Mark, 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 HickmanD

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Books

Sep 7th, 2022 48m 25s

Children'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".LinksSubscrib

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Holidays

Aug 3rd, 2022 50m 38s

Summer 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 – sexis

Christmas in the Shack

Dec 24th, 2021 20m 34s

One 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

Productivity

Oct 14th, 2021 1h 4m

Mark, 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 lett

Sleep

Jun 16th, 2021 1h 2m

Mark, 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 frien

Towel Day 2021

May 25th, 2021 43m 10s

To 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 wha

Birthdays and ageing

Apr 1st, 2021 1h 2m

Mark, 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 lett

Don't Panic! It's Christmas!

Dec 24th, 2020 48m 52s

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 friend

The Don't Panic guide to music

Dec 10th, 2020 1h 5m

Mark, 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 cov

Don't Panic! goes back to school

Nov 12th, 2020 1h 2m

Mark, 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

The Don't Panic guide to sport

Aug 5th, 2020 52m 34s

Mark, 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 giv

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Towel Day 2020

May 25th, 2020 1h 23m

Join 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 s

The Dont Panic Guide to the COVID-19 pandemic

Apr 10th, 2020 1h 3m

Join 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 Hickm

42nd anniversary special

Mar 8th, 2020 46m 3s

Join 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

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Introducing That Option No Longer Exists

Aug 30th, 2019 3m

> In the red corner Jon, a socialist. In the other his old comrade Adam, a new Labourite who is now sofa-sufing the centrists. They attempt to talk about Labour and politics nicely together.Listen to That Option No Longer Exists a scuffle in

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Introducing List Envy

Aug 9th, 2019 1h 4m

This is a cross-post of a new podcast hosted by Mark Steadman, and featuring as its guest, Leopard panelist Jon Bounds.We have newsWe’re going to be releasing regular — although not super-frequent — compilation episodes, remixing our discus

The question to the ultimate answer

Apr 17th, 2019 1h 21m

Join 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

From Zaphod Beeblebrox to Zentalquabula

Apr 10th, 2019 40m 53s

Join 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

From the Wormhole Disco to the Zansellquasure Flamarion Bridge Club

Apr 3rd, 2019 47m 27s

Join 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 Cl

From wave harmonic theory to the Wise Old Bird

Mar 28th, 2019 52m 45s

Join 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 diff

From Vogons to Walkmans

Mar 21st, 2019 52m 30s

Join 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 Galax

From the Uncertain Areas to Vod

Mar 14th, 2019 39m 14s

Join 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

From Tri-D to Turlingdrome

Mar 7th, 2019 41m 18s

Join 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 a

From Thor to Transtellar Cruise Lines

Feb 28th, 2019 43m 53s

Join 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