Electric Monks: A Dirk Gently Podcast Ed

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 Electric Monk, the Norse Gods, and Dirk accidentally creating a God.



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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 minute Video highlights from this commentary: https://youtu.be/fgOnTR4b_4E



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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.



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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' upcoming book and this year's Douglas Adams Memorial lecture.

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In the first episode of 2023, Ed and Nemo discuss a rare update about the DIRK GENTLY Animated series, as well as the podcast being hacked a few months ago by an Eastern European man. (A big thanks to the customer support team at Anchor for resolving that) We also read out a listener submission about how the interconnectedness between all things has influenced their own life, and at one point Nemo brings up the Bee Movie.

Everything we know (so far) about the animated Dirk Gently series video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4KelIYB7CU

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Ed and Nemo are joined by Mike and Bran, otherwise known as Trellis and Horatio from the improvised Douglas Adams-inspired podcast Hitchhikers and Appetizers. Mike and Bran tell us all about how their show started, their process, and some of their favourite guests, whilst Ed and Nemo react to the recent interview with Kim Fuller and Ed recounts his experience at the Douglas Adams memorial lecture.

Listen to all five seasons of Hitchhikers and Appetizers here: https://improvinaction.com/projects/hitchhikers-and-appetizers/