What is FutureMouse? Are our teeth a part of our identity? And who, for the love of god, is KEVIN? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this week’s episode as the squad dives into Zadie Smith’s 2000 novel ‘White Teeth.’

0:20 – Introductions

2:41 – Introduction to ‘White Teeth’ and first impressions
17:10 – What is an epigraph? The past is the present
22:25 – Concerns over getting culture right—worrying about the Anglicization of culture
24:00 – What’s up with the twins?
28:38 – Dr Sick’s Murder (?) and its place in Archie and Samad’s friendship
37:30 – The Chalfens: our favorite late addition
41:00 – FutureMouse rises
46:05 – Who is KEVIN?
48:18 – Catty corner with Penelope (and Pea)
49:30 – FutureMouse is the present
50:00 – Kelli loves twins – The mirrored experiences of Magid and Millat
51:31 – Teeeeeeeeth
56:20 – Zadie Smith is a boss
59:30 – Mary is obsessed with FutureMouse – FATE
1:01:51 – The end of the book

1:13:30 – Feedback/questions for Beauty and the Beast minisode
1:27:00 Next time on #BSG: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix