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 | 3 (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 that begins with a personal chat, then talk of the book or books chosen for the episode
Trivia
- The first episode spends a lot of time on food, Clay’s family history and trashing the idea of reading in general and libraries in particular, among other things. This probably gives you a good idea of the tone.
- The second episode gets more or less straight into discussion of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, but this seems to be because the recording of the earlier discussion was lost.
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 use the podcast's own numbering scheme.
| # | Episode Title | Date | Book/Subject | External link[1] | DW#[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | “Small Gods Smack a B%tch”[3] | 2023-01-27 | Small Gods | captivate.fm | 13 |
| 5 | “Thief of Time versus ADHD” | 2023-02-27 | Thief of Time | Spotify[4] | 26 |
Footnotes
- ↑ The podcast has no dedicated website, so we've linked directly to the audio files for each episode.
- ↑ Sort by this column to see episodes in Discworld publication order.
- ↑ This seems to be a re-post of the previous Small Gods episode, with the new theme song added to the start. It doesn’t appear to be available on Spotify. Also, a content warning - the revised episode’s description says it contains discussion of suicide.
- ↑ This episode seems only available on Spotify.