Although wizards may not have balls (there is a popular song about it) they do have egos, and this week we consider the nature of that phenomenon, and consider its relationship to the ego of witches, which they famously do not have. Instead they have pride, at least if their name happens to be Granny Weatherwax. But in comparing the egos of wizards with the pride of witches, we discover—well you’ll just have to listen and find out.
This is the final show of season 3, and the 34 episode since the Portal began opening on April 19th of this year. Therefore we take some time to talk about where things might be headed, as well as where some things currently are. Again you’ll have to listen to learn the details.
The Portal will be on hiatus for a couple of weeks. The next show, the first of season 4, will be published on Friday December 6th. To tide you over there is the Discord server, which now has 14 members and is being used more and more, including for the posting of some very nifty quizzes (which will be placed on the Discworld Resources page of the website (mindkindle.net)). You may join the server using this link: https://discord.gg/YBD2rzK but if you have problems you can always search Discord for “Friends of the Discworld Portal” which of course you are. There is the possibility that the Gnome might show up for live chats on the Saturdays of the interregnum, and if so a very good chance that a chat topic might be posted there to get things rolling.
Remember you can visit the Portal’s Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21210045) to become a subscriber or just to see what’s happening there.
You can also find the official Portal blog, Gnomic Musings, here: https://mindkindle.net/gnomic-musings-the-discworld-portal-blog/
With luck the above will be enough to keep you busy until December 6th. And whether it is or not, you can always reach me at randy@mindkindle.net. I’d love to hear from you, and I promise to write you back. Ask anyone who has. Only wait, you can’t. So I guess you’ll have to take my word for it. But then, have I ever lied to you?
Do NOT slack on the random acts of kindness between now and the start of season 4. As always no turtles were harmed in the production of this podcast.