Pratchat Podcast

Join writer @ElizabethFlux and comedian @McKenzie_Ben on their six* year mission to discuss every Terry Pratchett book! A @SplendidChaps podcast.

* ...ish.

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When is an encyclopaedia not an encyclopaedia? Maybe when everything in it is made up…

We discuss The #Discworld Companion by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs - mostly in its final its form, The Ultimate Discworld Companion. #Pratchat91 (optional)

https://t.co/7lVbP2yFAC

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@StephenPBriggs Thank you so much Stephen!

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Our next episode, #Pratchat91, will discuss The #Discworld Companion!

What favourite entries would you like us to discuss? What questions did it answer - and what (or who) was missing?

Get your questions and suggestions in ASAP.

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@StephenPBriggs We didn’t get many this time around, but we would like to pass on that Ben felt your illustrations in the earlier editions were quite charming. And if you felt like sharing, we would love to see some of the index cards - and how you organise and store them!

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@StephenPBriggs We welcome any questions/comments from you, Stephen!

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A cult has summoned a dragon to topple the Patrician! And the only one who can save Ankh-Morpork is...Rincewind?

PC Gamer editor @jodymacgregor joins Liz and Ben to chat about 1995 adventure game #Discworld - as shouted at by Terry Pratchett! #Pratchat89

https://t.co/F60jIsvspw

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Our next episode, #Pratchat89, is recording this weekend - and we’re discussing the #Discworld point and click adventure game from 1995! Ben may have lost the box and the disc but he still has his original manual… If you have questions, get them in ASAP!

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Finally, a new episode! Brendan Barnett chats with Ben* about how one man can draw so many wizards, witches, dragons, guards, goblins and more, in Paul Kidby’s Designing Terry Pratchett’s #Discworld! #Pratchat88

* Liz will be back next month!

https://t.co/5KkgUILupb

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Listeners, we have recorded #Pratchat89, discussing Paul Kidby’s book Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and it is coming out this month! But after several setbacks and problems, it will not come out today. We’re hoping it will be later this week. Thanks for bearing with us.

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Hey listeners - we apologise but there’s no episode this month. Ben will publish a brief explainer to keep folks in the loop, but in short, it’s been a challenging month for a small podcast team. We’re really hoping to get back to normal in October.

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Today marks the 10th anniversary of Terry Pratchett's final masterpiece, 'The Shepherd's Crown.' To honour this milestone, we're sharing these poignant reflections from Rob Wilkins.
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It’s been ten years since the publication of The Shepherd’s Crown, the last book Terry Pratchett completed before he died. Once the spine on this one was cracked, there were no more new Pratchetts to look forward to, and I know a lot of Discworld readers who were, understandably, with that sad reality in mind, reluctant to finish - or even start - this one because it felt like the final closing of a door.
But I also know that Terry wanted his books to be read and enjoyed far more than he wanted them kept on a shelf. And as time passes it becomes ever more apparent how much the Discworld books reward re-visiting, perpetually revealing something new, literary gems Terry had hidden away for a second or third, or even more, re-read. Every Pratchett is to some degree an unread Pratchett, including the ones you’ve already enjoyed and including The Shepherd’s Crown.
So the greatest way to honour Terry’s legacy is to pull that book you’ve been saving off the shelf, make a nice cup of tea and settle down to read the story he wrote for you. Enjoy.
Rob Wilkins
Wiltshire, August 2025

🔗📚 https://t.co/EbMXhEuCkr
#TerryPratchett #Discworld

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Our planned August episode, #Pratchat88, was cursed (we should have used #Prachat7A7A). Here’s a bonus episode in which Ben browses his bookshelf to mention a few books that won’t get their own episodes!

https://t.co/keS8KpEpRx

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The Patrician is missing! Can Liz, Ben or guest @Richard_H_McK seize control of the city? Or will it fall into…er…more chaos?

We complete our collection of #Discworld #boardgames with Martin Wallace’s 2011 game, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. #Pratchat87

https://t.co/7tG9AXX3yL

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PS - since #Pratchat87 will also complete the set, we’re also happy to take questions about the Discworld board games in general!

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We’re recording our next episode, #Pratchat87, in a couple of days! We’ll be discussing the 2011 board game Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, designed by Martin Wallace! Send your questions in now.

(Ben’s been too busy to set up a photo, so here’s the BGG page.)

https://t.co/H2xC31cG0B

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Liz, Ben and Pratchett scholar Freyja Stokes head downriver to the Shires for an adventure with Vimeses, goblins, murderers, double meanings and a Wonderful Fanny.

Listen to #Pratchat86, about #TerryPratchett’s last #Discworld Watch novel, Snuff!

https://t.co/0ZFZKlmYyq

[Garth Nix @garthnix]

These are going to be really beautiful books. Today’s reveal is the wonderful endpaper art by @LJTolton Twelve fabulous images, front and back endpapers for each of the six Old Kingdom books.

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As previously announced, no regular episode this month - but also no Eeek Club. See our little announcement episode for details; we’ll be back in June.
Check out @MakeYeFretPod’s 25th of May episode, “Gender on the Discworld”: https://t.co/dmUtg8kuCx
https://t.co/7ds0FDD5ki

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Apologies listeners, but we’ve had to delay the release of our episode discussing Snuff, #Pratchat86. It’ll be out next month.

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THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics later)
https://t.co/EtlhqLlMy7