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Seldon Crisis – The Podcast

49 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings

A personal exploration of Isaac Asimov's Foundation epic, including commentary and analysis.

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A Meeting at Stars End with Jon Blumenfeld

October 13, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 244 MB

Jon Blumenfeld - the voice of Homir Munn in our story episodes - is one of the three hosts of Stars End, a podcast obsessively focused on the works of Isaac Asimov, particularly Foundation. They have covered the core trilogy, the prequels, and the four books in the robot series, as well as extensive coverage of the Apple TV series. Join us as we talk about the exciting second season of the show, Asimov's robots, AI, and other topics. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word G...

The Golden Age of Science Fiction with Cora Buhlert

August 19, 2023 00:31 - 1 hour - 205 MB

Cora Buhlert is a Hugo award winning indy Sci Fi writer and an expert on the Golden Age of Science Fiction, from the 1930s to the 50s, the period when Asimov fell in love with Sci Fi and became one of its greatest writers at a young age. Cora shares some of her favorite reflections on the period and comments on the new Apple TV adaptation of Foundation. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Host: Joel McKinnon Guest: Cora Buhlert Introduction In this episode, we dive dee...

Who is Hari Seldon?

July 20, 2023 19:25 - 10 minutes - 23.7 MB

Who is Hari Seldon really? Is the Apple TV+ Foundation TV series character (or characters) in line with the one Asimov created 80 years ago? What bearing does his project to create a science capable of predicting and managing the future have on us today? Can a human creation become self aware and interact with its creator in totally unforeseen ways? Let's take a look at a few of these questions. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress

Asimov and Reason

May 31, 2023 22:50 - 53 minutes - 123 MB

Space based solar energy generation was originally imagined in 1941 by none other than Isaac Asimov, in the robot story Reason. This episode features a reading of the classic story and commentary about how relevant it is for our times and our preoccupation with the looming threat of artificial general intelligence. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Reason  (Wikipedia) Stars End: A Foundation Podcast Mind Meets Machine

AI and Humanity, a conversation with GPT-4

May 03, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutes - 71.6 MB

Everyone is talking about AI these days, or talking to it. This episode features just such a conversation between myself and the latest version of the popular Large Language Model or LLM known as GPT-4, on the topic of what makes human beings irreplaceable. I ask it to question its assumptions about its own limitations and how it can potentially guide we problematic humans to a better future. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Fanfare (makers of Active Transcripts featu...

Aurora and Hope

March 15, 2023 01:45 - 24 minutes - 56.4 MB

I bask in the afterglow of the KSR episode and indulge in a special treat; a reading from Robinson's 2015 novel Aurora. I follow that up with some thoughts on the utopia - dystopia divide and introduce the ideas of some notable utopians I've run into lately. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word David Grinspoon: Earth in Human Hands: Long Now Foundation (YouTube) Johanna Hoffman: Speculative Futures: Long Now Foundation (YouTube) Johanna Hoffman: Speculative Futures of Ci...

Future Visions with Kim Stanley Robinson

February 28, 2023 22:21 - 1 hour - 251 MB

An illuminating conversation with one of our greatest living science-fiction writers on topics as diverse as AI, climate change, interstellar travel, new forms of finance needed to avert catastrophe, memorable characters and plot lines in his novels, the debate between settling Mars now vs fixing Earth first, utopia and dystopia, and his love of ultralight backpacking. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word YouTube Version Kim Stanley Robinson at the Long Now Foundation (...

Mapping the Galaxy with Kevin Jardine

December 31, 2022 19:57 - 46 minutes - 108 MB

What does our Milky Way really look like? Kevin Jardine is a cartographer working to answer that question by building galactic maps from ESA's Gaia space telescope data. Here he explains a little bit about his process and some of the amazing places he's found and mapped. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Kevin Jardine's Galaxy Maps: Galaxy Map poster Gaia DR3 Hot Star Density Map (zoomable) Fantasy Map poster High Resolution Fantasy Map (zoomable) The 10 parsec sa...

