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  • Season 6, Episode 9: The Search by the Foundation
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      • Intro (0:00:00)
      • Show Update (0:00:39)
      • History (0:01:02)
      • Summary (0:01:33)
      • Characters (0:05:00)
      • General Impressions (0:05:34)
      • SPOILERS: His Dark Materials (0:09:48)
      • Arkady (0:10:22)
      • SPOILERS: His Dark Materials (0:12:17)
      • More Arkady (0:12:53)
      • Dr. Darell (0:15:04)
      • WW2 Imagery (0:16:47)
      • Kalgan (0:19:33)
      • Second Foundation's Power (0:23:56)
      • Location of the Second Foundation (0:27:05)
      • Second Foundation's Plan (0:30:14)
      • Plot Twists (0:33:06)
      • Inevitability of Second Foundation's Win (0:37:05)
      • Thoughts on the Series (0:42:09)
      • Mama and Papa (0:46:24)
      • TV Show (0:51:22)
      • Lady Callia (0:48:59)
      • SPOLER: Foundation TV Show (0:52:14)
      • Outro (0:56:46)
        • References
        • Astounding Science Fiction - November 1949
        • Astounding Science Fiction - December 1949
        • Astounding Science Fiction - January 1950
        • His Dark Materials
        • A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
        • Foundation (TV Series)
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          58 min
        • Season 6, Episode 8: Arcadia
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            • Intro (0:00:00)
            • Reactions (0:00:39)
            • Podcast Recommendations (0:01:28)
            • History (0:05:01)
            • Summary (0:06:45)
            • Characters (0:09:34)
            • General Impressions (0:10:24)
            • The Future of Seldon's Plan (0:21:46)
            • Crazy Theories (0:25:52)
            • The Speakers (0:36:43)
            • Arkady and Lady Callia (0:39:43)
            • Arkady (0:44:22)
            • O. Dam (0:46:57)
            • Outro (0:50:31)
              • References
              • Mind Duck Books Podcast
              • Seldon Crisis – The Podcast
              • Stars End: A Foundation Podcast
              • 5-year-old boy hacks dad's Xbox account | CNN Business
              • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
              • The Cold Equations - Lightspeed Magazine
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                52 min
              • Season 6, Episode 7: The Search by the Mule
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                  • Intro (0:00:00)
                  • Seldon Crisis Podcast (0:00:33)
                  • History (0:01:42)
                  • Summary (0:02:05)
                  • Characters (0:04:56)
                  • General Impressions (0:05:30)
                  • Narrator (0:10:47)
                  • World Building (0:14:53)
                  • Communication (0:18:12)
                  • Emotional Control and Lying (0:20:03)
                  • Ineffciency of Speech (0:23:26)
                  • Pritcher (0:25:43)
                  • Other Lifeforms (0:32:58)
                  • So Many Plot Twists (0:37:47)
                  • What is the Second Foundation? (0:40:48)
                  • MKUltra (0:43:47)
                  • More on the Mule (0:51:04)
                  • Outro (0:58:24)
                  • Seldon Crisis Promo (0:59:04)
                    • References
                    • Seldon Crisis – The Podcast
                    • Astounding Science Fiction v40n5 : Street and Smith Publications : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
                    • The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief' : NPR
                    • The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
                    • Lower Decks (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom
                    • Synesthesia - Wikipedia
                    • The Time Machine by HG Wells
                    • A Wrinkle in Time - The Time Quintet by Madeleine L'Engle
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                      1 hr 1 min
                    • Season 6, Episode 6: Start of the Search
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                        • Followup (0:00:51)
                        • History (0:03:32)
                        • Summary (0:03:49)
                        • Characters (0:06:38)
                        • General Impressions (0:07:25)
                        • SPOILERS: Dollhouse (0:14:22)
                        • Emotional Control (0:17:00)
                        • The Mule's Motivation (0:21:52)
                        • The Scarlet Letter (0:25:52)
                        • Bayta's Motivation (0:27:48)
                        • Death of a Psychologist (0:33:40)
                        • Mule's Exposition (0:42:10)
                        • Outro (0:42:52)
                          • References
                          • Mind Duck | Remembrance of Earth's Past
                          • Encyclopedia Galactica
                          • Astounding Science Fiction - December 1945
                          • The Wandering Earth
                          • Doll House
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                            44 min
                          • Season 6, Episode 5: The Mule
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                              • Intro (0:00:00)
                              • Show Update (0:00:41)
                              • History (0:01:02)
                              • Summary (0:01:31)
                              • Characters (0:04:07)
                              • General Impressions (0:04:42)
                              • Bayta and Female Repersentation (0:14:18)
                              • Bayta's Motivation (0:17:22)
                              • The Mule (0:23:09)
                              • Fate of Devers (0:25:56)
                              • Inevitablity of the Foundation's Victory (0:26:22)
                              • Will We See The Mule? (0:29:55)
                              • How is the Mule so Successful? (0:32:16)
                              • Seldon's Wrong Prediction (0:38:56)
                              • Outro (0:42:49)
                                • References
                                • Astounding Science Fiction (November 1945)
                                • Holophonor | Futurama Wiki
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                                  44 min
                                • Season 6, Episode 4: The General
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                                    • Intro (0:00:00)
                                    • Show Schedule (0:01:02)
                                    • History (0:02:11)
                                    • Summary (0:03:30)
                                    • Characters (0:06:10)
                                    • General Thoughts (0:06:42)
                                    • Free Will (0:11:10)
                                    • SPOILERS: The Cold Equations (0:16:13)
                                    • Other Books (0:16:59)
                                    • Humor (0:18:55)
                                    • Lack of Representation (0:21:15)
                                    • Loss of Knowledge (0:24:31)
                                    • Action vs. Inaction (0:27:32)
                                    • Inability for Conquest (0:33:04)
                                    • TV Show (0:38:10)
                                    • Outro (0:47:27)
                                      • References
                                      • The Cold Equations
                                      • Foundation and Empire Review
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                                        48 min
                                      • Season 6: Interview - Jason
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                                          • Jason goes over the Roman history of Belisarius and Justinian that is the basis for the main character of "The General", Bel Riose.
