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The first Terry Pratchett-related podcast was the no longer active ''The Pratchett Podcast'' in 2011. Since Terry's death, and particularly in the last few years, several shows have appeared where the hosts read and comment on the Discworld books, usually in chronological order. This is an adaptation of the popular "TV recap" podcast format. Such podcasts are sometimes described as "fancasts".
The first Terry Pratchett-related podcast was the no longer active ''The Pratchett Podcast'' in 2011. Since Terry's death, and particularly in the last few years, several shows have appeared where the hosts read and comment on the Discworld books, usually in chronological order. This is an adaptation of the popular "TV recap" podcast format. Such podcasts are sometimes described as "fancasts".


== Active Podcasts ==
We used to try and cross-reference podcasts and books in a large table, but it grew unwieldy. If you would like to find all the episodes about a book, or find all the podcasts indexed in one place, see our cousin wiki, [https://guild.pratchatpodcast.com the Guild of Recappers & Podcasters].
Listed in chronological order of release.


=== ''Radio Morpork'' ===
== Discworld Podcasts ==
Official site: [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/ radiomorpork.wordpress.com]<br/>
Podcasts below are categorised as Complete, Active or Inactive, and listed in each category in chronological order, based on launch date. Some also cover other works by Pratchett, though most only do so occasionally and are focussed on the forty-one Discworld novels, and sometimes the film and television adaptations.
Launched August 2015; episodes (usually) released monthly.


Irish hosts Colm and Steve read each Discworld book in order, and create rankings.
=== Complete Podcasts ===
These shows have read through all forty-one Discworld books, or otherwise officially ended.


=== ''Pratchat'' ===
==== ''Radio Morpork'' ====
Official site: [https://pratchatpodcast.com pratchatpodcast.com]<br/>
Official site: [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/ radiomorpork.wordpress.com]<br/>
Launched November 2017, released on the 7Ath of each month.
Launched August 2015; finished June 2021.


Australian hosts Elizabeth Flux (writer) and Ben McKenzie (comedian) read and discuss every Pratchett book (not just the Discworld), each with a special guest. Is not following strict chronological order. Also has a supporter only bonus podcast, ''Ook Club''.
Irish hosts Colm and Steve (and sometimes Rose) read each Discworld book in order, creating a ranked list of their favourites and a few other lists as well. Now complete, with an episode for every Discworld book - the first of the read-through podcasts to achieve this milestone! - and a couple of extras.


=== ''The Death of Podcasts'' ===
==== ''The Death of Podcasts'' ====
Official site: [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts aalgarcom]<br/>
Official site: [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts aalgarcom]<br/>
Launched November 2018; released monthly, usually on the 15th or 16th.
Launched November 2018; finished January 2022.


Hosted by married American couple Amanda Smith and Ron “AAlgar” Watt. Describes itself as "a comprehensive review of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series." [https://deathofpodcasts.tumblr.com Also on Tumblr.]
Hosted by married American couple Amanda Smith and Ron “AAlgar” Watt. Describes itself as "a comprehensive review of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series." [https://deathofpodcasts.tumblr.com Also on Tumblr.]


=== ''Wyrd Sisters'' ===  
==== ''Wyrd Sisters'' ====  
Official site: [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com wyrdsisters.podbean.com]<br/>
Official site: [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com wyrdsisters.podbean.com]<br/>
Launched January 2019, released on the 28th of each month.
Launched January 2019; finished September 2022.


A monthly Discworld re-read podcast, hosted by Americans Dani, Manning and Liz. [https://wyrdsisterspodcast.tumblr.com/ Also has a Tumblr.]
A monthly Discworld re-read podcast, hosted by Americans Dani, Manning and Liz. [https://wyrdsisterspodcast.tumblr.com/ Also has a Tumblr.]


=== ''Witches and Wizards Portal'' ===
==== ''Desert Island Discworld'' ====
Official site: [https://mindkindle.net/ mindkindle.net]<br/>
Official site: [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com desertislanddiscworld.com]<br/>
Launched April 2019; released weekly.
Launched November 2019; finished 2023.


A weekly Discworld discussion podcast. Hosted by "the Medieval Gnome", an American fantasy fan, who describes this podcast as "a portal between that fantasy world called the Discworld and [[Roundworld]], what we call reality". Previously called ''The Discworld Portal'' until September 2020, then briefly ''Ponder's Wizardly Portal'' before the current name.
A Discworld interview podcast. Scottish host Al Kennedy (best known for his comics podcast ''[https://www.housetoastonish.com House to Astonish]'') interviews a variety of guests about their favourite Terry Pratchett book. On the 40th anniversary of Discworld, and it’s own fourth anniversary, ended after seven full seasons with a two-episode mini-season covering the last books it hadn’t already discussed, {{E}} (with guests from three other Pratchett podcasts) and {{TSC}} (in which [[Marc Burrows]] guest hosted and interviewed Al).  


=== ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' ===
=== Active Podcasts ===
Official site: [http://thetruthshallmakeyefret.buzzsprout.com buzzsprout.com]<br/>
These podcasts are in active production.
Launched November 2019; released weekly, usually with a break after three episodes of one book.
==== ''Pratchat'' ====
Official site: [https://pratchatpodcast.com pratchatpodcast.com]<br/>
Launched November 2017, released on the 7Ath of each month.


A weekly Discworld podcast. Hosts Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel read and recap every Discworld book in order, over three episodes for each book with a week off in between.  
Australian hosts Elizabeth Flux (writer) and Ben McKenzie (comedian) read and discuss every Pratchett book (not just the Discworld), each with a special guest. Not following strict chronological order, and also now incorporating Pratchett's short stories. Also has a supporter only bonus podcast, ''Ook Club''.


=== ''Desert Island Discworld'' ===  
==== ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' ====
Official site: [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com desertislanddiscworld.com]<br/>
Official site: [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/category/episode/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]<br/>
Launched November 2019; released weekly in seasons of six episodes.
Launched November 2019; released weekly.


A Discworld interview podcast. Host Al Kennedy interviews a variety of guests about their favourite Discworld books.  
A weekly Discworld podcast. Hosts Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel read, recap and discuss every Discworld book, in chronological order. Three episodes for each book with a week off in between (often filled with recaps/discussions of related media).


