Episode 37: Handmaid’s Tale, Stephen King’s It and The Dark Tower

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Episode 37: Handmaid’s Tale, Stephen King’s It and The Dark Tower

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May 9, 2017

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As I Lay Dying part 2 is still coming tomorrow. But today we have a BONUS EPISODE about three ABSOLUTE LITERARY CLASSICS that are all on TV or coming to movie screens soon. We've got our hot take on the books they are based on. Also ... Give us money!!! Please and thank you.

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May 9, 2017

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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.

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Episode 37: Handmaid’s Tale, Stephen King’s It and The Dark Tower

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