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I've Never Read Discworld episodes

November 07, 2023 Book 12. Witches Abroad
"Stories are broken to be made."
Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad is a road trip from The Ramtops, a book about nothing, to Genua, where it all kicks off. Two Northern Irish writers explore a story about stories with the passion of Nanny Ogg, people like her often found in pairs. Newb Andy packs an armoury of props, and PJ knocks back a lot of absinthe. Climb aboard!
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Talking Heads: Papa Legba, re-recorded version from the film True Stories (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u21-p4sTz4w
1 hr 36 min
October 10, 2023 Ep. 13 Mort: A Big Comic
PJ and Andy go unscripted and laid back to talk about Higgins' and Pratchett's Mort. Andy brings his high-falutin' knowledge of British cartoonists and PJ speaks out on The Best Page In Comic Books Ever.
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1 hr 5 min
September 04, 2023 Book 11. Reaper Man
‘I am not sure there is such a thing as right, or wrong, just places to stand.’
'Western' is the word as the fresh start book club reconvenes in the matters of Bill Door and Windle Poons. Your hosts wrestle with shopping trolleys, Stranger Things, and anti-capitalist readings. RoastyBunz asks about franchises and we witness the return of Tree Time! It's a closnig down slae everythnig must og!
Counting Pines and Boquila trifoliolata, via Reddit user, Escapement,
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1 hr 29 min
July 10, 2023 Book 10. MOVING PICTURES
"Stan Lee IS Dibbler!"
An epic episode for an epic novel. Terry Pratchett pulls on the thread linking King Kong, Gone with the Wind, and Star Trek. Andy loads up with props. PJ swims in film history. Special guest Zach Brown provides linking narration, and there's visuals from designer Kathryn Rosa Miller. Join us, IN A WORLD GONE MAD!!!
Links
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Zach Brown: https://www.the-voice-guy.com/
Kathryn Rosa Miller: https://www.kathrynrosamiller.com/post/cover-thoughts-discworld
Andy's Politics Aloud: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politics-aloud
Andy's Patreon: https://patreon.com/andyluke
1 hr 46 min
June 19, 2023 Book 9: Eric
"We were told by American preachers in the 80s that Satan was out to get us because... he loved us, loved our souls for loyalty points or diddling or something."

A deep dive into the life and work of Josh Kirby kicks off two Belfast writers considering Eric. So that's seeing time and space, where history meets myth, office hell, and the power of Discworld in domesticity. Which came first: the chicken or the egg sandwich? PJ considers cause and effect, and Andy explains how you can get a radiator key.

Read more about Josh Kirby at Liverpool Museums: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/walker-art-gallery/exhibition/out-of-world-art-of-josh-kirby and https://www.joshkirbyart.com/
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1 hr 36 min
May 09, 2023 Book 8. Guards! Guards!
"Are you looking forward to the coronation, PJ?"
"I'm looking forward to the dragon."

In which we discuss the familial unit of The Watch as cine noir, police procedural, and post-Python genius. We gush! Bring up the video to see the original artefact related to PJ's tulips story, and Andy's hyper-expressive arm movements for a book he didn't want to finish. You know the password, right?
1 hr 21 min
April 03, 2023 Book 7. Pyramids
"It's the old ways versus the new. We've all been there. Raging against our parents and raging against the way things are, when we know things should be different." - PJ
In which PJ and Andy consider home and away through the lens of Egyptian-themed city, Djelibeybi. Names are mispronounced. Time itself is interrogated. Questions are asked about the weight of tradition, and the nature of power.

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1 hr 25 min
February 20, 2023 Book 6. Wyrd Sisters
In which Discworld reader PJ Hart transports Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters into the future to ensure Andy has read it. Peer through the crystal ball for discussion on Shakespeare, state tyranny, the power of story, and the much anticipated return of Tree Time!

Links
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Write to us at [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/discworldGNU
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Andy's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/andyluke
Stacks Bookshop https://www.facebook.com/stacksbookshop
Discworld Wikia for Wyrd Sisters: https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Wyrd_Sisters
Discworld Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/
Garen Ewing: https://www.garenewing.co.uk/logosforshows/artwork/wyrd_sisters.php
Pratchat Podcast: https://pratchatpodcast.com/

Tree Time!
https://www.natureandculture.org/field-notes/walking-palm/
https://www.livescience.com/33663-walking-tree-socratea-exorrhiza.html
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151207-ecuadors-mysterious-walking-trees
https://earthlymission.com/the-walking-trees-of-ecuador-they-reportedly-move-up-to-20-meters-per-year/
1 hr 34 min
January 24, 2023 Book 5. Sourcery
"All. Out. Thamaturgical. War."

Newbie Andy opens with a shocking revelation but ultimately plays second banana to Discworldly P.J. and his first reading at how Sir Terry's arm's a-gettin' fits into the Disc-curriculum. Drinking at the Drum there's strong use of the F-word (Fantasy) in chatter about life during wartime, university modernisation, domestic abuse and climate crisis. Ook!

Pratchett at Queen's University UNICON 1989 https://www.facebook.com/groups/belfastsciencefiction/posts/6182301498460625/

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1 hr 11 min
December 17, 2022 Book 4. Mort
"The moment were Discworld arrives." - PJ
Interrogating Pratchett's classic fan-favourite, the Belfast-casters consider Mort and the outsider perspective, greasy spoons, and how reality looks. PJ waxes lyrical on the rejection of death and body issues. Andy is contrary on everything from big man theory to plot-stuffing, armoured with a statement on how he's probably right.
1 hr 26 min