Lord Asriel, Lyra's mysterious and powerful uncle, shocks the dowdy scholars of Jordan College with heretical revelations of Dust, scalped and murdered colleagues and secures funding for another expedition North.

The motives behind the Master's attempted murder are made clear and Lyra is shown to be part of a grander destiny beyond the dreaming spires of Oxford.

Join us this episode as we puzzle over Dustons, the intoxicating effects of poppy seeds and the unsettling power of the Magisterium.

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Link to the BBC Radio 4 Q&A with Philip Pullman mentioned at the start of this episode here: https://bit.ly/33ytWtd

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Music by: Jaymen Persaud

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