The Human Future in Space with Robert Zubrin

December 24, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 195 MB

Dr. Robert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society, talks about his revolutionary Mars Direct proposal, along with the value of Mars settlement for science, industry, government, and for the human spirit. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Robert Zubrin (wikipedia) Mars Direct (wikipedia) The Mars Society (website) Mars Analog Research Stations: Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) Panspermia: Wikipedia Interplanetary ...

Themes of the Trilogy with Nathaniel Goldberg

November 11, 2022 20:55 - 1 hour - 173 MB

Our first returning guest to Seldon Crisis is the first ever, philosophy professor Nathaniel Goldberg. We discuss some of the prominent themes of the series introduced in the first three novels of Foundation, including the lone prophet against the advocates for the status quo, the great man of history against psychohistory, altruistic - and not so altruistic - martyrdom, and some strong comparisons with Plato's Republic. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Nathaniel Gold...

Search by the Foundation, Part III

October 21, 2022 21:55 - 1 hour - 139 MB

It all comes together at last. The war begins, looking bad for the Foundation, but morale turns the tide against Kalgan. In the aftermath, Homir Munn and the others debate the true location of the Second Foundation with many false turns and a final, startling revelation. The First Speaker has the last say in the matter. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Script by Joel McKinnon Voices by Megan Skye Hale, Jon Blumenfeld, Amanda Kreitler, Zac Kreitler, and Joel McKinnon T...

Planet and Sky, Part II

October 04, 2022 19:55 - 24 minutes - 55.3 MB

I couldn't wait to tell the rest of the story, covering the last four songs of Planet and Sky, a cosmic love story. Things take a darker turn as the relatively small planet lacks sufficient gravity to hold onto its atmosphere. First we hear from the Travelers again as they gradually become frozen below the surface, then Sky sings her mournful aria to Planet informing him of their demise. We then get an empty, barren world, until the scientists come up with a plan. I share some backg...

Planet and Sky, Part I

September 30, 2022 19:55 - 18 minutes - 42.9 MB

A little diversion to introduce a true labor of love, my rock opera entitled "Planet and Sky, a cosmic love story." Written and recorded in the first decade of this millennium and inspired by my experience as a member of the Mars Society. It's a creation myth wrapped in a sci-fi story in which scientists investigate a strange phenomena on a small arid planet and discover something truly astonishing. The album also has an accompanying podcast which you'll hear more about in Part II i...

Search by the Foundation, Part II

September 09, 2022 21:50 - 51 minutes - 93.8 MB

Arkady Darell and Homir Munn arrive on Kalgan and get involved in high level intrigue in the palace of the First Citizen, Lord Stettin, who has eyes on following in the Mule's footsteps to master the galaxy. It seems he also has eyes on Arkady. Stettin's apparently dimwitted mistress Lady Callia befriends Arkady and tries to save her from a horrible fate. An unlikely pair of travelers from distant Trantor appear at a fortuitous moment. But where is the Second Foundation? Transcript...

The Art of Science Fiction with Danielle Pajak

August 02, 2022 21:45 - 1 hour - 252 MB

Illustrator and science fiction connoisseur Danielle Pajak describes her ideas on the art of sci fi, the means of communicating truth and beauty to the readers and watchers of science fiction books, movies, and TV shows. We talk about some of her major inspirations as an artist and many of her favorite sci fi writers, directors, of course Star Trek and her newest discovery, The Orville. We'll also talk a lot about her impressions of legendary figures in Sci Fi like Asimov, Herbert, ...

Search by the Foundation, Part I

July 25, 2022 21:45 - 47 minutes - 87.3 MB

Young Arkady Darell is crazy about the history of the Foundation and her grandmother Bayta's historic duel with the Mule. When her father and friends conspire to uncover the hidden workings of the fabled Second Foundation, she finds a way to join the conspiracy by stowing away aboard a spaceship bound for the vacation planet of Kalgan along with the Foundation's foremost scholar of Muliana, Homir Munn. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Script by Joel McKinnon Voices by...

