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The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better one. Also, we have bits.
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266 - The Lives of Whittakers (feat. Devon) [Whit’s Endless Summer 55]
Devon (Kill James Bond!) and the lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in conspiracy theories, government surveillance, and chowing down on some sour cream and onion chips and chocolate milk at the …
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Devon (Kill James Bond!) and the lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in conspiracy theories, government surveillance, and chowing down on some sour cream and onion chips and chocolate milk at the local death lake. Topics include the early 2000s crusades of James Dobson, the comatose writing of Kathy Buchanan, and what it means to cast away the Lord in the service of narrative momentum.
Traditional Scrench: Your favourite podcast idiots are streaming twice a week, every week, at 21:00 UK time Monday and Thursday. We’re a heavily improvised variety stream with a youtube playlist.
Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/ pop culture commentary podcast about the portrayal of masculinity in cinema. November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon have watched Bond movies, War on Terror movies, Eurospy movies, and now they take on their biggest task yet: Heist Movies. What can Heat, Oceans’ 11, and the Fast and Furious movies teach us about how masculinity was imagined by the people who created them? What does that say about Society? Free episodes are released every fortnight on all major podcast platforms and bonus episodes are released for supporters on Patreon on the interstitial weeks.
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Trashfuture is a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism.
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Well There’s Your Problem is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes.
- Youtube // Instagram // Patreon
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Ten Thousand Posts: A show about how everything is a form of posting, and how our lives are guided by the only dialectic that matters: good posts and bad posts.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Adventures in Odyssey
- 478: “Strange Boy in a Strange Land”
- 481-482: “Grand Opening, Parts I and II”
- 483: “Secrets”
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “On the Importance of Doing Silly Voices While Driving a 1972 Triumph Dolemite” // Written by A.J. Ditty // featuring Josh Boerman as “Timmy ‘Taxman’ Thompson”, A.J. Ditty as “Estragon/Phoebear/Melvin”, and Brian Alford as “Alistair Adelman.”
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced and hosted by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
265 - Riven: The Sequel to Myst (feat. Christian Vernon)
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Christian Vernon (Doors of Divergence) and the lads hop in a minecart and make for Boiler Island as they cover Cyan World’s follow-up to one …
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Christian Vernon (Doors of Divergence) and the lads hop in a minecart and make for Boiler Island as they cover Cyan World’s follow-up to one of the best-selling interactive games of all time: Riven. Topics include the friction of the puzzles, the brilliance of John Keston, and what it means to craft the greatest puzzle game ever made at the cost of keeping your creative team intact.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Riven. Cyan Worlds. 1997.
- “Aging Myst Remains Hot Seller Price Cuts, Long-Planned Sequel to Contribute to Recent Sales Spurt” by Nicholas K. Geranios. The Spokesman-Review. December 22nd, 1996.
- The BradyGames Strategy Guide to Myst by William H. Keith, Jr. and Nina Barton. Brady Publishing. 1997.
- “Cyan Worlds Slims to ‘Skeleton Crew’” by David Jenkins and Simon Carless. Game Developer. September 4th, 2005.
- “(D)Riven” by Jon Carroll. Wired. September 1st, 1997.
- “Into the Myst: The Oral History of America’s Oldest Surviving Indie Game Studio” by Adam Morgan. Inverse. March 15th, 2023.
- “Miller Brothers Free to Rom Creators of ‘Myst’ and ‘Riven’ Now Searching for Separate Realities” by Michael Murphy. The Spokesman-Review. March 7th, 1998.
- “More Magic From the Makers of Myst?” by Seanna Browder. BusinessWeek. September 25th, 1997.
- “PC Data Top Games of All Time” by IGN Staff. IGN. November 1st, 1999.
- “Two Histories of Myst” by John-Gabriel Adkins. Medium. July 11th, 2018.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “The Silver Scepter: Chapters 6-8” // Written by A.J. Ditty (circa 1998) // Performed by A.J. Ditty (circa 2026)
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced and hosted by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.264 - Myst
The prequel to Riven. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! Media referenced in this episode: Myst. Cyan …
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The prequel to Riven.
Media referenced in this episode:
- Myst. Cyan Worlds. 1993.
- Ars Technica extended interview with Rand Miller
- The Digital Antiquarian - Myst, or, The Drawbacks to Success
- The Fourth Curtain: Making Myst a World with Rand and Robyn Miller
- Guerrillas in the MYST, Wired, Aug 1994
- Humans of Gaming 79: Rand Miller Interview
- Jon-Gabriel Adkins: The Two Histories of Myst
- Myst Prima Guide
- Robyn Miller's Classic Postmortem at GDC
- An Update on the Legendary Myst Movie Adaptation
- The Video Game History Foundation's Cyan collection
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Interstitial: “The Silver Scepter: Chapters 3-5” // Written by A.J. Ditty (circa 1998) // Performed by A.J. Ditty (circa 2026)
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced and hosted by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
263 - Space Jam (feat. Mackenna Goodrich)
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Mackenna Goodrich (Informed Attraction) and the lads hop in their spaceships and make for the center of the Earth as they cover the …
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Mackenna Goodrich (Informed Attraction) and the lads hop in their spaceships and make for the center of the Earth as they cover the crossover event of 1996: Space Jam. Topics include the dual origins of Michael Jordan/the Looney Tunes, the horrors of October baseball, and what it means to make a movie exclusively targeted at marketing execs.
Mackenna Goodrich: Bluesky // Instagram
Informed Attraction: A podcast about how the TV teaches us about beauty, body image, and how to feel about ourselves. Hosted by Mackenna Goodrich and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PhD.
Apple Podcasts // Spotify // Instagram
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Space Jam. Dir. Joe Pytka. 1996.
- The Last Dance. Dir. Jason Hehir. ESPN. 2020.
- Hare Jordan Ad
- “His Airness vs. air: The making of 'Space Jam' Jordan conquers another challenge: the movies” by David Haugh. Chicago Tribune. September 10th, 2009.
- “Nostalgia Has Tricked Us Into Thinking 'Space Jam' Wasn't A Cynical Money Grab” by Maxwell Strachan. Huffington Post. November 15th, 2016.
- “Space Jam’s character ruining tackiness” by Nathan Rabin. The Dissolve. September 13th, 2013.
- “Space Jam Forever: The Website That Wouldn’t Die” by Erik Malinowski. Rolling Stone. August 19th, 2015.
- “The Oral History of Space Jam” by Ian Failes. Cartoon Brew. November 15th, 2016.
- “Twenty years later, ‘Space Jam’ is the movie we never knew we needed” by Elahe Izadi. The Washington Post. November 15th, 2016.
- “What’s Up, Doc” by Radiolab.
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Interstitial: “The Autograph Theatre (a subsidiary of Warner Brothers which is a subsidiary of Skydance which is a subsidiary of Dave Ellison’s inferiority complex) Presents: Do Your Dance, a modern retelling of the Space Jam myth with added commentary on the existence of advertising in art and the net effect of selling out your integrity in the face of that sweet, sweet merch money: A Looney Fantasia on Subterranean Themes written and performed by the Road Runner” // Written and Performed by A.J. Ditty
Episode edited by Josh Boerman. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced and hosted by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
262 - Queen for a Day (feat. Caitlin “Slowpuke” Nellist)
Caitlin Nellist (SlowpukeLIVE) joins the lads for a lovely day out with the Egg Council of America as they cover one of the worst and most popular game shows of all time: Queen for a Day. Topics include the …
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Caitlin Nellist (SlowpukeLIVE) joins the lads for a lovely day out with the Egg Council of America as they cover one of the worst and most popular game shows of all time: Queen for a Day. Topics include the ineptitude of Jack Bailey, the bakeries of El Cajon, and the roots of America’s obsession with the exploitation of trauma.
