Podcasts about hogswatch

"HO HO HO." PJ and Andy meet to celebrate Hogswatch with gerbils, eggnog, and a fine festive Pratchett, with more mergings of sociology and fantasy. Albert and Death have frank discussions about childhood and income inequality amongst celebrations on fiction and belief, as f-frightening Teatime stalks the disc. An extra special episode and a happy Hogswatch to you all. Have you enjoyed Hogfather or Jingo for the first time? Send us a 4 minute clip talking about your experience and we'll publish it next episode. I've Never Read Discworld is available on Bluesky, Facebook and YouTube @discworldgnu And be sure to check out check out some more of our wares: PJ Hart's 'Country Rogues' (BBC iPlayer) feat. James Martin https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022d39 PJ Hart's 'The Divil's Own' (BBC Sounds/Illumination podcast) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yhg4 Andy's Coastlines After Dark https://books2read.com/coastlinesafterdark And youtube channel @andrewluke

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 witch of the Chalk - with a little help from her friends, of course. Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Miss Tick, Mrs Letice Earwig and more have all annotated the manuscript - as have Tiffany's fairy allies and protectors, the Nac Mac Feegle. We'll return to the book for a regular discussion in a future episode, but for now, please enjoy our chat with Rhianna and Gabrielle - though note that as Tiffany Aching's Guide is set after The Shepherd's Crown, you might catch a couple of brief spoilers for the final Discworld novel in this interview. The same is true for their previous appearances on our spiritual sibling podcasts, The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret and The Compleat Discography, which you will probably also enjoy. You can send us comments and questions about this episode using the hashtag #Pratchat74. And as usual you can find errata and other notes for this episode on our website. Guest Rhianna Pratchett is a writer best known for her work in videogames, most famously the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider, and most recently Lost Words: Beyond the Page with Sketchbook Games. Rhianna also works in film and television production, and since 2012 has co-run Narrativia, the company which manages Terry Pratchett's intellectual property. Rhianna recently made her first podcast series, Mythical Creatures, for BBC Radio 4; find it via your favourite podcast app, or on the BBC Sounds website. You can also follow Rhianna on social media at @rhipratchett on Twitter and Mastodon, and as @rhi.bsky.social on Bluesky. Guest Gabrielle Kent is now best known as a children's author, but worked in videogames as an artist and lecturer for many years. Her books include the Knights and Bikes series based on the videogame of the same name; the Alfie Bloom series about a boy who inherits a magical castle; and most recently Rani Reports, a series about a young aspiring journalist, co-written with her husband Satish Shewhorak. You can find out more about Gabrielle via her website, gabriellekent.com. Gabrielle is also on social media as @gabriellekent on Twitter and Bluesky. Next month we get our game one again as we play and discuss the second published Discworld board game, Guards! Guards!, designed by Leonard Boyd and David Brashaw of BackSpindle Games. Get your questions in via social media using the hashtag #Pratchat75, or send us an email at chat@pratchatpodcast.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. This week, a bonus Hogswatch Extravaganza as we discuss the TV adaptation of Going Postal. Watch this episode on YouTube!Bells! Festivity! A Very Wet Banshee! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: 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 Infinite Monkey's Guide to... Strawberries - BBC Sounds The history of letter boxes - The Postal Museum Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com 

Unlike some DJs, Liz and Ben do take requests - like this month's short story! They're joined by comedian and DJ Andrew McClelland to spin discs with the soul collector, as they discuss Terry Pratchett's 1989 short story “Turntables of the Night”. John, one half of the “Hellfire Disco” mobile DJ business, is helping the police with their enquiries. His latest gig, a fairly sedate Halloween party, did not go smoothly - and it all revolves around a mysterious visitor to the dancefloor, who had an unusual request for DJ Wayne... Written for Diana Wynne Jones' 1989 collection of original fiction Hidden Turnings, “Turntables of the Night” came to Pratchett title first. It's a spooky tale of obsession, records, music and death - or rather Death, appearing outside the Discworld for perhaps the first time in Pratchett's writing. Is this fantasy or horror? Did Pratchett really know who Ian Curtis was? Who did he call up to get insight into the DJ trade? What would Death ask you to curate for him? Who would be the crown jewel in his collection now? And which of Pratchett's other short stories do you want us to devote an entire episode to? Join in the conversation using the hashtag #Pratchat72 on social media. Guest Andrew McClelland (he/him) is a writer, comedian and DJ who has often mixed in his other loves, like history, music, DJing and Gilbert & Sullivan, to create the “niche” nerdy and gentlemanly comedy for which he's known. Andy has also frequently collaborated with #Pratchat38 guest Lawrence Leung. As a DJ, Andy works constantly in Melbourne and did indeed open for Cher during her 2018 Australia and New Zealand tour. His club night Andrew McClelland's Finishing School doesn't run as regularly as it used to, but as of this episode it has a 15th anniversary night on 10 November, and an annual 90s night on 24 November. Find Andy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter (if you must) or at his website djandrewmcclelland.com. Finishing School is on Facebook. As usual, you can find notes and errata for this episode on our website. Next episode we get into the Hogswatch spirit by opening an entire book of season stories, as we discuss the 2017 collection of Pratchett's children's fiction, Father Christmas's Fake Beard. You can send us questions about any of the stories (which we'll list on our website for reference), or about the book in general, using the hashtag #Pratchat72 on social media. Or send them in via email to chat@pratchatpodcast.com.

