Philip Pullman on Childhood and Fantasy

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🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Over lunch in his house in Oxford, bestselling author Philip Pullman speaks to broadcaster Samira Ahmed about the moments of his childhood and youth that shaped and inspired his unique storytelling. This episode is part of our series How I Found My Voice, hosted by Samira Ahmed. If you like this episode do check out the entire series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	There was once a family on a road trip
0:31.6	to keep everyone entertained
0:32.8	that created a fun personalised audio story using AI,
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0:48.6	terms of use and privacy policy apply.
0:51.4	Welcome to Intelligent Squad.
0:53.2	I'm producer Catherine Hughes.
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