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.

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Bonus - The Vimes Boots Index

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

01/31/22 • 22 min

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is usually 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 quick bonus episode about Jack Monroe, and the Vimes Boots Index.

Find us on the internet:

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi

Resources

The Trussell Trust - Stop UK Hunger

What to do if you need emergency help with money and food - StepChange

Things we talked about

Jack Monroe’s original Twitter thread

Call for evidence thread (for Vimes Boots Index)

Terry Pratchett estate backs Jack Monroe’s idea for ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index - The Guardian

Your best ally against injustice? Terry Pratchett [by Marc Burrows]- New Statesman

Iceland commits to price freeze on £1 value range as food costs rise - The Grocer

Cost-of-living crisis: Jack Monroe hails ONS update of inflation calculations - The Guardian

Rachael Hamilton says food bank users 'less well educated' on cooking – The National

Jack Monroe’s stuff

Blog/recipes: Cooking on a Bootstrap

Twitter: @BootstrapCook

Jack Monroe books - Hive.co.uk

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

102: Night Watch Pt. 1 (Foreshadow and Backshadow)

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

01/09/23 • 88 min

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 “Night Watch”.

Ravens! Lightning! Quantum!

Part 2 of Night Watch will begin on page 163 (“The beast remembers”) and end on page 257 (“A little more champagne?”)

Find us on the internet:

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:

Night Watch - The Annotated Pratchett File v9.0

Night Watch - Discworld Wiki

Brewers Britain and Ireland - Internet Archive

[News] 2023 will be the Year of the Querulous Megapode! - r/discworld

Discworld Divinity - SF Crows Nest (via Wayback Machine)

Paul Kidby on Night Watch - Fantasy Book Review (via Wayback Machine)

Battye Embroidered Wall Hanging - William Morris Gallery

Sir Terry Pratchett in conversation with Dr Jacqueline Simpson in 2010 - The Folklore Society

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

135: Making Money Pt. 3 (Encustarded Fate)

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

02/19/24 • 76 min

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 “Making Money”.

Jelly! Custard! That weird soggy sponge layer!

Find us on the internet:

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

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:

Amelia Earhart mystery gets new wrinkle after plane-shaped object found by sub - The Independent

How I Fell for an Amazon Scam Call and Handed Over $50,000 - The Cut

Gregg Wallace and the celebrities who have overshared their daily routines - BBC News

buttery biscuit base - YouTube

Elephant and Key - streetsofsalem

I made my version of Splot, from Making Money - r/discworld

Hamilton: Satisfied - YouTube

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

124: Going Postal Pt. 1 (Die of the Gnats)

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

09/10/23 • 70 min

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 “Going Postal”.

Apostrophe’s! Fripperie’s! Pigeon’s!

Find us on the internet:
Discord invite link

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:

Two-Hats Television - Joanna’s Substack

Please don’t distract me - Francine’s Substack

No Such Thing As A Peanut Hall of Fame - audioboom

Going Postal – You're Wrong About - Podtail

Monty Python - Woody and Tinny Words - YouTube

Around The World In Eighty Days: List of contents - Free Online Library [see chapter headings]

Going Postal - Discworld Wiki

Sator Square - Wikipedia

United States Postal Service Creed - Wikipedia

Firm linked to Crooked House owner was taken to court - BBC News

There was only one loser in this Royal Mail privatisation: the taxpayer - The Guardian

GNU Terry Pratchett

Tablut | Hnefatafl: the Game of the Vikings

[Note: I referred to the Post Office as being privatised – I should have said Royal Mail. - F]

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

E62: Maskerade Pt. 3 (Climbing Into Box 8)

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

09/19/21 • 83 min

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 “Maskerade”.

Foreshadowing! Pays! Off!

Find us on the internet:

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:

“While Terry was programing his ZX81 to Inform him of the high and low greenhouse temperatures overnight . . .” - Twitter (@terryandrob)

Tree Swing - Business Balls [erm]

The Masochism Tango (Tom Lehrer) - harpmolly’s rendition - YouTube

Fish Fall Archives - The Fortean

Bouncing Tosca - Opera Anecdotes

Grey Reads "The Masque of the Red Death" for Pandemicween - YouTube

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

120: Good Omens Season 2 Episodes 3 & 4 (Sleight of Mouth)

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

08/06/23 • 104 min

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, are taking a break from reading and recapping every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order, and talking about Good Omens season 2!

This week, Episodes 3 & 4

Spiders! Magicians! Yellow Car!

Find us on the internet:

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret Discord

Good Omens: the Official (and Ineffable) Graphic Novel by The Terry Pratchett Estate — Kickstarter

List of demons in the Ars Goetia - Wikipedia [note the sigils - Shax and FurFur both have ‘em!]