=== ''The Compleat Discography'' ===  
==== ''The Compleat Discography'' ====  
Official site: [https://www.compleatdiscography.page/ compleatdiscography.page]<br/>
Official site: [https://www.compleatdiscography.page/ compleatdiscography.page]<br/>
Launched January 2020; released fortnightly, at least at launch.
Launched January 2020; released fortnightly, at least at launch.


“Four nerds” do a book club style read-through of the Discworld novels and related works, in publication order. Occasionally special guests; also intend to cover ''[[TV and Film:The Watch|The Watch]]''.
“Four nerds” (later three, often with a guest) do a book club style read-through of the Discworld novels and related works, in publication order. Finished the run of all 41 novels in June 2023, but in December 2023 started a second season that is meant to cover the other Discworld books, starting with {{TAG}}.


=== ''Who Watches the Watch'' ===  
==== ''Who Watches the Watch'' ====  
Official site: [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/ pinecast.co]<br/>
Official site: [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/ pinecast.co]<br/>
Launched May 2020; released weekly, with 2-3 episodes per book discussed (so far).
Launched May 2020; released roughly monthly, with 2-3 episodes per book discussed


An international collection of Terry Pratchett fans - Charlotte, Lucy, Janos and George - began to re-read the Watch novels in anticipation of ''[[TV & Film:The Watch|The Watch]]'', planning to compare the two versions. Due to events, they instead pivoted to reading other Discworld books in order of release, with two or three weekly episodes per book and lots of digressions. Self-styled 'bad boys' of discworld podcasting.  
A collection of Terry Pratchett fans - Chaz, Lucy, Janos and George - began to re-read the Watch novels in anticipation of ''[[TV & Film:The Watch|The Watch]]'', planning to compare the two versions. They ended up pivoting to reading the Discworld books in order of release, with two or three episodes per book and lots of digressions. Refer to themselves as the ‘bad boys’ of Discworld podcasting, and now make many other podcasts as well, under the banner of “Good Episode Productions”. These include ''Immortal Incantations: Heartspell'', which started as a look into self-published fiction on Amazon and became instead a chronicle of the writing and publication of their own series of young adult novels, “Immortal Incantations”.
They currently also have a bonus episode per week for their patreon in which they are currently writing a Young Adult fiction book.


=== ''The Disc-Course'' ===
==== ''The Disc-Course'' ====
Official site: [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course acast.com]<br/>
Official site: [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course acast.com]<br/>
Launched July 2020; released fortnightly in seasons of roughly 20 episodes, with 2-3 episodes per book discussed (so far).
Launched July 2020; released fortnightly in seasons of roughly 20 episodes


American and English Discworld fans, Holly and Julie, discuss the series with two new readers, Americans Mark and Jess. Reading the books in order.
American and English Discworld fans, Holly and Julie, discuss the series with two new readers, Americans Mark and Jess. Reading the books in order, but slowly - each book is covered over between two and six fortnightly episodes. As of 2022, they’ve completed two seasons taking them up to {{RM}}.


=== ''Disc Coverers'' ===
==== ''Disc Coverers'' ====
Official site: [https://anchor.fm/discpod anchor.fm]<br/>
Official site: [https://anchor.fm/discpod anchor.fm]<br/>
Launched November 2020; released roughly monthly, with 1-2 episodes per book.
Launched November 2020; released roughly monthly


Another in-order Discworld novel podcast, "reading, reviewing and objectively ranking all 41 Discworld novels, chronologically". Hosted by four American trans-femmes - Iris, Grace, June and Bulina - with various levels of familiarity with the books.
Another in-order Discworld novel podcast, "reading, reviewing and objectively ranking all 41 Discworld novels, chronologically". Hosted by four trans-femmes - Iris Jay, Grace Lovelace, Balina Mahigan, and Juniper Theory - with various levels of familiarity with the books.


=== ''Pterry Ptalk'' ===
==== ''Unseen Academicals'' ====
Official site: [https://turtlemoves.podbean.com podbean.com]<br/>
Official site: [https://unseenacademicals.sounder.fm sounder.fm]<br/>
Re-launched in February 2021; original version launched c.2008 and released sporadically until January 2015
Launched March 2021; released roughly monthly
 
Originally two Australian academics, Josh and Alice, but now just Josh; he analyses the Discworld books from an academic perspective, beginning with ''Unseen Academicals''. May feature guests in future.
 
==== ''Nanny Ogg's Book Club'' ====
Official site: [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/ fireside.fm]<br/>
Launched September 2021; released fortnightly


A re-launch of ''The Turtle Moves'' using the old RSS feed, though the original episodes are no longer available. A solo podcast hosted by Alex Gilmour, and possibly the earliest Discworld podcast in its original form, it's now called "Pterry Ptalk". There's a Tumblr page at [https://turtlemoves.tumblr.com turtlemoves.tumblr.com].
A read-through of all 41 Discworld books - though not, initially, in publication order - with American Tessa (of the ''Monkey Off My Backlog'' podcast) and Irish Nigel (of ''Hyperfixations'' and other podcasts).


=== ''Unseen Academicals'' ===
==== ''I've Never Read Discworld'' ====
Official site: [https://unseenacademicals.sounder.fm sounder.fm]<br/>
Official site: [https://anchor.fm/iveneverreaddiscworld/ anchor.fm]<br/>
Launched March 2021; released monthly
Launched September 2022; released monthly


Two Australian academics, Josh and Alice, analyse the Discworld books from an academic perspective, beginning with ''Unseen Academicals''.
Two Irish friends read and chat about all 41 Discworld books: "experienced wizard" P J Hart (a fan who's read them all before), and "tourist" Andy Luke (the "I" of the title).


=== ''Ook!'' ===
==== ''The Turtle Reads'' ====
Official site: [https://anchor.fm/ookpod anchor.fm]<br/>
Official site: [https://the-turtle-reads.captivate.fm/ captivate.fm]<br/>
Launched April 2021; planned fortnightly release
Launched December 2022; released monthly


Young Australians Kayleigh Love and River Lewis read one Discworld book every episode and discuss it. Just one episode released so far, but it's still early days.
New York comedian Melissa Diaz has a casual chat with her friend Clay Foreman about anything and everything, including a nominated Discworld book or adaptation each episode. Since late 2023 have stopped covering Discworld books and started on the works of other authors, including Ursula K Le Guin, Neil Gaiman and Steven King.


