The Authority: Æsahættr

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 65 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 HBO series and Philip Pullman’s original trilogy. This week, they cover the Season 2 finale, “Æsahættr”, in which Will finally meets his father, Lee Scoresby visits the Alamo, and Mrs. Coulter puts a kid in a trunk. Plus: an interview with Jack Thorne, the adaptor-in-chief of Philip Pullman’s books. Email: asktheauthority@slate.com Podcast production by Phil Surkis. 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	New Epic Eaps Chip Shop Curry Source from McCoy's
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0:11.0	Epic flavor, epic crunch, epic eats, because only the real McCoys, tastes like the real McCoys.
0:20.0	The world's changing. We've all sensed him.
0:25.0	The prophecy is clear.
0:28.0	Our duty is to protect the girl and boy wherever they are.
0:38.0	Something happened in this world.
0:40.0	People are going to be looking for us.
0:48.0	And I'm looking for a girl named Lyra.
0:53.3	Welcome to the Authority, Sleyates His Dark Materials Podcast.
0:55.2	It's season 2, episode 7, Esa Hetra.
0:58.4	We're Slates resident scholars of experimental theology.
1:01.7	I'm Dan Koyce, I'm a writer Slate, and my demon is a prairie vole named Gilda.
1:06.0	I'm Laura Miller, books and culture columnist for Slate, and my demon is a sea otter named Saki.
1:12.0	It's the season 2 finale, and the cast list is about to get shorter.
1:15.0	Season 1's finale showed us the terrible sacrifice of Roger,
1:18.0	and it makes sense that season 2 ends with two heroic deaths,
1:22.0	Lee Scorsby, who holds off the magisterium at Alamo Gulch, long enough for
1:25.3	John Perry to meet his son, and then John Perry himself, who shot shortly after he and
1:30.0	will finally have a heart to heart.
1:32.8	Esa Hetra covers sections of chapters 13 through 15
1:36.4	in the subtle knife.
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