Caitlin “Slowpuke” Nellist: Twitch // Instagram // Bluesky // Paypal
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Queen for a Day
- How ‘Queen for a Day’ Turned Unhappy Housewives into TV Royalty - History Channel
- Queen For a Day - TV When I was Born
- Queen for a Day MOVIE (1951) - IMDb
- Interesting telegram from a losing contestant - eBay
- Jack Bailey’s What’s Cookin’ Cookbook
- Jack Bailey Queen for a Day hand towel
- r/askoldpeopole What do remember about Queen for a Day
- This 1950s game show profited from the poverty of a new woman every day
- What Women Watched - Marsha F. Cassidy (book)
- All The Answers - Michael Kupperman
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Interstitial: “The Silver Scepter: Chapters 1-2" // Written by A.J. Ditty (circa 1998) // Performed by A.J. Ditty (circa 2026)
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced and hosted by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
261 - Metal Gear Solid (feat. Manu)
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Snake, it’s Colonel Copywriter. I’m responsible for writing the copy for every product in the world. Have you heard of a podcast called The …
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Snake, it’s Colonel Copywriter. I’m responsible for writing the copy for every product in the world. Have you heard of a podcast called The Worst of All Possible Worlds? They do weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. And this week, they’re talking about YOU, Snake. Specifically, the Shadow Moses Incident. They’ve even brought on their good friend Manu (Podcast Sans Frontieres, NotACast) to gab about everything from The End of History to how close you come to smooching your clone-brother. The episodes are a lot of fun, Snake, even if they can get a bit irreverent from time to time. You should give it a listen. Also, you can pause the podcast at any time by pressing the pause button.
Manu: Bluesky
Podcast Sans Frontieres: A Metal Gear Solid analysis podcast.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Metal Gear
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
- Metal Gear Solid
- “Metal Gear Solid - 1997 Developer Interview” by Famitsu Weekly. Translated by Shmuplations.
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Interstitial: “The Tapioca Incident” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Master/Liquid/Colonel” and Josh Boerman as “Snake.”
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
BONUS - MrBeast and James Patterson's The Most Dangerous Games (TWOAPW on Kill The Computer)
It's MINI BEAST WEEK as Brian and Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds join Caleb and June from Kill The Computer to discuss The Worst of All Possible Books: Mr. Beast's LLM-ridden slopfest "The Most …
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It's MINI BEAST WEEK as Brian and Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds join Caleb and June from Kill The Computer to discuss The Worst of All Possible Books: Mr. Beast's LLM-ridden slopfest "The Most Dangerous Games".
Check out Kill The Computer: https://www.killthecomputer.com/
260 - Children of the Connie (feat. Trevor Strunk) [Whit’s Endless Summer 54]
Trevor Strunk (No Cartridge) and the lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in cults, US-backed dictators in Latin America, and the reason why you’re not to blame if someone burns down a liberal …
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Trevor Strunk (No Cartridge) and the lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in cults, US-backed dictators in Latin America, and the reason why you’re not to blame if someone burns down a liberal bookstore while directly quoting you.
Trevor Strunk: Bluesky / Story Mode
No Cartridge Audio: Critical but casual approaches to current, past, and future video games six times a week. In addition, guests will periodically share their own aesthetic and personal experiences with games in conversation!
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Adventures in Odyssey
- #474-475: “Shining Armor Parts 1&2”
- #479: “Happy Smilers”
- #1029: “This Is My Story”
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Interstitial: “Communion” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Jessie Cannizzaro as “Dr. Christina Cavalcante” and Brendan Dalton as “Dr. Wesley Winthrop” // Music by 4 in a Bar and Jonny Greenwood
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
259 - Charlie Kirk: Afterlife
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Charlie Kirk is in heaven Charlie Kirk is debating Che in Heaven Charlie Kirk is debating a second Che in Heaven who is standing beside the …
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Charlie Kirk is in heaven Charlie Kirk is debating Che in Heaven Charlie Kirk is debating a second Che in Heaven who is standing beside the first Che who is also in Heaven Charlie Kirk is with Jesus in Heaven Charlie Kirk is doing a conga line with Jeffrey Epstein Charlie Kirk is on a Starbucks cup Charlie Kirk is dabbing on the cross Charlie Kirk is in Fortnite Charlie Kirk is hat sales Charlie Kirk is TPUSA Charlie Kirk is a brand Charlie Kirk is riding a unicorn Charlie Kirk is having his face shrunk Charlie Kirk is a song for kids Charlie Kirk is a practitioner of perfect politics Charlie Kirk is fading Charlie Kirk will never fade Charlie Kirk is we Charlie Kirk is flame Charlie Kirk is being carried Charlie Kirk is forever Charlie Kirk is Charlie Kirk is Charlie Kirk is Charlie Kirk is CharlieKirkisCharlieKirkisCharlieKirkKirkKirkKirkKirk01000011 01101000 01100001 01110010 01101100 01101001 01100101 00100000 01001011 01101001 01110010 01101011.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- “The 21-Year-Old Becoming a Major Player in Conservative Politics” by Rebecca Nelson. The Atlantic. March 25th, 2015.
- AI Charlie Kirk Speaks to the congregation of Prestonwood Baptist in Texas
- “Being Watched: New website seeks to register professors accused of liberal bias and ‘anti-American values’” by Colleen Flaherty. Inside Higher Ed. November 21st, 2016.
- “Charlie Kirk’s AI resurrection ushers in a new era of digital grief” by Jack Jenkins. Religion News Service. September 17th, 2028.
- “Charlie Kirk and the Conservative Death Cult” by FD Signifier
- “Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’” by Chris Stein. The Guardian. September 11th, 2025.
- “Charlie Kirk - The Man Who Broke Politics” by Alexander Avila
- “Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way” by Ezra Klein. The New York Times. September 11th, 2025.
- Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by J.D. Vance. HarperCollins. June 16th, 2026.
- Deposition of Charlie Kirk Regarding January 6th
- “For Trump, Charlie Kirk Is a Deeply Personal Loss” by Robert Draper. The New York Times. September 11th, 2025.
- “How a ‘diaper protest’ imploded a conservative student group” by Deidre Olsen. Salon. March 25th, 2018.
- “Kirkification: How One Man’s Sacrifice Set the Stage for a Year of A.I. Enablement and Cultural Synchronisation” by V.R. Shorley-Courke. The Oxford Student. September 11th, 2026.
- Leaked Audio of Erika Kirk addressing TPUSA
- “The Myth of Charlie Kirk” by Three Arrows
- “Nobody Cares About Charlie Kirk” by Art Chad
- “One Year of Kirkification” by Posting Through It
- “People Punished Over Charlie Kirk Comments Win Millions-and Counting” by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling. The New Republic. May 28th, 2026.
