In this episode, we travel with Ama and her daemon Kulang to a monastery far away in the Himalayas, where she seeks the help of a highly respected healer. She is looking for a remedy which she can use to wake Lyra from her sleep - won’t the beautiful strange woman in the cave be happy!

Join us as we chat about war-chickens, creepy death photographs and stupid villain tropes.

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You can read the poem for this week by Emily Dickenson here, or a light-hearted intro to her life and work here.

Some more about the depressing tradition of menstruation huts here.

HENCH CHICKEN BREED!

Is this the monastery that Ama visits? It’s roughly in the right place we think….

More about Tulkus in general here, or an interesting and entertaining introduction to the current political dilemma of the Dalai and Panchen Lama here.

Is there a link between zoosadism and psychopathy? There are claims, but more in this article here.

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Music by: Jaymen Persaud, performed by Claire Wickes

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