Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

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June 26 Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 14)
Abu⁠ and ⁠Leo⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse: Dune with chapters 40 - 42. Teg launches his attack on Gammu, Odrade meets with Dama, and the battle on Junction begins and... ends? Then the takeaway digs into Extremis Progressiva and to what lengths humans can go to save their culture.
This episode contains NO SPOILERS beyond the books and pages covered thus far
Read along with us by following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chapterhouse Dune book club schedule⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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Say thank you with a tip: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠⁠⁠
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1 hr 22 min
June 19The Fremen Jihad
Abu and Leo dig into the Fremen Jihad, the brutal 12-year war Frank Herbert left almost entirely off-page between his first two novels. Leaning on the Dune Encyclopedia to fill in that missing history, they trace how a political standoff curdled into religious conquest, then set this jihad beside the Butlerian Jihad to ask what Frank was really saying about charismatic leaders, mob fervor, and the cycles of power and violence that drive human history.
This episode contains SPOILERS for Dune and Dune Messiah
IN THIS EPISODE
Why 300,000 Fremen obliterated a Great House's three-million-strong army at Malathon, and how the Landsraad fatally misread what Paul's rise actually meant

The Battle of Molitor, the closest thing to a united resistance, where the Bene Gesserit, Sardaukar, and Landsraad made their stand and the Fedaykin turned the tide

How the Qizarate priesthood hijacked the war into a campaign of forced conversion, and the 40 religions Paul tells Stilgar he wiped out

The Bene Gesserit conspiracy to discard their failed Kwisatz Haderach and restart the breeding program

What Scytale's nine words, "He didn't use the jihad. The jihad used him," reveal about how fast Paul lost his grip on the forces he set loose

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1 hr 3 min
June 12Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 13)
Abu and Leo continue their read-through of Chapterhouse: Dune with chapters 37 -39. Odrade says her goodbyes, the mission to Junction begins, and a beloved cyborg bus driver makes a triumphant return. Then the takeaway digs into the leveling drift, the Bene Gesserit belief that humanity always sands its outliers back down toward the average.
This episode contains NO SPOILERS beyond the books and pages covered thus far
Read along with us by following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chapterhouse Dune book club schedule⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
IN THIS EPISODE
The convocation: Odrade tells the gathered Sisterhood she will share with Sheeana and Murbella before a meeting she does not expect to survive

Rebecca and the rabbi argue over whether the Bene Gesserit are self-deluded, while Joshua, true hero of this book, fixes the HVAC

Clairby returns, the ghola genie leaves the bottle, and the case for a cyborg bus driver as book seven's main character

The leveling drift: regression toward the mean, Frank's grudge against the IRS, and a Peloton-shaped cautionary tale

Spice morsels on the minyan, why ten adults matter to the rabbi in hiding, and the grim math of rendering bodies for potash
SUPPORT THE SHOW
Get ad-free episodes and bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Say thank you with a tip: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠⁠
Watch video versions of select episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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1 hr 16 min
June 05The True History of the Butlerian Jihad
Six years into the show, Abu and Leo finally give the most consequential event in Dune history its own episode. From Jehanne Butler's personal tragedy on Komos to the century of holy war that followed, this is the story of how humanity destroyed its thinking machines and rebuilt itself without them. Part 1 of a two-part series on the jihads of Dune.
LIGHT SPOILERS: if you've read the first book or seen the Denis Villeneuve films, you're safe to listen.
IN THIS EPISODE
Why Frank Herbert gave the biggest event in his universe barely two paragraphs, and how the Dune Encyclopedia fills in the missing century

Jehanne Butler's path from Bene Gesserit-trained priestess to revolutionary, and the hospital tragedy on Komos that lit the fuse

The nearly bloodless coup against Richese, and the machine-run society that horrified the Komans who arrived there

How one interrogation between the Priestess Urania and an insufferable tech bro turned a planetary revolt into a galactic holy war

Butlerian Jihad or Great Revolt? Abu and Leo weigh in on what history should call it

SUPPORT THE SHOW
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1 hr 8 min
May 29 Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 12)
Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 34-36.
This episode contains NO SPOILERS beyond the books and pages covered thus far
Read along with us by following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chapterhouse Dune book club schedule⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Get ad-free episodes and bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Say thank you with a tip: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Watch video versions of select episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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1 hr 19 min
May 22 Producer’s Commentary: Revisiting the Dune Tarot
⁠Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ return to one of their earliest and most popular episodes to provide bonus commentary and analysis years later.
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1 hr 20 min
May 15 Mailbag: Chani in Part Three, Dune Theme Park, and Is There Email in Dune?
Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ pause their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune to share your emails and answer your burning questions about the book and wider Dune universe.
This episode contains NO SPOILERS beyond the books and pages covered thus far
Read along with us by following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chapterhouse Dune book club schedule⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Get ad-free episodes and bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Say thank you with a tip: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Watch video versions of select episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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1 hr 24 min
May 08Scytale the Face Dancer
Abu and Leo profile Scytale, the face dancer at the heart of the conspiracy in Dune Messiah, and come away with a newfound respect for the Tleilaxu's finest operative. From his engineered birth to his death at Paul's hand (and the strange afterlife of his name), this is the full story of the best face dancer who ever lived. Plus: Theory Corner on Robert Pattinson's take in Dune: Part Three.
This episode contains SPOILERS for Dune and Dune Messiah!
IN THIS EPISODE
Scytale's birth name, his surprisingly famous parents, and what the Dune Encyclopedia reveals about his selective breeding

The Nicodemus affair, the mysterious mission that earned Scytale an honor almost no face dancer ever receives

Why the stone burner was a betrayal of the Tleilaxu and Bene Gesserit, and how it nearly killed Scytale by accident

The staggering physical feat of holding the Lichna disguise for seven months in captivity

Theory Corner: Pattinson's look, whether every trailer shot of Scytale is a disguise, and how Villeneuve might film face dancing
SUPPORT THE SHOW
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1 hr 7 min
May 01 Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 11)
Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 31-33. They break down the single most disturbing chapter in the entire Dune Saga, and question Frank Herbert's decision to write it.
This episode contains NO SPOILERS beyond the books and pages covered thus far
Read along with us by following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chapterhouse Dune book club schedule⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Get ad-free episodes and bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Say thank you with a tip: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Watch video versions of select episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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1 hr 33 min
April 24 Producer’s Commentary: Revisiting the Incredible Life of Ibrahim Vaughn Holtzman
⁠Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠ return to one of their earliest and most popular episodes to provide bonus commentary and analysis years later.
Get ad-free episodes and bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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Watch video versions of select episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty⁠⁠
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1 hr 30 min

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Gom Jabbar is the ultimate guide to the Dune universe for both longtime fans and newcomers. Join hosts Abu and Leo as they dive deep into every aspect of Dune lore, from Frank Herbert's original…