Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book club
210 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsJoin writer Elizabeth Flux and comedian Ben McKenzie on their six(ish) year mission to read every Terry Pratchett novel – not just the Discworld ones! They’ll read one a month, and discuss them with special guests, puns and footnotes. Episodes released on the 8th of each month (Australian time); check pratchatpodcast.com and the end of each episode for notice of the next book, and send in questions to us via social media! The explicit tag represents a fairly average Australian level of coarse language.
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Episodes
Wrong in the Start Place (Terry Pratchett Day 2024)
May 07, 2024 22:08 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBThe scheduling goblins got us this month, and we’ve had to delay our planned short story episode. But while we get that sorted out, Ben’s embracing the chaos - and the theme of Terry Pratchett Day 2024, “Start in the Wrong Place”! Join him as he shares some of your stories of unusual places to start reading Pratchett. If you’d like to honour Terry, you can find a list of his preferred charities (and a recipe for banana daiquiris) at the Terry Pratchett Day page at terrypratchettbooks.com. I...
Real Men Don’t Drink...Decaf (Monstrous Regiment)
April 08, 2024 10:08 - 2 hours - 77 MBKiwi writer and poet Freya Daly Sadgrove joins Liz and Ben from Sydney as we adjust our uniforms and march into the horrible realities of war (class, gender and literal) to discuss Terry Pratchett's thirty-first Discworld novel, 2003’s Monstrous Regiment. Polly Perks has cut off her hair, put on some trousers and joined the army under the name of Oliver, all so she can find her strong but gentle-minded brother, Paul. Is soon turns out that her regiment, led by the infamous Sergeant Jackrum w...
The First News Blast (Discworld book and RPG news)
March 24, 2024 21:08 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBOur Monstrous Regiment episode still isn’t quite ready, so we’ve had to push it to April. In the meantime, Ben gets nerdy about some recent Discworld and Pratchett news about books and roleplaying games. A few brief notes: “50 Years of Terry Pratchett” was actually announced in November 2021, marking fifty years since the publication of The Carpet People in 1971. (In Ben’s defence, those early pandemic years all blur into one.) It kicked off with a new print and audiobook edition of that bo...
A Monstrous Delay (IWD bonus mini-episode)
March 07, 2024 21:08 - 5 minutes - 2.8 MBOur Monstrous Regiment episode won’t be ready until later in the month, but we didn’t want to let International Women’s Day pass without some kind of comment. So here’s a mini episode in your feed recommending some other Pratchett and Discworld podcasts hosted by women and non-binary folks. Here’s a list of the Discworld podcasts Ben mentioned: The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret, hosted by Francine Carrel and Joanna Hagan. They covered Monstrous Regiment over three episodes in April 2023: “[REDAC...
...And That Spells Trouble (Guards! Guards! board game)
February 07, 2024 21:08 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBIn this very three-quarters-of-a-century episode, Liz, Ben and guest Dr Melissa Rogerson get out the eight-sided dice and roll for initative - or at least cunning - as we play the 2011 board game, Guards! Guards!, designed by Leonard Boyd and David Brashaw, and based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. The eight great spells have escaped from Unseen University's library, ready to unleash chaos on Ankh-Morpork! Thankfully Commander Vimes has taken charge. He's assigned members of the ...
Hogswitch (with Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent)
January 07, 2024 21:08 - 1 hour - 37.1 MBIn this very special Hogswatch-adjacent episode of Pratchat, Liz and Ben don’t discuss a Terry Pratchett book! Instead, they interview Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent, authors of Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch. Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch is a new lavishly illustrated guidebook to witchcraft, compiled by the famous young witch of the Chalk - with a little help from her friends, of course. Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Miss Tick, Mrs Letice Earwig and more have all a...