Your hosts get festive in their discussion of The Hogfather. They do cave and end up calling “Hogswatch” plain ol' christmas a few times. They talk about Death and the weirdly specific “skeletons impersonating Santa Claus” genre as a whole. They also talk about belief as a magic system, Susan's character growth and increased badassery, and how absolutely chilling the villain Mr. Teatime is. This episode also features a “Words are Weird” segment about boogeymen (no, it is not related to the dance move).This episode sure would have made more sense in December, huh? Oh well.Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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, it's time for another Hogswatch Extravaganza as we discuss The Amazing Maurice movie!  SPOILERS START AT 17m20sNightmare Rabbits! Nightmare Wildebeests! Delightful Rats!Watch the episode video here.Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Trombone comment - alt.fan.pratchett (now Google groups)Hogfather/DEATH/Twiggy - Twitter (@BewilderedPod) How The Amazing Maurice changed the game for Terry Pratchett - Telegraph Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Josh is back to talk some more about Hogfather (1996) and its connections to Christmas traditions, covering the history of the Tooth Fairy and Hogswatch, the relationship between Father Christmas and Father Time, and the relationship between Christmas and the modern fantasy tradition, paying particular attention to works by Charles Dickens, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, as well as films like The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

This year we're reviving an old tradition; the Final Draft Xmas Gift Guide. Got a hard to buy for person in your life? Hoping a slightly sardonic radio segment has the answers? You're in luck then because this year we are selecting the perfect book to give to your loved ones. How do we know what to pick? The Final Draft team has trolled* the research searching for probing psychological insights into who we are and what we want. The last few years has really changed us, sometimes in ways we weren't expecting. So based on deeply insightful data and a meme about the ways we wear our masks, here are our picks for Xmas with different Covid personality types... (Hopefully there's a banner directing you to reliable data about Covid-19 somewhere around because this is satire!) For The Person Who Believes in the Science ‘Hogfather' by Terry Pratchett The Hogfather is the Discworld's Santa, or as Pratchett would probably explain it; the manifestation of belief made corporeal. When a mysterious group of celestial bureaucrats known as the Auditors of Reality decide that the Hogfather must die it's up to DEATH to save the day. As DEATH's Granddaughter races to the Tooth Fairies realm to stop the plot, DEATH dons a festive red suit and fake beard to make sure that children do not awake to no presents on Hogswatch. I chose Terry Pratchett for the Believes in Science crowd because at its heart Hogfather, like so many of Pratchett's works, explores the nature of belief and its power to unite us. For The Person Who Denies the Science ‘A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens  I'm not entirely certain this book needs an introduction but here goes; A curmudgeonly old money lender discovers the heart of Xmas after being visited by the ghost of his old business partner and the anthropomorphised spirits of Xmas. I chose it for the deniers of science because it's a tangibly, intangible example of someone changing their mind in the face of evidence. It's Xmas, we can only hope… For The Person Who Doesn't Understand the Science ‘Nothing Lasts Forever' by Roderick Thorp Nothing Lasts Forever is the story of NYPD Detective Joe Leland flying out to LA on Xmas Eve to visit his daughter. As he waits for his daughter's work Xmas party to end the building she works in is overtaken by terrorists. The terrorists are protesting the big corporations corrupt dealings and attempting to siphon off the profits of said corruption. Joe's not having any of it and goes in wearing no shoes and armed only with his service revolver. He proceeds to kill a whole lot of terrorists and foils their plan only to see his daughter die as the lead terrorist drags her off the building with him. If this is sounding all too familiar, that's because Nothing Lasts Forever is the novel which was later adapted into the greatest Xmas film of all time (arguably, by other people, not me) Die Hard. I chose this for the Doesn't Understand the Science crowd because much like them, our hero Joe Leland doesn't fulling understand what's going on and despite his best intentions his actions lead to a fair amount of damage and heartache. For The Person Who Believes in Magic ‘A Merry Little Meet Cute' by Julie Murphy Full disclosure, I have not read this book. The synopsis sounds fun though; with an adult movie star being cast in a family Xmas movie opposite her childhood crush (a former boy band star).  The title literally has ‘Meet Cute' in it. A meet cute is a literary trope where the two main characters are thrown together in a way where the reader knows they will end up together even though they are oblivious, even hostile to each other. Really any meet cute set at Xmas will do because you know this is going to be a fairly preposterous story of two people getting together (and staying together) in a way that's not particularly realistic. Perfect for the Believes in Magic crowd because you know what sometimes you really just want to hold on to the beautiful lie. *No, we mean trolled. Not trawled.

