Disc Coverers

HAPPY (slightly belated) HOLIDAYS, DISCITES! 2023 has been off to a bit of a hectic start, but we're BACK with the Discworld series' most (unfortunately for us) time-sensitive installment, HOGFATHER. Someone has killed the spirit of Hogswatch, and it's up to Death to fill in-- and up to his granddaughter Susan to figure out what the hell is going on. What is the true benchmark of sentience, and is it really up to us to decide with our limited human perspectives? Can Sir T To The P get by on a primarily vibes-based Discworld book this deep into his career? How DO you calculate the volume of a cone, anyway? (Don't answer. That question's rhetorical. I went to art school so I wouldn't have to come into close proximity with mathematics ever again.) Take a bite of meat pie and a big ol' swig of sherry as we unwrap this festive fiasco!

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DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @discpod on Cohost / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on  Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon /  @grace on Cohost

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory  on Cohost and Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @[email protected] on  Mastodon / @irisjaycomics on Cohost, Pillowfort, Tumblr and Twitter

GIRL HEX COVER ART BY KARMA: https://cohost.org/candiedreptile

THE COMICS ANTHOLOGY "FAILURE TO LAUNCH" (now finished with its successful crowdsourcing campaign, but you can still follow this page for when it goes on sale!): https://www.backerkit.com/c/iron-circus-comics/failure-to-launch

THE PODCAST "MOBILE SUIT BREAKDOWN": https://gundampodcast.com/

THE GAME "TOUHOU MYSTIA'S IZAKAYA": https://store.steampowered.com/app/1584090/Touhou_Mystias_Izakaya/

THE ONE PART OF THE ANIME "GOLDEN BOY" THAT I BET YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN, BUT STILL, IT'S A GREAT PART: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHmBSfci0yE

THE GAME "DAVE THE DIVER": https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/

THE GAME "TEAM FORTRESS 2", AKA "GOD'S PERFECT FPS": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGJBUauU-CE

Greetings, disc-istas! Tonight's episode of DISC COVERERS is a reeeeal good one... we're covering FEET OF CLAY, another Watch book about mechanized labor, arsenic, rat hunting and gender that might actually be the most cyberpunk Discworld novel we've yet read. Who decides who gets to be a person? What happens when we put too much faith into one person, or one idea? Are there ANY cis people out there who identify with werewolves on a deep personal level, or is it exclusively a trans thing? We DISC-cuss these questions, and much much more...

Also, apologies for getting this episode out somewhat after the holiday itself, but hey, happy belated Chanukah to our Jewish listeners regardless! And happy holidays to ALL our listeners. Thanks for spending time with us in our weird little book club! Here's to a better, brighter 2023! <3 <3

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @discpod on Cohost / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @grace on Cohost

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Cohost and Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / Super Deep Lore Hole [Netrunner podcast, coming soon-- stay tuned!]

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @irisjaycomics on Cohost, Pillowfort, Tumblr and Twitter

"THE GOLEM AND THE JEWISH SCRIPTURE", A SHORT VIDEO ESSAY BY JACOB GELLER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUBVSH6hBvY

THE BOOK "BITTEN BY WITCH FEVER: WALLPAPER & ARSENIC IN THE VICTORIAN HOME", BY LUCINDA HAWKSLEY: https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&keyword=bitten+by+witch+fever&hs.x=0&hs.y=0

THE GAME "VAMPIRE SURVIVORS": https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/Vampire_Survivors/

A TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "BOCCHI THE ROCK!": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyMMZF5zNW4

A TRAILER FOR THE FILM "DIE HARD": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJuwKCmJbY

SING!! SING FOR ME, DISCETTES AND DISCINOS!!!!! We're back, and this month we're returning to the realm of actual decent literature with the operatic 18th Discworld novel, MASKERADE! Great news if you like the Witches, terrible news if you don't have a backlog of historical opera knowledge. Is Perdita X. Dream a trans icon, despite being cis? Are there any recipes that Nanny Ogg can't turn into brain-liquefying aphrodisiacs? And is ANYONE gonna hurry up and drop that damn chandelier already?

