11 episodes
Derry Connection: A Stephen King Podcast Maya Prohovnik
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4.3 • 31 Ratings
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Maya is a Stephen King superfan who's been reading his books and noting connections between them for 20 years (casually, at first, then obsessively). Join her and her startled friends as they wade through the endless King universe and how it's alllll connected.
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The Running Man
Maya sits down with her buddy Matt Hartman, who does not like dark or upsetting things, to discuss The Running Man, one of Stephen King's most dark and upsetting novels. Listen to learn all about the origin of King's alter ego Richard Bachman, the different kinds of horror, and whether audio books or physical books are better for humanity. There was also a lot of president talk in this episode, which thankfully got mostly cut out. Sorry if we accidentally left in anything about presidents.
Links you might want after listening:
The difference between inevitable, inexorable, and ineluctable: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-inevitable-inexorable-and-ineluctable
Matt's podcast, TLDR Daily: https://anchor.fm/tldrdaily
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Doctor Sleep
You've probably noticed that there's kind of a lot of Stephen King movies happening right now... but this is the one you should actually watch. Join Maya, her husband, and special guest The Wolfman as they discuss The Flanopticon (that's what we call the cinematic universe of director Mike Flanagan), the many connections Doctor Sleep has to The Shining (both movies AND both books), and all the reasons why if you think this wasn't a good movie you are wrong.
Some more things for you:
Proof that Maya's mom invented slash fiction: fanlore.org/wiki/The_Halkan_Council
Love Erik? Check out his podcast at anchor.fm/frankanderik.
Love The Wolfman? You can find his movie reviews at thewolfmancometh.com.
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
It's unclear whose idea it was to read this particular book, but Maya and her pals Ana (a writer, and also a Stephen King first-timer!) and Duncan (a normally reasonable person who unforgivably quit The Dark Tower halfway through) read it, and now you have the chance to learn a lot about everything from baseball to shit weasels. Plus, as it turns out, this story is much more than a coming-of-age story about a little girl lost in the woods... or is it?
Sidenote: duh, tragic endings, how could I forget about Running Man!!! Let me know if you can think of any other good ones! You can always email me or send in a voice message at anchor.fm/derry-connection.
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Every Stephen King Movie
Buzzfeed's Louis Peitzman recently decided to watch EVERY single Stephen King adaptation and rank them all in order of worst to best. He patiently explains his strategy and defends his decisions to Maya, who has a lot of questions and, predictably, some unsolicited and uneducated opinions. Look, if nothing else we can all agree that Shawshank is the greatest movie ever made. Right? WE CAN'T?!
All 60 Stephen King adaptations ranked: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/louispeitzman/stephen-king-movie-adaptation-ranking
The Stephen King musical: http://www.ghostbrothersofdarklandcounty.com/
Louis's interview with Stephen King earlier this year: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/louispeitzman/stephen-king-the-outsider-donald-trump-resistance-twitter
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Castle Rock
Maya gets to watch a few episodes of the new Hulu series CASTLE ROCK early and review them with her pal John, a Stephen King megafan and editor at Den of Geek. Listen to find out about the many, many connections hidden in this show – and why you should stick it out through the first couple episodes to get to the good stuff.
You can read John's review at http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/castle-rock/274797/castle-rock-episode-1-review-severance-spoiler-free!
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Lisey's Story
Maya's friend Kris hates scary stories, so Maya attempts to recommend a non-scary Stephen King book. This does not go as smucking planned.
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Customer Reviews
Good but left wanting more
As a Constant Reader, this podcast is everything I want, but I wish there was consistency in releases. The info is great, sometimes the tangents are a bit much, but I definitely love what I learn and feel like I’m chatting with friends.
Could be better
The host is selective in the works she reads. She often doesn’t remember the characters names or plot points in the books she’s reviewing. Talks about working for podcast company but the show isn’t well produced. Other shows with more substance.
I love.
This is such a good podcast omg. She NEEDS to make more!!! I love them so much! I couldn’t stop listening and I’m now obsessed with Steven King.