The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast

Losers Randall Colburn, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, and new member to the Club Melanie Kassel discuss Stephen King’s Firestarter. Chapters include: Intro/Meet the New Loser!, The Hook/Structure and Format (25:00), Zeroes and Villains (52:00), The Sematary (1:27:00), Word Processor of the God (1:48:00), Poundcake! (1:55:00), King’s Dominion (2:10:00), Overall Thoughts (2:18:00), Adaptations (2:26:00), Outro (2:49:00). Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first People's Kingies in which you, the Constant Listener, choose the best in King's Dominion. Before all that, the Losers pay tribute to the late George A. Romero, offer some Needful Tweets, and visit Hollywood King. Chapters include: Intro, Needful Tweets/Romero Tribute (1:19), Hollywood King (17:56), People’s Kingies (50:50), and Outro (1:07:40). Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You are cordially invited to our inaugural awards ceremony: The Kingies! As we close the book on Stephen King's 1970s output, the Losers choose the best (and worst!) from a litany of categories. Who's our favorite hero of a '70s King novel? Which novel has the best ending? And where can the tastiest poundcake be found? Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers head to Castle Rock and discuss Stephen King’s The Dead Zone.Chapters include: Intro, The Hook (17:00), Structure and Format (31:00), Zeroes and Villains (45:00), The Sematary (2:00:00), Word Processor of the God (2:14:30), Poundcake! (2:30:30), King’s Dominion (2:38:00), Overall Thoughts (2:45:30), Adaptations (2:55:00), Outro (3:28:30).Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers -- Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, and Editor-In-Chief Michael Roffman -- review Spike’s The Mist, offer some Needful Tweets, head to Hollywood King, and dump out the ol’ Bag of Bones. Chapters include: Intro, Needful Tweets (3:50), Headlines and Hollywood King (13:46), Spike’s The Mist (30:45), Bag of Bones (46:19), and Outro (1:33:50)Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers takes a deadly stroll through Richard Bachman's 1979 dystopian survival tale, The Long Walk.Chapters include: Intro, The Hook (4:00), Structure and Format (33:15), Zeroes and Villains (1:02:20), The Sematary (1:44:30), Poundcake! (2:11:05), King’s Dominion (2:23:50), Overall Thoughts (2:29:45), Producer’s Chair (2:41:45), Outro (2:47:35)Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers discuss the 1994 TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand and talk to director Mick Garris and composer W.G. Snuffy Walden. Chapters include: Intro, Cast and Characters (6:00), The Sematary (1:06:00), Missed Opportunities (1:12:00), Favorite Moments (1:17:35), Overall Thoughts (1:25:00), Producer’s Chair (1:29:00), Comic Book (1:49:00), Outro (1:54:00), Mick Garris (1:58:00), and W.G. Snuffy Walden (2:37:30). Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers reach the end of Stephen King’s The Stand. Chapters include: Remastered Intro, Losers Intro (4:15), The Hook (05:55), Structure and Format (55:00), Heroes and Villains (1:11:00), The Sematary (2:13:45), Poundcake! (2:32:30), King’s Dominion (2:41:00), Final Thoughts (2:46:30), and Outro (02:59:00)Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers continue walking through Stephen King’s The Stand as they look into the second book: "On the Border". Chapters include: Remastered Intro, Losers Intro (4:15), The Hook (8:55), Structure & Format (23:24), Heroes and Villains (1:03:00), The Sematary (2:09:00), Poundcake! (2:37:00), King’s Dominion (2:56:00), Room 237 (3:03:35), Final Thoughts (3:08:00), and Outro (3:20:00) Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers start walking through Stephen King’s The Stand with the novel's first of three books: "Captain Trips". Chapters include: Remastered Intro, Losers Intro (04:05), History (17:56), The Hook (31:00), Structure & Format (55:50), Heroes and Villains (1:36:00), Sematary (2:35:00), Poundcake! (2:51:35), King’s Dominion (3:12:20), Final Thoughts (3:23:00), and Outro (3:34:00)Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers discuss the good, the bad, and the (mostly) ugly film and TV adaptations of Stephen King’s first short story collection, 1978’s Night Shift. Chapters include: Intro, Graveyard Shift (7:41), The Mangler (19:17), "Battleground" (33:57), Maximum Overdrive (39:45), Trucks (58:53), Sometimes They Come Back (1:10:28), "The Ledge" (1:23:39), The Lawnmower Man (1:34:33), "Quitters, Inc." (1:51:04), "The General" (2:00:02), Children of the Corn (1984) (2:04:05), Children of the Corn (2009) (2:16:58), Dollar Babies (2:24:39), Adaptations We’d Like to See (2:43:21), Watch or Don’t Watch (2:45:05), and Outro (2:49:06).Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers continue their journey through Stephen King’s Night Shift in the second installment of this three-part series. Chapters include: Intro, Needful Tweets (4:45), Jerusalem’s Lot (37:10), I Am the Doorway (47:11), Children of the Corn (1:00:18), The Woman in the Room (1:13:24), The Ledge (1:28:37), Quitters, Inc. (1:39:21), Night Surf (1:49:19), The Boogeyman (1:59:41), The Last Rung On the Ladder (2:12:33), One for the Road (2:18:55), Overall Thoughts (2:41:34), Outro (2:48:54). Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers dust off Stephen King’s Night Shift in the first installment of this three-episode series. Chapters include: Intro, Needful Tweets (11:47), Sometimes They Come Back (33:02), The Lawnmower Man (48:57), Battleground (1:00:51), The Mangler (1:12:11), Trucks (1:21:02), Graveyard Shift (1:33:51), The Man Who Loved Flowers (1:44:55), Strawberry Spring (1:57:40), I Know What You Need (2:07:23), Gray Matter (2:18:55), Poundcake! (2:33:38), Outro (2:36:19). Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers crack open The Bachman Books for the first time for 1977's Rage.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers head to The Overlook Hotel to dissect Stephen King’s 1977 ghost story, The Shining.Chapters include: Remastered Intro (00:31), The Losers Intro (04:15), Needful Tweets (04:53), First Experiences (11:25), Synopsis (22:30), The Hook (23:30), Structure and Format (42:15), Heroes and Villains (58:25), The Sematary (1:42:00), Poundcake! (2:04:00),King’s Dominion (2:11:00), Room 237 (2:19:00), Adaptations (2:22:00), Overall Thoughts (3:10:00), and Outro (3:25:00). Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Losers head to Jerusalem’s Lot to dissect Stephen King’s 1975 vampiric masterpiece, 'Salem's Lot. Chapters include: New Intro (00:31), Salem's Lot / Losers Intro (04:05), Needful Tweets (9:34), History / Hook (18:00), Structure & Format (35:00), Heroes and Villains (49:25), The Sematary (1:15:20), Poundcake! (1:26:00), King's Dominion (1:34:00), Adaptations (1:42:30), Overall Thoughts (2:35:00), and Outro (2:43:00) Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the inaugural episode, the Losers go back to the very beginning with Stephen King’s 1974 debut novel, Carrie. Chapters include: New Introduction, Meet the Losers (4:18), History/Hook (18:30), Structure and Format (32:00), Heroes and Villains (42:00), The Sematary (1:05:00), Poundcake! (1:15:00), Final Thoughts (1:21:35), King’s Dominion (1:29:00), Adaptations (1:35:00), and Outro (2:16:00). Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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