“America’s two great specialties are demagogues and rock and roll, and we’ve all heard plenty of both in our time…”
The little worker ants of The Losers’ Club are wiggling beneath the lens of your magnifying glass in the first installment of their three-part series on Stephen King‘s Under the Dome. Three parts? Yes, three parts — have you seen the size of this thing? The 1,100-page small-town epic is easily one of the author’s most ambitious books, with King dropping an impenetrable alien dome over the quaint town of Chester’s Mill in his efforts to distill and dissect the intersection of politics and evangelicalism in post-9/11 America.
Join Losers Randall Colburn, Ashley Casseday, Dan Caffrey, and Dan Pfleegor as they unpack the 2009 book’s decades-long history, King’s quotes about its creation, and the fractious political and social climate that influenced its themes. Dick Cheney, conspiracy, and Wolf Blitzer (?) color a conversation that sets Under the Dome against epics like The Tommyknockers and Needful Things and King’s career-long exploration of individualism vs. collectivism. Also, did it really need to be this long? And did that many people have to die? We’re divided.
Stream the episode below and stay tuned next week when the Losers continue their journey through Chester’s Mill for another episode dedicated to Under the Dome. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. You can also unlock hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon).
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