The Disc-Course

The Disc-Course

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The Disc-Course episodes

  • Episode 26: Granny's Final Smash

    Content warnings for this episode include brief violence, death, alcohol use, and animal attacks


    As we finish Wyrd Sisters, the Duke's play comes to a farcical conclusion, Lancre gets a new king, and everyone lives or dies happily ever after. That's it. That's the book, goodbye.


    Today in the Disc-Course: Getting up on stage and telling lies, Duke Felmet Miku binder, naturally gifted people, divers alarums, lead bones, director madness, knife puns, funky little humans, the play dimension, antifa super soldiers, No Nut Nonagenarian, be king Kingboy, deep fried saints, burning your birth certificate, Verence 2: Sequel to Verence, Choose Your Father, Berenstain 451, the world's Florida, and 2 Fool sons.


    For those playing along at home:Read up to page 57 in Pyramids (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "Later, on, the pharaoh felt awfully embarrassed about it."


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    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

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    2 hr 3 min
  • Episode 25: Timothee Charlemagne

    Content warnings for this episode include [fantasy] racism and brief implied trans/homophobia, brief physical violence, mentions of insects, and pandemic discussion (if you'd rather avoid it)


    The gang's all here this week for the penultimate chapter of Wyrd Sisters where *Kronk voice* Oh yeah, it's all coming together. Hwel works feverishly on his play about totally real and true events of Lancre history while he, Tomjon, and the lads, take a witch-aided road trip.


    Today in the Disc-Course: hit movies Red and Red 2, Nanny Ogg's Dickworld books, orc lore, shortface, fancy acting name, keen on the wave machine, art (derogatory), pancakes of Theseus, the writing process, weird short dad, a ghost told me to, soggy toast sandwich, jorts boner, calendar freak, Magrat Pataki, summer blockbusters, get to the play factory, overly friendly uber passenger, jingling friends, Girlboss Gatekeeps Gaslighting, Happy birthday Zlorf, and the worst high school play.


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    For those playing along at home: Finish Wyrd Sisters!


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    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

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    2 hr 16 min
  • Episode 24: Unrelated Clown Mugging

    Content warnings for this episode include self harm, physical and verbal abuse, falling from great heights, and [fantasy] racism.


    This week, the gang continues Wyrd Sisters sans Holly; Big City Granny does some big time magic, and we catch up with Tomjon on the mean streets of Ankh-Morpork.


    Today in the Disc-Course: communal car driving, Rise and Grind (your hands), Duke Felmet's If I Did It, Granny Weatherwax: Round Earther, #FreeGreebo, real goth hours, selling a murder house, terrible awful plan, believe in the me who believes in you, the god of going 'oof,' a reliable 6, one song, Joker College, deepfake Christianity, AFAB, Nanny Ogg wants YOU to Fuck, two girlbosses winning, three clowns, media literacy, murder river, Ghost Clown, monkey with a gun energy, then everyone clapped, cultural authenticity, and Flannelfoot lore.


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    For those playing along at home: Read up to page 303 in Wyrd Sisters (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "It would be nice to say it tingled under his hand. Perhaps it did."


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    You can email us at [email protected], follow the show @thedisccourse on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf!


    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

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    2 hr 8 min
  • Episode 23: A 26 Year Old Mall Goth

    Content warnings for this episode include child abuse, self harm and mental instability, spiders and wasps, threatened physical torture, and sexual harassment.


    We continue Wyrd Sisters and reveal the Fool's tragic backstory; also Nanny Ogg is taken prisoner by the Duke but she's not too worried about it. Granny on the other hand, extremely worried about the lack of respect for witches. Also lots of good sincere yet misguided Magrat antics!


    This week in The Disc-Course: Officially funniest motherfucker, cringey meet cute, middle school Jess, grandma fight, respect our sign twirlers, snake boyfriends, black squawks, POV chapter, big city fire, endgame madness, owl in a tight green dress, bootable offense, apple sellers, jingling with rage, top 10 Discworld scene, baby king, ear burning embarrassment, your last chuckle, Witch Docs, and the greatest thread of all time again.


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    For those playing along at home: Read up to page 247 in Wyrd Sisters (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "'When you break rules, break 'em good and hard,' said Nanny, and grinned a set of gums that were more menacing than teeth."


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    You can email us at [email protected], follow the show @thedisccourse on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf!


    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Episode 22: The Huffel Figurine

    Content warnings for this episode include discussion of self-inflicted wounds and body horror.


