Dark Tower Palaver
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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!
Episodes
- Round Table #175
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter Palaver on a few things, first they discuss the ending (yes again) through the lens of people who were disappointed in it and how their desires don't align with King in general a…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #38 (Pt4, Ch1 Sc4-5 & Ch2 Sc1-4)
📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 1 Subchapters 4-5, Chapter 2 Subchapters 1-4 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter the Ka-Tet is tormented by the thinny's warble and when it finally subsides a f…
- Round Table #174
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter break down and discuss the final few Rounds of March Insanity where there were some upsets and surprises and even an overall winner neither of them could have predicted. Then in…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #37 (Pt3, Ch10 Sc-23-27 & Pt4 Ch1 Sc1-3)
📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 23-27 & Part 4 Chapter 1 Subchapters 1-3 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter reach the moment the entire book was counting down to. Susan is tak…
- Round Table 173
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter revisit the first round of March Insanity Brackets, including a few upset. Then look at what Round 2 has to offer in the final few days before the round ends. Then they cover an…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #36 (Pt3, Ch10 Sc15-22)
📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 15-22 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter continue into the final chapter of Part 3 and in this episode the boys take out the tankers and ambush…
- Round Table #172
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter first unveil the March Insanity Brackets. Then they talk through all of the big news including Talisman 3's title 'Other Worlds Than These' along with the cover, the release date…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #35 (Pt3, Ch10 Sc7-14)
📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 7-14 📢 Episode Summary: In the first Book Club for Wizard and Glass in 2026 Tadd and Peter continue into the final chapter of Part 3 and in this episode Sheemie and Olive are working toge…
- Round Table #171
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter find themselves at the final episode of the year and you know what that means, YEAR END BASH! They go through and talk about the massive year that was for King as well as look ah…
- Round Table #170 (YEAR END BASH)
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter find themselves at the final episode of the year and you know what that means, YEAR END BASH! They go through and talk about the massive year that was for King as well as look ah…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #34 (Pt3, Ch10 Sc1-6)
📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 1-6 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter enter the final chapter of Part 3 and in this we have Coral Thorin now in custody of Susan at Seafront a…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #33 (Pt3, Ch9 Sc4-9)
📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 9 Subchapters 18-23 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter are now arriving at the Battle of Reaping Day. Reynolds is hurrying Susan back to Seafront, getting mor…
- Round Table #169
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about the Flanagan Carrie wrapping and a social media post calling it "Season 1" and speculate if it was a mistake or a sign of more Carrie to come. Then they talk about Wel…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #32 (Pt3, Ch9 Sc10-17)
📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 9 Subchapters 10-17 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter are still in the pre-dawn morning of Reaping Day. Our Tet sees Jonas's party split up. Susan decides to…
- Round Table #168
(Note please excuse some technical difficulties. Tadd has been working on his computer and despite making sure everything was working an hour or so before the stream it of course went ot shit right as the show started) It is mostly fine bu…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #31 (Pt3, Ch9 Sc4-9)
(Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 9 Subchapters 4-9) In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter find themselves in the pre-dawn hours of Reaping Day. Roland and his Ka-Tet regroup after blowing up Citgo and take stock of…
- Round Table #167
In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver through all of the happenings, including a date for Welcome to Derry and Muschietti overtly mentioning The Dark Tower, King to collaborate on a new post-apocalyptic book, King did an AMA, Ki…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #30 (Pt3, Ch8: Sc10-13, Ch9: Sc1-3)
(Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 8 Subchapters 10-13 & Chapter 9 Subchapters 1-3) In the latest Book Club for Wizard & Glass Tadd and Peter find Susan executing her plan to spring our boys out of jail, and she takes her first two lives w…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #29 (Pt3, Ch8, Sc1-9)
(Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 8 Subchapters 1-9) In the latest Book Club Mejis is still reeling and hedging on panic from the murders from early that morning. Susan sees this panic and is taken up in it herself, but her panic is more…
- Round Table #166
In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk through some articles on if the Dark Tower is needed to "get" King, how The Institute is a perfect teaster for Flanagan's Dark Tower, some SDCC news for The Long Walk and Welcome to Derry inclu…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #28 (Pt3, Ch7 Sc5-12)
(Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 7 Subchapters 5-12) In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter get to one of the more underrated great moments in the series, when Roland identifies the backstory of Jonas as a failed gunslinger. Susan is sha…
- Round Table #165
