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Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

Book Club: Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Part 1)

Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

Lore Party Media

Arts, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Abu and Leo take a break from their Golden Path in this off-topic mini bookclub covering the first half of Isaac Asimov's iconic novel, Foundation, as voted on by Patrons! They talk about Psychohistory, stagnation and religious manipulation. This episode contains SPOILERS through God Emperor of Dune. Get ad-free episodes and bonus content by becoming a Patron Check out the custom-designed Dune swag on our merch store Watch video version of selects episodes on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today on the show, we're keeping in mind Salvor Hardin's lesser known, but equally iconic phrase, Leo.

0:07.5

Yeah.

0:08.3

And I quote, podcasting is the last refuge of the incompetent, end quote.

0:16.8

That I want to say as our resident white man, I think there's a lot of white men who need to hear that

0:23.7

honestly a lot of men probably that need to hear that as well you know what fair in the podcasting space

0:30.8

but you're you're absolutely correct last refuge of being confident, spectacular.

0:42.8

And, you know, we're not excluding ourselves from that kind of movie either.

0:43.5

No, no, no, no.

1:03.3

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

1:12.2

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 Aboob. And today we're not even

1:19.2

talking about Dune. Hello, what's Dune? Who is she? Never heard of her. Never, does she go to this

1:24.3

school? I don't think she does. Ew.

1:28.1

Fetch.

1:32.7

Today's episode is all about foundation.

1:34.1

Oh, my goodness. And we didn't just start taking crazy pills this morning.

1:37.4

No, no, no.

1:38.2

We asked our patrons, yo, what are you who wants to talk about between God Emperor of Dune and Heretics of

1:45.0

Dune and Foundation was one of the winning subjects? Yes. So I bought a copy from the fucking

1:54.2

70s. And it's the best smelling book I've had in years. This is great. Anyway, picked up the book.

2:01.6

We are going to be doing a mini book club series on Foundation, two episodes covering

2:08.1

first half, second half.

2:10.4

But before we get into all of that, let's take care of some housekeeping.

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