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We wonder why his footprint in literature is remarkably subdued for the reach and success he had, examine how relevant the books of Discworld are today, and ask the most important question: is Terry the same kind of communist that you are? <br /><br />Every month, an episode on a new book! <br />]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7054588/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Cybernetic Coven</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3e982403cf7af4a055f077b1ae1e4e49.jpg</url><title>The World Is A Flat Disk</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-world-is-a-flat-disk--7054588</link></image><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:58:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Cybernetic Coven LLC</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Cybernetic Coven LLC</itunes:name><itunes:email>cyberneticcoven@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3e982403cf7af4a055f077b1ae1e4e49.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Discworld books are both some of the most over-hyped and slept-on works of recent decades. 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We wonder why his footprint in literature is remarkably subdued for the reach and success he had, examine how relevant the books of Discworld are today, and ask the most important question: is Terry the same kind of communist that you are? <br /><br />Every month, an episode on a new book! <br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Fiction"><itunes:category text="Comedy Fiction"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Fiction"><itunes:category text="Science Fiction"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>f000dc2d-9143-5aca-88b9-66f7112fbfbb</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>The Colour of Magic</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-colour-of-magic--73282988</link><description><![CDATA[Turns out the Colour of Magic really is the same Colour of a donkey running away! Or something about the economy, Thatcher and a wild fantasy world called the “Discworld”. A place so unlike our world, where every financial instrument is gambling and the only way to make money is through scams! And something about tourists, Cthulhus, barbarian heroes, Dragonriders, Trans-dimensional Zionism and how you Need a Slave System To Have A Space Program because the shadow cast by Mittelbau-Dora is long. <br /><br />The girls meet a guy named Rincewind. They are only kept from killing him with hammers by the power of capital embodied in a nice chest.<br /><br />And turns out? Our Woke King Terry Pratchett *IS* just the same type of communist as you are, listener.<br /><br /><br />Every month <b>Anemone</b> (xe/xem),<b> Lhuzie </b>(she/her) and <b>Quinn</b> (they/them) ask, "Was Terry Pratchett the same type of communist I am?". Every month a new book, every month wondering about its footprint in the culture and literature, how it holds up today, and just how many elephants it can hold on its back. <br /><br />Intro is<b> Spacewolf</b> by Matt Oakle, licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.<br /><br />Outro is <b>Adventure, Darling</b> by Gillicuddy licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International License.<br /><br />Show art and assets by our very own Anemone, look for more of xem at AnemoneArt.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73282988</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:50:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73282988/episode_1_colourofmagic.mp3" length="80820244" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Cybernetic Coven LLC</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Turns out the Colour of Magic really is the same Colour of a donkey running away! 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Our Woke King Terry Pratchett *IS* just the same type of communist as you are, listener.<br /><br /><br />Every month <b>Anemone</b> (xe/xem),<b> Lhuzie </b>(she/her) and <b>Quinn</b> (they/them) ask, "Was Terry Pratchett the same type of communist I am?". Every month a new book, every month wondering about its footprint in the culture and literature, how it holds up today, and just how many elephants it can hold on its back. <br /><br />Intro is<b> Spacewolf</b> by Matt Oakle, licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.<br /><br />Outro is <b>Adventure, Darling</b> by Gillicuddy licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International License.<br /><br />Show art and assets by our very own Anemone, look for more of xem at AnemoneArt.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>6735</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>author,books,british,critique,discworld,economy,humour,literary,literature,parody,pratchett,queer,rincewind,terrry,terrypratchett,thatcher,trans,twoflowers,wizard,writing</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3e982403cf7af4a055f077b1ae1e4e49.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Introduction</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/introduction--72132022</link><description><![CDATA[In which we introduce our method, and why we are reading through the books of Terry Pratchett, namely, the Discworld series. Our degree of experiences, the methods we will apply, our fears and expectations. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Every month <b>Anemone</b> (xe/xem),<b> Lhuzie </b>(she/her) and <b>Quinn</b> (they/them) ask, "Was Terry Pratchett the same type of communist I am?". Every month a new book, every month wondering about its footprint in the culture and literature, how it holds up today, and just how many elephants it can hold on its back. <br /><br />Intro is<b> Spacewolf</b> by Matt Oakle, licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.<br /><br />Outro is <b>Adventure, Darling</b> by Gillicuddy licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International License.<br /><br />Show art and assets by our very own Anemone, look for more of xem at AnemoneArt.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72132022</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:30:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72132022/episode_0.mp3" length="29508754" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Cybernetic Coven LLC</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In which we introduce our method, and why we are reading through the books of Terry Pratchett, namely, the Discworld series. 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Every month a new book, every month wondering about its footprint in the culture and literature, how it holds up today, and just how many elephants it can hold on its back. <br /><br />Intro is<b> Spacewolf</b> by Matt Oakle, licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.<br /><br />Outro is <b>Adventure, Darling</b> by Gillicuddy licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International License.<br /><br />Show art and assets by our very own Anemone, look for more of xem at AnemoneArt.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2460</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>books,communism,discworld,fantasy,leftist,literature,pratchett,queer,terry,trans</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3e982403cf7af4a055f077b1ae1e4e49.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
