His Dark Materials: The Lost Boy

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🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Welcome to The Authority, Slate’s deep dive into the world(s) of HBO’s His Dark Materials. Each week, Slate’s scholars of experimental theology Dan Kois and Laura Miller discuss the new HBO series and Philip Pullman’s original trilogy. This week, they’re discussing episode 5, “The Lost Boy,” which cuts back and forth between Lyra’s adventures with the Gyptians, and the introduction of the character of Will Parry. Plus: a closer look at the alethiometer. Recommended reading: His Dark Materials Illuminated You can also read Laura’s Slate piece on Francis Yates here. Join the conversation: Email: asktheauthority@slate.com Dan Kois on Twitter: @dankois Laura Miller on Twitter: @magiciansbook Podcast production by Phil Surkis, with engineering assistance from Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On BBC A
0:02.0	I am doing life a few more years means nothing to me
0:06.0	I'm pregnant
0:08.0	to just go easy I'm pregnant women
0:10.0	I've been all my electricity that's all
0:12.0	don't think I should even be in here.
0:14.0	A new series of the Bafter Award winning time.
0:18.0	You tell anyone and I mean anyone about me I will kill you. Starring Jody Whitaker tomorrow Lawrence and
0:26.0	Bella Ramsey. Time watch on BBC I player.
0:30.0	For centuries, they have been trying to keep us where they want us.
0:37.0	Why do demons disappear when you die?
0:41.0	And yet humans leave these nasty skeletons behind.
0:47.0	We've been our children back.
0:49.0	Welcome to the Authority, slates His Dark Materials Podcast podcast it's season one episode five the
0:55.4	lost boy and we're slates resident scholars of experimental theology I'm Laura and
1:01.5	my demon is a sea otter named sake I'm Laura and my demon is a sea otter named Saky.
1:04.0	I'm Dan and my demon is a prairie vole named Gilda.
1:08.0	Okay, Dan, well in this episode, we're seeing a departure from Philip Pullman's trilogy.
1:14.0	The series here is cutting back and forth between Lyra's Adventures with the Egyptians in the North,
1:19.0	which are pages 203 to 238 in the Golden Compass, depending on what edition you have.
1:25.9	And we're coming back and forth between that and the introduction of Will Perry, a boy from
1:31.4	our own world. Will's father is John Perry, aka Stanislaus Grumman,
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