It's that time once again friends and FoGgers to explore the vast and influential world of Stephen King. This week, in coordination with the recent release of a new film based upon his landmark work, we're discussing the one and only FIRESTARTER.

After having a grand old time ranking our favorite Stephen King villains (limiting ourselves to only what's been covered on the pod), we explore this story of a girl and her powers, which remains one of King's most widely recognized works. Covering the novel, the recent 2022 adaptation, and to a lesser degree the 1984 film starring Drew Barrymore, we explore the power of the main premise to display our own destructive capabilities, even if none of the story's iterations have yet to fully flesh out the ramifications of them. And in a bit of surprising turn, we find something even in what's considered to be a rather poor adaptation in the new film that is worth pondering about moving beyond the choices to merely stuff down our outrage or let loose and burn things to the ground.

As always, this is a hearty conversation full of thoughtfulness and laughter and we hope you enjoy it!

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