{"podcast":{"title":"Slow Read: The Stand","slug":"slow-read-the-stand-7562947","podcast_index_feed_id":7562947,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/6050791.rss","website_url":"https://slowread.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/6050791/502bdafbc5172979c9221bd963c4a52d.jpg","author":"Sarah Stewart Holland & Laura Tremaine","episode_count":24,"summary":"Sarah Stewart Holland & Laura Tremaine slow read Stephen King's classic The Stand.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T18:19:15.430218+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slow-read-the-stand-7562947"},"episode":{"title":"SLOW READ: The Stand (Chapters 16 - 25)","slug":"slow-read-the-stand-chapters-16-25","published_at":"2026-01-26T06:08:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slow-read-the-stand-7562947/slow-read-the-stand-chapters-16-25","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slow-read-the-stand-7562947","url":"https://slowread.substack.com/p/slow-read-the-stand-chapters-16-25","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185460270/f5e7ff86499499b420657cc8ad585849.mp3","summary":"Welcome to SLOW READ , where we tackle the books you’ve always wanted to read at a pace you can handle. Hosted by Sarah Stewart Holland and Laura Tremaine We are currently reading The Stand by Stephen King (unabridged version) You can find our full Reading Schedule here Join the SLOW READ community on Substack for bonus episodes, book club meetings, and Side Quests with Sarah & Laura ____ Mentioned in this episode: The Wire The Sopranos American Revolution by Ken Burns The City We Became by MK Jamison Stephen King books mentioned: Mr Mercedes Billy Summers If you prefer to read instead of listen, below is a cleaned up transcript of the episodes as well as links to all the books and Substacks we mentioned in this episode…and several fun bonus links and videos! ____ Laura: Today we’re talking about Chapters 16 through 25, where the Captain Tripp’s super flu pandemic rages on. Two gangsters have a shootout in a gas station in Arizona, and our deaf-mute character, Nick Andros, basically becomes the sheriff in Arkansas. Sarah: The sheriff of nobody. Laura: And Larry Underwood takes care of his sick mom in New York City. And then we finally get a little more backstory to the origins and architects of this virus and of Project Blue. Sarah: Shit’s getting dark. I don’t know how to say it any other way. Laura: Do you think so? Because I felt like this section, with the exception of one chapter which is one of my favorites, felt a little slow to me. Sarah: What are you talking about? We got so many villains! We got some real murderous, scary people showing up. It feels like things are starting to fall apart. This is going to be fertile ground for dark people, dark energy, dark acts. I was kind of ready for people to start dying in bigger numbers... and now that it’s started, I’m…","meta_description":"Welcome to SLOW READ , where we tackle the books you’ve always wanted to read at a pace you can handle. Hosted by Sarah Stewart Holland and Laura Tremaine…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4328,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/slow-read-the-stand-7562947/episodes/slow-read-the-stand-chapters-16-25/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slow-read-the-stand-7562947/slow-read-the-stand-chapters-16-25.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}