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THE CHANGE IN MEEpisode #41 MarkEpisode #41 Mark Worley Global Youth MinistriesGlobal Youth Ministry – Passionately equipping local youth leaders to raise the next generation of youth leaders for Christ worldwide.
2025-08-0712 min
Lax Locker Room with JuddyMark White (Maryland) - Ep 1 In our first ever episode I interview a true legend of the crease. A 2007 Under Armour All-American, a top 40 national recruit, a proud Maryland Terp, and also my uncle -- Mark White.
2025-07-3032 min
Head ShepherdThe Art of Angus breeding at Taimate Angus with Paul HickmanWe're sticking with cattle for one more week, and this time we have Paul Hickman from Taimate Angus on the show.Taimate is one of New Zealand's most respected cattle studs, and in this episode Paul shares the story of how the family farm has evolved since 1905 from running sheep studs, to now focusing solely on Angus cattle. Paul discusses the importance of structural strength in breeding, emphasising that it's not just about breeding values. Structure and phenotype still play a crucial role. Ferg and Paul also chat about Roy, a legendary Taimate bull, and h...
2025-05-1837 min
The Unofficial Sage Intacct PodcastFrom Transform to FutureMark Hickman, Managing Director of North America at Sage, joins the podcast to discuss the upcoming Sage Future event, which replaces the former Transform conference and is expected to draw over 5,000 attendees. Mark shares insights about exciting announcements coming to Sage Copilot, the expansion of Sage HR into the North American market, and teases game-changing developments that will be revealed at the event. SponsorsPayhawk - https://unsage.promo/payhawk(00:00) - Welcome to The Unofficial Sage Intacct Podcast
(01:01) - Special Guest Introduction: Mark Hickman
(01:45) - Mark Hickman's Background and Experience
(07:09) - Sage Future...
2025-05-1044 min
Love Your People PodcastHR's role in driving growth with Mark Hickman and Jerrold HillWhat does it take to align employee engagement with measurable business success? In this episode of the Love Your People Podcast, Mark Hickman, Chief Human Resources Officer at FirstBank, and Jerrold Hill, Vice President and Head of HR at Fiserv, share their transformative leadership journeys. Together, they explore how prioritizing people-first strategies not only enhances employee engagement but also delivers real business impact. Mark and Jerrold unpack actionable strategies like connecting frontline associates to the company mission, fostering emotional engagement, and leveraging feedback as a tool for growth. They also share real-world examples of leadership...
2025-01-2942 min
List EnvyTop 5 piano pop actsWhether you like to bash away at them or tickle them gently, you can get a lot of beautiful noise out of 88 keys.Jon Hickman rejoins Mark to discuss their top-5 piano pop ac.(00:00) - Cold open
(00:26) - Introduction
(00:47) - Jon’s pick: Billy Joel
(03:21) - Mark’s pick: Ben Folds (Five)
(15:28) - Jon’s pick: Regina Spektor
(19:12) - Mark’s pick: Elton John
(24:20) - Jon’s pick: Sean Smith
(31:14) - Mark’s pick: Muse
(35:42) - Jon’s pick: Keane
(41:12) - Mark’s pick: Stevie Wonder
(48:23) - Midamble
(50:41) - Building the final list
(53:23) - H...
2024-07-161h 00
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFriendshipMark, Danny and the Jons round out the second and final full season of Beware of the Leopard with a discussion on friendship, the spaceships it powers, and the capitalist hellscapes it smashes.Find us all on the Internet: Jon BoundsJon HickmanDanny SmithMark SteadmanConsume our things:Buy Danny's bookBuy Birmingham: It's Not Shit, the bookListen to Mark's daily podcastThank you for sharing, and we hope you enjoyed.
2023-12-281h 02
CaropopJohnny Hickman (Cracker)Johnny Hickman has provided “bonehead guitar riffs,” memorable songs and a spark-plug energy to Cracker since the band debuted more than 30 years ago. Hickman and primary singer-songwriter David Lowery already were friends from Redlands, Calif., when Lowery called him after the implosion of his band Camper Van Beethoven. The ever-lively Hickman digs into the bounty of riffs, hooks and wit that went into Cracker’s self-titled debut album, which includes “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now).” How did the band raise the bar with Kerosene Hat, propelled by the hits “Low” and “Get Off This?” Why did the formidable rhythm...
2023-08-241h 26
The Competitive Edge Podcast: Fatherhood | Fitness | FocusEP 22 | Mark Gaudet: Father of 3 Boys / Spartan World Champion & Deka World Record-Holder / Improvements Snow Ball FAST!Welcome back to the competitive edge podcast, I’m your host, Daniel Hickman.. where fathers learn from fathers to sharpen their competitive edge as an athlete and in life! This is Episode 22 today, with an amazing runner and dad athlete of 3 boys (ages 1, 6, and 9). Mr. Mark Gaudet lives in Colorado Springs, CO, he is 37 years old and is in Active Duty as an Infantry Officer for US Army. 2021 Spartan Ultra World Champion, Dekafit Team Relay world record holder, and 2nd Place 2022 World’s Toughest Mudder What are your biggest accompl...
2023-05-281h 00
COHORT WCW5 Mark Hickman, Chief Warrant Officer of the AG CorpsEpisode 16 features a discussion with CW5 Mark Hickman, the Chief Warrant Officer of the US Army Adjutant General’s (AG) Corps. Mark shares tremendous insight from a career that has spanned decades and weathered the challenge of technological advancement. Mark spends time talking about the recent active release of the Integrated Personnel and Pay System (IPPS-A). Finally, the Chief Warrant Officer of the AG Corps shares thoughts on leadership that anyone, regardless of their area of specialty, can apply to the benefit of their organization. Theme music (intro and outtro) composed by SFC(R) Joshua DiStefano. https://joshdistefano.com/
2022-12-2327 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E09 - filmmaker Mark Pellington (Going All the Way, Survive, Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Mark Pellington (Going All the Way, Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies, Survive).