- “Turning Point USA co-founder dies of coronavirus-related complications” by Daniel Lippman and Tina Nguyen. Politico. July 29th, 2020.
- Turning Point USA Tax Filings from ProPublica
- Tyler Robinson Charging Document
- “The Unaliving of Charlie Kirk” by TrueAnon
- “We Are Charlie Kirk Eurobeat Remix (feat. Kasane Teto)” by Headphone Cat
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Interstitial: “Professor Watchlist” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Professor Watchlist/Psycho Mantis” and Josh Boerman as “Snake”
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
258 - The Late Great Planet Earth (feat. Julian Feeld)
Julian Feeld (Super Structure, QAA Podcast) joins the lads in the end times as they cover the 1978 film adaptation of the father of all Rapture narratives: The Late Great Planet Earth. Topics include the …
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Julian Feeld (Super Structure, QAA Podcast) joins the lads in the end times as they cover the 1978 film adaptation of the father of all Rapture narratives: The Late Great Planet Earth. Topics include the conspiratorial thinking of dispensational millennialism, the nefarious tree-slut Hal Lindsay, and what it means when your rock solid prophecy keeps having to move the goal posts.
Julian Feeld: Instagram
Super Structure: Super Structure is a podcast about the many shapes of power. The power of propaganda, the power of political repression, and the power of revolutionary struggles the world over. We help you — and comedian Jon Gabrus — understand current events, history and politics. So join us as we live, laugh, and radicalize together.
QAA Podcast: Conspiracy theories, melted online communities and cursed media — we pry open the cracks in consensus reality and journey into the hidden worlds below. The QAA Podcast is a mix of reporting, comedy, and history hosted by Jake Rockatansky, Travis View, and Julian Feeld along with co-hosts Annie Kelly, Liv Agar and Brad Abrahams. Formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- The Late Great Planet Earth. Dir. Robert Amram. 1978.
- “Died: ‘Late Great Planet Earth’ Author Hal Lindsey” by Daniel G. Hummel. Christianity Today. November 27th, 2024.
- “The late great Hal Lindsey” by Matthew Avery Sutton. Religion News Service. December 5th, 2024.
- “The Late Great Planet Earth Made The Apocalypse a Popular Concern” by Erin A. Smith. Humanities: Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Winter 2017.
- “Ministry Spotlight: Hal Lindsey Website Ministries” by Brittany Smith. Ministry Watch. February 22nd, 2024.
- “Urgent Personal Message from Hal: TBN Suspends IIB” by Hal Lindsey. hallindseyoracle.com. November 20th, 2005
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Interstitial: “Outtakes from the Filming of The Late Great Planet Earth (featuring Orson Welles)” // Written by A.J. Ditty // featuring A.J. Ditty as “Amram/Hal” and David Armstrong as “Orson”
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
257 - Bangers of MASH 3: Uijeongbu Drift
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads return to the 4077 for more adventures in poker games, party planning, and saying goodbye to everyone’s favorite Charlie Brown …
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The lads return to the 4077 for more adventures in poker games, party planning, and saying goodbye to everyone’s favorite Charlie Brown: Walter “Radar” O’Reilly.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- MASH
- s6e1: “Fade Out, Fade In”
- s6e14: “The Merchant of Korea”
- s7e8: “They Call the Wind Korea”
- s7e25 “The Party”
- S8e4&5 Good-Bye Radar Parts 1&2
- “Goodbye Radar” by Ken Levine. October 29th, 2006.
- Making M*A*S*H. Dir. Patterson Denny. 1981.
- “‘M*A*S*H’ Stars Recall the Heart and Humor of David Ogden Stiers” by Marc Freeman. The Hollywood Reporter. March 5th, 2018.
- “RIP David Ogden Stiers” by Ken Levine. March 3rd, 2018.
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Interstitial: “A Third Brief Message from Alan Alda” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Eleanor Philips as “Ellie” and A.J. Ditty as “Alan Alda”.
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
- MASH
256 - The Hurt Locker (feat. Patrick Wyman)
HEART OF DUCKNESS TICKETS Patrick Wyman (Past Lives, Master of Our Domain, Tides of History) and the lads throw on their bomb suits and chase that adrenaline high as they cover Kathryn Bigelow’s …
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Patrick Wyman (Past Lives, Master of Our Domain, Tides of History) and the lads throw on their bomb suits and chase that adrenaline high as they cover Kathryn Bigelow’s critically-acclaimed 2009 war film: The Hurt Locker. Topics include the thrill of warfare, war films as propaganda, and what it means to exist in a culture full of War Paddingtons.
Patrick Wyman: Bluesky // Instagram
Masters of Our Domain: A podcast that used to be about Seinfeld and is now about history, from Phoebe Roy, Milo Edwards and Patrick Wyman.
Past Lives: History is built by people like you, and Past Lives is here to bring their stories to life. Every week, we’ll focus on the lived experiences of real people in the past, from the Stone Age to the near-present. Peasants, laborers, artisans, merchants, soldiers, and the enslaved are far too often overlooked in favor of kings, generals, and politicians; not here. On Past Lives, we keep the focus where it belongs: on the real people who populate our shared past. By understanding them, we can strive to better understand ourselves. These people were us, and we are them. They mattered, and so do you.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- The Hurt Locker. Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. 2009.
- “A House of Dynamite Visualizes the Unthinkable” by Sarah Fensom. American Cinematographer. January 20th, 2026.
- “Between Iraq and a Hard Place The Hurt Locker’s Editing Team – on Location in the Middle East” by Chris Innis. Women Film Editors. Princeton. March 15th, 2010.
- “Could The Hurt Locker Take Sound Oscars? An interview with Paul Ottosson” by Blair Jackson. Mix. March 1st, 2010.
- “Cinematographer Barry Ackroyd Talks The Hurt Locker” by Scott Macauley. Filmmaker Magazine. November 14th, 2011.
- “The Hurt Locker: A Near-Perfect War Film” by Richard Corliss. Time. September 4th, 2008.
- “The Hurt Locker: Cinematic Addiction, ‘Critique’, and the War on Terror” by Bruce Bennett and Bülent Diken. Cultural Politics: Volume 7, Issue 2. Pgs. 165-188. Duke University Press. 2011.
- “Kathryn Bigelow, Catastrophe Connoisseur” by Robert Sullivan. The New Yorker. January 5th, 2026.
- “The Unorthodox Relationship Between Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal” by Kim Masters. The Hollywood Reporter December 19th, 2012.
