Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson dive deep into the sci-fi epic 'Dune' (05:38). They discuss the historical significance of the original text, go over the pop culture that followed it, and praise the aural, visual, and storytelling elements in the latest film adaptation (44:35). They then answer your mailbag questions (121:01).Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna RobinsonProducers: Steve AhlmanSocial: Jomi AdeniranAdditional Production: TD St. Matthew-Daniel and Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson dive deep into the sci-fi epic 'Dune' (05:38). They discuss the historical significance of the original text, go over the pop culture that followed it, and praise the aural, visual, and storytelling elements in the latest film adaptation (44:35). They then answer your mailbag questions (121:01).Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna RobinsonProducers: Steve AhlmanSocial: Jomi AdeniranAdditional Production: TD St. Matthew-Daniel and Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson dive deep into the sci-fi epic 'Dune'

They discuss the historical significance of the original text, go over the pop culture that followed it, and praise the aural, visual, and storytelling elements in the latest film adaptation

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Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Tropes Course examinations, Hall of Fame inductions, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.