Pellington discusses his work turning the short form series Survive, produced for the now defunct Quibi, into a long form film, as well as the upcoming video release of his first feature film, Going All the Way starring Ben Affleck, Rose McGowan, Jeremy Davies and Rachel Weisz in November. Additionally he gives us a look into the art he's been enjoying lately.
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2022-10-0732 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastThe Hitchhiker's Guide to BooksChildren's books, Vogon poetry, dictionaries, ghost-writing, and choose-your-own adventures. All this, plus Jack the Ripper, sitcom reimaginings, David Williams, some news of our own, and the derivation of the term "Dirty Bristow".LinksSubscribe to our newsletterFollow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterThe notorious Emma WrightLeave us a review on Apple Podcasts
2022-09-0848 min
The Friday HabitEpisode 100 - Our Favorite Episodes So FarWe're celebrating 100 episodes of The Friday Habit with a look back at Mark and Ben's top favorite episodes so far. Thank you to everyone who has listened and learned alongside of us! We're looking forward to the next 100!Ben's Favorite Episodes:1. Episode #21: Morning Rituals for a Better Life2. Episodes #62-63: How to Live Every Day Like It's Friday with Mark Labriola IIEpisode 62: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-friday-habit/id1495985093?i=1000515445923Episode 63: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-friday-habit/id1495985093?i=10005163912403. #23-24: Productize Your...
2022-08-2623 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastThe Hitchhiker's Guide to HolidaysSummer flings on Bethselamin, camping holidays in pissing Southport, the Holiday Theory of Relativity, and the inevitable books that followed on from Veet Voojagig's classic about Biros. All of this, plus the question: Zaphod Beeblebrox – sexist bully or scoundrel of his time?Listener Gemma's podcastsWhat’s in the tea? A Dollhouse re-watchSleep Minute — Dreams & The Science of SleepLinksSubscribe to our newsletterFollow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterThe notorious Emma WrightLeave us a review on Apple Podcasts
2022-08-0450 min
Mark Hummel's Harmonica PartySpecial Guest: Anson FunderburghMark and Anson talk about meeting BB King and playing with Delbert McClinton, Boz Scaggs, and Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge.
Funderburgh was born in Plano, Texas, United States. Anson was with The Bee's Knees in 1976 and recorded "Cold Hearted Woman". In 1977 the Rockets began with Anson, Mark Hickman on Fender bass, David Watson on drums and vocalist Darrell Nulisch. In 1981, Funderburgh released the Rockets' debut album Talk to You By Hand from New Orleans, Louisiana based Black Top Records. The band consisted of Anson, with Darrell Nulisch on vocals and harmonica. The album included a cover version of...
2022-07-3157 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E02 - Coda Collection's Creative Director Greg Kot (Taylor Hawkins, Mark Lanegan, Lollapalooza, Sound Opinions)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Greg Kot, creative director of The Coda Collection, a streaming music film channel available for Apple, Android and more.
Kot, the former Chicago Tribune music critic and current co-host, along with Jim DeRogatis, of the music-focused radio show Sound Opinions, discusses his role at The Coda Collection. He also discusses the recent deaths of musicians Mark Lanegan and Taylor Hawkins, as well as the upcoming music festival season, how he keeps up with current music and being an active part of...
2022-04-0837 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E06 - Interview with musician Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Mark Lanegan)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, R.E.M., Tuatara) about his path towards becoming a Zen monk, Buddhism and the state of the music industry.
Martin also touches on his time in alternative era bands Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Tuatara and as part of R.E.M. - including his decision to decline taking over for original member Bill Berry. He also reflects on some of the friends he lost and confirms that he and fellow Screaming Trees m...
2022-02-0757 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastChristmas in the ShackOne of the many major problems with producing podcasts is that of who you get to do it, or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarise: it is a well-known and much limited fact that those people who most want to produce podcasts are ipso facto those lists duty to do it. To summarise the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made a podcast producer should a no account be allowed to do the job. To summarise the summary of the summary: people are a problem....
2021-12-2420 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastProductivityMark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to getting it all done.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given topic, in the style of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the book with the large friendly letters on the cover. Our thanks to Emma Wright (@editorialgirl) for being the voice of the Guide.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the Outpost
2021-10-141h 04
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastSleepMark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to getting a good night's rest.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given topic, in the style of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the book with the large friendly letters on the cover. Our thanks to Emma Wright (@editorialgirl) for being the voice of the Guide.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the Outpost
2021-06-171h 02
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastTowel Day 2021To commemorate Towel Day 2021, Mark, Danny, and the Jons present the worst bits of Beware of the Leopard. These are all the bits that are normally cut from the main body of the episode and shoved to the back, to sit in shame and think about what they did. Now we're bringing them out into the light for you to judge, share, and hopefully on some level, enjoy.New episode coming in the next couple of weeks, promise.
2021-05-2543 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E05 - Interview with chef Mark Steuer (Chicago's Michelin rated Funkenhausen)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Mark Steuer, chef/owner of Chicago's Michelin Bib Gourmand rated Funkenhausen. Steuer discusses the restaurant's past year struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as his own rollercoaster ride personally.
