Season 2, Episode 16: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with Special Guest Editor Thom

On today’s episode the Besties are joined by our editor (and April’s husband) Thomas Watkins as we talk about Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Join them as Molly and Thomas embarrass April, we laugh the entire episode, and Molly tries to kill off Thom and April. This episode is great for fans of Adams and fans of Book Besties alike.

Things talked about in this episode:

Douglas Adams answered “Why 42?” on a fan forum: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.douglas-adams/c/595nPukE-Jo/m/koaAJ3tPBtEJ

Beeblebears are stuffed teddy bears in the shape of Zephodbeeblebrox by the zz9 plural z Alpha organization. They also have teeshirts and stuff. The bears are 30 pounds, cause this whole thing is british AF: https://zz9.org/zz9-shop-bears/

Because interplanetary towel day is totally a thing here is a link. There is nothing there but a half hearted plea, asking you to remember your towel: http://towelday.org

Douglas Adams’ Dr. Who episodes: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Douglas_Adams

Albatrosses are seabirds (April wins): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross

Koi are freshwater fish (Thomas wins): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi

Whose team are you on? Comment below.