About this episode

The episode discusses Stephen King's 2009 articles from his column The Pop of King, covering various media topics and predictions about streaming culture.

The Losers continue their coverage of Stephen King's Entertainment Weekly column The Pop of King. This episode centers around his 2009 articles, which include: musings on 24, torture, Breaking Bad, his budding screen addiction, and websites with names like Retrocrush.com and PurpleSlinky.com. Oh, he also lowkey predicted streaming culture. Hear a clip now and get the full thing at patreon.com/thebarrens. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Simplecast

Topics covered

• Stephen King
• Entertainment Weekly
• streaming culture
• Breaking Bad
• media analysis

Keywords

• Stephen King
• Entertainment Weekly
• Breaking Bad
• streaming culture
• media analysis
• 2009 articles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Entertainment Weekly, Retrocrush.com, PurpleSlinky.com

Books & works: 24, The Pop of King

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