“If the Podcast Can’t Put its Thumb on the Scale, What’s the Point of Having a Thumb?” I don’t know, but l do know that we talk about Foundation, S2E08, “The Last Empress” in this episode!
Just who is “The Last Empress?” In the real world, Roxanne Dawson deserves the gig! She directed the best two episodes of season one and with this outing, she’s outdone herself!
Could it be Enjoinder Rue? That would require a complicated plan involving Brother Dusk, a time machine, and a bottle of Focus Factor… but maybe.
How about Sereth? She seems to be on a path to becoming the next Empress, and she has more irons in the fire than anybody else, if you’ll excuse the expression. And we know the Empire may not last much longer. Next and last could overlap!
Maybe it’s Gaal. She seems to be High-Muckety-Muck–Elect of the Mentalics! Nothing could go wrong there… right?
And don’t write off Salvor! She’s learning how to explode rocks! Don’t mess with the warden!
Did I miss someone?
We’re pretty sure it isn’t the lady with the comically large statue from episode 206.
Do you want to know? Listen to the episode! We’ll make an educated guess! Let’s GO!
Stars End: A Foundation Podcast 
A quick comment on Krishna and Arjuna from the Bhagavad Gita. I have an Indian background and want to clarify that everyone knows Krishna is god and Arjuna when given the choice between Krishna’s army or Krishna (for his army), he goes with Krishna. And it pays off.
We could have a resolution to the face off between Gaal Dornick and Tellem Bond which follows the way evil Kirk is merged with good Kirk in Star Trek TOS. Rather than Tellem suppressing Gaal, it could happen the other way round. And since Gaal is a good person, she finds a way to merge the two consciousnesses rather than suppress one. She then becomes the natural leader of the Second Foundation/mentalics.
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I thoroughly enjoy listening to your podcast. Your theories, insights, book comparisons, and detailed episode overviews are always fascinating. I’m eagerly anticipating the next episode and can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it! 😁
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