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                                            • Intro (0:00:00)
                                            • Jason's Background (0:00:32)
                                            • Foundation Background (0:01:04)
                                            • Belisarius and Justinian (0:03:34)
                                            • Military Tactics (0:06:00)
                                            • Context in Roman History (0:10:02)
                                            • Place in History (0:14:51)
                                            • Threats to the Emperor (0:16:38)
                                            • Further Reading (0:19:42)
                                            • Roman Identity (0:21:15)
                                            • Wrap-Up (0:22:28)
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                                              25 min
                                            • Season 6, Episode 3: The Merchant Princes
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                                                • Intro (0:00:00)
                                                • Followup (0:00:47)
                                                • Summary (0:02:37)
                                                • Characters (0:05:24)
                                                • Hardin vs. Mallow (0:06:25)
                                                • Politicians (0:16:19)
                                                • Anti-intellectualism (0:19:20)
                                                • Nuclear Weapons (0:19:41)
                                                • Shift In Power (0:23:00)
                                                • Forces of Change (0:29:45)
                                                • Promise of Riches (0:33:38)
                                                • Housewives Uprising (0:37:34)
                                                • Overall Thoughts (0:41:34)
                                                • Foundation TV Show (0:48:46)
                                                • Outro (1:01:37)
                                                  • References
                                                  • Was Foundation (book) Controversial When it Came Out?: asimov
                                                  • Was Isaac Asimov secretly "ROBPROF," a Soviet spy within the highest ranks of academia?
                                                  • History of nuclear weapons
                                                  • Deadline (science fiction story)
                                                  • Deadline
                                                  • Foundation (Apple TV+)
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                                                    1 hr 3 min
                                                  • Season 6, Episode 2: The Mayors and Traders
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                                                      • Intro (0:00:00)
                                                      • Follow Up (0:01:32)
                                                      • Summary (0:02:15)
                                                      • Characters (0:04:58)
                                                      • TV Series (0:05:53)
                                                      • Overall Impressions (0:10:24)
                                                      • Religion as a Form of Control (0:13:21)
                                                      • Scientific Knowledge (0:20:29)
                                                      • Asserting Control Over Leopold (0:24:26)
                                                      • Seldon's Second Message (0:26:19)
                                                      • Asimov's Series Intentions (0:27:40)
                                                      • Foundation's Impact on Enconomists (0:29:39)
                                                      • Part IV (0:32:05)
                                                      • Revolutionary (0:40:11)
                                                      • Final Thoughts (0:45:21)
                                                      • Outro (0:46:15)
                                                        • References
                                                        • Paul Krugman: Asimov's Foundation novels grounded my economics
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                                                          47 min
                                                        • Season 6, Episode 1: The Psychohistorians and Encyclopedists
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                                                            • Intro (0:00:00)
                                                            • Summary (0:04:50)
                                                            • Characters (0:07:51)
                                                            • How We're Reading (0:09:20)
                                                            • Compare to Remembrance of Earth's Past (0:14:11)
                                                            • World Building (0:20:45)
                                                            • Spying (0:25:09)
                                                            • Stagnation (0:26:36)
                                                            • The Time Machine (0:28:44)
                                                            • Caring About the Future (0:30:56)
                                                            • Free Will (0:33:55)
                                                            • Characters (0:43:03)
                                                            • Looking Forward (0:46:58)
                                                            • Outro (0:51:34)
                                                              • References
                                                              • A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
                                                              • His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
                                                              • Paradise Lost - John Milton
                                                              • The Foundation Trilogy (BBC Radio)
                                                              • Foundation (TV series)
                                                              • The Time Machine - H. G. Wells
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                                                                53 min

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                                                              A book discussion podcast. Books include "The Three-Body Problem" by Liu Cixin, "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov, and "Dune" by Frank Herbert.