Welcome to Extraneous, the podcast that goes deep on the stories we love, and comes back with a little something extra. Join us on an epic journey through all of Supernatural, and a reread and discussion of His Dark Materials, starting THIS WEEK. Subscribe now!
Extraneous: His Dark Materials is here! Meet Melissa and Will, and delve into the beautiful story written by Philip Pullman. 0:00 — 6:12: Intro, history of the book series 6:12 —11:28: The Epigraph, Paradise Lost, What It All Means 11:28 —42:33: Chapter Review (1-5, Golden Compass/Northern Lights) 42:30 —1:00: Portrait Gallery: Who we met in these chapters and the impact they made 1:00 —1:08: Daemonology 1:08 —1:13: Universe Building: The concepts and artifacts Pullman introduces 1:13 —1:15: The Alethiometer! This episode's chapters, summarized by alethiometer symbols 1:15 —1:22: His Dark Materials, The Playlist: Will chooses five songs that summarize this episode's reading/characters/themes 1:22 —1:25: The Extra Award: Who was the most extra in this set of chapters? 1:25: Wrap-up!
We are back and fishing up part one of book one of the His Dark Materials series! Phew! In this episode, we meet the Gyptians, we explore the Great Taboo, we get five more amazing additions to our playlist...and Lyra starts to read the Alethiometer. Also, who gets the Extra award? This one might surprise you. Times: 0:00: Intro 0:01: Chapters 6-9, summary/characters/themes/ideas 0:50:35: Demonology 1:01:17: Worldbuilding details: The North and more 1:06:07: The Alethiometer 1:08:34:His Dark Materials, The Playlist 1:18:15: The Extra Award 1:20:35: Wrap-up
The Fancy Goose of Exposition appears in this episode to help us grasp the wonderings and the musings of Lyra, John Faa, and the Gyptians as they travel north. And we welcome, with great fanfare, the consequential characters of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scoresby. Travel with us through the chapter 10 (00:01:19), chapter 11 (00:36:51), and chapter 12 (01:03:30); then hear some overall thoughts about what we learned (01:11:29), followed by our Alethiometer readings (01:15:53), the Mixtape (01:19:48), and the Extra Award (01:26:23). It's a crazy week and we are JUST getting going with this! Join us! Also make sure to check out theHis Dark Materials Mixtape! This podcast is a part of the Mischief Media network. Follow us on Twitter @extraneouspod and Instagram @extraneous.pod Hosts: Melissa Anelli and Will Redden // Produced by Melissa Anelli // Audiobook clips (c) Penguin Random House
Will and Melissa break down the new His Dark Materials trailer: what's in it, what's not, and what the actors, writer, and producer said at San Diego Comic Con! Join us as we FREAK OUT with this raw, unedited, instant reaction pod. Let us know what you thought by getting us at @extraneouspod on Twitter and @extraneous.pod on IG!
His Dark Materials gets darker, thornier, and even harder to tackle, but Melissa and Will are going to take you through it! In these chapters, we get to the Fields of Evil, Bolvangar itself. Chilling. After our intro, join us to discuss Ch 13 (00:01:33), Ch 14 (00:35:16), andCh 15 (00:54:04), then some overall impressions (01:09:17), our Alethiometer readings (01:16:38), the HDM Mixtape (01:20:51), the Extra Award (01:29:13), and our wrap-up (01:32:19). PLUS we have a question for you this week and will every week from now on: Who is your favorite HDM character? Tell us by twitter (@extraneouspod) or IG (@extraneous.pod), or better yet send us a voicemail at extraneouspod@gmail.com and we can play it on the show! Remember to rate/review/etc! Also make sure to check out theHis Dark Materials Mixtape! Hosts: Melissa Anelli and Will Redden // Produced by Melissa Anelli and Adam Molina // Audiobook clips (c) Penguin Random House
It is an emotional episode this week as we walk with Lyra down the cold, steel mile at Bolvangar. Cry with us, laugh with us, BE EXTRA with us. Also, we have a new segment! We'll start off with a sorting (this time Lee Scoresby) (00:02:13), followed by our breakdown of chapters16-17 (00:07:56). Then we'll give our overall impressions of the chapters (01:31:04), our Alethiometer reading (01:34:23), this week's HDM Mixtape (01:38:37), andExtra Award (01:48:26). What form does your daemon take? Tell us by twitter (@extraneouspod) or IG (@extraneous.pod), or better yet send us a voicemail at extraneouspod@gmail.com and we can play it on the show! Remember to rate/review/etc! Also make sure to check out theHis Dark Materials Mixtape! Hosts: Melissa Anelli and Will Redden // Produced by Melissa Anelli and Adam Molina // Audiobook clips (c) Penguin Random House
We are taking a small breather between parts two and three of Golden Compass to check in, take stock, award someone with entrance to the Extra Hall of Fame, add songs to our mixtape, and introduce the PotterCastian concept of Canon Conundrums to Extraneous! This is a short one, just a little calm before the storm of the final chapters of Golden Compass. Also Melissa adds an AMAZING song to the Mixtape and don’t you forget it. Remember, we still want to know what form your daemon takes!Tell us by twitter (@extraneouspod) or IG (@extraneous.pod), or better yet send us a voicemail at extraneouspod@gmail.com and we can play it on the show! Remember to rate/review/etc! Also make sure to check out theHis Dark Materials Mixtape! Hosts: Melissa Anelli and Will Redden // Produced by Melissa Anelli and Adam Molina // Audiobook clips (c) Penguin Random House
BEARS! We are in Svalbard and there are a lot of bears about, none of which stands as tall as Lyra. We get started with our sorting segment, and the honor of our consideration this week goes toSerafina Pekkala (00:01:58). Next, we move on to our breakdown of chapters 18-19 (00:06:29, 00:50:54). Then, we have our overall impressions of these chapters (01:26:01),our Alethiometer reading (01:28:53), this week’s HDM Mixtape (01:34:17), and Extra Award (01:39:53). Remember, we still want to know what form your daemon takes!Tell us by twitter (@extraneouspod) or IG (@extraneous.pod), or better yet send us a voicemail at extraneouspod@gmail.com and we can play it on the show! Remember to rate/review/etc! Also make sure to check out theHis Dark Materials Mixtape! Produced by Melissa Anelli // assoc. producer Madison Ray //Audiobook clips (c) Penguin Random House
It's THUNDERDOME and we are in it with Iorek and Iofur. In our Sorting (00:06:00) we decide where to place the Usurper Bear King, Iofur Raknison; then it's every last detail of Mortal Combat, Ch 20 (00:10:41), followed by our alethiometer readings (00:53:00), the Mixtape (00:56:12), and our Extra Award (01:00:27). Just one chapter this week as we get ready for Dumbledo- we mean, Asriel, to arrive next time. Remember, we still want to know what form your daemon takes!Tell us by twitter (@extraneouspod) or IG (@extraneous.pod), or better yet send us a voicemail at extraneouspod@gmail.com and we can play it on the show! Remember to rate/review/etc! Also make sure to check out theHis Dark Materials Mixtape! Produced by Melissa Anelli // hosts Melissa Anelli and William Redden // Audiobook clips (c) Penguin Random House