Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

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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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Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel

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16: The Long Utopia Pt 2 (Jiggle the Liminal) 05.07.2026 1:23:19

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, The Long Utopia Part 2! Philosophy! Astronomy! Apocalyptic geology(?)! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Ema...

15: The Long Utopia Pt 1 (Wildly and Astrophysically) 27.06.2026 1:14:20

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, The Long Utopia part 1! (Chapters 1-24) Silver beetles! Wooden steeples! Pioneering peoples! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTr...

14: Adaptation Pitches (Filming Starts Tomorrow) 24.05.2026 56:05

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, we celebrate the Glorious 25th May by pitching potential adaptations! Vote here or join our discord! https://www.facebook.com/share/18J4buqAGN/?mibextid=wwXIfr https://bsky.app/profile/makeyefretpod.bsky.soc...

13: Gormenghast Pt. 2 (A Bit Damocles-y) 26.04.2026 2:18:12

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, Gormenghast Part 2! Stormclouds! Villany! Isthmuses! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetruthshall...

12: Gormenghast Pt. 1 (If My Headmaster Had a Trumpet) 19.04.2026 2:11:22

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, we venture back into the unhallowed halls of Gormenghast. Ridiculous Ritual! Perfidy and Professors! Delirious Dreams! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallM...

Ring the Bells! Mistletoe and Vinyl! Hogswatch Extravaganza 2025! 18.12.2025 1:51:19

Watch this episode on YouTube! https://youtu.be/0yc6M0KPl9Q 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...

American Teen Dramas - From Sunnydale to Riverdale 06.12.2025 1:38:52

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...

11: The Long Mars Pt 2 (Fluttering Ominously) 02.12.2025 1:44:50

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: @TheTruthShallMakeYeF...

10: The Long Mars Pt 1 (Humptulips Saloon!) 24.11.2025 1:33:59

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: thetruthshallm...

9: Hallowe'en Special 2025 - Frankenstein 01.11.2025 1:41:11

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 Fa...

TTSMYF reviews The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow 30.10.2025 37:34

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 Everla...

8: The Long War Pt 2 (Nuns, Medicine, Bed) 21.09.2025 1:29:53

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, The Long War part 2! Clover! Shipping! Sapient Non-Humans! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Email: thetrut...

7: The Long War Pt 1 (The Twain Twade) 07.09.2025 1:31:22

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, The Long War Part 1! Character conflict! Hexagonal plots! Condiment logistics! Find us on the internet: BlueSky: @makeyefretpod.bsky.social Instagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret Facebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeF...

6: The Long Earth Part 2 (Potato Thoughts) 13.07.2025 1:32:03

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: t...

5: The Long Earth Part 1 (Elephants and Airships) 06.07.2025 1:29:22

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction. This week, 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: @TheTr...

4: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab 09.06.2025 1:25:32

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:...

3: Gender on the Discworld (Affirmations on a Postcard from Scritz) 24.05.2025 1:36:09

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 spoiler...

2: Titus Groan Pt. 2 (Emotional About Pinecones) 27.04.2025 2:03:10

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...

1: Titus Groan Pt. 1 (In Which We Shoulders) 13.04.2025 1:59:47

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 -...

Announcing TTSMYF SERIES 2! 01.04.2025 1:04

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: @...

Announcing GORMENCAST! 31.03.2025 1:00

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...

Hogswatch Livestream 2024 - Thriving On A Hill 24.12.2024 1:45:25

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...

156: The Shepherd's Crown Pt. 3 (All These Things That Came Before) 02.12.2024 1:43:30

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: @TheTrut...

155: The Shepherd's Crown Pt. 2 (What Fools These Bortals Be!) 25.11.2024 1:26:22

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...

154: The Shepherd’s Crown Pt 1 (An Echoing Phrase) 18.11.2024 1:08:13

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: @TheTruthShallMakeYeF...