Are the Bene Gesserit the Villains of Dune?

Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

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4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ take the Bene Gesserit to court– the charges? More than ANY OTHER party in Dune, the Bene Gesserit are the greatest risk to humanity. This is a courthouse drama for the history books! This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank's books! Get ad-free episodes and bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar⁠⁠ Say thank you with a tip: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch video versions of select episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on the show, the Benny Chesrate Better Lawyer the fuck up.
0:04.9	Uh-huh.
0:05.3	Because we're taking them to court.
0:08.1	Dun, dun, da, da, da, I think that's a court song.
0:12.1	TV theme song.
0:13.4	I was trying to bring some Phoenix Wright energy to that intro.
0:16.4	Objection!
0:18.7	I agree.
0:20.7	Yes. Yes.
0:35.3	Welcome to Garmjabar, your guide to the iconic world of Dune.
0:40.2	We'll be exploring the themes, philosophies, and characters found in the sandy depths of this vast universe,
0:46.4	from Frank Herbert's groundbreaking novels to the adaptations on film and TV.
0:51.7	I'm Judge Leo.
0:53.1	And I'm the Honorable Aboo. And today on the show, we're talking about
1:00.6	the Bini Jesuit. We're talking about the Bennie Jesuit in the context of their crimes,
1:06.0	their misdemeanors, their felonies, whatever. They're the villains of Dune that's that's the episode's title you knew that
1:13.7	when you pressed play and i wanted to actually give a special shoutout because today's episode
1:19.5	was suggested by matthew good yeah who in addition to suggesting a very fun interesting episode also
1:25.6	sent us this like five page explanation with receipts.
1:30.4	Very, very cool.
1:31.5	Some of that information was used in the early parts of creating this script.
1:36.8	So we really appreciate the suggestion, Matthew.
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