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The episode discusses the haunting themes in Gundam set against a backdrop of Neo Egypt, while exploring cultural references and character dynamics.

Show Notes This week on MSB, a specter is haunting Neo Egypt: the specter of com-mummy-nism! Hang on, that doesn't sound right... As the specter of Dahal Muhammad hunts Sai Saichi and memories of the Devil Gundam continue to haunt Domon Kasshu, Thom takes solace in the coolness of the robots while Nina takes the show to task for its clumsy attempts to vary the tone. Then in the research, Nina traces the Dragon Gundam's new special attacks to a four hundred year old Chinese novel. Ready? Go! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center . Listeners in the…

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