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2021-04-3033 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastBirthdays and ageingMark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to getting on in years.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given topic, in the style of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the book with the large friendly letters on the cover. Our thanks to Emma Wright (@ editorialgirl ) for being the voice of the Guide.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the Outpost
2021-04-011h 02
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastDon't Panic! It's Christmas!Mark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Christmas and the new year.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given topic, in the style of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the book with the large friendly letters on the cover. Our thanks to Emma Wright (@ editorialgirl ) for being the voice of the Guide.Also in this episode, the panel show us their baubles, and try and find something to hope for in 2021.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on T...
2020-12-2448 min
After Hours Entrepreneur with Mark SavantGrow your Agency and Client List | Greg Hickman#63: If you're launching or scaling an agency, you realize there are many challenges to overcome.Greg Hickman quit his corporate job and grown his agency to over 6 figures monthly. Today, he's giving away his best secrets from marketing to automation. Take your agency to the next level with Greg's mastermind community at AltAgency.comhttps://altagency.com/mwGet more FREE content on YouTube HERE!_____________________________________________🗞️ Newsletter: www.aiupdate.ai🚀 Get more leads with YouTube: www.ma...
2020-12-1634 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastThe Don't Panic guide to musicMark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to music.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given topic, in the style of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the book with the large friendly letters on the cover. Our thanks to Emma Wright (@ editorialgirl ) for being the voice of the Guide.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the Outpost
2020-12-101h 05
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastDon't Panic! goes back to schoolMark, Danny, and the Jons present their Hitchhiker’s Guide entries on a return to school, including the long dark teatime of the soul, robot school, so-called non-subjects, and homework.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the Outpost
2020-11-121h 02
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastThe Don't Panic guide to sportMark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to sport, with contributions on politics and PE, and a host of alien sporting activities sure to become major hits on Earth.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given topic, in the style of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the book with the large friendly letters on the cover. Our thanks to Emma Wright (@ editorialgirl ) for being the voice of the Guide.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterLeave us a...
2020-08-0652 min
The Friday HabitProductize Your Business With Greg Hickman - Part 2We pick back up mid-conversation with Greg Hickman on this episode of The Friday Habit. He is talking about how agencies and businesses that function mostly in the full-service space spend too much time and energy thinking that the grass is greener on the DIY side of things, and vice versa. Ultimately, your best bet is to find a sweet spot right in the middle and then branch out in either direction to have multiple income streams and a variety of clients. He describes this as a ladder with one-to-one higher-cost product offerings at the top and several rungs...
2020-07-1021 min
The Friday HabitProductize Your Business With Greg Hickman - Part 1Our guest on this episode of The Friday Habit is Greg Hickman, founder of Alt Agency. Greg graduated from a small liberal arts college and earned a business management degree, then joined one of his classmates at a big brand agency as a project manager. Working with all departments at the agency really helped give him a good understanding of the design process and working with clients. Before long, he decided to go out on his own to help personal brands sell their courses and develop sales funnels, eventually providing full-service automation. This experience helped him realize t...
2020-07-0327 min
The Pink Pop Box Podcast with Tony and MarkThe Pink Pop Box with Tony and Mark - X Marks the SpotEver since Jonathan Hickman took over the X-Men Universe, comic fandom has been all a flutter. Some love it and some hate it. Now you get to hear what Tony and Mark think of Johnathan Hickman's new X-Men Universe in X Marks The Spot
2020-06-2400 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastTowel Day 2020Join Mark, Jon, Jon and Danny as they play Podcast Day, the text adventure game written by Mark.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the OutpostPlay Podcast Day
2020-05-251h 23
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastThe Dont Panic Guide to the COVID-19 pandemicJoin Mark, Danny and the Jons as they tackle the fiddly social issues that arise from living through a global pandemic.Each panelist – including Mark – was tasked with writing an entry for an updated version of the Hitchhiker’s Guide. Jon Hickman wrote his on virtual meetings, Bounder went Marxist, Danny tackled isolation and Mark wrote about panic.The team also share their tips for surviving the apocalypse, whether or not you happen to know where your towel is.Stay safe, stay indoors, listen to podcasts.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bo...
2020-04-101h 03
List EnvyTop 5 films about computersMark is joined by podcaster and self-confessed computer nerd Nick Moreton, to talk about films where people talk about mainframes and UNIX systems.There are quite a few swears in this episode, and more than a little discussion about a mutual friend, co-host of Nick’s podcast and Mark’s, and previous List Envy guest, Jon Hickman.(00:00) - Introduction
(10:20) - Nick's pick: Hackers
(16:26) - Mark's pick: The Matrix
(21:44) - Nick's pick: The Social Network
(26:16) - Mark's pick: Existenz
(30:18) - Nick's pick: The Internet's Own Boy
(33:30) - Mark's pick: The Net
(37:40) - Nick's pick: Wrec...
2020-03-101h 04
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast42nd anniversary specialJoin Mark, Danny and the Jons as they recap what they’ve been up to since our last full episode, say goodbye to a fellow Hitchhiker and Adamsify a piece of existing pop culture.How we picked up HitchhikersWe Apologise for the Inconvenience, by Mark GriffithsStephen Moore on IMDbMarvin the Paranoid AndroidPodcast Day: the text adventure gameMark on Podcast Radio Hour
2020-03-0846 min
List EnvyTop 5 things we’re leaving behindFellow podcaster Jon Hickman joins Mark to cast aside things from our adolescence that we can get by just as well without.Jon co-hosts the hilarious and often genuinely moving – no pun intended — fitness, running and tech podcast You Don’t Look Like a Runner with Nick Moreton, and Thread with Mark.(00:00) - Introduction
(04:58) - Jon's pick: Kevin Smith movies
(15:36) - Mark's pick: Smash Mouth
(23:28) - Jon's pick: Pop charts
(28:44) - Mark's pick: Bill Hicks
(37:58) - Jon's pick: Graham Linehan
(42:20) - Mark's pick: American Beauty
(50:42) - Jon's pick: Cheeky Nando's'
(55:02) - Mark's pick: The ch...
