Torty Talks

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Sinopsis

A podcast created from records of my life in the UK from 1956 onwards.

Episodios

  • HHGttG - Life the Universe and Everything - the Bistromathic space ship goes to the planet Krikkit

    19/03/2023 Duración: 29min

    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Slartibartfast explains his mode of transport- in terms of a robot run bistro. He shows a historical reproduction of the cause of and reason for the events at Lords. An advert explains a bit more of the problem. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG - Life the Universe andEverything - At Lords - continued until - Aliens stopped play.

    19/03/2023 Duración: 31min

    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Aliens stopped play, but this is Somebody Else's Problem. Slartibartfast may sort things out, but it doesn't look like it frankly watching the replay. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG - Life, the Universe and Everything - starting with Wowbagger the infinitely prolonged.

    19/03/2023 Duración: 29min

    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Here we find out why Arthur was insulted and discover he is by far not the only one. We shall meet the insulter, Wowbagger again, but not yet. We have a game of cricket to play - until the players from Kricket arrive. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG - Life the Universe and Everything - the start -

    19/03/2023 Duración: 29min

    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, here up to the end of The Restaurant at the end of the Universe, and the start of book Three. This starts with the end - an utterly unimportant meeting and moves on to the reason for a lot of insults. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG - exploring Fintlewoodlewix and finding Slartibartfast's signature

    19/03/2023 Duración: 30min

    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me. Arthur and Ford fail to integrate with the new arrivals from the B Arc and so go exploring. They meet and get fed by the local inhabitants and then, find a note in a glacier - Slartibartfast's signature. The B Arcers don't really care. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG, After crashing on Fintlewoodlewix/Earth

    19/03/2023 Duración: 30min

    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, here up to chapter 25 just after the 'B Arc' has crashed on a beautiful young planet that would have generated the right answer to the question to which it turns out the wrong answer is 42 - I think. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG - Crashing on Fintlewoodlewix - AKA the Earth, but you knew that didn't you.

    11/03/2023 Duración: 01h02min

    In which, I make a big mistake. It's fixed here though. This episode covers life in "the B Arc" and its telephone sanitisers as they are about to crash on the very early earth and cause a software glitch... A brain glitch follows, being the original transmitted version of this episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • Marvin has the question to the answer 42, but they get distracted by being about to crash in to a sun.

    11/03/2023 Duración: 30min

    Hotblack Desiato's black ship is targeted at a sun, only an ignored Marvin can save them - possibly. Somehow they get split up and go several separate ways and times. Ford and Arthur get the short straw of another ship, on the way to Golgafrincham. The others return the the Heart of Gold, at least for a while.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG - leaving the Restaurant at the end of the Universe - heading in to a sun in a black ship

    11/03/2023 Duración: 30min

    The allure of the Restaurant at the end of the Universe, AKA Milliways, twinned with the Big Bang Burger Bar, is about to be lost. Before the end of time, our heroes leave on another stolen ship, but this one is about to go bang - in the next episode. In this one they muck about with light entertainment and a depressed robot. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • The Milliways episode in which Max is the MC at the end of time, but they have seen it all before.

    11/03/2023 Duración: 30min

    It's  not all glitz and glamour at the end of time, it's a day like any other  - even when it happens time and time again. This time - it's different.  Max is unhappy. He is always unhappy, but as a true professional, he  won't show his deeper feelings. Our team don't want to hang around for  the big finish. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHgttG The Restaurant at the end of the universe - the start of the next part of the adventure

    11/03/2023 Duración: 30min

    From the surprising instant arrival at the end of time itself, many  millions of years since the last episode - all of which were spent by  Marvin going the long way, to the point where they are introduced to the  object of their meal and converse with him. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG - Zaphod in the Total Perspective Vortex on Frogstar Planet B , Later, an offer of drinks.

    11/03/2023 Duración: 30min

    How Zaphod copes with being the most important being in the universe - and how it is true - sort of. A very delayed passenger space flight - leading to some answers from Zaniwhoop. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • The HHGttG Restaurant at the end of the universe. The flying office - to the Total Perspective Vortex

    28/12/2022 Duración: 30min

    The continued reading of Douglas Adam's brilliant work,The HHGttG, the Restaurant at the end of the universe bit. Still no food though, just an office flying to the Total Perspective Vortex --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • The HHGttG - Ursa Minor Beta

    28/12/2022 Duración: 30min

    The HHGttG - being my continued reading, now as far as Ursa Minor Beta. In which a few more answers further complicate the question for Zaphod and his locked off brain bit. What are Frog Star fighters anyway? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG - Arthur and a cup of tea

    28/12/2022 Duración: 29min

    My continued reading of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy - The Restaurant at the end of the universe bit. In which Arthur asks for a cup of tea. What could possibly go wrong ? Read by me, Simon Anthony - with a Long Covid soar throat.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG In which they try to escape the mice, but are as yet unaware of the returning Vogons

    13/11/2022 Duración: 29min

    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in December 2022. This is the Thursday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. HHgttG In which they try to escape the mice, but are as yet unaware of the returning Vogons --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHgttG In which '42' is not a very good answer. It needs even deeper and far longer thought.

    13/11/2022 Duración: 30min

    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in December 2022. This is the Tuesday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which '42' is not a very good answer. It needs even deeper and far longer thought. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHgttG In which, Arthur learns the truth about the Earth - and Mice

    13/11/2022 Duración: 30min

    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in December 2022. This is the Monday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which, Arthur learns the truth about the Earth - and Mice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG In which they split up and explore Magrathea -

    13/11/2022 Duración: 30min

    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in November 2022. This is the Monday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which they split up and explore Magrathea -  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

  • HHGttG In which Zaphod finds Magrathea - and they all survive - except the Whale.

    13/11/2022 Duración: 30min

    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in November 2022. This is the Tuesday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which Zaphod finds Magrathea - and they all survive - except the Whale. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

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