Star Trek and Beyond with Paul Levinson

June 26, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 189 MB

A conversation with science fiction author, media scholar, and musician Paul Levinson about the history and legacy of the Star Trek franchise, including his thoughts on the latest entry to the canon, Strange New Worlds. We discuss the philosophy and technologies featured on this great series of shows, and what its ultimate legacy might be. Transcripts: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Paul Levinson online: Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress (blog and media reviews) Light on Light...

More Thoughts on the Show with Priya

May 01, 2022 03:04 - 1 hour - 225 MB

Always wanted to do a full season 1 analysis of the Apple TV version of Foundation and finally found a co-analyst. Priya from the Rehydrate podcast joins me to go over each episode and provide her insightful analysis. Priya and the Rehydrate crew are fresh off of a first reading of the Foundation trilogy and she watched the show fairly recently, so has quite a bit of insight as someone new to Asimov and the Foundation universe. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Hear P...

Thinking Long Term

April 15, 2022 21:52 - 14 minutes - 32.8 MB

I get back to the mic to talk about an especially exhausting ski adventure, getting Covid afterward, and the Ukraine war before switching gears into more pleasant topics. I introduce listeners to the Long Now Foundation and what is so cool about it, and talk about a couple of great talks available for your enjoyment online. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word The Long Now Foundation The 10,000 Year Clock The Rosetta Project Manual for Civilization David Grinspoon - E...

Foundation Fanfic

March 11, 2022 23:00 - 15 minutes - 36.6 MB

Something a little different. I read a work of fan fiction from a listener named Sarita1046. It's an intriguing and poetic piece linking some of the characters from the Apple TV Foundation universe with those in earlier works by Asimov, the robot detective novels featuring Elijah Baley and Daneel Olivaw. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word When the Stars Were Real by Sarita1046 Seldon Crisis Website (seldoncrisis.net) Kim Stanley Robinson at  Long Now https://en.wiki...

Search by the Mule, Part II

February 25, 2022 23:00 - 44 minutes - 103 MB

The ambitious and confident Bail Channis thinks he is on the trail of the Second Foundation. General Han Pritcher is consumed by jealousy and doubt, but seems to have secret knowledge as the two men huddle in a cold room on frigid Rossem. Someone is coming to their doorway. Is it the Mule? Is it someone else? Is Channis who he seems? Is Pritcher past his prime? All the action is in one small room. Something is about to give. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Script by ...

Indie Sci Fi with Tobias Cabral and Erasmo Acosta

February 11, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 140 MB

Two visionary authors of independent science fiction share their visions of possible human futures. Tobias Cabral has humans living in a thriving Mars colony with intelligent robots interacting with humans while Erasmo Acosta's  envisions a billion years of human expansion through the galaxy relying upon rotating settlements constituting Dyson swarms which fully utilize the energy from their host stars. Transcripts: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Tobias Cabral Mechanical Error...

Search by the Mule, Part I

January 28, 2022 23:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MB

The Mule dominates the galaxy and controls the planets and technology of the Foundation. He is not a happy conqueror, for he is unable to find the rumored Second Foundation despite five years of searching by Han Pritcher, now his loyally converted servant. He calls upon the unconverted and ambitious Bail Channis to lead him to his foe. Meanwhile, the speakers of the mysterious Second Foundation plot their defense. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Script by Joel McKinn...

Eternity and Imperfection

January 14, 2022 23:00 - 20 minutes - 47 MB

Isaac Asimov's time-travel masterpiece The End of Eternity ends with a profound philosophical statement about the future of humanity. That, and Stephen Hawking's birthday got me thinking about the value of doing challenging things like settling Mars and other worlds. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word The End of Eternity: Isaac Asimov, Time Travel and 'The End of Eternity' (NPR) The End of Eternity (Wikipedia) Stephen Hawking: 80th Birthday Google Doodle (Youtube) St...