2019-11-261h 09
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastThe question to the ultimate answerJoin Mark, Danny and the Jons as they attempt to solve the world’s problems and make it a good and happy place. Jon Hickman turns to pop culture, Danny says it’s all about kindness, Jon Bounds has a 19th century German philosopher to thank, and Mark’s solution, unsurprisingly, involves a lot of talking.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on TwitterLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the OutpostYou Don’t Look Like a Runner — Jon Hickman’s running podcastThread — Mark and Jon Hickman’s other podcastDan...
2019-04-181h 21
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Zaphod Beeblebrox to ZentalquabulaJoin Mark and the Jons as they finish up the last of the Zs in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Zaphod BeeblebroxZaphod Beeblebrox is – or was – President of the Imperial Galactic Government. His favourite mother is Alice Beeblebrox, of 108 Astral Cresent, Zoofroozelchester, Betelgeuse V.Zaphod’s great grandfather is Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth. He grew an extra arm for Trillian, which took him six months.ZarniwoopHidden away in a pocket universe, and played by Jonathan Price, Zarniwoop is the guy who concocte...
2019-04-1140 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom the Wormhole Disco to the Zansellquasure Flamarion Bridge ClubJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they saunter into the Z section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Wormhole DiscoThe place Zaphod and Roosta transport themselves to is the Wormhole Disco, which might as well have been called the Placeholder Club. In this disco there are nozels on the wall that spray the smell of hot sweat over everything, and the place is packed with dancing robots.Wowbagger the Infinitely ProlongedWowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged was – indeed, is – one of the Universe’s very small nu...
2019-04-0447 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom wave harmonic theory to the Wise Old BirdJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the W section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Wave harmonic theory of historical perceptionReason not withstanding, the universe continues unabated. Its history is terribly long and awfully difficult to understand, even in its simpler moments which are, roughly speaking, the beginning and the end. The wave harmonic theory of historical perception, in its simplest form, states that history is an illusion caused by the passage of time, and that time is an illusion caused by the passage of history. It also st...
2019-03-2852 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Vogons to WalkmansJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the V section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Vogon constructor fleetsHere is what to do if you want to get a lift from a Vogon: forget it. They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy – not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn’t even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public...
2019-03-2152 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom the Uncertain Areas to VodJoin Mark and the Jons as they traverse the V section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, with a quick final stop-off at U.Uncertain Areas“Wild horses thundered through the sky taking fresh supplies of reinforced railings to the Uncertain Areas”. That’s a line from the popular book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to teh Galaxy, and it describes a thing that happens aboard the starship Heart of Gold, when Ford andn Arthur are brought on-board.Ursa MinorUrsa Minor Beta is, some say, one of the...
2019-03-1439 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Tri-D to TurlingdromeJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they clear the T section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Tri-DTri-D is Adams’ allusion to some sort of 3D TV, and is distinct from Five-D, the sub-etha, the Sense-o-Tape, the Hall of Informational Illusions and whatever other technology he created to show things to characters.Triganic PuThe Triganic Pu is a form of galactic currency. Its exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six...
2019-03-0741 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Thor to Transtellar Cruise LinesJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the T section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Tea and DouglasWhat JB said about kettles isn’t entirely inaccurate, according to an American friend of Mark’s, who also has a lovely story to tell about Douglas Adams.ThorThor is a thunder god. Arthur picks a fight with him over Trillian at an airborne party.Time Traveller’s Handbook of 1001 Tense FormationsOne of the major problems encountered in time tra...
2019-02-2843 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom sun diving to Terry JonesJoin Mark and the Jons as they traverse the [letter] section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Sun diveHotblack Deseato’s band has a completely black stunt ship that dives into the sun on Kakrafoon, as part of the climax of a gig.Susan SheridanSusan Sheridan played Trillian in the radio series. She died in 2015, but had a good career as a voice actor with credits including Budgie the Little Helecopter and Jimbo(a personal favourite). We’re going to talk about Trillian in a f...
2019-02-2140 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Strags to the Sub-Etha Sens-o-MaticJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.StragA strag is a non-hitchhiker. Given that we’ve discussed the idea of the hitchhiker as a class of person,Strangulous Stilettans of JajazikstakThe Strangulous Stilettans of Jajazikstak are mortal enemies of the Silastic Armourfiends of Striterax.Strateej-o-MatThe Strateej-o-Mat is a strategy aparatus on the Grebulon ship, that will only follow the commnads of the Chief Strategic Officer.St...
2019-02-1435 min
Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom SrDt 3454 to Stephen MooreJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. We dedicate this episode to Jeremy Hardy, who died last week.The Great Ventilation and Telephone Riots of SrDt 3454These riots led to three important events, which we’ll go through in turn, but it’s basically all the fault of a ventilation system called the Breathe-o-Smart, which was absolutely guaranteed to never, ever, ever, go wrong; so much so that the company demanded all customers seal shut all the windows in buildings that used it. So...
