The Road Warrior Minute 41 - Into the Night

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Max picks his way across burned out wrecks and disappears into the night carrying his liquid payload as well as the hopes of all those who dwell within the compound. However, the night is dark and full of horrors as Max tries to skirt around the raider camps and finds himself falling into an unseen ditch. The clamor raises the suspicions of Bearclaw Mohawk, who moves to investigate the noise. Lying in the bottom of the gully Max pulls his knife and waits.

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The Road Warrior Minute 40 - 5 gallons of diesel and some high-octane gasoline

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Having heard Max’s demands, Zetta reminds those gathered of their earlier failures, but expresses a willingness to let the road warrior try. The other members of the inner circle are wary of putting their fates in Max’s hands, but Pappagallo agrees to Max’s proposal and the deal is struck. Laden with fuel cans, Max leaves the compound that night as the dwellers watch him go. The special guest this week is Gerry Porter from the Indiana Jones Minute podcast.

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The Road Warrior Minute 39 - You wanna get out of here you talk to me

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Unimpressed by Pappagallo’s speech, Big Rebecca calls his plan into question, to the Warrior Woman’s displeasure, and compound dwellers begin to drop their weapons at Her feet. The Captain’s Girl expresses her apologies to Pappagallo, but Max, silent until now, interjects that he has a solution to their problem. Later that night Max lays out his terms for this new agreement before Pappagallo and the compound’s inner circle.

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The Road Warrior Minute 38 - More than just a tanker of gas

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Max reaches into his jacket and produces the music box he retrieved from the truck driver’s corpse in minute 9 and plays it for the Feral Child. The boy is captivated by the device, and Max decides to gift it to him, which delights the child before he scurried back into his hole. Back in the center of the compound, Pappagallo reminds the other dwellers that their failure to protect the fuel could result in them never reaching a place beyond that vermin on machines.

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The Road Warrior Minute 37 - And let us suppose he keeps it...

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Continuing their debate from minute 36, Zetta claims that once outside the safety of the compound, the raiders will cut them down like pigs, a statement Big Rebecca adamantly opposes. Curmudgeon steps forward and offers to parlay with Humungus, but Pappagallo is not willing to walk away from all they’ve worked to build. Meanwhile, the Feral Child emerges from his tunnel by Max and shows off his bloodied boomerang.

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The Road Warrior Minute 36 - We don't have to die

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Having delivered his terms, The Lord Humungus’ and his horde drive away leaving the compound dwellers to decide their fate. Some react with defiance swearing they will never walk away, but Big Rebecca pleads with the other compound dwellers to accept the warlord’s dubious offer. Her position is countered by Zetta who claims that accepting the marauder’s offer would only result in their complete annihilation.

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The Road Warrior Minute 35 - Just walk away

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As Wez is taken away, The Lord Humungus lays out his offer. He wants the pump, the oil, the gasoline, and the compound. In return, the compound dwellers will be allowed to leave unimpeded. They are given one full day to decide, as The Lord Humungus orders his horde to withdraw once again, leaving the compound to make their decision. This week our guests are Yuri Lowenthal and Travis Sentell from You Are Awaited: A Mad Max Fury Road Podcast.

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The Road Warrior Minute 34 - Be still, my dog of war

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The Lord Humungus attempts to get his address back underway, but Wez has other ideas and leaps aboard Humungus’ Truck trying to order a full retaliation. Not intent of losing control, The Lord Humungus takes his Dog of War in a bear hug and begins to squeeze. As Humungus squeezes, Wez loses steam and the warlord assures him that they will destroy the compound all in good time. As Wez drifts into unconsciousness, he’s carried away by Bearclaw Mohawk.

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The Road Warrior Minute 33 - No more games

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The feral child’s boomerang traces an arc through the sky before being caught and almost immediately rethrown. This time around the boomerang lodges itself in the Golden Youth, to Wez’s dismay. Furious, Wez throws the boomerang which flies over the Feral Child and begins to return towards the raiders where the Toadie is confident he can catch it. Without a protective glove, the Toadie only succeeds in injury himself much to the amusement of the other raiders.

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The Road Warrior Minute 32 - This is the Valley of Death

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The Lord Humungus chastises the compound dwellers for thinking they could evade his dogs of war and goes on to shame them for being selfish and not giving freely of the spoils pulled from the wasteland. Meanwhile, the defiant shouts for the compound dwellers not to listen and to blow it all up to deprive anyone from taking the fuel. A short demonstration by Wez illustrates how nothing escapes the horde, and a headbutt prompts the feral child to intercede.

