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Join writer Elizabeth Flux and comedian Ben McKenzie on their six* year mission to discuss every Terry Pratchett book! A Splendid Chaps Productions podcast. https://pratchatpodcast.com * ...ish.

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Storyteller and librarian Roslyn Quin joins Liz and Ben as they discover there's nowt as queer as folklore, whether on #Discworld or Roundworld, in #TerryPratchett's 2008 collaboration with Dr Jacqueline Simpson: The Folklore of Discworld! #Pratchat93

pratchatpodcast.com#Pratchat93 – We’re Not Here to Folk SpidersStoryteller and librarian Roslyn Quin joins Liz and Ben to discover there's nowt as queer as folklore, as we discuss Terry Pratchett's 2008 (and 2009 and 2014) collaboration with folklorist Jacqueline Simpson, The Folklore of Discworld. Wherever there are folk, you're find folklore: the stories, traditions, superstitions and more that tell people who they are, and make up their world.
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Hey all - we regret to say Pratchat isn’t back to normal this month. Work pressures and illness have prevented us from making a new episode, or getting our last recorded one out the door. But we are hoping to regroup and come back with a plan soon. Thanks for your patience.

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Do you need something to listen to in the background? Do you have that last commute of the day? Or do you just want to listen to people chatting about Discworld. Well, then we have something for you.

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The July episode of Discworld Order is out now! Comic creators @brandtandstein.com joined Mark to discuss the 26th Discworld novel, Thief of Time. They discussed the nature of comedy, what it means to be human and the Way of Mrs Cosmopolite. 📦 bit.ly/4flNBmM 🍎 bit.ly/44M3D3n 🟢 bit.ly/4aFwxFL

bit.lyE25 - Thief of TimePodcast Episode · Discworld Order · July 6 · 1h 2m
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Our #DiscworldNoir episode with Leena van Deventer has been delayed - but only until later this month! Here’s a little taste - a bit we cut out, recommending other videogames.

pratchatpodcast.comThe Waiting GamesIt’s another little episode about a delay - but this time, only until later this month! To tide you over, here’s a little bit cut from the full Discworld Noir chat, in which guest Leena van Deventer helps us recommend some other games. Some brief episode notes: The fan-made German Discworld adventure game is Ein Scheibenwelt-Adventure by Raphael Kirschke, published in 2003.
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We are also excited because we are that podcast! Leena will be discussing the 1999 videogame Discworld Noir with us. Please send us any questions you want us to tackle ASAP! #Pratchat94

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Some solid picks here from Ed Power, but it’s telling that if you asked ten other #TerryPratchett fans (including me) you’d likely get ten quite different lists. There’s much more agreement about the bottom ten, I reckon! And this isn’t even including his non-Discworld work.

inews.co.ukI've read all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels - these are the 10 bestThe 41 books set in the weird and sometimes wacky fantasy world are some of his best loved. Here's where new readers should start

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Tansy Rayner Roberts
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I think one of the upsetting things about the AI art discourse is that it has revealed (all over again) how many people in the world are genuinely angry and resentful that some artists get paid for a living.

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The morning air smelled of lilac. 'I recall a battle once,' said Dickins, looking up at a tree. In history, it was. And there was this company, see, and they was a ragtag of different squads and all covered in mud in any case, and they found themselves hiding in a field of carrots.’ [1/3]

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‘So as a badge they all pulled up carrots and stuck them on their helmets, so's they'd know who their friends were and incidentally have a nourishing snack for later, which is never to be sneezed at on a battlefield.' [2/3]

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'Well! So what?' said Dibbler. 'So what's wrong with a lilac flower?' said Dickins, reaching up and pulling down a laden branch. 'Makes a spanking plume, even if you can't eat it..?’ And now, Vimes thought, it ends. - Terry Pratchett, Night Watch (2002) [3/3]

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We now have a recording date set for our next episode, discussing the Folklore of Discworld! Send in your questions about the book, or about folklore and the Disc in general, over the next week. #Pratchat93

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We’re very sorry about this, but for another month we’re unable to bring you our scheduled Folklore of Discworld episode. Keep an ear out for when we'll be back, and in the meantime, why not try one of the many other Discworld podcasts?

pratchatpodcast.comThe Folklore of AnnouncementsAnother brief announcement from Ben that our Folklore of Discworld episode has been delayed for a third month! We’re very sorry about this. Hopefully we’ll be back on track soon; watch this space. Ben mentioned the following active Discworld podcasts you could try out: DiscWorld Order, who most recently discsused The Fifth Elephant Dining Table Discworld, whose most recent book was also…
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Recorded LIVE at the tenth Australian Discworld Convention in Sydney, our latest episode discusses Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent’s 2023 book, Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch! #PratchatNAX #NullusAnxietasX

pratchatpodcast.com#PratchatNAX – The Snail TrickLiz and Ben were once again fortunate to be guests of the Australian Discworld Convention - this time in Sydney! In this live recording from day two of Nullus Anxietas X: A Celebration of Witches, we discuss Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent’s 2023 book, Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch. (We previously interviewed Rhianna and Gabrielle about it in Pratchat74, “
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Thank you and a huge congratulations to all at @ausdwcon.org for another great convention! Our live episode recorded yesterday will be out later this month. And we’ll see you all at the next one in 2028 in Melbourne!