We explore every author's worst nightmare as writer Penny Love returns to Pratchat and finds the barrier between reality and fiction getting all wibbly-wobbly in Terry Pratchett's 1988 short story, "Final Reward". After a particularly bad row with his girlfriend Nicky - and a pint of wine - author Kevin Dogger decides to kill off the protagonist of his best-selling fantasy series. The next morning, Erdan the Barbarian appears on Dogger's doorstep with the milk. He was, after all, promised a final reward: an eternity of carousing in the halls of his creator... Content note: the story "Final Reward" contains discussion of (fictional) suicide.If you or anyone you know needs help, use the Wikipedia list of crisis lines to find one local to you. Written for the short-lived roleplaying magazine G.M., "Final Reward" is Pratchett's go at the age-old tradition of writers writing about writers. But in true Pratchett form, it's not just about that... Hailing from around the time of Wyrd Sisters and Pyramids, but "tinkered with" before appearing in A Blink of the Screen, it depicts an author ill at ease with the real world and human relationships - by all accounts not much like Pratchett himself at all. And then there's the way it ends... What did you think of this one? Have you ever written a character you'd like to meet in person? Would you swap places with them? And is this a dig at any real fantasy authors, and we've missed the joke? Join in the conversation using the hashtag #Pratchat58 on social media. Guest Penelope Love is a writer best known for her roleplaying game work, especially with Chaosium for Call of Cthulhu, including the upcoming Victorian London campaign she mentions this episode. She previously joined us for #Pratchat45, "Hogswatch in Grune", discussing the quite Lovecraftian "Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting". Penny is also part of Campaign Coins, who as well as making gorgeous metal coins for use with tabletop games, publish Penny's comic fantasy short story collections about “The Three Dungeoneers”, which you can find here. Penny is on Twitter as @PennyLoveWrites, or you can follow @CampaignCoins for more on their projects. As usual, you can find notes and errata for this episode on our website. As previously advised, due to some technical difficulties - and not a time machine, to Ben's disappointment - the next episode to be released will be #Pratchat57, discussing the third Long Earth novel, The Long Mars, with Joel Martin. Look for it in the Pratchat podcast feed on August 25. Next month in #Pratchat59, we're discussing The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch with science and fiction writer, Dr Kat Day! And after that, in October, it's finally time for another general questions episode, #Pratchat60. This is the perfect opportunity to ask us about books you missed first time round, or general questions about Discworld, Pratchett, us and the show! Send in your questions for either of those episodes via social media (using the appropriate hashtag), or send us an email at chat@pratchatpodcast.com.

Hogfather was a 2006 Sky One adapatation of the Terry Pratchett novel of the same name. When the Hogfather is in danger, who will step in to deliver the Hogswatch presents? Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British Invaders […]

Send your questions and comments to unseenacademicalspod@gmail.com  I know the book's called Hogfather not Hogswatch!

Episode Notes Happy New Year! We hope you all have a kickass 2022. In a special episode, we discuss one of Poppy's favourite Discworld books Hogfather. The Discworld books are receiving new audiobook versions and we believe that this is the first one to be released. It is read by Sian Clifford, Bill Nighy (doing the footnotes), and, Peter Serafinowicz (as DEATH). We had a great time chatting about it. The Blurb: 'Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house...something was missing. The stockings are hanging ready, the sherry and pies are waiting by the fireplace - but where is the jolly fat man with his sack? It's not right to find Death creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho - but someone's got to bring the little kiddies their presents. Or else they might stop believing. Belief is important in Discworld, particularly on the last night of the year when the time is turning. If the real man in the red suit isn't found by morning, there won't be a morning. Ever again... The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Hogfather is the fourth book in the Death series; a festive feast of darkness (but with jolly robots and tinsel too). As always you can reach us with any comments or suggestions by emailing audiobookishpod@gmail.com or contacting us on social media at Audiobookishpod Thanks for listening we will be back soon with season 3! Support Audiobookish by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/audiobookish Find out more at https://audiobookish.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-8a93af for 40% off for 4 months, and support Audiobookish.

