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Join writer Elizabeth Flux and comedian Ben McKenzie on their six(ish) year mission to read every Terry Pratchett novel – not just the Discworld ones! They’ll read one a month, and discuss them with special guests, puns and footnotes. Episodes released on the 8th of each month (Australian time); check pratchatpodcast.com and the end of each episode for notice of the next book, and send in questions to us via social media! The explicit tag represents a fairly average Australian level of coars ...
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Escapists Anonymous

Escapists Anonymous

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The Fantasy Fiction Book Club and peer support network for fantasy literature fanatics. Two friends, Sam and Dan, explore the epic worlds of fantasy fiction literature as they select books to deep-dive into. Read along with us and join in the conversation on our social media @escapistsanonymouspod. Episodes will include spoilers, so make sure you've read the sections that we're covering. If you're a fan of Joe Abercrombie, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter V. Brett, Brent Weeks, Terry Pratchett, Tolke ...
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“We read books – and other words, too.” Two cousins read and discuss a wide variety of books from self pub to indie to trad pub. Episodes are divided into a “Spoiler Free” conversation and then a clearly delineated “Spoiler-y” discussion, so listeners can enjoy every episode regardless of whether they’ve read the book or not. Most of the books covered on the podcast are Fantasy, Science Fiction, or some middle ground between the two, but they also read Literary Fiction, Poetry, and Non Ficti ...
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No Return: An Audio Drama by Kier Zhou Enjoy yourself in the chaotic, fantastical world of "No Return," where the worldbuilding ambition rivals Robert Jordan, the humour channels Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams, and the violence echoes Tom Sharpe—all wrapped in the indie punk aesthetic of a one man band making content on a laptop powered by a potato. This full cast comedy fantasy spans a diverse array of tales: - Clumsy Divine Quests: Join researchers on accidental divine missions. - Merce ...
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The Apple of Truth is a bi-weekly podcast that covers every episode of Dirk Gently, where we try to figure out the web of sexy coinci-dink and learn how everything and nothing is connected. Beware! There will be swearing, poking fun at religion, general overabundance of fangirling and probably pointless discussions, but since we have shitloads of fun with this, we hope you can laugh with us. We made a Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/taotpodcast to help with the monthly costs of hosti ...
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Fantasy writer Rhianna Pratchett takes us across an enchanted British Isles to discover mythical creatures that lurk in all corners of the land. She uncovers what they can tell us about our history, our world and our lives today.
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The Compleat Discography

Aaron Olson, Justen Hunter, Ana

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Join three nerds as we do a book club style read-through of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and related works, in publication order. We've got a variety of voices and takes, and will occasionally have special guests to discuss key points in the Discworld series.
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Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons

Zed Moore, Rachel Anastasi-Marais, Tom Jarvis, Torben Klausen

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Welcome to a realm where the divine meets the absurd, and hilarity ensues! Step into the whimsical world of "Deadbeat Dungeons and Dragons" a side-splitting Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast that will have you laughing right out of your jandles. What if god went out for a packet of cigarettes and never came back? The adventure features a wacky crew, played by some of New Zealand's goofiest improv comedians/nerds. Zed is your DM, accompanied by Tom, Torben, and Rachel playing a perfectly ...
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A podfic collection of works (a mix of solo and multivoice projects) written by different authors and recorded and/or edited by Djap. The podfics are fanworks about the TV show/book universe of Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
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The Merchant Adventurer

Patrick E. McLean on Podiobooks.com

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After countless heroes fail to overcome an evil Wizard, Boltac, humble shopkeeper, must answer the Call of Adventure and save his home and the woman he loves. If you like the Princess Bride, if you've ever played a cRPG or if you like Terry Pratchett, then this is the audiobook for you.
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Vennix the Mighty

Arctic Tern Productions

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Vennix the Mighty is a hilarious and heartwarming podcast about an obnoxious demi-god and his ditzy priestess. It's a must-listen for fans of Hello from the Magic Tavern, Terry Pratchett, and the odd fart joke.
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Corwynn Rosewood presents: . ALL VAMPIRES ARE GAY . All Vampires Are Gay is a supernatural action/adventure story with a sassy side dish of rom-com! It’s a campy, heartfelt send-up of the vampire genre through a modern lens. If you’re looking for an exciting and comforting show about magical & paranormal adventures, you’ve found it. . DESCRIPTION: Victor Nightingale is a few hundred years old and bored of everything. When he meets a beautiful and mysterious young DJ named Robert they have an ...
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Nic Gunning hosts the official podcast and radio show of the David A. Howe Public Library. Listen for book news, great segments and library events! Listen in Wednesday at 9 pm on 92.7 WRAQ Angelica. The All the Books Show (2015-2020) Howe's Things (2020-Present)
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But Have You Tried...