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The Road Warrior Minute 31 - Greetings from the Humungus!

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Still handcuffed to a railing, Max stands atop the compound wall as the Horde spreads out before the compound. Perched atop the Lord Humungus’ Truck, The Toadie waves his arm to signal an end to the revving and the valley falls silent. Standing before the horde, The Toadie introduces the warrior of the wasteland, the Ayatollah of Rock n’ Roll-ah, The Lord Humungus, himself, who is gravely disappointed in the compound dwellers after that morning’s events.

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The Road Warrior Minute 30 - He comes in peace

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Finding himself handcuffed to a railing, Max can do nothing but sit back and watch as the compound dwellers prepare their defenses. Outside in the valley, The Lord Humungus approaches with his captured scouts draped across the vehicles in his menacing fleet. Two of the scouts, mounted as hood ornaments on the Humungus’ truck, still live and shout to the compound dwellers. This week we’re joined by Travis Bow from the Reel Comic Heroes podcast.

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The Road Warrior Minute 29 - Would have been a shame to blow it up

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The Mechanic and his assistants are towing Max’s interceptor into the compound as he is being led out. The Mechanic stops to compliment Max on his vehicle before raising the ire of Dog who doesn’t like the idea of someone else messing with the black-on-black. Max is able to calm Dog, but before they have a chance to do much else, the alarm is raised from the watchtower that the horde is returning and everything goes into lockdown.

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The Road Warrior Minute 28 - We had an arrangement

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Time is short for Max to get the gas that Nathan promised him, but everyone only wants to talk about the scouts. The Quiet Man interrupts to ask about the woman that was brutalized by the raiders, but Max brushes him off with no explanation preferring to direct Pappagallo to ask Nathan about their deal as he pulls the warrior woman’s knife from his throat. As if on cue, Nathan dies and Pappagallo orders Max expelled from the compound.

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The Road Warrior Minute 27 - Look, I want some answers

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As Max is searched, the compound dwellers begin to take Nathan away on a stretcher, but Big Rebecca gets angry with Pappagallo, upset over the scout’s injuries, a situation The Curmudgeon uses to serve up a few I-told-you-so’s. Max is led inside the compound and a team is instructed do the same to the black-on-black. Once within the walls, Pappagallo approaches Max looking for information about His identity, and more importantly, the other scouts.

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The Road Warrior Minute 26 - Nathan! Nathan! It's Nathan!

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Week 6 begins as Max pulls up to the compound in the black-on-black and disembarks with his passenger slung across his shoulders. Moving slowly and making sure to follow all of the orders given to him, Max makes his way towards the gate until it opens to reveal a flood of compound dwellers wary of this mysterious stranger from the wasteland. Max passes Nathan to some others as he is searched by Zetta. Our outro music today is Mike Preston’s 1960 cover of “I`d Do Anything” from Oliver.

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The Road Warrior Minute 25 - I'm just here for the gasoline

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Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Rape. As Max tends to the injured scout, the man thanks Max profusely, but He is not there for gratitude, He wants gasoline. Seeing Max as his only way to safety, the scout promises as much petrol as He wants so long as he returns him to the compound. Max brings the man back to the compound, and we meet The Feral Child. Along for the ride is Curtis Bloes from Better Off Dead Minute: The Podcast.

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The Road Warrior Minute 24 - This is wasteland justice

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Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Rape. Left alone atop the ridge, the Gyro Captain looks back towards the scouts in time to see the Grinning Mohawker murder the female scout. After a fade to black, Max approaches the lone raider and after a quick look between them, Max kills the raider with his bolt cutters. Turning his focus to the scout pinned by arrows, Max approaches the man and begins tending to his injuries as the man thanks him.

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The Road Warrior Minute 23 - Max sees an opening

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Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Rape. Max and the Gyro Captain continue to watch from their vantage point on the ridge as Wez begins to round up his marauders to move on. Most of the raiders comply with the call to move, but one stays behind as Wez and the others ride away. With the raiding party mostly gone, Max looks back at the compound and realizes his opportunity to leap into action has arrived and fires up the black-on-black.

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The Road Warrior Minute 22 - This is a bad thing

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Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Rape. With their vehicle disabled, one of the compound scouts makes a bold move and tries to make a run for it. From their place on the ridge Max and the Gyro Captain watch as that scout is quickly captured and disrobed. The other scout is pulled from the vehicle and held down as arrows are fired into him. The Gyro Captain is especially disturbed by what he is witnessing.

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