2019-02-0742 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Slim’s Throat Emporium to SqornshellousJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they continue with the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Slim’s Throat EmporiumSlim’s Throat Emporium is a bar Ford and Hotblack Desiato used to crash, pretending to be health inspectors.Slo-TimeThe planet of Krikkit was to be enclosed for perpetuity in an envelope of Slo-Time, inside which life would continue almost infinitely slowly. All light would be deflected round the envelope so that it would remain invisible and impenetrable. Escape from the envelope would be utterly impossible unless...
2019-01-3137 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Striterax to SlartibartfastMark and the Jons are back off their Christmas break and ready to continue through the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Silastic Armorfiends of StriteraxThe best way to pick a fight with a Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax was just to be born. They didn’t like it, they got resentful. And when an Armorfiend got resentful, someone got hurt.They were the first race who ever managed to shock a computer. The computer in question was Hactar, and they commissioned him to build an ultimate weapon, which almo...
2019-01-2449 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast2018 Christmas specialJoin Mark, Danny and the Jons as they ring in 2019 with a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy pub quiz, in which every single round – every single one – is completely and 100% to do with the Douglas Adams sci-fi universe.
2018-12-271h 07Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Sens-o-Tape to the Siderial Daily MentionerJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they continue traversing the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Sens-o-TapeSens-o-Tape is another piece of VR equipment. In the first book, Arthur gets strapped into a machine that shows him how the Magratheans discovered the Ultimate Answer.Sesefras MagnaSesefras Magna is a planet around which Ford is orbiting when he hooks up a ship to the Speaking Clock on Earth, and where Xaxisians dock their battle fleet. Its sun is Zondostina, known to Sesefrasians as Pleiades Zeta. Orbiting the pl...
2018-12-2035 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Saquo-Pilia Hensha to Sector ZZ9 Plural Z AlphaJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Saquo-Pilia HenshaKing Antwelm made a famous assumption that what everybody wanted, all other things being equal, was to be happy and enjoy themselves and have the best possible time together. On his death he had willed his entire personal fortune to financing an annual festival to remind everyone of this, with lots of good food and dancing and very silly games like Hunt the Wocket. His Assumption had been such a brilliantly good one that he...
2018-12-1333 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast52: From Rula Lenska to Santraginus VJoin Mark and the Jons as they finish up the R section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and make a move on the Ss.
Rula Lenska
Rula Lenska plays Lintilla and her clones, and the Guide in bird form in the radio series.
Russell
Russell is Fenchurch’s brother. To Arthur’s mind, the name Russell always suggested burly men with blond moustaches and blow-dried hair, who would at the slightest provocation start wearing velvet tuxedos and frilly shirtfronts and would then have to be for...
2018-12-0644 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast51: From reverse temporal engineering to RoostaJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the R section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Reverse temporal engineering
Reverse temporal engineering is a new technology of “unfiltered perception”, which is a marvellous way of making anything you want to have happen, happen, without all that tedious mucking about with probability drives or Italian waiters.
Danny, is there a name for the kind of thing you add to a sci-fi or fantasy universe that can just solve any problem? Is it a deus ex machina or is that someth...
2018-11-2937 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast50: Loose tiles vol 1Mark and Jon Hickman welcome Danny back to the Leopard with an episode in which we pull out random letters from the Scrabble bag. Warning: your mother would not approve of you listening to this episode.
We discuss feedback from Twitter and email, educate Danny on the Baby Shark phenomenon, learn more about the Mandela effect, and Jon continues to make fun of Mark for liking heavily-detailed Swedish crime-fiction.
We also look into staffing and casting a hypothetical Random Dent TV series, Jon reads some spam and Mark talks about being scared by VR.
2018-11-2236 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast49: From the Radiophonic Workshop to Reg NullifyJoin Mark and the Jons as they continue through the R section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Radiophonic Workshop
The Radiopohinc Workshop was a BBC department that mae music and noises for BBC programmes, originally for radio and then for TV too. Arguably their most famous contribution is the Doctor Who theme. They were formed in 1958 and carried on for another 40 years until John Birt, the then Director General shut them down as they weren’t profitable enough.
Random Dent
Random Dent is Arthur’s daug...
2018-11-1537 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast48: From President Vranx to radiation swampsJoin Mark and the Jons as they finish up the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and get into some Rs.
President Yooden Vranx
President Yooden Vranx was Zaphod’s predecessor. It was his idea to steal the Heart of Gold. but… was it?
Probability
The guide says that if you hold a lungful of air you can survive in the total vacuum of space for about thirty seconds, but the chances of getting picked up by another ship within that timeframe are two to...
2018-11-0840 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast47: From politics to Pralite monksJoin Mark and the Jons as they traverse the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Politics
The Jons explain why David Icke is like a British Rail sandwich, and that lizards eat babies.
Pondermatic
The Pondermatic is another computer not as smart as Deep Thought, who in fact called it a “cybernetic simpleton”.
Poodoo
Poodoo is an executive from the company that built the cloning machines that created the hundreds of millions of Lintilla clones we meet on Bro...
2018-11-0144 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastLive at the Birmingham Podcast FestivalJon Bounds, Jon Hickman, Danny Smith and Mark Steadman meetup in real life to discuss their favourite characters, put the Guide on shuffle mode and drink a homemade pangalactic gargleblaster.Huge thanks to everyone who came to see us record, to Elle for holding the mic for Danny, and to the Mockingbird Cinema for having us.
2018-07-1252 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast45: From Philip Pope to PoghrilJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they continue traversing the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Philip Pope
Philip Pope recorded a character voice in the Starship Titanic video game, wrote the Krikkit song and voiced one of the masters of Krikkit in the radio series. He’s also partly-responsible - along with Richard Curtis - for a pitch-perfect BeeGees parody.