=== ''Nanny Ogg's Book Club'' ===
=== Inactive Podcasts ===
Official site: [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/ fireside.fm]<br/>
==== ''The Turtle Moves'' ====
Launched September 2021;
Launched in 2008 and released sporadically until December 2014


A read-through of all 41 Discworld books - though ''not'' in publication order - with American Tessa (of the ''Monkey Off My Backlog'' podcast) and Irish Nigel (of ''Hyperfixations'' and other podcasts).
The earliest Pratchett podcast by a large margin. A solo podcast hosted by Alex Gilmour. There's a Tumblr page for the original version at [https://turtlemoves.tumblr.com turtlemoves.tumblr.com], though only the last couple of original episodes were posted there. No longer available as the RSS feed was repurposed for ''Pterry Ptalk'' (see below).


== Inactive Podcasts ==
==== ''The Pratchett Podcast'' ====
=== ''The Pratchett Podcast'' ===
Launched October 2011; released monthly or bi-monthly for 61 episodes through to October 2018.
Launched October 2011; released monthly or bi-monthly for 61 episodes through to October 2018.


A sometimes monthly news, discussion and review podcast, mostly about the Discworld. Hosted by Graeme Sheridan and sometimes Rhys Parton. [https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-pratchett-podcast Most recent thirty episodes available here]; the [https://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com first fifteen episodes here].
A sometimes monthly news, discussion and review podcast, mostly about the Discworld. Hosted by Graeme Sheridan and sometimes Rhys Parton. [https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-pratchett-podcast Most recent thirty episodes available here]; the [https://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com first fifteen episodes here].


=== ''Ankh-Morpork Public Radio'' ===
==== ''Ankh-Morpork Public Radio'' ====
Official site: [https://shoutengine.com/AnkhMorporkPublicRadio/ shoutengine.com]<br/>
Official site: [https://shoutengine.com/AnkhMorporkPublicRadio/ shoutengine.com]<br/>
Launched in September 2016, and released monthly to November 2016.
Launched in September 2016, and released monthly to November 2016.
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A Discworld re-read podcast hosted by Discworld newcomer Trevor and long time Pratchett fan Jodhi Doyle. Only two episodes appear to have been made (''[[Book:The Colour of Magic|The Colour of Magic]]'' and ''[[Book:The Light Fantastic| The Light Fantastic]]'').
A Discworld re-read podcast hosted by Discworld newcomer Trevor and long time Pratchett fan Jodhi Doyle. Only two episodes appear to have been made (''[[Book:The Colour of Magic|The Colour of Magic]]'' and ''[[Book:The Light Fantastic| The Light Fantastic]]'').


=== ''The Turtle Moves'' ===
==== ''Pterry Ptalk'' ====
See ''Pterry Ptalk'' above.
Official site: [https://turtlemoves.podbean.com podbean.com]<br/>
Launched in February 2021; only one episode released
 
A re-launch of ''The Turtle Moves'' (see above) using the old RSS feed, making the earlier podcast no longer available.
 
==== ''Tales From the Drum'' ====
Official site: [https://mindkindle.net/ mindkindle.net]<br/>
Launched April 2019; released frequently until November 2021
 
A roughly weekly Discworld discussion podcast. Hosted by "the Medieval Gnome", an American fantasy fan, who describes this podcast as "a portal between that fantasy world called the Discworld and [[Roundworld]], what we call reality". Also released ten "The Portal's Pratchett Passages", bonus episodes of excerpts from the books, and more than 75 "Pratchips", 3-minute mini episodes. It changed names several times - it was originally called ''The Discworld Portal'' until September 2020, when it seems it may have been asked to change the name by the Pratchett estate. It was then briefly ''The Mystery Portal'', then ''Ponder's Wizardly Portal'' and ''The Witches and Wizard's Portal'' until October 2021, when it adopted the final name. No longer available, aside from a few episodes on its YouTube channel.


=== ''And he said to me'' ===
==== ''And he said to me'' ====
Official site: none, but it appears to be on most podcast platforms.<br/>
Official site: none, but it appears to be on most podcast platforms.<br/>
Launched December 2019, released sporadically
Launched December 2019, two episodes released by April 2020
 
Artist and author [[Bernard Pearson]], longtime friend of Terry's and owner of the [[Discworld Emporium]], shares stories about Pratchett in conversation with his other friends. Only two episodes were released: one with [[Rob Wilkins]] and another with Pearson’s wife Isobel. They have been removed from the podcast host and are no longer available.
 
==== ''Ook!'' ====
Official site: [https://anchor.fm/ookpod anchor.fm]<br/>
Launched April 2021; planned fortnightly release
 
Young Australians Kayleigh Love and River Lewis read one Discworld book every episode and discuss it. Only one episode released.
 
==== ''Klatschianischer Kaffee'' ====
Official site: [https://pterrylog.podigee.io/ podigee.io]<br/>
Launched November 2021; episodes released frequently until March 2022
 
A German language podcast discussing the audiobook version of ''Total verhext'', i.e. {{WS}}, "chapter by chapter" (we assume the audiobook has chapters).
 
==== ''PTerrylog'' ====
Official site: [http://klatschianischerkaffee.de/ klatschianischerkaffee.de]<br/>
Launched December 2021; episodes released monthly until April 2022
 
A German language podcast discussing the audiobook version of ''Total verhext'', i.e. {{WS}}, "chapter by chapter" (we assume the audiobook has chapters). From the episode descriptions, didn't appear to reach the end of the book when it stopped putting out new episodes.
 
==== ''Hubward Bound'' ====
Official site: [https://hubwardbound.podbean.com/ podbean.com]<br/>
Launched May 2022; released fortnightly until June 2022


Artist and author Bernard Pearson, longtime friend of Terry's and owner of the Discworld Emporium, shares stories about Pratchett in conversation with his other friends, including Rob Wilkins. Released two episodes but hasn't been active since April 2020.
A read-through of all 41 Discworld books, taking multiple episodes per book, with Quinn and Ludo. Has stalled after two episodes, but might return.


== Read-through index ==
== Other Podcasts with Regular Discworld Content ==
A handy list of links to episodes from each of the main active read-though podcasts. To keep this table a reasonable size, it only includes podcasts who have read at least five books. (It's also a work in progress! If you're keen to add to it, see the suggested conventions below.)
These shows are broader fiction podcasts which regularly produce Discworld-themed episodes. They also read a lot of books by authors from the recommendations list.  


