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The Such Nerds PodCast was started to read and discuss the foundational Sci-Fi Epic, Isaac Asimov‘s Foundation Novels, we‘ll see where it goes from there.... find additional information at www.suchnerds.com
Finally ;-) the Season 4 Finale!! Join Jason, Dan, and Peter, as well as our very special (returning) guest co-host Brent to discuss Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov, we will discuss the evolution of the Foundation Series, Isaac, and our reader experience in the final episode of our fourth season....and before Hugo (get it?, like before "you go"?) an award or so!
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 19-20: This episode rounds out the conclusion of Foundation's Edge, will we be satisfied with the ending? With a three-way battle for galactic dominance, we will have some interesting events to unpack and process.
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 17-18: O'Kay-ah! Trevise and Pelorat are unable to resist their attraction to Gaia where they land before reuniting with some old friends/antagonists. It will be hard to contain the excitement as we edge closer to the end of Foundation's Edge!
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 15-16: Not only is there a resurgence of activity from our star First Foundation Mayor Marlon Brando, there is even an epic Mustache Battle that her chief of security wins, hands down!
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 13-14: We discover that our boy Pelorat is a galaxy renowned mythologist! Coffee, thank goodness, is still popular 50,000 years from now, Whew! ...and there are quintessential plot developments as well!
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 12: Uh oh!,... spleping and pronundicating befuddle us again, apparently Gendibal has a very important torso,....oh yeah, and we also talk about the chapter, "Agent"!
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 10-11: Like, ...how exciting is a Table?!?...apparently very exciting, join us while we cut through the chaff (or at least laugh at the chaff) and try to get to the heart of the matter (pun intended as Gendibal and Novi's budding relationship gets to the "here is the key to my spaceship" phase)
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 8-9: A farm woman re-emerges as an aspiring "Scowler," subterfuge, impeachment, intrigue, and our two space-traveling-companions are left guessing if they are in control of where their journey is taking them...
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 6-7: Two travelers look over their shoulders as they set a course for the origin of humanity, and a match made on Trantor is star-crossed to say the least, but at least we know how to address 2nd Foundation mail now!
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Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 4-5: ...or 5 & 4, either way, we peel back the onion and dive into a new revelation at 2nd Foundation HQ, and learn about computer neural links and haptics as our exiled space travelers journey towards earth,... or whatever it's called!
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Dan, Peter, and Jason are back for a 4th season discussing the Isaac Asimov award winning novel Foundation's Edge, Chapters 1-3: Where have our host's been?....never mind that, we are back to meet a new cast of characters in the 4th book of the Foundation Series, and begin a new journey through space, and back to ....Earth?
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Finally the Season 3 (and original trilogy) Finale!! Join Jason, Dan, and Peter, as well as our very special guest co-host Joe to discuss the original Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, we will also explore Joe's many nicknames, and as always there are some awards to be...awarded
Dan, Peter, and Jason discuss the Isaac Asimov novel Second Foundation, Part II: Search by the Foundation, Chapter 19-22. Is Peter's House on fire?....many answers in these last chapters, the re-emergence of the "sardonic," a bit of a roller coaster ride, and a conclusion to the original Foundation Trilogy.
Dan, Peter, and Jason discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Second Foundation, Part II: Search by the Foundation, Chapter 15-18 so many questions unanswered, a lot of setup by Asimov as we approach the end and climax of the novel. But at least we finally explain what is: "Keyser Söze!"
Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Third Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Second Foundation, Part II: Search by the Foundation, Chapter 12-14 The Lord and Lady of Kalgan, and our lady Arkady are in a dance of wits, ...and dimwits, ...and what the heck is subterfuge?
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Third Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Second Foundation, Part II: Search by the Foundation, Chapter 7-11 where we follow our newly introduced character Arcadia Darell and her father as they seek to understand, and locate the 2nd Foundation...
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Third Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Second Foundation Part I Search by the Mule, Chapter 4-6 where we follow LtGen Pritcher and Bail Channis to the planet Rossem where a showdown occurs, and what the heck is a "death mask of hate?"...
