Adam talks with British writer Philip Pullman at his home in Oxford about The Secret Commonwealth, the second part of his Book Of Dust trilogy, as well as the morality of science and progress, the danger of conspiracy theories, the loss innocence, the value of music and poetry, writing, cultural appropriation and getting into trouble on social media (though this was recorded before he got into trouble on social media for Tweeting a joke about Boris Johnson).CONTAINS REFERENCES TO PLOT OF HIS DARK MATERIALS TRILOGYThanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKSPHILIP PULLMAN BIOGRAPHY & BIBLIOGRAPHYhttps://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/philip-pullmanHIS DARK MATERIALS TRAILERhttps://io9.gizmodo.com/the-new-his-dark-materials-trailer-is-jaw-droppingly-ep-1838746187DAEMON VOICEShttps://www.waterstones.com/book/daemon-voices/philip-pullman/9781910200964THE SECRET COMMONWEALTH AUDIOBOOKhttps://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Secret-Commonwealth-Audiobook/0241379334?pf_rd_p=aec1bfc4-f47c-4ded-88bc-f9aac613e7b9&pf_rd_r=RGYFCCWZXWN050ZJMQND&ref=a_hp_c3_banner_img_0SOUKOUS COMPILATION (SPOTIFY)https://open.spotify.com/album/3micqE30m0v5tOufe7HmlaWOMENSART (TWITTER)https://twitter.com/womensart1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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