Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book club

Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book club


Latest Episodes

The First News Blast (Discworld book and RPG news)
March 24, 2024

Our Monstrous Regiment episode still isnt quite ready, so weve had to push it to April. In the meantime, Ben gets nerdy about some recent Discworld and Pratchett news about books and roleplaying gam

A Monstrous Delay (IWD bonus mini-episode)
March 07, 2024

Our Monstrous Regiment episode wont be ready until later in the month, but we didnt want to let International Womens Day pass without some kind of comment. So heres a mini episode in your feed rec

...And That Spells Trouble (Guards! Guards! board game)
February 07, 2024

In this very three-quarters-of-a-century episode, Liz, Ben and guest Dr Melissa Rogerson get out the eight-sided dice and roll for initative - or at least cunning - as we play the 2011 board game, Gua

Hogswitch (with Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent)
January 07, 2024

In this very special Hogswatch-adjacent episode of Pratchat, Liz and Ben dont discuss a Terry Pratchett book! Instead, they interview Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent, authors of Tiffany Achings

This Christmas Goes to Eleven (Father Christmas’ Fake Beard)
December 07, 2023

In this very special Christmas episode, Liz and Ben fly without a guest as they turn the seasonal silliness up to maximum and discuss all eleven stories in Terry Pratchetts 2017 collection of short C

How Did Discworld Get to 40? (40th Anniversary Special)
November 23, 2023

24 November 2023 marks forty years since Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic was first published. That's right - it's Discworld's fortieth birthday! To celebrate, join Pratchat producer and co-host

The Masked Dancer (“Turntables of the Night")
November 07, 2023

Unlike some DJs, Liz and Ben do take requests - like this months short story! They're joined by comedian and DJ Andrew McClelland to spin discs with the soul collector, as they discuss Terry Pratchet

It Belongs in a University (The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day)
October 07, 2023

Liz and Ben are blessed by two returning guests, the Rev Dr Avril Hannah-Jones and Dr Charlotte Pezaro, as they go on one last visit to Roundworld - this time as clerics, wizards and librarians clash

Punching Up (“Theatre of Cruelty")
September 07, 2023

Liz and Ben are joined by guest author Caimh C. K. McDonnell as they read a very early and very short chapter in the history of the Watch: Terry Pratchetts 1993 short Discworld story, Theatre of

Discus Ex Machina (Strata)
August 07, 2023

We engage the matrix drive and set course for the Discworld that might have been, as EJ Mannjoins us to discuss Terry Pratchetts first attempt at writing a flat Earth, 1981s Strata. 200-year-old