Motherboard Does Dune: Eugenics and Race (with Hood Feminism author Mikki Kendall)

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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BONUS SERIES: Dune is out! And it's the biggest movie in America. In this special series, Motherboard and friends dissect all things Dune. In this episode, we look at how Frank Herbert approaches eugenics and race in the book series, and how Denis Villeneuve handles it in the blockbuster movie. This episode features: Hood Feminism author Mikki Kendall, Edward Ongweso Jr., Gita Jackson, Jason Koebler, Brian Merchant, and Tim Marchman. Note to CYBER listeners: We're doing this series in addition to our normal CYBER episodes, which will still be released this week.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone.
0:05.7	Hello, Jason.
0:07.0	Hey, good to see you there.
0:09.6	Isn't this very interesting tone-setting music?
0:14.6	Very exciting.
0:16.8	Hello, Twitch, and cyber listeners.
0:20.2	This is Motherboard Editor-in-Chief Jason Kebler. I'm here with Brian Merchant. Hello, Twitch and cyber listeners. This is Motherboard Editor-in-Chief Jason Kebler.
0:22.4	I'm here with Brian Merchant.
0:23.8	Hello, Brian.
0:25.1	Hello.
0:26.1	Hello, Gita.
0:26.9	Gita Jackson.
0:28.2	Hello.
0:28.8	Hi, Tim.
0:30.3	Marchman.
0:30.9	How's it going?
0:32.2	Sorry to everyone on Twitch who just heard this, but this is Motherboard
0:35.6	does Dune.
0:36.2	It's going to be a series of Twitch streams and podcasts in which we're going to break down
0:40.4	all things Dune.
0:41.7	That means, I think, the book, the earlier movie, the new movie, video games associated
0:49.1	with Dune, Dune lore, the ways that Dune has impacted culture and society, the tropes Dune plays on.
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