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @discpod on Cohost / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @grace on Cohost

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @JuniperTheory on Cohost

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @irisjaycomics on Cohost

"PIRANESI", BY SUSANNA CLARKE: https://bookshop.org/p/books/piranesi-susanna-clarke/15861178?ean=9781635577808

THE BAND SOUL GLO'S NEWEST RECORD 'DIASPORA PROBLEMS': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_7gHlCRjo8&list=PLcZMZxR9uxC_CunBZV46hhvpKJWoPRjTW

A TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "LOVE AFTER WORLD DOMINATION": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_LOPSpeYvE

A TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE "STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOhoIBkOYf0

Well, listeners... we did it. We finally found a worse Discworld book than Eric.

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @irisjaycomics on cohost

IRIS'S OTHER NEW PODCAST ABOUT THE SANDMAN SERIES OF COMICS, "SANDJOB": http://anchor.fm/sandjob

THE VIDEO GAME "CULT OF THE LAMB": https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/

THE VIDEO GAME "LEGACY OF KAIN: SOUL REAVER": https://store.steampowered.com/app/224920/Legacy_of_Kain_Soul_Reaver/

THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF THE FILM "THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l09L3w0slt8

THE VIDEO GAME "SPLATOON 3": https://splatoon.nintendo.com/

OUR FRIEND, BALINA: see above for links

THE OPENING CREDITS SEQUENCE OF THE TELEVISION SHOW "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TsMyLt2BTM

Discettes, discinos and assorted discerati... are you ready to ROCK?! Today on DISC COVERERS we blow your hair to the back of this auditorium with our discussion of T.P.'s 16th DW outing, SOUL MUSIC! In this episode, we dig into the HEAVY questions, including: Can you really write a resonant story about popular music removed from its real-world cultural context? Why is there a horn section in the Discworld's first rock group? And can Susan Sto-Helit possibly be any more of a gender? (Yes. Just wait.) This wasn't THE BEST Discworld book by any means, and didn't try to be, but it was a fun one, and it made for a fun episode. Put it on while your practice your fretwork!

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @irisjaycomics on cohost

IRIS'S OTHER NEW PODCAST ABOUT THE SANDMAN SERIES OF COMICS, "SANDJOB": http://anchor.fm/sandjob

A TRAILER FOR THE FILM "NOPE": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8fuzj3gck

"SKA DREAM", AN ALBUM BY JEFF ROSENSTOCK: https://jeffrosenstock.bandcamp.com/album/ska-dream

THE VIDEO GAME "DEEP ROCK GALACTIC": https://www.deeprockgalactic.com/

A TRAILER FOR THE LATEST SEASON OF THE ANIME "JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiNJEulukVY

Hello hello hello, Discos, Discettes and Dischesas! DISC COVERERS is back, and we're covering MEN AT ARMS, the second novel in the Watch subseries and (arguably) the first one where the characters do actual fantasy policework. In this episode, we tackle such important questions as: What does policing mean in a fantasy society where protecting capital has been privatized? Are guns inherently cosmically horrific? And is having a sword pulled on you by your sexual partner after turning into a werewolf very very bad or very very horny? (Or maybe both?) We answer, or at least somewhat address all these questions and more! Don't miss the end of the episode, where we have one of the most heated ranking discussions we've had on this show to date.

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BARLEY TEA, WHICH IRIS RECOMMENDS ICED AND UNSWEETENED AS "THE FLAVOR OF THE SUMMER": https://www.thespruceeats.com/barley-tea-5114089

A TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "BIRDIE WING": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uUVPp5bGQQ

A TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "DANCE DANCE DANSEUR": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd0qAYtN8Ck

A TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "MOB PSYCHO 100": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tEkLs8joc

Greetings and salutations, Diskettes! (Yes, we finally have a proper name for all you fans! Thank goodness, frankly.) On this, our newest episode of DISC COVERERS, we're covering LORDS AND LADIES, Sir Terry's fourteenth Discworld book and a bit of a thematic outlier-- scrape off its thin topcoat of comedy, and there's a legitimately creepy horror novel underneath. Plus: More tactical witchcraft action! Casanunda comes back, for very little reason! The wizards are here, also for very little reason! And Magrat finally stops being a wet hen and starts being a girlboss. You GO, girl! We also get hornier than anyone on a Discworld podcast probably should be in this episode, so get ready for THAT.