Photon-ajuitar
The photon-ajuitar is a musical instrument, with a keyboard.
Pikka birds
Pikka birds live on Lamu...
2018-06-2839 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastTowel Day special - Part 2Join Mark, Danny and Jon Bounds as they play through as much of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game as they could. Spoiler: it’s still not much.
This was recorded live on Friday 25th May 2018, for Towel Day.
2018-06-2151 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast43: From Paul McCartney to the Phargilor KangarooJoin Mark and the Jons as they traverse the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Paul McCartney
In Life, the Universe and Everything, we’re treated to Adams’ thoughts on Paul McCartney. One of his little one-liners, in reference to a tune being sung on Krikkit is “Arthur could almost imagine Paul McCartney sitting with his feet up by the fire one evening, humming it to Linda and wondering what to buy with the proceeds”.
Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings
Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings is from Es...
2018-06-1437 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast41: From Oolon Colluphid to partiesJoin Mark and the Jons as they traverse the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and take a sneaky pitstop at O.
Oolon Colluphid
Oolon Colluphid is the author of heretical works of non-fiction. We’ve covered many of his books already, but titles include Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes and Who is this God Person Anyway?
Orion Beta
Orion Beta is noted for its madronite mining belts, where Ford learned to play a drinking game involving teleke...
2018-06-0737 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastTowel Day special - Part 1Join Mark, Danny and Jon Bounds as they play through as much of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game as they could. Spoiler: it's not much.
This was recorded live on Friday 25th May 2018, for Towel DAy.
2018-05-311h 08Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast38: From mice to Murray Bost HensonJoin Mark, Jon and Jon as they traverse the M section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Mice
Trillian - remember her? - kept some pet mice, who turned out to be the most intelligent beings on earth. We still don't know what species they are when they're not projecting themselves as little furry cratures with a cheese fixation.
Milliard Gargantubrain
The Milliard Gargantubrain is a super-computer from Maximegalon which can count all the atoms in a star in a millisecond.
Milliways
2018-05-1737 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast37: From matter transference to memory dumpsJoin Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the M section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Matter transference beams
Ford and Arthur are teleported from the smouldering remains of the Earth to the Vogon ship, via a matter transference beam. A song that regularly used to be chanted by huge crowds outside the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Teleport Systems factory on Happi-Werld III goes "If you have to take me apart to get me there, then I don't want to go".
Max Quordlepleen
Max Quordlepleen is...
2018-05-1037 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast36: From Majikthise to MarvinJoin Danny, Jon and Mark as they barrel through the M section of the Guide.
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2018-05-0337 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast35: From logic to MagratheaDanny joins Mark and Jon Bounds to discuss crisps, Sundays and Zeno’s paradox. It’s all in the L section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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2018-04-2637 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast34: From Lazlar Lyricon to LintillaMark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to work through some more of the L section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Lazlar Lyricon
Lazlar Lyricon is a customiser of space craft to the staggeringly wealthy. He customised the Disaster Area’s limo, and is said, by Ford Prefect, to have “no shame”.
Lazlar Lyricon also leant its name to a convention of Hitchhiker’s fans. The first was in our home city of Birmingham, and there’s a link in the show notes to an episode of Saturday...
2018-04-1934 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast33: From Krikkit to LamuellaMark and Danny Smith are joined by Jon Hickman to finish up the K section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and tackle a couple of important Ls.
Krikkit
Of all the races on the Galaxy, only the English could possibly revive the memory of the most horrific wars ever to sunder the Universe and transform it into what is generally regarded as an incomprehensibly dull and pointless game.
L Prosser
Mr L Prosser is 40, fat and shabby. He works for the local council, and is...
2018-04-1231 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast31: From Juju-flop to Know-Nothing-BozoMark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to continue pawing through the J section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Juju-flop
When in a national speech, the financial minister of the Royal World Estate of Qualvista said that the economy had now arrived at “one whole juju-flop situation”, everyone was so pleased he felt able to come out and say it, that they quite failed to notice that their five-thousand-year-old civilisation had just collapsed overnight.
Jynnan tonnyx
It is a curious fact that someth...
2018-04-0534 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast30: From Jaglan Beta to Judiciary PagMark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to continue pawing through the J section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Jaglan Beta
Jaglan Beta is second out from the star Jaglan, near the Axle Nebula (and no, Jon, this isn’t a real place). We know three things about it: it has cold moons so it’s useful to wrap a towel around you to keep you warm, Ford once saw a star buggy smash into its third moon, and there’s a song called “I Left My Leg in Jaglan...
2018-03-2240 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast29: From the Imperial Galaxy to IslingtonMark and Danny Smith are joined by Jon Hickman to continue pawing through the H section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide.
Imperial Galaxy
In the last moments of his dying coma, the hereditary Emperor of the Galaxy was locked in a statis field which kept him in a state of perpetual unchangingness. All his heirs are now long dead, and this has meant that without any drastic political upheaval, power simply and effectively moved a rung or two down the ladder, and is now seen to be vested in a body which used to...
2018-03-1535 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast28: From human beings to the Ident-i-EezeMark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to continue pawing through the H section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide.
Human beings
One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about human beings was their habit of continually stating and repeating the obvious, as in “It’s a nice day”, or “You’re very tall”, or “Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you alright?”
Hunt the Wocket
A game played on one of the worlds the Guide settles on...
2018-03-0840 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast27: From the Hooloovoo to HrundiMark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to continue pawing through the H section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide.
