Author, editor and journalist Stephanie Convery returns to Pratchat as newspapers and conspiracy hit Ankh-Morpork in the same week! It's The Truth, Terry Pratchett's 25th Discworld novel, first published in 2000.William de Worde has made a

The Adventures of Crab Boy and Trouser Girl (Nation)

1 Mar 7th, 2021 2h 29m

Educator Dr Charlotte Pezaro joins Liz and Ben on a trip to the South Pelagic, where they find tsunamis, gods and science in Nation, Terry Pratchett's standalone young adult novel from 2008.Mau is returning from his rite of passage when a h

The King and the Hole of the King (The Fifth Elephant)

Feb 7th, 2021 2h 29m

Comedian Richard McKenzie returns to get a bit gothic as he, Liz and Ben head to Überwald to discuss The Fifth Elephant in the room...by which we mean the twenty-fourth Discworld novel, published in 1999.As Ankh-Morpork and its neighbours e

Moisten to Steal (Going Postal)

Dec 7th, 2020 2h 24m

Writers, comedians, magicians and con-men experts Nicholas J Johnson and Lawrence Leung join us as we meet the distressingly named Moist von Lipwig in his 2004 debut, Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel, Going Postal!Con-man Moist von Li

Great Balls of Physics (The Science of Discworld)

Sep 7th, 2020 2h 2m

Liz, Ben and science communicator Anna Ahveninen have the weird sensation of being a specimen in a jar as they discuss Terry Pratchett’s 1999 collaboration with biologist Jack Cohen and mathematician Ian Stewart, The Science of Discworld.Re

Cat, Rats and Two Meddling Kids (The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents)

Jul 7th, 2020 1h 54m

Liz, Ben and writer Michelle Law go on a surprisingly dark ride in Terry Pratchett's skewed take on the Pied Piper, 2001's Discworld for Younger Readers book, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.Everyone knows that the best way to

The Long Dark Mr Teatime of the Soul (Hogfather)

Dec 7th, 2019 2h 10m

In episode 26, Michael Williams of The Wheeler Centre joins Liz and Ben to get into the holiday spirit with Terry Pratchett’s very Christmassy 1996 Discworld novel Hogfather.It's Hogswatch, and the Assassins Guild of Ankh-Morpork has accept

Memoirs of Agatea (Interesting Times)

Jul 7th, 2019 2h 1m

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 Terry Pratchett’s 17th Discworld novel: 1994's Interesting Times.Ri

At Bill's Door (Reaper Man)

Sep 7th, 2018 1h 59m

For our eleventh episode we welcome Pratchett fan Sarah Pearson to the mic to discuss a Discworld novel of two halves: Reaper Man! The eleventh Discworld novel, published in 1991, Reaper Man is the second book to focus on Death and the newly st

Upscalator to Heaven (Truckers)

Jul 7th, 2018 1h 49m

For our ninth episode we leave the Discworld again as author Amie Kaufman joins us to discuss Terry Pratchett’s Truckers. One of four novels Pratchett published in 1989, it introduces the Nomes - Pratchett's second group of tiny folk living at

Lu-Tze in the Sky with Lobsang (Thief of Time)

Oct 7th, 2021 2h 27m

Freelance writer and journalist Ben Riley joins Liz and Ben for a magical history tour as Susan Sto Helit teams up with a couple of monks to stop time...er...stopping in Terry Pratchett’s twenty-sixth Discworld novel: 2001's Thief of Time.I

A Finite Number of Shakespeares (The Science of Discworld II: The Globe)

Sep 7th, 2021 2h 11m

Science comedian and public health nerd Alanta Colley joins Liz and Ben on their second trip through Discworld into Roundworld. It's Terry Pratchett's second collaboration with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen: 2002's The Science of Discworld II: The

Cosmic Turtle Soup (The Light Fantastic)

Jun 7th, 2021 2h 18m

We've waited two-and-a-half years for its 35th anniversary, but finally Joel Martin rejoins Liz and Ben to resolve the Disc's first (and most literal) cliffhanger in The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett's second Discworld novel, first published

