We are so excited to celebrate #TowelDay this year with a special episode dedicated to Douglas Adams ... and, more importantly, whales. Whales in space, space whales, whales with attitude. All the whales! We also make mention of dolphins and petunias, because, well, they've earned it, poor sods.

Just so we're on the same ... wavelength ... here, Kend had no idea that there were so many whales in science fiction and fantasy. Tony did, but then Tony is a magical unicorn of a human being and capable of truly exceptional things. His science fictional and fantastical whale collection is sizeable, and his observations on what they do for our favorite genre are profound.

One item of boilerplate: the audio volume on this file varies some. We've done our best to minimize the problem, but there may still be some residual issues.

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