The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

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: our annual Hogswatch Extravaganza!  We’re reviewing Ring the Bells, C.K. McDonnell’s latest entry into the Stranger Times series, then having a delightful chat with Marc Burrows about his new book The Story of the Christmas No. 1: Mistletoe and Vinyl.  Find C.K. McDonnell here: https://whitehairedirishman.com/  And take a look at everything Marc’s up to here: https://www.marcburrows.co.uk/  Find us on the internet: Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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: Smug Christmas - TikTok  Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes Clair Obscur sweeps The Game Awards with nine wins R.E.P.O.  – Ring the Bells by C K McDonnell Bonus: An Interview with C.K. McDonnell Winter wonderland fails: from smoking elves to a 'dead Santa'  ‘People came just to see how awful it was’: from Wonkaland to Fyre, the inside story of festivals so bad they went viral – The Story of the Christmas Number One: Mistletoe & Vinyl (signed edition) | ★ MARC BURROWS ★  Mr Blobby Music Video [1993 Christmas Number 1] Marc's Spotify playlists - find the Christmas STAGE 1, 2 & 3 playlists here The Hives & Cyndi Lauper In A Christmas Duel  Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer Marie Antoinette: Teen Queen to Guillotine by Melanie Burrows - Closure May Never Come - P D Doling Ellen Mellor's books  Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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, Joanna has a new book out! Francine interviews her about it! American! Teen! Dramas! Buy it here:  Shop — Joanna Hagan (for signed copies) Pen and Sword Books: American Teen Dramas - Hardback  American Teen Dramas - Bookshop.org Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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 gilmore girls at spirit halloween - TikTok The Shooting AKA Dear Sister - YouTube Buffering the Vampire Slayer Podcasts | Joanna Robinson   Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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 Mars Part 2! Strange creatures! Space elevators! Barbershop quartets! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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: Modiphius announces Terry Pratchett Discworld board games and RPG Kickstarter for 2026   The Be-Sharps - Baby On Board  Chesley Bonestell - Summary Bibliography (Internet Archive) The Art of Chesley Bonestell (Internet Archive) Classics of Science Fiction Art   Edison's Conquest of Mars - Wikipedia  Space elevator | KimStanleyRobinson.info The Skimmington Ride – Montacute House, South Somerset | Exploring Building History  Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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 Mars Part 1! Small Towns! Crab Towns! Mars!  Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP  Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi  Joanna has a new book out! American Teen Dramas - From Sunnydale to Riverdale (Hardcover - Signed) Things we blathered on about: David Ford  Rainbow Mars - The Silent Planet Wiki    Silurian hypothesis - Wikipedia  Bozeman, Montana - Wikipedia Humptulips - Revisiting Washington TTSMYF: The Dark Side of the Sun (41) | Strata (52) Brooke Bond Collectables - Tea Card Set Details - Out Into Space  The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank - The Guardian SFBC Interview An SFBC exclusive interview with Terry Pratchett - L-Space In conversation: Terry Pratchett and Gerald Seymour - The Guardian  Robert Zubrin - Wikipedia  US3652091A - Three player chess board - Google Patents  Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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 go classic with our Hallowe’en Special: Frankenstein. Creation! Conniptions! Metaphorical albatrosses!  Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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 Roottrees are Dead  Rethinking Inspirations for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Paweł Kaptur  Frankenstein complex - Wikipedia   Frankenstein (Universal film series) - Wikipedia  The Hammer Story: Revised and Expanded Edition - Titan Books  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, by Lord Byron  Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com  

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 reviewed The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow! Spoiler free review, feel free to listen to the whole episode!  Also watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NGC-clytRyE  Buy the book here: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow - Pan Macmillan  Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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  

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 War part 2!  Clover! Shipping! Sapient Non-Humans!  Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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: Paris Paloma - Good Boy (Official Music Video) - YouTube  Fionn mac Cumhaill - Wikipedia  The Island of Doctor Moreau - Wikipedia  Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com  

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 War Part 1! Character conflict! Hexagonal plots! Condiment logistics! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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: Greyhound Literary • The Phantom Atlas  The ancient tools that shaped our woodlands Gam (nautical term) - Wikipedia  Jumping the Shark - TV Tropes  Zheng He - Wikipedia Tomás de Torquemada | First Grand Inquisitor of Spain | Britannica      Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com  

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, a review of V. E. Schwab’s new book - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Toxic! Lesbian! Vampires!  Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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: Bones | Explore Immortal Destinies — Author V. E. Schwab Author V. E. Schwab on toxic lesbian vampires and being a messy gay   @OddPride on TikTok "I couldn't help it I was only hungry" Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel are flitting to and from the Discworld like confused Chelonauts. This month, we’re back on the Disc to explore gender and celebrate the Glorious 25th of May! VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/OXJYfghjUDA  SHEPHERD'S CROWN MENTIONED SPORADICALLY from 00:07:40 UNTIL 00:33:05. No story-breaking spoilers but purists should skip this section.  Gender? I Hardly Know ‘er! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP  Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi  Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project Things we talked about: UK: Court Ruling Threatens Trans People | Human Rights Watch  Grace Petrie 7: Equal Rites Pt.1 (My Knee Doesn't Have Lungs) - The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret   Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Wikipedia  Support our Glorious allies! LIVE DATES | ★ MARC BURROWS ★ Pratchat Gabrielle Kent Desert Island Discworld House to Astonish » Podcast Caimh McDonnell Rhianna Pratchett         Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com  

