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Join hosts Tadd and Peter for in-depth discussion and analysis of Stephen King's Magnum Opus The Dark Tower series. Explore the Novels, comics, upcoming film/TV adaptations, and all things Dark Tower. Join in on both the Round Table Discussions covering the entire series, as well as the Book Club where each book is systematically read, analyzed and discussed in order from the first line to the last. Come let's Palaver Gunslinger!
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter announce the topics for the two March Insanity Brackets for 2025, then dive into all of the DT and King news including King tweeting he is back in Mid-World! As well as Flanagan doing a Carrie Series for Amazon, First Look at Welcome to Derry, Fairy Tale is a series now, The Running Man is coming in 2025 and…
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Sections Covered Interlude and Part 3 Chapter 1, Subchapters 1–5) In the 19th Book Club on the 19th Day of October 2024 Tadd and Peter visit Roland's Second Ka-Tet as they realize the night is holding despite the long tale, and Roland warns them about the rest of the story but they want him to finish. In Mejis the Huntress moon and the Reap begins,…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter celebrate the 9 year anniversary for the show which WB was nice enough to release Salem's Lot on. Then they cover the news including The Life of Chuck winning a prestigious award at TIFF and lands a distribution deal. Also The Institute adds 11 to its cast, including Luke Ellis. They talk Tarantino's influen…
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(Covered in this episode Part 2, Chapter 10, Subchapters 6-14) In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter follow Susan fleeing her aunt onto The Drop to her private place where Roland follows her and consoles her. Then duty and honor are finally thrown to the wind and they two finally give into their desires. All the while Rhea watches, but is interrup…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter come together to Palaver about a tidal wave of news. Including King teasing a new Dark Tower Book! Also articles and first looks for Life of Chuck and Salem's Lot as well as a Flanagan interview where we find out he has had the rightst to the Dark Tower for MUCH longer than we realized. And a teaser for The …
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter re-join Roland and Susan as they investigate Citgo and find what the Big Coffin Hunters went to so much work to hide. Susan asks Roland to ask her to break her vow and he refuses. After they part Roland sees Roy return in a rush. Then we follow Susan into the most important day of her life, as she has a horrib…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk the news including Amazon having weekly discussions with Flanagan that include The Dark Tower! Also Flanagan saying The Exorcist won't get in the way of The Dark Tower, then a ton of news on The Long Walk that is filming now, The Running Man is filming this year! And they have a Palaver about what the p…
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter find Susan working herself to exhaustion to avoid a sleepless night, then Sheemie delivers a note to Roland from Susan setting up a meeting near Citgo, when they meet they kiss meanwhile on Cöos Hill we see Rhea looking through the Wizard's Glass and spying on Susan. Then we follow Roland and Susan into Citgo …
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk the news including remembering two King Alum who have passed away, King revealing the title of his next novel, The Institute and The Long Walk both add cast to their adaptations, The Monkey, and Welcome to Derry bits. Then they discuss if King is done with the Dark Tower since it has been 12 years since…
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter they join Roland and the boys as they go an investigate and "count" one Thinny as well as get the lay of the land of Eyebolt Canyon. Susan is "gifted" a horse she used to own from the Mayor, and she trades clandestine notes with Alain and Cuthbert about meeting with Roland at Citgo for an important matter, but…
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter follow up with Susan and Roland in their meeting as they begin to kiss and Susan says they must keep it secret and not see each other anymore. Avery and his deputies discuss their thoughts on the boys. Roland returns to camp and Alain doubts his strategy and finds a distinctive hair on him, and finally we see …
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter first remember Scott Wampler, as well as dive into some news including a bunch of Flanagan news, speculation, and hopes. As well as some Bill Skarsgård news, The Long Walk is filming, The Monkey, and Shawshank preps to celebrate its 30th Anniversary. Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the w…
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter find Sheemie delivering flowers to Susan's door and getting close to Cordelia's suspicions but is more clever than we may have given him credit for. Then we see Susan read the note that came with the flowers and ponders over how to respond and finally decided no and passes a note to Sheemie in town to tell Wil…
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In the latest Round Table some maybe discouraging news on Flanagan, Edgar Wright has his Running Man, a fire at The Overlook, and Keifer Sutherland talks bullying on Stand By Me. Then Tadd and Peter have a fun Palaver topic, build your own Ka-Tet from the entire King Universe for your own journey to The Dark Tower. Engage with the show by Email or …
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter deal with the fallout of the Showdown. First Avery brings the two groups together and forces them to make peace, then we see Eldred dealing with Depape on the road back to their camp, and on the other side we see our Boys talk about how they see the so-called truce, then we get into the aftermath of the bigges…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about various news including Maturin now being a real turtle, Life of Chuck, The Monkey, Carrie (and King's career) hitting its 50th Anniversary, a Netflix show that seems like a modern take on Misery but is a true story, and talk about the March Insanity that was and looking ahead at 2025! Engage with …
