Month: September 2025

Stars End S6E11

Hoo boy! That was one hell of a season finale, wasn’t it? You may have noticed that none of us were exactly bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as we remonstrated about Foundation’s Season 3, Episode 10, “The Darkness.”

“The Darkpodcastness.”

Spoiler Alert, as usual. Of course, you can listen without watching first, but this one needs to be seen to be believed.

But there were small photons of light trying to break through the shroud; we were joined for our conversation by Cora Buhlert, the 2022 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Cora has an incandescent and extensive collection of commentary and fiction. Want to check it out? Start at her blog, ⁠CoraBuhlert.com⁠! Her latest foray into fiction is “⁠Queen of the Communist Cannibals⁠,” published in ⁠Cliffhanger Magazine.⁠

And speaking of cannibals, how about that David Goyer? Okay, “cannibal” might not be entirely fair, but he recently said that one of the reasons he’s stepping away from the show is that he “was having a hard time figuring out how to keep doing my vision of the show on a smaller budget.” Is that what this is? Full Metal Belt-Tightening? Who needs to send out pink slips when you’re writing the script?

Stars End S6E10

In which we ruminate about Foundation, S3E09, “The Paths that Choose Us.” Spoiler Alert, as if that wasn’t obvious.

“The Podcasts That Choose Us.”

If you thought that episode 8 was intense, this one was a philosophical gut punch after another.

And they come, fast and powerful.

We see the full extent of the Mule’s power as Gaal tries to free Warden Greer.

And we see Dusk, despite the “genetic drift,” doing the most Cleonic Thing possible. If you thought the destruction of Anachreon and Thespis was intense, you’d better buckle up! Sad, alone, and desperate to matter, even his final meal is an act of spite.

Demerzel is questioning. Rather than following an efficient, structured algorithm, a plethora of paths try to choose her. Can she find guidance in the Prime Radiant?

And finally, Brother Dude has escaped the compost heap and is rushing toward the Imperial Palace with the Brazen Robot Head that we can only call Giskard for some reason. Can Giskard help him make amends with Demerzel?

So watch the episode if you haven’t yet, and then join us for the show! What does it all mean? We’re teetering on the razor’s edge. Come see where we fall! Let’s GO!

Stars End S6E09

Join us for another barn burner of an episode as we look below the surface of Foundation, S3E08, “Skin in the Game!” Brother Dude goes on trial, Brother Dawn wakes up, and Brother Dusk is up to something so sinister that Demerzel is preconfessing. We’re picking up speed as we slide into the inevitable conclusion! Also, what’s up with Bayta? Don’t miss this one!

“Skin in the Podcast”