

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret
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 splitting each book into three weekly episodes of analysis, discussion and tangents, with a week off in between books to refresh our brains.
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Oct 11, 2020 • 51min
Bonus - NYCC The Watch Panel Reaction - Arbitrary But Strongly Held
Bonus - “The Watch” Comic Con Panel Watch the video of this podcast(!)The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, a quick bonus episode in which we share our thoughts, feelings and exasperation, after watching the New York Comic Con panel on “The Watch” - a new series from BBC America “inspired by” the Discworld books. Watch the panel here.Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Follow the Radio Morpork World Cup of Pratchett Characters here.Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Oct 4, 2020 • 1h 32min
32: Moving Pictures Pt.1 (Waning Lyrical)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young 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 “Moving Pictures”. Despair! Serial Killers! Stars of Stage and Screen! BURSAARRR! A Small Village in Poland! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comSend us queries for the agony aunts! Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Hardline BBC critics reportedly offered top media roles [Note - any ‘offer’ has since been denied by govt, but it seems likely that serious talks/’wooing’ have happened]All Killa No FillaDiscworld Timeline (L-Space)What is the laziest thing you've ever done? - /r/askreddit Radagast | The One Wiki to Rule Them AllThe Magic of Terry Pratchett by Marc Burrows - GoodreadsSamuel GoldwynSilverfish (p34) - The Annotated Pratchett FilesRock Hudson (1990) - IMDbThe AMPire DiariesEnola Holmes (2020) - IMDbThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson - GoodreadsDebrett's: Etiquette Training from the 250-Year-Old AuthorityWatching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour - GoodreadsAlchemy - WikipediaList of cryptids - WikipediaPoster - Hearts and Planets - 1915Poster - Man Hunters of the Caribbean - 1936Poster - When the Earth Cracked Open (never made - NSFW)Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Oct 4, 2020 • 26min
Bonus - The Accidental Satanist
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, a very special bonus episode!“The Accidental Satanist” is a monologue by Joanna, now newly recorded as a radio play in conjunction with QuirkHouse Theatre Company. Paul was played by the very talented AJ Deane.Follow QuirkHouse here: Twitter: @QuirkhouseTheatFacebook: @QuirkHouseNew radio plays coming soon on the Quirkhouse Theatre Company website.Follow AJ Deane:Twitter: @aj_deane Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Follow Joanna’s inktober poetry project here - new poems daily throughout October!--Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.comSound effects: BBC Sound Effects (background atmosphere)Zembacraftworks (beer)Qubodup (glass)

Sep 20, 2020 • 1h 9min
31: Eric Pt.3 (Not a Sandwich, But)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young 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 “Eric”. Junk bowls! Twiglets and Boursin! Douglas Adams! Formulate! (The very thing!)Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:JK Rowling's new book sparks fresh transgender rights row - CNN Rhianna Pratchett’s tweet about The Watch showrunner’s post Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate sues Netflix for giving Sherlock Holmes too many feelings - The VergeThe Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English LanguagePersephone :: Queen of the Underworld - Greek MythologyOrpheus - Greek MythologyQuote by Douglas Adams: “Another thing that got forgotten …” - GoodreadsJoanna’s necklace - InstagramBlack Books - Franʼs New Work - YouTubeCosmogonist - definition of cosmogonist by The Free DictionaryJoanna’s social media (for Inktober poetry reasons): Instagram (@joannamercutio)Twitter (@joannahagan)

