About this episode

The DISC COVERERS discuss Terry Pratchett's 'Unseen Academicals' and explore themes of football culture and humor.

SPORTS!!!! That's right, we're touching SO much grass and fondling SO many balls as we, the DISC COVERERS, cover Terry's longest and possibly most British book yet: UNSEEN ACADEMICALS! Join us as we untangle exactly what makes football culture so appealing, as filtered thorugh the lens of the Guys We Love To See, the Unseen University faculty wizards. Can you change the world by kicking a ball really, really good? Are gay jokes okay if the straight person writing them thinks the gay character in question is actually really cool? How DID Glenda get those pies so perfect in a pre-refrigeration society? Pull on your cleats and show some hustle, because we're about to kick off! CURRENT RANKING: 1. Night Watch 2. Going Postal 3. Monstrous Regiment 4. Feet Of Clay 5. The Truth 6. Thud! 7. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents 8. Carpe Jugulum 9. The Fifth Elephant 10. Small Gods 11. Reaper Man 12. Men at Arms 13. Hogfather 14. Thief of Time 15. Unseen Academicals 16. Wintersmith 17. A Hat Full Of Sky 18. The Wee Free Men 19. Lords and Ladies 20. Maskerade 21. Making Money 22. Guards! Guards! 23. Mort 24. The Last Hero 25. Soul Music 26. The Last Continent 27. Witches Abroad 28…

People in this episode

Hosts: Iris Jay, Grace Lovelace, Balina Mahigan, Juniper Theory

Topics covered

• football culture
• British literature
• Terry Pratchett
• Unseen University
• sports

Keywords

• Unseen Academicals
• Terry Pratchett
• football
• British culture
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Unseen Academicals

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