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Listen Stephen, Stephen ListenChristineHeavy 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...
2020-02-1800 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenThe Running ManHeavy 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...
2020-01-2100 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenDifferent Seasons Part 2Heavy 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 fucking 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… th...
2020-01-0700 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenDifferent Seasons Part 1Heavy 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. Abso...
2019-12-0100 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenBONUS EPISODE: Stephen King Halloween CostumesIn 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_StephenEmail us: listenstephenpod@gmail.comSupport the show at: patreon.com/listenstephenFollow Margot on Twitter: @whattehfoxtrotOur intro song is by Lena Orsa
2019-10-2800 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenCujoHeavy 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_StephenEmail us: listenstephenpod@gmail.comSupport...
2019-10-1700 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenThe Dead ZoneHeavy 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...
2019-10-0300 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenThe Long WalkHeavy 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.
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2019-09-1000 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenFirestarterHeavy topics:Stephen does not have a nuanced grasp of how to do Native American representation and we REALLY wish he would stop trying.Charlie's mom gets very murdered. Thanks, we hate it.The monstrous feminine, spooky little girls, and the destruction of the familyThe lighter side:In the battle between the dangers of harboring a psychic fugitive vs the civil liberties of a pontificating man, who will win? (It's the dude of course it's the dude you shouldn't be surprised at this point)Orcs, balrogs, and trolls are DIFFERENTMiss Honey is the absolute bestCarrie...
2019-08-1300 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenThe Stand Part 3Heavy topics:
Measles is fucked up, get vaccinated.
Nadine’s rape and the wasted potential of her character
Tom Cullen is effectively a new character and it is bad
Stephen’s addiction issues are really showing
The lighter side:
Knife fighting in a Denny’s parking lot - The Scientist Way
Margot's wife, Dayna Jurgens, is still amazing
Levitation = virility??? or something????
Ghost slaps vs corporeal slaps - which has the moral high ground?
A family can be four ride-or-die people who aren't related
Recommendations:
Mean Girls, David Tennant Does A Podcast With..., Someone Who Wi...
2019-07-3100 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenThe Stand Part 2Heavy topics:
Writing disability, ableism, and the euphemism treadmill
The Kid is awful and completely superfluous
Harold is an incel and it is terrible
Stephen King spends a lot of time in school shooter’s mindset and should REALLY stop doing it (and thankfully he finally has)
The lighter side:
Joe/Leo and his emotional support knife
You know how to make this wasteland livable? Mountains of bureaucracy!
Larry follows the philosophy of What Would Harold Do and it is very funny
Frankie’s diary is written to piss Margot off, specifically
How to properly accessorize evil...
2019-07-1600 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenThe Stand Part 1Heavy topics:
We really hate Larry Underwood
Stephen has... issues with mothers and family dynamics
This book appropriates the Kent State massacre
This book has . some egregious racism in it
The Military Is Both Malicious And Incompetent: The Novel
Stephen could you please write more than one type of parent-child relationship
The lighter side:
We love and recommend Station Eleven AKA it is a day ending in y
Frankie is hardcore and we love her
Why do people always look right at the crotch of dead bodies
We also love Stu. And Nick.
Harold pls shut...
2019-07-0300 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenNight ShiftWe apologize for the audio quality, we had some recording issues this week.
Heavy topics:
Will we ever be done talking about addiction on this show? Maybe next week.
HP Lovecraft was a terrible person - what do we do with that?
The lighter side:
The corn-based religion! is! valid!
Margot gives us a Bible lesson
Is Stephen #woke?
It takes us a while to figure out who is who in Jerusalem’s Lot
Cal and Charles are in love with each other, and we love them
Lillie isn't afraid of worms
Transgression, horror, an...
2019-06-1700 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenThe ShiningHeavy topics:
Jack sucks for a million reasons and we're gonna talk about as many as we can
Alcoholism and the mindset of the alcoholic
Emotional and physical abuse
Abusive men and patterns of abusive behavior
What the fuck is in that playground tunnel
The lighter side:
Mean Girls and The Shining: two great tastes that taste VERY BAD together
Wendy Torrance is a goddamned hero
Stuart Ullman is GREAT at his job
Jack is TERRIBLE at his job
Horace Derwent is Howard Hughes, we dunno if you got that, it's kind of subtle
Recommendations...
2019-06-0700 minListen Stephen, Stephen Listen'salem's LotHeavy topics:
The acknowledgment of serial killers and the realization that we are not safe
Ruthie Crockett and the virgin/whore dichotomy
Everyone in this town is monstrous and transgression begets transgression
The lighter side:
Ann Norton is right exactly one (1) time
Everyone in this book is not like other girls
good clean capitalism vs dirty modern capitalism
Susan gets mansplained by a literal child
Lillie got a bingo!
Recommendations:
Dracula by Bram Stoker, Let The Right One In, What We Do In The Shadows, and moving if you suspect your town is beset...
2019-05-2100 minListen Stephen, Stephen ListenCarrieThis week’s heavy topics:
Trauma and repression
Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjection
How this book resonates today in regard to school shootings
Kids are assholes
This week’s silly topics:
Margot is petty on three (3) occasions
Stephen doesn’t understand periods or teenage girls
We solve the mystery of Flash Bobby Pickett
Freud is right and Lillie is mad about it
Billy and Margaret are canceled
Recommendations: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik, Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler, and the Diva Cup.
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