In Lyra’s glamorous, busy new life in London, she helps Mrs Coulter prepare for a cocktail party, which quickly reveals many disturbing truths. Mrs Coulter is even more of a domineering force than we feared and Lyra discovers more about Dust, the General Oblation Board and the fate of her Uncle Asriel’s latest expedition North.

This week, Iain and Amy are joined by special guest Grace and discuss soft power, the smell of metal and ‘taking him up’.

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To join the debate on how Dust is captured on a photogram and check out other people’s responses, check out our Reddit post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/hisdarkmaterials/comments/cpz9bl/you_have_made_it_better_already/

A high level explanation of the practice of oblation can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblate

You can find out more about Zoroastrianism here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism

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Music by: Jaymen Persaud

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