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Interstitial: “Jeremy Renner Official Official: The Official App of the Jeremy Renner Official App” // Written and Performed by A.J. Ditty
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
255 - In the Oswald Heights [Whit’s Endless Summer 53]
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall HEART OF DUCKNESS TICKETS The lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in gentrification, mini-golf, and the increasingly complicated …
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The lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in gentrification, mini-golf, and the increasingly complicated corporate espionage of a children’s television production company.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
Adventures in Odyssey
- 468-469: Chains
- 470: Break a Leg
- 471: Fifteen Minutes
- 473: Breaking Point
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Interstitial: “Helena Hotspur” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Hollis Beck as “Helena Hotspur”
Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
254 - UNLOCKED: Shrimp Jesus and the Death of Facebook
(originally Episode 146, aired Sept 2, 2024) HEART OF DUCKNESS TICKETS The lads made this episode with their own hands! 😊 Why do episodes like this never get likes? 😢💔 AmenAmenAmen. 🙏🇺🇸 It is our birthday and …
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(originally Episode 146, aired Sept 2, 2024)
The lads made this episode with their own hands! 😊 Why do episodes like this never get likes? 😢💔 AmenAmenAmen. 🙏🇺🇸 It is our birthday and nobody wished us one. So excited to begin our cake journey. 🎂 Did you notice when it left you? Why don’t you see these anymore? Gone too soon! ✝️ The joy, the bursts of pleasure, the camaraderie? She did good work, we’re so proud of her! 🤩 This is a place of ghosts. King Charles visited Sudan to feed the hungry children! 🫅🇸🇩 And soon you will join us in the mist. Wow, made it to 100, who else can relate? 💯 Amen.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Facebook blog posts
- September 5, 2006 - Facebook deprecates the original Wall in favor of the News Feed. A post made to someone else’s profile can now show up on the home page of anyone who is friends with that person
- September 5, 2006 - Mark Zuckerberg makes a highly defensive and condescending post responding to negative feedback about the shift to the news feed
- September 8, 2006 - Zucc makes a considerably more measured follow-up post introducing new privacy settings but doubling down on his commitment to “free flow of information on the internet”
- November 6, 2007 - Facebook introduces its new social ad platform in tandem with Pages, implementing the final piece of its core user monetization strategy
- February 12, 2009 - Facebook introduces the Like button
- February 24, 2016 - Facebook rolls out Reactions (love, haha, wow, sad, angery) globally
- News articles:
- “Ted Cruz using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users” by Harry Davies. The Guardian. December 11th, 2015.
- “A timeline of Facebook's privacy issues — and its responses” by Alyssa Newcomb. NBC News. March 24, 2018
- “Five Points for Anger, One for a ‘Like’: How Facebook’s Formula Fostered Rage and Misinformation” by Jeremy B. Merrill and Will Oremus. Washington Post. October 26th, 2021
- How Spammers, Scammers and Creators Leverage AI-Generated Images on Facebook for Audience Growth by Renee DiResta and Josh A. Goldstein. Pre-print paper, Stanford University.
- Facebook’s Algorithm Is Boosting AI Spam That Links to AI-Generated, Ad-Laden Click Farms by Jason Koebler. 404 Media, March 19, 2024
- Facebook’s AI Spam Isn’t the ‘Dead Internet’: It’s the Zombie Internet by Jason Koebler. 404 Media, May 2, 2024
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253 - Bee Movie
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Media Referenced in this Episode: Bee Movie. Dir …
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According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Bee Movie. Dir. Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner. 2007.
- “A Complete History of Bee Movie’s Many, Many Memes" by Paris Martineau. New York Magazine. November 2nd, 2017.
- “Bee Movie: A Seinfeldian Society” by Joe Strike. Animation World. November 2nd, 2007.
- “How Bee Movie Won 2016” by Laura Bradley. Vanity Fair. December 30th, 2016.
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Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don’t care what humans think is impossible. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Ooh, black and yellow! Let’s shake it up a little. Barry! Breakfast is ready! Coming! Hang on a second. Hello? - Barry? - Adam? - Can you believe this is happening? - I can’t. I’ll pick you up. Looking sharp. Use the stairs. Your father paid good money for those. Sorry. I’m excited. Here’s the graduate. We’re very proud of you, son. A perfect report card, all B’s. Very proud. Ma! I got a thing going here. - You got lint on your fuzz. - Ow! That’s me! - Wave to us! We’ll be in row 118,000. - Bye! Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! - Hey, Adam. - Hey, Barry. - Is that fuzz gel? - A little. Special day, graduation. Never thought I’d make it. Three days grade school, three days high school. Those were awkward. Three days college. I’m glad I took a day and hitchhiked around the hive. You did come back different. - Hi, Barry. - Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good. - Hear about Frankie? - Yeah. - You going to the funeral? - No, I’m not going. Everybody knows, sting someone, you die. Don’t waste it on a squirrel. Such a hothead. I guess he could have just gotten out of the way. I love this incorporating an amusement park into our day. That’s why we don’t need vacations. Boy, quite a bit of pomp… under the circumstances. - Well, Adam, today we are men. - We are! - Bee-men. - Amen! Hallelujah! Students, faculty, distinguished bees, please welcome Dean Buzzwell. Welcome, New Hive City graduating class of… …9:15. That concludes our ceremonies. And begins your career at Honex Industries! Will we pick our job today? I heard it’s just orientation. Heads up! Here we go. Keep your hands and antennas inside the tram at all times. - Wonder what it’ll be like? - A little scary. Welcome to Honex, a division of Honesco and a part of the Hexagon Group. This is it! Wow. Wow. We know that you, as a bee, have worked your whole life to get to the point where you can work for your whole life. Honey begins when our valiant Pollen Jocks bring the nectar to the hive. Our top-secret formula is automatically color-corrected, scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured into this soothing sweet syrup with its distinctive golden glow you know as… Honey! - That girl was hot. - She’s my cousin! - She is? - Yes, we’re all cousins. - Right. You’re right. - At Honex, we constantly strive to improve every aspect of bee existence. These bees are stress-testing a new helmet technology. - What do you think he makes? - Not enough. Here we have our latest advancement, the Krelman. - What does that do? - Oatches that little strand of honey that hangs after you pour it. Saves us millions. Oan anyone work on the Krelman? Of course. Most bee jobs are small ones. But bees know that every small job, if it’s done well, means a lot. But choose carefully because you’ll stay in the job you pick for the rest of your life. The same job the rest of your life? I didn’t know that. What’s the difference? You’ll be happy to know that bees, as a species, haven’t had one day off in 27 million years. So you’ll just work us to death? We’ll sure try. Wow! That blew my mind! “What’s the difference?” How can you say that? One job forever? That’s an insane choice to have to make. I’m relieved. Now we only have to make one decision in life. But, Adam, how could they never have told us that? Why would you question anything? We’re bees. We’re the most perfectly functioning society on Earth. You ever think maybe things work a little too well here? Like what? Give me one example. I don’t know. But you know what I’m talking about. Please clear the gate. Royal Nectar Force on approach. Wait a second. Oheck it out. - Hey, those are Pollen Jocks! - Wow. I’ve never seen them this