Diversity. Gonne. Fireworks. Conscripted. Dartboard. Two working Northern Irish writers: Andy Luke, a newcomer to Ankh-Morpork, and PJ Hart, who knows his way round, and MEN AT ARMS, which sees a killer on the loose and massive changes to the Nights Watch. It's a heavy episode measuring Terry Pratchett's fun and innovation against the depths of policing reform, diversity hiring, wolves and identity politics, struggles against the gig economy and the DWP. So get ready to embrace dwarf culture, Leonardo Da Vinci's multitasking and remember, the I've Never Read Discworld podcast now accepts sponsorships from coffee companies. The Clown Face Registry of the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc9OcUrU8Bw Twitter: https://twitter.com/discworldGNU Facebook: https://facebook.com/discworld GNU Andy's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/andyluke Andy's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewluke PJ's upcoming BBC Radio 4 show: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yhg4

“Don't try the paranormal until you know what's normal.” A podcaster olde, a podcaster newe, Granny Weatherwax borrowing, Nanny's Hedgehog song is blue. PJ explains Morris dancing and dismembered dolls. Andy disses The Kids and gets vicious about unicorns. Tune in for our feature presentation, Three Couplings and a Crossbow. Go B.A.! Twitter: https://twitter.com/discworldgnu Facebook: https://facebook.com/discworldgnu Andy's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@andrewluke Marc Burrows Magic of Pratchett 2024 UK Tour: https://www.marcburrows.co.uk/live-dates

"The Turtle Moves." WITNESS: as Andy is converted to Small Gods. PRAY: for PJ, refugee from religion's archives. TESTIFY: Small Gods is the novel connecting Grant Morrisson, Deadliest Catch and Geoffrey Chaucer. PRAISE BE to Terry L-Space: https://www.lspace.org/books/apf/small-gods.html Andy's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@andrewluke Small Gods audio, c. BBC. 30 second excerpt in accordance with Fair Use policies.

20 years after first messaging online, hosts Andy and PJ meet for the very first time. We interview biographer and comedian Marc Burrows, in Belfast, to debut his 2024 UK tour for 'The Magic of Pratchett'. We review Marc's show, (highly recommended), and talk about its effects on our own reading journeys. And whambam, a follow-up to 'Casting Couch' as we go through reader suggestions! Get a ticket for Marc's live show: https://www.marcburrows.co.uk/live-dates Buy The Magic of Terry Pratchett: https://www.marcburrows.co.uk/s/shop Support our podcast at https://patreon.com/andyluke

Who would you cast in your Discworld TV show? PJ and Andy drop the script and open up their imaginations. Listenings: https://anchor.fm/iveneverreaddiscworld Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/discworldGNU Facebook: https://facebook.com/discworld GNU Andy's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/andyluke

"Stories are broken to be made." Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad is a road trip from The Ramtops, a book about nothing, to Genua, where it all kicks off. Two Northern Irish writers explore a story about stories with the passion of Nanny Ogg, people like her often found in pairs. Newb Andy packs an armoury of props, and PJ knocks back a lot of absinthe. Climb aboard! Listenings: https://anchor.fm/iveneverreaddiscworld Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/discworldGNU Facebook: https://facebook.com/discworld GNU Andy's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/andyluke Talking Heads: Papa Legba, re-recorded version from the film True Stories (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u21-p4sTz4w

PJ and Andy go unscripted and laid back to talk about Higgins' and Pratchett's Mort. Andy brings his high-falutin' knowledge of British cartoonists and PJ speaks out on The Best Page In Comic Books Ever. Listenings: https://anchor.fm/iveneverreaddiscworld Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/discworldGNU Facebook: https://facebook.com/discworld GNU Andy's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/andyluke

‘I am not sure there is such a thing as right, or wrong, just places to stand.’ 'Western' is the word as the fresh start book club reconvenes in the matters of Bill Door and Windle Poons. Your hosts wrestle with shopping trolleys, Stranger Things, and anti-capitalist readings. RoastyBunz asks about franchises and we witness the return of Tree Time! It's a closnig down slae everythnig must og! Counting Pines and Boquila trifoliolata, via Reddit user, Escapement, https://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/co... Listenings: https://anchor.fm/iveneverreaddiscworld Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/discworldGNU Facebook: https://facebook.com/discworld GNU Andy's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/andyluke

"Stan Lee IS Dibbler!" An epic episode for an epic novel. Terry Pratchett pulls on the thread linking King Kong, Gone with the Wind, and Star Trek. Andy loads up with props. PJ swims in film history. Special guest Zach Brown provides linking narration, and there's visuals from designer Kathryn Rosa Miller. Join us, IN A WORLD GONE MAD!!! Links Reach out to us at: https://twitter.com/discworldgnu Zach Brown: https://www.the-voice-guy.com/ Kathryn Rosa Miller: https://www.kathrynrosamiller.com/post/cover-thoughts-discworld Andy's Politics Aloud: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politics-aloud Andy's Patreon: https://patreon.com/andyluke

