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Ep 5 | Violence for Ratings: The Running Man
Hosts Daniel, Heidi, and Colin discuss Stephen King’s The Running Man (as Richard Bachman): we unpack its breakneck chase plot, nasty reality TV satire, and the way its media machine feels uncomfortably familiar. We dig into pollution and class collapse, propaganda as entertainment, the book’s disability and eugenics undertones in a pre-ADA world, and that feral ending that dares you to ask who the story is really for.
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Next episode: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Book 1 of the Scholomance trilogy)
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Join the conversation in our Discord! https://discord.gg/d34D3ppFUh
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By Words Words WordsHosts Daniel, Heidi, and Colin discuss Stephen King’s The Running Man (as Richard Bachman): we unpack its breakneck chase plot, nasty reality TV satire, and the way its media machine feels uncomfortably familiar. We dig into pollution and class collapse, propaganda as entertainment, the book’s disability and eugenics undertones in a pre-ADA world, and that feral ending that dares you to ask who the story is really for.
Reading along with us?
Next episode: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Book 1 of the Scholomance trilogy)
Email us at [email protected]
Join the conversation in our Discord! https://discord.gg/d34D3ppFUh
Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/wordswordswordspod
Tiktok too! https://www.tiktok.com/@wordswordswordspo