In this bonus episode, we wrap up and review The Subtle Knife to finish our chapter by chapter readthrough of book 2!

Join us for this special episode as we discuss some of the highs & lows, winners & losers (cough *Juta* cough), themes & evolution from Northern Lights. And of course some speculatitve fanfic we’d write to ‘improve’ what we know about Will, Lyra and the world of His Dark Materials.

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In this chapter, we finish The Subtle Knife (kinda - Patreon episode on the appendix & lantern slides to follow)! Will and Lyra continue up the mountain, urged on by the alethiometer. Will’s hand has still not healed and in this final chapter he is at the brink physically and emotionally.

Join us as we chat ancient Greek weapons, ‘love’ the whole hell-hath-no-fury story line and get skeptical about Boreal’s susceptibility to obvious manipulation.

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Spoiler warnings for His Dark Materials and some tiny part of The Book of Dust, but we highly recommend checking out Lo’s article on the witches of HDM and Scandinavian folklore here.

Learn some basics about the Makhaira here.

Not heard of this Eve person? Well you can read more here or here. But which one is Lyra…?

Not tired of stupid tropes about women scorned? Here is another fun story (it’s the one with the dragon).

You can read some basics about Huldra here.

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In this chapter, we join Lee Scoresby and John Parry as they travel through the world of Cittigazze on their search to find the bearer of the knife. But they soon realise that they have unwanted company in the skies behind them.

Join us as we grappel with grapnels, fumble American history and Iain surprises everyone by dabbling in some poetry.

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Here is the excellent picture of the Massive Eagle Striking Back (not the official title), showing pilot Eugène Gilbert fending off a giant eagle from his plane in 1911.

You can learn more about snarge (warning: horrible photos) and bird strike here.

Here and here is a start if you want to help us get understand the history of Napalm and Greek fire.

You can check out the great film The Aeronauts here - written by the TV series’ Jack Thorne and starring our own Roger as Lewin Lloyd’s character!

You can watch The Americas with Simon Reeve on BBC iPlayer here, if you want to learn more about the scary reality of forest fires.

If you would like to have a better researched, contextualised AND more succinct snapshot of the history of the Texas revolution, we recommend this Crash Course video (also covering the history of California). Also, some more general background here.

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In this bonus episode we share with you a crossover episode we recently did with Em Anderson, friend of the podcast and creator of the Unfinished/Unpublished podcast!

Join us as we talk about plot-hole gymnastics, get some great biscuit hacks and hear all about Em’s own secret collection of novel opening lines…

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We highly recommend giving the Unfinished / Unpublished podcast a listen here, as Em talks to creators about their own private projects.

Some of them are works which never quite got realised - such as the art installation project ‘Prog land’, a theme park based on Prog rock album covers. Others exist, but just not in a published form, which includes a museum archivist’s work in getting a medium to give psychic readings on objects. It’s a thought-provoking and joyful listen, which will certainly leave you pondering about the nature of creativity and possibly even inspire you to (re)start a project yourself!

You can follow Em on Twitter at @TrueBagglerag to hear more about her latest episodes and projects.

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In this chapter, we see more magic from Serafina as the witches attempt to heal (at last) Will’s subtle wound. As Lyra and Will press on with their search for John Parry, Ruta Skadi rejoins the troupe with some strange stories of Asriel, Angels and Æsahættr…

Join us as we meet an apparently Scottish witch queen, an intensely creepy cliff ghast and marvel at laser dragons...

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Find out about the Aesir - the Norse gods whose name may be an inspiration for Æsahættr here.

You can also learn a bit more about the global prevalence of moon magic here.

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In this bonus episode we reflect on Season 2 of the BBC / HBO TV adaptation. Crowning Cast & Creative award winners, discussing our best and worst of the whole series and suggesting some entirely new additions of our own!

Join us as Iain gives our most generic creative award yet, we disagree about warrior nature vs nurture and chat about arse lightning.

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If you would like to find out more about the charity DASH (Domestic Abuse Stops Here) and how they working to help people experiencing domestic abuse, you can check out their site (and donate if you can) here.

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In this chapter, we join Mary Malone as she tries to explain to her colleague exactly what on earth happened with Lyra. Whilst they are talking, Sir Charles Latrom arrives to offer an interesting funding proposal for their research… Mary has some difficult decisions to make, following revelations of biblical importance.

Join us as we mull over defense funding, fail to understand the bible and debate determinism (again).

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In this chapter, Lyra and Will recover in Cittigazze from their escapades in Will’s Oxford the previous night. Just as they have managed to clean up Will and his hand and are having a breakfast of scavenged stale toast, they see a crowd of angry children racing towards them.

Join us as we crack out our best (worst) cockney impressions, speculate about the Belvedere’s owner and figure out that main characters killing children is a Bad Idea.

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Be warned, this episode will contain all manner of spoilers from both His Dark Materials and the Book of Dust book series, AND the UK schedule of His Dark Materials season 2…so if you want to avoid that, cut back through to our episodes on the book series.

In this episode, Iain and Amy give their thoughts and reactions to episode 7 of Season 2 of His Dark Materials - Æsahættr

Join us as we talk about the Ego and ‘single points of success’, as well as trying out our Cliffghastian.

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If you like the sound of ‘His Dark Materials & Philosophy - Paradox Lost’, you can pick up a copy here (UK) or here (US). If you buy from this site, you’ll also be supporting local, independent bookshops - win win!

We’re trying to keep our social media accounts spoiler free where possible, so just drop us an email or a direct message if you have spoiler-y thoughts to share - thanks!

Vote on your favourite Cast and Creative performances on our Twitter page - we’re posting them a bit later than usual (on Wednesdays after the episode airs in the UK) to allow for some crossover with people outside the UK who won’t see the episode for a while after us! :(

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In this chapter, we rejoin Lee Scoresby as he moves along the rivers from a Yenesei port, trying to find the mysterious Stanislaus Grumman in a nearby Tartar village. After three, mosquito-infested days, he arrives: but there are a few surprises in store for our favourite aeronaut.

Join us as we discuss Devil’s snare/zombie cucumbers, some apt Native American turquoise myths and shamanas ex machina.

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We mention Russia with Simon Reeve ALOT this episode - needless to say (though we did say it already), we highly recommend giving it a watch!

More fun facts about Jimsonweed/Jamestown weed/devil’s snare/zombie cucumbers here

More about Navajo jewelry here, but they also have an amazing online collection of Navajo jewelry at the National Museum of the American Indian here. This is the ring which Amy based this week’s drawing on.

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