Hooloovoo
A super-intelligent shade of the color blue
Hoopy
A person who is hoopy, or posesses the property of hoopiness is a “really together guy”. I feel like I meet hoopy people from time to time, and I’m never quite sure how to recover.
Horse & Groom
Arthur’s local pub on Earth, in which hung for many years a battered o...
2018-03-0136 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast26: From Hastromil to Hig HurtenflirstMark and Danny Smith are joined by Jon Hickman to continue working thorugh the H section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide.
Hastromil
A star system we can see disappear into the black void of space, at Milliways.
Hawalius
A planet of soothsayers.It’s where Arthur met the old woman who lives in a cave, and the man on a pole when he seeks guidence.
Heart of Gold
The starship Heart of Gold is a beautiful ship, shaped like a running shoe...
2018-02-2231 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast25: From Hactar to the Happy Vertical People TransportersMark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to start work on the H section of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers’ universe.
Hactar
Hactar is the first computer ever to be shocked. The Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax disintegrated it into dust, but it still functioned, slowly. In the radio series, he was played by Leslie Philips.
Haggunenons
The Haggunenons of Vicissitus Three have the most impatient chromosomes in the Galaxy. Whereas most races are content to evolve slowly and carefully over thousands of generations, discarding a prehensile toe here...
2018-02-1538 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast24: From the Grebulons to the G’GugvunttsMark and Jon Bounds are joined by Jon Hickman to finish rattling through the Gs, including a stop off at the Guide, and some very special found poetry.
Grebulons
The Grebulons were awoken from hyperspace sleep with no memories, after a meteorite struck their ship. They are thin and, under domestic lighting conditions, a sort of dim purplish green. They settled on a moon orbiting Pluto, and monitored Earth, believing astrology to be an exact science.
Grunthos the Flatulent
Grunthos the Flatulent is a Krian poet; the...
2018-02-0846 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast23: From Golgafrincham to the greater drubbered wintwockMark and Danny are joined by Jon Hickman to discuss who should end up on the B Ark and understand impossible sentences.
Golgafrincham Ark Fleet
A fictional fleet of ships, invented to allow the inhabitants of Golgafrincham to rid themselves of an entire useless third of their population.
Googleplex Starthinker
A super-computer from the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity, with the ability to calculate the trajectory of every single dust particle during a five-week Dangrabad Beta sand blizzard.
It was deemed, by Deep Thought...
2018-02-0132 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast22: From Geoffrey McGivern to Gogrilla MincefriendThe team are back for 2018, and continuing their mission to explore the Hitchhiker’s Guide universe in alphabetical order. This week, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds tackle the G section, and we reveal the results of our Hypothetical Slarti poll.
Geoffrey McGivern
In his time on the radio series, he’s played Ford Prefect, Deep Thought, a Frogstar robot, the Heart of Gold ventilation system, and a priest on Brontitall. He’s subsequently gone on to a successful career in TV, playing bit parts in scores of shows.
Geoffrey Perkins...
2018-01-2537 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast21: S01E01 watch-alongIn a sort-of belated Christmas special, the full panel of Danny, the Jons and Mark watch series 1, episode 1 of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy TV show, and invite you to watch along.
The episode is available legally and for free courtesy of archive.org.
Cue the episode up, and when you hear Mark count up from three - or is it down from three? - hit Play. Now and again there’ll be a moment to pause, and if you’re playing the drinking game, see how far into the episode you get before...
2018-01-021h 09Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast20: From the Gagrakacka Mind Zones to Genuine People PersonalitiesMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order. As well as the usual affair, we submit to yuletide cheer and discuss Christmas in the Hitchhiker’s universe.
Gagrakacka Mind Zones
The place Disaster Area come from. In other news, we discuss what a mind zone is.
Gail Andrews
A famous astrologer, who was berated by Tricia McMillan on TV, but who was gracious enough to come and see her, to find...
2017-12-2139 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast19: From Fortillian Bantoburn O'Perfluous to the Fulornis Fire DragonMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Fortillian Bantoburn O’Perfluous
The BarBot of the Starship Titanic, played by Dermot Crowley (from Luther, among other things). In the game, he mixes your character a bizarre cocktail that ends up helping to fix the ship. Here, Danny runs the team through some working class cocktails.
Frastra
Where they say “life begins at 40,000 degrees”. This planet has fire storms, and an equable...
2017-12-1438 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast18: From Flolloping to Ford PrefectMark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Flollop
Flolloping is a way of moving that only a matress can do. In a sort-of Meaning of Liff kind of way, I wondered if you two had any similarly onomatopoeic terms for movement. The panel shares their favourite onomatopoeic words.
Flying
There is an art, the guide says, or rather a knack to flying, which lies in learning how to throw yo...
2017-12-0739 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast17: From the Fire Mountains of Frazfraga to the Flex-o-PanelMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Fire Mountains of Frazfraga
We don’t know much about the Fire Mountains of Frazfraga, except that it’s not a hospitable location for a Silastic Armorfiend of Striterax. The panel discusses the most inhospitable places they’ve been to.
Five-D
5D TV is, we can only assume, two better than Tri-D, which we’ll no doubt cover when we get to the Ts. Fo...
2017-11-3034 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast16: From the Evildrome Boozarama to FinlonMark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Evildrome Boozarama
The Evildrome Boozarama is a bar Ford and Hotblack used to crash, pretending to be health inspectors. Here, Danny and Jon share some stomach-turning foodie tales.
Fallian marsh gas
When mixing a Pangalactic Gargleblaster, one should allow four litres of Falian marsh gas to bubble through, “in memory of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the Mars...
