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The Kingcast

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FANGORIA Podcast Network

A Stephen King Podcast For Stephen King Obsessives

#261

263: An Interview with Bill Skarsgard and Willem Dafoe

Chaos reigns as Bill Skarsgard and Willem Dafoe talk with Vespe about their current flick Nosferatu as well as all their favorite Stephen King things. Both actors have King connections. Bill's is obvious, Willem will be a deep cut for King nerds. ... Read more

25 Dec 2024

56 MINS

56:58

25 Dec 2024

#260

262: The Mist with Allie Goertz

Stephen King's The Mist is a novella about the residents of a small Maine town stuck in a grocery store as an unnatural mist rolls into town concealing all sorts of Lovecraftian horrors. Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) made a very divisive, but hugely effective, adaptation in 2007. ... Read more

18 Dec 2024

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:51

18 Dec 2024

#259

261: Suffer the Little Children with Gaspare Randazzo

Originally published by Cavalier in 1972 and re-published in King's 1993 short story collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Suffer the Little Children is one of his nastier tales about an old schoolmarm who is becoming convinced her 3rd grade class is slowly being taken over by mischievous dopplegangers. ... Read more

11 Dec 2024

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:57

11 Dec 2024

#258

260: Silver Bullet with Steven C. Miller

Silver Bullet focuses on young Marty Coslaw (Corey Haim), a boy in a wheelchair who is the first to figure out that the mysterious deaths in his small town are the work of a rogue werewolf. Based on a novella by King, illustrated by the late, great Bernie Wrightson, this '80s movie is one that holds up more than a lot of its contemporaries. ... Read more

04 Dec 2024

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:04

04 Dec 2024

#257

259: King and Holidays with Mallory O'Meara and Meredith Borders

This one is a little more of a nerdy deep dive into King's overall body of work, but we do talk a bit about Different Seasons, Cycle of the Werewolf, One for the Road, Dreamcatcher, Storm of the Century, If It Bleeds, The Stand, Dark Tower, and The Shining, all of which give some kind of passing nod to widely celebrated holidays or at least the bone-chilling horror of New England winters. ... Read more

27 Nov 2024

57 MINS

57:20

27 Nov 2024

#256

258: Gramma with Drew Hancock

Young George is left alone with his ailing Gramma and starts to piece together that she's may be a legit danger to him. What's up with all those occult books, Gramma? This creepy King short story was published in Skeleton Crew and has been on the minds of King readers ever since. ... Read more

20 Nov 2024

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:40

20 Nov 2024

#255

257: The Shawshank Redemption with Evan Waite

Based on King's novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont's adaptation is commonly thought of as one of the all-time great movies. It focuses on a wrongfully imprisoned man and his decades long bid for freedom and all the folks he impacts along the way. ... Read more

13 Nov 2024

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:33

13 Nov 2024

#254

256: Live from KingCon: An Interview with Thomas Jane

This live recording of The Kingcast was done last week in Las Vegas at KingCon in a room full of Stephen King super fans. Thankfully, Tom Jane proves his King credentials as this deep dive chat covers King's books, short stories, and the adaptations that Jane has had a chance to partake in. Yes, including Dreamcatcher. Maybe especially Dreamcatcher. ... Read more

06 Nov 2024

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:16

06 Nov 2024

#253

255: Revival with Joe R. Lansdale (ft. Guest Co-Host Stephen Graham Jones)

Revival is King's underappreciated masterpiece about seeking for the truth behind the afterlife. The story follows a young man from childhood into adulthood as a he keeps encountering his small town preacher who is becoming more and more obsessed with piercing the veil through his experiments with secret electricity. ... Read more

30 Oct 2024

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:00

30 Oct 2024

#252

254: The Mist with Nate Purkeypile

The Mist is Stephen King's stab at Lord of the Flies as he explores the microcosms that form when a group of small town strangers are trapped in a small grocery store while a supernatural mist hides deadly creatures just outside the doors. ... Read more

23 Oct 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:07

23 Oct 2024

#251

253: Mrs. Todd's Shortcut with Ian McDonald

What if the distance between two points could be manipulated? How aggressive can a single person be about shaving a little driving time off her commute? Turns out anything is possible in Stephen King's brain as this small town, deeply Maine, story unfolds and includes possible folding of time and space. ... Read more

16 Oct 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:38

16 Oct 2024

#250

252: Flashback: An Interview with Michael Whelan

Whelan is the recipient of 15 Hugo awards for his work illustrating for the most popular names in genre storytelling, including Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert A. Heinlein, Brandon Sanderson, and, of course, Stephen King. ... Read more

09 Oct 2024

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:30

09 Oct 2024

#249

251: The Lawnmower Man with Flula Borg

What began as a weird short story with mythological overtones about an absurdly large man who eats a ton of lawn clippings ended up as a movie about a mentally challenged lawnmower who becomes VR Hitler thanks to Pierce Brosnan with an earring. This is the movie so radically different from the source material that it inspired not just one, but two different lawsuits from Stephen King. ... Read more

02 Oct 2024

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:35

02 Oct 2024

#248

250: Misery with Jason Pargin (ft Guest Co-Host Don Coscarelli)

Romance writer Paul Sheldon is in a catastrophic car accident and that's only the beginning of his troubles as his rescuer turns out to be a psychotic fan who has some very strong opinions on the direction of his recent work. ... Read more

25 Sep 2024

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:25

25 Sep 2024

#247

249: Taking A Closer Look At King's Female Characters with Emily V. Gordon (ft Guest Co-Host Kate Si...

You can always count on Kate Siegel to keep things chaotic and Emily V. Gordon to bring her psychology degree to the table when analyzing King's work. Be prepared for lots of talk about "that scene" from IT and to desperately want a tee-shirt with the slogan "Stank Some Os" by the time this chat wraps up. ... Read more

18 Sep 2024

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:35

18 Sep 2024

#246

248: The Life of Chuck with Anthony Breznican

The Life of Chuck is a recent King novella published in If It Bleeds, a standout story about finding joy in life, even if that means dancing your ass off in front of complete strangers. The odd feel good story about a world falling apart that has been adapted into a wonderful new film from Mike Flanagan. ... Read more

11 Sep 2024

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:37

11 Sep 2024

#245

247: Revival with JT Mollner (ft. Guest Co-Host Wynter Mitchell)

Revival is the story of a nice guy preacher who suffers great personal tragedy, loses his faith, and seeks for answers about the afterlife that he, and us, the constant readers, aren't ready to face. Released in 2014, this book still has yet to be adapted, even though folks like Mike Flanagan have tried. ... Read more

04 Sep 2024

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:08

04 Sep 2024

#244

246: 1408 with Mikael Hafstrom

1408 is about a skeptical writer who is in search of ghosts. He stays at all the most famous haunted places without ever stumbling across anything supernatural... until, that is, he stays in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel in New York City. ... Read more

28 Aug 2024

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:01

28 Aug 2024

#243

245: Duma Key with Laura Lux (ft. Guest Co-Host Zach Dionne)

Edgar Freemantle travels to Duma Key, Florida for a little R&R after a horrible accident took his right arm and permanently damaged his marriage. He picks up a paintbrush and starts churning out amazing paintings that might have a sinister supernatural side to them. ... Read more

21 Aug 2024

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:10

21 Aug 2024

#242

244: The Running Man with Steven E. de Souza

Based on the Richard Bachman book of the same name, 1987's The Running Man is a cheesy action spectacular with some of the all-timer Arnold Schwarzenegger one-liners. The movie bears very little resemblance to the book, however it remains one of the more prescient movies of the '80s. ... Read more

14 Aug 2024

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:48