The Turtle Reads

The Turtle Reads
Presentation
Hosted by	Melissa Diaz, Clay Foreman
Production
Opening theme	N/A
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (so far)
Publication
Original release	29 December 2022 – present
Related shows	MelissaTime!
Website	the-turtle-reads.captivate.fm

Publisher Description

Melissa Diaz and Clay Foreman boldly go where no nerds have gone before in this deep dive into Terry Pratchett's Discworld Universe and beyond

Further Information

Format

• A casual discussion in the “chumcast” style - i.e. it's a largely unedited recording of a conversation between friends with no particular structure or attempt to stick to topic. (For this reason we’ve put them in the “other appearances” listings on the book pages.)
• The hosts often stray into “edgy” territory. One version of episode three's description notes that it discusses suicide.

Trivia

• Some episodes spend a lot of time on general chat before they get to the book, while some get there a lot quicker.
• Episodes five through seven were, according to the numbering in the media filenames, released in reverse order. This might make sense of the reading order.

Hosts

• Melissa Diaz - a stand-up comedian based in the Bronx, New York; not clear if she's read Discworld before
• Clay Foreman - a French Canadian from Nova Scotia; an existing Discworld fan, who is choosing which books they read

Episodes

The table below indexes episodes of this podcast. They are listed by default in release order, and we've used the numbering from the podcast feed (though see trivia entry above).

Note that The Turtle Reads has no dedicated website so the external links below are directly to the audio file for each episode.

#	Episode Title	Date	Book/Subject	Guest(s)	External link	DW#
1	“Soul Music and the Hogfather”	2022-12-09	Soul Music and Hogfather		captivate.fm	16
2	“Christmas Movies: Hogfather > Die Hard?”	2023-01-20	Terry Pratchett's Hogfather and Hogfather		captivate.fm	20
3	“Small Gods and Dolphins with Down Syndrome”	2023-01-20	Small Gods		captivate.fm	13
4	“Thief of Time versus ADHD”	2023-02-27	Thief of Time		captivate.fm	26
5	“Ballerina Fish and Sourcery“	2023-03-22	Sourcery		captivate.fm	5
6	“Chood 'um Light Fantastic“	2023-03-23	The Light Fantastic		captivate.fm	2
7	"Color of Magic Fart Lights”	2023-04-05	The Colour of Magic		captivate.fm	1
8	“Holy Wood: Back to Africa”	2023-05-11	Moving Pictures	Craig Fergola	captivate.fm	10
9	“Raising Steam on 9/11”	2023-06-20	Raising Steam		captivate.fm	40
10	“Equal Rites for Witches and Whores”	2023-07-04	Equal Rites		captivate.fm	3
11	“HR Ladies Abroad”	2023-07-17	Witches Abroad		captivate.fm	12
12	“Lords and Ladies, I just crapped my pants (hold for applause)”	2023-07-31	Lords and Ladies		captivate.fm	14
13	“Maskerade of Stupid”	2023-08-14	Maskerade		captivate.fm	18
14	“Carpe HR Lady’s Jugulum”	2023-08-28	Carpe Jugulum		captivate.fm	23
15	“Wee Wee Men”	2023-09-12	The Wee Free Men		captivate.fm	30
16	“The Neverending Podcast Story”	2023-09-25	The Neverending Story		captivate.fm
17	“American Cringe”	2023-10-10	American Gods by Neil Gaiman		captivate.fm
18	“The Ones Who Walk Away From Skankfest”	2023-10-15	The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K Leguin		captivate.fm
19	“Good Omens Guardian Angels and Clay’s New Nickname”	2023-11-08	Good Omens		captivate.fm
20	“Sandy Man Volume 1”	2023-11-29	‘'Sandman'’ volume 1 by Neil Gaiman		captivate.fm