The Apple of Truth is a bi-weekly podcast that covers every episode of Dirk Gently, where we try to figure out the web of sexy coinci-dink and learn how everything and nothing is connected. Beware! There will be swearing, poking fun at religion, general overabundance of fangirling and probably pointless discussions, but since we have shitloads of fun with this, we hope you can laugh with us. We made a Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/taotpodcast to help with the monthly costs of hosti ...
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A Podcast devoted to Douglas Adams' lesser known Dirk Gently book franchise and it's numerous different adaptations for all different forms of media. Hosted by four fans of Adams from all corners of the globe: Ed from the UK, Nemo from Australia, Dalek from the USA, and Caen from Sweden. Together, they form the Electric Monks, and they believe that their podcast is a pretty cool and froody one; stick with us for adventure, excitement and really wild things. As featured in the Acknowledgement ...
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Episode 152: TAOT Dirk Gently S1 E06
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This is a junky one because for the first time this season, we are actually disagreeing on things! And if you listened to our older stuff, you know what that means - lengthy debates... But also there is a lot happening in this episode, many questions are raised, Vero draws some curious conclusions that Lina tries very hard to not comment too obviou…
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Episode 151: TAOT Dirk Gently S1 E05
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In episode 5, we get to at least briefly hang out with all of our characters, and especially Amanda with the Rowdy 3 are making Lina very happy. There is some general disagreement about Friedkin, but mostly this was a very chill and fun episode. Disclaimer, we are convinced, that this tv show is happening in California, so please don't yell at us f…
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Episode 150: TAOT Dirk Gently S1 E04
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With the first half of the season done, Vero is finally able to answer Elijah Wood's question from MagicCon but still juggles so many other questions. Lina laments the absense of Bart but instead focuses her appreciation on Amanda and the Rowdy 3. Join us as we ponder the possibilities of Gordon Rimmer's intentions, debate the destinies of our main…
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Episode 149: TAOT Dirk Gently S1 E03
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The plot thickens, as Dirk and Farah follow a treasure map, Todd and Ken become willing participants and Amanda gets closer to the Rowdy 3. Lina and Vero endlessly debate details of everything and discover some fun tidbits while working together. And if you think, you can help us clear up some of our disagreements, or feel like we're completely off…
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Episode 148: TAOT Dirk Gently S1 E02
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Everything's connected, but how exactly remains still unclear for us. Join us for detailed analysis, freeze frame frenzies and some pretty wild theories in this second episode of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. And if you have anything to add, please reach out to us at dirkgently@taot-podcast.com . You can also use either of our social med…
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Episode 147: TAOT Dirk Gently S1 E01
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WE ARE BACK! After some much needed rest, we are back with vengance AND a new show. We are diving into Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, produced by Netflix in 2016! And because we are still us, this episode will be extremely chunky, because there is much to be discused and introduced. Prepare for new segments, loads of freeze framing and ma…
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Episode 146: TAOT The Sandman Summoning 1
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At the end of the season, we go a bit chaotic (okay, more chaotic than usual) and wrap up everything in our very own way. Welcome to the first Summoning episode for The Sandman. And since this is as long as these episodes tend to be, have a list of timestamps to help you skip ahead if you so want: 00:00:00 Intro and how this is going to work 00:03:…
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Episode 145: TAOT The Sandman S1E11 - Part Two
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It is time to finish the extra episode for this season, with "Calliope" and oh myyy we enjoyed this. Join us with a bit of all the emotions, as we agree on many things, except the thirst moment obviously, or certain ways to read a scene, but all in all this was a joy to record. What an amazing end to this season. But it is not the end for our seaso…
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Episode 144: TAOT The Sandman S1E11 - Part One
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Be aware: This is only the first part of the bonus episode of season 1, Calliope will be released in two weeks. This will probably also feel quite a bit different than the previous 10 episodes. We started this episode with very different thoughts and feelings but while talking about it, we came to see more and more parallels and metaphors in this a…
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Episode 143: TAOT The Sandman S1E10
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IT'S FINALE TIME! Strap in, it's a long one! In this episode, we mostly actually agree on things, which was a welcomed surprised, but it also comes to show how well the season ended up working. We debate Dream's development in length, Lina cries over the Corinthian and Vero blows Lina's mind on several occasions. Most importantly, we add many new q…
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Episode 142: TAOT The Sandman S1E09
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Once again we did not know how to talk less. Not only because we were seeing very different motivations in various characters, but also because there simply is a lot to talk about in this episode. So join us for some more Corinthian thirst, some Stephen Fry appreciation and some very odd agreements and disagreements between the two of us. The final…
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Episode Thirty Nine: Belief, Science and Mysticism - Part 1
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In the first of a special three part episode, Ed and Nemo discuss the theme of religion vs. science throughout the history of Dirk Gently, starting with Douglas Adams himself and his own radical atheism, in stark contrast to his religious father and upbringing. We also talk about the two Dirk novels and their portrayals of the afterlife, the Electr…