Let's have a Hogswatch Christmas Eve party! This is based on the movie version of The Hogfather. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/detroit-conjure-llc-festi/support

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, recap and discuss every book from Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series in chronological order. This week - a fabulous bonus Hogswatch extravaganza as we discuss the Hogfather TV adaptation! Piles of Teeth! Some Other Things! (Ridcullys Nipples!) More Piles of Teeth!Watch the video version of this episode here!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Hogfather - IMDBHunt The Wren - YoutubeHouse of Cards - WikiLove and Monsters - FandomMy Family - WikiA few painting recommendations from Francine:youtube.com/c/EmmaLefebvreyoutube.com/c/Makoccinoyoutube.com/c/DrawwithShibaOur Book Recommendations:The House Of Shattered WingsThe Elegance of the HedgehogThe HollowsStation ElevenH is for HawkThe Way of All FleshMusic: 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. This week, Part 2 of our recap of “Hogfather”. What Fun! Chins Up & Smiling Faces! Shall We Play A Lovely Game?!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:My Chemical Romance - All I Want for Christmas Is You - YouTubeLocally-curved geometry generates bending cracks in the African elephant skin - Nature CommunicationsWren Day - Smithsonian Mag King of the Bean - The Free Dictionary Mistletoe Traditions - mistletoe.orgRitual and revelry, the story of wassailing - National TrustGeorge's Marvellous Medicine - Roald DahlAntonymic Misinterpretation / X Implies the Existence of Y - Know Your MemeAsafoetida - BBC Good FoodMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com 

HO. HO. HO. We’re traveling to Discworld just in time for Hogswatch. It’s Hogfather, and This Film is Lit. Let Me Sum Up Was That in the Book? Lost in Adaptation Better in the Book Better in the Movie The Movie Nailed It Odds and Ends Final Verdict Our next movie is a listener's choice for How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Happy fiftieth episode to us! We're celebrating with the return of our very first guest, comedian and author Cal Wilson! Cal joins Liz and Ben in the kitchen to brave the recipes within the 1999 Discworld side project Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, co-authored with Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan, with illustrations by Paul Kidby. After his latest books are forcibly withdrawn from sale, publisher J H C Goatberger reluctantly decides to publish another manuscript sent to him by Nanny Ogg. He hires a few editors to "put in the spelling, grammar and punctuation" and has his wife vet it for anything objectionable enough to get the book banned. The result is Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, a collection of Nanny's own recipes, others she's collected from around the Disc, and some of her wit, wisdom and advice - in particular when it comes to etiquette. Published alongside The Fifth Elephant (see #Pratchat40), Nanny Ogg's Cookbook is one of several "in-universe artefact" books. It collects around fifty or so recipes - minus a dozen or so joke ones - devised by Hannan. Pratchett and Briggs round out the book with Nanny's advice on matters of life, death, flowers and everything in between. Paul Kidby provides some great illustrations of various characters, dishes and other glimpses of Discworld life. What do you think of books like this, that bring a bit of a fictional world into the real one? Which of Nanny's recipes would you try? How do her observations match up with your own experiences of life, love and...um..toilet seats? Do you want a sausage-inna-Bunnings T-shirt? And are you ready to see pictures of our efforts? (Probably not...) Join the conversation using the hashtag #Pratchat50 on social media. Guest Cal Wilson - one of Australia and New Zealand's most beloved comedians - previously guested in #Pratchat1 and #Pratchat3, talking about Men at Arms and Sourcery, respectively. Since we saw her last she's published two children's books - George and the Great Bum Stampede and George and the Great Brain Swappery. Cal is no stranger to podcasts; she's guested on dozens! Her upcoming children's storytelling podcast is The Story Tailor (we'll link to it when it's out!), and she's previously co-hosted Money Power Freedom (it does what it says on the tin) with journalist Santilla Chingaipe for the Victorian Women's Trust. You can find Cal online as @calbo on Twitter, and as mentioned in our chat, on TikTok as @calbowilson. (Or just search for the hashtag #baristacats.) As usual, you can find notes and errata for this episode on our web site - including some photos of our culinary efforts! (Viewer discretion is advised.) December is a busy time for us! To further celebrate reaching fifty episodes, we've invited a bunch of great folks, including past guests, fellow Pratchett podcasters and more to cook a few more recipes for a special Hogswatch Feast episode! Watch out for it on Hogswatch day (i.e. December 25, Australian time). We're also recording our next episode very soon - December 17 in fact - and we'll be discussing the next adventure for Tiffany Aching, 2006's Wintersmith, with Australian fantasy author Garth Nix! So if you have questions, get them in "toot sweet", as Nanny might say, using the hashtag #Pratchat51, or via email to chat@pratchatpodcast.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. This week, Part 1 of our recap of “Hogfather”. Fun! Festive! Frighteningly Manic and Overly Curious Villainy!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Joanna and Francine on a carousel in 2015#50YearsOfTerry - TwitterAnnotated Pratchett File - Hogfather Hogfather - Colin SmytheThe Big Read Top 100 - BBC (2003 list)LockPickingLawyer - YouTubeOmnibus Episode 303: Elizaɪᴛ's ᴀ sᴡᴏʀᴅ. ɪᴛ's ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sᴀғᴇ.- comic on adi-fitri's tumblr Lines & Squares - AA MilneLet Toys Be ToysHydrothermal vents: survival at the ocean's hot springs - Natural History MuseumMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com (intro music altered for Festive Reasons)