The David A. Howe Public Library

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Nic and Ally like similar things, but have very little crossover in books, movies, music, shows and more. Now they are introducing each other to the stuff they are into! Will they find a new favorite? Let’s do this!
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Rare Cuts Media Society

Rare Cuts Media Society

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Welcome to the Rare Cuts Media Society! A Book Club Style show where we dive into Movies, TV, Books, Music, and more. Each month one of us will choose a new piece of media to dive into and discuss. Make sure you watch, listen, and read along with us each month so you will be ready for our discussion. Warning: There will be Spoilers!
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Radio Morpork

Radio Morpork

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Radio Morpork is a podcast about Terry Pratchett's Discworld, discussing and analysing each book in the series in chronological order. New episodes every month. Find us on Facebook & Twitter for more info, or contact us as radiomorpork@gmail.com
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Build creative confidence and grow your writing world with Dr Rachel Knightley and Emily Inkpen. Every episode, we’ll discuss key writing topics while exploring the goals, exercises, tools and techniques necessary to discover what you really want from your writing — and what your writing really needs from you.
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Bookies

Destiny Comix

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The bookeis podcast is NOT ABOUT SPORTS BETTING!!! we are a group of friends who get together each month to discuses a different paperback drawn at random. We discuses children literature, horror, action, any paper back we know to be of quality writing. We have been recording our book club as a podcast since the end of 2016. I hope you enjoy this months discussion.
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Finding Good Bones

Finding Good Bones

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Finding Good Bones is a podcast for anyone who wraps themselves in words to warm their heart, who turns to text for a guiding light through the dark. Every other Thursday, hosts Kate Caldwell and Amy Winters speak with a guest on a piece of writing that helps them acknowledge the sorrow in the world, and then find the hope to move through it. Join us as we work to uncover, understand, and share the ”Good Bones” that help us see that we can make this world beautiful.
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No Preamble