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Episode 141: TAOT The Sandman S1E08
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In this episode, we learn much new information about Rose, Vero finally stops suspecting Lyta of treason, and Lina brings some extra covert insight, because she had accidentally watched the wrong episode in preparation. Of course we throw in some burning questions and wild theories, because what are we, if not consistent. Speaking of consistency, e…
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Episode 140: TAOT The Sandman S1E07
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This is a long one, so get some tea (or something stronger) and settle in. There is A LOT of thirsting in this episode, curtesy of more Corinthian screentime, there are quite a few disagreements about various character motivations, there are some funny misunderstandings, there is the usual amount of debating incredibly important sidenotes and after…
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Episode 139: TAOT The Sandman S1E06
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The duality of this episode worked really well for us, with essentially two separate stories and two new characters introduced, we had few reasons to complain. That being said, we still found some. However the mutual enjoyment was much more important! We did bring some guesses and hot takes though, so if you want to give us some feedback on those, …
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Episode 138: TAOT The Sandman S1E05
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Our final John episode and Lina is very sad. But aside from that, we really loved this one! Vero has some interesting feelings about this, Lina is a bit confused, there are some special moments for each of us and despite staying mostly on track, we still managed to go on longer than planned. If you have want to share your thoughts with us, please s…
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Episode 137: TAOT The Sandman S1E04
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As Lina says at one point of this episode, at least one of us liked every part of this episode. Be prepared, be warned, the same points get brought up over and over, and even though there are a few moments of acceptance, this is one of the most divided eps in a good while. So please, let us know who's side you're on, because you better believe we'r…
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Episode 136: TAOT The Sandman S1E03
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We're getting into our grove with this one and it is becoming clear: We love the episodes - just very different parts! So listen while Vero keeps cheering for Joanna Constantine and Lina has all the curiousness and understanding for John Cribbs. And yes, we still have some arguments, but most are fun this time :D Enjoy! Support The Apple of Truth: …
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Episode 135: TAOT The Sandman S1E02
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After Dream finally escapes his prison, he starts a search for his items of power, as Lina searches for ways to excuse The Corinthian, and Vero falls for a new character. We were a lot more in harmony, than last time, but there's still a lot to talk about, so we hope, you enjoy! If you have anything to say to us, please reach out at sandman@taot-po…
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Episode 134: TAOT The Sandman S1E01
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New show, who dis? We are venturing into the Dreaming and one of us has never been there! Strap in for probably our longest regular episode yet, where we learn many things about each other and manage to get into arguments about the most random things. Let us know what you knew about The Sandman, Morpheus and the Dreaming before getting into this wi…
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Episode 133: TAOT Coraline - The Book #3
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The final episode covers all the rest and of course includes our final thoughts. We realised that we'll probably do it the other way around in the future, when and if we cover the next book/movie or book/show combination. We also realised that we're really enjoying it when only one of us knows stuff and the other does not. So we shall see how and i…
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Episode 132: TAOT Coraline - The Book #2
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A very happy new year to all of you! Remember how Vero said we never shut up? Yeah, she was right. Part Two is obviously not the final part, we barely make it through chapters 5, 6 and 7. Join in for the juicy middle part, where we get puns, debates, tangents and so much more. You can reach us via email at contact@taot-podcast.com or use either of …
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Episode 131: TAOT Coraline - The Book #1
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After talking endlessly about Coraline, the movie, we can't move on without getting deep into the book as well. Part One covers the first four chapters. This is the first time Vero has read the story, so be prepared for some wild theories she came up with! Lina is back with her 'this is all in Coraline's head!' and of course, we dive deep into our …
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Episode 130: TAOT Coraline - The Movie #3
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The final part of our Coraline coverage! And oh myyy are you in for something. We realise we don't dislike a single character in this (how weird), we feel with and for Coraline, we keep praising the Cat, we debate if just maybe the other Mother is simply misunderstood, we theorize about the potential locations of the parents, Lina continues with he…
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Commentary track: 2010 Dirk Gently BBC4 pilot
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Ed, Nemo and Louie watch through the 2010 BBC4 Pilot of Dirk Gently starring Stephen Mangan as Dirk, Darren Boyd as Richard MacDuff and Helen Baxendale as Susan Harmison. Does it still hold up after 13 years? Were the changes from the novels justified? Is the wonky and cheap CGI part of the charm? We answer all of these questions and more. 30 minut…
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Episode 129: TAOT Coraline - The Movie #2
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Spoiler: we did not manage to finish it this round. So enjoy the juicy middle part of our Coraline coverage, where we talked about penis shaped flowers, ponder if the other Mother truly loves Coraline, Lina keeps harping on about her theory, we debate if the other puppets eat, argue about the reasoning of Shakespeare, make up a few solid theories t…
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Episode Thirty Eight: The original draft of Dirk Gently revealed!