Arts journalist, critic and broadcaster Richard Watts joins Liz and Ben on a trip sideways in time with reluctant wizard Mervin (with a V) in Pratchett's 1995 short story "Once and Future", originally published in the Arthurian collection Camelot. As he stands on the beach waiting for the right hopeful king to come along, professional time traveler Mervin recounts his story of how he became stranded in a sideways version of medieval Britain. Here the stories of Arthurian myth are more or less real - though one notable figure is missing... With his knowledge of modern technology, a stash of emergency supplies and help from sharp local girl Nimue, he has a plan to fill the gaps in this other history... Pratchett explores a new angle on the Matter of Britain, mixing sci-fi and engineering into a story about stories and "a world that's not exactly memory and not exactly story". Published in between Interesting Times and Maskerade, but stewing in his head for a decade before that, it features some of Pratchett's most developed ideas about time travel, and was something he was proud and fond of. He even thought of turning his more extensive writings for it into a novel! Did you enjoy Pratchett's take on the practicalities of time travel? Would you have the skills to make it as a time traveler? Does it have the beginnings of a full-length novel? And what's the best thing you've ever found in a charity shop? ...we're not sure where that one fits in either, but you asked so we answered! (Thanks Ryn.) Join the conversation using the hashtag #Pratchat49 on social media. Guest Richard Watts is indeed a titan of the Melbourne arts community. He's best known as a journalist for ArtsHub, where he is the National Performing Arts Editor, and as the host of SmartArts, 3RRR's long-running weekly arts programme. As well as being named a living legend of the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2019, Richard's contributions to the arts were further recognised in 2021 when he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards. He's also written for roleplaying games including Call of Cthulhu, Elric!, Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Wraith: The Oblivion. You can find Richard online as @richardthewatts on Twitter. As usual, you can find notes and errata for this episode on our web site. Next episode is our fiftieth - and to celebrate, we're cracking open Nanny Ogg's Cookbook! This is Pratchett's 1999 collaboration with Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan, the latter of whom is responsible for the actual recipes inside - some of which we'll be trying out with our very special returning guest, comedian and author Cal Wilson! We're also hoping to cook up something a little extra to send your way around Hogswatch as well... For now though, send us your questions - about the book, the recipes, Nanny's etiquette advice or even just doing a Pratchett podcast for over four years. Use the hashtag #Pratchat50, or send us an email to chat@pratchatpodcast.com.

Surprise! In the great Australian tradition of Christmas in July, Liz and Ben are joined by writer and literary horror fan Penelope Love to discuss Pratchett's short story "Twenty Pence, With Envelope and Seasonal Greeting", first published on the 16th of December, 1987. It's Christmas Eve, 1843, and the driver of a missing Mail Coach is discovered lying in the snow in Wiltshire. A local doctor determines he is scared out of his wits, but nonetheless records the coachman's horrifying tale of passing through a weird rectangular portal. He and his passengers strayed from the world we know into others filled with nightmares: strangely glittering snow, terrifyingly flat London streets, monstrous giant animals and nonsensical language... Written in the style of Victorian horror fiction from authors like M R James, H P Lovecraft and A C Doyle*, with a side order of Dickens, this story was inspired when Pratchett glanced at his shelf full of Christmas cards. Despite the ridiculous premise, he plays it totally straight, with phrases that could have come straight from The Call of Cthulhu and other works of the era he's emulating. But in 1987, people still sent Christmas cards. Does the story still work now, when we have to think a bit harder to recall the kinds of things printed on those ineffable pieces of cardboard? Can we be spooked and made to laugh at the same time? And does the old-school "horrors humankind was not meant to know" genre still make our blood run cold in this age of smartphones, satellite imagery and Google? Use the hashtag #Pratchat45 on social media to join the conversation! Guest Penelope Love is a writer best known for her short fiction, and her work on roleplaying games, most notably Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu, based on the works of H P Lovecraft. Penny is also part of the team at Campaign Coins, who make gorgeous metal coins and counters for use with roleplaying and other tabletop games. You can find Penny's collections of comic fantasy stories about "The Three Dungeoneers" via the Campaign Coins website, and also look up Penny's author page on Amazon to find many of Penny's other works. Penny is on Twitter as @PennyLoveWrites, or you can follow @CampaignCoins for more on their projects. As usual, you can find notes and errata for this episode on our web site. Next episode, as previously advertised, we're going West and/or East again as we head back into the Long Earth with The Long War - this time joined by writer and editor, Deanne Sheldon-Collins! Send us your questions using the hashtag #Pratchat46, or get them in via email: chat@pratchatpodcast.com * With apologies to Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle.

