Alt Shift X Podcast

Talking Dune with Quinn from Quinn's Ideas!

Spoilers for Dune Books 1-6! Timestamps below.

ASX Dune video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0krUthYxF4

Quinn's Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ

Quinn's website: https://www.quinnhoward.net/

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00:00 Quinn's Ideas, YouTube (mild Book 4 spoilers)

08:28 Game of Thrones

11:55 Dune's legacy

17:44 Dune trilogy's meaning (Book 4 thematic spoilers)

20:53 Dune Messiah (Book 2 spoilers)

25:45 Bene Gesserit

29:14 Alia (Book 3 spoilers)

33:30 Hwi Noree (Book 4 spoilers)

35:00 Daniel & Marty (Book 6 spoilers)

36:04 Frank Herbert & George Martin

37:19 Dune ending, meaning (Book 6 thematic spoilers)

42:32 The Winds of Winter, GRRM

47:20 The Baron (Book 1 spoilers)

54:47 Atreides aren't heroes (Book 1 spoilers)

57:36 Paul's visions (Book 1 spoilers)

59:55 Chani (Book 1 spoilers)

1:02:17 Harah, the baby (Book 1 spoilers)

1:04:16 Irulan (Book 2 spoilers)

1:07:30 Emperor Christopher Walken (Book 1 spoilers)

1:14:33 Gurney, adaptation

1:17:16 Paul, Duncan, Messiah (Book 4 spoilers)

1:26:02 Spider, Lynch movie

1:29:51 Spaceships, adaptation

1:34:54 Spice color

1:36:57 Frank characters, genetics (Book 5 spoilers)

1:40:49 Quinn's Ideas, sci fi

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Chapters:

00:00 Dune

01:38 Imperium

05:32 Bene Gesserit

06:38 Spice

08:09 Harkonnens

10:20 Atreides

11:14 Sardaukar

11:52 Paul

13:09 Leto & the bull

15:32 Gom jabbar

17:49 Kwisatz Haderach

20:46 Gurney Halleck

21:53 Shields

22:46 Duncan Idaho

23:51 Caladan

24:44 Lisan al-Gaib

25:55 Fremen mysteries

26:59 Mapes

28:47 Hunter-seeker

29:26 Conservatory

31:00 Traitor

31:48 Leto’s doom

32:37 Stilgar

34:45 Liet-Kynes

37:21 Harvester

39:07 Dinner party

43:46 Divisions

45:46 Yueh

49:06 Harkonnen attack

58:17 Paul’s visions

1:01:41 Kynes’ death

1:06:59 Storm

1:09:56 Desert

1:12:55 Fremen

1:22:40 The beginning

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Interview with the authors of The Expanse, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck -- discussing The Expanse Season 6, Book 9 Leviathan Falls, sci fi, writing, storytelling.

The first half has spoilers up to Season 6 / Book 6. The second half (after 53:24) has spoilers up to Book 9.

0:00 Intro

0:47 Season 6 show vs book

10:12 Tribes

15:24 Bobbie & Amos

18:03 Drummer & Naomi

21:00 Representation

27:36 Actors vs characters

30:12 Monoliths, Star Wars

38:45 Minotaur

41:53 Alex's other child, Chekov's gun

47:01 Mars, megaprojects, space travel

53:24 ❗ Book 7 spoilers from here!

55:13 More Expanse, Clarissa

57:40 Strange dogs

59:12 ❗ Book 9 spoilers from here! Holden, change

1:04:26 Tanaka, 1984

1:10:32 Writing alien dreams, collaboration

1:18:08 Aliens, ambiguity, Duarte, life

1:28:10 Unity, hive minds, difference

1:35:00 ❗ Dune spoilers for Book 2 and Book 4!

1:38:10 Dune spoilers end, influences

1:39:45 Firefly, influences

1:42:34 New sci fi trilogy

1:47:00 Expanse Telltale game, video games

1:48:41 Daniel's genre rant

1:52:15 Covid and stories

1:55:52 Roci set lives?

1:59:31 Legacy of The Expanse

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Three hours of discussion about Tyrion Lannister!

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Original livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOWpR4X-mJQ

Special thanks to Patrons Cameron Weiss, Michael Appell, Ryan Steele, Harry, Shane Veglia, Brian Sentient, Ria McDoodle, Tim Cunniff, NotGac, Cara Akame, Ilhuilkamina Urdiana, Gareth, T. Ledoux.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

08:15 A Game of Thrones

14:06 A Clash of Kings

21:15 A Storm of Swords

34:40 A Dance with Dragons

49:55 The Winds of Winter

1:05:52 A Dream of Spring

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All Tomorrows video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imNtSPM3-r4

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0:00 Intro

3:04 Common themes

5:49 All Yesterdays

9:07 All Tomorrows

14:20 Online lore, worldbuilding

16:32 All Tomorrows

21:31 Turkey, history

32:08 Fiction and science

36:00 Fact is stranger than fiction story

42:02 Cryptozoologicon

45:16 All Yesterdays

49:56 Art and interpretation

1:04:42 Snaiad

1:10:17 Netflix dreams

1:14:39 Favourite worlds

1:20:00 Inspiration

And for the record – Tolkien apparently never said “a mythology for England”

Special thanks to Patrons Cameron Weiss, Michael Appell, Ryan Steele, Triangle Wine Company, Harry, Shane Veglia, Brian Sentient, Ria McDoodle, Tim Cunniff, NotGac, Cara Akame, Ilhuilkamina Urdiana, SirRusty.

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This is the audio from the video "All Tomorrows: the future of humanity?" on Alt Shift X.

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All Tomorrows was written and illustrated by C. M. Kosemen.

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This episode has spoilers for The Expanse books up to Tiamat's Wrath.

Part 1 of the interview: https://art19.com/shows/alt-shift-x-podcast/episodes/a4cb240b-cbe4-4c34-819e-1cac4a5701c4

0:00 Intro

0:57 Cosmic horror in Leviathan Falls

1:40 Aliens, mystery

6:13 Surveillance in Persepolis Rising

9:00 Worldbuilding

15:10 History

17:42 Politics

23:48 30 year gap, George R. R. Martin

29:54 Returning characters

34:05 Heroism & work

38:00 Expanse genres

40:36 Amos and Holden in Tiamat's Wrath

51:10 Names

54:00 Clarissa in Persepolis Rising

59:34 Aging, Naomi in Tiamat's Wrath

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=828bLzoapec

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This episode has no spoilers for The Expanse.

Part 2 with spoilers here: https://art19.com/shows/alt-shift-x-podcast/episodes/82e0d08c-c02f-44bb-80e0-9b43f5891361

0:00 Intro

1:47 Finishing The Expanse

3:37 Future projects, fantasy, horror

11:14 Internet culture & criticism

19:57 Writing The Expanse, TV

39:27 Next sci fi trilogy

48:28 Editing, revisiting work

52:31 Game of Thrones Season 8, endings

54:04 Revisiting, perfecting work

58:08 Expanse book titles, novella collection title

1:01:32 George R. R. Martin's Expanse character

1:04:04 The Expanse beyond Season 6

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ER_lohK_i8

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Special thanks to Patrons Cameron Weiss, Michael Appell, Ryan Steele, Triangle Wine Company, Harry, Shane Veglia, Brian Sentient, Ria McDoodle, Tim Cunniff, NotGac, Cara Akame, Ilhuilkamina Urdiana, SirRusty.

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