Sep 13, 2020 • 60min
30: Eric Pt.2 (The Moustaches We Made Along The Way)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young 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 “Eric”. Bees! Fits! Narrative Causality! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Troy by Adèle Geras - GoodreadsRL Stine on Fear Street, Young Adult fiction, and why he doesn't like writing about zombiesQuetzalcoatl - Wikipediaponce (n.)Juan Ponce de León - WikipediaSexy French Depression (feat. Rachel Bloom) - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"Odysseus - Greek MythologySiren | Definition, Legend, & History | BritannicaAncient Troy: The City & the Legend | Live ScienceYou're Dead To Me, The Aztecs - BBC Radio 4Angry Aztecs by Terry Deary - GoodreadsAztec Depictions in Pop Culture: 500 Years After the Fall | Comic-Con@Home 2020Aztec mythology in popular culture - WikipediaMacrobians - Wikipediawww.reddit.com/r/TTSMYF/Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Sep 6, 2020 • 1h 28min
29: Eric Pt.1 (Corporate Nonsense Demon)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young 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 “Eric”. We’re back! Loins! Jungle! There are bees here, leave immediately! Aubergines! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Robert Pattinson: A Dispatch From Isolation - GQWatching Twilight on a poorly hung projector screen - RedditBBC America Reveals A New Cast Photo From ‘The Watch’ And Fans Of Terry Pratchett’s ‘Discworld’ Are Not Pleased - ScienceFiction.comDracula (TV Mini-Series 2020– ) - IMDb"Weird Al" Yankovic - Lame Claim to Fame - YouTubeFictional Aisle by Tall Boy Special - YouTubeDoctor Faustus (play) - WikipediaGoethe’s Faust - WikipediaI'm R.L. Stine and it's my job to terrify kids. Ask me anything! - RedditThe Magic of Terry Pratchett (an interview with Marc Burrows) - TTSMYFElephant tumblr screenshot - imgurShort Story:The Hades Business - Lspace wikiPassive-aggressive Google Doc chat - imgurNewton's Cradle (Entry 835.1C1311) - OmnibusSimple English Demonic Evocation Guide - Become a Living GodIpos - WikipediaA Salute to the Wheel - Smithsonian MagazineRai Stones - WikipediaMS-DOS - Microsoft WikiThe Annotated Pratchett Files - Eric - p21Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Jul 29, 2020 • 55min
The Magic of Terry Pratchett (an interview with Marc Burrows)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, a glorious bonus episode! We talk to Marc Burrows about his new Pratchett biography - The Magic of Terry Pratchett. Buy The Magic of Terry Pratchett here:Hard copy from the publisherKindle Apple BooksMarc’s online stuff:AskMeAboutTerryPratchett.com@20thcenturymarc (Marc Burrows’ Twitter)Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Other things we blathered on about: Thy Last DropThe Museum of CuriosityNo Such Thing As A FishNigel Planer - IMDb Colin Smythe’s extensive Pratchett-related materials archive

Jul 19, 2020 • 1h 12min
28: Guards! Guards! Pt.3 (Low Expectangents)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young 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 “Guards! Guards!”Corruption! Coronation! Dragon! More dragon! Flames! The philosophical deconstruction of good and evil?Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:@hammard_1987 (Twitter user doing the Pratchett Word Cup polls)Pratchett's Women by Tansy Rayner RobertsLembasNature on Trial: The Case of the Rooster That Laid an EggMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Jul 12, 2020 • 1h 31min
27: Guards! Guards! Pt.2 (Coming Out With A Dragon Under His Arm)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young 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 “Guards! Guards!”. Guards! Dragons! Books! Metaphysics! Bunting! Guards! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:@hammard_1987 (Twitter user doing the Pratchett Word Cup polls)HERE BE SPOILERS: The Discworld Timelinehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42653524-happy-fatNeil Patrick Harris - 2013 - Tony Awards OpeningHappy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You, by Sofie HagenShrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, by Lindy WestBringing Up Baby (1938) - IMDbThe Darkest Timeline: The '1' Timeline | CommunityDirty Harry (1971) - IMDbDiana, princess of Wales

Jul 5, 2020 • 1h 32min
26: Guards! Guards! Pt.1 (The Flamey Flame)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young 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 “Guards! Guards!”. Guards! Guards! (Also heroes, villains, mundanity, secret societies, wonderful words and dragons)Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Pratchett World Cup (Twitter thread)Hypallage/Transferred epithetThe Elements of Eloquence, by Mark ForsythJeeves & WoosterHag stonesMeet the Man Who Started the IlluminatiBrioche - Bread or Viennoiserie?Detroit Style PizzaDragon physicsFrank WhittleMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com