Siobhan Thompson, Ify Nwadiwe, and Emma Fyffe celebrate Hogswatch and pacify the Knights Who Say Ni.

In this first episode of season 8, we get into the Hogswatch spirit by taking a look at the book of the same name. You can reach us at Medieval Gnome Productions by sending an email to randy@mindkindle.net. That's also the only way you can enter this season's contest. The prize for this contest will be a custom-made episode, on the topic of your choice. The questions will be, in a word, tough. It's ok to reference the books to find the answers. If you can answer more than one or two of them without looking them up, you are a true master (or mistress) of Discworld trivia. Please consider supporting Medieval Gnome Productions which produces The GEM Show in addition to the Portal. You can visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21210045&fan_landing=true to learn how to do so.GNU Terry PratchettThe Turtle Moves

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, usually read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, a bonus extra special super duper gee golly whiz extravaganza… all right, that might be over-egging it, but we chat about Rhianna Pratchett’s Crystal of Storms (spoiler-light discussion), and wander off on some festive tangents.ʜᴏ. ʜᴏ. ʜᴏ.Check out the video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/VwptB8CXzc8Book talk starts at around 10:00 and ends at 35:15.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 ---Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.comSounds: Bells - se2001, Freesound.org

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 “Witches Abroad”. Stories! Myths! Hats!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 Get in touch in time for Hogswatch!Things we blathered on about:[Video Games] That time a Dragon Age voice actor illegally role-played his character to justify being a bigot - /r/HobbyDrama threadOldest albatross - FacebookJumboErzulieFrom Haitian Slavery to “The Walking Dead” - The AtlanticLEGBA - Guardian of the Crossroads - NPSBaron Samedi - WikipediaInto the Woods - Hello, Little Girl - YouTubeMeryl Streep - Last Midnight - YouTubeCrystal of Storms by Rhianna Pratchett - GoodreadsTurnspit dog - WikipediaMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Cheery Littlebottom, Igor, Buggy Swires, Wee Mad Arthur, Fred Colon, and Nobby Nobbs. Other than being watchmen, what do all these characters have in common? You'll have to listen to find out!Plus books and writings about… Terry Pratchett. N.B. Ponder's Wizardly Portal will be on hiatus until the 25th of December, when we will kick off season 8 with a special Hogswatch edition of the show. Send comments, questions, suggestions and cash to randy@mindkindle.net.GNU Terry Pratchett

We tried to have a nice, classy, literary Christmas episode, we really did. We thought we did everything right, choosing a nice holiday book like "The Hogfather" by Terry Pratchet, and each bringing a Christmas cocktail of our own choosing: Kassandra's Cranpeary Martini, Ashley's Fauxloma, and Sam's Hogswatch Night Cocktail.But the key words here should have been "each brought a cocktail of our choosing". With three cocktails in our hands, all it took was Ashley and Kassandra bringing up gas station bathrooms and things just went down the pipes from there. However, if you're in the market for a guide to gas station bathrooms and how to choose the best ones, you'll find this episode to be remarkably helpful.To hear this and other topics that are vaguely related to Christmas or not at all, listen on! A very merry Christmas and warmest holiday greetings from us here at Lit & Liquor headquarters!

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

Bernard sits down with Rob Wilkins, Terry's friend and business manager for an extra-long episode to reminisce over their memories and experiences of working with Terry, including the creative process, his approach to writing and Hogswatch.

Both on the Disc and in Roundworld there is a seasonal song about a portly gentleman who wears red, comes to your house once a year to leave you presents (or perhaps something less pleasant), and is said to be omniscient when it comes to the behavior of children. This song begins with the words, “You Better Watch Out.”As we explore the magic of the (Hogswatch) holiday season, it is best to keep the above in mind. We are talking holiday season here, and Hogswatch is a mash-up of New Year's Eve, Christmas, and the Winter Solstice. It is also much, much more. During this and next week's show, I'll be trying to describe what that “more” is. I'm going to do this without giving any spoilers. We're going to get a cosmic view of ritual and belief. At least one of the above statements is probably true.This week, the contest quote is “It is said that someone at a party once asked the famous philosopher Ly Tin Wheedle, ‘Why are you here?' and the reply took three years.” This week though, I'm giving you three books to choose from. The answer is in one of the three books, so even if you don't know you have a one in three chance of getting it right. The choices are Thief of Time, Light Fantastic, and Small Gods. Good luck!Remember you can go to https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21210045 to find out all about subscribing to the Portal's Patreon campaign, as well as finding a few free-for-everyone posts by ye olde Medieval Gnome. And our Discord server is found at “Friends of the Discworld Portal” at discord.com. The Discord server is the way to stay current on all things Portal.Happy Hogswatch—however you celebrate. And remember, chelonium mobile (thank you Jen.) 

