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Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast
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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 novels to HBO's television show and Denis Villeneuve's blockbuster films. New episodes every other Friday.
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The Fremen Jihad
4d ago01:02:02Summary readyAbu 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 SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: https://www.patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: https://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: https://www.gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 13)
2w ago01:15:47Summary readyAbu 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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The True History of the Butlerian Jihad
3w ago01:07:16Summary readySix 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 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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://www.gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 12)
4w ago01:18:06Summary readyAbu 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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Producer’s Commentary: Revisiting the Dune Tarot
May 2201:19:08Summary readyAbu 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 Say thank you with a tip: http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Watch video versions of select episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mailbag: Chani in Part Three, Dune Theme Park, and Is There Email in Dune?
May 1501:23:13Summary readyAbu 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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Scytale the Face Dancer
May 801:06:43Summary readyAbu 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 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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://www.gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 11)
May 101:32:34Summary readyAbu 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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryProducer’s Commentary: Revisiting the Incredible Life of Ibrahim Vaughn Holtzman
Apr 2401:29:42Summary readyAbu 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 Say thank you with a tip: http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Watch video versions of select episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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TEASER: How Children of Men Predicted 2027
Apr 2200:04:46Summary readyAbu and Leo are hard at work on their ambitious new sci-fi podcast and magazine project, codename Re-Analog. Here is the teaser for the prototype episode they've created covering one of the best science fiction films of all time. Support Project Re-Analog's development, listen to the rest of the episode, and read the accompanying magazine article by become a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar Say thank you with a tip: http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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