Abu Zafar
@abuzafar.bsky.social
Founder of Lore Party Media. Creator of the #1 Dune podcast Gom Jabbar and Science Fiction Book Club. Senior podcast producer making X-Ray Vision for iHeartRadio.
We need to go back to 22 episode television seasons.
There's something kind of magical about those serialised non-prestige TV shows of the 2000s where every episode is plot important but it has to fit 22 episodes so the pacing is glacial.
Then you have the half seasons from the writers strike where suddenly after 10 episodes it wraps up too quickly.
Then you have the half seasons from the writers strike where suddenly after 10 episodes it wraps up too quickly.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We need to go back to 22 episode television seasons.
Final season of MHA is wrecking me in the best way possible
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Final season of MHA is wrecking me in the best way possible
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WEEKEND TREAT: Listen to this delightfully ambitious audio adaptation from Gom Jabbar: a Dune Podcast !!!! Pls share cos I need to hear more!!
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
August 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
WEEKEND TREAT: Listen to this delightfully ambitious audio adaptation from Gom Jabbar: a Dune Podcast !!!! Pls share cos I need to hear more!!
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
Here's a glimpse at the tremendous amount of work Leo and I do for a Gom Jabbar episode.
The full list of sources we used in our research for an episode about Dune and artificial intelligence: www.patreon.com/posts/biblio...
The full list of sources we used in our research for an episode about Dune and artificial intelligence: www.patreon.com/posts/biblio...
Bibliography: What Dune Can Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence (Part 1) | Gom Jabbar
Get more from Gom Jabbar on Patreon
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August 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Here's a glimpse at the tremendous amount of work Leo and I do for a Gom Jabbar episode.
The full list of sources we used in our research for an episode about Dune and artificial intelligence: www.patreon.com/posts/biblio...
The full list of sources we used in our research for an episode about Dune and artificial intelligence: www.patreon.com/posts/biblio...
Really proud of today’s episode.
Frank Herbert had a lot to say about our relationship to technology. So Leo and I dug through a mountain of contemporary research about AI to see if Herbert was on to something…
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZP0...
Frank Herbert had a lot to say about our relationship to technology. So Leo and I dug through a mountain of contemporary research about AI to see if Herbert was on to something…
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZP0...
What Dune Can Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence (Part 1)
Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Really proud of today’s episode.
Frank Herbert had a lot to say about our relationship to technology. So Leo and I dug through a mountain of contemporary research about AI to see if Herbert was on to something…
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZP0...
Frank Herbert had a lot to say about our relationship to technology. So Leo and I dug through a mountain of contemporary research about AI to see if Herbert was on to something…
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZP0...
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Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
Marvel has lost the juice #FantasticFour
July 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Marvel has lost the juice #FantasticFour
Had a blast nerding out about Foundation with Jason on today’s episode. I think we’re in for another great season of sci-fi television!
open.spotify.com/episode/1Uso...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Uso...
Foundation Season 3 Episode 1
X-Ray Vision · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Had a blast nerding out about Foundation with Jason on today’s episode. I think we’re in for another great season of sci-fi television!
open.spotify.com/episode/1Uso...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Uso...
July 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I don't think God Emperor of Dune will ever be adapted, so my team and I went ahead and adapted it ourselves.
Teaser clip below. Full episode releases for patrons Friday and for free podcast listeners later this summer.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
💌 patreon.com/GomJabbar
Teaser clip below. Full episode releases for patrons Friday and for free podcast listeners later this summer.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
💌 patreon.com/GomJabbar
June 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I don't think God Emperor of Dune will ever be adapted, so my team and I went ahead and adapted it ourselves.
Teaser clip below. Full episode releases for patrons Friday and for free podcast listeners later this summer.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
💌 patreon.com/GomJabbar
Teaser clip below. Full episode releases for patrons Friday and for free podcast listeners later this summer.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
💌 patreon.com/GomJabbar
Murderbot on Apple TV+ has been…interesting. I wasn’t quite expecting the show to take such a sitcom approach, but it’s not bad. Could dial down the overly-goofy comedy though.
We’ll be covering it weekly on the pod: open.spotify.com/episode/6tEZ...
We’ll be covering it weekly on the pod: open.spotify.com/episode/6tEZ...
Murderbot (Episode 3)
Science Fiction Book Club: Murderbot · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Murderbot on Apple TV+ has been…interesting. I wasn’t quite expecting the show to take such a sitcom approach, but it’s not bad. Could dial down the overly-goofy comedy though.
We’ll be covering it weekly on the pod: open.spotify.com/episode/6tEZ...
We’ll be covering it weekly on the pod: open.spotify.com/episode/6tEZ...
Bummer that Lazarus is so mediocre and clearly Watanabe’s worst work
May 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Bummer that Lazarus is so mediocre and clearly Watanabe’s worst work
This is one of the most important books I have ever read. It is one of the most important books you will ever read.
April 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is one of the most important books I have ever read. It is one of the most important books you will ever read.
We need a third party. Democrats are dead in the water.
March 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We need a third party. Democrats are dead in the water.
March 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I need the Brian Herbert defenders to justify the atrocious writing. Setting aside everything Dune-related, these books are just badly written!
youtu.be/hET5mdzaLq8?...
youtu.be/hET5mdzaLq8?...
You Can’t Justify the Awful Writing in Brian Herbert’s Dune Books
YouTube video by Lore Party Media
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February 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I need the Brian Herbert defenders to justify the atrocious writing. Setting aside everything Dune-related, these books are just badly written!
youtu.be/hET5mdzaLq8?...
youtu.be/hET5mdzaLq8?...
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Hey XRV crew! Our very first listener survey is in the wild! Please fill it out and share so we can make the show even better!! 🩻 forms.gle/hHsxCVAH1pKa...
X-Ray Vision 2025 Listener Survey
Hellooooooo! Thank you for listening to X-Ray Vision. We love geeking out with our audience on the show and want to ensure that we always create episodes you want to hear. So help shape the future of ...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey XRV crew! Our very first listener survey is in the wild! Please fill it out and share so we can make the show even better!! 🩻 forms.gle/hHsxCVAH1pKa...
Got new headshots today. Felt cute. Might delete later.
February 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Got new headshots today. Felt cute. Might delete later.
A cozy story about a traveling tea monk meeting a friendly robot is exactly the antidote I need right now.
Join us for a read-through of A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/scifibookclu...
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
Join us for a read-through of A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/scifibookclu...
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
February 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A cozy story about a traveling tea monk meeting a friendly robot is exactly the antidote I need right now.
Join us for a read-through of A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/scifibookclu...
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
Join us for a read-through of A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/scifibookclu...
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
Here’s How Much Money We Make From Podcasting
YouTube video by Lore Party Media
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January 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What’s the best anime podcast out there that’s accessible to fans of all levels? I feel like it’s either only super weebs or clueless normies and nothing in between.
January 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
What’s the best anime podcast out there that’s accessible to fans of all levels? I feel like it’s either only super weebs or clueless normies and nothing in between.
Tomorrow
Next week we're going to share exactly how much $$$ we make from podcasting.
Has creating the #1 Dune podcast made us rich? Do we take private jets to the studio and roll joints with $100 bills?
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
Has creating the #1 Dune podcast made us rich? Do we take private jets to the studio and roll joints with $100 bills?
🎧 link.chtbl.com/gomjabbar
🎥 www.youtube.com/@loreparty
January 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Tomorrow