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Leo made a videogame! Abu and Leo chat about Heretics Amulet, a single player video game with its fair share of Dune references, available now on Steam.Check out Heretics Amulet here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5372090/Heretics_Amulet/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dune Messiah opens twelve years into Muad'Dib's jihad, with Emperor Paul Atreides worn down by his own visions. Abu and Leo kick off their Dune Messiah Book Club with the first 50 pages, just in time for Dune: Part Three. Bronso of Ix gets the first word, and the hosts fall a little in love with the historian as he needles Muad'Dib's priests. Scytale's meeting with Gaius Helen Mohiam, Princess Irulan and the Guild Steersman Edric gets read for its subtext within subtext, while Paul's late night with Chani shows a man weighing one beloved life against the agony of multitudes. With help from the Dune Encyclopedia, the hosts trace how a Landsraad revolt turned into a holy war, then close on spice morsels about the Qizarate and the Dune Tarot, plus a fruitless hunt for the meaning of Mirabhasa. This episode contains NO SPOILERS beyond the books and pages covered thus far. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Leo conclude their reluctant coverage of Sandworms of Dune, the final part of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's conclusion of the Dune saga. They summarize the remainder of the book and discuss what it's all about, in the end. This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels, plus Hunters of Dune and all of Sandworms of Dune. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: ⁠patreon.com/gomjabbar⁠ Say thank you with a tip: ⁠buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠ Buy custom-designed Dune merch: ⁠gomjabbar.shop⁠ Watch video episodes and clips: ⁠youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Leo reluctantly launch into their coverage of Sandworms of Dune, the final part of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's conclusion of the Dune saga. They summarize the first half of the book, and vent their feelings along the way. This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels, plus Hunters of Dune and the first half of Sandworms of Dune. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: ⁠patreon.com/gomjabbar⁠ Say thank you with a tip: ⁠buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠ Buy custom-designed Dune merch: ⁠gomjabbar.shop⁠ Watch video episodes and clips: ⁠youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princess Irulan Corrino, Shaddam IV's eldest daughter and Paul's wife in name only, finally gets her own character deep dive. Abu and Leo dig into what the Dune Encyclopedia says about her life and legacy, with an eye on Florence Pugh's return to the role in Dune: Part Three. Dune historians are brutal about Irulan's Bene Gesserit abilities, yet they also credit her as an independent thinker who never fully bought into the Sisterhood, and her near silence about her own mother hints at what the record leaves out. Her schemes in Dune Messiah get written off as "small spurts of rebellion," and the hosts make the case that her history was sanded down to fit the cult of St. Irulan the Virgin that rose a century after her death. They also run through highlights of the writings recovered in the Rakis Finds, including The Chakobsa Way, Arrakis Awakening, and a drama called Ornithopera. The episode closes on how Denis Villeneuve might move her to the center of the conspiracy. This episode contains SPOILERS for Children of Dune. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Leo dig into "Greenslaves" and "Occupation Force," two stories Herbert wrote in the decade before Dune made him famous, to see what they reveal about the mind behind the books. "Greenslaves," published in Amazing in March 1965 and later expanded into the novel The Green Brain, follows a Brazilian extermination program built to wipe out every last insect, and the swarm that has learned to disguise itself to survive it. In "Occupation Force," published in Fantastic in 1955, a U.S. general readies the nukes against an alien ship parked over Washington, only for its ambassador to deliver a reveal about exactly how long humans have actually been under alien rule. This episode contains SPOILERS for Frank Herbert's short stories Greenslaves and Occupation Force. There are NO SPOILERS for the Dune novels. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Leo finish their Lost Entries run through Carl B. Yoke's psychology manuscripts, uncovered at the Fullerton Archives. This week they read two unpublished Dune Encyclopedia entries on the psychology of the Sardaukar and the Harkonnens. The Sardaukar entry centers on the Dhama ti Kama, the corps' secret training manual, which Lady Margot Fenring somehow stole for the Bene Gesserit. Its author, the Sardau shaman Kiwan Kalama, lays out a Freudian program for turning children into warriors, and it is every bit as grim as that sounds. The Harkonnen entry introduces Dr. Amertine Moritani Harkonnen, a granddaughter of Shaddam IV who married into the family after the Baron's death and made him the subject of her Study of the Dark Side. This episode contains SPOILERS for Children of Dune. