Hearts in Atlantis
Just King Things
Ranged Touch
4.8 • 687 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2024
⏱️ 156 minutes
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Content warnings for this episode include: automobile accidents, bullying, child abuse, ableism, racism, misogyny, rape and assault, graphic descriptions of serious injuries to the limbs and head, war crimes, child death.
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| 0:00.0 | Just King Things is a podcast where we read the books of Stephen King in publication order. |
| 0:05.6 | As these are largely horror novels, they often deal with complicated and disturbing topics. |
| 0:09.7 | A list of content warnings is available in the episode description. Howdy, friends and neighbors, and welcome back to Just King Things, the show we read and talk about the books of Stephen King in publication order. |
| 0:45.6 | I'm Michael, and with me as usual is Cameron. |
| 0:49.5 | Michael, man, I'm playing this cool game. You got to get in here and play the game with me, man. |
| 0:55.9 | Oh, I don't know about that. I don't have a lot of time for games between my studies and my |
| 1:01.0 | Neil Sadaka records. Hey, man, have you ever got a little hit of this thing called |
| 1:08.0 | Shoots and Ladders, man. |
| 1:11.9 | You roll the dice and sometimes you get to the end |
| 1:14.9 | and sometimes you gotta go all the way to the beginning, man. |
| 1:19.1 | I don't know if I can agree to play shoots and ladders |
| 1:22.2 | as I am too busy protesting the soldiers |
| 1:24.7 | who are in Vietnam |
| 1:26.2 | chutesing and laddering the villages. |
| 1:32.3 | Luckily, this whole collection is called shoots and ladders in Atlantis, man. |
| 1:40.4 | That sounds like something that'll take on a lot of metaphorical resonance as the story goes on. |
| 1:46.1 | Yeah, when we talk about our shoot, |
| 1:48.6 | it weren't, uh, shoots don't break, they bend, man. |
| 1:55.7 | Ladders don't, don't fall, they extend, brother. |
| 2:03.9 | Oh my God. |
| 2:06.5 | We're talking about hearts and at us. |
| 2:08.5 | Load-bearing game mechanics, man. |
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