How I Found My Voice: Philip Pullman

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🗓️ 2 September 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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This is an episode from a new podcast strand launched by Intelligence Squared called How I Found My Voice. Presented by the prominent BBC journalist Samira Ahmed, the podcast explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. In this episode, Samira speaks to the best-selling author Sir Philip Pullman, most famous for the acclaimed His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy. From reading Rudyard Kipling as a child to discovering the power of poetry and how to be a storyteller as a teacher, they discuss the moments that shaped and inspired his voice. To hear more episodes of How I Found My Voice go to https://play.acast.com/s/howifoundmyvoice. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hi, it's Faro from the Intelligence Squared team here. I'm really excited to be speaking to you guys on a Tuesday instead of our usual Friday slot.
1:07.5	We'll be bringing you some bonus episodes for the next few weeks.
1:10.8	They're sampled from our new podcast strand called How I Found My Voice, presented by the BBC journalist Simira Ahmed.
1:17.6	If you're interested in listening to more episodes from this series, just look up how I found my voice in your podcast app. And if you enjoy listening, please
1:25.9	do leave us a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts. And of course we'll be bringing you
1:30.4	our usual episodes every Friday. And I remember having two books that I learned to read on.
1:44.1	One was the first Noddy book by Eni Blayton.
1:47.7	I must have been five.
1:49.7	And the other was Radyard Kipling's Just So stories. The Just So Stories made a particular impression on me because of the language, because of the wonderful way in which she tells a story.
2:12.7	He ran through the desert, he ran through the mountains, he ran through the salt pants, he ran through the Reed beds, he ran through the desert he ran through the mountains he ran through the salt pants he ran through the read beds he ran through the blue gums he ran through the
2:16.3	spin effects he ran till his front legs ached he had to still ran dingo yellow dog
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