"We were told by American preachers in the 80s that Satan was out to get us because... he loved us, loved our souls for loyalty points or diddling or something." A deep dive into the life and work of Josh Kirby kicks off two Belfast writers considering Eric. So that's seeing time and space, where history meets myth, office hell, and the power of Discworld in domesticity. Which came first: the chicken or the egg sandwich? PJ considers cause and effect, and Andy explains how you can get a radiator key. Read more about Josh Kirby at Liverpool Museums: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/walker-art-gallery/exhibition/out-of-world-art-of-josh-kirby and https://www.joshkirbyart.com/ Come say hi on Twitter @discworldgnu

"Are you looking forward to the coronation, PJ?" "I'm looking forward to the dragon." In which we discuss the familial unit of The Watch as cine noir, police procedural, and post-Python genius. We gush! Bring up the video to see the original artefact related to PJ's tulips story, and Andy's hyper-expressive arm movements for a book he didn't want to finish. You know the password, right?

"It's the old ways versus the new. We've all been there. Raging against our parents and raging against the way things are, when we know things should be different." - PJ In which PJ and Andy consider home and away through the lens of Egyptian-themed city, Djelibeybi. Names are mispronounced. Time itself is interrogated. Questions are asked about the weight of tradition, and the nature of power. Come find us on Twitter and Facebook @DiscworldGNU Email at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com

In which Discworld reader PJ Hart transports Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters into the future to ensure Andy has read it. Peer through the crystal ball for discussion on Shakespeare, state tyranny, the power of story, and the much anticipated return of Tree Time! Links Listenings: https://anchor.fm/iveneverreaddiscworld Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/discworldGNU Facebook: https://facebook.com/discworld GNU Andy's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/andyluke Stacks Bookshop https://www.facebook.com/stacksbookshop Discworld Wikia for Wyrd Sisters: https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Wyrd_Sisters Discworld Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/ Garen Ewing: https://www.garenewing.co.uk/logosforshows/artwork/wyrd_sisters.php Pratchat Podcast: https://pratchatpodcast.com/ Tree Time! https://www.natureandculture.org/field-notes/walking-palm/ https://www.livescience.com/33663-walking-tree-socratea-exorrhiza.html https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151207-ecuadors-mysterious-walking-trees https://earthlymission.com/the-walking-trees-of-ecuador-they-reportedly-move-up-to-20-meters-per-year/

"All. Out. Thamaturgical. War." Newbie Andy opens with a shocking revelation but ultimately plays second banana to Discworldly P.J. and his first reading at how Sir Terry's arm's a-gettin' fits into the Disc-curriculum. Drinking at the Drum there's strong use of the F-word (Fantasy) in chatter about life during wartime, university modernisation, domestic abuse and climate crisis. Ook! Pratchett at Queen's University UNICON 1989 https://www.facebook.com/groups/belfastsciencefiction/posts/6182301498460625/ Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com https://twitter.com/discworldGNU https://facebook.com/discworld GNU

"The moment were Discworld arrives." - PJ Interrogating Pratchett's classic fan-favourite, the Belfast-casters consider Mort and the outsider perspective, greasy spoons, and how reality looks. PJ waxes lyrical on the rejection of death and body issues. Andy is contrary on everything from big man theory to plot-stuffing, armoured with a statement on how he's probably right.

“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.” A couple of old white men try to talk gender politics without embarrassing themselves, while one of them is wearing a witches hat. Also introducing: Andy's Tree Time! Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com https://twitter.com/discworldGNU https://facebook.com/discworld GNU The Whispering Trees, Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/ How trees secretly talk to each other, BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-44643177

"I was doing some really explanatory hand gestures there for somebody who wasn't watching the video." In a special bonus episode, we get into adaptations of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Andy opens a big pack from the Discworld Emporium and talks about the series' place in early 90s comics; and PJ goes full-geek on the 2008 Sky TV movies and his love for David Bradley. The Spotify/YouTube video version of this cast is recommended for a full immersive experience. Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com https://twitter.com/discworldGNU https://facebook.com/discworld GNU  Discworld Emporium: https://www.discworldemporium.com/

'Terry Pratchett inspired the GoBots!' In which Andy has many quotes and sticky notes, and PJ talks about his childhood memories of Discworld. Fairytale realism is discussed, and how Bethan,  Cohen and Herenna overturn fantasy tropes. We wonder if all the wizards are Tories, and consider the apocalypticism of the Disc's red scare. Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com https://twitter.com/discworldGNU https://facebook.com/discworld GNU https://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/comments/xio7u7/as_promised_the_first_episode_of_ive_never_read/ https://guild.pratchatpodcast.com/index.php?title=I%E2%80%99ve_Never_Read_Discworld Cover art by Tahir at https://www.fiverr.com/j_graphics12

'It's the fantasy version of The Wire.' Experienced wizard PJ Hart guides the tourist Andy Luke through the first book in Terry Pratchett's world: a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown); from the docks to taverns of Ankh-Morpork, to forests, temples and the edge of the world. Write to us at iveneverreaddiscworld@gmail.com Linkage: https://www.lspace.org/ https://twitter.com/discworldGNU https://facebook.com/discworld GNU

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