close. They know what it’s like outside the hive. Yeah, but some don’t come back. - Hey, Jocks! - Hi, Jocks! You guys did great! You’re monsters! You’re sky freaks! I love it! I love it! - I wonder where they were. - I don’t know. Their day’s not planned. Outside the hive, flying who knows where, doing who knows what. You can’tjust decide to be a Pollen Jock. You have to be bred for that. Right. Look. That’s more pollen than you and I will see in a lifetime. It’s just a status symbol. Bees make too much of it. Perhaps. Unless you’re wearing it and the ladies see you wearing it. Those ladies? Aren’t they our cousins too? Distant. Distant. Look at these two. - Oouple of Hive Harrys. - Let’s have fun with them. It must be dangerous being a Pollen Jock. Yeah. Once a bear pinned me against a mushroom! He had a paw on my throat, and with the other, he was slapping me! - Oh, my! - I never thought I’d knock him out. What were you doing during this? Trying to alert the authorities. I can autograph that. A little gusty out there today, wasn’t it, comrades? Yeah. Gusty. We’re hitting a sunflower patch six miles from here tomorrow. - Six miles, huh? - Barry! A puddle jump for us, but maybe you’re not up for it. - Maybe I am. - You are not! We’re going 0900 at J-Gate. What do you think, buzzy-boy? Are you bee enough? I might be. It all depends on what 0900 means. Hey, Honex! Dad, you surprised me. You decide what you’re interested in? - Well, there’s a lot of choices. - But you only get one. Do you ever get bored doing the same job every day? Son, let me tell you about stirring. You grab that stick, and you just move it around, and you stir it around. You get yourself into a rhythm. It’s a beautiful thing. You know, Dad, the more I think about it, maybe the honey field just isn’t right for me. You were thinking of what, making balloon animals? That’s a bad job for a guy with a stinger. Janet, your son’s not sure he wants to go into honey! - Barry, you are so funny sometimes. - I’m not trying to be funny. You’re not funny! You’re going into honey. Our son, the stirrer! - You’re gonna be a stirrer? - No one’s listening to me! Wait till you see the sticks I have. I could say anything right now. I’m gonna get an ant tattoo! Let’s open some honey and celebrate! Maybe I’ll pierce my thorax. Shave my antennae. Shack up with a grasshopper. Get a gold tooth and call everybody “dawg”! I’m so proud. - We’re starting work today! - Today’s the day. Oome on! All the good jobs will be gone. Yeah, right. Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring, stirrer, front desk, hair removal… - Is it still available? - Hang on. Two left! One of them’s yours! Oongratulations! Step to the side. - What’d you get? - Picking crud out. Stellar! Wow! Oouple of newbies? Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready! Make your choice. - You want to go first? - No, you go. Oh, my. What’s available? Restroom attendant’s open, not for the reason you think. - Any chance of getting the Krelman? - Sure, you’re on. I’m sorry, the Krelman just closed out. Wax monkey’s always open. The Krelman opened up again. What happened? A bee died. Makes an opening. See? He’s dead. Another dead one. Deady. Deadified. Two more dead. Dead from the neck up. Dead from the neck down. That’s life! Oh, this is so hard! Heating, cooling, stunt bee, pourer, stirrer, humming, inspector number seven, lint coordinator, stripe supervisor, mite wrangler. Barry, what do you think I should… Barry? Barry! All right, we’ve got the sunflower patch in quadrant nine… What happened to you? Where are you? - I’m going out. - Out? Out where? - Out there. - Oh, no! I have to, before I go to work for the rest of my life. You’re gonna die! You’re crazy! Hello? Another call coming in. If anyone’s feeling brave, there’s a Korean deli on 83rd that gets their roses today. Hey, guys. - Look at that. - Isn’t that the kid we saw yesterday? Hold it, son, flight deck’s restricted. It’s OK, Lou. We’re gonna take him up. Really? Feeling lucky, are you? Sign here, here. Just initial that. - Thank you. - OK. You got a rain advisory today, and as you all know, bees cannot fly in rain. So be careful. As always, watch your brooms, hockey sticks, dogs, birds, bears and bats. Also, I got a couple of reports of root beer being poured on us. Murphy’s in a home because of it, babbling like a cicada! - That’s awful. - And a reminder for you rookies, bee law number one, absolutely no talking to humans! All right, launch positions! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Black and yellow! Hello! You ready for this, hot shot? Yeah. Yeah, bring it on. Wind, check. - Antennae, check. - Nectar pack, check. - Wings, check. - Stinger, check. Scared out of my shorts, check. OK, ladies, let’s move it out! Pound those petunias, you striped stem-suckers! All of you, drain those flowers! Wow! I’m out! I can’t believe I’m out! So blue. I feel so fast and free! Box kite! Wow! Flowers! This is Blue Leader. We have roses visual. Bring it around 30 degrees and hold. Roses! 30 degrees, roger. Bringing it around. Stand to the side, kid. It’s got a bit of a kick. That is one nectar collector! - Ever see pollination up close? - No, sir. I pick up some pollen here, sprinkle it over here. Maybe a dash over there, a pinch on that one. See that? It’s a little bit of magic. That’s amazing. Why do we do that? That’s pollen power. More pollen, more flowers, more nectar, more honey for us. Cool. I’m picking up a lot of bright yellow. Oould be daisies. Don’t we need those? Oopy that visual. Wait. One of these flowers seems to be on the move. Say again? You’re reporting a moving flower? Affirmative. That was on the line! This is the coolest. What is it? I don’t know, but I’m loving this color. It smells good. Not like a flower, but I like it. Yeah, fuzzy. Ohemical-y. Oareful, guys. It’s a little grabby. My sweet lord of bees! Oandy-brain, get off there! Problem! - Guys! - This could be bad. Affirmative. Very close. Gonna hurt. Mama’s little boy. You are way out of position, rookie! Ooming in at you like a missile! Help me! I don’t think these are flowers. - Should we tell him? - I think he knows. What is this?! Match point! You can start packing up, honey, because you’re about to eat it! Yowser! Gross. There’s a bee in the car! - Do something! - I’m driving! - Hi, bee. - He’s back here! He’s going to sting me! Nobody move. If you don’t move, he won’t sting you. Freeze! He blinked! Spray him, Granny! What are you doing?! Wow… the tension level out here is unbelievable. I gotta get home. Oan’t fly in rain. Oan’t fly in rain. Oan’t fly in rain. Mayday! Mayday! Bee going down! Ken, could you close the window please? Ken, could you close the window please? Oheck out my new resume. I made it into a fold-out brochure. You see? Folds out. Oh, no. More humans. I don’t need this. What was that? Maybe this time. This time. This time. This time! This time! This… Drapes! That is diabolical. It’s fantastic. It’s got all my special skills, even my top-ten favorite movies. What’s number one? Star Wars? Nah, I don’t go for that… …kind of stuff. No wonder we shouldn’t talk to them. They’re out of their minds. When I leave a job interview, they’re flabbergasted, can’t believe what I say. There’s the sun. Maybe that’s a way out. I don’t remember the sun having a big 75 on it. I predicted global warming. I could feel it getting hotter. At first I thought it was just me. Wait! Stop! Bee! Stand back. These are winter boots. Wait! Don’t kill him! You know I’m allergic to them! This thing could kill me! Why does his life have less value than yours? Why does his life have any less value than mine? Is that your statement? I’m just saying all life has value. You don’t know what he’s capable of feeling. My brochure! There you go, little guy. I’m not scared of him. It’s an allergic thing. Put that on your resume brochure. My whole face could puff up. Make it one of your special skills. Knocking someone out is also a special skill. Right. Bye, Vanessa. Thanks. - Vanessa, next week? Yogurt night? - Sure, Ken. You know, whatever. - You could put carob chips on there. - Bye. - Supposed to be less calories. - Bye. I gotta say something. She saved my life. I gotta say something. All right, here it goes. Nah. What would I say? I could really get in trouble. It’s a bee law. You’re not supposed