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The Authority: Malice

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4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

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 HBO series and Philip Pullman’s original trilogy. This week, they cover Episode 6 of Season 2, “Malice,” in which Mrs. Coulter controls Spectres, Lee loses control over his balloon, and Mary Malone spends a nice afternoon reading Let’s Go Cittàgazze. Plus: Actual daemons respond to HBO’s My Daemon app. Email: asktheauthority@slate.com Podcast production by Phil Surkis. My Daemon segment written by Marissa Martinelli. Dan Kois on Twitter: @dankois Laura Miller on Twitter: @magiciansbook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The world's changing.

0:02.0

We've all sensed it.

0:05.0

The prophecy is clear.

0:08.0

Our duty is to protect the girl and boy wherever they are.

0:17.8

Something happening in this world.

0:20.3

People are going to be looking for us.

0:28.0

And I'm looking for a girl named Lyra.

0:35.0

Welcome to the Authority, sl's His Dark Materials Podcast. It's season 2 episode 6, Malice.

0:39.0

We're Slate's resident scholars of experimental theology.

0:42.0

My name is Laura Miller. I'm a books and

0:44.4

culture columnist for slate and my demon is a sea otter named sake. I'm Dan

0:49.3

Coise. I'm a writer at slate and my demon is a prairie vole named Gilda.

0:53.4

Ha!

0:54.4

What is the problem, Gilda?

0:56.4

Hmm, I don't know what the problem is.

0:58.4

Maybe you should ask Alceman.

1:00.3

Oh, not this again.

1:01.8

Wait, who's Alceman?

1:03.5

Dan's other demon.

1:05.5

What?

1:06.5

It's not what it sounds like.

1:08.2

I can explain.

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