Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ Explores Gender and Bureaucracy in a Post-Apocalyptic World [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Ka is a wheel and The Losers’ Club are once again walking through Stephen King’s The Stand as part of their event series, The Summer of the Stand. In anticipation of the short story collection It’s the End of the World as We Know It, the Losers are re-reading King’s magnum opus with three Twinner book episodes featuring a new ka-tet of Losers.

Today’s episode finds the gang revisiting Book II: On the Border, an intimate portrait of grief and rebirth that’s nestled between two bombastic bookends. What begins with a scattered handful of traumatized survivors ends with two functioning governments. What a concept. Frannie contemplates motherhood in a shattered world, Glen puts long-held ideals into practice, Nadine struggles to embrace her dark destiny, and Harold must decide who he wants to be in this brave new world. King explores both gender and bureaucracy as survivors try not to fall back into old patterns.

Join Losers Jenn Adams, Dan Pfleegor, Rachel Reeves, and Julia Marchese as they head to Boulder, Colorado to found the fledgling Free Zone society, all while their adversary calls his own followers to Las Vegas, Nevada for a much more brutal autocratic world. Why are the meeting notes so polarizing? Does Glen possess a new kind of magic? Who is Trashcan Man ultimately serving and how much of a choice does Nadine really have? They’ll talk about meeting notes, spies, predestination and more as they wade through the middle of King’s nightmarish new world.

Stream below and stay tuned for the final episode on Book III in August. What’s more, the Losers have been running additional content in The Barrens, including a new commentary for Mick Garris’ 1994 miniseries and side episodes in both Dark Tower Detour and Jenn’s Character Corner. We’ll also have interviews with talent and scholars for the new collection.

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