This Christmas Goes to Eleven (Father Christmas’ Fake Beard)
December 07, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBIn this very special Christmas episode, Liz and Ben fly without a guest as they turn the seasonal silliness up to maximum and discuss all eleven stories in Terry Pratchett’s 2017 collection of short Christmas stories, Father Christmas’s Fake Beard. It’s not always easy being Father Christmas. You might be forced out of home by a rogue submarine or the harsh reality of a job where you only work one day a year; you might be sent fifty thousand identical letters by a computer or put on trial fo...
How Did Discworld Get to 40? (40th Anniversary Special)
November 23, 2023 21:08 - 42 minutes - 19.8 MB24 November 2023 marks forty years since Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic was first published. That's right - it's Discworld's fortieth birthday! To celebrate, join Pratchat producer and co-host Ben McKenzie as he - and a bunch of special guests - try to figure out why that book, and moreso the Discworld series it started, have endured for so long. This episode is something of an experiment for Pratchat, and as Ben says during the episode, this can't possibly cover all the reasons why t...
The Masked Dancer (“Turntables of the Night")
November 07, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBUnlike some DJs, Liz and Ben do take requests - like this month’s short story! They're joined by comedian and DJ Andrew McClelland to spin discs with the soul collector, as they discuss Terry Pratchett's 1989 short story “Turntables of the Night”. John, one half of the “Hellfire Disco” mobile DJ business, is helping the police with their enquiries. His latest gig, a fairly sedate Halloween party, did not go smoothly - and it all revolves around a mysterious visitor to the dancefloor, who had...
It Belongs in a University (The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day)
October 07, 2023 21:08 - 2 hours - 62.2 MBLiz and Ben are blessed by two returning guests, the Rev Dr Avril Hannah-Jones and Dr Charlotte Pezaro, as they go on one last visit to Roundworld - this time as clerics, wizards and librarians clash over who should take ownership. It’s Terry Pratchett's fourth and final collaboration with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, 2013's The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day. Ponder Stibbons has just activated Unseen University's latest “Great Big Thing”, the culmination of six years’ research (and s...
Punching Up (“Theatre of Cruelty")
September 07, 2023 22:08 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBLiz and Ben are joined by guest author Caimh “C. K.” McDonnell as they read a very early and very short chapter in the history of the Watch: Terry Pratchett’s 1993 short Discworld story, “Theatre of Cruelty”. When the Watch discover a murdered entertainer with pockets full of change, a string of sausages round his neck, and no witnesses to the crime, the Clues are very unhelpful. But Corporal Carrot is on the case - and when it comes to solving the crime, he knows the way to do it... Writt...
Discus Ex Machina (Strata)
August 07, 2023 22:08 - 2 hours - 65.6 MBWe engage the matrix drive and set course for the Discworld that might have been, as EJ Mann joins us to discuss Terry Pratchett’s first attempt at writing a flat Earth, 1981’s Strata. 200-year-old human Kin Arad works for the Company building planets - the traditional, oblate spheroid kind. So when deep space pioneer Jago Jalo shows up wearing an invisibility cloak, and says he’s discovered a flat Earth full of advanced technology, she can’t resist. She’s joined by Marco, a four-armed paran...
Long Fall Sally (The Long Utopia)
July 22, 2023 22:08 - 2 hours - 78 MBWe travel from Victorian London to the ends of an Earth as Deanne Sheldon-Collins returns to the podcast to face the consequences of three books' worth of bad decisions in the fourth Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter Long Earth novel, The Long Utopia. It’s 2052. Datum Earth is dying a slow death in the wake of the Yellowstone eruption. The Earths next door are building space elevators, while a new way of living emerges in the high meggers. Lobsang has died, Maggie Kaufman has retired, Sally...
The Long Footnote (recap of The Long Earth, The Long War and The Long Mars)
July 07, 2023 22:08 - 13 minutes - 6.35 MBOur July episode about The Long Utopia, fourth of the Long Earth series, is going to be late! To tide you over for the next week or so, here’s a long footnote of a bonus episode presenting a quick recap of the Long Earth so far. Was this helpful? Would you like a recap like this for any of the other series we cover? Do you dare us to do this for the Discworld series as whole? (Please don’t...) Let us know what you think, using the hashtag #PratchatPreviously on social media, or get in touch ...