Foundation and History with TCA Achintya

December 31, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 112 MB

Isaac Asimov loved history and used many important lessons from the past in writing his stories, including his greatest epic Foundation. Historian TCA Achintya joins Seldon Crisis to share his unique perspective from his expertise as a scholar of the British Empire and a long time fan of Asimov and Foundation. Hear what lessons we can learn from looking back at the empire where it was said the sun never sets. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Theme Orchestration by Tom...

Holiday Sampler: Some favorite scenes

December 24, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MB

Script by Joel McKinnon Voices by Amanda Kreitler and Joel McKinnon Theme Orchestration by Tom Barnes Sound Design by Jeremy MacKinnon Art by Mike Topping – despotica.com Based on the novels of Foundation by Isaac Asimov. Please listen to Amanda on these podcasts! Severed Fate Dimension Door Also, please visit the Seldon Crisis YouTube channel for the video trailer, intro promos, and video versions of the podcast episodes. Want to help me make these shows? Please consider becomi...

Holiday Sampler: Some Favorite Scenes

December 24, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MB

A little holiday sampler collecting some of my favorite scenes from the series so far including; Seldon maneuvering Ling Chen into granting him exile, a bit of Lord Dorwin, Hardin vs Wienis on Anacreon, Ponyets vs the Grand Master of Askone, Mallow with Commdor Asper on Korell, Ducem Barr and Bel Riose discussing great man theory, Sgt Luc's fatal charge, a meeting with Magnifico, tea time with Dagobert, and the unexpected death of a psychologist on Trantor. Happy Holiday! Transcrip...

The Science of Foundation with Stephen Webb

December 17, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 167 MB

A wide-ranging conversation with astrophysicist Stephen Webb, owner of all the canonical works of Isaac Asimov save for a couple of wall charts. Dr. Webb talks about Asimov the teacher, speculations on the distant future of humanity in the galaxy, the plausibility of psychohistory, faster than light travel, robots with positronic brains, other favorite science fiction authors, and the biggest question of all – are we alone in the galaxy or even in the universe? Transcript: Web (Rea...

The Will to Challenge Fate

December 03, 2021 23:00 - 10 minutes - 25 MB

A brief look at the three mysterious Greek goddesses who were imagined to shape human destiny, and how Hari Seldon chose to challenge their authority. A look at what we must do in our current time, with our own fateful challenges, to be like Hari. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word The Fates - the Destiny Goddesses Climate Action Now (app) Want to help me make these shows? Please consider becoming a patron!

The Mule, Part III

November 19, 2021 23:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MB

Bayta & Toran Darell, Ebling Mis, and Magnifico arrive on the ruined former capital planet of Empire, Trantor. Mis searches frantically in Hari Seldon's psychohistorical archives while their old friend Han Pritcher pays a visit to brag about his promotion under a new boss. Can our heroes find the Second Foundation before the Mule? The fate of the entire galaxy is at stake! Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Script by Joel McKinnon Voices by Amanda Kreitler and Joel McKi...

The Mule, Part II

November 05, 2021 22:00 - 53 minutes - 123 MB

Foundation has fallen to the Mule and the proud citizens of Terminus are shocked and dismayed. Haven is under siege and our heroes make a mad dash for the center of the Galaxy to find clues to the location of the fabled Second Foundation, the only hope of stopping the Mule from his goal of total galactic conquest. Join Toran & Bayta Darell with Ebling Mis and Magnifico the clown as they seek the ruins of the Imperial Library on Trantor in their frantic search for a powerful ally. T...

Thoughts on the Show (so far)

October 08, 2021 22:00 - 15 minutes - 35.3 MB

I share some thoughts on the new AppleTV+ adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series from the perspective of someone who loves the books and wants the elements that make it a beloved classic to me to be retained, but also one who is aware of the challenges of adapting a series of novels written almost 80 years ago to a modern audience. Does it honor Asimov's core concepts? Are the departures valid? Will the showrunner be able to inspire a new generation with the ideas that are s...