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Leo finish Hunters of Dune, the first book in Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's conclusion of the Dune saga. They break down the back half of the book and vent their feelings about how this is all just so wrong. They cover the Ithaca's stalled journey through the Scattering, Duncan Idaho's fixation on the absent Murbella, and the ghola children growing up aboard the no-ship. On Chapterhouse, Murbella's war against the Honored Matres comes to a head, including the reveal that the Honored Matres descend in part from Tleilaxu women. Uxtal's doomed attempt to resurrect a Tleilaxu master and Khrone's efforts to reawaken a young Baron Harkonnen push the ghola storylines toward their conclusions. Along the way, the mysterious old couple behind the Scattering's chaos finally comes into focus, setting up next episode's dive into Sandworms of Dune. This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels, plus the entirety of Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An unpublished Dune Encyclopedia manuscript called Psychology of the Fremen never made it past Willis E. McNelly's editing desk, until now. Abu and Leo dig into what got cut, in part one of a two-episode dive into the Fullerton archives' unreleased psychology entries. Carl B. Yoke, a Kent State University professor, wrote it as one of five planned psychology profiles that also covered the Bene Gesserit, the Sardaukar, the Harkonnens, and the Imperium. Yoke's Fremen entry builds its case through an invented smuggler-poet, whose writings and observations of Fremen psychology survived in the Bene Gesserit archives on Wallach IX. From there, Abu and Leo trace a psychological system mapped almost entirely onto Carl Jung. This episode contains NO SPOILERS for the Dune novels. 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://gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2026 Hugo Awards hand Best Novel to Alix E. Harrow's The Everlasting and give Murderbot its first-ever trophy, while WorldCon finally reveals the price for the 2023 Hugo scandal: a lifetime ban for administrator Dave McCarty and lesser bans for three others. Plus, Silo closes its most divisive season yet to a critic/audience split the internet doesn't seem to agree with, and the Bobiverse's fifth book proves the series still has it. Stellar Dispatch drops every Tuesday. New main episodes every Friday on the Stellar feed. Stories this week: 2026 Hugo Awards winners announced at LAcon V WorldCon censures and bans four 2023 Chengdu Worldcon officials Silo season 3 finale review Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Leo begin the book club coverage of Hunters of Dune, the first novel completing Frank Herbert's saga after his death. They walk through the first half of the book's tangled plot before turning to the continuity breaks and creative choices they think do real damage to the Dune canon. This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels, plus chapters 1-44 of Hunters of Dune! Listen to "The 7 Deadly Sins of Brian Herbert" episode HERE IN THIS EPISODE Why the Ithaca crew revives gholas of Paul Atreides and Leto II Atreides while passing over Ghanima and Alia Murbella's shaky start as Mother Commander of the merged Bene Gesserit and Honored Matres, and the power struggles taking shape at Chapter House The Oracle of Time and a Golden Path retcon that Abu and Leo argue contradict rules Frank Herbert spent six books establishing SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since we're in our #BrianHerbertEra, Abu and Leo revisit an episode from 2022 covering the history of Dune as told by Brian Herbert in his book, The Road to Dune. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: ⁠patreon.com/gomjabbar⁠ Say thank you with a tip: ⁠buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠ Buy custom-designed Dune merch: ⁠gomjabbar.shop⁠ Watch video episodes and clips: ⁠youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Herbert spent five books showing how faiths merge, mutate, and drift beyond recognition. Then, in Chapterhouse: Dune, he wrote in a community of Jews who had not changed at all. Abu and Leo gather critical takes from Jewish readers and scholars, then sit down with historian DZ Kalman to ask whether representation that gets things wrong can still be worth having. This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels, up through Chapterhouse: Dune! IN THIS EPISODE Rebecca, the Rabbi, and the deal the Bene Gesserit struck with a people nobody could find Where Kwisatz Haderach actually comes from in Jewish mysticism, and why nobody knows how Herbert found it A theory about Beverly Herbert's death, the to-do list she left behind, and what Daniel and Marty have to do with any of it MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE DZ Kalman's essay on the Jews of Dune: jellomenorah.com DZ Kalman's podcast, Belief in the Future: podcasts.apple.com Michael Weingrad, Jews of Dune: jewishreviewofbooks.com Jonathan Weidenbaum, The Holy Versus the Sacred: doi.org Leigh Kimmel's Chapterhouse Dune review: billionlightyearbookshelf.com SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu⁠ and ⁠Leo⁠ close out the book club with a live listener Q&A, the first one recorded with every page of Frank Herbert's saga behind them. It's a reflective hang about how this series thinks about power, governance, and the limits of art as political commentary, and about what it feels like to reach the end of a six-year read-through. This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels. IN THIS EPISODE Whether the Bene Gesserit's surveillance-and-no-confidence structure is Frank's ideal government, or a system he builds up only to critique through the Honored Matres Our theories for why Abomination disappears after Children of Dune, from the inner Mohalata to Siona's descendants being immune What Daniel and Marty really represent, and why Chapterhouse works as Frank's farewell with no seventh book needed What the Dune Encyclopedia's contraception entry reveals about the Bene Gesserit breeding program, axolotl tanks, and their opposition to abortion Whether Dune: Part Three can handle the jihad honestly, with Andor Season 2 held up as the gold standard for political storytelling A live, no-holds-barred re-ranking of all six novels, with Leo putting Dune fifth and God Emperor dead last 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

