Words can't express how happy I am that the podcast is back!  I've never read any of Pullman's books, but it was a pleasure spending time in his company (and, as ever, you got the tone just right with the questions).  Good though the Sheen reading of the audio book is, I'd definitely opt for Dr. B's delightful Burton/Hopkins fusion (though I had hoped you'd have done the entire thing using your Rumplestiltskin voice).

Thanks very much for the relaxing ASMR sounds at 18:00!

Welcome back, Adam, welcome back, Rosie!! Just  being pedantic and wondering where episode 101 went???

Hello, 102? What happened to the Catcher episode? 101 isnt showing in the list?

I really, really enjoyed this episode, probably one of my favorites you've recorded. Thank you! 🙂

I think Philip likes to pretend he is cleverer than he really is.

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U2 - Your Song Saved My Life (From Sing 2)

Suéltate

Sam I, Jarina De Marco - Suéltate (From Sing 2) [feat. Anitta & BIA]

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Keke Palmer - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [feat. Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon & Tori Kelly]

Sing 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Scarlett Johansson - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

Scarlett Johansson - Heads Will Roll

Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon, Nick Kroll - Let's Go Crazy

Reese Witherspoon, Nick Kroll - Break Free

Bomba Estéreo - Soy Yo (Sing 2 Mix)

Sing 2 Cast - Sing 2 Audition Medley

Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Nick Kroll - Where the Streets Have No Name

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

EP-102. PHILIP PULLMAN

British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam records the intros and outros for most episodes while walking with his dog friend Rosie in the East Anglian countryside where he lives with his wife and three children. 

Adam has appeared in films such as ‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘Stardust’ and ‘Son Of Rambow’ as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted ‘BUG’, a live show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish he also is one half of award winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam & Joe who have worked together since 1995. 

You can find many of the insanely catchy jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as amazing bonus material, beautiful merchandise and a selection of his incredibly funny and brilliant YouTube videos on the free Adam Buxton app.

Adam is writing this himself using the third person.

EP-102. PHILIP PULLMAN

Adam Buxton

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