Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about getting the hang of Thursday so you don't have to.

I'm Kate.

And I'm Renata.

And for this episode, we read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

Joining us to discuss this hoopy sci-fi classic is Jay, recovering fedoraholic.

I'm just some guy, you know.

That's always how I describe you.

In addition to being a recovering fedoraholic, which I'll let you define for yourself

your journey with that.

But Jay is, of course, also the, you know, once and perhaps future co-hosts of I don't

even own a television, beloved rival podcast that we fought to the death in the Battle Dome.

Well, yeah, I don't want to close any doors on anything yet, but we may have other knife fights in the future.

I don't know.

So, yes, if you are, you know, many, many of our listeners, we're also, you know, and remain fans of I don't even own a television.

But if you're new around these here parts, maybe you're not familiar with that podcast.

And that's your loss, guys.

Yeah.

I mean, it was always an honor being contemporaries with you on this show.

I think I like to think of us both as kind of pioneering the space of ruining our lives, spending way too much time putting bad media into our brains for the benefit of others.

So sadly true.

It's also Flashback Summer.

So if you're sitting here thinking,

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