Desert Island Discworld
| Desert Island Discworld | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
| @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[1], 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,[2] 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.[3]
- 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#[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Footnotes
- ↑ See the Terry Pratchett page for a link with details, but if you’re in a hurry, here's his episode on the BBC website.
- ↑ Clearly not a show set on the Discworld!
- ↑ A reference to the fourth season of Netflix show Stranger Things, which was released in two blocks of six and then two episodes. See this tweet.
- ↑ Sort by this column to get the episodes in Discworld publication order. (Non-Discworld books will have a blank entry in this column.)