The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

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 “Equal Rites”.Moral Relativism! Nostalgia! Singing! Exposition! Euphamisism! Kitchens! Abolishing Gender! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @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:The World of the Dark Crystal Her Dark MaterialsMorris MinorThe Winkers Song (Misprint), Ivor BiggunThe Worst Witch (IMDB)The King of Elfland's Daughter (Wiki)Hyacinth Bucket's Top 5 Putdowns | Keeping Up AppearancesRomani (TV Tropes)History of the Romani People; Origin (Wiki)UK Roma/Traveller Communities (Twitter)Racism against Gypsies (Huck) 'Rambling dinosaur' Marco Pierre White says women are too emotional to be chefs (Guardian)Education and Sex: The Medical Case against Higher Education for Women in England, 1870-1900, Joan N. Burstyn (JSTOR)The gender riots that rocked Cambridge University in the 1920s (Oxford University Press Blog)The Rising Tide: Women in CambridgeBreast-shaped hills 

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 “Equal Rites”. Cannon Fire! Feminism! Statistics! Acceptable Witches! Gynecological Improbability! Brothers! The Space-Time Continuum! Give Harry Potter a Lollipop! Mansplaining! Treesplaining! Apologies that halfway through we have a drop in audio quality - we suffered some technical issues and Clacks Interference.Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @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:Playing in the Dark (Neil Gaiman and the BBC Symphony Orchestra)The Mushroom Hunters (by Neil Gaiman, read by Amanda Palmer with music by Jherek Bischoff)John DeeAlewives (Buffering the Vampire Slayer) I Have Brothers (TV Tropes)Necrotelicomnicon (L-Space Wiki)The Sandman: A Beginner's Guide (GQ)What are some subtle and not so subtle mistakes writers will make when writing female characters? (/r/askwomen)Deely bobbers/boppersSeventh Son of a Seventh Son (Wiki)Pratchett’s blue plaqueMultiplication Tips and TricksJoseph Delaney (Fantastic Fiction)The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why, by Amanda Ripley

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel, recap and discuss every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week - a special bonus Hogswatch special! We discuss the 2008 TV adaptations of “The Colour of Magic” & “The Light Fantastic”.A Surprise Festive Guest! Mulled things aplenty! A sword! The pGloybe! An attempt at positivity! Incredible CGI! Some rants! F: It’s Christmas, and I can’t be bothered to edit this down to its usual length. So, please enjoy this BUMPER BONUS FESTIVE FEATURE LENGTH EXTRAVAGANZA.  Things we blathered on about: The Watch Adaptation details (Radio Times)The GlobeThe DyskAo3 (archiveofourown.org)Effulgent - “Shining brightly; radiant.” (Lexico)The Colour of Magic (IMDb)Noma Dumezweni Rosie & JimThe Jim Henson Company Figwit (Fanlore.org)F: I got my plays muddled. The Mousetrap is the longest-running West End show. People are asked not to spoil the ending, but it’s the same. Shear Madness, a Broadway show, is another long-running production that does have different endings. What About Dick? (IMDb)Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel, recap and discuss every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 3 of our recap of “The Light Fantastic”. Smells! Neopaganism! Loincloths! Apes! Cults! Gherkins! Plural Apocalypse!Heads up - we spoil some of the “magic” of seances in this episode. If you’d like to avoid that, skip 23:40 - 24:35. Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @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:The Galaxy Song (YouTube)You’re Dead to Me - StonehengeDwarfs/DwarvesNice Try! podcast - (season one about failed utopias)Nazi Book Burnings (Wikipedia)The Order of the Solar Temple (Wikipedia)Do wind vent holes in banners make a difference? Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel, recap and discuss every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 2 of our recap of “The Light Fantastic”. Necromancy! Albatross! Harridans! Ovens! Tolkien! Sibilance! Lashings of Butter! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @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:Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (goodreads)The Annotated Pratchett File, v9.0 (‘the chappy whose name I’ve forgotten’ is Leo Breebaart) Have you turned it off and on again?Dreyer’s English, Benjamin Dreyer (Goodreads)On Writing Well, William Zinsser (Goodreads)The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Wikipedia)The Personal Relationships of King James (Wikipedia)Understanding Aperture in PhotographyIntroduction to Shutter Speed in PhotographyMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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 “The Light Fantastic”. Magic! Golden Syrup! Spreadsheets! The Truth Fairy! Collective Nouns! Chaos! Kangaroos! Pyramid Theory!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @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:The Colour of Magic - TV Series (IMDB)  Dyslexie font Freytag’s PyramidClarke’s three laws (3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.)Terry Pratchett - Facing Extinction (BBC)King James Demonology (British Library)We Knew Ravens Are Smart. But Not This Smart (National Geographic)Brewers Book of Myth and Legend (Goodreads)Kangaroo Definition Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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 “The Colour of Magic”. Mythology! Fish! The Edge! Worlds Upon Worlds! Hydrophobic Hovercraft! Luck! Fate! Gravitational Upset! Ducks! A Frog!(Tragically we forgot to record an outro this week, so you get an outtake instead!)Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Audio note: the occasional otherworldly background rumble is from a nearby air base – not the result of J & F edging perilously close to the line between dimensions. There is probably no cause for alarm. Daedalus (greekmythology.com)The Prince with the Silver Hand (Goodreads)India: Discovering the Taj Mahal (National Geographic)  Arms Race (BBC, Blue Planet ‘Deep Sea’ clip)Tethys (Wikipedia)The 14th Rule (AboutWriting.org)Cinematic Dramatic Sting (SoundEffectsFactory) Base Canard (Merriam-Webster)Macbeth via Blackadder (YouTube)Scrofula (Wikipedia)Where no man has gone before (Wiki)     Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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 “The Colour of Magic”. Ducks! Tabletop Gaming! Wolves! Editing! Scientology! Scooby Doo! Helicopters! Dragons! Existential Crisis! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @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:BBC Sound Effects Typewriter in the Sky (Wiki)Pratchett's Women, by Tansy Rayner Roberts (GoodReads)Conan the Barbarian (Wiki)The best work of Chris Riddell, new children's laureate – in pictures (Guardian, 2015)Aircraft hijacking 1958-1979 (Wiki)The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Wiki)Robin Hobb - The Fitz and the Fool (Goodreads)I’m a feminist, but… (The Guilty Feminist Podcast)Would You? (YouTube)---Sound effects: Comedy duck (free for personal and educational use): http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/assets/07042207.wav Dun dun dunnnSpoiler ‘bleep’Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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 “The Colour of Magic”. Cellos! Random Capitalisation! Wizards! Tourists! Albatross! Tyrants! Tangents! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @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:The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase -by Mark ForsythThe Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)The Magic of the Roundabout The Ottoman Empire’s No. 2 ManTV Tropes - Evil ChancellorAn Online Resource Guide to Freytag's PyramidDan Harman's Circle TheoryKateLeth.comFanlore – SuperWhoLockAmanda Palmer – There Will Be No IntermissionAppointment in Samarra (Wiki)---Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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, with a week off in between books to refresh our brains. This trailer should give you an idea of what you’re in for. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry, and occasionally we’ll try for a bit of nuanced analysis.Find us on the internet:Website: www.thetruthshallmakeyefret.comTwitter: @MakeYeFretPodFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi ---Thanks to Chris Collins at indiemusicbox.com for the very reasonably priced music. Onna stick.