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We leave sci-fi behind and jump into sword and orcery with Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian. 

We talk pulp context, the Hyborian Age’s “historical shorthand,” and why Conan on the page feels smarter, stranger, and more human than the pop culture version we were more familiar with. 

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We finish our read through of Dune by looking the appendixes, where Herbert lays out some of the hard details behind Arrakis's ecology, religion, politics, and the history of the empire. 

We also give some of our final thoughts on this foundational work of science fiction.

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We've done it! 

We are making our way through the final chapters of Dune together, well done! 

While the title does not appear in the books, it does match our episode's theme quite well today as we march into the confrontation between Paul's Fremen and the Emperor's Sardaukar forces. 

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Paul rides the worm, turning a rite of passage into another future legend. Old friends return and trust must be reestablished. What happens when one drinks the Water of Life who was never meant to?

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Paul and Jessica learn more about Fremen life in the sietch. We experience the mysterious Water of Life and the strange effects it has on both our characters and the Fremen at large. We revisit the Baron and his plans for the future once again.

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We continue our journey through Dune with Paul’s duel with Jamis, the importance of Fremen traditions and names. 

This is followed by a detour to Giedi Prime where we meet Count Fenring while the Baron and Feyd put on a grim spectacle. 

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We start off with Paul and Jessica, dodging desert dangers, and encounter the Fremen, and we learn more about the sometimes unforgiving nature of Fremen society.

Kynes feverishly reveals his insights on the ecology of Arrakis.

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We learn more of the Baron’s ruthless strategy, follow Paul and Jessica’s through the desert, and learn about where Gurney Halleck's path has led him.

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Today we continue on into Book 2 of Dune, Muad'dib.

Stone halls get traded for sand and storms as Dune’s focus snaps to survival. Paul and Jessica must step carefully as they learn the ways of both the desert and the Fremen. 

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We trace the fall of House Atreides in Book One’s closing stretch as we follow the interweaving stories of Paul and Jessica, Yueh and Leto, and the looming Harkonnen presence.


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