Wesley from the Bookwarm Games podcast joins Evan to discuss Season 3 Episode 3:The Intention Craft. With Iorek’s help, Lyra and Will attempt to mend the subtleknife — as well as their differing opinions on Lyra’s plan to go to the

Season 3 Episode 2: The Break with Winston

Dec 19th, 2022

New guest Winston joins Evan to discuss Season 3 Episode 2: The Break. Mrs.Coulter is holed up with Lyra while Will, The Magisterium, and Asriel convergeon her location. Featuring a stellar Ruth Wilson performance, some great momen

Season 3 Episode 1: The Enchanted Sleeper with Mia

Dec 11th, 2022

Shadow Particles returns for Season 3 of His Dark Materials! This season Evanwill be covering one episode per week, ignoring the TV series’ screwy releaseschedule: two episodes per week on HBO, with the entire show dropping on BBC

Season 2 Episode 7: Æsahættr with Renee

Dec 30th, 2020

Evan discusses the Season 2 finale with returning guest Renee. Will finallymeets his father, Mrs. Coulter kidnaps Lyra, and we see some majorcharacter deaths and the return of two big characters from season 1. Thanks forlistening!

Season 2 Episode 6: Malice with @jeffinitelyjeff

Dec 24th, 2020

Evan discusses Episode 6 of Season 2 withJeff Ruberg, a.k.a. @jeffinitelyjeff(host of the Love It Or Weeb It and Podigious podcasts).This episode is a bit of a bridge, setting us up for the finale, but it still has afew high poin

Season 2 Episode 5: The Scholar with @illegenes

Dec 21st, 2020

Evan discusses Episode 5 of Season 2 withNatasha, a.k.a. @illegenes (check out her animeblogging on Isn’t It Electrifying).It’s a high-stakes heist episode in which Lyra and Will sneak into Lord Boreal’shouse, but we spend a lot

Season 2 Episode 4: Tower of the Angels with @tiffysniffs

Dec 10th, 2020

Evan discusses Episode 4 of Season 2 withTiffany, a.k.a. @tiffysniffs, another hugefan of the books! This episode is the most exciting one yet, with multipleaction scenes and the long-awaited introduction of the Subtle Knife andS

Season 2 Episode 3: Theft with @sasuraiger

Dec 3rd, 2020

Evan discusses Episode 3 of Season 2 withDave, a.k.a. @sasuraiger, the first non-book reader guest ofSeason 2! This episode has got some more development in Lyra and Will’srelationship, the titular theft of the alethiometer by Lor

Season 2 Episode 2: The Cave with @caraesten

Nov 27th, 2020

Returning guest Cara joins Evan to discussEpisode 2 of Season 2. Lyra explores Will’s Oxford and meets the wonderful MaryMalone (one of Evan’s favorite characters), Mrs. Coulter orchestrates FatherMcPhail’s rise to power, plus lot

Season 2 Episode 1: The City of Magpies with @liamdanger

Nov 18th, 2020

Shadow Particles is back for His Dark Materials Season 2! Returning hostEvan Minto and first-time guest LiamCampbell gush about Lyra and Will’s firstmeeting and the show-don’t-tell character writing that sets this first episodeof

Episode 8: Betrayal with @QX20XX

Jan 4th, 2020

Evan is joined by his Ani-Gamers Podcast co-host David Estrella (@QX20XX) to wrap up the first season of His Dark Materials. The season finale, “Betrayal,” shows a darker side of Lord Asriel and ups the story’s stakes to cosmic level

Episode 7: The Fight to the Death with Renee

Dec 22nd, 2019

Evan sits down with his friend Renee to discuss the seventh and second-to-last episode of His Dark Materials Season 1: “The Fight to the Death.” This is a jam-packed episode covering Iorek’s battle with Iofur over the right to rule the Svalbard

Episode 7: The Fight to the Death with Renee

Dec 22nd, 2019

Episode 6: The Daemon-Cages with @WanderinDreamr

Dec 12th, 2019

Evan sits down with Helen (@WanderinDreamr) to chat about the sixth episode of His Dark Materials: “The Daemon-Cages.” We finally get a glimpse into Bolvangar and the experiments that the Magisterium has been conducting, as well as s

Episode 5: The Lost Boy with @illegenes

Dec 5th, 2019

This episode Evan talks to Natasha (@illegenes) about the fifth episode of His Dark Materials: “The Lost Boy.” Things are really kicking into gear now, with Lyra and the Gyptians discovering the true nature of the Magisterium’s opera

Episode 4: Armour with @kyle_cardine

Nov 27th, 2019

Once again Evan is joined by a guest who hasn’t read the books: Kyle (@kyle_cardine) comes on the show to talk about the fourth episode of His Dark Materials: “Armour.” We discuss the introductions of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnison,

Episode 3: The Spies with @jeffinitelyjeff

Nov 21st, 2019

Evan is joined by series newcomer Jeff (@jeffinitelyjeff) to talk about the third episode of His Dark Materials: “The Spies,” which focuses on the Gyptians and features another entry in the continuing adventure of Lord Boreal Doing R

Episode 2: The Idea of North with @caraesten

Nov 14th, 2019

Evan is joined by Cara (@caraesten) to talk about the second episode of His Dark Materials: The Idea of North,” which surprised us both with a bunch of twists delivered much earlier than they are in the books!Email questions and r

Episode 1: Lyra’s Jordan with @buttpraxis

Nov 10th, 2019

Our inaugural episode! Host Evan Minto sits down with Mia (@buttpraxis) to talk about the first episode of His Dark Materials: “Lyra’s Jordan.”Email questions and responses to [email protected]!Podcast art photo c