to talk to a human. I can’t believe I’m doing this. I’ve got to. Oh, I can’t do it. Oome on! No. Yes. No. Do it. I can’t. How should I start it? “You like jazz?” No, that’s no good. Here she comes! Speak, you fool! Hi! I’m sorry. - You’re talking. - Yes, I know. You’re talking! I’m so sorry. No, it’s OK. It’s fine. I know I’m dreaming. But I don’t recall going to bed. Well, I’m sure this is very disconcerting. This is a bit of a surprise to me. I mean, you’re a bee! I am. And I’m not supposed to be doing this, but they were all trying to kill me. And if it wasn’t for you… I had to thank you. It’s just how I was raised. That was a little weird. - I’m talking with a bee. - Yeah. I’m talking to a bee. And the bee is talking to me! I just want to say I’m grateful. I’ll leave now. - Wait! How did you learn to do that? - What? The talking thing. Same way you did, I guess. “Mama, Dada, honey.” You pick it up. - That’s very funny. - Yeah. Bees are funny. If we didn’t laugh, we’d cry with what we have to deal with. Anyway… Oan I… …get you something? - Like what? I don’t know. I mean… I don’t know. Ooffee? I don’t want to put you out. It’s no trouble. It takes two minutes. - It’s just coffee. - I hate to impose. - Don’t be ridiculous! - Actually, I would love a cup. Hey, you want rum cake? - I shouldn’t. - Have some. - No, I can’t. - Oome on! I’m trying to lose a couple micrograms. - Where? - These stripes don’t help. You look great! I don’t know if you know anything about fashion. Are you all right? No. He’s making the tie in the cab as they’re flying up Madison. He finally gets there. He runs up the steps into the church. The wedding is on. And he says, “Watermelon? I thought you said Guatemalan. Why would I marry a watermelon?” Is that a bee joke? That’s the kind of stuff we do. Yeah, different. So, what are you gonna do, Barry? About work? I don’t know. I want to do my part for the hive, but I can’t do it the way they want. I know how you feel. - You do? - Sure. My parents wanted me to be a lawyer or a doctor, but I wanted to be a florist. - Really? - My only interest is flowers. Our new queen was just elected with that same campaign slogan. Anyway, if you look… There’s my hive right there. See it? You’re in Sheep Meadow! Yes! I’m right off the Turtle Pond! No way! I know that area. I lost a toe ring there once. - Why do girls put rings on their toes? - Why not? - It’s like putting a hat on your knee. - Maybe I’ll try that. - You all right, ma’am? - Oh, yeah. Fine. Just having two cups of coffee! Anyway, this has been great. Thanks for the coffee. Yeah, it’s no trouble. Sorry I couldn’t finish it. If I did, I’d be up the rest of my life. Are you…? Oan I take a piece of this with me? Sure! Here, have a crumb. - Thanks! - Yeah. All right. Well, then… I guess I’ll see you around. Or not. OK, Barry. And thank you so much again… for before. Oh, that? That was nothing. Well, not nothing, but… Anyway… This can’t possibly work. He’s all set to go. We may as well try it. OK, Dave, pull the chute. - Sounds amazing. - It was amazing! It was the scariest, happiest moment of my life. Humans! I can’t believe you were with humans! Giant, scary humans! What were they like? Huge and crazy. They talk crazy. They eat crazy giant things. They drive crazy. - Do they try and kill you, like on TV? - Some of them. But some of them don’t. - How’d you get back? - Poodle. You did it, and I’m glad. You saw whatever you wanted to see. You had your “experience.” Now you can pick out yourjob and be normal. - Well… - Well? Well, I met someone. You did? Was she Bee-ish? - A wasp?! Your parents will kill you! - No, no, no, not a wasp. - Spider? - I’m not attracted to spiders. I know it’s the hottest thing, with the eight legs and all. I can’t get by that face. So who is she? She’s… human. No, no. That’s a bee law. You wouldn’t break a bee law. - Her name’s Vanessa. - Oh, boy. She’s so nice. And she’s a florist! Oh, no! You’re dating a human florist! We’re not dating. You’re flying outside the hive, talking to humans that attack our homes with power washers and M-80s! One-eighth a stick of dynamite! She saved my life! And she understands me. This is over! Eat this. This is not over! What was that? - They call it a crumb. - It was so stingin’ stripey! And that’s not what they eat. That’s what falls off what they eat! - You know what a Oinnabon is? - No. It’s bread and cinnamon and frosting. They heat it up… Sit down! …really hot! - Listen to me! We are not them! We’re us. There’s us and there’s them! Yes, but who can deny the heart that is yearning? There’s no yearning. Stop yearning. Listen to me! You have got to start thinking bee, my friend. Thinking bee! - Thinking bee. - Thinking bee. Thinking bee! Thinking bee! Thinking bee! Thinking bee! There he is. He’s in the pool. You know what your problem is, Barry? I gotta start thinking bee? How much longer will this go on? It’s been three days! Why aren’t you working? I’ve got a lot of big life decisions to think about. What life? You have no life! You have no job. You’re barely a bee! Would it kill you to make a little honey? Barry, come out. Your father’s talking to you. Martin, would you talk to him? Barry, I’m talking to you! You coming? Got everything? All set! Go ahead. I’ll catch up. Don’t be too long. Watch this! Vanessa! - We’re still here. - I told you not to yell at him. He doesn’t respond to yelling! - Then why yell at me? - Because you don’t listen! I’m not listening to this. Sorry, I’ve gotta go. - Where are you going? - I’m meeting a friend. A girl? Is this why you can’t decide? Bye. I just hope she’s Bee-ish. They have a huge parade of flowers every year in Pasadena? To be in the Tournament of Roses, that’s every florist’s dream! Up on a float, surrounded by flowers, crowds cheering. A tournament. Do the roses compete in athletic events? No. All right, I’ve got one. How come you don’t fly everywhere? It’s exhausting. Why don’t you run everywhere? It’s faster. Yeah, OK, I see, I see. All right, your turn. TiVo. You can just freeze live TV? That’s i
252 - Shrek (feat. Memoria)
Memoria (@memoriamatters) and the lads grab their tiny vests and make for Duloc as they cover the movie that launched a thousand memes: Shrek. Topics include William Steig’s original book, the politics of …
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Memoria (@memoriamatters) and the lads grab their tiny vests and make for Duloc as they cover the movie that launched a thousand memes: Shrek. Topics include William Steig’s original book, the politics of Disney in the 90s, and what it means to discover the truth buried deep in the heart of Shrek.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Shrek. Dir. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson. 2001.
- Shrek! by William Steig. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1990.
- “The Agony and Shrekstasy: The Unlikely Legacy of America’s Favorite Ogre” by Jonathan Parks Ramage. Vice. April 22nd, 2016.
- “The Epic Disney Blow-Up of 1994: Eisner, Katzenberg and Ovitz 20 Years Later” by Kim Masters. The Hollywood Reporter. April 9th, 2014.
- Fairy Tales Transformed? Twenty-First Century Adaptations & the Politics of Wonder by Cristina Bacchilega. Wayne State University Press. 2013.
- Shrek Retold
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251 - The Amazing Digital Circus (feat. Radio Free Tote Bag)
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Audrey and Dono (Radio Free Tote Bag, No I’m Listening) join the lads on some wacky adventures with Pomni and Co. as they cover Gooseworx’s …
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Audrey and Dono (Radio Free Tote Bag, No I’m Listening) join the lads on some wacky adventures with Pomni and Co. as they cover Gooseworx’s indie animation megahit: The Amazing Digital Circus. Topics include the origins of Gooseworx, the hugbox of Tumblr, and what it means to find meaning in a world where a sentient mouth can absolutely ruin your life.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- The Amazing Digital Circus. Dir. Gooseworx. 2023-2026
- How to Attract the Wrong Audience by The Ludo Mancer
- Is this LOST? By Door Monster
- I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Elison
- “‘The Amazing Digital Circus’ Team Talk the Making of a Viral Hit” by Dani Di Placido. Forbes. December 22nd, 2023.