Come along as we journey with members of the Guild of Trespassers in an excursion around some of the Disc's geography. We learn about the basic similarities between Roundworld and Discworld geography thanks to the assistance of Dr. Pedanta of Brazeneck University. He also provides us ample food for thought about Discworld-Roundworld analogues; legendary/fantastic, historical, and not-really-any-era-in particular examples are shared by the good Doctor. Next week's show will be a special Hogswatch episode of the PortalCheck out the most happenin' place on the ‘net, The Portal's Discord server (Friends of the Discworld portal.) Ok that may be a slight exaggeration. But it is definitely happenin'. Recent posts from Gnome-land include a panoramic photo of the Portal's research desk, and a candid shot of Ivy helping with production this morning. Ivy was slacking, and may have bribed Ivy to help, but she did a fine job.Last week's answer to the quote challenge was Color of Magic. These week's quote is “We haven't even practiced together properly,” said Imp. “We'll practice as we go along,” said Glod. Welcome to the world of professional musicianship.As usual, no cats, turtles, or professors of Cruel and Egregious Geography were harmed in the making of this episode.Chelum mobile.  

In episode 26, Michael Williams of The Wheeler Centre joins Liz and Ben to get into the holiday spirit with the very Christmassy 1996 Discworld novel Hogfather. It's Hogswatch, and the Assassins Guild of Ankh-Morpork has accepted a very unusual assignment, and Lord Downey has given it to the very unusual assassin Mr Teatime. But who would want to kill the Hogfather? And how would you even accomplish such a thing? As Death fills in for the Fat Man delivering presents, his granddaughter Susan is reluctantly drawn to investigate, teaming up with the newly created Oh God of Hangovers. But much more than the joy of children is at stake - for without the Hogfather, will the sun even rise tomorrow? Hogfather brings to life a character previously mentioned only in passing rather paradoxically by replacing him with Death, who gets a sort of working holiday. It's our second and final adventure with Susan, and the wizards get heavily involved - as does their arcane thinking machine Hex. It's full of not-quite-Christmas cheer, black humour, true pathos and a pure expression of many of Terry's most deeply held beliefs. Could this be the ultimate story of Christmas? Do its themes of belief and justice hit the mark? And what kind of creature would you call into existence if there were excess belief sloshing around? Use the hashtag #Pratchat26 on social media to join the conversation and have your say! Guest Michael Williams is the Director of the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne. They have a year-round program of talks, interviews, panel discussions, podcasts and writing. Find out more about what's happening at @wheelercentre on Twitter and Instagram, or check out videos of past talks on YouTube. You'll find all the Wheeler Centre's upcoming events at wheelercentre.com, as well as a collection of Michael's writings and events. You can also find Michael on Twitter at @mmccwill. The Sci-Fight comedy debate over the topic "Santa is Real" features a great line-up of comedians and scientists, including previous Pratchat guest Nate Byrne (episode 24). It's on at Howler in Brunswick on Thursday December 12, 2019. Details and tickets via scifight.com.au. Next month we continue through the Discworld with 1997's Jingo, a tale of nationalism, war, racism and greed, which also has a submarine in it. We'll be recording in the week or so before Hogswa- er, Christmas, so get your questions in via social media using the hashtag #Pratchat27. You'll find the full notes and errata for this episode on our web site.

In episode 25, Elizabeth, Ben and Noongar writer and poet Claire G. Coleman go back to the early days of the Discworld to Granny Weatherwax's debut in 1986's Equal Rites. Drum Billet, wizard, travels to the village of Bad Ass high in the Ramtop mountains, where at the moment of his death he hands over his wizard's staff to the newborn eighth son of an eighth son. But Eskarina Smith isn't the eighth son of anyone, and it falls to the witch Granny Weatherwax to watch over her. As Esk comes into her powers, Granny realises she needs training in the ways of wizardry lest she pose a danger to everyone around her. So the pair set off to distant Ankh-Morpork on a quest to enrol Esk as the first ever female student of Unseen University... Equal Rites is a book of contradictions: it doesn't feel quite like the Discworld, but it's vital and beautifully written. It's not full of jokes or footnotes, but is consistently funny. And even after more than thirty years, it feels entirely relevant. Do you recognise Esk's struggle? Did Granny feel like Granny yet? And why do think it took so long for Pratchett to revisit some of these characters? Use the hashtag #Pratchat25 on social media to join the conversation and tell us your thoughts! Guest Claire G. Coleman's novels are the multi-award winning Terra Nullius, and her new work The Old Lie. She also writes short fiction, poetry and non-fiction and has been published in numerous publications. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram as @clairegcoleman, or visit her web site, clairegcoleman.com, for more info. Next month we're joined by the Director of the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, Michael Williams, as we celebrate Hogswatch by discussing - what else? - Hogfather! We’re recording on November 13, so get your questions in by then via social media using the hashtag #Pratchat26. You'll find the full notes and errata for this episode on our web site. And if you enjoy Ben’s work here on Pratchat, please consider the Kickstarter campaign for Night Terrace season three - as endorsed by Neil Gaiman!

