Sand: A Podcast About Dune

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The moment is finally here — Denis Villeneuve's operatic take on the Duniverse has arrived and we have reunited, along with our friend Carlos LaRotta, to talk all about it.  The casting, favorite scenes, the set design, the costumes, we get into it all. Now it may sound like we had nothing but problems with this movie but I promise you that's just our personalities. We love to pick this shit apart — it's why we got into this biz! We pick because we love. 

Fun fact about Carlos: He designed our artwork. Yes, he is the brains behind the sandworm in headphones! 

Plus! We announce that we're coming back ~at some point in the near distant future~ to tackle book four in the Dune series, God Emperor of Dune. Keep an eye out for a trailer on that soon! 

In the meantime, feel free to email us with your many Dune movie thoughts at [email protected]. 

Thanks y'all. Bless the maker and his water. 

We're back and joined by Naomi Perryman who has not read the book Children of Dune, but did take a hit by watching the miniseries. We'll figure out if made any sense at all. Dune talk starts right away on this one!

Wherein we discuss episodes 1 & 2 of the Syfy Channel rendition of Children of Dune -- or rather, Lance tells Molly about the first episode because she skipped the first episode, not realizing the series did, in fact, include Dune Messiah. We have fun! This adaptation is much better than the Dune miniseries!! 

Suck on this, Nay-sayers! We did it! We finished Children of Dune!

Here are the last four chapters and in true Dune fashion, it gets a little out there!
Who will live? Who will die? Who will use their super strength to spin their aunt around in circles above their head? These chapters answer those questions and ask more.

Dune talk begins at the 15 minute mark. 

We will take a week off next week, but then we'll be back for at least two more episodes to discuss the Children of Dune miniseries.

As always, shoot us an email at [email protected]. We finish the book next week! And with that, the original trilogy! 

In this, the penultimate episode of our Children of Dune recap, we find a frustrated Ghanima who still will not be respected by Stilgar, a sad and lonely Gurney just looking for his old friend Paul, and a mysterious new double agent in Alia's latest conquest, Buer Agarves. We're close to the end and just as uncertain as ever about anyone's motivations or end goals. What we do know is that Leto is not fucking around and has already freaked many Fremen into subservience with his wall-punching, dune-hopping Shai-Halud powers. 

Side note, do you think Frank Herbert ever considered a reality in which Leto II was not a desert demon, but a dessert demon? Mmm, spice cookies. 

Dune talk begins at the 25 minute mark. 

As always, shoot us an email at [email protected]. We finish the book next week! And with that, the original trilogy! 

We are SO close to the end here, people! This is like the Pen-Penultimate Children of Dune book episode.
We've got wild psychic faceoffs! We've got twists and turns! And we even lose a friend!

Dune talk starts around 11 minutes and fifteen seconds.

Y'all ... shit pops allll the way off in this set of chapters. I don't want to say more because what happens really needs to be experienced first hand to be believed. After finding the Golden Path, come find us to process it all! 

Dune talk begins at 14:25

We can’t believe it! Frank Herbert, you dirty bird!
 We get right to it, the most disgusting word ever made up used in maybe the most disgusting context. Dont worry, we won’t stop talking about it! Sure, there’s some great intrigue and important revelations, but seriously, what’s up with that word?!?!

Dune talk begins around the 13 minute mark.

Beefswelling talk begins at the 13 minute and thirty second mark (and frankly never ends).

As always, shoot us an email at [email protected].

Duuuuuuuuuu(ne)de. We are tripping hard this chapter -- I mean, we're talking speculating-at-the-origin-of-the-universe, deciphering-the-nature-of-free-will/order-of-time-level stoned. Thanks a lot, Gurney! We also get to see a giddy Farad'n, skipping down the hall to tell Jessica about his infant hands, as well as a classic teenager fight between Irulan and Ghanima. It's fun! 

Dune talk begins around the 10 minute mark. 

As always, shoot us an email if the spice strikes you at [email protected]. Until then, try not to think too hard about whether or not the future happens first and the past follows. But does that make the past the future? Maaaaaaaan

This book is starting to get a lot more Dune-y! 

We welcome a new character in Namri!  We also FINALLY officially reveal Leto’s captor (c’mon, Frank! This was too obvious) and go on a serious Spice trip!

We open up the Sandbag at 8:50.

As always, send us a bat at [email protected].