A cult of malcontents have summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork to topple the Patrician! And of course the only one who can save the city is...Rincewind? It’s a familiar story with a new twist as games journalist and PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to talk about the 1995 point and click adventure game Discworld, as shouted at by Terry Pratchett!

We’re discussing one fewer book with one fewer host than originally planned this month, but it’s all turned out pretty well as goblin-loving illustrator, educator and game designer Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss all the weird, weird creatures of Paul Kidby’s 2024 book, Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. (And don’t worry - Liz will be back next month!)

No episode this month, and a sad farewell to a beloved Pratcat.

Our August episode has been delayed! In this bonus bit of Pratchat to fill the gap, Ben takes us for a quick look at the stuff on his Pratchett shelves which probably won't make it into another episode.

The Patrician is missing! So of course Liz, Ben and guest Richard McKenzie have to go head-to-head for control of the biggest (and grossest) city on the Disc… Join us as we complete our collection of Discworld board games by discussing Martin Wallace’s 2011 design, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork.

Liz, Ben and guest Pratchett scholar Freyja Stokes head downriver to the Shires for an adventure featuring Vimeses, goblins, murderers, double meanings and one Wonderful Fanny. Join us as we discuss Terry Pratchett’s last Watch-focused Discworld novel, 2011’s Snuff.

A very brief little episode to say that we won’t have any episodes in May. We didn’t want to leave you without anything at all!





As Ben suggests, why not listen to The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret’s special 25th of May episode, “Gender on the Discworld”, released today? You can find it in all major podcast directories, at thetruthshallmakeyefret.com, and there’s even a video version on YouTube.



Or you could listen to #Pratchat54, “The Land Before Vimes”, our 2022 episode about Night Watch.



We’ll be back in June with #Pratchat86, our episode about Snuff. And we will be producing an all-questions Eeek Club episode later in the year, so if you’re an Eeek-tier subscriber, please send us your question or topic for discussion!

Liz and Ben venture into the archives and come back with their highlights from the diaries, yearbooks and guides to some of Ankh-Morpork's most famous instutions - plus that venerable publication, the ever-reliable Almanak!

Liz, Ben and guest Myfanwy Coghill talk not about DEATH but death, and specifically the idea of being able to choose a good one for yourself, as we discuss Terry Pratchett's 2010 Richard Dimbleby lecture, "Shaking Hands with Death". This episode includes discussion of death, terminal illness, assisted dying and suicide.

Our episode discussing The Ankh-Morpork Archives and The Discworld Almanak is delayed, so here Ben’s discussing some of the most interesting and fun Discworld merchandise that isn’t shaped like a book.

Pratchat United have added some real talent to the conversation with Dr Tansy Rayner Roberts PhD (Classics), which is just as well because a few late scoring questions from the Listeners look set to push things into extra time... Lots of excitement in this, Terry Pratchett’s 37th Discworld match, UNSEEN ACADEMICALS!

Welcome to the final round of selection for Grand Trunk Semaphore Clacks Operators! We only take the best, so you’re going to have to race the other candidates to show you have what it takes to send a message all the way to Genua faster than a speeding horse. You’ll be competing against potential “friends of Moist" Nicholas J Johnson and Lawrence Leung, current champion Elizabeth Flux, and distractible monologuer Ben McKenzie. We’ll be using the official simulation: BackSpindle Games’ CLACKS, based on Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal.

Our Clacks were jammed this month, so here’s a Pratchat we prepared earlier: Dr Laura Jean McKay joins us to discuss talking animals, class relations, extreme evolution and existential dread as we talk about Terry Pratchett’s short stories “Hollywood Chickens” and “From the Horse’s Mouth”.

Pratchat moves onto the Stephanie Convery Standard as we discuss gold, obsession, wealth, money and small dogs with inappropriate toys. Yes, it's Terry Pratchett’s Making Money!

Our Making Money episode is delayed, so here’s a brief discussion of Ben’s favourite Discworld book covers, and a recap of the previous Moist von Lipwig book, Going Postal.

What’s got four legs, exists in a state of uncertainty, and probably contains quantum? The deathbed of a philosopher - though not for long, if a certain anthropomorphic personification has his way... Tansy Rayner Roberts and Karen J Carlisle join us live for this very special episode recorded live or dead (you’ll have to open the podcast to find out) at Nullus Anxietas IX in Adelaide, all about stories, Death and Terry Pratchett's final Death story, 2002’s “Death and What Comes Next”.

We invite you to JOIN US for a great leap forward to 2070, and one final story of weird alternate evolution, sideways human cultures, another Big Dumb Object and yes, still, Joshua Valienté. Joel Martin and Deanne Sheldon-Collins take one step beyond with us into Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter’s final Long Earth novel, 2016’s The Long Cosmos.

Ben provides a quick recap of the previous four Long Earth books just before we cover the finale with Joel and Deanne.

Did a thirteen year old sell his soul to be published alongside Michael Moorock, Mervyn Peake and Harry Harrison? Or was just a genius? Lucas Testro joins us to find out as we travel back to 1963 for Terry Pratchett's first ever published story, "The Hades Business"!

May the fourth 25th be with you! Or something like that. Yes, it's our fourth annual discussion of topics chosen by our Eeek tier subscribers, in celebration of the Glorious 25th of May.