S1E1: The Emperor’s Peace and Preparing to Live
Foundation: The Official Podcast
Apple TV
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Jason and David S. Goyer break down the first two episodes of Foundation: “The Emperor’s Peace” and “Preparing to Live.” Goyer gets candid about his personal relationship to the material, the process of modernizing Asimov’s works for television, and why a star bridge is a sci-fi lover’s favorite technology.
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:04.0 | Math is never just numbers. |
| 0:06.0 | It's the reason the N.R. will take us. |
| 0:08.0 | A genetic dynasty has rained for almost four centuries. |
| 0:11.0 | For all dirt will vanish. |
| 0:13.0 | Psycho history could forecast the behaviour of entire populations. |
| 0:16.0 | A world will live on. |
| 0:22.0 | And God will fool you. |
| 0:23.0 | Music |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to Foundation the Official Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Jason Concepcione. |
| 0:35.0 | You may know me from the Binge Mode Podcast |
| 0:37.0 | where we covered Game of Thrones, Harry Potter's Star Wars |
| 0:39.0 | and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. |
| 0:41.0 | And I am so excited to talk about the adaptation of Isaac Asmoth's novels |
| 0:45.0 | that in many ways laid sorry, |
| 0:47.0 | the foundation for the science fiction that we know today. |
| 0:51.0 | Every week on this podcast, I'll be joined by |
| 0:54.0 | Foundation Showrunner and Executive Producer David Eskoyer |
| 0:57.0 | and other writers on the series will join us as well. |
| 1:00.0 | Hi David. |
| 1:01.0 | Hello. |
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