EP.102 - PHILIP PULLMAN
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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). Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.  RELATED LINKS PHILIP PULLMAN BIOGRAPHY & BIBLIOGRAPHY https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/philip-pullman HIS DARK MATERIALS TRAILER https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-new-his-dark-materials-trailer-is-jaw-droppingly-ep-1838746187 DAEMON VOICES https://www.waterstones.com/book/daemon-voices/philip-pullman/9781910200964 THE SECRET COMMONWEALTH AUDIOBOOK https://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_0 SOUKOUS COMPILATION (SPOTIFY) https://open.spotify.com/album/3micqE30m0v5tOufe7Hmla WOMENSART (TWITTER) https://twitter.com/womensart1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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