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Ed and Nemo talk about the several month old news regarding the hold up on the Dirk Gently animated series, as well as analysing the finally released book 42: The Wildly improbable ideas of Douglas Adams by Kevin Jon Davies. Also Ed talks about going to see the cult-classic bad film The Room in a theatre in Brighton on it's 20th anniversary. 42: Th…
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Episode 128: TAOT Coraline - The Movie #1
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Before we get started on the next series, we really wanted to talk about Coraline. Not only because it is an amazing movie, but also because Vero had never seen this one! So strap in for Part One where we manage to cover half an hour of this movie... We have THEORIES, we have OPINIONS and because we are us, we also have TANGENTS. (If you want even …
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Episode 127: TAOT Stardust - The Book #3
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Welcome to the final episodes of Stardust the Book! We had a lot to say, not just about those final chapters, but also about how book and movie compare to each other. Please let us know if you prefer one over the other and if yes, why! As usual you can reach us via email at contact@taot-podcast.com or use either of our social media accounts: Twitte…
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Episode 126: TAOT Stardust - The Book #2
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Time for the second part of Stardust The Book, the middle part, the juicy part! We obviously did not finish the book, there will be one more episode! We make it all the way from Chapter 4 and finish Chapter 7 but because Lina was melting in her soundbooth, we stopped one more time. Join us for the usual amount of debates, chaos, tangents and hilari…
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Episode 125: TAOT Stardust - The Book #1
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After covering Stardust The Movie, we kinda had to do the book - especially since Vero had never read it! We expected this to be long-ish but it still turned out much longer than we thought - so strap in for a ride ;) In this first one we cover Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 - simply because it was a perfect spot to take a break. We hope you en…
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Episode 124: TAOT Good Omens Summoning 2
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The timeth hath commeth againeth - and while these episodes tend to be long, this one got reeeeeeal long. Double the length of the previous one! And we weren't even drinking this time around... So have a rough outline for the episode with timestamps, so you can find your way around it a bit easier: 00:00:00 Intro and explanation 00:04:46 Actually s…
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Episode 123: TAOT Good Omens S2 E6
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This is it. This is the finale. It's a long one. And it's an emotional one. There is joy, there is anger, there is laughter and there are tears. We also somehow managed to have technical issues in the first 12 minutes, we apologize for that, Vero's audio gets a lot better after that. We will be recording our final overview of the season the day aft…
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Episode 122: TAOT Good Omens S2 E5
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This weeks megasode is here, and this time it's not in the episode of the show, it's the episode of the podcast! As we're gearing up for the finale, our predictions and guesses are getting wilder, and possibly more accurate. As per usual you get a fair share of disagreements, but in the end we were brought together by some questionable choices Azir…
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Episode 121: TAOT Good Omens S2 E4
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We really were not kidding when we said it will only get longer. Get ready for a lot of honest opinions, Aziraphale specific, because we were not the happiest beans. HOWEVER! We also had a lot of fun, came up with some more theories and had some good times with Amazon subtitles! INFO: The file has been updated with the cleaned up audio. Please feel…
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Episode 120: TAOT Good Omens S2 E3
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As the story enravels, Vero looses her mind multiple times, over David Tennant's accents, actor choices and more. Lina on the other hand gets grumpy and frustrated with Aziraphale's behaviour. We both sing praises to side characters and come up with brilliant alternative episode names and great cosplays. link to the COVID minisode: https://youtu.be…
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Episode 119: TAOT Good Omens S2 E2
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CHAPTER TWOOOOO! If you thought the last one was chunky, strap in, because we have a feeling these are not gonna get any shorter. There is a lot of swooning in this one, we loved a lot of things, but Lina also managed to expand on the saddest moment so much, that she nearly made Vero cry. Overall we did have a lot of laughs and even more opinions! …
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Episode 118: TAOT Good Omens S2 E1
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IT IS OUT! For the first time in history of TAOT we truly don't know what's to come, so please, enjoy our wild theories, because episode 1 is giving us all the questions and no answers! Vero shares some wild theories, while Lina shares her frustration. But everything comes together in the end and the HYPE is real!!! INFO: The file has been updated …
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Episode 117: TAOT Stardust The Movie #3