{| class="wikitable sortable"
* '''''Dragon Babies''''' ([https://www.dragonbabiespodcast.com/ dragonbabiespodcast.com]) - launched September 2016. Discussion of young adult fantasy (like some other American shows, they treat all of Discworld as YA). Has covered {{GO}} and four Discworld books so far.
|+ Discworld read-through podcasts - episodes index
* '''''Stuck on Arrakis''''' ([https://stuckonarrakis.buzzsprout.com/ buzzsprout.com]) - launched September 2018. Discussion of intimidating speculative fiction series; started with ''The Wheel of Time'', with Discworld episodes added for season two, in October 2020. Currently inactive.
|-
* '''''Teaching My Cat to Read''''' ([https://teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com/ wordpress.com]) - launched September 2020. Four British friends turn their lockdown Zoom book club, which was always gatecrashed by a cat, into a podcast. Mostly classics and fantasy, but intend to include as many Pratchett books as possible.
! # !! Book !! ''Radio Morpork'' !! ''Pratchat'' !! ''The Death of Podcasts'' !! ''Wyrd Sisters'' !! ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' !! ''The Compleat Discography'' !! ''Who Watches the Watch'' !! ''The Disc-Course'' !! ''Disc Coverers'' !! ''Unseen Academicals''
* '''''Fiction Fans''''' ([http://fictionfanspodcast.com/ fictionfanspodcast.com]) - launched February 2021. General book podcast with a preference for fantasy; has a regular "Journey to the Centre of the Discworld" segment, in which the hosts read the Discworld books in order. These later become whole episodes of the show. Of note: have interviewed Rhianna Pratchett about her book ''Campaigns & Companions''.
|-
* '''''Beyond the Bindings''''' ([https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728184 buzzsprout.com]) - launched March 2021. A solo, weekly fiction podcast primarily discussing fantasy; did the first five Discworld novels in consecutive order, now returning to the series about every few months.
| 1 || {{COM}} ([[Colin Smythe]], 1983) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/the-colour-of-magic-pungeons-and-dragons/ Pungeons and Dragons]" (August 10, 2015) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/12/08/episode-14-city-state-lampoons-disc-wide-vacation City-State Lampoon's Disc-Wide Vacation]" (December 8, 2018) || [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts#h.p_D9SK7uaUNX4R Episode 1] (November 14, 2018) || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wyrd-sisters-the-color-of-magic/ WSP 01] (January 28, 2019) || 1. "[https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2019/11/04/e01-red-lorry-yellow-lorry-zlorf-flannelfoot-2/ Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry, Zlorf Flannelfoot]" (Novemver 4, 2019)<br/>2. "[https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2019/11/11/e02-tentacles-suddenly-2/ Tentacles, Suddenly]" (November 11, 2019)<br/>3. "[https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2019/11/18/e03-purring-jellyfish-2/ Purring Jellyfish] (November 18, 2019) || "[https://www.compleatdiscography.page/episodes/the-colour-of-magic The Colour of Magic]" (January 14, 2020) || 1. "[https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/9800bfecb50f4eed/oppa-rincewind-style-the-colour-of-magic-pt-1- Oppa Rincewind Style]" (June 2, 2020)<br/>2. "[http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whowatchesthewatch/~3/tUanp9ekPiw/with-or-without-you-rinceflower-amv-the-colour-of-magic-pt-2- With or Without You Rinceflower AMV]" (June 9, 2020) || 1. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/hierarchy-of-tourists Hierarchy of Tourists]" (July 1, 2020)<br/>2. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-2-bel-shamrockshake Bel-Shamrockshake]" (July 15, 2020)<br/>3. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-3-imagine-dragons Imagine Dragons]" (July 29, 2020)<br/>4. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-4-no-one-will-ever-hear-this No One Will Ever Hear This]" (August 12, 2020) || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/01-The-Colour-Of-Magic-en3kgr Episode 1] (November 29, 2020) ||
* '''''Northern Winds Fantasy Podcast''''' ([https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/three-rivers-boys spotify.com]) - launched September 2021. General fantasy fiction. {{SG}} was their first Pratchet; they now seem to be going through the Discworld in order, around other books.
|-
* '''''Books are Magical''''' ([https://booksaremagical.buzzsprout.com/ buzzsprout.com]) - launched September 2022. General book podcast; only featured a couple of Pratchett books so far.
| 2 || {{TLF}} (Colin Smythe, 1986) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/the-light-fantastic-first-and-last-among-sequels/ First (And Last) Among Sequels]" (August 18, 2015) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2021/06/08/pratchat44-cosmic-turtle-soup/ Cosmic Turtle Soup]" (June 8, 2021) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA ||
* '''''Just Dads Reading Books''''' ([https://redcircle.com/shows/c9a89ab2-0f6c-4812-892b-86feb0b24759 redcircle.com]) - launched January 2023. YA books from parents’ perspective (another one that treats the Discworld as YA); have covered a couple of the books so far.
|-
| 3 || {{ER}} ([[Gollancz]], Colin Smythe, 1987) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/equal-rites-a-dungeon-dimension-of-ones-own/ A Dungeon Dimension of One's Own]" (September 6, 2015) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/11/08/episode-25-eskist-attitudes/ Eskist Attitudes]" (November 8, 2019) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || [https://unseenacademicals.sounder.fm/episode/equalrites?page=2 Episode 2] (April 4, 2021)
|-
| 4 || {{M}} (Gollancz, Colin Smythe, 1987) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/32/ Death is a Family Business]" (September 15, 2015) || "[http://pratchatpodcast.com/2017/12/08/episode-2-murdering-a-curry/ Murdering a Curry]" (December 8, 2017) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA ||
|-
| 5 || {{S}} (Gollancz, Colin Smythe, 1988) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/sourcery-apocralypse-now/ Apocralypse Now]" (September 29, 2015) || "[http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/01/08/episode-3-youre-a-wizzard-rincewind/ You're a Wizzard, Rincewind]" (January 8, 2018) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA ||
|-
| 6 || {{WS}} (Gollancz, 1988) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/wyrd-sisters-the-lancrastian-play/ The Lancrastian Play]" (October 23, 2015) || "[http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/02/08/episode-4-enter-three-wytches/ Enter, Three Wytches]" (February 8, 2018) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || 1. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-21-witchery-science-theater-3000 Witchery Science Theater 3000]" (May 19, 2021)<br/>2. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-22-the-huffel-figurine The Huffel Figurine]" (June 2, 2021)<br/>3. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-23-a-26-year-old-mall-goth A 26-Year-Old Mall Goth]" (June 17, 2021)<br/>4. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-24-unrelated-clown-mugging Unrelated Clown Mugging]" (July 1, 2021)<br/>5. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-25-timothee-charlemagne Timothee Charlemagne]" (July 14, 2021)<br/>6. "[https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-26-grannys-final-smash Granny's Final Smash]" (July 29, 2021) || TBA || [https://unseenacademicals.sounder.fm/episode/wyrd-sisters?page=2 Episode 3] (May 1, 2021)
|-
| 7 || {{P}} (Gollancz, 1989) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/pyramids-an-assassins-creed/ An Assassin's Creed]" (November 8, 2015) || "[http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/03/08/episode-5-ten-points-to-viper-house/ Ten Points to Viper House]" (March 8, 2018) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || TBA ||
|-
| 8 || {{G!G!}} (Gollancz, 1989) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/guards-guards/]" (February 10, 2016) || "[http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/06/08/episode-7a-the-curious-incident-of-the-dragon-and-the-night-watch/ The Curious Incident of the Dragon and the Night Watch]" (June 8, 2018) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/08-Guards--Guards-e1772ge Episode 8] (September 11, 2021) ||
|-
| 9 || {{E}} (Gollancz, 1990) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/eric-faustian-hack/ Faustian Hack]" (June 7, 2017) || "[http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/05/08/episode-7-all-the-fingle-ladies/ All the Fingle Ladies]" (May 8, 2018) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 10 || {{MP}} (Gollancz, 1990) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/moving-pictures-gone-with-de-syn/ Gone with De Syn]" (July 12, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/08/08/episode-10-were-gonna-need-a-bigger-broomstick/ We're Gonna Need a Bigger Broomstick]" (August 8, 2018) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 11 || {{RM}} (Gollancz, 1991) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/reaper-man-death-comes-to-life/ Death Comes to Life]" (July 25, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/09/08/episode-11-at-bills-door/ At Bill's Door]" (September 8, 2018) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 12 || {{WA}} (Gollancz, 1991) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/witches-abroad-foreign-vacations-fairytale-vocations/ Foreign Vacations & Fairytale Vocations]" (August 10, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/10/08/episode-12-brooms-boats-and-pumpkinmobiles/ Brooms, Boats and Pumpkinmobiles]" (October 8, 2018) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || || || TBA (3 parts)