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Third Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Second Foundation Part I Search by the Mule, Chapter 1-3 where we follow LtGen Pritcher and a newly introduced Bail Channis search for the Second Foundation...
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Join Such Nerds as we review the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation and Empire. In this season 2 finale, join Mike, Dan, Peter, and Jason as we discuss the high (and low) points of the novel, compare and contrast with the first novel in the series, and what?...multiple awards?
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Second Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation And Empire Part II The Mule, Chapter 22-26 and finishing the book. A lot is going on as we navigate what is left of the old empire, witness Magnifico at the helm of his Visi-Sonor again, watch Ebling dedicate himself to his search, and finally meet the Mule....and we also figure out WHY he calls himself the Mule!
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Second Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation And Empire Part II The Mule, Chapter 19-21. Despair amidst the cave dwelling people of the barren winter planet Haven, where did that come from? A quest back to Trantor. And an attempt to assassinate....a monocle wearing ...character.
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Second Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation And Empire Part II The Mule, Chapter 16-18. Traders, ....or Traitors .... a Visi-WHAT? And "Mayor" Indbur hits his limit as things come to a head with a Seldin reveal in the time vault.
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Second Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation And Empire Part II The Mule, Chapter 11-15. We meet a new cast of characters when the Foundation is seeing the factioning of the Traders, while the external threat of "The Mule" is fast approaching. Who does and doesn't smoke in the 293rd year of the Founational Era?
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Second Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation And Empire Part I The General, Chapter 6-10. Bel Riose confronts the Foundation in the name of the empire, will Foundation succeed...again?
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Listen to Dan, Peter, and Jason in our Second Season: We are discussing the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation And Empire Part I The General, Chapter 1-5. Bel Riose is determined to confront the Foundation in the name of the empire.
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Join Such Nerds as we review the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation. In this season finale, join Brent, Dan, Peter, and Jason as we unravel some mysteries, discuss the high (and low) points of the novel, and what?...somebody get's an award?
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Join Such Nerds as we explore the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation, in this episode we will wrap up Part V The Merchant Princes: We follow Hober Mallow back to Terminus where he faces judgment...for murder? How will The Foundation confront the latest crisis?
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Join Such Nerds as we explore the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation, in this episode we will clear up a few things, and then discuss the beginning of Part V The Merchant Princes: The Smyrnian Hober Mallow begrudgingly travels to the world of Korell, what will he find?...and can it be that we finally meet our first pivotal female character?
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Join Such Nerds as we explore the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation, in this episode we discuss Part IV The Traders: Are there watchlets in space? Why is Tin so desirable? More Dudes? ....and How but that gold "Pharrell"?
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Join Such Nerds as we explore the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation, in this episode we review the end of Part III The Mayors...Salvor Hardin is on Anacreon, is he colluding with Wienis? Will a war beak out between Terminus and Anacreon? ....and where are all the women? We will discuss all this and more!
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Join Russell, Peter, and Jason in our fourth episode: a discussion about the Isaac Asimov Novel Foundation as we review Part III The Mayors...Salvor Hardin remains in charge of Terminus but not without challenge, internal to the planet, and externally with the ambitious Anacreonian Kingdom.
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Listen to Russell, Peter, and Jason in our third episode: a discussion about the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation, as we review the reveal at the end of Part 2 The Encyclopedists, some burning questions about where we stand with Salvor Hardin, and where exactly are we headed?...
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Listen to Russell, Peter, and Jason in our second episode: a discussion about the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation, as we review Part 2 The Encyclopedists. 50 years after the exile to Terminus, Salvor Hardin struggles to save the foundation from threats from neighboring Anacreon, and the Galactic Empire itself, but his biggest antagonists are fellow citizens of Terminus and the Encyclopedia Foundation Council. The clock is ticking...
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Welcome to the Such Nerds Podcast! Listen to Russell, Peter, and Jason in our first episode: A discussion about the Isaac Asimov novel Foundation as we review Part I The Psychohistorians. Gaal Dornick and Hari Seldon navigate the bureaucracy of the Trantor, the planet that houses the central government of the Galactic Empire (for now)...
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