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It's here! The long awaited trashed episode! We actually had a list of things to talk about we are so on top of it. Also, Colleen misremembered that Polygon article.

Lexi & Ben try to dork out about the Potter-verse but end up having a messy and sometimes circular discussion of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, harm, nostalgia, problematic media, death of the author, and what the ultimate legacy of the Harry Potter franchise may be.

Content/Trigger Warning:  Discussion of transphobia, anti-semitism, bigotry, racism, sexual assault and harm.

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Alternatives to the Harry Potter Franchise
  • The Dragon series by Laurence Yep (Thanks, Fiona)
  • His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
  • Discworld by Terry Pratchett
  • Dark Star trilogy by Marlon James
  • The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
  • The Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud
  • The Once and Future King by T. H. White 
  • Little Witch in the Woods
  • Witchbrook
  • Final Fantasy IX

BONUS CONTENT:

• Transgender resources in Canada
  • The Canadian Centre for Gender + Sexual Diversity
  • A Guide to Hormone Therapy for Transgender People
  • Gender Surgeons in Canada
  • Egale (Canada’s leading organization for 2SLGBTQI people and issues)
  • Transgender rights in Canada
  • Trans Equality Society of Alberta
  • Skipping Stone
  • Further resources c/o BIPOC Women's Health Network

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“Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it, through our own apathy.” - J.K. Rowling

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

Help your dorky pals spread the word: share us on social media or give Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods! Thank you for helping us to share our love of all things Dork!

We hope you said your goodbyes to summer because September is here and we've recorded our biggest #tbt yet. This month we are happy to announce our very first themed episode in honour of the start of Fall, Back To School.

The Wheel of Doom's pick might have been too on the nose when we said we wanted something for "The Fall". It chose from a list of YA/children's literature with our Back to School theme and selected a modern retelling of John Milton's Paradise lost, The Golden Compass  by Philip Pullman's (yet another series, sorry not sorry). Quite a fall indeed.

We were sent on a brave yet controversial journey to the North with this critically acclaimed and religiously hated novel. Don't forget your lunch as we join Lyra on her quest to rescue her friends and the world from the greedy hands of the Gobblers.

This podcast includes topics may not be suitable for everyone. This particular novel has a number of triggers that we may be discussing or briefly touching upon. The full list of trigger warnings is available on TheStoryGraph, however, some notable triggers are alcohol, animal cruelty, child death,  religious bigotry,  torture, and violence. 

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER-FREE PODCAST.

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Novel: The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
Intro and outro music: Esteban del Pino - Darlington Products
Book summary music: The Ghosts Of Winter (Moody Ambient Cello) - Dream-Protocol
Elevator sound: Elevator Music bossa nova background music ( Version 60s) - Lesfm

Actor Simone Kirby talks to Chris about her experiences an actor and the impact her work has on her. She talks honestly about the psychological benefits and the challenges to playing different roles. This an engaging and humorous chat were two old friends catch up and talk about the importance of passion for your work and connection.  She shares with Chris her experiences as an actor in theatre,  tv and film.  They talk about her recent roles on Hidden Assets and His Dark Materials.  And they explore the challenges the pandemic had on her work.

Alex Cortright is a writer with a love for learning and discussing story, especially sci-fi and fantasy!

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In this video, I tried to make sense of my thoughts surrounding the 2007 Golden Compass film directed by Chris Weitz and the His Dark Materials HBO series. I took a trip down memory lane along the way to delve deeper into Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass as well to tie it all together into a somewhat large piece I hope you all enjoy!

Are book to movie/tv/theatre/videogame adaptations ever good?

We start to answer this question in our latest minisode... and then get sidetracked by talking about which adaptations we've liked and disliked. Important stuff, you know.

We're not (fully) sober in this episode, so if you're not comfortable with that, no problem. You can skip this one. Drink and smoke responsibly. (But also it's not really that great, anyways, so...)

Also, yes, Jess said Gary Oldman instead of Gary Marshall. It's okay, it's a mistake. Get over it. 

Episode 9 of BYOB, the Bring Your Own Book Podcast, featuring Nikki, Kelly, and Tilly! Every episode we'll discuss the book we read and pair it with a drink inspired by the book.

In this episode, we discuss Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass", and we even take a quiz from Epic Reads to figure out what anima each of our daemon's would appear as. If you want to find out yours, we've linked the quiz below! Tag us on facebook or instagram with your result- we'd love to hear it. :)

Epic Reads' "What Form Would Your Daemon Settle As?" Quiz: https://tinyurl.com/ekd7v3e2

This episode's drink is a Polar Bear Hot Chocolate!

