Podcasts about twoflower

This week we're discussing The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett. Twoflower, a tourist, takes a break from his job as an insurance adjuster to explore Ankh-Morpork, a destination that he has read and heard so much about. He wants to see the famed heroes, dragons, bar fights, and have an adventure! However, Twoflower has no idea of the danger that he is in, and Rincewind, a mediocre, sort-of wizard, is tasked with keeping him safe. Rincewind and Twoflower's travels take them through an inferno of a city, into the temple of the Soul Eater, across a land populated by dragons before reaching the very edge of the world, narrowly escaping Death each time. Join us!

This episode we're talking about the genre of Economics! We discuss economic philosophy, Excel spreadsheets, micro vs macro, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil by Nicholas Shaxson Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara Communism for Kids by Bini Adamczak Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis, translated by Jacob Moe Other Media We Mentioned Soccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa  Adam Hochschild The Colour of Magic by Terry Prachett “Perhaps there is something in this reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits? It was a cumbersome phrase. Rincewind tried to get his tongue around the thick syllables that were the word in Twoflower's own language. What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement by Vladimir Lenin (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things If Books Could Kill - Freakonomics Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek (YouTube) Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek - Economics Rap Battle Round Two Peter Singer (Wikipedia) Unspeakable Conversations: Harriet McBryde Johnson on debating Peter Singer “He insists he doesn't want to kill me. He simply thinks it would have been better, all things considered, to have given my parents the option of killing the baby I once was.” If Books Could Kill - Rich Dad Poor Dad Saltwater and freshwater economics (Wikipedia) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Wikipedia) Another normal day of mining in Africa (Reddit) Belt and Road Initiative (Wikipedia) Report exposes solar panel industry Uyghur forced labour links Ouija (Wikipedia) Chinchilla (Wikipedia) Social media is doomed to die (The Verge) Reddit: Antiwork Reddit: Late Stage Capitalism 25 Economics books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany Aliche Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo Consumed: On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change by Aja Barber The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—And How We Can Fix It by Dorothy A. Brown 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk by Satyajit Das The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy by Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson and Arthur Manuel Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by Cin Fabré Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business If You're Not a Rich White Guy by Kathryn Finney Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table by Carol Anne Hilton The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex edited by Incite! Women of Colour Against Violence Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships: Nehiyawak Narratives by Shalene Wuttunee Jobin How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged by Kimberly Jones The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by Jessica Gordon Nembhard Can't We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions by Rupal Patel The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America by Shawn D. Rochester Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy by Kohei Saito The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddist Economics for the 21st Century by Sulak Sivaraksa Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today by Linda Yueh Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 16th we'll be talking about some old genres we've covered and whether we'd read them again. Then on Tuesday, June 6th we'll be discussing the genre of Fantasy! 

The Three Rivers Boys return to Terry Pratchett's Discworld to examine the second book in the failed wizard Rincewind's adventure's as the tourist Twoflower's guide. We discuss the characters, themes, plot, and of course our favorite bits from The Light Fantastic. This episode will include full spoilers for both The Light Fantastic and the Colour of Magic, so listeners be warned! Check out our other episodes on Discworld novels if you enjoyed this series! Please follow us on Twitter for the latest updates and new episode alerts: @ThreeRiversBoys