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Finally the Book Club has reached the DTP Voted Best Dark Tower Moment THE SHOWDOWN AT THE TRAVELLER'S REST!!! What more needs to be said, this section goes from the beginning of the Sheemie accident to Sheemie running out into the arms of Sheriff Avery who was coming in. Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join i…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd looks at the latest comments by Mike Flanagan regarding The Dark Tower, also speculates on a cryptic tweet from King, Nikolaj Arcel finally breaks his silence on The Dark Tower movie, a potential third Dead Zone Adaptation, David Dastmalchian talks vaguely about his next King project with Rob Savage, and few other new…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd talks about Holly getting an adaptation, Blumhouse making The Stanley even more scary, King castings that could have been, King and Spielberg almost working together multiple times, and in the Palaver section talks a bit about who needs who in Roland's Tet, and of course the reveal of the 2024 March Insanity Fan Vote …
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In the latest Book Club Tadd follows Roland and his young friends into the party at Mayor's house, meet some of the ranchers, Roland meets Susan for the first time again, later he talks to some ranchers to get an idea of how many horses they have and he finds out Susan's situation. Also the Mayor and his inner circle talk after the meeting about th…
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In the first Book Club of 2024 Tadd dives into the aftermath of the enchanted meeting on the road as Susan returns home and is questioned by her Aunt and later when she goes to bed and has trouble sleeping. Also Jonas and the Big Coffin Hunters have spies who saw Roland and his Tet coming into town, and Roland and his Tet meet Sheriff Avery and lat…
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In the first Round Table of 2024 Tadd dives through the news including Carla Gugino saying she has talked to Flanagan about The Dark Tower, as well as an article with an interesting dreamcasting of Flanagan Family memebers, bad news for From a Buick 8, leaked set footage from the Salem's Lot film, heartwarming King moments, and a reminder for March…
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In the 2023 Year End Bash Tadd covers some news including the end of the Dollar Babies program, Henry Thomas wanting a part in Flanagan's Dark Tower, Frank Darabont possibly returning to directing, how the late Norman Lear saved Stand By Me, The Overlook....er Stanley Hotel has been sold, Holly wins an Award, and 10 fan theories about King films. A…
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In the final Book Club of 2023 Tadd joins Susan on her walk back from Rhea's hut where she encounters a young man named Will Dearborn and it is an electric meeting. We then follow Will back to his camp and he discusses a bit with Cuthbert... or Arthur. Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join in for live streams o…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd covers a bunch of news including the title of the 12 shorts for King's next book You Like it Darker. Life of Chuck wrapped filming, The Long Walk gets a new studio and director, Edgar Wright's The Running Man, among other things. Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com …
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In the latest Book Club Tadd finds Rhea hearing Susan coming and running into her hut, also sees Susan's side of it and noticing Rhea running into the hut. Then Susan gets there and things do not go well and we learn a lot about the situation, Susan is sent to get more wood and sees Rhea looking at the Ball. Then Rhea "inspects" Susan for her purit…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk some news including the unreleased Salem's Lot movie, The Boogeyman Director wanting to do more King, the whole Life of Chuck cast revealed, and new stories from the world of The Stand! They also take an email talking about what King stories can and cannot be taught in high school, and they look at Flan…
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter join the Ka-Tet on the Turnpike looking at the building in the distance. Roland is quiet the last day before telling his tale and the whole camp is quiet as they set up that night and Roland begins his story. We also meet a woman on a hill with a new toy delivered to her. Engage with the show by Email or Socia…
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This one is changing back to Round Table first and Book Club second for a very special reason! 🎈🎈 Tadd and Peter trekked to Las Vegas (Randy-Land) to check out the Escape IT Escape Room. In this episode they come from their hotel room right after the Escape Room to talk about it. In this episode we all FLOAT down here. Engage with the show by Email…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter cover the various news including Graphic Novel Omnibus releases, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, John Carpenter, and.... Taylor Swift?! Also they palaver about the Oracle in Book 1 and what her words might mean to the end of the cycle and Roland's salvation/damnation. Engage with the show by Email or Social Media!…
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In this latest Book Club Tadd and Peter follow the Ka-Tet through the Captain Trips ravaged Gage Park, Zoo, Aviary, and Snack Bar including one scary surprise for Jake. Then then find the Highway and Eddie says he is Turnpikin' again. They see all manner of graffiti as they move down the thinny surrounded highway. At Camp Roland promises his story …
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about some updates from Mike Flanagan on his Dark Tower Adaptation as well as 2 new Book announcements from King and a Tease for Talisman 3! Then they put everything else aside to hit a 10k foot view of The Wind Through the Keyhole which somehow they have gone nearly 8 years as a Dark Tower Podcast w…
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In this section Tadd and Peter cover more strange things coming from Roland in the light of the Thinny. Then getting off Blaine's carcass and look around at the station on Topeka side. There they discover bodies and a newspaper talking about Captain Trips. Then as they move on Eddie grabs a 1986 era wheelchair for Susannah and they look at the many…
