If history had any repetitive patterns, here was one.

A drumbeat of repetition.

True.

First, a podcast masked in the lie that it was the only way to dive deep on a niche topic.

Then the accumulation of episodes and places where listeners could not touch.

And finally, a Squarespace sponsorship.

Truly a repetitive pattern.

One that will never die.

One that will never die.

That, as far as I am concerned, is the inshittification of a podcast, you know?

You slowly start paywalling everything.

Your listeners are like, where do I listen to you? And then you get the Squarespace sponsorship. And then you sell out. Hopefully we'll never do that ever with any of our work. Yeah. But who's to say? I mean, maybe that's how bad things will get. I mean, if that Squarespace money is good enough, I'm selling out, folks. I'm just going to be totally honest. I will take the money. Yeah, so no promises, but...

No promises, but we'll do our best.

Welcome to Gomjabar, your guide to the iconic world of Dune.

We'll be exploring the themes, philosophies, and characters found in the sandy depths of this vast universe from Frank Herbert's groundbreaking novels to the adaptations on film and TV.

My name is Leo.

And my name's a boot.

Oh, and today on the show, we are getting back into the thick, triple C thick

chapters of Chapter House Dune in our book club series.

Now, as always, before we get into the contents of today's episode, let's take care of some

housekeeping.

And as always, no spoilers for anything up to what we've read so far.

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