Podcasts by Sand: A Podcast About Dune

God Emperor of Dune - Trailer from 2022-02-21T17:00

What’s up, Sandies?? We are BACK at last to discuss God Emperor of Dune. Sorry for the delay but just like Leto II, we had to wait 4,000 years between books. Lance and Molly are very excited to ...

DUNE PART ONE: THE MOVIE from 2021-11-09T21:00

**An earlier version of this episode was posted with only one piece of audio. Oops! If you heard that, sorry! It's fixed now.**

The moment is finally here — Denis Villeneuve's...

Children of Dune Miniseries: Episode 3 from 2021-07-09T00:00

We're back and joined by Naomi Perryman who has not read the book Children of Dune, but did take a hit by watching the miniseries. We'll figure out if made any sense at all. Dune talk ...

Children of Dune The Miniseries: Episodes 1&2 from 2021-07-02T15:00

Wherein we discuss episodes 1 & 2 of the Syfy Channel rendition of Children of Dune -- or rather, Lance tells Molly about the first episode because she skipped the first episode, not realizi...

Children of Dune 61 - 64: What Does it MEAN!?!?!?! from 2021-06-18T00:00

Suck on this, Nay-sayers! We did it! We finished Children of Dune!

Here are the last four chapters and in true Dune fashion, it gets a little out there!
Who will live? Who will die?...

Children of Dune 57 - 60: Desert Demon from 2021-06-11T15:00

In this, the penultimate episode of our Children of Dune recap, we find a frustrated Ghanima who still will not be respected by Stilgar, a sad and lonely Gurney just looking for his old friend P...

Children of Dune 53 - 56: Arrakis Runs on Duncan from 2021-06-04T14:00

We are SO close to the end here, people! This is like the Pen-Penultimate Children of Dune book episode.
We've got wild psychic faceoffs! We've got twists and turns! And we even lo...

Children of Dune 49 - 52: That Old Fremen Maxim from 2021-05-28T14:00

Y'all ... shit pops allll the way off in this set of chapters. I don't want to say more because what happens really needs to be experienced first hand to be believed. After finding the...

Children of Dune 45 - 48: An Adult Beefswelling from 2021-05-21T00:00

We can’t believe it! Frank Herbert, you dirty bird!
 We get right to it, the most disgusting word ever made up used in maybe the most disgusting context. Dont worry, we won’t stop talking ab...

Children of Dune 41 - 44: How'm I Supposed To Live With No Spice? from 2021-05-14T12:00

Duuuuuuuuuu(ne)de. We are tripping hard this chapter -- I mean, we're talking speculating-at-the-origin-of-the-universe, deciphering-the-nature-of-free-will/order-of-time-level stoned. Than...

Children of Dune 37 - 40: HANDS! from 2021-05-07T00:00

This book is starting to get a lot more Dune-y! 

We welcome a new character in Namri!  We also FINALLY officially reveal Leto’s captor (c’mon, Frank! This was too obvious) and go on a seri...

Children of Dune 33 - 36: Trapvine! from 2021-04-30T13:00

Or: The once again triumphant return of the legend, the myth, the man -- Gurney Halleck! These chapters are chock full of  grab-at-the-foot-of-my-robes preacher-ing, Indiana Jones-level adventur...

Children of Dune 29 - 32: A Terrible Glove from 2021-04-23T00:00

Yes, of COURSE we’re back again with the latest ep! Woo-Boy, those Atreides kids are up to their necks in some sandy business… I don’t know if they’ll make it out alive, but I sure do like the r...

Children of Dune 25 - 28: Taqwa! from 2021-04-16T13:00

Lance and Molly are back, with this round of chapters splitting their time between Salusa Secundus and Arrakis. Ghani and Leto handle their shit in the desert while Jessica questions Duncan&apos...

Children of Dune 21 - 24: Very Strong and Neat from 2021-04-09T00:00

Things are gettin' good! We have some actual mail to read, the usual movie talk, and our favorite chapter in the book so far! Find out what we mean and why we mean it!

Dune talk st...

Children of Dune 17 - 20: Hayt to Say Goodbye from 2021-04-02T01:00

There really is only one headline for this group of chapters: The mentat ghoula known as Duncan Idaho is BACK and he is better than ever.  But what plot lies behind those Tleilaxu eyes? 
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Children of Dune 13 - 16: HORNS! from 2021-03-26T00:00

Okay, this one was a LONG one! What can we say? There was a lot to talk about with these thicker-than-usual chapters. These chapters were not watered down like Arrakis has been... in fact, they ...

Children of Dune 9 - 12: It Takes Jacaratu from 2021-03-19T01:00

We'll be the first to say it -- these chapters really rocked. We've got surprise visits from old friends, fresh, heartfelt alliances, and exciting new ways for the prescient mind to co...

Children of Dune 5 - 8: The HAND from 2021-03-12T00:00

While we recover from our own personal ecological change, we discuss the next four chapters of Children of Dune!
Things are already wild and we are ready for it! Crazy hand gestures! A sever...

Children of Dune 1-4: Spice Trance from 2021-02-26T02:00

Lance and Molly are back and delighted to be discussing chapters 1-4 of the third book in Frank Herbert's Dune series, Children of Dune. This installment is off to a great s...

Season 3: Preview from 2021-02-19T00:00

We're coming back next week! Here's a short intro for the season with all the relative info! Stay Safe! Stay Sandy!

206 - Bijazzled from 2020-11-12T23:00

Another one bites the sand! We've made our way through Dune Messiah and we are stronger, smarter, and a little bit wiser for it (even if  we still don't know how these f*cking...