    In our sophomore section of Wyrd Sisters, Duke Felmet continues on the road of "Witches are ruining my command of this country that I hate" while the witches discover that the country hates the duke so at least the feeling is mutual. They also summon a demon :)


    This week in The Disc-Course: hundreds of episodes, evil pussy, handwashing mascot, porcelain bongs, your own personal lobster, book witchin', Smellmet, fortnight funeral, jingling miserably, flutesonas, Granny's apples, Crazy Eddie's Turret Warehouse, being unjokerfied, Nanny Ogg's Rockin' New Years Eve, Wixer-Hilt Jewelpickles, an extremely good Holly story, and a yolked poltergeist.


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    For those playing along at home: Read up to page 183 in Wyrd Sisters (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "'When you break rules, break 'em good and hard,' said Nanny, and grinned a set of gums that were more menacing than teeth."


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    You can email us at [email protected], follow the show @thedisccourse on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf!


    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

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    2 hr 5 min
  • Episode 21: Witchery Science Theater 3000

    This week our hosts start Wyrd Sisters; we're reintroduced to Granny Weatherwax, this time joined by Nanny Ogg who fucks and Magrat who doesn't know what fucking is. The witches have a baby foisted upon them, the son of a murdered king; and things are downright Shakespearean.


    This week in The Disc-Course: ugly babies, the Timothee Chalamet of thunderstorms, Assigned Nu-Metal at Birth, cringe grimoire, Julie will remember this, grand theft baby, just found out about death, exposition ghost, the witch zone, two and a half kings, Felmet power couple, the Fools guild, local sex-haver and also witch, ugly ugly crowns, local theatre, Macbeth turned up to 11, impulse buying, gunpla granny, three person memes, and Greebo.


    For those playing along at home: Read up to page 119 in Wyrd Sisters (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "But a witch would certainly come looking for her cat--wouldn't she?"


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    You can email us at [email protected], follow the show @thedisccourse on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf!


    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

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    1 hr 40 min
  • Episode 20: Carpooling to the Apocralypse

    This week Sourcery comes to a close, Rincewind and co. narrowly avert the Apocralypse! The four horsemen are there, the ice giants are there, the things from the dungeon dimensions are there, but unfortunately our hosts were less than thrilled.


    This week in the Disc-Course: We've never been funny, warfuckers, fondly regarding Quirm, Where's the stank?, reading to your children, Discworld months, The Books, Cohen 2, proto-Good Omens, an island off the coast of France, Daddy Vorebucks, the longest Ook, cock your sock, staff dad, destiny's children, wuzards, Nice Giants, we saved the Disc, Ridcully fucks, time for ice, sponge hammer, orangutan research, Jess' wizard boyfriend, that's enough activism, my ape strength, and in conclusion sourcery is a land of contrasts.


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    For those playing along at home: Read up to page 57 in Wyrd Sisters (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "The sargent looked up at her with an expression of mad gratitude. He said, "Argle."


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    You can email us at [email protected], follow the show @thedisccourse on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf!


    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

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    2 hr 28 min
  • Episode 19: Luggagequest

    As we continue Sourcery, Rincewind and his rag-tag squad must face a deadly prank tunnel and escape the crumbling palace as the Mage Wars 2.0 start up. Meanwhile Sconner and the Boys try to burn down the library.


    This week in the Disc-Course: Weird story perverts, Making up a guy to get mad at, Rincewind trans moments, stability wow, alligator escalator, martial lore, stop being a wizard, the baby war, Countess Common Terry, not very cash barbarian, your ideal woman, fried ape, Grandpa's Technohub, Bubbler brand loyalty, #notallwizards, TF2 Unusual, wow cool wizards, a chest that I treasured, used to be moths, that dress from a few years back, Doomer Rincewind, cringe wizardsona, and another great track for The Dark Ians.


    For those playing along at home: Finish Sourcery!


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    You can email us at [email protected], follow the show @thedisccourse on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf!


    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

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    1 hr 56 min
  • Episode 18: The Dark Ians

    As we continue Sourcery, Coin's(?) reign of terror continues over the university, and we say goodbye to some beloved characters. Meanwhile, Rincewind and Conina say hello to the mismatched orientalist caricature that is the land of Klatch.


    This week in the Disc-Course: Happy birthday Grandma, Vetinari remade, boat spells, book covers, Archchancellor Roku, the most posted in thread of all time, go web go, more Zlorfs!, The Diddler Era, some kind of toxicity, the archchancellor's thong, little worlds, fuck them kids, a son who's so dangerous, sex mural, major league Idahos, fancy magic egg, rad tears, budget reports, audible comma, and the biggest disappointment of Jess' life.


    For those playing along at home: Read up to page 242 in Sourcery (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "'Wha-' he began, which is a pretty poor syllable on which to end a life."


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    You can email us at [email protected], follow the show @thedisccourse on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf!


    Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. She rules.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 53 min

About The Disc-Course

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Holly and Julie, known Discworld lovers, discuss Terry Pratchett's magnum opus series with Mark and Jess, who've never seen a Discworld in their lives.

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