# 309: 11/22/63 and Widow's Bay with Stephen Root

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Podcast: [The Kingcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kingcast-531978)
Published: 2026-06-03T13:38:04+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8911343
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## Resource

One of our greatest working character actors joins up for his first appearance on The Kingcast. You know Stephen Root from just about everything, from Office Space to King of the Hill to No Country For Old Men to Man In The High Castle and the recent hit horror/comedy show Widow's Bay. Root shows up ready to rock as we look back over his career, from working with George A. Romero on Monkey Shines to the prescience of Mike Judge's Office Space and Idiocracy, and his love of Stephen King, which started with The Stand and culminated in one of his favorite works: 11/22/63. Did you also know that Root appeared in a King miniseries? We talk about all that and more in this very fun episode. Widow's Bay is can be binged on AppleTV. It rules, go watch it.

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