His Dark Materials

Anya and Alan talk about “Donar the Great” and how it is more than it seems. Anya loves how Mr. Wednesday’s backstory is a commentary on the inefficiencies of Capitalism, Alan loves how this episode adapts the book, and no one quite understands Lou Reed. But we all worship him. Notes to come soon- …

Anya and Alan talk about Racism, Voodoo, and how Tolkien ripped off Thor in this week’s episode “The Ways of the Dead”. We take a deep dive on Alan’s opinions on Religious Theory, and Anya’s take on how this episode successfully marries historical violence to modern day problems. And the sex was we…

Anya and Alan talk Three Beats that are Five Beats, Adaptation, and Chekhov’s shotgun. “The Treasure of the Sun” is a rich multi-layered episode that we dive into. Learn about Banshees, the origin of The Eye of Sauron, and how things went down in the book. A Three Beat is a popular narrative struct…

Alan explains why our podcast about the Season 2 finale will be late! Don’t worry, its nothing serious. Also, some bonus news! “Pirated Promo Screeners of American Gods Leak Online” by Ernesto written for TorrentFreak.com explains what happened to cause STARZ to withdraw their screeners. Our Theme …