We've waited two and a half years for its 35th anniversary, but finally Joel Martin rejoins Liz and Ben to resolve the Discworld's first (and most literal) cliffhanger in The Light Fantastic, the second Discworld novel, first published on the 2nd of June, 1986. When we last saw them, failed wizard Rincewind, Twoflower the tourist and Twoflower's magical Luggage - a living chest on legs - had fallen over the Rim of the Discworld. But instead of tumbling forever through space, they mysteriously find themselves in the Forest of Skund, surrounded by talking trees, gnomes and gingerbread cottages. The senior wizards of Unseen University - including Chancellor Galder Weatherwax, and the second of his Order, Ymper Trymon - soon discover what's happened: the Octavo, the Creator's book of spells, wants to keep Rincewind alive. One of its spells is inside his head, and all eight need to be read to avert an impending apocalypse heralded by an ominous red star... While the usual story is that Pratchett only returned to the Discworld because The Colour of Magic proved popular, he did set himself up for a sequel by dropping his protagonists off the edge of the world. Unlike its predecessor, The Light Fantastic has a pretty straightforward plot about averting the end of the world - but that doesn't stop Pratchett from parodying everything from fairytales to druidic sacrifices and the conventions of fantasy writing. Plus this book introduces some concepts, and especially characters, who will come back later, including a certain no-longer-human Librarian, Death's adopted daughter Ysabell, and octogenarian barbarian Genghiz Cohen. (The rest of the supporting cast are less fortunate...) Does this feel like a "real" Discworld book yet? How do we reconcile these versions of Death and Ysabell with the ones we come to love later? Is it really a bad idea to start with the early books - or is it fun to begin with the early versions of ideas Pratchett would later develop more fully? And what on the Disc happens to Rincewind between this book and Sourcery? Use the hashtag #Pratchat44 on social media to join the conversation! Guest Joel Martin is a podcaster and writer who has joined us twice before: way back in #Pratchat14 to discuss The Colour of Magic, and then again in #Pratchat31 for The Long Earth. While his podcasts are currently on hiatus, there's soon to be exciting news regarding his speculative fiction writers festival, Speculate! You can watch for Speculate news on Twitter at @SpecFicVic, and join the festival's mailing list via specfic.com.au. Find Joel online at thepenofjoel.com or on Twitter at @thepenofjoel. As usual, you can find notes and errata for this episode on our web site. Next episode we go back to another second book of a series, as we take a little break from the Discworld. Yes, it's book two of Pratchett's five novel collaboration with Stephen Baxter, The Long War! Send us your questions using the hashtag #Pratchat45, or get them in via email: chat@pratchatpodcast.com

Hello friends, and welcome to another series! Let's talk about The Color of Magic, book one of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett! In this book, we meet Rincewind the failed wizard, Twoflower the disk's first tourist, and the INFAMOUS LUGGAGE!This episode only contains spoilers for the first book. Twitter: @stuckonarrakisStuck on Arrakis Discord: https://discord.gg/TqPt9Pm Email: stuckonarrakis@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stuckonarrakis

This week we're treated to Terry Pratchett presents Cosmic Horror with 0 slur named cats. Twoflower bumbles into the lair of an eldritch beast, Rincewind meets some dryads, and the lads make a new friend.You can listen to Black Sunday by Federale here.Today in the Disc-Course: Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs, tree himbos, not!Europe, overheating trolls, Wizzerd, when Doctor Who was a good show that we liked to watch, psychic clams, Mark suffers for his art, and a sapiosexual sword.-----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com or follow the show @thedisccourse on twitterOur theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our inaugural episode, Holly, Mark, Julie, and Jess begin the momentous undertaking of reading books. We are introduced to the beloved city of Ankh-Morpork, meet our hapless protagonists, and bid farewell to the beloved city of Ankh-Morpork.Today in the Disc-Course: the first 70 pages of Mort twice, A'Tuin's gender reveal, Julie hates the French, just Hefty Smurf, twitch stream protagonist, Local Wizard yearns for Science, fantasy o'clock, that river that catches on fire, that's a human, The Great Molasses Flood, and meteorology.Click here for four-eyed Twoflower.-----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.comOur theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at Pastel Hand Grenade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Part 1 of our reread of The Light Fantastic! We're putting on our intellectual hats this week and talking about relevant topics like Sapir-Whorf, post-modern interpretations of King Arthur, misuse of archaeological terms, and whether Rincewind and Twoflower are boning! We are making a list of famous people we hate, and it's all of them.