Sarah and Ethan

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How do you build a great D&D character? What is the most quotable horror movie? Which Zelda game has the best soundtrack? Is a hermit crab even a real crab? Sarah and Ethan answer these questions and more in No Preamble, a show about all manner of nerdy obsessions. Join these intrepid hosts as they hop between hobbies and dive deep into movies, games, comics, literature, and music.
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Can't Sleep? Feeling Down? This is your late night insomnia cure. Or it's a comedy show and you fall asleep laughing. (includes: mid:nm - self-produced audio stories, Midnight Reads - short yet hilarious book readings, Drive Me to The Moon - random, and Mornings - just recorded in the morning aha)
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Sam Rhodes collects Theme tunes. Those themes encourage a selection of wonderful guests to wax lyrical about a series of obscure and often bizarre topics. Meet Sam's butler, Find out what celebs are up too, solve murders, Hear reviews of films from people who've not seen them, and many other intersting and ever changing chats! Each new guest adds a new theme to the pile, PLUS expect the occasional celeb Cameo!
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After a long break Cameron is back with his new version of the podcast. He is still reviewing mostly indie fantasy novels but he’s now doing it in his tractor. Cameron spends way too much time in said tractor and figured that since he was listening to a lot of audiobooks but had almost zero time to record episodes with his wife and friends like he used to he would put some of that tractor time to use and record podcast episodes again.
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In the Reading Corner is created by Just Imagine for anyone interested in children's books and reading. It is hosted by Nikki Gamble, author of Exploring Children's Literature and co-author of Guiding Readers. Listening to this podcast, you will learn about the latest children's books, learn more about the creative processes of writing and illustrating, discover different viewpoints about topical issues and more. Whether you are a teacher, librarian, parent, bookseller, publisher, writer or ...
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Liz and Ben are joined by guest Dr Tansy Rayner Roberts PhD (Classics) to chat about fashion, faith, food…oh, and football. Yes, join us for an episode that goes well into extra time (i.e. it’s over 3 hours long) as we discuss Terry Pratchett’s 37th Discworld novel, Unseen Academicals. The Wizards of Unseen University are still recovering from the …
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Your hosts finally reach the end of their Discworld reread with The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett, and they're feeling all sorts of ways about it. They talk about Tiffany Aching's arc over her mini-series as a whole, tying up (and leaving) loose threads, and everyone's favorite Kelda, Jeannie. Find us on Discord / Support us on Patreon Thanks…
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A Line in the Sand is a novel about two friends on an adventure in the Middle East based on an actual journey two real life friends took to Saudi Arabia and Damascus in 2006. One of the inspirations for the trip was T.E Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia. The two authors Miles Spencer and Wells Jones had worked on a stage play based on the life of Lawre…
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Part 4 of the Holiday Theme Time - January New YearIn today's episode, Mike picks The Phantom Carriage, a silent film to ring in the new year! Hosts Andrew, Rob, Eric, and Mike embark on a captivating journey back to the early days of cinema as they explore the 1921 Swedish silent film, "The Phantom Carriage." Join them as they unravel the film's p…
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Excited for Mickey 17, the upcoming movie featuring Robert Pattinson, your hosts read Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. Despite their complaints about the narrative voice and Mickey’s POV, they really did enjoy the book, they promise. They also discuss the effect of cloning on the sense of self, the implications of space colonization, and neat aliens. Find…
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Send us a text Episode Art by Jim Tuohy Jim Tuohy Art Gamesmaster provided by Hearthfire Tales Vita is dead... the city is still under attack... what will our heroes do? Want to learn more about Vash and the NoReturniverse? Why not check out The Lore of No Return Jorvin De Ghast: Cameron Gergett @Cameron_Gergett/@JasperZoink Salryn Ilanora: Gemma M…
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There is a new BBC TV history series by Simon Schama, The Story of Us. In the first programme Simon highlights the huge impact that Alan Sillitoe's novel 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' had when it was published in 1958. Alan Sillitoe spoke to David Freeman when his novel Birthday was published in 2001. Birthday is the sequel to Saturday Night …
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This glorious popular science books tells the story of how black holes that were thought to be too ridiculous to exist in 1916 had by 1971 been proved to exist. Einstein thought they were impossible but in 1971 Paul Murdin and Louise Webster discovered the very first black hole, Cygnus X-1 Marcus tells the story of these extraordinary people who di…
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Nina Simone was born on February 21st 1933. There has been news recently of a plan to buy Nina Simone's childhood home in Tryon North Carolina and make it into a museum celebrating the life and work of the girl who was born Eunice Waymon. I interviewed Nina in December 1998 just before her last ever show at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She was …
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Finale time! And oh wow, Vero was in for a RIDE! So strap in for some intense emotions, caps-lock notes and the usual amount of our own typical weirdness :D As usual for this series, the episode is on the longer side, you're welcome! Next episode will be the Summoning episode, so if you are getting this on the early feed, you still have ONE MORE DA…
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Your hosts reflect upon 2024 and their podcasting experience, including some stats about the books they read in the last year. They also award some superlatives, such as "Best Supporting Character," "Best Re-read," and "World Most Likely to Kill Us Instantly." Find us on Discord / Support us on Patreon Thanks to the following musicians for the use …
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Bitter Crop is a superb biography of Billie Holiday who was probably the very best jazz singer there has ever been. The book title is takes from one of Billie's signature songs, 'Strange Fruit'. There have been films and many books about Billie's career but not all of them came close to telling the whole truth of a remarkable life. True there were …
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Sam and Dan discuss chapter 17 - 37 of Hannah Kaner's Sunbringer, book two of the Fallen Gods Trilogy. SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening. As our main characters go about their largely separate storylines, we ponder how Hannah Kaner might bring them all back toge…
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Corwynn and Parker sit down to have a casual chat about the All Vampires Are Gay Holiday Special and what's coming up next! ——————— SUPPORT THE SHOW Website - https://corwynnrosewood.com Become A Patron - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/corwynnrosewood Merch - https://corwynnrosewood.com Instagram @studiocorwynn Email Corwynn - hello@corwynnrosewood.c…
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Christmas at Pendragon : The Holiday Special A brand new 90 minute holiday special episode! Set a few years before Robert's arrival in Blackwood City we see Victor, Jinn, Samson and Persephone have a cozy and dramatic Yule dinner at Pendragon. With a little bit of magic, a lot of found family and a few supernatural surprises enjoy this holiday trea…
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Action-packed episode brings disagreements apparently! Though we both had a great time watching the episode itself, it turned out, we have watched a sligtly different thing. Lina focused on new information, while Vero reveled in trying to read old scenes through new eyes. But it wouldn't be us, if we didn't make the best of it, and Lina didn't gril…
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Rebecca Beattie identifies as a witch. A few days before Hallowe'en Rebecca tells David Freeman how the world looks to her through the lens of her pagan world view. The latest census information confirms that Rebecca's beliefs are gaining in popularityBy David Freeman
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Part 3 of the Holiday Theme Time - Christmas In today's episode, Andrew Picks Terry Pratchett’s The Hogfather to celebrate the Hogswatch…er um…I mean the Christmas Season! Join hosts Andrew, Rob, Eric, and Mike as they dive deep into the 2006 British TV Miniseries Terry Pratchett’s the Hogfather. The story follows Death, the Grim Reaper, and his gr…
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This is a junky one because for the first time this season, we are actually disagreeing on things! And if you listened to our older stuff, you know what that means - lengthy debates... But also there is a lot happening in this episode, many questions are raised, Vero draws some curious conclusions that Lina tries very hard to not comment too obviou…
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