We’re on a Road to Elsewhere (Pratchett news and Discworld Convention interview)
June 07, 2023 22:08 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBWe had very little wriggle room this month, so when we couldn't record at the scheduled time, we had to postpone our episode about Strata. To make sure you’re not left hanging, Ben has conjured up this bonus episode on his own! He’ll discuss the latest news in the world of Terry Pratchett - and there’s surprisingly a lot - and also have a quick chat with Danny Sag, Vice-Chair of Nullus Anxietas, the Australian Discworld Convention, to talk about what makes fan conventions - and Nullus Anxieta...
Eeek Club 2023
May 24, 2023 22:08 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBIt's a third instalment of the Pratchat Eeek Club! Each year, on the Glorious 25th of May, we release a bonus episode discussing topics selected by our "Eeek" tier subscribers. This year, the topics are: What are your ultimate actor castings for Discworld characters? Is there a Discworld equivalent of podcasts? What are your possible Discworld reading orders, and what are their strengths and weaknesses? How would social media work on the Discworld? Do women carry the physical and mental...
Eeek Club 2023 (subscriber questions)
May 24, 2023 22:08 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBIt's a third instalment of the Pratchat Eeek Club! Each year, on the Glorious 25th of May, we release a bonus episode discussing Terry Pratchett-related topics selected by our "Eeek" tier subscribers. This year, the topics are: What are your ultimate actor castings for Discworld characters? Is there a Discworld equivalent of podcasts? What are your possible Discworld reading orders, and what are their strengths and weaknesses? How would social media work on the Discworld? Do women carry...
The Three-Elf Problem (The Witches board game)
May 07, 2023 22:08 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBThis month we welcome back the very game Steve Lamattina as we put on our witch’s hats, grab our brooms and head out into Lancre to solve problems in Martin Wallace's The Witches, the fourth official Discworld board game. As Tiffany Aching or one of her fellow apprentice witches, you’ll run around Lancre solving problems big and small with headology and magic, helped by an assortment of local characters. But it’s not just about getting the highest score - you’ll also need to watch each other...
Ol’ No Eyes Is Back (I Shall Wear Midnight)
April 07, 2023 22:08 - 2 hours - 74 MBReturning guest, author Amie Kaufman heads back to the Chalk with Liz and Ben to face the rough music in a bumper-size discussion of the penultimate Tiffany Aching book, 2010's I Shall Wear Midnight. Tiffany Aching, nearly sixteen, is no longer an apprentice. Now two years under the witch’s hat, she cares for those as can’t care for themselves, and deals with the harsh realities of rural life. But all is not well in the Chalk: the unending need for its only witch is pushing Tiffany to the ed...
Let There Be Gaimans
March 07, 2023 21:08 - 2 hours - 59.3 MBLiz and Ben are joined by writer and publisher Peter M Ball for Pratchat’s first foray into Pratchett’s nonfiction! We discuss fandom, genre, Sharknado, figgins and even fit in six pieces from “A Scribbling Intruder”, the first section of Pratchett's 2014 nonfiction anthology A Slip of the Keyboard. Pratchett writes about the letters he receives from various kinds of fans as a popular genre author in “Kevins” (1993), before revisiting the same topic in the email age and explaining why he qui...
Let There Be Gaimans (A Slip of the Keyboard)
March 07, 2023 21:08 - 2 hours - 59.3 MBLiz and Ben are joined by writer and publisher Peter M Ball for Pratchat’s first foray into Pratchett’s nonfiction! We discuss fandom, genre, Sharknado, figgins and even fit in six pieces from “A Scribbling Intruder”, the first section of Pratchett's 2014 nonfiction anthology A Slip of the Keyboard. Pratchett writes about the letters he receives from various kinds of fans as a popular genre author in “Kevins” (1993), before revisiting the same topic in the email age and explaining why he qui...