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The third and final part of our coverage for Stardust the Movie! You get more debates, epic finales (Lina insists there are several) and some very wild predictions for the book by Vero. If you enjoyed this longer coverage of an actual movie, please do let us know! As usual you can reach us via email at contact@taot-podcast.com or use either of our …
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Episode 116: TAOT Stardust The Movie #2
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Here we are with the second of our three episodes covering the movie Stardust. This part has some lengthy debates, you're also going to learn some random bits and Lina is going to draw some parallels to other things This time around we make it so far as to meet Captain Shakespear's nephew, who has really nice hair and of course we cover the whole t…
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Episode 115: TAOT Stardust The Movie #1
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Since we somehow turned into a Neil Gaiman Podcast, we came up with the amazing idea to cover one of his books that were turned into a movie. Nonsurprising to anyone but us, we managed to talk many, many hours about this. And so you get three episodes in which we are covering Stardust - The Movie. In Part One we have all the curious facts and funs …
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Episode 114: TAOT Good Omens Book #3
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The final episode, that covers the book is here! We discuss the rest of Saturday and the full Sunday, Vero gets proven right, Lina gets also proven correct, but overall, we get through the rest of the book without casualties! As usual, if you have anything to add, you can reach us via email at goodomens@taot-podcast.com or use our social media: Twi…
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Episode 113: TAOT Good Omens Book #2
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IT'S THURSDAY!!! Just kidding, it's obviously the release day, or whatever day you happen to read this! However we are back with Thursday and Friday, and since you've been good, a little bit of Saturday as well! Jokes are made, arguments are had, it's the full TAOT experience, so please enjoy part two, and don't forget that there is one more coming…
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Episode 112: TAOT Good Omens Book #1
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It's here! We are covering a brand new medium for us, the book that gave the show its life, The Book. Good Omens. And because we are still us, you're getting not one, not even two, BUT THREE episodes covering it. We laughed, we cried, we spent three sessions, and hours of our lives discussing all the details. In the first part, we get through the s…
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Episode 111: TAOT Good Omens Summoning 1
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The time has come for the very first Summoning episode of Good Omens. And if you never listened to one of those before - beware... We had a lot to say and even more to drink, so this is a very chaotic episode - even more than usual. Strap in for a detailed conversation on our most/least favourite characters, character development, British words, TH…
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TAOT Special: TAOT does An Interview
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SURPRIIIIIIISE!!! We are back with another special episode - and what a special episode this is! We had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Ildy Modrovich, Joe Henderson and Mike Costa. You might remember those names from Lucifer, a show we covered in excruciating detail. And you also might remember our very extensive questionaire that we c…
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Episode Thirty Seven: Douglas Adams' London with Yvette Keller
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Ed and Nemo are joined by Yvette Keller to talk about her recently released literary tourism map, Douglas Adams' London. Find out how Yvette picked her 42 places, which ones were left and why, the app and book she plans to do next, and where you should go if you only have 42 minutes to spend in London. We also cover some news about Kevin Jon Davies…
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Episode 110: TAOT Good Omens S1E6
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It is already the very last episode of the first season of Good Omens! And it won't come as a surprise that we had EVERYTHING to say about this one. So join us for this glorious finale and let us know if you agree with our very many takes on pretty much every little thing one could debate (and also some one probably can't debate, but we still did i…
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TAOT Special: TAOT does LUX2
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We interrupt our scheduled program to bring you SO MANY ANSWERS. Listeners of our Lucifer coverage will remember that we created a very lengthy, thorough Questionaire and that we are aiming to answer every single question on there. Well, we haven't managed to answer all of them - yet. But we got many! Tune in to listen to how we managed to get so m…
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Episode 109: TAOT Good Omens S1E5
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IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED, historic moment, where we recorded our first episode whilst in the same room together! That being said, it came with some challenges, so if you hear something you normally wouldn't have, we apologise, and this is why. We did have a great time though, mostly praising our beloved ineffable husbands, who got finally reunited. An…
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