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INTERVIEW: Mike Isaac on Mark Zuckerberg and the future of Meta
Mike Isaac is a long-time technology writer who has been Technology Correspondent at the New York Times since June 2014. During that time he’s covered a variety of technology companies, including OpenAI …
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Mike Isaac is a long-time technology writer who has been Technology Correspondent at the New York Times since June 2014. During that time he’s covered a variety of technology companies, including OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic, Apple, and Uber, which he published a book about in 2019 called Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. But the bulk of his recent reporting has been about Meta, the company that owns Facebook. Last week Josh interviewed Mike about what exactly is going on over there, what prompted Meta to make such a big bet on a VR metaverse, and what—from wearable smart glasses to prediction markets—we can expect Mark Zuckerberg to do next.
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250 - Undertale
Despite everything, it’s still us. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! Hollis Beck: Website Media Referenced …
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Despite everything, it’s still us.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Undertale. Toby Fox. 2015.
- “What the Internet did to Untertale” by Super Eyepatch Wolf. 2020.
- Game Informer’s Interview with Toby Fox.
- Retrospective on Untertale’s Popularity by Toby Fox.
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INTERVIEW: Ben Collins on Infowars' past, present, and future
Ben Collins is CEO of The Onion, the satirical newspaper that bills itself as America's Finest News Source. In 2024, Collins announced that The Onion had acquired Infowars, the longtime flagship brand of …
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Ben Collins is CEO of The Onion, the satirical newspaper that bills itself as America's Finest News Source. In 2024, Collins announced that The Onion had acquired Infowars, the longtime flagship brand of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, at bankruptcy auction. However, thanks to a series of higher court stays, the Infowars name remains in legal limbo. This month, The Onion relaunched "Real Infowars" at theonion.info as part of a broader strategy to pressure the courts into unblocking the deal. Josh sat down with Ben Collins to learn about the history of the case, the legal roadblocks that remain in their way, and the longer-term plans to build a comedy network using the brand as a flagship logo.
249 - VeggieTales
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads waltz with potatoes up and down the produce aisle as they begin their coverage of Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki’s seminal …
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The lads waltz with potatoes up and down the produce aisle as they begin their coverage of Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki’s seminal Christian children’s video series: Veggietales. Topics include Vischer’s Disney-esque upbringing, the horrors of divorce, and what it means to advocate for the importance of silliness for silliness’ sake.
Media Referenced in the Episode:
- Veggietales. Big Idea Productions.
- #1: “Where’s God when I’m S-Scared?”
- #2: “God Wants Me to Forgive!?!”
- #4: “Rack, Shack, and Benny”
- All 1990s Veggietales Commentaries
- “Big Idea Productions: A Success Story Anyone Can Believe In” by Rick DeMott. Animation World Network. October 4th, 2002.
- Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables by Phil Vischer. Thomas Nelson Incorporated. 2008.
- Original “Where’s God When I’m S-Scared?”
- “One Cool Cucumber” by Chicago Tribune. October 2nd, 1998.
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Interstitial: “Oh No, What’s It Gonna Be?” // Music by Kevin Heinecke // Lyrics by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Marshall”, Brian Alford as “Paul”, Josh Boerman as “Phil”, and Eleanor Philips as “Narrator”.
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.
- Veggietales. Big Idea Productions.
248 - Whit Side Story [Whit’s Endless Summer 52]
The lads dive right into the heart of NOVACOM as they return to Odyssey for further adventures in franchising, gang warfare, and the terrifying video game that makes you old: Gloobers. Topics include the …
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The lads dive right into the heart of NOVACOM as they return to Odyssey for further adventures in franchising, gang warfare, and the terrifying video game that makes you old: Gloobers. Topics include the “evils” of VR, the inescapable childhood of the Boomer, and the vital importance of gloobin’ it with your buds.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Adventures in Odyssey
- #455: “Best Laid Plans”
- #462: The W.E.
- #463: Green Eyes and Yellow Tulips
- #415: Gloobers!
- The Dobson Newsletters
- The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast #66
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “Sister Location” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Josh Boerman as “Timmy ‘Taxman’ Thompson”, A.J. Ditty as “Estragon Estragonov/Phoebear/Melvin Mulligan”, and Brian Alford as “John/Alistair Adelman” // Music: “The Chain (Violin Cover) by Steve Bingham
- Adventures in Odyssey
247 - Hamilton
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall We’re not throwing away our shot. Media Referenced in this Episode: Hamilton. Dir. Thomas Kail. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. 2015 …
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We’re not throwing away our shot.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Hamilton. Dir. Thomas Kail. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. 2015.
- “Alexander Hamilton, the Wrong Founder” by William Hogeland. The Nation. June 16th, 2026.
- “Disaster Act” by Shellyne Rodriguez, Iris Dipni and Comité Por La Defensa Antillana. The New Inquiry. September 11th, 2019.
- “Father's Day with Luis and Lin-Manuel Miranda: Joy, Hustle, and Building a Legacy” by Ana Navarro. Bleep! With Ana Navarro. June 22, 2026.
- “Hamilton’s America”. PBS.
- “Hamilton and the Death of the Obama Era” by Alexander Avila.
- “'Hamilton' Arrives In Puerto Rico, Bringing A Bit Of Controversy With It” by Adrian Florido. NPR. January 11th, 2019.
- Puerto Rico: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- “The Mixed Reception of the 'Hamilton' Premiere in Puerto Rico” by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner. The Atlantic. January 18th, 2019.
- Siempre, Luis. Dir John Antonio James. 2020
- Black Actors Dress Up like Slave Traders…and It’s Not Halloween - ISHMAEL REED
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “Princess Track” // Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda // Lyrics by Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. // feat. Josh Boerman, Eleanor Philips, and Anne Boerman as “Ensemble” and A.J. Ditty as “Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S.”
246 - 007 First Light (feat. November Kelly)
November Kelly (Kill James Bond!; No Gods No Mayors; Trashfuture; Well There’s Your Problem; Be Gay Solve Crimes) enrolls the lads in the 00 program as they cover IO Interactive’s 2026 spy-fest: 007: First …
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November Kelly (Kill James Bond!; No Gods No Mayors; Trashfuture; Well There’s Your Problem; Be Gay Solve Crimes) enrolls the lads in the 00 program as they cover IO Interactive’s 2026 spy-fest: 007: First Light. Topics include the origins of IO, the importance of fluted windows, and what it means to try to maintain a modern franchise featuring nothing but a stupid policeman.
November Kelly: Website // Bluesky
Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/ pop culture commentary podcast about the portrayal of masculinity in cinema. November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon have watched Bond movies, War on Terror movies, Eurospy movies, and now they take on their biggest task yet: Heist Movies. What can Heat, Oceans’ 11, and the Fast and Furious movies teach us about how masculinity was imagined by the people who created them? What does that say about Society? Free episodes are released every fortnight on all major podcast platforms and bonus episodes are released for supporters on Patreon on the interstitial weeks.