GNOME Terry Pratchett (Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor)
February 07, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 38 MBThis month, Ben flies solo with guest Andy Matthews as they reach back into Pratchett’s earliest fiction to discuss Beatrix Potter, writing practice, The Matrix...oh, and Terry's 1973 short story for the Bucks Free Press, “RIncemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor”! The suspiciously familiar-sounding Gnome Rincemangle lives a sad, solitary life on the strange and mysterious (but also wet and cold) Even Moor. One day an owl tells him about the wonders of the nearby human village of Blackbury, so of...
GNOME Terry Pratchett (“Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor”)
February 07, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 38 MBThis month, Ben flies solo with guest Andy Matthews as they reach back into Pratchett’s earliest fiction to discuss Beatrix Potter, writing practice, The Matrix...oh, and Terry's 1973 short story for the Bucks Free Press, “RIncemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor”! The suspiciously familiar-sounding Gnome Rincemangle lives a sad, solitary life on the strange and mysterious (but also wet and cold) Even Moor. One day an owl tells him about the wonders of the nearby human village of Blackbury, so of...
GNOME Terry Pratchett
February 07, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 38 MBThis month, Ben flies solo with guest Andy Matthews as they reach back into Pratchett’s earliest fiction to discuss Beatrix Potter, writing practice, The Matrix...oh, and Terry's 1973 short story for the Bucks Free Press, “RIncemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor”! The suspiciously familiar-sounding Gnome Rincemangle lives a sad, solitary life on the strange and mysterious (but also wet and cold) Even Moor. One day an owl tells him about the wonders of the nearby human village of Blackbury, so of...
Decline by Committee (A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices)
January 07, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBIn this final fourth part of our Thud! trilogy, Liz and Ben are rejoined by designer and educator Matt Roden. As we wait for the biscuits to arrive, we turn our attention to this month’s agenda items: the 2005 Discworld short story “A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices”, and squeezing in a bit more discussion of Thud! Every Thursday the senior faculty of Unseen University have a committee meeting, during which they do very little except wait for the biscuits and tea to arrive - much ...
Decline by Committee
January 07, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBIn this final fourth part of our Thud! trilogy, Liz and Ben are rejoined by designer and educator Matt Roden. As we wait for the biscuits to arrive, we turn our attention to this month’s agenda items: the 2005 Discworld short story “A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices”, and squeezing in a bit more discussion of Thud! Every Thursday the senior faculty of Unseen University have a committee meeting, during which they do very little except wait for the biscuits and tea to arrive - much ...
Decline by Committee (“A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices”)
January 07, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBIn this final fourth part of our Thud! trilogy, Liz and Ben are rejoined by designer and educator Matt Roden. As we wait for the biscuits to arrive, we turn our attention to this month’s agenda items: the 2005 Discworld short story “A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices”, and squeezing in a bit more discussion of Thud! Every Thursday the senior faculty of Unseen University have a committee meeting, during which they do very little except wait for the biscuits and tea to arrive - much ...
#Pratchat62 – There’s a Cow in There
December 07, 2022 21:08 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBIn this very special episode, Liz and Ben are joined by fellow Discworld podcasters Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel on an existential journey deep into our very souls! Yes, it's part three of our Thud!-related trilogy, in which we discuss Where's My Cow? Every night at six o'clock, Sam Vimes, Commander of the City Watch, reads the picture book Where's My Cow? to his one-year-old son, Young Sam. But tonight, in between doing the barnyard noises, Vimes starts to question whether this is reall...
There's a Cow in There (Where's My Cow?)
December 07, 2022 21:08 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBIn this very special episode, Liz and Ben are joined by fellow Discworld podcasters Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel on an existential journey deep into our very souls! Yes, it's part three of our Thud!-related trilogy, in which we discuss Where's My Cow? Every night at six o'clock, Sam Vimes, Commander of the City Watch, reads the picture book Where's My Cow? to his one-year-old son, Young Sam. But tonight, in between doing the barnyard noises, Vimes starts to question whether this is reall...
