Join 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 themselv

52: From Rula Lenska to Santraginus V

1 1 Dec 6th, 2018 44m 47s

Join 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 LenskaRula Lenska plays Lintilla and her clones, and the Guide in bird form in the radio series.RussellRussel

50: Loose tiles vol 1

1 Nov 22nd, 2018 36m 33s

Mark 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 ema

15: From Enid Kapelsen to Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Sex

1 Nov 16th, 2017 35m 56s

In a very sexy episode, Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.Enid KapelsenEnid is an elderly resident of Boston, MA, who

14: From the earth to the electronic thumb

Nov 9th, 2017 37m 2s

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order.EarthEarth is a planet that was destroyed five minutes before the result of the mos

13: From dogs to Douglas Adams

Nov 2nd, 2017 36m 59s

Mark 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.DogsArthur makes a

12: From the Definit-Kil to Dire Straits

Oct 23rd, 2017 36m 21s

Mark 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 cannonA Vogon weapon, and an excuse for us to talk about firi

11: From Cruxwan University to Deep Thought

Oct 18th, 2017 35m 54s

Mark 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 UniversityThe seat of learning that was attended by Vroomfondel. We discuss

From Alpha Centauri to Apple

Aug 16th, 2017 36m 36s

Mark 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

Friendship

Dec 28th, 2023 1h 2m

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