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

MUSICAL ARTIST MARINA'S NEW ALBUM "ANCIENT DREAMS IN A MODERN LAND": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mRmG6X6lUCRbjNkg8KqMinZ7rSHaAzKc8

THE ANIME "REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrrh84y760v-hDEulas0Tp_wiQy0FcjLl

THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR "FLUID": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid

THE EARLY ACCESS PEGGLE ROGUELIKE VIDEO GAME "PEGLIN": https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/

May the Disc be with you (and also with you)! This episode, DISC COVERERS discusses SMALL GODS, an incisive critique on theocratic corruption and the ephemeral nature of the divine, as well as just a really well put together book. It has a beginning, a middle AND an end! Sir Terry wasn't phoning it in with this one! We also discuss our various traumatic experiences with Christianity, some alternative concepts of Heaven, and what it'd be like if birds had big swinging dicks and balls. This episode might have the most discussion of Real Shit out of any we've recorded so far... but hey, mmmmmaybe you're into that???

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

ONLINE CERAMICS, A VERY STRANGE STREET FASHION LABEL: https://online-ceramics.com/

THE "RISK OF RAIN 2" DLC EXPANSION "SURVIVORS OF THE VOID": https://store.steampowered.com/app/1607890/Risk_of_Rain_2_Survivors_of_the_Void/

THE TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "MY DRESS-UP DARLING": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oveGY6h6T8

THE TRAILER FOR THE "REVUE STARLIGHT" MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC_oEO_bu80

THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR "BED": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed

Pack your bags and don't forget your toothbrush, Disc-heads! In this episode, DISC COVERERS tackles the twelfth Discworld novel, WITCHES ABROAD! While any time spent with Granny, Nanny and Magrat is a treat, we ultimately had a lot of mixed feelings about this book and its seemingly well-meaning but misguided portrayal of a real, actual religion. However, we also get snake women, Catboy Greebo and Pansexual Ethical Slut Nanny Ogg in this book as well, so it's not ALL bad. Give your broomstick a running start and let's get going!

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE ABOUT VIMES BOOT THEORY BEING A REAL THING NOW: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/26/terry-pratchett-jack-monroe-vimes-boots-poverty-index

THE OTHER ARTICLE ABOUT THE ORANGUTAN NAMED AFTER THE LIBRARIAN: https://apnews.com/article/prague-zoo-orangutan-name-pustakawan-83f2e73d323bb948a8922c5843d56432

TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "MUTEKING THE DANCING HERO": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjgF_xn48Y

THE WIKIPEDIA ENTRY FOR "HOT DRINKS": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drink#Hot_drinks

OPENRCT2, A DOWNLOADABLE MULTIPLAYER ADD-ON FOR ROLLER COASTER TYCOON 2: https://openrct2.org/downloads

TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "RANKING OF KINGS": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1ahorojPg

Fun trivia factoid! Did you know Sir Terry P wrote books.... other than Discworld novels? It's true! Join us on our first ever DISC COVERERS BONUS EPISODE, as regular host June and special guests Zoe and ▓▓▓▓ dive into JOHNNY AND THE DEAD, Pratchett's post-Thatcher critique of economic austerity measures (for kids!) that's set in real, actual England! In OUR world! Wild! We'll also be re-examining REAPER MAN through an anti-capitalist lens, so if you just finished listening to that episode (or even if you didn't!), consider this episode a graAaAaAave companion. Because they're both about death in some way! Get it? 

DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

ZOE: http://patreon.com/stormingtheivorytower

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