#Pratchat61 – What Terry Wrote
December 05, 2022 00:43 - 2 hours - 67.5 MBDesigner and educator Matt Roden delves deep under Ankh-Morpork with Liz and Ben as they unravel the mystery of the penultimate City Watch book, 2005's Thud!. As the anniversary of the Battle of Koom Valley approaches, the dwarfs and trolls of Ankh-Morpork find their ancient enmity stirred up - not least by Hamcrusher, a conservative leader of the "Deep Down" dwarfs, who has preached hatred against the trolls. But now Hamcrusher's dead - not that the other deep downers want the Watch to know...
What Terry Wrote (Thud!)
December 05, 2022 00:43 - 2 hours - 67.5 MBDesigner and educator Matt Roden delves deep under Ankh-Morpork with Liz and Ben as they unravel the mystery of the penultimate City Watch book, 2005's Thud!. As the anniversary of the Battle of Koom Valley approaches, the dwarfs and trolls of Ankh-Morpork find their ancient enmity stirred up - not least by Hamcrusher, a conservative leader of the "Deep Down" dwarfs, who has preached hatred against the trolls. But now Hamcrusher's dead - not that the other deep downers want the Watch to know...
The Troll's Gambit (Thud the board game)
November 07, 2022 21:08 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBThings are a bit hectic in Pratchat land this month, so to fill a gap in our schedule while Liz was unavailable, Ben has joined forces with guest academic and professional board game nerd Dr Melissa Rogerson to play and discuss Thud, the game that inspired the novel of the same name! Have you played Thud? Have you ever won as the dwarfs? Is it true that the trolls have an advantage? Are you a Thudmaster with insight to share about standard openings and endgames? We'd love to hear your Thud s...
#PratchatPlaysThud – The Troll’s Gambit
November 07, 2022 21:08 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBThings are a bit hectic in Pratchat land this month, so to fill a gap in our schedule while Liz was unavailable, Ben has joined forces with guest academic and professional board game nerd Dr Melissa Rogerson to play and discuss Thud, the game that inspired the novel of the same name! Have you played Thud? Have you ever won as the dwarfs? Is it true that the trolls have an advantage? Are you a Thudmaster with insight to share about standard openings and endgames? We'd love to hear your Thud s...
Eyes Turnwise (60th episode special)
October 07, 2022 21:08 - 2 hours - 71.3 MBFor our sixtieth episode - our troll's teeth anniversary - Liz and Ben are once again devoting an entire show to answering your questions, about the Discworld, Pratchett's other work, and their own - with an eye on what's still to come. (And yes, we allowed ourselves to break the 2.5 hour limit, just this once.) What would your ideal Pratchett adaptation look like? Who's the best Dicsworld villain? If one of your possessions could be made from sapient pearwood, what would it be? Which books ...
Eyes Turnwise (60th episode special - listener questions)
October 07, 2022 21:08 - 2 hours - 71.3 MBFor our sixtieth episode - our troll's teeth anniversary - Liz and Ben are once again devoting an entire show to answering your questions, about the Discworld, Pratchett's other work, and their own - with an eye on what's still to come. (And yes, we allowed ourselves to break the 2.5 hour limit, just this once.) What would your ideal Pratchett adaptation look like? Who's the best Dicsworld villain? If one of your possessions could be made from sapient pearwood, what would it be? Which books ...
#Pratchat60 – Eyes Turnwise
October 07, 2022 21:08 - 2 hours - 71.3 MBFor our sixtieth episode - our troll's teeth anniversary - Liz and Ben are once again devoting an entire show to answering your questions, about the Discworld, Pratchett's other work, and their own - with an eye on what's still to come. (And yes, we allowed ourselves to break the 2.5 hour limit, just this once.) What would your ideal Pratchett adaptation look like? Who's the best Dicsworld villain? If one of your possessions could be made from sapient pearwood, what would it be? Which books ...
