Best Ankh Podcasts (2026)

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Mind the Ginnungagap (Raising Steam) 2:24:21

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Psychologist Craig Hildebrand-Burke rejoins Liz and Ben as we don our flat caps and anoraks, as we make sense of Terry Pratchett’s penultimate Discworld novel, 2013’s Raising Steam. Dick Simnel has created Iron Girder, the Disc’s first steam engine – and he’s brought it to Ankh-Morpork seeking an investor. He finds one in Sir Harry King, who is kee…

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An Awfully Teeny Weeny Adventure (Discworld the computer game) 2:12:48

2M ago2:12:48

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Games journalist and PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to take control of an oddly Pythonesque Rincewind and discuss the 1995 graphic adventure game Discworld from Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions. A nefarious secret society has summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork! It’s a suspiciously familiar plot, and of course the only o…

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They’re All Good Dragons, Bront (Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld) 2:03:16

2M ago2:03:16

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Illustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby’s 2024 gorgeous coffee table book, Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. Paul Kidby started bringing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld to life when, on the third attem…

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•iDoLs 1:14

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idols• They day never meet you idols .. you’ll severely be let down … I say they’ve always just been people… understanding life just like you ..

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No episode for September 2025 #GNUKaos 2:42

4M ago2:42

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Due to a number of factors, including the death of beloved Pratcat Kaos, there’s no episode of Pratchat this month. Thanks to artist Owen Heitmann, who drew Kaos as part of the art for our subscriber-only podcast, Ook Club. Ben’s other bookshelf episode will appear in the subscriber-only Ook Club podcast feed later this month. Please do check out s…

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Browsing Ben’s Bookshelf (bonus books) 25:59

5M ago25:59

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Our August episode has been delayed, so here’s a bonus episode in which Ben talks about some of the books on his Pratchett shelf that won’t get their own episode! You can find all the books mentioned in this episode in the Books index on our website. Some brief notes on this episode: A “shelfie” is a photo of one’s shelf of books or board games, us…

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Exclusive Possession: Ankh-Morpork Edition (Discworld: Ankh-Morpork board game) 1:39:36

6M ago1:39:36

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Comedian and quizmaster Richard McKenzie returns to vie with Liz and Ben for control of the most odorous city on the Disc, as they discuss Martin Wallace’s 2011 board game Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. The Patrician has gone missing! This leaves a huge power vacuum in Ankh-Morpork, and several of the most powerful figures in the city immediately start j…

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Of the Watch the Last (Snuff) 2:57:38

7M ago2:57:38

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Liz and Ben are joined by Pratchett academic and cosplayer Freyja Stokes as they head out to the Discworld countryside for a bit of peace, quiet and definitely no murders, in Terry Pratchett’s final City Watch book, 2011’s Snuff. Sam Vimes is facing his ultimate ordeal: a holiday. But no sooner has he made a mess of meeting the staff at Crundles, t…

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A (Not So) Glorious Announcement 2:45

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A very brief little episode to say that we won’t have any episodes in May. We didn’t want to leave you without anything at all! As Ben suggests, why not listen to The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret’s special 25th of May episode, “Gender on the Discworld”, released today? You can find it in all major podcast directories, at thetruthshallmakeyefret.com, an…

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Eight Days an Opening (The Ankh-Morpork Archives & The Discworld Almanak) 1:51:59

9M ago1:51:59

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Liz and Ben delve deep into the archives and come back with some highlights from the collected Discworld Diaries from Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs’ The Ankh-Morpork Archives Volumes I (2019) and II (2020), plus Terry’s 2004 collaboration with Bernard Pearson, The Discworld Alamak. Between 1998 and 2003, Discworld fans got an extra little trea…

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AT LAST, SIR TERRY ("Shaking Hands with Death") 1:54:26

10M ago1:54:26

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To mark ten years since Terry Pratchett’s death, Liz, Ben and guest Myfanwy Coghill discuss his 2010 Richard Dimbleby lecture, “Shaking Hands with Death”. Please note that this episode includes discussions of death, terminal illness, assisted dying and suicide. Pratchett was the first novelist to give the Richard Dimbleby Lecture, an annual talk br…