This week, part 2 of our recap of ‘Titus Groan’. Smoke! Ribbons! A Picnic! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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: Announcing the Discworld Graphic Novel Universe - Terry Pratchett  Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA - 32 Auctions The Last of Us: S2, E1 - "Future Days" - A Storm of Spoilers on Audioboom  ADUMBRATE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster  The Crowborough Players event tickets from TicketSource  Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com   

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 enter Gormenghast with Part 1 of our recap of Mervyn Peake’s ‘Titus Groan’... Ribs! Sunlight! Slowly-Growing Insanity!  Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social (not Twitter any more - included in outro through force of habit) Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: 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: Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia The Rectory in Red - FolkLands Peake Studies [Peter Winnington] Collected Articles on Mervyn Peake [Peter Winnington]  An Excellence of Peake - Fantastic Metropolis [Michael Moorcock’s article]  A profusion of Peake – { feuilleton }   Tolkien vs Lewis: Allegory - R.E. Parrish Comics on tumblr  Steerpike illustration by Mervyn Peake Fuschia illustration by Mervyn Peake   Radial Symmetry ("The Hottest Guy on Campus") - R. E. Parrish Comics on tumblr   Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Did you check the date after you heard our little announcement? Were you fooled? Announcing the PROPER return of The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. That's right, we're not moving on from the Disc just yet. Keep an eye on our socials for episode calendars and all of our plans for the year!  Find us on the internet: Twitter/Bluesky: @MakeYeFretPod Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP 

That's right, dear listeners. We're back from hiatus, embarking on a brand-new journey and we can't wait for you to join us!  Find us on the internet: Twitter/Bluesky: @MakeYeFretPod Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP 

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, previously read and recapped every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order.  This week, a Very Special Hogswatch Extravaganza: we live-streamed an episode! Click here to enjoy the full thing with video: https://www.youtube.com/live/qm4hbR-pvAY  Vital statistics! Letters to the Hogfathert! Tangents!  Find us on the internet: Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP  Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi  Things we blathered on about: Link to the video version - YouTube Pat Mandziy (does the cool folk horror-ish retelling of, e.g., Christmas tales) - TikTok  Geckoemmy (parrots) - TikTok  66: The Carpet People Pt 1 (F5 To Pay Respects) - The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret  Designing Terry Pratchett's Discworld - Discworld Emporium Podcast recommendations! - TheTruthShallMakeYeFret.com --- Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com Sound effects: Craig Smith, Freesound

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.  This week, Part 3 of our recap of “The Shepherd’s Crown”.  Meat! Two Veg! A Normal Amount of Emotions! Find us on the internet: Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod | Bluesky: makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP  Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi  Things we blathered on about: Fairy loves - Oxford Reference   Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia  Inescutcheon - Wikipedia (specifically: de Champagne-La Suze)  Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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.  This week, Part 2 of our recap of “The Shepherd’s Crown”.  Pines! Flumes! Pack a Banana! Find us on the internet: Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP  Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi  Things we blathered on about: Reynard the Fox - Wikipedia  Ozzy Man Reviews: Lumberjack Log Rolling - YouTube  Lord Lankin - Steeleye Span - Youtube On the Ambiguity of Elves : Folklore: Vol 122, No 1   Dew Ponds to the Rescue - Country Life  Building a Dew Pond (in Popular Science) - Google Books  Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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.  This week, Part 1 of our recap of “The Shepherd’s Crown”.  Threes! Bees! Mephistopheles!    Find us on the internet: Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/PHNb8M5HbV Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi    Things we blathered on about: Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel races to No 1 in book charts - The Guardian The Shropshire Witches Podcast - RSS.com  Mephistopheles - Wikipedia  Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch – an interview with Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent - The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret  Bedfordshire clanger - Wikipedia    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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.  This week, a bonus episode! We’re looking at World of Poo, Dodger’s Guide to London and Mrs Bradshaw’s Handbook.   Lavatories! Naughty Girls! Shirtless Vimes! Find us on the internet: Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP  Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi  Things we blathered on about: Beauty, what it is and how to retain it - Internet Archive Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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.  This week, Part 3 of our recap of “Raising Steam”.  Train Fight! On the Roof!  Find us on the internet: Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP  Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi  Things we blathered on about: Visions of the Future | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)  Bradshaw's Guide - Wikipedia   The Meaning of Liff - Wikipedia  Cumulonimbus Incus Description: Anvil Cloud - WhatsThisCloud  Campaign for Level Boarding Did John Wilkes Booth's Brother Save the Life of Abraham Lincoln's Son? - Snopes.com Cranbury Park - Wikipedia     Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com