Unseen University
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Search complete. 27 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Unseen University".
Oct 7, 2026
Andrew LukeHOST
Some of the, the Roundworld stuff, the, the choices by the director of photography of where they're gonna shoot, the, um, the spikes that you mentioned, some of the building, the architecture.
Andrew LukeHOST
There's shots in a university which is very different from Unseen University.
Andrew LukeHOST
Um-
PJ HartHOST
Of course, of course
SeekerHOST
But nature trumps nurture in this broomstick coaster ride as Nanny gets real-life experience raising a preteen girl, one who is determined to take her rightful place in the world.
SeekerHOST
After an eventful trip to Unseen University, Esk is literally laughed out of the hallowed university halls.
SeekerHOST
But Granny will not let Esk give up.
SeekerHOST
No apprentice of hers will be dismissed by a bunch of stuffy old wizards.
ToriGUEST
There's also the contrast between... uh, how the witches witching in general is viewed, um, in the Ram tops versus in on more pork.
ToriGUEST
Whereas, you know, in, uh, in badass being a witch is like, Oh, everybody respects granny and they, they fear granny and they do what she says.
ToriGUEST
Um, but then when you get to unseen university and all the men are like, well, yeah, but wizarding is so much better.
ToriGUEST
And, uh, which is, you know, perfectly respectable for those other people over there.
speaker_0HOST
Oh, absolutely terrifying.
speaker_0HOST
The chase leads them onto the roof of the magical Unseen University library during this massive crackling storm.
speaker_1HOST
The storm from the cover.
speaker_0HOST
Exactly.
Adam McNamaraPANELIST
Ah.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
Is there anything else you wanna do on this mountaintop before you return to the Unseen University?
Del BorovicPANELIST
Good, good job, guy.
Adam McNamaraPANELIST
Hey, thank you for helping.
Tyler HewittPANELIST
Yeah.
Adam McNamaraPANELIST
Really appreciate it.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
Um, with that, all of you pile back onto Binky, uh, and take off, uh, to return to Death, the Unseen University.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
Chapter eight.
Tom McGeeHOST
You're all back together, having successfully sent three assigned spirits on their way, which means that you've completed death's task, and now you simply need death to win chess.
Tom McGeeHOST
Is there anything else you want to do on this mountaintop before you return to the Unseen University?
Del BorovicPANELIST
Good job, Guy.
Guy BradfordPANELIST
Hey, thank you for helping.
speaker_17VOICE_ACTOR
Really appreciate
Tom McGeeHOST
it.
Tom McGeeHOST
With that, all of you pile back onto Binky and take off to return to Death, the Unseen University.
Tom McGeeHOST
Chapter 8 There aren't many who will speak of this particular day.
DaveHOST
So, yeah, it's just a case of you can do magic, but, yeah, consequences.
CathyHOST
You also need to be part of an organisation, and there's ten options, which is the City Watch, Unseen University, Assassin's Guild, Student of, Concerned Citizenry, Thieves Guild, Beggars Guild, The Times, Seamstress Guild, Fool's Guild, Visitors to Ankh-Morpork, which would be the main place you might be able to play a witch.
CathyHOST
Yes.
CathyHOST
But, yes.
LernerHOST
To understand that, we have to look at the spectacular dysfunction of the magical establishment.
LernerHOST
We have to travel from the soot-stained cellars of the alchemists to the hallowed, comfortable halls of unseen university.
speaker_1HOST
The premier college of wizardry.
LernerHOST
We are introduced to the leadership of this institution right as a fine film of plaster dust shaken loose by the alchemists' explosion drifts down onto heavy oak desk of Mustrum Ridcully, the newly appointed arch-chancellor.
13 MINS LATER
LernerHOST
And the idea immediately begins giving them their next set of orders.
LernerHOST
Silverfish looks at the smoky, cramped cellar and realizes they can't shoot their historical epics down here.
speaker_1HOST
The octocellulose requires massive amounts of bright, natural light, and they need clear skies, predictable weather, and most importantly, they need a location far away from the prying eyes of the unseen university wizards.
LernerHOST
Silverfish taps his chin and says he thinks he knows just the place, a deserted stretch of sand dunes on the coast.
Tom McGeeHOST
Uh, in any case, uh, you've been tasked with recruiting Death, uh, from the, the Discworld, apparently a character of some note, uh, from those stories, uh, to assist you in dealing with the Ghost Army, which, uh, Sir Christopher Lee has assured you is a problem you cannot handle on your own.
Tom McGeeHOST
Uh, and so it is you find yourselves in the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork, the, one of the, the, the more important cities in the Discworld.
Tom McGeeHOST
Uh, you are, for the, the four of you, um- ... sitting in a massive, uh, massive library space.
Tom McGeeHOST
Uh, the, the, all of the bookshelves are, uh, perhaps three or four levels higher than reasonable, uh, as you look at them.
13 MINS LATER
Tom McGeeHOST
Like, uh, like a regular customer who's too demanding.
Tom McGeeHOST
Um, and he, uh, just kinda, like, [laughs] kind of sassily pulls the book out and opens it, um, and, uh, looks down.
Tom McGeeHOST
Uh, and once a- he again, you hear a bong, uh, inside your heads, uh, as, as the, the other voice says, "It is not known whether the librarian of the Unseen University at Ankh-Morpork could read Elvish, from this world or any other.
Tom McGeeHOST
But having a strange new book from outside his system was certainly worth a look, and if he could look extra scholarly while doing it, all the better." Can I get, uh, given how confused you all look, can I please get, um, lore or history checks from you?
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
Always, always, always, uh, In any case, you've been tasked with recruiting death from the Discworld, apparently a character of some note from those stories, to assist you in dealing with the Ghost Army, which Sir Christopher Lee has assured you is a problem you cannot handle on your own.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
And so it is you find yourselves in the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork, one of the more important cities in the Discworld.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
You are, for the four of you, Sitting in a massive, massive library space, all of the bookshelves are perhaps three or four levels higher than reasonable as you look at them.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
They're all in beautiful ancient wood that could tell a tremendously good story if it hadn't been chopped down and refashioned into bookshelves.
13 MINS LATER
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
Like a regular customer who's too demanding.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
And he just kind of sassily pulls the book out and opens it and looks down.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
And once again, you hear a pong inside your heads as the other voice says, It is not known whether the librarian of the unseen university at Ankh-Morpork could read Elvish from this world or any other, but having a strange new book from outside his system was certainly worth a look, and if he could look extra scholarly while doing it, all the better.
Tom McGeeNARRATOR
Can I get, given how confused you all look, can I please get...