Abu and Leo return to the Lost Entries series with two Dune Encyclopedia manuscripts that never made it into print. Both were written by one of the Encyclopedia's most prolific contributors, and detail the life of Dune's Oppenheimer: a man named Roj Amalkin, who invented the deadliest weapon in the galaxy.. They read the manuscripts in full, and argue about why McNelly left them on the cutting room floor. This episode contains SPOILERS for Dune and Dune Messiah! IN THIS EPISODE How a sickly kid on Salusa Secundus grew up to invent the stone burner, and what his mother did to make sure he survived long enough to build it The Bocca drill, the Lucifer gems it left behind, and the one illegal modification that turned a mining tool into a weapon Why the Fedaykin hunted every stone burner out of existence SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ complete their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 46-48. They reflect back on their journey covering every single Dune book by Frank Herbert, and look ahead to what's next. 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 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

Abu and Leo officially announce Spice & Dice, a new Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast set in the far corners of the Dune universe, with Noah Perito back in the dungeon master's chair. The show is built to welcome newcomers to D&D as much as longtime tabletop players, and this episode closes with a preview from the debut campaign. Spice & Dice targets a Q4 2026 launch, timed just ahead of Dune: Part Three. This episode contains SPOILERS for Dune and Dune Messiah IN THIS EPISODE The debut campaign, Voices of the Jihad, sends Abu and Leo's Fremen operatives after Emperor Paul Atreides himself Meet Trionfi Maniaco, the mysterious tarot reader whose cards may or may not be interfering with Paul's prescience Why Spice & Dice is built around short, contained campaigns instead of the 50-plus episode sprawl typical of actual play shows SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Leo break down the new Dune: Part Three trailer shot by shot, tracing what it reveals about Paul Atreides' transformation from reluctant messiah to feared emperor. They dig into the trailer's visual clues, editing misdirections, and the conspiracy forming against Paul's rule, then share their honest hopes and worries for the finished film. This episode contains SPOILERS for Dune and Dune: Messiah. IN THIS EPISODE A leaked marketing image seems to confirm exactly what the trailer's mysterious sarcophagus is hiding Why they suspect the "Chani" in Paul's private chamber scene is actually Scytale in disguise How Paul's bald head and new face tattoos borrow a visual signature straight from House Harkonnen SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 43-45. 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

