The boys talk about some of the possibly pre-Islamic Chechen roots of taking possession of a fallen enemy's wife (as it is forbidden in Islam) as it pertains to sietch tradition of Paul inheriting Jamis' woman. 

They also discuss Tibetan traditions around not disturbing the recent dead.

A little side talk to discuss Mike's wedding day. 

Mike is also "eh" on the negativity associated with the Wild Jihad.

We give you ways to score free beer at SoCal Ren Faire/ Mike’s wedding on 4/30, basically 3 months ago

Back in Dune we’re on Geidi Prime where Baron is having a 1 on 1 with Fenring, Feyd throws some hear at Fenring’s wife and then kills a slave in gladiatorial combat. 

After Paul bests Jamis they attend his funeral and he is presented with a giant bag of Jamis' water that reminds Mike of Kramer's Oil Bladder system.  We learn that the Fremen have 10 million gallons of water in 1 location and have several hundred or thousand of these locations. 

Random abandoned plotline: Jessica is Paul's enemy thing.  

Well holy hell we're finally back. Big time nostra(?) Culpa. We recorded 3 eps in late March but then Jeff misplaced the recordings and in late April Mike got married and Jeff served as minister for it so it was a crazy month. No real excuse for May. Anyway we've already pre-recorded 2 more eps and a special hot take episode coming soon. Mike is taking over as master of recordings also. In this ep we start on 379 and Paul and Jamis have a knife fight!

Jessica has bested Stilgar and now she needs a place in the tribe. As Stilgar's woman or something else? 

Paul has his first heroic dose of Spice.

Based on a comment Stilgar makes to Jessica, the boys dissect and discuss the concept of men finding combat with women sexual. 

Mike is not impressed with Paul's prescience; it seems like the options were clear before we even found it.

The boys are back with more Dune coverage.  Jessica and Paul run into Stilgar and Jamis, Jessica dominaes Stilgar with the "weirding way" but doesn't know the way of the desert. Chani negs Paul. 

On the editorial side we discuss how close to an event like a genocide do you need to be for it to resonate, why Mike thinks Frank kind of fails to deliver the villian in the next book, Dune Messiah.  

The boys are psyched to finally be back on Dune the book after a long interruption with Dune movie and Foundation on Apple TV. Also, back to having quality audio. Sorry the last 2 eps sounded like shit. NEVER AGAIN

Next 3 episodes are back to Dune book-we promise!  Already recorded