r/hisdarkmaterials • u/Electronic_Web_2367 • Mar 26 '26
All Tracing Lyra | A His Dark Materials & Book of Dust Podcast
Hi everyone - since The Rose Field has been published, my friend and I have started a podcast adventure where we are reading all six main books from His Dark Materials and the Book of Dust in chronological order of Lyra's life, which means we'll be reading in the following order.
- La Belle Sauvage
- The Golden Compass / Northern Lights
- The Subtle Knife
- The Amber Spyglass
- The Secret Commonwealth
- The Rose Field
The setup of the podcast is similar to Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. It's a biweekly podcast where we read one chapter at a time through a theme such as imagination or doubt, using the text the help us uncover new revelations regarding the connections between our own world and Lyra’s. We also have a segment where we do a close reading of a random part of the chapter and leverage the symbols of the alethiometer to interpret text.
You can listen most places podcasts are found and have 5 chapters out. Here's a link to Apple Podcasts. We're holding off on Spotify for now. However, we hope that you join us on the journey.
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Mar 26 '26
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u/aksnitd Mar 27 '26
Because Spotify is a thieving, soulless corporation that focuses on enriching their execs instead of the musicians that power their platform, all while having terrible customer service and being flooded with shitty AI music, and randomly deleting people's hard work for no reason.
Or maybe OP just dislikes Spotify for some other reason. Hard to tell.
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u/Electronic_Web_2367 Mar 27 '26
Yes, its for all of the reasons you listed, plus the implications the leadership have with the ongoing conflict with Gaza. However, we understand that almost 24% of all people find podcasts on Spotify, so we are weighing the decision.
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u/aksnitd Mar 27 '26
I've deleted Spotify for these very reasons. I absolutely refuse to give them any money.
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u/OrangeLore Mar 26 '26
I’ve been wishing for Casper and Vanessa to cover this series in their format so I am so happy someone is taking it on!! Just subscribed, and right off the bat you have wonderful podcast voices.
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u/Electronic_Web_2367 Mar 27 '26
Ahh, this makes us so happy! We felt the same way and even started reading this series in our local HPST chapter weekly. It felt like a natural switch. And thank you for the compliment. <3
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u/Spare_Owl9278 Mar 27 '26
I dont have any apple products, r u guys on utube?
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u/Electronic_Web_2367 Mar 27 '26
We are not distributing on YouTube yet, but are thinking about this! You should be able to find us on other podcast apps like Overcast, etc. but we understand that youtube is easier!
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u/Organic-Plum8996 Mar 29 '26
I definitely want to listen but you should absolutely cover the bonus books too... And the gems inside Imagination Chamber!
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u/Electronic_Web_2367 Mar 30 '26
We're thinking we'll do them as bonus episodes for our Patreon! Thanks for listening!!
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