Witches Abroad pt. 2

Content warnings for this episode include: discussion of racism and antisemitic tropes, firearms, animal death and abuse, physical and mental abuse, medical anxiety, and alcohol As we continue Witches Abroad, the witches are...abroad! Y'know, going boating, seeing the sites, getting day drunk, hustling card sharps...good times. This week in the Disc-Course: heavy are the hips, just like Dark Souls, gun facts, scone strikes, pickles, neurotic and anti-union, forced sapiency, Greebomon, a dark and thirsty story, lawyah, love to see it, upclass slime molds, Okay Terry, prop mortar and pestle, tone switch, dancing lady emoji, +/- vajanias, sandwich extremists, Indigo Rum, the machismo ritual, more vests, Mugrat, hustling, and the essence of zen. <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/disneystrike_c.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click</a> <a href="https://www.mickeynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/disneystrike_a-1080x848.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> for pictures from the Disney animators strike (The Disc-Course stands in solidarity with WGA and SAGATFRA)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oqDqnQR5Aw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for Defunctland: The War for Disney's America For those playing along at home: Read up to page 171 in Witches Abroad (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "Remember some of your dreams?" -----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com, follow the show <a href="https://cohost.org/ZlorfFlannelfoot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ZlorfFlannelfoot</a> on cohost, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf! Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at <a href="https://pastelhandgrenade.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pastel Hand Grenade</a>. She rules.

Episode 55: Greebo Eats a Vampire

Witches Abroad pt. 1

Content warnings for this episode include: human and animal death, brief mentions of abuse, homophobia and the TERF wizard author, Who's ready for vacation? As our hosts begin Witches Abroad, we follow everyone's favorite witches who love and hate each other as they hit the road for the city of Genua on orders from a dead fairy godmother. Yknow, normal stuff. This week in the Disc-Course: potato salad, green hair and pronouns, rincewindbussy123, mirrors, Gammer Beavis, just like theater, birth six billion demons, haunted mansions, thot goals, the devil's estate auction, a million tabs, sensei Dibbler, rice cookers, good to be back, ending of Tar explained, afab nonbinary moments, our Genshin, truck simulator, Terry write word good, and one of my favorite genders. <a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1282274185i/513535._UY630_SR1200,630_.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the ROC Witches Abroad cover For those playing along at home: Read up to page 127 in Witches Abroad (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "'You sit up every night dealing Cripple Mister Onion with someone who's got a detached retina in her second sight and you soon learn how to play,' said Granny. " -----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com, follow the show <a href="https://cohost.org/ZlorfFlannelfoot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ZlorfFlannelfoot</a> on cohost, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf! Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at <a href="https://pastelhandgrenade.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pastel Hand Grenade</a>. She rules.

Episode 54: Podcasting is a Witches' Sabbat

Hey everyone, you ever forget you have a podcast for like 10 months? Yeah...anyway please enjoy some goofs and follow our new cohost account at <a href="https://cohost.org/ZlorfFlannelfoot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZlorfFlannelfoot</a>! We'll be back with Witches Abroad on August 9th, see you then!

A 2004 Webcomic About Gamers: The Disc-Course Year 2

Reaper Man pt. 6

Content warnings for this episode include: racism, body horror, queerphobia, suicide, and mentions of terminal illness As we wrap up Reaper Man, kind and empathetic order is restored to the Discworld once again, but I can't help feeling like we're forgetting something... This week in the Disc-Course: blind reaction, the cooler Windle, vore brat, muffled by accessories, old men shenanigans quotient, More Death, book freaks and wiki monsters, nerds from sheds, science lore, go woke go broke NASA, short king, sadness gremlin, mother I have transcended, big clock energy, chocolate facts, a dress made of diamonds, hungry little treat boy, skeleton music, undance, NTR November, caring is cringe, wheatcorn, and after credits scenes. For those playing along at home: Read up to page 53 in Witches Abroad (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "Granny beamed. 'I knew 'e would have heard of me," she said.'" -----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com, follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/thedisccourse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thedisccourse</a> on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf! Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at <a href="https://pastelhandgrenade.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pastel Hand Grenade</a>. She rules.

Episode 53: Mr. Death Goes to Oblivion

Reaper Man pt. 5

Content warnings for this episode include: mentions of insects and spiders, head injuries, and child murder, and discussion of ableism, body horror, fascism, racism, and antisemitism As we reach the dramatic climax of Reaper Man, our friend Bill Door defeats the new Death who's a real jerk, and the members to the Fresh Start Club go to the mall :) This week on the Disc-Course: a billion lesser podcasts, posting praxis, newt-rients, hoard mode, a capital idea, dead malls, divergent evolution, money now, communist bees, ew death, bony balls, he/it queen, the full scope of literature, von Grover Haus, escalator fear, hit da bricks, mid-2000's anime, head boomer, a normal person, special Jess edition, and flesh building. <a href="https://twitter.com/conner_omalley/status/1587869377835081729" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a tiktok from the NY trucking convention<a href="https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/anatomy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for Anatomy by Kitty Horrorshow<a href="http://gunshowcomic.com/399" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the gunshow comic that is Jess<a href="https://twitter.com/thedisccourse/status/1592676181706698753?t=2wx6FofURSTauB9iKrdBEw&amp;s=19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the not good translation of book text into digital form For those playing along at home: Finish Reaper Man! -----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com, follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/thedisccourse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thedisccourse</a> on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf! Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at <a href="https://pastelhandgrenade.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pastel Hand Grenade</a>. She rules.

