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, Gormenghast Part 2! Stormclouds! Villany! Isthmuses! 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: Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica - The Franklin Institute Primogeniture and ultimogeniture - Britannica Skewbald - Etymology, Origin & Meaning blaze - Wiktionary 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 venture back into the unhallowed halls of Gormenghast. Ridiculous Ritual! Perfidy and Professors! Delirious Dreams! 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: Peake Studies Jack dee's face complete compilation! - YouTube How Mervyn Peake was almost forgotten - spiked (PDF) The Anomalous Medievalism of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast Literary 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

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. https://whitehairedirishman.com/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, The Long Earth Part 2! Elephants! Elves! Evolution! Extinction? 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 Album - Only You Can Save Mankind Soundtrack Tracklements - Oxford Reference I Made a Massive 14,000 Page Book - YouTube Archaeoacoustics - Wikipedia history of the entire world, i guess - YouTube Is there a similar word to 'twain' but meaning 'three' instead of 'two'? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange 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 Earth, Part 1. (Chapters 1-25) Potatoes! Ferrous Postcards! Reinvented Loincloths! 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: Evolution (Baxter novel) - Wikipedia The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter – review - The Guardian Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter on The Long Earth - The Guardian video interview Lobsang Rampa - Wikipedia Gomphothere - Wikipedia [not golophonts or whatever I said] Skunk Works - 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, 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