Mindful Self Indulgence

For October's episode we talk to streamer and musician Glitchcat7 about Dune and it's sequels. We go into how things get lost in translation when adapting novels to film, how pulp cinema is embracing long form storytelling and a wider scope in recent decades, post scarcity, mankind's perpetual cycle of consolidation of power and rebellion,the eldrich horror of omniscience, the trolley problem but with mass genocide and whether media exists in a vacuum. Also mentioned this episode: Saosin Lord of The Rings Star Wars Trigun https://calvinanddune.tumblr.com Conlanging Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis. Intro and outro music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.