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Discworld: The Flamethrower (Discworld merchandise) 24:53

11M ago24:53

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Our recording of #Pratchat83 was delayed at the last minute, so our discussion of The Ankh-Morpork Archives and The Discworld Almanak will have to wait until later in the month – hopefully around the 25th February. But subscriber Molokov suggested it might be fun to discuss some of the other, less book-like Discworld merchandise available, so in th…

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The Mindfulness Guide to Conquering Internal Sabotage and Achieving Ambitious Goals 7:33

12M ago7:33

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Curious to Uncover Your Soul's Energy? Explore Earth-Based, Interplanetary, and Angelic Realms. 15:48

12M ago15:48

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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This Time for Ankh-Morpork (Unseen Academicals) 3:16:30

12M ago3:16:30

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Liz and Ben are joined by guest Dr Tansy Rayner Roberts PhD (Classics) to chat about fashion, faith, food…oh, and football. Yes, join us for an episode that goes well into extra time (i.e. it’s over 3 hours long) as we discuss Terry Pratchett’s 37th Discworld novel, Unseen Academicals. The Wizards of Unseen University are still recovering from the …

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Unlocking Spiritual Potential: The Ankh Method for Harnessing Sexual Energy 11:05

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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You Are Not Broken. There Is Nothing To Fix. 8:58

1y ago8:58

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Unlocking Your Divine Blueprint: The Power of Light Language and DNA Liberation 12:39

1y ago12:39

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe?! If you want more, consider jo…

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Clack Go the Gears (Clacks board game) 1:26:24

1y ago1:26:24

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Puzzlers and previous guests Nicholas J Johnson and Lawrence Leung return to play and discuss Leonard Boyd and David Brashaw’s 2015 board game Clacks, based on Terry Pratchett’s 33rd Discworld novel, Going Postal. Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig has come up with a plan to prove the Ankh-Morpork postal service is still relevant – a race against …

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Nurturing Intuition: A Scientific Approach to Unlocking Your Inner Wisdom 12:12

1y ago12:12

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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5 Ways to Regain your Confidence After Emotional Damage 12:15

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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3 Tips to Develop Your Claircognizance 8:42

1y ago8:42

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Magnetize and Activate Your Quantum Field: A Deep Dive into Manifestation 8:53

1y ago8:53

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Only Fowls and Horses (“Hollywood Chickens” and “From the Horse’s Mouth") 1:56:38

1y ago1:56:38

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Author and poet* Dr Laura Jean McKay joins Liz and Ben for two of Terry Pratchett’s short stories about intelligent animals: “Hollywood Chickens” (1990) and “From the Horse’s Mouth” (1972). In 1973 Hollywood, a truck full of chickens overturned on a busy highway, depositing a population of chickens on the verge. A decade and a half later, scientist…

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From Rollercoaster to Routine: Regulating Dopamine with ADHD 10:47

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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You don’t have to be a psychic to use Tarot Cards 6:57

1y ago6:57

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Navigating Energetic Blocks: Unraveling Old Beliefs and Past Life Loops for Healing 16:45

1y ago16:45

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Meditation 101: A Beginner's Guide to Finding Your Zen 7:08

1y ago7:08

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Symptoms of Blocked Chakras: How to Identify and Heal Energy Imbalances 20:24

1y ago20:24

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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A Beginner's Guide to Spiritual Dimensions: Your Doorway to a Better Life 11:12

1y ago11:12

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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ADHD and Psychic Abilities: Why Your Unique Brain Makes You a Powerful Psychic 18:23

1y ago18:23

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Fear of the Third Eye: Should You Avoid It? 13:51

1y ago13:51

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Cosmic Orgasms: What Does an Energetic Download Feel Like? 7:04

1y ago7:04

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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How to Reset Your Energy – Even in Line at the DMV 9:15

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The Art & Science of Cosmic Energy: ASCE is a podcast from Marisa Grieco, Your Mystical Guide. Join us as we discuss her teachings, blogs, and videos about her quest to remove negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and old programs from her life. Thank you for watching and listening. Please like, comment, and subscribe! If you want more, consider joi…

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Always Believe in Your Golems (Making Money) 2:39:14

