EP.102 - PHILIP PULLMAN

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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British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam makes the jingles and 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 and Joe.You can find many of the jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as bonus material, merchandise and a selection of funny and brilliant YouTube videos on Adam's website: adam-buxton.co.ukYes, Adam is writing this himself using the third person. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.