Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

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Lost Entries: Roj Amalkin and the Stone Burner Jul 31, 2026

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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

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Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 16) Jul 24, 2026

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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.

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Announcing Spice & Dice: A Dune D&D Podcast Jul 17, 2026

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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

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Dune: Part Three Trailer Full Analysis & Breakdown Jul 13, 2026

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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.

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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

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Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 15) Jul 10, 2026

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

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Dune: Part Three Trailer Instant Reactions Jul 09, 2026

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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.

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Relay: Pantheon Season 1, Episodes 1-4 Jul 03, 2026

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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.

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Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 14) Jun 26, 2026

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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.

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The Fremen Jihad Jun 19, 2026

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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.

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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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Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune (Part 13) Jun 12, 2026

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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.

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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

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