Episodes

  • 6: The Long Earth Part 2 (Potato Thoughts)
    Jul 13 2025

    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: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com

    Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret

    Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP


    Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi


    Things we blathered on about:

    The Album - Only You Can Save Mankind Soundtrack

    Tracklements - Oxford Reference

    I Made a Massive 14,000 Page Book - YouTube

    Archaeoacoustics - Wikipedia

    history of the entire world, i guess - YouTube

    Is there a similar word to 'twain' but meaning 'three' instead of 'two'? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange


    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com



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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • 5: The Long Earth Part 1 (Elephants and Airships)
    Jul 6 2025

    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: @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 Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi


    Things we blathered on about:

    Evolution (Baxter novel) - Wikipedia

    The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter – review - The Guardian

    Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter on The Long Earth - The Guardian video interview

    Lobsang Rampa - Wikipedia

    Gomphothere - Wikipedia [not golophonts or whatever I said]

    Skunk Works - Wikipedia


    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • 4: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
    Jun 9 2025

    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: @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 Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi

    Things we blathered on about:

    Bones | Explore Immortal Destinies — Author V. E. Schwab

    Author V. E. Schwab on toxic lesbian vampires and being a messy gay

    @OddPride on TikTok "I couldn't help it I was only hungry"

    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • 3: Gender on the Discworld (Affirmations on a Postcard from Scritz)
    May 24 2025

    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 spoilers but purists should skip this section.

    Gender? I Hardly Know ‘er!

    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 Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi


    Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project

    Things we talked about:
    UK: Court Ruling Threatens Trans People | Human Rights Watch

    Grace Petrie

    7: Equal Rites Pt.1 (My Knee Doesn't Have Lungs) - The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Wikipedia

    Support our Glorious allies!
    LIVE DATES | ★ MARC BURROWS ★

    Pratchat

    Gabrielle Kent

    Desert Island Discworld
    House to Astonish » Podcast

    Caimh McDonnell

    Rhianna Pratchett

    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com






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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • 2: Titus Groan Pt. 2 (Emotional About Pinecones)
    Apr 27 2025

    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 Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi


    Things we blathered on about:

    Announcing the Discworld Graphic Novel Universe - Terry Pratchett

    Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA - 32 Auctions

    The Last of Us: S2, E1 - "Future Days" - A Storm of Spoilers on Audioboom

    ADUMBRATE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The Crowborough Players event tickets from TicketSource



    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com



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    2 hrs and 3 mins
  • 1: Titus Groan Pt. 1 (In Which We Shoulders)
    Apr 13 2025

    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 - included in outro through force of habit)

    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 Joanna on BlueSky @2hatsjo and follow Francine @francibambi


    Things we blathered on about:

    Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

    The Rectory in Red - FolkLands

    Peake Studies [Peter Winnington]

    Collected Articles on Mervyn Peake [Peter Winnington]

    An Excellence of Peake - Fantastic Metropolis [Michael Moorcock’s article]

    A profusion of Peake – { feuilleton }

    Tolkien vs Lewis: Allegory - R.E. Parrish Comics on tumblr


    Steerpike illustration by Mervyn Peake

    Fuschia illustration by Mervyn Peake

    Radial Symmetry ("The Hottest Guy on Campus") - R. E. Parrish Comics on tumblr



    Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

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    2 hrs
  • Announcing TTSMYF SERIES 2!
    Apr 1 2025

    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: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFret

    Email: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.com

    Patreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefret

    Discord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP



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    1 min
  • Announcing GORMENCAST!
    Mar 31 2025

    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



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    1 min