Desert Island Discworld

Desert Island Discworld
Presentation
Hosted by	Al Kennedy
Production
Audio format	mp3
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	50
Publication
Original release	24 November 2019 – present
Related shows	House to Astonish
Website	desertislanddiscworld.com
Support page	Patreon
Twitter	@DIDiscworld

Publisher Description

A weekly interview podcast about the works of Terry Pratchett and the people who read them, with host Al Kennedy. One guest, one book, four elephants, one turtle.

Further Information

Format

• Host Al asks the episode's guest which Terry Pratchett book they would like to take with them if they were stuck on a desert island, and discusses it with them in an informal chat which is also an interview about their life and work.
• The podcast is released in seasons of six episodes, though later seasons have seven or eight episodes; the additional ones are the result of goals reached by the podcast's Patreon campaign.

Trivia

• The title (and to a lesser extent the format) is inspired by the long-running BBC Radio program Desert Island Discs. Terry Pratchett appeared on the show in February 1997, naming his top pick as Steeleye Span's "Thomas the Rhymer". The show's opposite is Room 101.
• The podcast's tagline is also inspired by Desert Island Discs, which describes the things guests (referred to as "castaways") can take with them: "Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives."
• The seventh season of the podcast was released in two "blocks" of four episodes, "just like Stranger Things, except in two blocks of four!", as the Twitter account announced.
• The seventh season ended with the podcast having covered every Discworld novel except for Eric and The Shepherd's Crown, along with many other of Pratchett's works. We have it on good authority that there will be at least a couple more episodes to fill in the gaps.

Hosts

• Al Kennedy - host of all episodes

Episodes

The table below indexes episodes of this podcast. They are listed by default in release order, and use the podcast's own numbering scheme as well as an overall episode number for easy reference.

