The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

By Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. We’ll be ... more

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How many episodes does The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret have?

The podcast currently has 214 episodes available.

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret episodes:

July 05, 2026 16: The Long Utopia Pt 2 (Jiggle the Liminal)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.
This week, The Long Utopia Part 2!
Philosophy! Astronomy! Apocalyptic geology(?)!

Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:
Tethys Ocean - Wikipedia
Tethys - Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki
Thomas the Rhymer - Wikipedia
Thomas the Rhymer (2009 Remaster)
Poems (Wordsworth, 1815)/Volume 2/The small Celandine - Wikisource, the free online library
Rare 'bolide' fireball falls from the sky, spotted across Southeast US

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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1h 24min
June 27, 2026 15: The Long Utopia Pt 1 (Wildly and Astrophysically)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.
This week, The Long Utopia part 1! (Chapters 1-24)
Silver beetles! Wooden steeples! Pioneering peoples!
Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:
Heterotopia (space) - Wikipedia
Natural Six - YouTube
There Are No Green Stars, But ‘Green Galaxies’ Are Real
Deiseal agus tuathal – Omniglot Blog
North Star to Freedom (U.S. National Park Service)

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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1h 15min
May 24, 2026 14: Adaptation Pitches (Filming Starts Tomorrow)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.

This week, we celebrate the Glorious 25th May by pitching potential adaptations!

Vote here or join our discord!

https://www.facebook.com/share/18J4buqAGN/?mibextid=wwXIfr

https://bsky.app/profile/makeyefretpod.bsky.social/post/3mmocaa4bqs2b

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYwj3CZMgwM/?igsh=MTBoMTRqZmt3M29ydQ==

Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:
The O.C marissa shoots trey..
What makes a Horse Girl story?
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Wikipedia
The Martian Chronicles - Wikipedia
The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - Wikipedia
Kim Harrison's Books

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
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57min
April 26, 2026 13: Gormenghast Pt. 2 (A Bit Damocles-y)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.
This week, Gormenghast Part 2!
Stormclouds! Villany! Isthmuses!
Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:
Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica - The Franklin Institute
Primogeniture and ultimogeniture - Britannica
Skewbald - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
blaze - Wiktionary

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
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2h 19min
April 19, 2026 12: Gormenghast Pt. 1 (If My Headmaster Had a Trumpet)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.

This week, we venture back into the unhallowed halls of Gormenghast.
Ridiculous Ritual! Perfidy and Professors! Delirious Dreams!

Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:

Peake Studies

Jack dee's face complete compilation! - YouTube
How Mervyn Peake was almost forgotten - spiked
(PDF) The Anomalous Medievalism of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast
Literary Language as a Tool for Design: An Architectural Study of the Spaces of Mervyn Peake's The Gormenghast Trilogy and 'Boy in Darkness' - Kent Academic Repository
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss - Goodreads
by Jove - Wiktionary

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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2h 12min
December 18, 2025Ring the Bells! Mistletoe and Vinyl! Hogswatch Extravaganza 2025!
Watch this episode on YouTube! https://youtu.be/0yc6M0KPl9Q

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.

This week: our annual Hogswatch Extravaganza!
We’re reviewing Ring the Bells, C.K. McDonnell’s latest entry into the Stranger Times series, then having a delightful chat with Marc Burrows about his new book The Story of the Christmas No. 1: Mistletoe and Vinyl.

Find C.K. McDonnell here: https://whitehairedirishman.com/
And take a look at everything Marc’s up to here: https://www.marcburrows.co.uk/

Find us on the internet:
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:
Smug Christmas - TikTok
Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes
Clair Obscur sweeps The Game Awards with nine wins
R.E.P.O.
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Ring the Bells by C K McDonnell
Bonus: An Interview with C.K. McDonnell
Winter wonderland fails: from smoking elves to a 'dead Santa'
‘People came just to see how awful it was’: from Wonkaland to Fyre, the inside story of festivals so bad they went viral
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The Story of the Christmas Number One: Mistletoe & Vinyl (signed edition) | ★ MARC BURROWS
Mr Blobby Music Video [1993 Christmas Number 1]
Marc's Spotify playlists - find the Christmas STAGE 1, 2 & 3 playlists here
The Hives & Cyndi Lauper In A Christmas Duel
Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer
Marie Antoinette: Teen Queen to Guillotine by Melanie Burrows
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Closure May Never Come - P D Doling
Ellen Mellor's books
Music: Chris Collins, in
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1h 52min
December 06, 2025 American Teen Dramas - From Sunnydale to Riverdale
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.
This week, Joanna has a new book out! Francine interviews her about it!
American! Teen! Dramas!

Buy it here:
Shop — Joanna Hagan (for signed copies)
Pen and Sword Books: American Teen Dramas - Hardback
American Teen Dramas - Bookshop.org

Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:
the gilmore girls at spirit halloween - TikTok
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister - YouTube
Buffering the Vampire Slayer
Podcasts | Joanna Robinson

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
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1h 39min
December 02, 2025 11: The Long Mars Pt 2 (Fluttering Ominously)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.
This week, The Long Mars Part 2!
Strange creatures! Space elevators! Barbershop quartets!
Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:
Modiphius announces Terry Pratchett Discworld board games and RPG Kickstarter for 2026
The Be-Sharps - Baby On Board
Chesley Bonestell - Summary Bibliography (Internet Archive)
The Art of Chesley Bonestell (Internet Archive)
Classics of Science Fiction Art
Edison's Conquest of Mars - Wikipedia
Space elevator | KimStanleyRobinson.info
The Skimmington Ride – Montacute House, South Somerset | Exploring Building History

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
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1h 45min
November 24, 2025 10: The Long Mars Pt 1 (Humptulips Saloon!)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.
This week, The Long Mars Part 1!
Small Towns! Crab Towns! Mars!
Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Joanna has a new book out! American Teen Dramas - From Sunnydale to Riverdale (Hardcover - Signed)

Things we blathered on about:
David Ford
Rainbow Mars - The Silent Planet Wiki
Silurian hypothesis - Wikipedia
Bozeman, Montana - Wikipedia
Humptulips - Revisiting Washington
TTSMYF: The Dark Side of the Sun (41) | Strata (52)
Brooke Bond Collectables - Tea Card Set Details - Out Into Space
The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank - The Guardian
SFBC Interview An SFBC exclusive interview with Terry Pratchett - L-Space
In conversation: Terry Pratchett and Gerald Seymour - The Guardian
Robert Zubrin - Wikipedia
US3652091A - Three player chess board - Google Patents

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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1h 34min
November 01, 2025 9: Hallowe'en Special 2025 - Frankenstein
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.
This week, we go classic with our Hallowe’en Special: Frankenstein.
Creation! Conniptions! Metaphorical albatrosses!

Find us on the internet:
BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social
Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:
The Roottrees are Dead
Rethinking Inspirations for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Paweł Kaptur
Frankenstein complex - Wikipedia
Frankenstein (Universal film series) - Wikipedia
The Hammer Story: Revised and Expanded Edition - Titan Books
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, by Lord Byron
Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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1h 42min

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How many episodes does The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret have?

The podcast currently has 214 episodes available.

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