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A brief announcement: we've had to delay our Folklore of Discworld episode again to May. But we’ll see you at the Australian #Discworld Convention this weekend, and bring you our live episode later this month!

pratchatpodcast.comThe Announcement of FolkloreA brief announcement from Ben that our Folklore of Discworld episode has been delayed another month - but we’ll get you our live episode from the Australian Discworld Convention ASAP, later this month! Our interview with Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent about Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch can be found in #Pratchat74, “Hogswitch”, from January 2024.

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The Fifth Elephant part 2 In the second part of our first 2-parter (which is also the 2nd book of the Uberwald duology) we discuss dwarf gender, Trigger's Broom, Igors and Uberwald, with some digressions. Content note: discussion of UK transphobia diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

diningtablediscworld.podbean.comDining Table Discworld - Fifth Elephant, Part 2 | Dining Table DiscworldIn the second part of our discussion about The Fifth Elephant we discuss dwarf gender and femininity, plus how the Scone was stolen. Also some of the mysteries of Uberwald, like Igors and vampires who...
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You had us at “annotated by Rincewind”.

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The Discworld Bestiary to be published this October! terrypratchett.com/news/the-dis...

terrypratchett.com'The Discworld Bestiary' to be published October 2026 | Terry PratchettToday Transworld and Ten Speed Press in the US announced the publication unleashing of The Discworld Bestiary – a guide to some of the most fearsome, bizarre and unusual creatures from across the disc...
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#PratchatIWDTBR – Rights. Justice. Action. Books. Our March episode has been delayed. To mark International Women's Day 2026, here’s a bonus episode in which Ben passes on recommendations of women to read if you like Terry Pratchett - mostly from listeners like you! You can find all the authors…

pratchatpodcast.com#PratchatIWDTBR – Rights. Justice. Action. Books.Our March episode has been delayed. To mark International Women's Day 2026, here’s a bonus episode in which Ben passes on recommendations of women to read if you like Terry Pratchett - mostly from listeners like you! You can find all the authors and podcasts mentioned in this episode below. The official home of International Women’s Day is unwomen.org…
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Life has found a way…to disrupt production of our next episode. We must regretfully push it to April. But we won’t leave you empty-eared! For International Women’s Day, we’d love to share your recommendations of female authors for Pratchett fans! Diana Wynn Jones, Ursula Le Guin…who else?

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I talk about one of the games that made me love games: Discworld II. 🧙 ALSO: Justice for Granny Weatherwax!

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Death has...gone. People have stopped dying - but they don’t just keep living, either. Someone needs to find Death and get him back to work, and that someone is you! Except you’re Rincewind. Again. (Sorry.) @katclay.com joins us to discuss the 1996 videogame, Discworld 2: Missing, Presumed...!?

pratchatpodcast.com#Pratchat92 – Sand of the Scrounge WizardWriter and game designer Kat Clay joins Liz and Ben to point and click on Rincewind once more, as we discuss the 1996 graphic adventure game Discworld 2: Missing, Presumed...!? from Perfect Entertainment. When the wizard Windle Poons dies, no-one comes to collect his soul - and this isn’t the first time Death has been derelict in his duty. Something must be done, and the Archchancellor knows just the man for the job: so-called wizard and veteran videogame protagonist, Rincewind!
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Death has...gone. People have stopped dying - but they don’t just keep living, either. Someone needs to find Death and get him back to work, and that someone is you! Except you’re Rincewind. Again. (Sorry.) @katclay.com joins us to discuss the 1996 videogame, Discworld 2: Missing, Presumed...!?

pratchatpodcast.com#Pratchat92 – Sand of the Scrounge WizardWriter and game designer Kat Clay joins Liz and Ben to point and click on Rincewind once more, as we discuss the 1996 graphic adventure game Discworld 2: Missing, Presumed...!? from Perfect Entertainment. When the wizard Windle Poons dies, no-one comes to collect his soul - and this isn’t the first time Death has been derelict in his duty. Something must be done, and the Archchancellor knows just the man for the job: so-called wizard and veteran videogame protagonist, Rincewind!
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It’s nearly time to record our next episode, #Pratchat92, about the 1996 videogame, Discworld II: Missing, Presumed…!? Can Rincewind solve the mystery of why people aren’t dying properly? Get your questions in ASAP about the second #Discworld graphic adventure!

