The Authority: Æsahættr

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 65 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 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: [email protected] 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	Her cure Poirot, I've found something.
0:03.0	You're invited to solve a mystery.
0:06.0	Come with me to a seance.
0:08.0	From beyond the grave.
0:10.0	There must be a rational answer for all of this.
0:14.5	From the brilliant mind of Agatha Christie,
0:16.8	You are up against something bigger than you.
0:18.6	Critics are calling it Kenneth Branagh's best Poirot yet.
0:21.7	Somebody is dead.
0:23.4	No one shall leave this place until I know who didn't.
0:26.1	A haunting in Venice.
0:27.7	Available exclusively to buy and keep.
0:31.3	The world's changing. The world's changing.
0:34.0	We've all sensed him.
0:36.0	The prophecy is clear.
0:40.0	Our duty is to protect the girl and boy wherever they are.
0:47.7	Something happened in this world.
0:50.3	People are going to be looking for us.
0:58.0	And I'm looking for a girl named Lyra.
1:03.2	Welcome to the Authority, slates His Dark Materials Podcast.
1:05.2	It's season 2, episode 7, Esa Hetra.
1:08.7	We're Slates resident scholars of experimental theology.
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