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Listen to Caitlin, Anya, and Alan talk about His Dark Materials! Read along with “The Subtle Knife” as we explore the philosophy, science, and religion that makes this series a classic.
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The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.
Caitlin and Alan are watching the Netflix hit Lockwood and Co, and want you to listen along! The Problem will cover each episode of the season, in the hopes that the show can find a new home. Just like in Measures of Truth, we will be comparing the books to the show, and trying to figure out what it all means.
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Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan talk about the final two episodes of His Dark Materials! Warning: these episodes could make you violently cry! We sure did. We love gay Mary! Metatron was almost human looking enough to be perfect! Will and Lyra’s story was perfectly heartbreaking.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
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Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan finish “The Amber Spyglass!” We debate the nature of Dust. What it means to grow up. If Philip Pulllman planned it all out from the start. We love this book, and we love the bittersweet ending.
Sophia is a wisdom thing.
Novellas are a thing.
Telenovelas are a totally different thing.
Teleology is a philosophical thing.
You can visit the place Lyra and Will share across worlds.
The Hero’s Journey is a mythic thing.
Spinoza was a philosopher.
Pan settled as an European Pine Marten.
The Alpine Chough is a bird.
University of Iowa study of corvid analogical thinking abilities
The Abyss is a lack of a thing.
Bruno Latour was a process philosopher.
Socratic Dialogues are a literary structure thing.
Ents are a Tolkien thing.
Berserk is a manga thing.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
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Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan loved episodes 305 and 306 of His Dark Materials. No notes. Just great.
There is a His Dark Materials stage play.
Amber is a tree thing.
No Man’s Sky is a galactic exploration video game simulation.
Wheel and axel is a tool thing.
Ball Bearings are also a tool thing.
Limbo is a liminal thing.
Purgatory is a Catholic thing.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
Please email us [email protected]
Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan debate if Will is a Jedi, can’t remember MacPhail’s new title, and are delighted to hear “Everyone is beautiful.” Ruth Wilson is our favorite again- but we still love to hate Lord Asriel. Iorek using a hammer off-screen was the right choice, but changing the Gallivespians was a mistake.
The Matrix is a film thing.
Innocence is an important idea in Western Culture.
Jurisprudence is a legal thing.
Brutalism is an architectural thing.
Torii Gates are a Shinto thing.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
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Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan debate what exactly happened between Will and Lyra when they confess their love for each other in chapters 33-35 of “The Amber Spyglass.” We also learn about the science of coevolution and the garden of Eden. Who is sex-crazed on the podcast, and are they right?
Christian Fascism is a political thing.
Marzipan is a dessert thing.
Turkish Delight is also a dessert thing.
The Problem of Susan by Neil Gaiman
Coevolution is a science thing.
Replaying Life’s Tape could give us Mulefa (maybe)
E Coli Long Term Evolution Experiment
Vertebrates are a biological category thing.
Mutualism is an evolutionary thing.
Ants and Acacia Trees have an evolutionary relationship.
Chemotrophs are a thing.
Basic Belief is a philosophy thing.
New Atheism is a thing.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
Please email us [email protected]
Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan talk about the return of His Dark Materials! Why is there so much Lord Asriel? What is Mrs Coulter doing waiting for a man? Why is Father Gomez so hot? And… wow Father Gomez has dreamy eyes… and- hot Father Gomez!
Amber Fitzgerald-Woolfe performing a poem in sign language.
There are lots of sign language.
The Swiss Guard dress like the Gallivespians.
In skydiving a greenlight does not mean- jump! It just means the pilot’s job is finished and air traffic control has been informed there will be skydivers in the area. Jumping is at the discretion of the skydivers.
Huntsman spiders are a thing.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
Please email us [email protected]
Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan talk about taking the lid off of canned god in chapters 30-32 of “The Amber Spyglass.” Mrs Coulter and Lord Asriel meet their fate, String Theory and Hermes make an appearance, and we argue if Marissa Coulter can be redeemed by one good deed.
Tater tots are not archangels.
Fragile Masculinity is NOT a thing. And furthermore men are NOT compensating! And are never vulnerable!!
Weighing a soul after death as a form of judgement, is an ancient motif in many religions.
99% Invisible Beyond Biohazard: Why Danger Symbols Can’t Last Forever.
Signifier and Signified are a semiotic thing.
Tokyo Pet Shop of Horrors on Hallowed Ground StoryCast.
String Theory is a math things.
Gravitons are a hypothetical thing.
M-Theory might be a thing.
Hermes Trismegistus is an easy-to-pronounce thing.
The Abyss is a lack of a thing (in the Bible).
Soren Kierkegaard loved to (figuratively) leap.
Facticity is an existential thing.
Process Theology is a network thing.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
Please email us [email protected]
Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan talk about escaping the land of the dead in chapters 26-29 of “The Amber Spyglass.” Lord Asriel reminds us of a certain billionaire. Roger rejoins the universe. We argue about if souls have mass. All of the important stuff.
NFTs are a scam thing.
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is a dumb thing.
Monism might be a thing.
Trepanning is still a thing.
The 21 grams Experiment is a famous example of trying to measure a dying human for a soul.
Dualism might be a thing.
Process Philosophy is a thing.
Segways are no longer a thing.
The Harrowing of Hell is a theological thing.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
Please email us [email protected]
Francis, Caitlin, Anya, and Alan discuss chapters 23-25 of “The Amber Spyglass.” We gush about the perfection of chapter 23. Well… most of us do. What will you tell the harpies when you die? Maybe it will be a metaphor, but does that make it a lie? Will it be a buddy cop story with Lord Roke and Mrs Coulter? Because we want that.
Modernity is a paradigm thing.
“The Origin of the Universe: Philip Pullman on Stephen Hawking” by Philip Pullman appeared in the Autumn 2006 edition of Exeter College Magazine.
Mbombo is a vomiting god thing.
“Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimerer is a nonfiction book about botany from different cultural perspectives.
Monism might be a thing.
Emergentism might be a thing.
Necromancy is probably not a thing.
Harpies are a mythological thing.
The Good Place is an NBC comedy thing.
Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunn
Follow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin Francis @franciswindram The Podcast @MoTPod
Please email us [email protected]
The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.