#	S	E	Episode	Date	Guest	Book	Episode link	DW#
1	1	1	“Kieron Gillen and Small Gods”	2019-11-24	Kieron Gillen	Small Gods	Website	13
2	1	2	“Amal El-Mohtar and Equal Rites”	2019-12-01	Amal El-Mohtar	Equal Rites	Website	3
3	1	3	“Alan Trotter and Pyramids”	2019-12-08	Alan Trotter	Pyramids	Website	7
4	1	4	“Grant Howitt and Witches Abroad”	2019-12-15	Grant Howitt	Witches Abroad	Website	12
5	1	5	“Kelly Kanayama and Lords and Ladies”	2019-12-22	Kelly Kanayama	Lords and Ladies	Website	14
6	1	6	“Cara Ellison and Hogfather”	2019-12-29	Cara Ellison	Hogfather	Website	20
7	2	1	“Gabby Hutchinson Crouch and Wyrd Sisters”	2020-03-22	Gabby Hutchinson Crouch	Wyrd Sisters	Website	6
8	2	2	“Nate Crowley and Guards! Guards!”	2020-03-29	Nate Crowley	Guards! Guards!	Website	8
9	2	3	“Jo Graham and The Colour of Magic”	2020-04-05	Jo Graham	The Colour of Magic	Website	1
10	2	4	“James D’Amato and The Wee Free Men”	2020-04-12	James D’Amato	The Wee Free Men	Website	30
11	2	5	“Alex Hern and Night Watch”	2020-04-19	Alex Hern	Night Watch	Website	29
12	2	6	“Hannah Nicklin and I Shall Wear Midnight”	2020-04-26	Hannah Nicklin	I Shall Wear Midnight	Website	38
13	3	1	“Tiernan Douieb and Mort”	2020-08-02	Tiernan Douieb	Mort	Website	4
14	3	2	“Andrew Wheeler and Maskerade”	2020-08-09	Andrew Wheeler	Maskerade	Website	18
15	3	3	“Claire Napier and Soul Music”	2020-08-16	Claire Napier	Soul Music	Website	16
16	3	4	“Helen O’Hara and Moving Pictures”	2020-08-23	Helen O’Hara	Moving Pictures	Website	10
17	3	5	“Alice Fraser and Men at Arms”	2020-08-30	Alice Fraser	Men at Arms	Website	15
18	3	6	“Séamas O’Reilly and Nation”	2020-09-06	Séamas O’Reilly	Nation	Website
19	4	1	“A L Kennedy and The Light Fantastic”	2020-11-01	A L Kennedy	The Light Fantastic	Website	2
20	4	2	“Kate Nyx and Monstrous Regiment”	2020-11-08	Kate Nyx	Monstrous Regiment	Website	31
21	4	3	“Marc Burrows and the Bromeliad”	2020-11-15	Marc Burrows	The Bromeliad	Website
22	4	4	“Bethany Black and Reaper Man”	2020-11-22	Bethany Black	Reaper Man	Website	11
23	4	5	“Aditya Bidikar and Going Postal”	2020-11-29	Aditya Bidikar	Going Postal	Website	33
24	4	6	“Patrick Rothfuss and Thud!”	2020-12-06	Patrick Rothfuss	Thud!	Website	34
25	4	7	“Jeremy Warmsley and The Carpet People”	2020-12-13	Jeremy Warmsley	The Carpet People	Website
26	5	1	“Alasdair Beckett-King and Snuff”	2021-04-25	Alasdair Beckett-King	Snuff	Website	39
27	5	2	“Dr Beth Singler and Feet of Clay”	2021-05-02	Beth Singler	Feet of Clay	Website	19
28	5	3	“Dave Powell and Unseen Academicals”	2021-05-09	Dave Powell	Unseen Academicals	Website	37
29	5	4	“Rachael Stott and Thief of Time”	2021-05-16	Rachael Stott	Thief of Time	Website	26
30	5	5	“Joanna Robinson and Wintersmith”	2021-05-23	Joanna Robinson	Wintersmith	Website	35
31	5	6	“Stuart Goldsmith and The Fifth Elephant”	2021-05-30	Stuart Goldsmith	The Fifth Elephant	Website	24
32	5	7	“Dottie James and A Hat Full of Sky”	2021-06-06	Dottie James	A Hat Full of Sky	Website	32
33	6	1	“Cory Doctorow and Making Money”	2021-10-24	Cory Doctorow	Making Money	Website	36
34	6	2	“Eleanor Morton and Carpe Jugulum”	2021-10-31	Eleanor Morton	Carpe Jugulum	Website	23
35	6	3	“Ali Plumb and The Truth”	2021-11-07	Ali Plumb	The Truth	Website	25
36	6	4	“John Rogers and Raising Steam”	2021-11-14	John Rogers	Raising Steam	Website	40
37	6	5	“Erica Henderson and The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents”	2021-11-21	Erica Henderson	The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents	Website	28
38	6	6	“Louie Stowell and Good Omens”	2021-11-28	Louie Stowell	Good Omens	Website
39	6	7	“Neill Cameron and Sourcery”	2021-12-05	Neill Cameron	Sourcery	Website	5
40	6	8	“Diane Duane and Jingo”	2021-12-12	Diane Duane	Jingo	Website	21
41	7	1	“Kelli Butler and Thud!”	2022-08-14	Kelli Butler	Thud!	Website	34
42	7	2	“Roger Langridge and Dodger”	2022-08-21	Roger Langridge	Dodger	Website
43	7	3	“Max Zero and Interesting Times”	2022-08-28	Max Zero	Interesting Times	Website	17
44	7	4	“Hazel Southwell and Only You Can Save Mankind”	2022-09-04	Hazel Southwell	Only You Can Save Mankind	Website
45	7	5	“Mink Ette and The Last Continent”	2022-10-30	Mink Ette	The Last Continent	Website	22
46	7	6	“Humphrey Ker and the Discworld Games”	2022-11-06	Humphrey Ker	Discworld; Discworld II: Missing, Presumed...?!; Discworld Noir	Website
47	7	7	“Alasdair Stuart and The Last Hero”	2022-11-20	Alasdair Stuart	The Last Hero	Website	27
48	7	8	“Kat Brown and The Sea and Little Fishes”	2022-12-04	Kat Brown	“The Sea and Little Fishes”	Website
49	7A	1	“Discworld Podcasters and Eric”	2023-06-18	Ben and Liz from Pratchat Joanna and Francine from The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret János and Chaz from Who Watches the Watch	Eric	Website	9