|-
| 13 || {{SG}} (Gollancz, 1992) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/small-gods-nobody-expects-the-omnian-quisition/ Nobody Expects the Omnian Quisition]" (August 23, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/02/08/episode-16-he-aint-heavy-hes-my-vorbis/ He Ain't Havy, He's My Vorbis]" (February 8, 2019) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 14 || {{LL}} (Gollancz, 1992) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/lords-and-ladies-the-unfair-folk/ The UnFair Folk]" (September 6, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/03/08/episode-17-midsummer-elf-murders/ Midsummer (Elf) Murders]" (March 8, 2019) || TBA || "[https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/lords-and-ladies-wsp14/ WSP14]" (March 28, 2020) || TBA || TBA || || || || TBA (2 parts)
|-
| 15 || {{MAA}} (Gollancz, 1993) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/men-at-arms-affirmative-action-heroes/ Affirmative Action Heroes]" (August 20, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2017/11/08/episode-1-boots-theory/ Boots Theory]" (November 8, 2017)<br/>"[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2021/07/25/pratchatnalc-twice-as-alive/ Twice as Alive]" (July 25, 2021) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 16 || {{SM}} (Gollancz, 1994) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/soul-music-sgt-peppers-lonely-deaths-club-band-with-rocks-in/ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Death's Club Band (With Rocks In)]" (18 October, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/05/08/episode-19-it-dont-mean-a-thing-if-it-aint-got-rocks-in/ It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got Rocks In]" (May 8, 2019) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 17 || {{IT}} (Gollancz, 1994) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/11/15/interesting-times-aurientalism/ Aurientalism]" (November 15, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/07/08/episode-21-memoirs-of-agatea/ Memoirs of Agatea]" (July 8, 2019) || TBA || TBA || TBA || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 18 || {{M!!!}} (Gollancz, 1995) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/maskerade-a-fight-at-the-opera/ A Fight at the Opera]" (November 29, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/09/08/episode-23-the-music-of-the-nitt/ The Music of the Nitt]" (September 8, 2019) || TBA || TBA || 1. "[https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2021/09/05/60-maskerade-pt-1-chekhovs-chandelier/ Chekhov's Chandelier]" (September 5, 2021)<br/>2. "[https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2021/09/12/e61-maskerade-pt-2-as-the-actress-said-to-the-bishop/ As the Actress Said to the Bishop]" (September 12, 2021) || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 19 || {{FOC}} (Gollancz, 1996) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/feet-of-clay-go-ahead-bake-my-clay-punk/ Go Ahead, Bake My Clay, Punk]" (December 13, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/10/08/episode-24-arsenic-and-old-clays/ Arsenic and Old Clays]" (October 8, 2019) || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 20 || {{H}} (Gollancz, 1996) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2017/12/23/hogfather-the-inner-baby-sitters-club-christmas-special/ The Inner-Baby Sitters Club Christmas Special]" (December 23, 2017) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2019/12/08/episode-26-the-long-dark-mr-teatime-of-the-soul/ The Long, Dark Mr Teatime of the Soul]" (December 8, 2019) || TBA || TBA || || TBA || || || ||
|-
| 21 || {{J}} (Gollancz, 1997) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/jingo-operation-desert-squirm/ Operation Desert Squirm]" (April 4, 2018) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/01/08/episode-27-leshp-miserables/ Leshp Miserablés]" (January 8, 2020) || TBA || TBA || || || || || ||
|-
| 22 || {{TLC}} ([[Doubleday]], 1998) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2018/04/18/the-last-continent-the-wizzard-of-oz/ The Wizzard of Oz]" (April 18, 2018) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/03/08/episode-29-great-rimward-land/ Great Rimward Land]" (March 8, 2020) || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 23 || {{CJ}} (Doubleday, 1998) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2018/05/09/carpe-jugulum-threes-a-coven-fours-a-crowd/ Three's a Coven, Four's a Crowd]" (May 9, 2018) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/10/08/pratchat36-home-alone-but-vampires/ Home Alone, But Vampires]" (October 8, 2020) || TBA || TBA || || || || || ||
|-
| 24 || {{TFE}} (Doubleday, 1999) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/the-fifth-elephant-a-morporkian-werewolf-in-uberwald/ A Morporkian Werewolf in Uberwald]" (May 23, 2018) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2021/02/08/pratchat40-the-king-and-the-hole-of-the-king/ The King and the Hole of the King]" (February 8, 2021) || TBA || TBA || || || || || ||
|-
| 25 || {{TT}} (Doubleday, 2000) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/the-truth-all-the-patricians-men-and-dwarves-and-trolls-and-women/ All the Patrician's Men (and Dwarves and Trolls and Women)]" (April 23, 2019) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2021/04/08/pratchat42-truth-the-printing-press-and-everything/ Truth, the Printing Press and Every -ing]" (April 8, 2021) || TBA || TBA || || || || || ||
|-
| 26 || {{TOT}} (Doubleday, 2001) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2019/05/24/thief-of-time-chocolate-proof-monk/ Chocolate-Proof Monk]" (May 24, 2019) || || TBA || TBA || || || || || ||
|-
| 27 || {{TLH}} (Gollancz, 2001) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2019/06/23/the-last-hero-saga-megadrive/ Saga Megadrive]" (June 23, 2019) || || TBA || TBA || || || || || ||
|-
| 28 || {{TAM}} (Doubleday, 2001) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/the-amazing-maurice-his-educated-rodents-puss-in-cahoots/ Puss in Cahoots]" (August 14, 2019) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/07/08/pratchat33-cat-rats-and-two-meddling-kids/ Cat, Rats and Two Meddling Kids]" (July 8, 2020) || TBA || TBA || || || || || ||
|-
| 29 || {{NW}} (Doubleday, 2002) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2019/10/05/night-watch-mid-life-time-crisis/ Mid-Life Time Crisis]" (October 5, 2019) || || TBA || TBA || || || || || ||
|-
| 30 || {{WFM}} (Doubleday, 2003) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2019/12/04/the-wee-free-men-rowdy-roddy-mouse-piper/ Rowdy Roddy Mouse-Piper]" (December 4, 2019) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/06/08/pratchat32-meet-the-feegles/ Meet the Feegles]" (June 8, 2020) || TBA || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/the-wee-free-men-wsp30/ WSP30] (August 27, 2021) || || || || || ||
|-
| 31 || {{MR}} (Doubleday, 2003) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2020/02/22/monstrous-regiment-ru-polly-olivers-drag-war/ Ru Polly Oliver's Drag War]" (February 22, 2020) || || TBA || || || || || || ||
|-
| 32 || {{HFOS}} (Doubleday, 2004) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/a-hat-full-of-sky-a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-witch/ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Witch]" (March 21, 2020) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2021/05/08/pratchat43-big-wee-hag-far-fra-home/ Big Wee Hag: Far Fra' Home]" (May 8, 2021) || TBA || || || || || || ||
|-
| 33 || {{GP}} (Doubleday, 2004) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/going-postal-the-conman-always-rings-twice/ The Conman Always Rings Twice]" (May 10, 2020) || "[https://pratchatpodcast.com/2020/12/08/pratchat38-moisten-to-steal/ Moisten to Steal]" (December 8, 2020) || TBA || || || || || || ||
|-
| 34 || {{T!}} (Doubleday, 2005) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/thud-ace-of-clubs/ Ace of Clubs]" (June 9, 2020) || || TBA || || || || || || ||
|-
| 35 || {{W}} (Doubleday, 2006) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/wintersmith-time-of-the-season-of-the-witch/ Time of the Season of the Witch]" (August 10, 2020) || || TBA || || || || || || ||
|-
| 36 || {{MM}} (Doubleday, 2007) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/making-money-the-financial-times-they-are-a-changin/ The Financial Times, They Are A-Changin]" (September 10, 2020) || || TBA || || || || || || ||
|-
| 37 || {{UA}} (Doubleday, 2009) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2020/10/28/unseen-academicals-balon-dorc/ Balon D'Orc]" (October 28, 2020) || || [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts#h.9jt3rdohg9ly Episode 37] (September 15, 2021) || || || || || || || [https://unseenacademicals.sounder.fm/episode/unseenacademicals?page=3 Episode 1] (April 4, 2021)
|-
| 38 || {{ISWM}} (Doubleday, 2010) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/i-shall-wear-midnight-i-have-a-cunning-man/ I Have a Cunning Man]" (January 18, 2021) || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 39 || {{SN}} (Doubleday, 2011) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/snuff-the-mysterious-affair-of-vimes/ The Mysterious Affair of Vimes]" (March 12, 2021) || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 40 || {{RS}} (Doubleday, 2013) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2021/04/22/raising-steam-there-aint-no-gettin-offa-this-train-we-on/ There Ain't No Gettin' Offa This Train We On]" (April 22, 2021) || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 41 || {{TSC}} (Doubleday, 2015) || "[https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2021/06/16/the-shepherds-crown-counting-sheep/ Counting Sheep]" (June 16, 2021) || || || || || || || || ||
|}