Charlie and the Whale Factory (The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch)
September 07, 2022 22:08 - 2 hours - 64.6 MBScientist, writer and editor Dr Kat Day joins Liz and Ben on a timey-wimey to Roundworld, as the wizards once again try to save humanity in Terry Pratchett's third collaboration with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen: 2005's The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch. Roundworld - the impossibly non-magical universe in a bottle which runs on rules - has gone wrong again, and the wizards feel duty-bound to set it right. Humanity's survival depends on the publication of a specific book, but someth...
#Pratchat59 – Charlie and the Whale Factory
September 07, 2022 22:08 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBScientist, writer and editor Dr Kat Day joins Liz and Ben on a timey-wimey to Roundworld, as the wizards once again try to save humanity in Pratchett's third collaboration with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen: 2005's The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch. Roundworld - the impossibly non-magical universe in a bottle which runs on rules - has gone wrong again, and the wizards feel duty-bound to set it right. Humanity's survival depends on the publication of a specific book, but something is...
Get Your Dad to Mars! (The Long Mars)
August 25, 2022 10:08 - 2 hours - 69.1 MBWe prepare to find out why infinite Earths aren't enough as writer, editor and podcaster Joel Martin returns to the podcast to fire up the fusion engine and have a close encounter of the crustacean kind in the third Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter Long Earth novel, The Long Mars. It's 2045 - five years after the eruption of the Yellowstone super-volcano on Datum Earth. The climate has catastrophically changed and there's been mass migration to stepwise Earths. Maggie Kauffman, captain of ...
#Pratchat57 – Get Your Dad to Mars!
August 25, 2022 10:08 - 2 hours - 69.1 MBWe prepare to find out why infinite Earths aren't enough as writer, editor and podcaster Joel Martin returns to the podcast to fire up the fusion engine and have a close encounter of the crustacean kind in the third Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter Long Earth novel, The Long Mars. It's 2045 - five years after the eruption of the Yellowstone super-volcano on Datum Earth. The climate has catastrophically changed and there's been mass migration to stepwise Earths. Maggie Kauffman, captain of ...
The Barbarian Switch ("Final Reward")
August 07, 2022 22:08 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBWe explore every author's worst nightmare as writer Penny Love returns to Pratchat and finds the barrier between reality and fiction getting all wibbly-wobbly in Terry Pratchett's 1988 short story, "Final Reward". After a particularly bad row with his girlfriend Nicky - and a pint of wine - author Kevin Dogger decides to kill off the protagonist of his best-selling fantasy series. The next morning, Erdan the Barbarian appears on Dogger's doorstep with the milk. He was, after all, promised a ...
#Pratchat58 – The Barbarian Switch
August 07, 2022 22:08 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBWe explore every author's worst nightmare as writer Penny Love returns to Pratchat and finds the barrier between reality and fiction getting all wibbly-wobbly in Terry Pratchett's 1988 short story, "Final Reward". After a particularly bad row with his girlfriend Nicky - and a pint of wine - author Kevin Dogger decides to kill off the protagonist of his best-selling fantasy series. The next morning, Erdan the Barbarian appears on Dogger's doorstep with the milk. He was, after all, promised a ...
The Barbarian Switch (“Final Reward”)
August 07, 2022 22:08 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBWe explore every author's worst nightmare as writer Penny Love returns to Pratchat and finds the barrier between reality and fiction getting all wibbly-wobbly in Terry Pratchett's 1988 short story, "Final Reward". After a particularly bad row with his girlfriend Nicky - and a pint of wine - author Kevin Dogger decides to kill off the protagonist of his best-selling fantasy series. The next morning, Erdan the Barbarian appears on Dogger's doorstep with the milk. He was, after all, promised a ...
