The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret
Ring the Bells! Mistletoe and Vinyl! Hogswatch Extravaganza 2025!
Watch this episode on YouTube! https://youtu.be/0yc6M0KPl9Q
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, have emerged from Discworld and are now exploring the worlds of speculative fiction.
This week: our annual Hogswatch Extravaganza!
We’re reviewing Ring the Bells, C.K. McDonnell’s latest entry into the Stranger Times series, then having a delightful chat with Marc Burrows about his new book The Story of the Christmas No. 1: Mistletoe and Vinyl.
- Find C.K. McDonnell here: https://whitehairedirishman.com/
- And take a look at everything Marc’s up to here: https://www.marcburrows.co.uk/
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Things we blathered on about:
Smug Christmas - TikTok
Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes
Clair Obscur sweeps The Game Awards with nine wins
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Ring the Bells by C K McDonnell
Bonus: An Interview with C.K. McDonnell
Winter wonderland fails: from smoking elves to a 'dead Santa'
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The Story of the Christmas Number One: Mistletoe & Vinyl (signed edition) | ★ MARC BURROWS
Mr Blobby Music Video [1993 Christmas Number 1]
Marc's Spotify playlists - find the Christmas STAGE 1, 2 & 3 playlists here
The Hives & Cyndi Lauper In A Christmas Duel
Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer
Marie Antoinette: Teen Queen to Guillotine by Melanie Burrows
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Closure May Never Come - P D Doling
Music: Chris Collins, in