=== Conventions for the table ===
== Good Omens Podcasts ==
* A cell in the table should be blank if the podcast has no episodes for that book.
Recap podcasts are more popular for television shows, so several popped up to discuss the first season of ''[[Film & TV:Good Omens|Good Omens]]''. None are currently active, though some may return for the second season.
* "TBA" means there is an episode for that book, but it is to be added.
* Multiple episodes for a book should be on separate lines. If the episodes are parts of the discussion of the book, number them; if they are not (e.g. if the book is revisited later), do not use numbers.
* Episode titles should be used for the links, and in quotation marks.
* For brevity, leave book titles out of episode titles. If episodes are named with only the book title, label them with the episode number only. If episodes are named with a numbering system, use that, but without quotation marks.
* Wherever possible, links for episodes should be to the podcast's website or nearest equivalent. Do not link to a specific podcasting platform - e.g. Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify etc.


* '''''Welcome to the End Times''''' ([https://anchor.fm/welcome-to-the-end-times anchor.fm]) - launched March 2019. Also covered the book.
* '''''The Fangirl Zone: Good Omens''''' ([https://the-fangirl-zone-good-omens.castos.com/ castos.com]) - launched May 2019.
* '''''Good Omens Podcast''''' ([https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com/category/podcast/goodomens/ tvpodcastindustries.com]) - launched May 2019.
* '''''The Good Omens Podcast''''' ([http://afterbuzztv.com/shows/good-omens-after-show afterbuzztv.com]) - launched June 2019.
* '''''Good Omens Recap''''' - launched June 2019. No longer available.


