The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret podcast

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel

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. We’ll be splitting each book into three weekly episodes of analysis, discussion and tangents, with a week off in between books to refresh our brains.

218 Episodes

20: Hallowe'en 2026 – Northanger Abbey (The Disappointing Counterpane)
11/2/2026
1:01:39
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, TTSMYF revisits a classic with Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey.Girlhood! Gauze! Gothic!Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Jane Austen’s Juvenilia | The British Library AustentatiousBBC Radio 4 - You're Dead to Me, Jane Austen: the life of a Regency literary iconPersuasion by Jane Austen with Andrew Hunter Murray - Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club | Acast Northanger Abbey | The Female Gothic (lots of good analysis listed here) Blaise Castle Estate - Wikipedia Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
19: The Long Cosmos Pt 2 (Depends on The Deer; Depends on The Fox)
9/27/2026
1:29:19
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, The Long Cosmos Part 2!Sharpie! Big Tree! Immortality!Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Fiddlers’ Green [John Conolly] (Roud 26370)Fiddler's Green - greydogtalesJourney to the Centre of the Earth - Wikipedia Surviving in a poisoned land: Chernobyl's wildlife is different, but not in the ways you might think"I'm Glad" - a Vampire Song (Hel Vy on Tiktok) Bathyscaphe Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
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18: The Long Cosmos Pt 1 (Not a Plothole but a Curiosity)
9/20/2026
1:43:19
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, The Long Cosmos Part 1. Pageboys! Armoured elephants! Crocodiles with daggers for thumbs! Catholic guilt! Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret - podcast transcripts (PodScripts) Ogilby’s Britannia Atlas #479 - Old road maps Bonus! Glorious 25th: Video Game Chat - The Truth Shall Make Ye FretThe Golden Record by Grace Petrie - Youtube BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Terry PratchettDesert Island DiscworldFahrenheit 451 - Wikipedia Johnny Appleseed - Wikipedia List of folk heroes - Wikipedia Woozle effect - Wikipedia Poe, E.: Near A Raven Columbian mammoth - Wikipedia Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
17: The Power of Belief (I Know Some Things About Horses)
8/31/2026
1:14:53
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, we revisit a Very Important Theme: The Power of Belief. Gods! Stories! POWER!Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Uffington White Horse - WikipediaThe legend of Wayland's Smithy - A Bit About Britain "Arepo built a temple in his field . . ." - series of tumblr posts about a small god Reader's Guide to Terry Pratchett: Volume one 1962-1999 - Marc’s websiteMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
Interview with Marc Burrows: A Reader's Guide to Terry Pratchett (Volume One, 1962-1999)
8/8/2026
1:28:12
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, we spoke to BFF of the Pod Marc Burrows about his brand new (and very on brand for us) book, A Reader's Guide to Terry Pratchett, Volume One, 1962-1999.Marc’s stuff: Reader's Guide to Terry Pratchett: Volume one 1962-1999 - Marc’s websitePen and Sword Books: A Reader's Guide to Terry Pratchett 1962-1999 - Hardback Marc Burrows in the Ten Best Songs of All Time | Edinburgh Festival Fringe Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
16: The Long Utopia Pt 2 (Jiggle the Liminal)
7/5/2026
1:23:19
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, The Long Utopia Part 2! Philosophy! Astronomy! Apocalyptic geology(?)!Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Tethys Ocean - Wikipedia Tethys - Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki Thomas the Rhymer - WikipediaThomas the Rhymer (2009 Remaster)Poems (Wordsworth, 1815)/Volume 2/The small Celandine - Wikisource, the free online libraryRare 'bolide' fireball falls from the sky, spotted across Southeast US Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
15: The Long Utopia Pt 1 (Wildly and Astrophysically)
6/27/2026
1:14:20
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, The Long Utopia part 1! (Chapters 1-24)Silver beetles! Wooden steeples! Pioneering peoples! Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Heterotopia (space) - WikipediaNatural Six - YouTube There Are No Green Stars, But ‘Green Galaxies’ Are Real Deiseal agus tuathal – Omniglot Blog North Star to Freedom (U.S. National Park Service) Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
14: Adaptation Pitches (Filming Starts Tomorrow)
5/24/2026
56:05
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, we celebrate the Glorious 25th May by pitching potential adaptations!Vote here or join our discord!https://www.facebook.com/share/18J4buqAGN/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeyefretpod.bsky.social/post/3mmocaa4bqs2bhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DYwj3CZMgwM/?igsh=MTBoMTRqZmt3M29ydQ==Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:The O.C marissa shoots trey..What makes a Horse Girl story?The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - WikipediaThe Martian Chronicles - WikipediaThe Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - WikipediaKim Harrison's Books Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
13: Gormenghast Pt. 2 (A Bit Damocles-y)
4/26/2026
2:18:12
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, Gormenghast Part 2!Stormclouds! Villany! Isthmuses! Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica - The Franklin InstitutePrimogeniture and ultimogeniture - Britannica Skewbald - Etymology, Origin & Meaning blaze - WiktionaryMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
12: Gormenghast Pt. 1 (If My Headmaster Had a Trumpet)
4/19/2026
2:11:22
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, we venture back into the unhallowed halls of Gormenghast.Ridiculous Ritual! Perfidy and Professors! Delirious Dreams! Find us on the internet:BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Peake Studies Jack dee's face complete compilation! - YouTubeHow Mervyn Peake was almost forgotten - spiked (PDF) The Anomalous Medievalism of Mervyn Peake’s GormenghastLiterary Language as a Tool for Design: An Architectural Study of the Spaces of Mervyn Peake's The Gormenghast Trilogy and 'Boy in Darkness' - Kent Academic Repository The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss - Goodreads by Jove - Wiktionary Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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