The second trailer for Dune: Part Three just dropped and it somehow raises even more questions about the film, despite giving us new glimpses of what to expect this December. Our full breakdown will be released on all podcast feeds this weekend, but for now, here are our messy immediate reactions. Read our instant reactions, for free: https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar/posts/excited-and-our-163292425 SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: ⁠patreon.com/gomjabbar⁠ Say thank you with a tip: ⁠buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠ Buy custom-designed Dune merch: ⁠gomjabbar.shop⁠ Watch video episodes and clips: ⁠youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Leo dig into Pantheon, the wildly underrated animated sci-fi series almost nobody watched. Across the first four episodes they wrestle with what the show has to say about mortality, capitalism, and the promises we make about new technology. It is bold, timely, occasionally rough around the edges, and exactly the kind of science fiction they want more of. This episode contains SPOILERS for Pantheon Season 1 and for Ken Liu's short stories "The Gods Will Not Be Chained" and "The Gods Will Not Be Slain." IN THIS EPISODE Why the show's "uploaded intelligence" framing lands harder than Ken Liu's original "consciousness uploading," and what Logorhythms did to David behind his family's back. How the series fleshes out Ellen and David far beyond the page, including the breakup-after-death conversation the short stories leave out entirely. Steven Holstrom, Julius Pope, and the case that Pantheon is really asking whether religion and science were ever separate buckets to begin with. SUPPORT THE SHOW Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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

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 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

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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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

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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠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 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

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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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

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 Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: ⁠⁠⁠https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠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 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

Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 28-30. 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

Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ bring you another unpublished manuscript from the Fullerton Archives. This one explores this central conflict at the heart of the first book: the Atreides/Harkonnen feud. This episode contains LIGHT SPOILERS for the Dune and Dune: Messiah. 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://www.gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 25-27. 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

Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ break down the new teaser trailer for Dune: Part Three and speculate about what we'll see in Denis Villeneuve's upcoming blockbuster film. This episode contains SPOILERS for Dune and Dune Messiah 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

Abu⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 22-24. 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

We're working on our in-depth analysis of the trailer, but in the meantime, enjoy this call between Abu and Leo as they absolutely geek out over the new trailer! Apologies about the rough audio, this was recorded last-minute from the airport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 19-21. 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

⁠Abu⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠ return to a fan favorite, Planet Ecaz, rediscovering long forgotten jokes and raving about microorganisms. 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

Abu⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 16-18. They explore the stagnation inherent in laws and regulations and the Bene Gesserit's radical new form of democracy. 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

Abu and Leo take you on an all-expense paid trip to the planet of pleasure, Planet Gamont for a sensual Gom Jabbar Valentine's Day special.  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

Abu and Leo respond to your questions about Dune: Chapterhouse and the 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 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

⁠Abu⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠ listen to the first episode of Gom Jabbar, reminiscing about how the show started and appreciating how far they've come. 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

Abu⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 13-15. They explore how the Bene Gesserit system of education differs from the Honored Matre, and they ways Frank Herbert's own views on the public education system bled into the narrative. 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

Abu and Leo continue with their radical transparency and spill the beans on how Gom Jabbar is made. They break down everything from download numbers to how much money they make, and tease an exciting new project in 2026 and beyond. 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://www.gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 10-12. They explore the outward reactionary force of the Honored Matres compared with the inward introspective patterns of the Bene Gesserit, and how both orders can learn from each other. 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

Abu⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 7-9. They explore the nature of Bene Gesserit checks and balances, and discuss how the Honored Matre act as a mirror to the darker side of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. 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

⁠Abu⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠ close out another great year of Dune fandom by looking back at the biggest moments in the franchise in 2025, from first seaon of Dune: Prophecy to the Oscar snubs and the launch of the massively popular Dune MMO video game. Then they look ahead at all of the great Dune content coming in 2026, including Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three. 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 (00:00) Intro (03:33) Dune: Prophecy Was Disappointing (07:42) Dune: Prophecy Season 2 Updates (11:17) Dune: Part Two Snubbed at the Oscars (15:28) Dune Comics Deserve Better (19:51) The Folio Society Dune Books are Gorgeous (22:44) Dune: Awakening is on Life Support (28:03) Why We Stopped Playing Dune: Awakening (33:08) Dune: Part Three in 2026 (34:29) Jason Mamoa Back as Hayt (35:15) Rebecca Ferguson Back as Lady Jessica (36:06) Robert Pattinson as Scytale (38:46) Leto II and Ghanima in Dune: Part Three (44:51) Dune: Part Three Releasing Early (47:54) Timothee Chalamet Confirms TIme Jump (50:22) Chalamet's Secret Rap Career (51:25) Timothee Chalamet Has the Juice (55:45) 2026 Will Be Amazing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and ⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠ continue their read-through of Chapterhouse Dune by diving deep into chapters 4-6. They explore the thematic and narrative elements of Sea Child, and what it reveals about Odrade's true strength. 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