His Dark Materials

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 ...

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 The ...

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 str ...

Anya and Alan discuss classical music and spirituality thanks to The Greatest Story Ever Told. What is the best music to write code to? Why does the god of Money live in St Louis? Why does Technical Boy fail to sway his worshiper? We don’t have answers, but we sure do talk about it all. This epi ...