The countdown to the new year is upon us! We attempt to wrap up Kanye's year in Twitter, find a Hogswatch love story and wonder just how many marriages is enough for one person. And of course, you'll all be starting this podcast 48 minutes before midnight, just so we can count you into the new year, right? Yeah? Definitely. Join us for your weekly dose of real news. adamandscottweekly@gmail.com Insta - AdamAndScottWeekly Twitter - @adamscottweekly

Tis the day before Hogswatch and we have to talk about two men in red who gave nothing to do with Christmas. Also your Hogswatch viewing requirements and.... What's Hogswatch? Glad you asked, Player 2 ....Press play!

EQ: Who in White America deserves lumps of coal this year?We are lucky to be joined by Katy Evans, Assistant Executive Director @ Grand Cinema and most importantly, the Holiday Hero. Katy was a recent guest on NerdFarm Ep 49: It’s Cuffing Season In this episode, three interchangeable brown-haired, white women discuss the joys of the Christmas season. We make recommendations for seasonal music, foods, and most importantly, we dissect weird Holiday traditions such as Krampus and Black Pete (it’s as racist as it sounds!). Lastly, we help Santa out by distributing varying amounts of coal to crappy, hateful and all-around awful people. To begin, check out these links guaranteed to bring more joy to your life this season:Katy’s favorite songs: Holiday Hero Xmas 2018, John Legend Holiday Album, Sia “Everyday is Christmas”; Ariana Grande's holiday EP, Penatonixs, Big Freedia “A Very Big Freedia Christmazz”Katy’s Christmas Move Recs: Holiday Classics--Bell Book and Candle, Desk Set; Hannah, Carol, Tangerine, Gridlock, Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, In Bruges, Rare Exports, Terry Pratchett’s Hogswatch, 30 days of Night, The Thing, Fargo, Snowpiercer, A Diva’s Christmas Carol, Trading PlacesThen, follow up on these Christmas traditions:Ain’t Doing Elf on a ShelfKrampus TraditionWhy Does Santa Claus Give Coal to Bad Kids?Who the hell is Black Pete? Yo, if the UN tells you to stop, you should. If you want something warm and fuzzy consider buying your friend this cute book Santa’s Husband, DaveFinally, we dole out coal one brickette at a time. Santa really should hire us. Lena DunhamMy Apology to AuroraF*# Lena Dunham and the White Horse She Rode in OnThe Caucasity of White NamesYanny or Laurel argument People who voted No on 1631Bland Potato SaladUsing mayonaise instead of Miracle Whip (apparently, there’s a division even in the studio. Oh, hwhite people)Whoever runs the City Club Twitter accountNews Tribune Editorial Board (they’re out of touch critique of Tacoma Against Nazis which we won’t even bother to link to here)How many piles of coal does Quentin Tarantino deserve for being a perv?White women voting for candidates who don’t have their best interests at heart.ALL the white people who called on Black people living their lives this year. There should be cost to white people for calling on Black folksThe ladies from Idaho School who dressed like a border wall and Mexicans for Halloween. Border Patrol condoning the use of tear gas against children and babies.There are faaaaaaaaaar more people who deserve to be buried under truckloads of coal, but we ran out of time!Guilty Favesies: Hope: Horrifically corny holiday movies--but not about animals!Annie: Vegan egg nog w/ bananasKaty: Nora Ephron and favorite films like Sleepless in Seattle, While You Were Sleeping. Add to your must-watch list The Holiday Calendar, Bad Moms ChristmasDo Your Fudging Homework:Hope: David Sedaris “Santaland Diaries”Annie: non-consumer holiday activities Katy: Adopt of a family; not spend money on your own nonsense; Jeanette Winterson’s short stories Christmas Days: 12 Stories & 12 Feasts for 12 Days

Radio Morpork is a podcast that discusses Terry Pratchett's Discworld one book at a time. Radio Morpork returns from its post-Hogswatch slumbers and wakes up to war! Colm and Steve discuss how this book feels like a bit of an oddity within the Watch continuity, how Pratchett handles intra-human culture clash in a world previously known for inter-species conflict, and what their alternate selves are doing after they pick up a zoom recorder from an alternate dimension.