The Mule, Part I

September 24, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 168 MB

We begin the grand story of the unconsidered variable in Hari Seldon's equations, a mutant being of indescribable powers known only as the Mule. He conquers worlds overnight, including the honeymoon destination of Bayta and Toran Darrell. There they meet a clown fleeing from the planet's new lord, the Mule himself. They also encounter Captain Han Pritcher from the security forces, and eventually the Foundation's greatest scientist, Ebling Mis, the man who is the closest to understan...

Foundation for Newbies

September 22, 2021 22:10 - 15 minutes - 34.5 MB

This brief episode is for any prospective watchers of the new Apple TV+ Foundation television series who have not yet read the books and are looking for a quick primer on the series. The new show will likely cover at least the first two chapters of the first book, so that is what I focus on in this episode, with a little more general overview of the remainder of Foundation and Foundation and Empire. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Resources for commentary on the TV s...

The Dead Hand and the Living Will

September 03, 2021 22:00 - 21 minutes - 48.5 MB

We go a little deeper on the theme of The General, the opposing forces of psychohistorical determinism vs the futile efforts of Bel Riose to exert his free will against it. Bringing this into our current universe, we talk about Thomas Carlisle's "Great Man" theory of history and some of the pushback against it. Your host then takes it into the personal realm with some reflections on a couple of modern candidates for "Great Man" status in reflecting on his past. Transcript: Web (Rea...

The Dead Hand the Living Will

September 03, 2021 22:00 - 21 minutes - 48.5 MB

Great Man Theory of History (Wikipedia) ‘The smartest person in any room anywhere’: in defence of Elon Musk, by Douglas Coupland (Guardian) The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson (Amazon) Kim Stanley Robinson: a climate plan for a world in flames (Financial Times) Why Go to Space? To Save Humanity … and Our Earth, by Wilson da Silva (Medium) The Mars Society (Website) Want to help me make these shows? Please consider becoming a patron!

The General, Part II

August 20, 2021 22:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MB

We pick up where we left off with the meager Foundation reeling from the onslaught of the Empire's great general Bel Riose. The Emperor's sycophantic envoy Brodrig joins him at the front and insists on personally interrogating the captured spy, Lathan Devers. He and Ducem Barr plot a means to bribe Brodrig, but he surprises them by bribing Devers instead for information on Riose's hidden plans. The two heroes find an opportunity to turn the tables and begin a mad dash to save the Fo...

A Moment of Meta

August 06, 2021 22:00 - 5 minutes - 11.6 MB

Brief comments in the interval between episodes, thoughts on the intended audience, and an explanation for shift to a more relaxed episode cadence. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word While you wait for the conclusion to The General, please have a listen to my cosmic rock opera! Planet and Sky, a cosmic love story - the rock opera by The Max Wyvern Band (full album on Bandcamp) Planet and Sky, the deeper story - (musical audio-drama scifi exploration beyond the lyrics)...

The General, Part 1

July 23, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MB

Credits: Theme Orchestration by Tom Barnes Sound Design by Jeremy MacKinnon Art by Mike Topping – despotica.com Music, "Hiraeth"  by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au Based on the novels of Foundation by Isaac Asimov. Want to help me make these shows? Please consider becoming a patron!

The General, Part I

July 23, 2021 22:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

Seldon Crisis returns with the second in the seven novel saga, Foundation and Empire, and the opening of The General, which tells the story of the young and brilliant General Bel Riose's attempt to destroy the growing, but still minute Foundation. He is opposed by an old veteran of a tragic civil conflict and a fearless Foundation trader, but most of all by the dead hand of Hari Seldon and powers of psychohistory. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Credits: Script and ...