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On the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter are joined with Patreon Member Max as they come together to talk through the Top 10 Dark Tower Characters also a small little palaver about who is the best villain in the series? Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join in for live streams of the shows. Check the website at…
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In this Book Club Tadd and Peter finish up Chapter 3 where we see Eddie Cantor Dean absolutely destroy Blaine the Mono with a number of jokes. Also the Mono crashes and causes some nicks and dinges but the Tet is safe but once they get outside Roland hears a sound and is stricken in a way we have not really seen before. Engage with the show by Emai…
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In this Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest Flanagan quote that has them both really excited and hopeful for the Dark Tower series he wants to make. Also King talking a new story, as well as some Boogeyman Box Office Results, Fairy Tale Adaptation talk, and the scariest King stories not yet adapted. Engage with the show by Email or …
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In this Book Club Tadd and Peter go through all of Chapter 2 and the first 3 subchapters of Chapter 3. We follow the Ka-Tet on Blaine to the Fall of the Hounds as Blaine changes over to battery powe, Blaine makes an All in the Family mistake, Jake's hand is no longer hurting, Eddie is "zonin' out" and Roland is out of Riddles and everything Jake ha…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter come together to Palaver about Flanagan's Tower, Revival, and Life of Chuck. Also The Monkey might be getting an adaptation with James Wan directing. Also some Welcome to Derry talk, a Fairy Tale sweepstakes, and what Modern King Adaptations are destine to become classics? Engage with the show by Email or So…
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For the first time since 2020 Tadd and Peter are starting A NEW BOOK in the Book Club Series. In this episode they dive into the fourth novel in The Dark Tower series Wizard & Glass. In this episode there is some tale of the tape, and then dive back into the belly of Blaine as the Riddling Contest begins! Engage with the show by Email or Social Med…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter come together to talk about a cool reddit post showing the similarities between Calvin Tower and Roland. Also a few things about Welcome to Derry and a bunch of stuff about the soon-to-be released The Boogeyman. Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join in for live streams o…
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In the final Book Club for The Waste Lands we truly see what the titular Waste Lands really are as our Tet is hurling faster than the speed of sound in Blaine the Mono. Also Jake reveals his suspicion (correct suspicion) that Blaine is going to kill himself. Blaine reveals his role in serving Lud as a god, including killing people. Blaine demands R…
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter cover Dark Tower needing to be on TV, a handful of things IT related, including Bill Skarsgård talking about Welcome to Derry, and Welcome to Derry adding its first cast. Also some cool insight into what could have been with Flanagan's Halloran movie. Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe …
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In the penultimate Book Club for The Waste Lands Tadd and Peter find the Ka-Tet trying to solve Bllaine's Riddle as the time is ticking down. Eventually Detta Walker makes her return and solves the riddle (with Jake's help) and they board Blaine the Mono and they begin moving. The train goes invisible and they see the city being gassed and we get o…
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On this Round Table we update the March Insanity Poll as well as look at some Mike Flanagan Dark Tower speculation and an interview he had with a podcast with some VERY interesting things said. Also Welcome to Derry is officially on the way! Plus much more! Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join in for live stre…
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter follow Roland, Jake, and Oy as they move through the bowels of Lud all the while seeing the mass suicides and killings of both the Pubes and the Grays, also they pass through a massive room full of computers which is the mind of Blaine. The Deans see The Cradle open up and the Ka-Tet is finally reunited but to…
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On the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter check back in on the IT Escape room, look at a (probably haunted) island off the Maine that was for sale, Talk The Boogeyman and Billy Summers adaptations changing up a bit, and Holly coming in September. Also they unveil the DTP Fan Vote Bracket starting in March to crown the DTP Favorite Dark Tower Moments…
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In the first Book Club of the first year Tadd and Peter cover Book 2, Chapter 5, Subchapters 31-37. In which Jake is tortured further by Tick-Tock and his merry band of goons. Oy makes his move and all hell breaks loose, eventually Roland is let in and Jake and Oy are saved. But then the entire city begins to be pierced by an alarm and a Blaine que…
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In the first Round Table of 2023 Tadd and Peter join the Extended Ka-Tet in futher palaver on the Mike Flanagan news with fresh speculation and hopes for the new year. They also talk Carrie in the The National Film Registry, Best King Villains, and more dream casting talk! Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join …
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Tadd and Peter come together to ring out 2022 with the DTP Year End Bash. As always the phone lines are open, and while not on calls they cover their top Dark Tower Moments for the 2023 March Madness Bracket nominations and of course the Mike Flanagan Dark Tower Dream Casting. Happy New Year to the Extended Ka-Tet and may 2023 be the year of the Fl…
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In the last Book Club of 2022 Tadd and Peter check in with all 3 parties of our fractured Ka-Tet. Jake comes face to face with the dangerous Tick-Tock Man and he learns just how dangerous he is, and he saw some gold-ringed eyes in the air duct. Roland has hit a dead-end with the door, but finds a small vent and sends Oy through for recon, and then …
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