Twenty-one today! In this episode, Elizabeth and Ben are joined by David Ryding of Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature as we rejoin Rincewind and some of his old friends in the 17th Discworld novel: 1994's Interesting Times. Rincewind, the worst student Unseen University ever had, has been quite literally to hell and back. But when a summons arrives in Ankh-Morpork requesting the presence of "the Great Wizzard", his old faculty bring him home, then send him to the far-flung Agatean Empire. All is not well on the Counterweight Continent: rebels are (gently) questioning centuries of enforced order, inspired by the revolutionary pamphlet "What I Did on My Holidays". The ruthless Lord Hong plots to change the Empire forever. The walls have failed to keep out a horde of barbarian invaders - seven of them, in fact. And it's about to be visited by a very special kind of butterfly... Pratchett revisits characters from his first Discworld novels, as Rincewind is reunited with Cohen the Barbarian in Twoflower's homeland. But in 2019, twenty-five years after it was first published, his depiction of a comic fantasy Asia leaves a bit to be desired. There's plenty going on, and some stirring speeches, but it's also hard to ignore that nearly all the main characters are white folks "saving" a nation inspired by real-world Asian countries from itself. Is there a clear message in the book? How does this sit on the evolution of Pratchett's work from parody to satire? And were you glad to see such old favourite characters return, or could you have done without them? We'd love to hear from you! Use the hashtag #Pratchat21 on social media to join the conversation. We hope you enjoyed our first ever live show, recorded at Nullus Anxietas VII, where we discussed Cohen's previous adventure in the short story Troll Bridge! We hope to record more bonus episodes in future, and you can help us do it by supporting Pratchat. In August we leave the Discworld and indeed fiction to read one of Pratchett's oddest books: The Unadulterated Cat, his 1989 collaboration with cartoonist Gray Joliffe, in which he makes the case that the only "real cat" is one that destroys gardens, eats wildlife and makes a thorough nuisance of itself. If you have questions, send them to us via social media using the hashtag #Pratchat22. Show Notes and Errata: David Ryding has been Director of the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature office since its establishment in 2014 (though Melbourne has been a City of Literature since 2008). Prior to that he was director of the Emerging Writers Festival, then executive director of the NSW Writers Centre (now know as Writing NSW). You can find out more about what he does at the City of Literature office at cityofliterature.com.au, and they're also on Twitter at @MelCityofLit. If you're looking for other great literary podcasts made in Melbourne, you can find some listed on their site here.Men at Arms is the fifteenth Discworld novel, published in 1993. We covered it in episode one, Boots Theory, with Cal Wilson."Inscrutable" is a word long associated with stereotypical depictions of Asian cultures, especially the Chinese. It stems from a lack of effort to understand the differing cultural conventions encountered by Europeans, and seems to have reached a height in Victorian literature.Bill Bryson is an American-British non-fiction author whose work covers language, travel, history and science. His best known works include Notes From a Small Island, The Mother Tongue and A Short History of Nearly Everything. The white saviour is a trope in which non-white characters are unable to save themselves, and are rescued from disaster by a heroic white character. The Wikipedia article lists a large number of examples."Eurogames" are a tradition of modern boardgames with their roots in post-war Germany. Such games often focus on strategic depth and a balance of luck and skill. The Settlers of Catan,

Joda's practically Rincewind and Sean's a total Twoflower. Together they're going to explore the pages of the book that kicked off one of the greatest fantasy series of all time: Terry Pratchett's "The Color of Magic"! At the end of their journey, these intrepid readers will answer the question: "Why Did I Read This?"You can find Why Did I Read this on Facebook at facebook.com/whydidireadthisshow and follow them on Twitter @whydidireadthis. Email your suggested readings to whydidireadthis@gmail.com!

Picking up where The Colo(u)r of Magic left off, it's the further adventures of Rincewind and Twoflower.

