Episode 86-It: Welcome to Derry Season 1, Episodes 7-8

Stephen Kingcast

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Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Welcome back to another episode of the Stephen Kingcast. I touch upon the final two episodes of the first season of the smash hit, It: Welcome To Derry. There's a lot to discuss, so buckle up and dive in. As always, write in at stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow me on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Bluesky. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com Check out bonus material, early episodes and reviews of all things pop culture over at patreon.com/stephenkingcast

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.
0:07.0	Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King and the chronological order of publication, and today I am here to talk about the concluding episodes, episodes 7 and 8 of it. Welcome to Dairy.
0:25.6	But first I wanted to say, happy holidays, everybody.
0:33.7	This should be dropping right around the 24th or the 25th. So I just wanted to take the time to say thank you for listening throughout the years. If you are a new listener, welcome, welcome aboard the Stephen Kingcast.
0:40.9	I hope in the year 2026 to get back up and running more with the frequency that the earlier days of the podcast had been known for.
0:51.2	So let's keep our fingers crossed and dream up that holiday wish, that
0:57.3	new year resolution that I will make time to carve out the time to get back things, you know,
1:06.6	as we know in the world of Stephen King, it all goes around again.
1:12.3	Ka is a wheel.
1:13.5	It all goes around again.
1:17.5	And I would like the frequency to get back up there. So part of that is also in engagement and listener engagement.
1:25.8	So that means follow me on Instagram,
1:31.6	follow me on Facebook, write in at any time. You have any thoughts on anything related to Stephen
1:38.0	King, whether it's a movie that I have reviewed, whether it's any book that you love or any aspect of a critique that I might have given that you disagree with,
1:49.4	any TV show that might happen to be out, any requests that you might have anything related to Stephen King and or the Stephen Kingcast,
1:56.4	write into Stephen Kingcast at yahoo.com.
2:00.4	Like DM. DM writes in regards to It, welcome to Dairy,
2:06.3	I agree with you that this show answers too many questions I didn't ask. I don't need to know why
2:11.9	it can't leave dairy. It can leave dairy. It just has no need to as it created It in its image in his private little feeding ground.
2:20.3	I don't need to know how Pennywise was a real clown that inspired It.
2:24.1	I prefer the creepy mystery of Pennywise being this haunting figure that has been stalking the streets of Derry since at least the 1700s.
2:31.7	Plus, taking into account the book establishing it pulls images from the minds of
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