In which we discuss Apple TV+'s Foundation, S3E05 - "Where Tyrants Spend Eternity."

We didn't love this episode as much as the last one. Do you remember the Star Trek Episode "Court Martial?" It's the one where Captain Kirk is accused of murdering Lt. Commander Benjamin Finney. It's a little like that.

The climax of the episode comes when Kirk's attorney, Samuel T. Cochran, deploys the Chewbacca defense. He starts with, "Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!" Eventually, he concludes, "If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit," and Kirk goes free.

Also, this description does not make sense. There's a lot of that going on.

Join us as we talk about Foundation, S3E04, "The Stress of Her Regard." It's an episode so big, so intense, and so seismic that it'll take FOUR of us to talk about it!

In 1893, Nikola Tesla invented an earthquake machine! Legend has it that by 1898, the machine was so powerful that neighbors called the police, afraid that Tesla's laboratory was about to shake itself apart!

If you want to wreak that much havoc in the Foundation Universe, you ask Roxann Dawson to direct an episode! Hoo doggy, is this one a humdinger!

We're joined by Joel McKennon of the Seldon Crisis Podcast as we break down this earth-shattering, paradigm-shifting, and mind-blowing installment!

Don't miss this one! The entire galaxy might be trying to shake itself apart!

We discuss Foundation, S3E03, "When a Book Finds You."

Now, you may find yourself grooving in a Kalgan rave.

Or, you may find yourself with an intuitive giraffe.

Or, you may find yourself in the stacks of a large imperial library.

Or, you may find yourself with a dubious prince, with a dubious beard.

So you may ask yourself, "Huh, how did I get here?"

It was the book. The book found you as it found us all. But what was the book?

Was it some needlepoint mathematics in a Toblerone box, or Foundation and Empire?

It could have been The Zen of Positronic Robots by Sunmaster 74, or even How to Subjugate the Galaxy On Less Than 30 Altairian Dollars a Day by Magnifico Giganticus!

It almost certainly wasn’t The Sensuous Dirty Old Man by Dr. A.

So join us! Come along for the ride as we discuss what we’re calling “Possibly the best episode of season three so far!” You’ll be glad you did!