Episode 52: Release Bill Door

Reaper Man pt. 4

Content warnings for this episode include: racism, transphobia, and animal violence As we continue Reaper Man, chaos ensues in Ankh-Morpork as the harmless snow globes turn out to not be harmless at all, and the future is now as our friend Bill Door meets the Combination Harvester. This week in the Disc-Course: tranq-free since '93, the Millennial Hunger, big water, boys' night, the spell of ratio, male virtue names, industrialization is bad, one more end of history, a special scythe for a special boy, ghost rules, city ovipositor, mom bus, thought terminating sentence, poor little peats, weird technicolor alligator, and a Minnesota battle cry. For those playing along at home: Read up to page 286 in Reaper Man (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "'And he owes me a farthing, too." -----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com, follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/thedisccourse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thedisccourse</a> on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf! Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at <a href="https://pastelhandgrenade.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pastel Hand Grenade</a>. She rules.

Episode 51: Happy Spooky Season

Reaper Man pt. 3

Content warnings for this episode include: mentions of severe bodily harm, animal and child death. As we continue Reaper Man, the gang are introduced to the members of Undead Anonymous, and our bony blorbo saves a child and prepares to face down whoever took his job. This week on the Disc-Course: cold music, shell jumpscare, the dark alleys, vampire accent, shorpses, Read at 3 AM, freak facts, a hundred writers, sad rooms pt.2, owl clocks, 420 Bink it, existential dread, trick shots, animal girl behavior, Death become human, textbook vitalism, security door, Frank Lloyd Wrong, a depressed skeleton, death app, one weird editing thing, and fuck the feds. For those playing along at home: Read up to page 227 in Reaper Man (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "He was halfway up his second row, and accelerating." -----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com, follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/thedisccourse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thedisccourse</a> on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf! Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at <a href="https://pastelhandgrenade.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pastel Hand Grenade</a>. She rules.

Episode 50: Death's Slut Era

Reaper Man pt. 2

Content warnings for this episode include: discussion of transphobia and queer trauma, being buried alive, parental abuse, racist stereotypes, and misogyny. As we continue Reaper Man, the wizards of Unseen University try their damndest to end their friend's life, but Windle Poons decides he's got a lot of unliving to do. We also meet Mrs. Cake and talk a lot about Mrs. Cake. Also our good friend Bill Door gets a straw hat :) <a href="https://gettysburgian.com/2022/06/bite-the-bullet-and-change-our-mascot-the-historical-mascot-debate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for Billy the Bullet<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bottle-Diaper-Patch-Funny-Tactical/dp/B08FHDSW1T" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click</a> <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/come-and-take-it-by-leetorres23/39597835.LVTDI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> for some Come and Take It flags<a href="https://discworld.com/products/artwork/colour-print-the-fresh-start-club/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the Fresh Start Club print we reference This week on The Disc-Course: You Can't Say That., wizard SWAT, Ridcully power rankings, Miss Holly Fakeman, throatcoin, ketchup that makes you explode, two pairs of pants, spiritualist busybody, Undead Anonymous, the grumpy glands, walking stairs, chief butt, one weird trick, how an egg feels, true crime almanac, you must post, Binky's Town, the telltale snake, improved his eyesight, the first floor and just homestuck. For those playing along at home: Read up to page 178 in Reaper Man (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "Besides, I'm paying you sixpence a week. And sixpence is sixpence. " -----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com, follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/thedisccourse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thedisccourse</a> on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf! Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at <a href="https://pastelhandgrenade.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pastel Hand Grenade</a>. She rules.

Episode 49: Terry's Bones

Reaper Man pt. 1

Content warnings for this episode include: discussion of racism and cultural appropriation, body horror, death and the undead, ableism, slavery and forced labor, and suicide. Like the changing seasons from summer to fall, the gang begins a new book: Reaper Man. Death is fired for coming down with a case of self-hood, and this causes Problems for Everyone. This week on the Disc-Course: no escape, blue eyes and pronouns, sources, galaxy boss, special metal cup, horse tools, the best genes, scampi in a casket, Holly heat, wizard kids table, thot moments, a toxic amount of Jimmy Buffet, Gundam Names, a podcast, fantasy jorts, a graffiti brush, evil Carl Sagan, monetize the spoilers, and the cool zone. <a href="https://www.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the L Space Annotated Pratchett File For those playing along at home: Read up to page 116 in Reaper Man (depending on your edition of the book), ending on the line: "After a while, there were faint metallic noises" -----You can email us at thedisccoursepod@gmail.com, follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/thedisccourse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thedisccourse</a> on twitter, or find us in the phonebook under Zlorf! Our theme music is by Maxie Satan; find her on bandcamp at <a href="https://pastelhandgrenade.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pastel Hand Grenade</a>. She rules.

Episode 48: Ultra Instinct Poons

A bi-weekly bookclub for Terry Pratchett's Discworld series

Holly and Julie, known Discworld lovers, discuss Terry Pratchett's magnum opus series with Mark and Jess, who've never seen a Discworld in their lives.

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