Daniel Superbaboon (“The High Meggas”)
July 07, 2022 22:08 - 57 minutes - 26.7 MBWe take a last-minute step (or five) to the West, as Liz and Ben delay their chat about The Long Mars to go back to where it all began: Pratchett's original 1986 short story "The High Meggas". Larry Linsay, who perfected the belt technology that allows humans to move between parallel Earths, has shunned civilisation. He's living near the coast of what would be France in a world in the "high meggas", the weirder Earths a million or so removed from the original. Like all the other Earths, it's...
Daniel Superbaboon ("The High Meggas")
July 07, 2022 22:08 - 57 minutes - 26.7 MBWe take a last-minute step (or five) to the West, as Liz and Ben delay their chat about The Long Mars to go back to where it all began: Pratchett's original 1986 short story "The High Meggas". Larry Linsay, who perfected the belt technology that allows humans to move between parallel Earths, has shunned civilisation. He's living near the coast of what would be France in a world in the "high meggas", the weirder Earths a million or so removed from the original. Like all the other Earths, it's...
#Pratchat57West5 – Daniel Superbaboon
July 07, 2022 22:08 - 57 minutes - 26.7 MBWe take a last-minute step (or five) to the West, as Liz and Ben delay their chat about The Long Mars to go back to where it all began: Pratchett's original 1986 short story "The High Meggas". Larry Linsay, who perfected the belt technology that allows humans to move between parallel Earths, has shunned civilisation. He's living near the coast of what would be France in a world in the "high meggas", the weirder Earths a million or so removed from the original. Like all the other Earths, it's...
#Pratchat56 – do { Podcast(); } while (unreadPratchetts > 0);
June 07, 2022 22:08 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBWe travel down a leg of a very 1990s pair of the trousers of time this month, as author and musican Sean Williams joins Liz and Ben to get stuck into the artificial reality of Pratchett's 1990 short story "#ifdefDEBUG + 'world'/'enough' + 'time'". Darren Thompson is a repairman who specialises in Seagems: artificial reality consoles that can edit aspects of your everyday life, or plug you into a whole artificial world. His latest job is to inspect a machine in which the user has died. That's...
do { Podcast(); } while (unreadPratchetts > 0); (“#ifdefDEBUG + 'world'/'enough' + 'time'”)
June 07, 2022 22:08 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBWe travel down a leg of a very 1990s pair of the trousers of time this month, as author and musican Sean Williams joins Liz and Ben to get stuck into the artificial reality of Pratchett's 1990 short story "#ifdefDEBUG + 'world'/'enough' + 'time'". Darren Thompson is a repairman who specialises in Seagems: artificial reality consoles that can edit aspects of your everyday life, or plug you into a whole artificial world. His latest job is to inspect a machine in which the user has died. That's...
do { Podcast(); } while (unreadPratchetts > 0); ("#ifdefDEBUG + 'world'/'enough' + 'time'")
June 07, 2022 22:08 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBWe travel down a leg of a very 1990s pair of the trousers of time this month, as author and musican Sean Williams joins Liz and Ben to get stuck into the artificial reality of Pratchett's 1990 short story "#ifdefDEBUG + 'world'/'enough' + 'time'". Darren Thompson is a repairman who specialises in Seagems: artificial reality consoles that can edit aspects of your everyday life, or plug you into a whole artificial world. His latest job is to inspect a machine in which the user has died. That's...
Eeek Club 2022 (subscriber questions)
May 25, 2022 09:39 - 1 hour - 47 MBIt's a second instalment of the Pratchat Eeek Club! Each year, on the Glorious 25th of May, we release a bonus episode discussing Terry Pratchett-related topics selected by our “Eeek” tier subscribers. This year, the topics are: What was good, fun and enjoyable about The Watch? Is Vimes a Cynic, a Stoic, or an Epicurean? What was Granny Weatherwax and Ridcully's relationship like, and why didn't it continue? What pop culture would you have liked to have seen referenced in a Discworld nov...