Stars End: A Foundation Podcast - Stars End S2E6 - An Entire Galaxy Pivoting Around the Actions of an Individual Podcast

Stars End S2E6 - An Entire Galaxy Pivoting Around the Actions of an Individual Podcast

10/26/21 • 76 min

There are a lot of things happening in Episode 6, "Death and the Maiden." Beware! The spoilers are probably even more densely packed than usual. "The spoiler-space may even be compact," he said mathematically.

What a difference a week makes! We described Episode 5 as a "bridge" episode. In episode 6, there's stuff going on right and left! Actually, maybe even in 2, 3, or, 4 dimensions! This cries out for an "Age of Aquarius" joke, but I don't have one. Any help?

Politics! Religion! Explosions! Big themes! Hints about how everything fits together! This one has it all!

And this week we have Morgan as our latest very special guest! She's a self-described Daneel Olivaw stan and biotechnologist who loves all things Asimov! She tweets Foundation-related stuff as @AsimovPosting. Morgan joined us and brought a fresh new voice to the conversation! You should join us and join the conversation too! You'll be glad you did!

Politics! Religion! Explosions! Big themes! Hints about how everything fits together! This one has it all!

Previous Episode

Stars End S2E5 - The Seers Condemned this Podcast

If you'd rather not be rudely awakened by some spoilers, you know what to do! We'll be here when you're ready.

And speaking of rude awakenings, how about that Gaal Dornick? That whole ordeal didn't seem pleasant at all!

What isn't rude is our conversation this week, about Foundation's Episode 5, "Upon Awakening," it's better than being roused by a thunderstorm, a smoke alarm, or a cat licking your face.

And this will really shake you out of your slumber! We've got a very special episode for you because we've been joined by a very special guest, Joel McKinnon host of the very excellent Seldon Crisis Podcast! Joel's a very interesting guy with a very interesting podcast and some very interesting other irons in the fire. You can learn about them all on our website, StarsEndPodcast.Wordpress.com!

You should check these things out.

But not right now! Right now it's time for the also excellent StarsEnd Podcast! Let's go!

Next Episode

Stars End S2E07 - An Exhortation from one of the Galaxy's Major Podcasts

It's Halloween evening as I write this and the two biggest Sci-Fi franchises have new episodes out. The premiere of Star Trek Prodigy was last Thursday and the season opener for Doctor Who was this evening. But I have another venerable old franchise on my mind.

Namely Twilight Zone. "Hey, kids! You want to see something really scary?!?"

Well, "scary" probably isn't the right word for "Mysteries and Martyrs" but I think some of us found it a little unsettling.

Still, there are lots of big questions! Is Psychohistory as we know it a thing of the past? What is the Anacreoneans horrific plan for the Invictus? Has the show succumbed to the Great and Glorious Az's predilection for exposition? And in the show with the most per-capita executions might someone get put to death for erroneous thumb-clasping?

We don't know! But we're going to talk about it anyway! With extra special guest star Cathy Bloomenfeld, who has the distinction of escaping that Asimovian indoctrination so many of us suffered as teens.

Join us! You'll love it! It will be like losing yourself in the scar and seeing real clouds!