In the latest Round Table King posts that Talisman 3 is almost done and confirms we will find ourselves back in Mid-World! Then some articles talking through some Flanagan things like should he change the end and where should Kate Siegel b…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #27 (Pt3, Ch6, Sc9-13 & Ch7 Sc1-4)
Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 6, Subchapters 9-13 and Chapter 7 Subchapters 1-4) In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter are right on the verge of Reaping. Olive has a nightmare and shares her last hours in bed with…
- Round Table #164
In the latest Round Table Flanagan talks Dark Tower a bit on the circuit for Life of Chuck, also a whole ton of news on Carrie that will be beginning production any day now. And King is killing WB's copyright license for Shawshank! Tadd an…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #26 (Pt3, Ch6, Sc1-8)
Sections Covered: Part 3, Chapter 6, Subchapters 1-8) In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter find Mejis with a matter of days until reap and the Barony is hard at work to finish the harvest and get ready for Reaping Day. Sheemie delivers s…
- Round Table #163
In the latest episode Tadd and Peter palaver about Never Flinch which has finally announced the narrator for the audiobook and King has a video reading an excerpt, they dive deep into an article breaking down how Flanagan's DT can take ins…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #25 (Pt3, CH5 Sc6-9)
Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 5, Subchapters 6–9) In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter rejoin Susan and the boys in the graveyard where they talk about Sheemie and Jonas as well as Rhea. They then hypnotize Susan to figure out about th…
- Round Table #162
In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest news in the King realm including; Flanagan getting a greenlight for Carrie at Amazon as well as he has his Carrie and Sue Snell, Netflix is doing the first re-adaptation of…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #24 (Pt3, CH5 Sc1-5)
Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 5, Subchapters 1–5) In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter start to see the final plans of both sides. First Jonas meets with Depape, Reynolds, Coral Thorin, and Latigo and they talk about the movement of th…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #23 (Pt3, CH4 Sc13-19)
Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 4, Subchapters 13–19) Tadd and Peter go back into Mid-World and find Jonas meeting Randall Flagg and being as shaken, if not more, than Roy seemed to be. Then Cuthbert returns to the bunkhouse and we see the…
- Round Table #161
In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about the wild day or two of news that King was writing for the Flanagan Dark Tower, then they hit an article breaking down why adapting The Dark Tower is so difficult (and Peter makes his true…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #22 (Pt3, CH4 Sc1-12)
Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 4, Subchapters 1–12) In the first Book Club of 2025 Tadd and Peter dive back into Wizard & Glass. They find the young Ka-Tet leaving for the day and Roland sees something before they leave. Sheemie has to go…
- Round Table #160
In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talks super briefly about a new Animal in Mid World, and a few King bits before diving into the March Insanity Bracket reveals (Voting Starts March 1st of course) and then they dive into the Top 10…
- Round Table #159
In the first Round Table of 2025 Tadd and Peter palaver about King's upcoming Talisman 3 confirmation, some updates from the early marketing for Welcome to Derry including the planned run and what each seasons' time period, and a few other…
- Round Table #158 (Year End Bash)
In the 2024 Year End Bash as is tradition the phone lines are open and Tadd and Peter get a page count for Never Flinch, a date for Life of Chuck, a change of date for The Running Man, a first glimpse of The Institute, along with plenty of…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #21 (Pt3, CH3 Sc1-8)
Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 3, Subchapters 1–8) In the latest Book Club, and last one of 2024, Tadd and Peter join the story with Hambry entering the rainy season. Eldred Jonas runs into Cordelia and takes her for a cup of tea as she s…
- Round Table #157
In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest in the Dark Tower and King world including Flanagan asked about Casting The Dark Tower, King more solidly teasing a new Dark Tower Book, title and date for the 2025 King nov…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #20 (Pt3, CH2 Sc1-8)
Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 2, Subchapters 1–8) In the penultimate Book Club for 2024 Tadd and Peter jump into Hambry as they begin the harvest and await the coming Reap Festival. Rhea makes up with Musty and the Glass while thinking o…
- Round Table #156
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 Serie…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #19 (Interlude - Pt3, CH1 Sc1-5)
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 warn…
- Round Table #155
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…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #18 (Pt2, CH10 Sc6-14)
(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 final…
- Round Table #154
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 whe…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #17 (Pt2, Ch9 Sc16-18, CH10 Sc1-5)
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 Rola…
- Round Table #153
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 Th…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #16 (Pt2, Ch9 Sc6-15)
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…
- Round Table #152
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, an…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #15 (Pt2, Ch8 Sc2-3, Ch9 Sc1-5)
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 t…
- Wizard and Glass Book Club #14 (Pt2, Ch7 Sc9-11, Ch8 Sc1)
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…
- Round Table #151
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, an…