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Podcasts are episodic audio programs distributed digitally, usually via an RSS feed. Most people listen to them through "podcatcher" software, and there are several directories which catalogue active podcasts.

The first Terry Pratchett-related podcast was the no longer active The Pratchett Podcast in 2011. Since Terry's death, and particularly in the last few years, several shows have appeared where the hosts read and comment on the Discworld books, usually in chronological order. This is an adaptation of the popular "TV recap" podcast format. Such podcasts are sometimes described as "fancasts".

We used to try and cross-reference podcasts and books in a large table, but it grew unwieldy. If you would like to find all the episodes about a book, or find all the podcasts indexed in one place, see our cousin wiki, the Guild of Recappers & Podcasters.

Discworld Podcasts

Podcasts below are categorised as Complete, Active or Inactive, and listed in each category in chronological order, based on launch date. Some also cover other works by Pratchett, though most only do so occasionally and are focussed on the forty-one Discworld novels, and sometimes the film and television adaptations.

Complete Podcasts

These shows have read through all forty-one Discworld books, or otherwise officially ended.

Radio Morpork

Official site: radiomorpork.wordpress.com
Launched August 2015; finished June 2021.

Irish hosts Colm and Steve (and sometimes Rose) read each Discworld book in order, creating a ranked list of their favourites and a few other lists as well. Now complete, with an episode for every Discworld book - the first of the read-through podcasts to achieve this milestone! - and a couple of extras.

The Death of Podcasts

Official site: aalgarcom
Launched November 2018; finished January 2022.

Hosted by married American couple Amanda Smith and Ron “AAlgar” Watt. Describes itself as "a comprehensive review of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series." Also on Tumblr.

Wyrd Sisters

Official site: wyrdsisters.podbean.com
Launched January 2019; finished September 2022.

A monthly Discworld re-read podcast, hosted by Americans Dani, Manning and Liz. Also has a Tumblr.

Desert Island Discworld

Official site: desertislanddiscworld.com
Launched November 2019; finished 2023.

A Discworld interview podcast. Scottish host Al Kennedy (best known for his comics podcast House to Astonish) interviews a variety of guests about their favourite Terry Pratchett book. On the 40th anniversary of Discworld, and it’s own fourth anniversary, ended after seven full seasons with a two-episode mini-season covering the last books it hadn’t already discussed, Eric (with guests from three other Pratchett podcasts) and The Shepherd's Crown (in which Marc Burrows guest hosted and interviewed Al).

Active Podcasts

These podcasts are in active production.

Pratchat

Official site: pratchatpodcast.com
Launched November 2017, released on the 7Ath of each month.

Australian hosts Elizabeth Flux (writer) and Ben McKenzie (comedian) read and discuss every Pratchett book (not just the Discworld), each with a special guest. Not following strict chronological order, and also now incorporating Pratchett's short stories. Also has a supporter only bonus podcast, Ook Club.

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

Official site: thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
Launched November 2019; released weekly.

A weekly Discworld podcast. Hosts Joanna Hagan-Young and Francine Carrel read, recap and discuss every Discworld book, in chronological order. Three episodes for each book with a week off in between (often filled with recaps/discussions of related media).

The Compleat Discography

Official site: compleatdiscography.page
Launched January 2020; released fortnightly, at least at launch.

“Four nerds” (later three, often with a guest) do a book club style read-through of the Discworld novels and related works, in publication order. Finished the run of all 41 novels in June 2023, but in December 2023 started a second season that is meant to cover the other Discworld books, starting with Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch.

Who Watches the Watch

Official site: pinecast.co
Launched May 2020; released roughly monthly, with 2-3 episodes per book discussed

A collection of Terry Pratchett fans - Chaz, Lucy, Janos and George - began to re-read the Watch novels in anticipation of The Watch, planning to compare the two versions. They ended up pivoting to reading the Discworld books in order of release, with two or three episodes per book and lots of digressions. Refer to themselves as the ‘bad boys’ of Discworld podcasting, and now make many other podcasts as well, under the banner of “Good Episode Productions”. These include Immortal Incantations: Heartspell, which started as a look into self-published fiction on Amazon and became instead a chronicle of the writing and publication of their own series of young adult novels, “Immortal Incantations”.

The Disc-Course

Official site: acast.com
Launched July 2020; released fortnightly in seasons of roughly 20 episodes

American and English Discworld fans, Holly and Julie, discuss the series with two new readers, Americans Mark and Jess. Reading the books in order, but slowly - each book is covered over between two and six fortnightly episodes. As of 2022, they’ve completed two seasons taking them up to Reaper Man.

Disc Coverers

Official site: anchor.fm
Launched November 2020; released roughly monthly

Another in-order Discworld novel podcast, "reading, reviewing and objectively ranking all 41 Discworld novels, chronologically". Hosted by four trans-femmes - Iris Jay, Grace Lovelace, Balina Mahigan, and Juniper Theory - with various levels of familiarity with the books.

Unseen Academicals

Official site: sounder.fm
Launched March 2021; released roughly monthly

Originally two Australian academics, Josh and Alice, but now just Josh; he analyses the Discworld books from an academic perspective, beginning with Unseen Academicals. May feature guests in future.

Nanny Ogg's Book Club

Official site: fireside.fm
Launched September 2021; released fortnightly

A read-through of all 41 Discworld books - though not, initially, in publication order - with American Tessa (of the Monkey Off My Backlog podcast) and Irish Nigel (of Hyperfixations and other podcasts).