All the Fun of the...Fish? ("The Sea and Little Fishes")

Jan 7th, 2021 1h 32m

We're kicking off the Year of the Beleaguered Badger with something a little different: an international guest, and a short story! Unofficial Terry Pratchett biographer Marc Burrows joins us from the UK to discuss the third Discworld short stor

The Shopping Trolley Problem (Johnny and the Bomb)

Nov 7th, 2020 2h 7m

Author Will Kostakis returns to face time travel, unexploded bombs and a tangle of timelines in Terry Pratchett's final Johnny Maxwell book from 1996, Johnny and the Bomb!When Johnny and his misfit friends look after homeless eccentric Mrs

Home Alone, But Vampires (Carpe Jugulum)

Oct 7th, 2020 2h 24m

Star of the stage Gillian Cosgriff joins Liz and Ben to cower in fear before that most horrifying of beasts: the magpie! Yes, it's time for Terry Pratchett's twenty-third Discworld novel, 1998's Carpe Jugulum.The new princess of Lancre has

Only You Can Save Deadkind (Johnny and the Dead)

Aug 7th, 2020 2h 6m

Liz and Ben (who had microphone issues this episode) introduce children's author Oliver Phommavanh to the world of Terry Pratchett with Johnny Maxwell's return, in 1993's Johnny and the Dead.Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell is enduring Phase

Great Rimward Land (The Last Continent)

Mar 7th, 2020 2h 21m

In episode 29, Liz, Ben and guest Fury join Rincewind on a journey to a strangely familiar land in Terry Pratchett's 1992 loving Discworld parody of Australia, The Last Continent. (A quick content note: this one has more swearing than usual, bu

Arsenic and Old Clays (Feet of Clay)

Oct 7th, 2019 2h 14m

In episode 24, meteorologist Nate Byrne joins Elizabeth and Ben for a Discworld tale of murder, golems and nobility in Terry Pratchett’s 1996 novel Feet of Clay.Two old men have been murdered in Ankh-Morpork, but they're not the worst of Co

It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got Rocks In (Soul Music)

May 7th, 2019 2h 14m

In our nineteenth episode it's back to the Discworld as we join Death, and meet his granddaughter Susan, as writer and illustrator Fury joins us to talk about Terry Pratchett’s 1994 Discworld novel, Soul Music!Susan Sto Helit doesn’t have t

Sundog Gazillionaire (The Dark Side of the Sun)

1 Apr 7th, 2019 1h 38m

For episode eighteen we go back to Terry Pratchett's science fiction beginnings as - in the evening between the two days of the 2019 Speculate festival - author Will Kostakis joins us to talk about Pratchett’s standalone 1976 novel, The Dark Si

Midsummer (Elf) Murders (Lords and Ladies)

Mar 7th, 2019 2h 4m

In our seventeenth episode we join everyone's favourite dysfunctional coven - and guest, writer Nadia Bailey - as we return to Lancre for Terry Pratchett’s 1992 Discworld novel, Lords and Ladies!The Lancre coven have returned from their tri

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Vorbis (Small Gods)

Feb 7th, 2019 2h 10m

Episode twice-the-number-which-must-not-be-spoken (i.e. sixteen) takes us inside the Church of Om for a story of faith, religion and truth as we're joined by the Reverend Doctor Avril Hannah-Jones to discuss Terry Pratchett’s 1992 Discworld nov

Brooms, Boats and Pumpkinmobiles (Witches Abroad)

Oct 7th, 2018 2h 6m

For our twelfth episode we're joined by Jackie Tang discuss Terry Pratchett’s Witches Abroad! The twelfth Discworld novel, published in 1991, Witches Abroad is the second to star the Lancre witches, who return only two books later for Lords and

All the Fingle Ladies (Eric)

May 7th, 2018 1h 54m

In episode seven, comic book creator and illustrator Georgina Chadderton, aka George Rex, joins us to discuss Terry Pratchett’s ninth Discworld novel: Faust Eric! Published in 1990 - alongside four other novels, making it one of Pterry's most p