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When is an encyclopaedia not an encyclopaedia? Maybe when everything in it is made up… Liz and Ben discuss The #Discworld Companion in its various forms, but mostly the current edition, The Ultimate Discworld Companion, from Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. #Pratchat91 (optional)

pratchatpodcast.com#Pratchat91 – We Can Reference It For You WholesaleLiz and Ben do a little light Summer reading as they tackle one of the biggest Discworld books of all - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs’ The Discworld Companion, in all its various editions (but mostly 2021’s The Ultimate Discworld Companion). From the Abbott of the History Monks, to dimensionally-displaced traveller Jack Zweiblumen, the Discworld Companion is an alphabetical encyclopaedia of everything Discworld!
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Our next episode, #Pratchat91, will discuss The #Discworld Companion! What favourite entries would you like us to discuss? What questions did it answer - and what (or who) was missing? Get your questions and suggestions in ASAP - reply here, use the hashtag, or send us an email!

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Our new special episode about the Hogfather TV show references a couple of other podcasts that recently talked about David Jason: Comfort Blanket (hosted by @gralefrit.bsky.social), specifically the Count Duckula episode. @xplainthexmen.bsky.social, specifically episode 507 which has Hogfather info.

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It's the shortest day of the year (where we are), so what better time to discuss the Hogfather TV adaptation. Angels & creatures are omitted, a pixie is briefly added, everyone's doing good work. We brush past how the longest night works on the Disc. Happy Hogswatch! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vst6y-...

podbean.comDining Table Discworld - Hogfather TVWe discuss the live action, TV adaptation of Hogfather. Including what's changed from the book, how menacing Mark Warren is, and the quality of the visuals. Also is the Ankh the Maris Crane of rivers?...
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Is that a steam train - in Ankh-Morpork? Psychologist Craig Hildebrand-Burke joins Liz and Ben to put on our anoraks and write "40" in our notebooks for a gradely discussion of #TerryPratchett's penultimate #Discworld novel: Raising Steam! #Pratchat90

pratchatpodcast.com#Pratchat90 – Mind the GinnungagapPsychologist Craig Hildebrand-Burke rejoins Liz and Ben as we don our flat caps and anoraks, as we make sense of Terry Pratchett's penultimate Discworld novel, 2013's Raising Steam. Dick Simnel has created Iron Girder, the Disc's first steam engine - and he's brought it to Ankh-Morpork seeking an investor. He finds one in Sir Harry King, who is keen to be known as the King of something other than what brought him his wealth.

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17 years ago THIS VERY DAY, @ifdestroyed.bsky.social & I released the first episode of House to Astonish, a podcast of comic book news & reviews with a bit of mucking about at the end. To mark the occasion, I thought you might want to hear that first mildly wonky episode! archive.org/details/Hous...

archive.orgHouse To Astonish Archive : Al Kennedy and Paul O'Brien : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveAn archive of the first 51 episodes of comic book podcast House to Astonish, previously made available for free via Podomatic.com but now otherwise unavailable.
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In case you missed it yesterday: #Pratchat89 is out now! Join Liz, Ben and @pcgamer.com’s Jody Macgregor as we discuss the very reasonable and logical 1995 graphic adventure game #Discworld. Find us wherever you get your podcasts to hear all about this tale of donkeys, octopuses and custard…

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A cult of has summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork to topple the Patrician! And of course the only one who can save the city is...Rincewind? PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to talk about the 1995 point and click adventure game #Discworld, as shouted at by Terry Pratchett!

pratchatpodcast.com#Pratchat89 – An Awfully Teeny Weeny AdventureGames journalist and PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to take control of an oddly Pythonesque Rincewind and discuss the 1995 graphic adventure game Discworld from Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions. A nefarious secret society has summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork! It’s a suspiciously familiar plot, and of course the only one who can save the city is...Rincewind?
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Our next episode, #Pratchat89, is recording this weekend - and we’re discussing the #Discworld point and click adventure game from 1995! Ben may have lost the box and the disc but he still has his original manual… If you have questions, get them in ASAP!

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Join us (finally) for a new episode as @brendanbarnett.bsky.social chats with Ben* about how one man can draw so many wizards, witches, dragons, guards, goblins and other denizen of the Disc, as we read Paul Kidby’s Designing Terry Pratchett’s #Discworld! #Pratchat88 * Liz will be back next month!

pratchatpodcast.com#Pratchat88 – They’re All Good Dragons, BrontIllustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby’s 2…
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A quick numbering note: the new episode about Designing Discworld is #Pratchat88, not #Pratchat89 as erroneously reported by us. #Pratchat89 will discuss the Discworld graphic adventure game, and #Pratchat90 will discuss Raising Steam. Ben promises to double-check his spreadsheet in future!

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#Pratchat88 – They’re All Good Dragons, Bront Illustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby's 2024 gorgeous coffee table book, Designing Terry Pratchett's…

pratchatpodcast.com#Pratchat88 – They’re All Good Dragons, BrontIllustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby's 2024 gorgeous coffee table book, Designing Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Paul Kidby started bringing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld to life when, on the third attempt, he showed off his skill to the author by drawing his own versions of Discworld characters who had so captured his imagination.
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Listeners, we have recorded #Pratchat89, discussing Paul Kidby’s book Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and it is coming out this month! But after several setbacks and problems, it will not come out today. We’re hoping it will be later this week. Thanks for bearing with us.