Neckbeards, Soul Pokémon and Lord Asriel's behind: it’s the first (proper) episode of a revamped A Novel Adventure.

Punctuated by readings from the book, we talk daemons, weak bear jaws and Phillip Pullman's angry atheism. There are also some cracking new games including Would I Lyra To You and Ask The Alethiometer, and a reinvigorated Amazon Review of the Week.

Oh, and Josh has some Pokémon-related meditations.

N.B. For some reason we gave the scores out of 60 not 45. That’s not you hearing things, it’s our appalling maths. Sorry.