Episode 205 - A Deadly Paradox! from 2020-11-06T00:00

Molly and Lance are almost done with this little friend we call Dune Messiah. We will finally get to visit this vision Paul hasn't shut up about since the book started, we get a quick trip ...

204 - Chekhov's Lasgun from 2020-10-30T01:00

In which Molly and Lance discuss chapters 12-15 of Dune Messiah, the films they've watched recently, and just how the people of the Duniverse came to find out about the nuclear equation of ...

Season 2, Episode 2: Hey, samuta talking to ME? from 2020-10-16T01:00

Deeper into the melodramatic world of Paul's empire do we go in this, the second installment of our Dune Messiah read through. We discuss chapters 4 - 7, in which (young) warrior g...

Season 2: Episode One: WHALE FUR! from 2020-10-09T00:00

We're back for real! We have read the first three chapters of Dune: Messiah and are ready to spill our guts!
Everybody's older! Paul's kind of a dick! We saw Tenet!
Come b...

Season 2 Trailer - Dune Messiah from 2020-10-02T12:00

October 9th -- we'll be back with Season 2 of Sand! We're going to be reading Dune Messiah, the second book in Frank Herbert's Dune series, bookclub style and we...

Dark Side of the Dune from 2020-09-11T01:00

The trailer is finally here!!! And y'all, IT FUCKING ROCKS. Though some of us (Lance) are reluctant to jump aboard the hype train, we can't refuse with Villeneuve as conductor. In this...

Frank Herbert's Dune: The Miniseries Part 3! from 2020-07-24T01:00

Well Sandies, we've reached to the end of Season 1! We made our Syfy made-for-tv-miniseries-before-the-golden-age-of-television bed and we must now lie in it. Thanks to the exhausting amoun...

Frank Herbert's Dune: The Miniseries Parts 1&2! from 2020-07-17T00:00

It's come to this! We just couldn't stop so we're back talking about the science fiction miniseries 'Frank Herbert's Dune'! In this episode, we cover the first two ...

Space Travel! from 2020-07-10T01:00

Holy sandworm, we've done it! We're bringing Dune on home with guest, Ed Reed -- performer, farmer, father and all around great guy. To wrap-up, we get into Ed's thoughts on David...

Book III, The Final Chapters: Chekhov's Gom Jabbar from 2020-07-03T00:00

It's here! We've finished the book! The final chapters of Dune are upon us! 
Lance and Molly spend a little bit longer than usual chatting about the last three chapters of Dune. Wa...

Book III, Chapters 5-8: Reunited and It Feels So Gurney from 2020-06-26T01:00

Lance and Molly are back on Arrakis, fired up and ready to discuss the penultimate chapter set of the third book of the first book in Frank Herbert's Dune series (phew!). In this episode, t...

Book III Chapters 1-4: Dad Skull Crushers! from 2020-06-18T23:00

I can't believe we're almost DUNE! Lance and Molly are joined by Naomi Perryman! Lots of things are discussed, creepy toddlers, crushing skulls, and of course, the story of Dune!

Book II, Chapters 13 - 16: Spice Orgy from 2020-06-12T00:00

Aha! Lance and Molly have reached the ... stirring ... ending of Book II which ends with a bang (and then some). We dive into such topics as: What does tripping out on the Water of Life feel lik...

Book II, Chapters 7 - 12 - Major Joker Vibes from 2020-06-04T23:00

In which Molly and Lance cover the second six chapters of the second book of the first book of the Dune series. Do glow globes float? We think so.
We would like to recognize that we recorde...

Book II, Chapters 1-6: Sean Connery in the Shand from 2020-05-29T00:00

Molly and Lance are thrilled to be joined this week by their good friend Mia Iseman, comedian, crafter, and all-around brilliant person. They take on the first six chapters of Book II: Muad&apos...

Dunechella from 2020-05-21T23:00

We were on a Book Break!
Molly and Lance decide to chill between Books One and Two and talk about their Dune feelings so far. Many important topics are covered, from "What's your A...

Chapters 19 - 24: The Matrix Reloaded from 2020-05-14T23:00

We did it! Lance and Molly have made it to the climactic end of book one of Dune, in which Paul fully mind blitzes out in a Beautiful Mind/Neo/Superman/Spock sort of way. In this ep we wonder: W...

Chapters 13 - 18: Drunken Idaho from 2020-05-07T23:00

Another one bites the sand! In this episode Molly and Lance discuss chapters thirteen through eighteen! Is Thufir a loser? How much does Jessica rule? What does a Thopter look like? These questi...

Chapters 7-12: The Frank Herbert Experience from 2020-04-30T23:00

Molly and Lance have arrived on Arrakis and are ready to talk chapters 7-12, in which we meet the supreme, the only -- The Shadout Mapes. We also finally land on a name for the podcast, have ano...

Chapters 1-6: Giedi Prime Steakhouse from 2020-04-23T23:00

Molly and Lance are BACK! Join us for our discussion of the first six chapters of Frank Herbert's Dune. Whether you have read these chapters or you just enjoy people really talking about so...

Episode One: We're Duned from 2020-04-17T12:00

Okay, Duners! Welcome to our podcast about Frank Herbert's Dune. In this, the inagural episode, we (Lance and Molly) discuss our ~special relationships~ with Dune, our intentions f...

Episode One: We're Duned from 2020-04-17T12:00

Okay, Duners! Welcome to our podcast about Frank Herbert's Dune. In this, the inagural episode, we (Lance and Molly) discuss our ~special relationships~ with Dune, our intentions f...

Episode One: We're Duned from 2020-04-17T12:00

Okay, Duners! Welcome to our podcast about Frank Herbert's Dune. In this, the inagural episode, we (Lance and Molly) discuss our ~special relationships~ with Dune, our intentions f...