2017-11-2336 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast14: From the earth to the electronic thumbMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Earth
Earth is a planet that was destroyed five minutes before the result of the most important experiment in the universe was revealed. The team examines the possibility that we’re living in a simulation, but maybe not a good one. Here’s Jon Hickman’s Tesco ad generator, by way of example.
Eccentrica Gallumbits
Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon VI is a...
2017-11-0937 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast13: From dogs to Douglas AdamsMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Warning: This episode contains lots of swearing and sex talk.
Dogs
Arthur makes a passing reference to having a dog in the second radio episode, and the first book. So the panel asks “where’s Arthur’s dog?”
Dolphins
Dolphins are the second most intelligent species on earth, but did you know just how kinky they are? Danny reveals all.
D...
2017-11-0236 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast12: From the Definit-Kil to Dire StraitsMark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Definit-Kil photrazon cannon
A Vogon weapon, and an excuse for us to talk about firing guns and nihilism.
Dentrassis
The best cooks and _the _ best drinks mixers, and they don’t give a wet slap about anything else. The team discusses their favourite ways of annoying Vogons.
The Digital Village
The company that renamed to H2G2...
2017-10-2436 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast11: From Cruxwan University to Deep ThoughtMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Cruxwan University
The seat of learning that was attended by Vroomfondel. We discuss whether Cruxwan would be a redbrick uni or a former polytechnic.
D’Astragar ‘d’Astragaaar d’Astragar
The Maitre d’Bot of the Starship Titanic, voiced by Philip Pope (who also voices the lift).
Damogran
A planet 500,000 light years from our sun, made up of lots o...
2017-10-1935 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast10: From Colin to cowsMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Colin
Colin is a delightful, and constantly delighted little security robot captured by Ford. The team discusses whether such a hack job could work on Marvin.
CompuTeach
Another computerised device that can also be made happy. The CompuTeach educates listeners to the radio series about the Shoe Event Horizon.
Cosmovid, Thinkpix and Home Brain Box
Three su...
2017-10-1233 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast9: From the Campaign for Real Time to the Cloudworlds of YagaMark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This episode has some bad language.
Campaign for Real Time
Danny shares his story of getting his chest waxed at a Twitter-based charity event.
Cathedral of Chalesm
In memories of this lost cathedral, the team discusses things they’ve lost.
Celestial Homecare Omnibus
Here the team discuss how-to books and YouTube videos. “Go ahead and” enjoy this cha...
2017-10-0534 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast8: From Brantisvogan to CaliforniaMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.
Brantisvogan
A many-faceted place where banking and bureaucracy happens. Also yes, Mark is aware he pronounced amoeboids with a G. That’s how they pronounce it on Brantisvogan.
The Frood: The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Brockian Ultra Cricket
Jon Bounds presents his rules for what can be considered a sport...
2017-09-2834 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast7: From Bistro Illegal to body debitsMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This episode has bad language in it from the start.
Bistro Illegal
This is a bar Ford and Hotblack used to crash, pretending to be health inspectors, and a chance for Danny to share a story of impersonating a journalist and discovering shorthand.
Bistromathics
A wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances without all that dangerous mucking about with improbability factors. Jo...
2017-09-2139 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Bastablon to biscuitsMark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This episode has bad language in it.FollowupDouglas Adams’ Apple Macintosh SE/30, by Andy Taylor. BastablonThe planet whose marketing executives came up with the slogan for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and a jumping-off point to discuss Talk Like a Brummie Day.Bath Sheets in SpaceA coffee-table book on the subje...
2017-09-1436 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom artificial disabilities to BartledanMark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.Artificial disabilitiesA medical marvel that can make your life as difficult as you need it to be, and provide a winning backstory for your next talent show appearance.AsgardThe world of norse myth that brought us Thor, and gives us a good opportunity to talk about gods in sci-fi literature.Babel fishThe most improbable th...
2017-09-0735 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Argabuthon to Arthur DentMark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.ArgabuthonFrom which planet the plexiglass sceptre of justice was obtained.Arkintoofle MinorUpon which planet the bad-news drive was invented.Arthur DentA six-foot tall ape descendent, and the main focus of our conversation.Book recommendationThis week we’re recommending Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!, by Richard P Feyn...
2017-08-3135 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Alpha Centauri to AppleMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.Alpha CenturiA real star system that might’ve put paid to the Vogons’ plan to destroy earth. Otherwise known as an intergalactic Slough.Altarian DollarA now defunct currency that probably doesn’t go as far as it used to.Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking PersonsThe organisation to which Vroomfondel and Maji...
2017-08-1736 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastFrom Advanced Vectoid Stabilisis to Almighty BobMark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds embark on a mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.Advanced Vectoid StabilisisA device you can add to your spaceship, “that only wimps go for”. It might also be prime fodder for a Top Gear discussion.AgrajagThe creature with the sprained mind, who constructed the Cathedral of Hate in Arthur’s name, after believing him to be the cause of his many deaths. Here we share some confessions and decide i...
2017-08-1037 minBeware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcastTrailerMark Steadman, ape descendent, is on a mission to discover and discuss everything from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , in entirety, and in alphabetical order.With the help of his friends Jon Hickman, Jon Bounds and Danny Smith, he’ll examine everything from Arthur to Zaphod, and all points in-between. This is not a definitive guide to the Guide , but rather an exploration of a pop culture universe that’s brought joy to old nerds and young geeklings alike. Search “Beware of the Leopard” in your favourite podcast app, find the sho...
2017-07-1502 min