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Hello, the internet, and welcome to this spin-off episode of

DERDALY Zite Guys!

Stephen!

Stephen!

Stephen Knievin?

For some reason, I kept having that go through my head.

Which we're calling the iconograph.

Instead of looking at the Zikeist through current events on Monday mornings,

we are looking at the zeit guys through the powerful pop culture horrockses.

Or crooks.

That are our icons.

We use these icons to create meaning, to build identity, to scare the shit out of ourselves at sleepovers.

Shit!

To learn that the proper way to welcome a new roommate is to stand outside their room on the first night,

chanting, fresh fish, fresh fish, until they start crying.

And most importantly, they teach us that sometimes you black out and do irreparable damage to your life and your family.

And sometimes you black out and write Kujo.

That's right.

Today we're talking about Stephen King.

I'm going to say an especially appropriate subject for our show about the zeitgeist because I'd contend he has a better grasp of our cultural shared consciousness than maybe anyone or at least that's what he views his job as is we're working in the myth pool,

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