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"The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman: https://tinyurl.com/4wuhw4u8

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In this piece, I try to take apart what has gone wrong with Philip Pullman's latest novel, The Secret Commonwealth, and how it affects the greater trilogy, The Book Of Dust. I get into Lyra and Pan's relationship, the tone, pacing, and character arcs of the books, with minimal spoilers. 

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And Lyra said unto the world, "tell them true stories." 

In this episode we find out if the screen writers of The Golden Compass tell the true story of Lyra, Pan and Roger at Svalbard. 

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Today we're talking about the one fandom to unite all AUs: His Dark Materials. We talk about how a small fandom became one of the most common sources for alternate universes, as well as why the source material itself might not lend itself that well to fanworks. Plus we find out what our daemons are!

Sources and relevant links for this episode:
“You’re My Present This Year”: An Oral History of the Folgers Incest Ad
His Dark Materials on Fanlore
Bridge to the Stars
His Dark Materials on Yuletide

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In an intermittently analogue-sounding episode (sorry about that, we’ve done our best to eradicate the hiss!), the Fionas talk The Apprentice, Northern Lights and try to gain some perspective on our constantly noisy digital world. Plus, Hollow has some wisdom about values, there’s a mention of some retro kids TV and both Fionas are making space for creative fun.

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In this week’s episode we talk about speed bumps in our reading (aptly and awkwardly named spreeding bumps), Vee accepts a Contact challenge, and Jess breaks her book buying ban. Also of note: the need for good male role models, ~mood books~, not-quite-fantasy books, Monday meltdowns, The Four Doorways, and our very first fan mail!

Vee reviews La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust # 1) by Philip Pullman, the prequel to the His Dark Materials series: an ageless Gaslamp fantasy whose mundane spy roots plunge unexpectedly into the fairy world. Long live Norman!

Jess reads The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw, a well-written book about ghost witches, revenge, and romance - all unfortunately set at the wrong time of year. Womp womp.

And sorry for the low audio volume. We’re figuring things out. 

Our Favouritest Book(s)

Welcome to our podcast where we rant about books. In this very first episode we talk about our favourite books - the ones that brought us to where we are today, the ones that we’ll never shake loose. Vee discovers she’s a witch and Jess confesses her childhood truths. A lot of giggling, a generous serving of awko taco, and a whole load of opinions all around. 

Recommendations for future books welcome! 

In this episode of Orms Air we're changing things up and are turning the microphones on ourselves to give you a glimpse into where producer Jess Semple and host Rachel Reeves seek creative enrichment.

We'd love to hear where you go to seek inspiration, get in touch with us by emailing ormsair@orms.co.za or by rating and commenting on this episode of Orms Air wherever you listen to your podcasts.

In this episode Jess Semple mentions:

• The Collective now known as Anthill Films and suggests the following documentaries ROAM and Seasons.
• Andrew Siwicki and suggests the following YouTube videos to find out more; I'm Into That Episode 4 and Investigating Conspiracies with Shane Dawson
• YouTuber Cody Ko and recommends the following article and YouTube video to find out more; Forbes article written by Tom Ward and BUILD series video
• Musician Logic, whose work can be found on Spotify and Apple Music. Jess suggests watching the Band Together documentary which can be found on YouTube here. If you're interested in her recommendations of which music videos are a great introduction to Logic's music be sure to check out Black SpiderMan, 1-800-273-8255 and Take It Back.

In this episode Rachel Reeves mentions:

• Author Philip Pullman and specifically his trilogy His Dark Materials, you can find out more information about Philip Pullmans work here. If you're interested in reading the His Dark Materials trilogy mentioned you can find it on Loot.co.za here.
• The following authors; Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, the late Toni Morrison and poet Naomi Shihab Nye.
• Musician Frank Ocean whose work can be found on Apple Music and Spotify. Frank Ocean's work can be found via his Blonded website as well as his Tumblr account. Rachel also references his photographic work a part of which can be found on Orms Connect here.
• Musician Moses Sumney whose work can be found on Apple Music

For this month's study, Sophie and Mark took on the insurmountable task of trying to analyse one of the most popular, but immensely complex, young-adult fantasy stories in modern times: His Dark Materials.

They absolutely failed to cover everything, so make sure to send them angry tweets about everything that they missed.

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