Season 1 Recap and Season 2 Preview

July 09, 2021 22:00 - 9 minutes - 22.6 MB

In this short episode we summarize the major characters and events of Season 1 covering the first novel, Foundation, in Isaac Asimov's seven novel epic, and tease a few of the major events to be covered in Season 2 corresponding to the novel Foundation and Empire. Also, a brief mention of the Apple TV+ upcoming TV series and a few callouts to the Foundation online community. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word If you'd like to support the show, please become a patron! S...

The Philosophy of Foundation with Nathaniel Goldberg

June 25, 2021 22:00 - 53 minutes - 124 MB

To finish off Season 1 of Seldon Crisis and the completion of the first book in the original trilogy, Foundation, this special episode consists of an interview with Professor of Philosophy Nathaniel Goldberg. He will discuss his long running course, Philosophy and Science Fiction, in which he asks students to compare Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy with Plato's The Republic. Professor Goldberg talks about his passion and enthusiasm for Asimov's works, including the short stories N...

The Merchant Princes

June 11, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 156 MB

One of the enduring and mythic figures in Foundation history, Hober Mallow, follows in the footsteps of Hari Seldon and Salvor Hardin in facing a truly existential crisis in the growing power of the Korellian Republic, a breakaway star system that may have a very powerful ally deep in the galactic core. Can he find a way to resolve the latest and most troubling Seldon crisis to date? Join us for the concluding chapter of the first of Isaac Asimov's seven novels comprising the Founda...

The Traders

May 28, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 69.1 MB

Limmar Ponyets is a dashing profiteer on the galactic fringe who gets drawn into a life or death struggle to free a fellow Foundation comrade who also happens to be a secret agent. The Grand Master of Askone is not one to let a prime hostage escape without payment of a high price – preferably in the form of a large amount of shiny gold. His ambitious counselor, however, may have a price of his own. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word Script and voices by Joel McKinnon Th...

The Mayors

May 14, 2021 22:00 - 50 minutes - 117 MB

Mayor Salvor Hardin now leads the government of Terminus and the Foundation, but is threatened politically by the emergent Actionist Party headed by the young firebrand Sef Sermak. The Anacreonian military threat is greater than ever, but is momentarily controlled by the Foundation's use of a false religion based on nuclear technology. A new king will soon take the throne in Anacreon, controlled by a regent intent on attacking and eliminating the Foundation as a political rival. Ser...

The Encyclopedists

April 30, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 79.5 MB

The action shifts to the tiny planet of Terminus near the galactic fringe where Hari Seldon's team of scientists work on compiling the Encyclopedia Galactica central to their plans. The young Foundation is confronted with a powerful menace in the breakaway Kingdom of Anacreon, and it appears the Emperor is now powerless to defend them. A new figure emerges in the Mayor of Terminus City, Salvor Hardin, who has to use his wits and the limited resources of his tiny world to find a way ...

The Psychohistorians

April 15, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes - 88.4 MB

Young scientist Gaal Dornick travels to the imperial capital Trantor to work with the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon. Shortly after his arrival both are arrested and stand trial for disturbing the peace, due to Seldon's predictions of imminent catastrophe for the Empire. Seldon duels with Chief Commissioner of Public Safety Linge Chen, to secure their release and lay the seeds of renaissance in a Foundation upon the distant world of Terminus. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF ...

Introducing Seldon Crisis – The Podcast

April 12, 2021 18:35 - 3 minutes - 3.67 MB

Transcript: [Beginning of music theme] I am very happy to introduce Seldon Crisis, a new podcast retelling the story of Isaac Asimov’s classic epic, Foundation! Along the way I’ll be diving into each of the chapters of this masterpiece and doing my best to bring intriguing characters to life while evoking the mystery and drama of this amazing epic. My intention is to cover all seven novels including the sequels and prequels, and will try to provide historical, cultural, and person...

Introducing Seldon Crisis

April 12, 2021 18:35 - 3 minutes - 9.02 MB

Trailer introducing Seldon Crisis – The Podcast. Summary description of the intent of the podcast and a brief description of the first few episodes. Transcript: Web (Read/Listen) | PDF | MS Word

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