Interstellar (2014)

In our latest episode, regular hosts Haitch and Jason are joined by Internet thought leader and General Partner at Google Ventures, M.G. Siegler. We tackle Paul Muad’dib himself, Timothee Chalamet’s very first film, Christopher Nolan’s 2014 epic, Interstellar. We discuss the dangers and responsibilities of being a parent, Jason gives a 4 part symposium on the Physics of Interstellar, and we consider just how alike Chris Nolan and Denis Villeneuve truly are.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Dune News (00:05:43)
• Roundtable Discussion (00:12:11)
• Your Letters (00:56:08)

Notes and Links

• Come on TARS! One of the best videos on the Internetz
• Check out the truly insane Dune (1984) coloring book. In one of the craziest marketing products ever, someone created a kids coloring book based on Lynch’s movie. Totally inappropriate and bizarre. Images here.
• Read Dylan Thomas’ poem, The force that thru the green fuse drives the flower. This is Jason’s favorite poem by Thomas. Read the full poem here.
• Read Kip Thorne’s book The Science of Interstellar. Kip explains all of the science of the movie. Buy the book here.
• The Skree Dune issue is available now! Pick up this amazing work of loving art now at The Grumpus.
• Bushido’s Dune Spotify Playlist. Friend of the show Rich (aka Bushido on Spotify) has built an awesome chill Dune inspired playlist.
• Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
• See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on our Dune Pod Set List on Letterboxd
• Dune Pod’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
• Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

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