is a unit. Absolutely in awe at the size of this terrible lad.Dussander is old and gross, Todd is mad about it, and we laugh at him for it.Recommendations: Orange is the New Black, Exhibit A (both on Netflix) The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien Well I guess SOMEBODY had to read Trigger Warning video by Jenny Nicholson What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right from the Washingtonian Follow us on twitter: @Listen_Stephen Email us: listenstephenpod@gmail.com Support the show at: patreon.com/listenstephen Follow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrot Our intro song is by Lena Orsa

    1h 58m

  5. 10/28/2019

    BONUS EPISODE: Stephen King Halloween Costumes

    In which we discuss the most overdone costumes and offer alternatives, give you some ideas for pair costumes that AREN'T the Grady twins, and tell you the funniest, sexiest, and of course the scariest costumes of all. Follow us on twitter: @Listen_Stephen Email us: listenstephenpod@gmail.com Support the show at: patreon.com/listenstephen Follow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrot Our intro song is by Lena Orsa

    28 min

  6. 10/17/2019

    Cujo

    Heavy topics: Eating disorders, addiction, control, and inertiaEVERYONE in this book is anxious about somethingDonna's maternal transgression is punished by losing her sonHot take: addiction is badThe lighter side: Tad is a sexy lampDog actors are bad at being badKeep your sneeze kink off our podcast, Lillian38 YEARS OLD??? HELLO???Recommendations: Russian Doll tv series, Sawbones episode 160: "Frankenberry Stool," "Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered" by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, and anything written by Carrie Fisher. Follow us on twitter: @Listen_Stephen Email us: listenstephenpod@gmail.com Support the show at: patreon.com/listenstephen Follow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrot Our intro song is by Lena Orsa

    1h 53m

  7. 10/03/2019

    The Dead Zone

    Heavy topics: Four and a half years in a coma…. No ThanksStephen’s writing about women, based on the intersection of religious fanaticism and motherhoodThe argument that serial killers are often abuse victims is one put forth by the serial killersNazis, Hitler, Trump, and how to actually create political changeThe lighter side: A fatal hotdog mistakeThe Dead Zone could’ve been more of a Fun Zone“Hell yeah I’d kill Hitler!”Everyone is SUPER down with psychics for some gd reasonSkepticism as the plot demandsRecommendations:  Castle Rock on Hulu, Broadchurch season 1, “Hope Chest” by Garth Nix Follow us on twitter: @Listen_Stephen Email us: listenstephenpod@gmail.com Support the show at: patreon.com/listenstephen Follow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrot Our intro song is by Lena Orsa

    2h 6m

  8. 09/10/2019

    The Long Walk

    Heavy topics: There are SO MANY horrible deaths McVries is a problematic fave to put it lightly Stephen brings race into this AGAIN when will he stop. The lighter side: Lillie's Hot Beach Reads™ Raw hamburger?? Hello??? That watermelon sounds so good Jahoobies Don't be a coward, let's be gay. Recommendations: 1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and The Maze Runner films. Follow us on twitter: @Listen_Stephen Email us: listenstephenpod@gmail.com Support the show at: patreon.com/listenstephen Follow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrot Our intro song is by Lena Orsa

    1h 52m
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