The Alethiometer: A His Dark Materials Podcast

The pace and cars are accelerating this week on “His Dark Materials”! We get a convergence of Dust and Dark Matter and newcomer Mary Malone! CARDINAL MacPhail! And that evil duo, Mrs. Coulter and Lord Boreal are up to no good! Thank the stars Lyra and Will are together and

The pace and cars are accelerating this week on “His Dark Materials”! We get a convergence of Dust and Dark Matter and newcomer Mary Malone! CARDINAL MacPhail! And that evil duo, Mrs. Coulter and Lord Boreal are up to no good! Thank the stars Lyra and Will are together and

It seemed like forever to come back, and at long last it’s here! Season 2 of “His Dark Materials” hits the ground running, as we shift to a new world and Lyra and Will finally meeting! We are talking about S02E01 “The City of Magpies” which aired on HBO on

It seemed like forever to come back, and at long last it’s here! Season 2 of “His Dark Materials” hits the ground running, as we shift to a new world and Lyra and Will finally meeting! We are talking about S02E01 “The City of Magpies” which aired on HBO on

Ta-da! It’s time at last for the debut of Season 2 of His Dark Materials! Before it begins, we have gotten together again with our roundtable of listeners to talk about what we saw in Season 1, likes, faves, etc., and what we are looking for out of Season 2!

It’s been forever since the last episode of His Dark Materials, but it’s returning on November 16 in the US! During the long break, we decided to watch the 2007 film version of the first book of the series called “The Golden Compass”! Then we asked some of our regular

What a first season we got from His Dark Materials! There is so much to unpack, and so much to ponder during the long hiatus before Season 2 begins later this year. Who better to help us reflect on Season 1 than a roundtable of our regular contributors! Through the

We read the books. We knew what was coming. We steeled ourselves for tragedy. We cried anyway! Everything comes crashing down in the Season 1 finale of His Dark Materials! It’s S01E08 “Betrayal” which aired on HBO on December 23, 2019. It was written by Jack Thorne and directed by

We read the books. We knew what was coming. We steeled ourselves for tragedy. We cried anyway! Everything comes crashing down in the Season 1 finale of His Dark Materials! It’s  S01E08 “Betrayal” which aired on HBO on December 23, 2019. It was written by Jack Thorne and directed by

The battle was a long time coming, and now it’s here: the panserbjørnebowl! Beloved Iorek versus evil Iofur in “The Fight to the Death”! Plus Mrs. Coulter down, but not out. Lyra helping Iorek and heading North with Roger to see Asriel! And Will and Elaine facing off with Lord