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

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