Stars End S5E12 - The Podcast Seems to be Crowded with Things I Dont Quite Understand

We finish our discussion of Foundation and Earth with Part VII: Earth. That includes chapters 19 — "Radioactive?" 20 — "The Nearby World," and 21 — "The Search Ends."

I haven't bothered with spoiler alerts for a while. This time, though, if you haven't finished the novel and don't want to be spoilered, seriously, don't look even at the link below.

And speaking of things we don't quite understand, this is a musical intro to a non-musical episode. Because, c'mon, if we're wrapping up Foundation and Earth, how can we fail to reference Man on the Moon by REM?

Here are some Foundation-specific alternative lyrics.

Golan started searching for the psychohistoric.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Fallom playing music making Alpha euphoric.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Bliss is along and that means Gaia is here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Janov got to Earth because he centered the sphere.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Now, Daneel, did you hear about this one?

Tell me, are you upgrading soon?

Danny, are you goofing on Seldon? Hey, baby, can you carry the boon?

If you believed they put a man in the moon, man in the moon,

If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, Then nothing is cool!

If you like that, we have a bonus verse on our website.

And a quick show note; in our next episode we'll be talking about two short stories, "Cal" and "The Fun They Had." Plus a special guest!

But right now, the Man in the Moon! Let's Go!