{"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 35 - 42)","slug":"slow-read-the-stand-chapters-35-42","published_at":"2026-02-23T06:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slow-read-the-stand-7562947/slow-read-the-stand-chapters-35-42","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slow-read-the-stand-7562947","url":"https://slowread.substack.com/p/slow-read-the-stand-chapters-35-42","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188649650/cfdbe64f6f1c1b83ca3d85b2fc94228a.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 ___ 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! Mentioned in this episode: Lord of the Rings by Tolkein Carrie by Stephen King Knives Out Wake Up Dead Man (movie) Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age by Leah Sottile The Green Mile by Stephen King Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King ___ Laura: This is Slow Read , where we tackle the books you’ve always wanted to read at a pace you can handle. We are already about a third into The Stand by Stephen King. And today we’re going to be talking about chapters 35 through 42, which will bring us to the end of book one. And things are starting to come together or fall apart. I’m not sure which one. Initial Impressions: The Lincoln Tunnel and Mother Abagail Laura: Okay, Sarah, chapters 35 through 42, the end of book one. In this section, we get the infamous Lincoln Tunnel scene. We meet Mother Abagail for the first time, sort of. And to me, it feels like the threads of this story that we’ve been reading for 400 pages are finally starting to come together. What do you think? Sarah: Well, I understand why that scene is infamous, because it was bananas. Bananas. Bananas. Oh, my Lord. I just was like, dude, there are other ways to exit…","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":3958,"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-35-42/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-35-42.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}