I've Never Read Discworld

"In weather like this right-thinking people were indoors, in front of the fire, telling stories about heroes." Aged barbarian Cohen plans to kill a troll in single combat. Instead they find themselves reminiscing about how the Discworld used to be. Andy and PJ harvest PTerry's short story for themes and subtext before casting an eye over Snowgum Films' marvellous 2019 adaptation. There's also a contribution from Arsalan Haider Ali, who has never read Discworld. To see the video version watch on Spotify or youtube.com/@discworldgnu And come say hello on our spanking new Bluesky account @discworldgnu.bsky.social

"If there ain't no water in the sea, it ain't the sea," said Nanny Ogg. "It's just a damn great hole in the ground.  The Witches Trials have come to Lancre and Granny Weatherwax is too well equipped for some. How will she take this news? HOW WILL SHE TAKE IT? PJ and Andy depart from continuity in a podcast without script or structure on this Discworld short from 'A Blink of the Screen'. Which one has their own Weatherwax-level boffo headology? Tune in to find out. And check out their brand new big things: Andy's Marenghi-style comedy horror book, Coastlines: After Dark https://book2read.com/coastlinesafterdark PJ's BBC comedy short with James Martin. Country Rogues, https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0022d39/comedy-shorts-series-1-2-country-rogues

"Carrot is like Superman" - Andy "Vetinari is like Lex Luthor" - PJ Andy charts his loss of Disc virginity with a five-function diary and PJ reports in on his first time with the Feet of Clay audiobook. The most important man in the city has been poisoned and there's everything to play for. We rave and rant on golems, technology, the working class struggle, trans experiences, gender metaphors, relationships, class, and the psychogeography of Ankh-Morpork. We've got good at this. Deep dives into Cheri, Vimes, Angua and Carrot. Take a drink every time PJ says Jon Culshaw.

‘That’s basically all of opera, reely.’ ‘What? Either dyin’ or drinkin’ beer?’ ‘We-ll…there might be some other stuff. But mostly it’s stout or stabbin.’ The witches return to Ankh-Morpork and a series of killings at the opera house. City Guide PJ Hart leads the way through PTerry's world of ghosts, Greebo and cootie dumplings. First-timer Andy Luke brings his knowledge of operatic motifs and shares a surprising anecdote about the consequences of reading Maskerade, and singing about it. We're on Twitter at https://twitter.com/@discworldgnu Check out Andy's YouTube channel at @AndrewLuke PJ's production, John Meagher: The Divil's Own https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yhg4 Help support the channel at https://patreon.com/andyluke . If you'd like a free trial preview of my Patreon sign up and sign off before the 1st of the month. No hard feelings. Its loaded with prose fic, original comics, poetry, video and podcast previews and more. Usually updated 6 times a month. Thanks to Andy's patrons Ordained Preachers: Sonia Andree, Richard Huang, Ljerka Jemric, Andrew Bolster Company Men: Amanda Rodriguez, Claire Dickson, Dave Cromie and Nerdgeist Philanthropists: Andrew Gallagher, Ian Lawther, Alan Rowell, benchilada Polymath-maker: Arsalan Haider Ali 33rd Degree Bounder of Highest Order: Art K