In episode fourteen we celebrate 35 years of the Discworld by going all the way back to the beginning! Writer and podcaster Joel Martin joins us for a bumper A’Tuin-sized discussion of the very first Discworld story, adventure, chronicle, tale...The Colour of Magic, published in 1983! Rincewind, a wizard unable to cast spells, makes a living of sorts in the mighty city of Ankh-Morpork through his gift for languages. But his gift gets him more than he bargains for when he becomes the guide to the Discworld's first tourist. Fresh off the boat from the distant and obscenely wealthy Counterweight Continent, naïve Twoflower has come armed with a phrasebook, a demon-powered picture box and his magical Luggage full of enormous gold coins, determined to see the barbarians, brawls and beasts he's read about in stories back home. But seeing them is the easy part - surviving to talk about them is another matter entirely... Though we've often talked about the differences between the earliest books and those that came later, The Colour of Magic introduces Ankh-Morpork, Rincewind, Death and of course Great A'Tuin and the Disc itself with varying degrees of familiarity. Split into four sections - The Colour of Magic, The Sending of Eight, The Lure of the Wyrm and Close to the Edge - it manages to be both homage and parody of multiple beloved fantasy genres, while at the same time trying to establish its world - and author - as something new. Do you think it succeeds? Did you start at the start? Use the hashtag #Pratchat14 on social media to join the conversation and tell us! We'd also love to see some fan art of the Luggage based directly on the text, rather than Kirby's ubiquitous, fleshy baby-legged version. This is our final episode for the Year of the Justifiably Defensive Lobster (aka 2018), but we'll be back in January, when we'll fire up Queen's Greatest Hits and kick off proceedings with one of Pratchett's most celebrated novels: Good Omens! Yes, we're getting in to cover Pratchett's collaboration with Neil Gaiman before said co-author and Amazon Prime bring their version to subscribers' screens in 2019. (Don't worry, it'll be on the BBC at some point too.) With twice the authors, we're expecting twice the questions (though we'll try and stick to our usual running time of under two hours), so send them in via social media using the hashtag #Pratchat15. Show Notes and Errata: Joel Martin is a fantasy author whose several novellas and novels include his own take on classic sword-and-sorcery, The Broken World (whose protagonist is not Kane, but Karn). For more about him and his work, visit his web site, thepenofjoel.com, or follow him on Twitter at @thepenofjoel.Joel's writing discussion podcast is The Morning Bell, co-hosted by Luke Manly and Ian Laking. It's recorded live at the Brunswick Street Bookstore. Liz has been a guest a few times, most recently on episode 46 (February 2017), while Ben has been on just the once, for episode 63 (November 2017).  Listen to the entire back catalogue and find out more at themorningbell.com.au. Joel is director of Melbourne's new speculative fiction writing festival Speculate, returning in 2019 for its second year; Liz and Ben were guests the first time around and will be again in 2019. You can see both of them in the short film made for the 2018 festival here, or visit specfic.com.au to find out more about what's in store for 2019.A note on this episode's title: we've opted to parody a parody in order to name a discussion of a parody. (Does that make it a parodyox?) The film in question is National Lampoon's Vacation, which was released in 1983 - the same year The Colour of Magic was published! (Though you might argue our title is closer to the sequel, National Lampoon's European Vacation, from 1985.)Liz's comment about eye anatomy refers to the fact that as well as the structures found in regular human eyes which are sensitive to light - rods for dim light,

In the first novel in Twoflower’s Slayers Trilogy, the protagonists must look within themselves and face their flaws. One might say they spend a lot of time… REFLECTING? And we do. We say that. bit.ly/rfrslayersreflect Check out our website at bit.ly/retrofanfic and send us emails at RetroFanficRetrospective@gmail.com

Radio Morpork is a podcast that discusses Terry Pratchett's Discworld one book at a time. Colm & Steve travel to the Aurient to tackle Rincewind's return in Interesting Times. They ramble on about legacy, colonialism, revolution and an absolutely epic finale. They've reached the stage in the series where there's a lot of comparing Discworld books with Discworld books (and also the point where they fawn over the UU Faculty and Twoflower a lot).

Radio Morpork is a podcast which discusses and analyses Terry Pratchett's Discworld one book at a time. Colm and Rose discuss The Light Fantastic, a further step towards the Discworld most readers are familiar with. They talk about all manner of things that didn’t feature in The Colour of Magic; a plot, a finale, an apocalyptic event and an octogenarian barbarian hero. In honour of Twoflower, they also detail the best tourist destinations on the Disc – in the unlikely event you are sucked through the pages and into the book a la The Pagemaster.