We talk about chapters 4 to 6 of Foundation and Earth.
“There is a Kind of Free-Masonry Among Podcasts”
There’s almost a framing sequence for this part of Foundation and Earth, “On Comporellon,” “Struggle for the Ship,” and “The Nature of Earth.” At the outset, Trevize had bulldozed his way onto Comporellon by implying that Bliss and Pelorat are involved in illicit activities that can’t be allowed to get back to the wife Pelorat does not have. By the end, it’s Trevize who’s plied a woman for information and favors with his masculine wiles.
In the interim, we see what has become of Baleyworld, the first drop of the second wave of galactic colonization. Frigid, puritanical, authoritarian, and gray, it’s an uninviting place until we’re allowed entry into the private world of Mitza Lizalor, and we learn what we need to continue the search for Earth.
Join us as we take it all apart, and then put it back together again! Let’s go!.
Stars End: A Foundation Podcast 
This section is a little odd. I get a real strong feeling of 1980’s Eastern Europe from Comporellon – it’s like an episode of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy where everything feels like it’s grayscale even though it’s in color.
Being waivered in without papers for Bliss should’ve been a great big red flag, especially after they took in how Comporellon was, & were arrested. It should ‘ve been obvious to everybody that this was a setup and what the setup was. And why wasn’t it obvious to mindreader Bliss?
I smell a rat. There’s some other vector manipulating this story. Maybe it’s Bliss, who is revealed to be a hypocrite if not an out and out liar (as you also noted). Why aren’t they calling her out for this?
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I forgot “He Who Punishes” mentioned several times. That looks like a Chekhov’s Gun to me.
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