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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 splitting each book into three weekly episodes of analysis, discussion and tangents, with a week off in between books to refresh our brains.

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel

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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 splitting each book into three weekly episodes of analysis, discussion and tangents, with a week off in between books to refresh our brains.

    Terry Pratchett Day 2024 - Starting in the Wrong Place

    Terry Pratchett Day 2024 - Starting in the Wrong Place

    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. 
    This week, we’re celebrating Terry Pratchett Day! 
    Jumping on the theme of “Start in the Wrong Place” - we’re talking about some of the best (and worst) places to get started with Terry Pratchett’s work. 


    Find us on the internet:
    Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod
    Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
    Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP 


    Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi 


    Things we blathered on about:
    Quiz - Discworld Emporium
    Soul Music (TV series) - Wikipedia 
    DAVE GREENSLADE From The Discworld reviews 
    29: Eric Pt.1 (Corporate Nonsense Demon) - The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret 
    Lisa McCormick - BBC Radio 5 Live 


    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

    • 46 min
    141: Nation Pt. 3 (The Final Form of the Haunted Sword)

    141: Nation Pt. 3 (The Final Form of the Haunted Sword)

    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. 
    This week, Part 3 of our recap of “Nation”. 
    Crabs! Red and Blue! 


    Find us on the internet:
    Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod
    Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
    Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP 


    Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi 


    Things we blathered on about:
    'Fallout': How to Succeed in the Postapocalypse Without Really Trying - Rolling Stone
    Coney Island’s Incubator Babies - JSTOR Daily
    Aunt Sally Game - Cotswolds Info  
    THE IMPACT OF RED IN YOUR PAINTINGS Part 2 - Susan Harrison-Tustain Artist 
    The World Turned Upside Down - Wikipedia 
    Submillimeter Array - Wikipedia
    Jupiter in Daylight - The Planetary Society 


    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
     

    • 1 hr 33 min
    140: Nation Pt. 2 (Trousers All The Way Down)

    140: Nation Pt. 2 (Trousers All The Way Down)

    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. 
    This week, Part 2 of our recap of “Nation”. 
    Coconuts! Pineapples! Fish!


    Find us on the internet:
    Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod
    Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
    Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP 


    Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi 


    Things we blathered on about:
    An appropriately unhinged recap of Pretty Little Liars (Part 1) - YouTube 
    THE Vampire Diaries Video - YouTube   
    Dimetrodon - Wikipedia
    Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
    Gospel of Mary - Wikipedia  
    And death shall have no dominion by Dylan Thomas - poets.org 
    austentatious out of context - YouTube [You can also buy a couple of their shows to download here: https://www.austentatiousimpro.com/shop/]  
    Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Wikipedia
    Guns, Germs, and Steel - Wikipedia 
    The Book of Household Management - Mrs. Isabella Beeton. Volume 1. - Ex-Classics (PDF)
    The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple - BBC News 
    Society for Indecency to Naked Animals - Wikipedia 
     

    • 1 hr 12 min
    139: Nation Pt. 1 (Never Windsurf on a Crocodile)

    139: Nation Pt. 1 (Never Windsurf on a Crocodile)

    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.  
    This week, Part 1 of our recap of “Nation”. 

    A Wave! A Ship! A Dead Lobster in the Flour! 


    Find us on the internet:
    Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod
    Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
    Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP 
    Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi 


    Things we blathered on about:


    Dragon Age: Dreadwolf - everything we know - TechRadar 
    Classic FM Interview 25 Year Nation - YouTube  
    Terry Pratchett Interview: How He Wrote Nation - YouTube
    Terry Pratchett's 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award Speech for Nation - The Horn Book  
    Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes - Penguin 
    Rule of three - Wikipedia  
    Eternal Father strong to save  
    Samson - Wikipedia 
    Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup rebrand drops dead lion - BBC News 
    Psychopomp - Wikipedia 
    Omnibus Episode 587: The Guano Islands Act (Entry 554.PS10407)
    What are some standard fairy tale opening lines in your language? - r/AskEurope 
    The South Sea Project - Jonathan Swift - The Literature Network
    Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish - BBC News   
    How Ada Lovelace Constructed Her Wings - Noble Blood
    Course Change - Futility Closet [article about the Berouw]
    Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester - Goodreads
      
    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
     


     

    • 1 hr 15 min
    138: Unseen Academicals Pt.3 (Progressive Sleaze)

    138: Unseen Academicals Pt.3 (Progressive Sleaze)

    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. 
    This week, Part 3 of our recap of “Unseen Academicals”. 
    Chants! Pies! Glowing Gold Woman! 


    Find us on the internet:
    Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod
    Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
    Discord: https://discord.gg/PHNb8M5HbV 


    Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi 


    Things we blathered on about:
    How Jennifer Lopez’s Versace Dress Created Google Images | GQ
    Playlist Alternative History created by @joeefoster - TikTok  
    Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats - Poetry Foundation  
    FIFA World Cup Trophy - Wikipedia
    The women that Britain ‘loved to hate’ [the 2006 WAGs] - BBC Culture 
    Erinyes (Furies) – Mythopedia 
    Hillsborough disaster - Wikipedia 
    Hippodrome | Byzantine, Roman & Greek - Britannica
    Schmidt pain scale - Natural History Museum  
    The Great Kentucky Meat Shower Mystery - Scientific American   
    They think it's all over - Wikipedia 
    Alea iacta est - Wikipedia 


    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
     

    • 1 hr 21 min
    137: Unseen Academicals Pt. 2 (Mass Pie Experience)

    137: Unseen Academicals Pt. 2 (Mass Pie Experience)

    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. 
    This week, Part 2 of our recap of “Unseen Academicals”. 
    Crab! Bucket! Gloing!


    Find us on the internet:
    Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod
    Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret
    Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret
    Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP 


    Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi 


    Things we blathered on about:
    The company behind the Alien and Dishonored tabletop RPGs is planning a new RPG based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld - PC Gamer 
    Modiphius Discworld game survey
    Phonestheme - Wikipedia  
    Hertzsprung–Russell diagram - Wikipedia 
    Guardian book club: Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett - The Guardian  
    The goats with spider genes and silk in their milk - BBC News 
    Crab mentality - Wikipedia 


    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

    • 1 hr 29 min

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