Cat Clarke - Goodreads

I Know Where I'm Going 1945 - YouTube

How To Play ‘Yellow Car’ - Youtube

Hell - Tiger Lillies - Youtube

Kate Dalrymple - YouTube

“Madam!” I said, “I do believe that you have entirely misunderstood me!” - Neil Gaiman Tumblr

Windmill Theatre - Wikipedia

The Farting Contest

a white man broke in today - YouTube

Inside No. 9 (TV Series 2014– ) - IMDb

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

138: Unseen Academicals Pt. 3 (Progressive Sleaze)

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

03/18/24 • 13 min

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 “Unseen Academicals”.

Chants! Pies! Glowing Gold Woman!

Find us on the internet:

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

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:

How Jennifer Lopez’s Versace Dress Created Google Images | GQ
Playlist Alternative History created by @joeefoster - TikTok

Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats - Poetry Foundation

FIFA World Cup Trophy - Wikipedia

The women that Britain ‘loved to hate’ [the 2006 WAGs] - BBC Culture

Erinyes (Furies) – Mythopedia

Hillsborough disaster - Wikipedia

Hippodrome | Byzantine, Roman & Greek - Britannica

Schmidt pain scale - Natural History Museum

The Great Kentucky Meat Shower Mystery - Scientific American

They think it's all over - Wikipedia

Alea iacta est - Wikipedia

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Hogswatch Special 2019 - Xmas Egg Dress

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

12/23/19 • 138 min

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel, recap and discuss every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order.

This week - a special bonus Hogswatch special! We discuss the 2008 TV adaptations of “The Colour of Magic” & “The Light Fantastic”.

A Surprise Festive Guest! Mulled things aplenty! A sword! The pGloybe! An attempt at positivity! Incredible CGI! Some rants!

F: It’s Christmas, and I can’t be bothered to edit this down to its usual length. So, please enjoy this BUMPER BONUS FESTIVE FEATURE LENGTH EXTRAVAGANZA.

Things we blathered on about:

The Watch Adaptation details (Radio Times)

The Globe

The Dysk

Ao3 (archiveofourown.org)

Effulgent - “Shining brightly; radiant.” (Lexico)

The Colour of Magic (IMDb)

Noma Dumezweni

Rosie & Jim

The Jim Henson Company

Figwit (Fanlore.org)

F: I got my plays muddled. The Mousetrap is the longest-running West End show. People are asked not to spoil the ending, but it’s the same. Shear Madness, a Broadway show, is another long-running production that does have different endings.

What About Dick? (IMDb)

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Bonus Glorious 25th Special - Definitely Not A Cult

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

05/24/20 • 90 min

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order.

This week, another bonus pandemic special. We commemorate the Glorious 25th of May, give you our latest lockdown recommendations and talk about Wyrd Sisters - The Animated Series.

Warning: Spoilers Lurk!

Spoilers begin: 37:57

Spoilers end: 45:30

Find us on the internet:

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

Things we blathered on about:

Yahoo! GeoCities

And He Said to Me (Bernard Pearson’s Podcast)

Where Should We Begin by Esther Perel

Angel on Top

Fake Doctors, Real Friends

The Blanks - Hey Ya! (Ted's Band from Scrubs)

This American Life - Get a Spine!

Chocolat | Joanne Harris

My Family and Other Animals, By Gerald Durrell

Book 1: The House of Shattered Wings - Aliette de Bodard

Millenniums Rule Series – Trudi Canavan

Schitt's Creek (TV Series 2015–2020) - IMDb

The Moment The Simpsons Ruined Homer Simpson

National Theatre Live

Shakespeare’s Globe

Emilia - The Guilty Feminist

Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series 2005–2008) - IMDb

Glorious Revolution - Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki (HERE BE SPOILERS)

Wyrd Sisters (TV Mini-Series 1997) - IMDb

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - Goodreads

Howl's Moving Castle (2004) - IMDb

Dragon Age - Wikipedia

Chekhov's Gun - TV Tropes

La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad

Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

P.s. Reach out if you need to chat about sobriety in quarantine or whatever @francibambi

If you want recipes and cooking advice/tutorials then ask @joannahagan

18: Sourcery Pt.2 (What The Hell Are Stiff Peaks Anyway?)

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

04/12/20 • 66 min

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan-Young 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 “Sourcery”.

Poetry! Platitudes! Pretension! Practicality!

Find us on the internet:

Twitter: @MakeYeFretPod

Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

Email: [email protected]

Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi

Things we blathered on about:

Kouign amann recipe - BBC Good Food

The Simpsons - Monorail

The Simpsons - See My Vest