This is the first of our two episodes on Chapter 11 - Armour. Lyra sees a city in the northern lights before entering into a complex conversation between John Faa, Farder Coram and the daemon of the witch Serafina Pekkala - a snow-goose called Kaisa. This disembodied goose explains what they know of where the missing children are being taken, paints a complex picture of the local politics and drops some minor bombshells…

Join us as Iain and Amy discuss myths about the Northern Lights, give some honest thoughts on the chapter illustration and speculate on a Bolvanger re-brand.

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Find out more about the noisy Northern Lights here (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/06/auroras-sounds-noises-explained-earth-space-astronomy/), or listen to some recordings from the Aalto experiments here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BgVMCjoWuk)

You can learn more about Aurora Borealis myths here (https://www.theaurorazone.com/about-the-aurora/aurora-legends), or read up on Norse myths in particular here. (https://www.hurtigruten.co.uk/inspiration/experiences/northern-lights/norse-myths-and-legends/)

We skirt around the multiverse and many worlds theories in this episode, which you can read more about here (https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028154-200-when-the-multiverse-and-many-worlds-collide/).

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Music by: Jaymen Persaud

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