1y ago2:39:14

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Inequality reporter Stephanie Convery returns on a trip with Liz and Ben into the world of banking, high finance and monetary theory in Terry Pratchett’s thirty-sixth Discworld novel, 2007’s Making Money. The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running very smoothly – which has left Moist von Lipwig, reformed con-man and Postmaster General, at a loose end.…

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Do You Have These Psychic Superpowers? 8:41

1y ago8:41

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In this podcast, we dive into the fascinating world of psychic superpowers, focusing on what Marisa Grieco calls the "Claires." No, not the chocolate éclairs—though those are pretty magical too—but the mystical abilities that let you tap into other dimensions through your senses. You might already be using them without even knowing! We explore the …

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Cover Stamps (Discworld covers, Going Postal recap) 15:16

1+ y ago15:16

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Scheduling issues pushed back our recording of #Pratchat80, so unfortunately we aren’t going to be able to bring you that discussion of Making Money until October. But it has been a very long time since we talked about Going Postal, so Ben thought you might like a recap to tide you over – plus a discussion of some of his favourite Discworld book co…

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Unalive from Überwald (“Death and What Comes Next") 1:28:10

1+ y ago1:28:10

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Recorded live at the Australian Discworld Convention in Tarntanyangga (Adelaide), Karen J Carlisle and Tansy Rayner Roberts join us on stage to discuss short fiction, Death and the (sort of) last of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld short stories, 2004’s “Death and What Comes Next”. Somewhere in time and space, a philosopher lies on his deathbed…and Deat…

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One Step Beyond (The Long Cosmos) 2:46:38

1+ y ago2:46:38

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It’s the final leg of the Long Journey as Joel Martin and Deanne Sheldon-Collins answer our Invitation! Both previous Long Earth guests return to discuss the fifth and final of Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter’s collaborations, the 2016 novel The Long Cosmos. It’s 2070, and a message has been received across the Long Earth: “JOIN US.” Joshua Vali…

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The Longer Footnote (recap of The Long Earth, The Long War, The Long Mars and The Long Utopia) 13:01

1+ y ago13:01

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Our July episode about The Long Cosmos, fifth and final of the Long Earth series, is arriving on time! But we still thought you might appreciate a recap and reminder of what happened in the previous four novels. Was this helpful? Were you annoyed by the slight inaccuracies made for brevity? Do you double-dare us to do this for the Discworld series …

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How to Get Below in Advertising (“The Hades Business”)

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Writer, filmmaker and creative director Lucas Testro joins Liz and Ben on a trip down under to the Other Place as we discuss Terry Pratchett’s first ever published short story, 1963’s “The Hades Business”. Shady advertising man Crucible arrives home to find none other than old Nicholas Lucifer waiting for him in his study. But he hasn’t come to tak…

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Eeek Club 2024 (subscriber questions)

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It’s the 25th of May, which can only mean one thing: Geek Pride Day! Or Towel Day. Or the Glorious 25th of May and the Battle of Treacle Mine Road…okay, that’s three things. Why not add one more? This is the Pratchat Eeek Club: a bonus episode discussing Terry Pratchett-related topics selected by our “Eeek” tier subscribers. This year, the topics a…

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Wrong in the Start Place (Terry Pratchett Day 2024) 1:00:58

1+ y ago1:00:58

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The 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,…

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Real Men Don’t Drink...Decaf (Monstrous Regiment) 2:47:12

1+ y ago2:47:12

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Kiwi 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 O…

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The First News Blast (Discworld book and RPG news) 26:19

2y ago26:19

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Our 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 …

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A Monstrous Delay (IWD bonus mini-episode) 5:35

2y ago5:35

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Our 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…

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...And That Spells Trouble (Guards! Guards! board game) 1:36:30

2y ago1:36:30

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In 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 fr…

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Hogswitch (with Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent) 1:19:59

2y ago1:19:59

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In 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 w…

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3lDuB (no more ) 1:18

2y ago1:18

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I started living for myself … that’s it that’s the quote .

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This Christmas Goes to Eleven (Father Christmas’ Fake Beard) 1:42:51

2y ago1:42:51

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In 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 …