Well, ain't this a kick in the underpants? No one would have believed, on that random Tuesday in 2142, that the Oz 9 would still be kicking (mumble) months later. And yet, as we stare down the barrel of our 100th full episode, well, here we still are, just to the left of Uranus, clueless and shivering in the dark.

But isn't that just the human condition, basically? I mean... if we're going to philosophize....

Oh, let's not. Pour yourself something naughty and well-deserved, prepare tissue for the inevitable nosebleed, and roll the episode. Happy 100, Space Monkeys — so glad to have you still on board. And to have a board for you to be on. You know what I mean.

You've been listening to:

• Bonnie Brantley as Jessie and Donna
• Shannon Perry as Captain Madeline
• Sarah Golding as Mrs Sheffield
• Tim Sherburn as Colin and Emily
• Eric Perry as Joe, Howard, and Dr. von Haber Zetzer
• Sarah Rhea Werner as Pipistrelle
• Chrisi Talyn Saje as Julie
• Kevin Hall as Greg
• Lee Shackleford as Pluto
• and with our very special guests:
• Dr. Vikram Baliga of the genuinely brilliant podcast Planthropology, as himself!
• And the fabulous podcast Mission: Rejected lent us John Dowgin, Faith Dowgin, Emmet Dowgin and Caden Dowgin, who played all our ghosts.
• Kyle Jones is your Narrator Two,
• And Chris Nadolny Gourley is your Narrator

John Faley is our music director, and our awesome artwork is by Lucas Elliott. Sarah Golding is our dialogue editor, and Mark Restuccia is our sound designer. Oz 9 is written by Shannon Perry.

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