I've Never Read Discworld

Official site: anchor.fm
Launched September 2022; released monthly

Two Irish friends read and chat about all 41 Discworld books: "experienced wizard" P J Hart (a fan who's read them all before), and "tourist" Andy Luke (the "I" of the title).

The Turtle Reads

Official site: captivate.fm
Launched December 2022; released monthly

New York comedian Melissa Diaz has a casual chat with her friend Clay Foreman about anything and everything, including a nominated Discworld book or adaptation each episode. Since late 2023 have stopped covering Discworld books and started on the works of other authors, including Ursula K Le Guin, Neil Gaiman and Steven King.

Inactive Podcasts

The Turtle Moves

Launched in 2008 and released sporadically until December 2014

The earliest Pratchett podcast by a large margin. A solo podcast hosted by Alex Gilmour. There's a Tumblr page for the original version at turtlemoves.tumblr.com, though only the last couple of original episodes were posted there. No longer available as the RSS feed was repurposed for Pterry Ptalk (see below).

The Pratchett Podcast

Launched October 2011; released monthly or bi-monthly for 61 episodes through to October 2018.

A sometimes monthly news, discussion and review podcast, mostly about the Discworld. Hosted by Graeme Sheridan and sometimes Rhys Parton. Most recent thirty episodes available here; the first fifteen episodes here.

Ankh-Morpork Public Radio

Official site: shoutengine.com
Launched in September 2016, and released monthly to November 2016.

A Discworld re-read podcast hosted by Discworld newcomer Trevor and long time Pratchett fan Jodhi Doyle. Only two episodes appear to have been made (The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic).

Pterry Ptalk

Official site: podbean.com
Launched in February 2021; only one episode released

A re-launch of The Turtle Moves (see above) using the old RSS feed, making the earlier podcast no longer available.

Tales From the Drum

Official site: mindkindle.net
Launched April 2019; released frequently until November 2021

A roughly weekly Discworld discussion podcast. Hosted by "the Medieval Gnome", an American fantasy fan, who describes this podcast as "a portal between that fantasy world called the Discworld and Roundworld, what we call reality". Also released ten "The Portal's Pratchett Passages", bonus episodes of excerpts from the books, and more than 75 "Pratchips", 3-minute mini episodes. It changed names several times - it was originally called The Discworld Portal until September 2020, when it seems it may have been asked to change the name by the Pratchett estate. It was then briefly The Mystery Portal, then Ponder's Wizardly Portal and The Witches and Wizard's Portal until October 2021, when it adopted the final name. No longer available, aside from a few episodes on its YouTube channel.

And he said to me

Official site: none, but it appears to be on most podcast platforms.
Launched December 2019, two episodes released by April 2020

Artist and author Bernard Pearson, longtime friend of Terry's and owner of the Discworld Emporium, shares stories about Pratchett in conversation with his other friends. Only two episodes were released: one with Rob Wilkins and another with Pearson’s wife Isobel. They have been removed from the podcast host and are no longer available.

Ook!

Official site: anchor.fm
Launched April 2021; planned fortnightly release

Young Australians Kayleigh Love and River Lewis read one Discworld book every episode and discuss it. Only one episode released.

Klatschianischer Kaffee

Official site: podigee.io
Launched November 2021; episodes released frequently until March 2022

A German language podcast discussing the audiobook version of Total verhext, i.e. Wyrd Sisters, "chapter by chapter" (we assume the audiobook has chapters).

PTerrylog

Official site: klatschianischerkaffee.de
Launched December 2021; episodes released monthly until April 2022

A German language podcast discussing the audiobook version of Total verhext, i.e. Wyrd Sisters, "chapter by chapter" (we assume the audiobook has chapters). From the episode descriptions, didn't appear to reach the end of the book when it stopped putting out new episodes.

Hubward Bound

Official site: podbean.com
Launched May 2022; released fortnightly until June 2022

A read-through of all 41 Discworld books, taking multiple episodes per book, with Quinn and Ludo. Has stalled after two episodes, but might return.

Other Podcasts with Regular Discworld Content

These shows are broader fiction podcasts which regularly produce Discworld-themed episodes. They also read a lot of books by authors from the recommendations list.

  • Dragon Babies (dragonbabiespodcast.com) - launched September 2016. Discussion of young adult fantasy (like some other American shows, they treat all of Discworld as YA). Has covered Good Omens and four Discworld books so far.
  • Stuck on Arrakis (buzzsprout.com) - launched September 2018. Discussion of intimidating speculative fiction series; started with The Wheel of Time, with Discworld episodes added for season two, in October 2020. Currently inactive.
  • Teaching My Cat to Read (wordpress.com) - launched September 2020. Four British friends turn their lockdown Zoom book club, which was always gatecrashed by a cat, into a podcast. Mostly classics and fantasy, but intend to include as many Pratchett books as possible.
  • Fiction Fans (fictionfanspodcast.com) - launched February 2021. General book podcast with a preference for fantasy; has a regular "Journey to the Centre of the Discworld" segment, in which the hosts read the Discworld books in order. These later become whole episodes of the show. Of note: have interviewed Rhianna Pratchett about her book Campaigns & Companions.
  • Beyond the Bindings (buzzsprout.com) - launched March 2021. A solo, weekly fiction podcast primarily discussing fantasy; did the first five Discworld novels in consecutive order, now returning to the series about every few months.
  • Northern Winds Fantasy Podcast (spotify.com) - launched September 2021. General fantasy fiction. Small Gods was their first Pratchet; they now seem to be going through the Discworld in order, around other books.
  • Books are Magical (buzzsprout.com) - launched September 2022. General book podcast; only featured a couple of Pratchett books so far.
  • Just Dads Reading Books (redcircle.com) - launched January 2023. YA books from parents’ perspective (another one that treats the Discworld as YA); have covered a couple of the books so far.

Good Omens Podcasts

Recap podcasts are more popular for television shows, so several popped up to discuss the first season of Good Omens. None are currently active, though some may return for the second season.

  • Welcome to the End Times (anchor.fm) - launched March 2019. Also covered the book.
  • The Fangirl Zone: Good Omens (castos.com) - launched May 2019.
  • Good Omens Podcast (tvpodcastindustries.com) - launched May 2019.
  • The Good Omens Podcast (afterbuzztv.com) - launched June 2019.
  • Good Omens Recap - launched June 2019. No longer available.
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