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Dark Tower Palaver
by Tadd & Peter
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
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Wolves of the Calla #5 (Pt1, Ch4 Sc3-10)
📖 Section Covered: Part 1, Chapter 4 Subchapters 3-10 📢 Episode Summary: We continue into the palaver about what Eddie and Jake saw in New York, including the legal agreement Sombra has with Tower for the vacant lot. They figure that Tower is drowning and the vacant lot is likely one of his…
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Wolves of the Calla #4 (Pt1, Ch3 Sc5-9, Ch4 Sc 1-2)
📖 Section Covered: Part 1, Chapter 3 Subchapters 5-9, Chapter 4 Subchapters 1-2 📢 Episode Summary: We start in the memory of Roland recalling his youth and his teacher Vannay who taught them a lot of the "book smart" stuff whereas Cort taught the toughness and tactics. Roland is taking this…
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Round Table #179
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have the first official full trailer for Carrie, A release schedule, King praising the show, also HBO finally renewed Welcome to Derry, King is writing something new, some first look pictures for the second season of The Institute, we...
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Wolves of the Calla #3 (Pt1, Ch2 Sc5-11, Ch3 Sc 1-4)
📖 Section Covered: Part 1, Chapter 2 Subchapters 5-11, Chapter 3 Subchapters 1-4 📢 Episode Summary: We continue with Eddie and Jake in New York City as they enter the Manhattan Restaraunt of the Mind where they see Kid 77 buy the two books, and Eddie has a feeling that everyone in that shop and...
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Wolves of the Calla #2 (Pt1, Ch1 Sc1-5, Ch2 Sc 1-4)
📖 Section Covered: Part 1, Chapter 1 Subchapters 1-5, Chapter 2 Subchapters 1-4 📢 Episode Summary: We join our Ka-tet fo the first time in this book as time is feeling super elastic and the passage of time feels non-existant to them as they move along the path of the beam. The New York...
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Round Table #178
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have a tidal wave of Carrie stuff to talk about. San Diego Comic Con had a full fledge panel for Flanagan's series. They released the first trailer and there have been a number of articles that really give us a good sense of what this...
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Wolves of the Calla #1 (Prologue)
📖 Section Covered: Prologue 📢 Episode Summary: In the first episode of a brand new book, Tadd and Peter dive into Book 5 Wolves of the Calla. In a first for this series we start the book with someone other than Roland or our Ka-Tet. We find a farmer named Tian Jaffords in a cursed part of his...
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Round Table #177
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter have wrapped the Book Club series on Wizard & Glass so they spend some time talking about the big takeaways that they both got from the Book Club unencumbered by spoiler restrictions in the Book Club episodes. They talk a bit about the...
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Wizard and Glass Book Club #40 (Pt4, Ch4, Ch5 Sc1-5, Afterword)
📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 4, Chapter 5 Subchapters 1-5, Afterword 📢 Episode Summary: In the final Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter follow the ka-tet into the Grapefruit to see the final chapter of Roland's tragic origins story. Roland goes looking for his mom after his…
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Round Table #176
📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter go through a few emails that Tadd fumbled a few months back, then they dive into the challenge for the episode which is to list their Top 10 King Short Stories (not counting novellas). 📋Shownotes: darktowerpalaver.com 💬 Join the...
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Wizard and Glass Book Club #39 (Pt4, Ch2 Sc 5, Ch3 Sc1-8)
📖 Section Covered: Part 4 Chapter 2 Subchapters 5, Chapter 3 Subchapters 1-8 📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter re-join the ka-tet outside the Emerald Palace as they get their new ruby shoes/boots on and get ready to click their heels, but it does not...
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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 and this story in particular. Then similar to the…
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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 few followup questions are asked about some of the dangling...
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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 the news there is an article that talks about Jake…
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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 taken into town on Rhea's cart and as she sees a farmer she...
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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 article saying Flanagan might do Wizard & Glass nonlinerly...
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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 Latigo and his men in the desert but rather than taking...
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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, and the synopsis. It sure seems like this is the first…
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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 together at Seafront trying to free Susan without much…
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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 ahead at the year to come. Of course the "phone" lines were...
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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 ahead at the year to come. Of course the "phone" lines were...
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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 and like everyone else this day she hits Susan for some of...
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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 more uneasy as time goes. Cordelia is visited by the nearly...
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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 Welcome to Derry, Peter's Wife (who is scared of clowns)...
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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 sleep outside and Sheemie goes to pee as Jonas arrives…
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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 but there is a bit of roughness in the first few minutes.)…
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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 their weapons and lay out their plans. Roland and Susan…
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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, King's one condition for The Long Walk, King is asked if...
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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 which understandably rattles her. They all regroup after…
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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 for the accused. She rides quickly through town and winds…
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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 including new trailers for both, The Girl Who Loves Tom Gordon…
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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 shaken awake and told of the murders. The Coffin Hunters...
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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 be cast in the series. Also Carrie is now filming! We are...
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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 her husband, Roy makes sure the Sheriff and his men are...
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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 and Peter also discuss the new (since the last Round Table…
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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 some graf to Seafront and with the help of Susan smuggles...
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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 inspiration from Castle Rock. Also there is a first look for...
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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 the pink dead zone in her mind and they finally figure out...
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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 Cujo (Carrie has 4 soon to be 5 and Cujo only has 1 soon…
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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 the tankers that is actively going on. We find out Latigo...
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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 biggest blowup with the boys yet including a sucker punch...
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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 feelings known about Tull hahah). Then Gwendy is getting…
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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 up the Cöos to deliver something to Rhea and is given...
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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 King Books with Dark Tower not being counted as one entry!...
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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 news bits. And in the Palaver section Tadd throws out a...
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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 tangents and Peter with a very cool Jack Mort theory from...
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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 spills the tea to him about her suspicions that Susan had...
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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 novel, also some details about Flanagan's Carrie (including…
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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 of a way to pay Susan back. Alain and Cuthbert have it out...
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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 Series for Amazon, First Look at Welcome to Derry, Fairy Tale…
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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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