Recorded January 26, 2021: In this episode, Tiny and I begin our series on Stephen King’s 1982 collection Different Seasons. In this installment, we discuss the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption and Frank Darabont’s adaptation, The Shawshank Redemption (1994). 

This week’s stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 118 - TJ B-Roll - “An Official Obsessive Viewer Boycott” - Russian Pizza, Matt’s Interview Techniques, Furniture Woes - Jan 26, 2021

Timestamps 

• Show Start - 00:19
• Check-ins - 07:25 

Novella - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

• Overview - 15:05
• Novella Review - 22:17 

Movie - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

• Movie Review - 47:50
• Pop Culture - 1:43:42 

• Closing the Ep - 1:46:34
• Patreon Stinger: “An Official Obsessive Viewer Boycott” - 1:48:44
• Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:50:18 

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Matt’s Top 19 King Novels

1. 11/22/63
2. It
3. Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower IV)
4. Pet Sematary
5. Misery
6. The Shining
7. The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower II)
8. The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower VII)
9. The Stand
10. The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower III)
11. Under the Dome
12. Christine
13. Doctor Sleep
14. Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower V)
15. The Dead Zone
16. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower I)
17. Revival
18. End of Watch
19. Mr. Mercedes

Tiny’s Top 19 King Novels

1. The Dark Tower (Dark Tower VII)
2. Misery
3. The Stand
4. The Shining
5. The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower II)
6. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower I)
7. Christine
8. Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower IV)
9. It
10. Cujo
11. The Dead Zone
12. Mr. Mercedes
13. Gerald’s Game
14. Pet Sematary
15. Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower V)
16. Salem’s Lot
17. Under the Dome
18. 11/22/63
19. The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower III)