- Website // Patreon
- Listen on Apple Podcasts // Spotify
Trashfuture is a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism.
- Website // Patreon
- Listen on Apple Podcasts // Spotify
Well There’s Your Problem is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes.
- Youtube // Instagram // Patreon
- Listen on Apple Podcasts // Spotify
No Gods No Mayors: Municipal government: a trap that catches those too incompetent, too corrupt, too strange even for national politics. And the greatest of these, the mayor - the highest political office one can hope to reach with a truly oppositional personality or a crack addiction. Mattie Lubchansky, Riley Quinn and November Kelly are teaming up to make a podcast investigating these mayors. From petty Bonapartes to flagrant mafiosi, these are their stories.
- Spotify // Apple Podcasts // RSS Feed
Be Gay, Solve Crimes: Join Mia Mulder, November Kelly, and their local librarian Lucy as they investigate pop-culture copaganda and solve the mystery of why they wanted to become detectives before they transitioned.
- Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Patreon
Media Referenced in the Episode:
- 007: First Light. IO Interactive. 2026.
- “007 First Light Dev IO Interactive Says It’s Now Sold 3 Million Copies, Tracking ‘Well Above Our Forecasts at This Point’” by Wesley Yin-Poole and Simon Cardy. June 6th, 2026.
- "I've been MANIFESTING this!" 007 First Light's Patrick Gibson REVEALS James Bond casting process by Radio Times Gaming.
- Jonas Eneroth’s Profile. Moby Games.
- “Long-awaited James Bond game shows how big games have become” by Julie Wurtz and Jesper Dein. Dr.Dk. May 26th, 2026.
- “The Making of: Hitman: Codename 47” by Edward Love. Retro Gamer. May 17th, 2018.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “Untitled Bond Movie 2026” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Josh Boerman as “Announcer”, Brian Alford as “Q”, A.J. Ditty as “M/Salazar”, Eleanor Philips as “Moneypenny/Norah”, and introducing Devon as “James Bond”.
245 - Meta Horizon Worlds and the Death of the Metaverse
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Mark Zuckerberg spent seven years and $80 billion attempting to build Horizon Worlds, a virtual reality "metaverse" that peaked at around …
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Mark Zuckerberg spent seven years and $80 billion attempting to build Horizon Worlds, a virtual reality "metaverse" that peaked at around 200,000 monthly users in October 2022. After years of decay, Horizon froze the creation of new worlds in VR this week, shifting the platform's focus back to mobile and marking the effective end of Meta's virtual reality ambitions. This week, the lads perform an autopsy on both Horizon Worlds and Mark Zuckerberg's dream of the metaverse more broadly, discovering how a platform built on the vision of a revolutionary gaming headset eventually gave way to a world solely inhabited by dozens of eight-year-olds screaming slurs in 360 degrees of immersive 3D.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Meta Horizons Worlds for Oculus Quest, including the following worlds:
- “Horizon Central”
- “Bobber Bay Fishing”
- “NBA Arena”
- “Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour”
- “METDONALD’S”
- “Pizza Kitchen”
- “Bad Roommates UPDATED!”
- “I Spent A Week Alone In The Metaverse” by Jarvis Johnson (August 1, 2023)
- Kickstarter campaign for Oculus Rift
- Oculus VR profile on Crunchbase
- “Happy Go Luckey: Meet the 20-year-old creator of Oculus Rift” by Robert Purchase (Eurogamer, July 11, 2013)
- “John Carmack's former employer claims he stole tech for Oculus VR when he left” by Ben Gilbert (Engadget, May 1, 2014)
- “Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near-Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine” by Ben Collins and Gideon Resnick (The Daily Beast, September 22, 2016)
- Palmer Luckey’s post about Nimble American on Facebook (September 23, 2016)
- “Palmer Luckey distances himself from Nimble America group” by Matt Kamen (Wired, September 26, 2016)
- “Facebook launches beta of Spaces, its goofy and fun social VR platform” by Lucas Matney (TechCrunch, April 18, 2017)
- The Mark Zuckerberg/Sweet Baby Ray’s edit
- “Zuckerberg blasted for tone-deaf 'magical' VR tour of Puerto Rico” from CNET News (October 10, 2017)
- Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Flatiron Books, 2025)
- “Introducing Oculus Quest” from Meta Developers (February 13, 2019)
- “Oculus Quest Basics Tutorial” from Meta Quest (May 20, 2019)
- “Everything revealed at Facebook's Oculus Horizon presentation” from CNET Highlights (September 25, 2019)
- “Building the Tools to Power the Future of Work” press release from Facebook (May 21, 2020)
- “Growth At Any Cost: Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection In 2016 Memo — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed” by Ryan Mac, Charlie Warzel, and Alex Kantrowitz (BuzzFeed News, March 29, 2018)
- “Zuckerberg Says He Strongly Disagrees With “The Ugly” Memo By Top Facebook Exec” by Jim Dalrymple II (BuzzFeed News, March 29, 2018)
- “Facebook Horizon | New Worlds in the Making” from Meta Quest (August 27, 2020)
- “Facebook launches ‘Horizon Workrooms.’ Here's how it works” from CBS Mornings (August 19, 2021)
- “The Metaverse and How We'll Build It Together -- Connect 2021” from Meta (October 28, 2021)
- Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook post announcing Horizon Worlds launching in France and Spain
- Announcement that legs are coming soon
- Footage of Meta Connect 2024 in Horizon Worlds
- “What Went Wrong With Horizon Worlds? Former Meta Devs Share Surprising Insights -- And a Solution to Still Save It” by Wagner James Au (March 12, 2025; archived from the original on March 16, 2025)
- “Eli Roth Brings His Brand of Horror to Meta Horizon Worlds + Meta Quest TV” Meta press release (October 14, 2022)
- “Why The Metaverse Was Doomed From The Start” by The Art of Storytelling (March 27, 2026)
- “Zuck Never Understood the Metaverse” by The Morbid Zoo (April 4, 2026)
- “How Did the Metaverse Fail So Badly?” by Patrick Boyle (April 12, 2026)
- “What does Meta actually do now?” by Good Work (May 8, 2026)
- “Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better” by Lucas Ropek (TechCrunch, January 28, 2026)
- Announcement from Meta that Spark will be shutting down in January 2025
- “Meta is closing down its VR meeting rooms as part of its wider cull” by Mariella Moon (Engadget, January 16, 2026)
- “Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, as A.I. Casualties Mount” by Eli Tan, Kalley Huang, and Mike Isaac (The New York Times, May 19, 2026)
- “Backrooms uses the bluntest of metaphors to capture a uniquely Gen Z fear” by Joshua Rivera (The A.V. Club, June 5th, 2026)
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “Connect Keynote Address 2026” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Brian Alford as “Zucks”
- Meta Horizons Worlds for Oculus Quest, including the following worlds:
244 - Gamer (feat. maia arson crimew)
maia arson crimew joins the lads for a gruesome game of Slayer and a quick round of Society as they cover the rich text of toxic masculinity that is Neveldine/Taylor’s 2009 murderfest: Gamer. Topics include …
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maia arson crimew joins the lads for a gruesome game of Slayer and a quick round of Society as they cover the rich text of toxic masculinity that is Neveldine/Taylor’s 2009 murderfest: Gamer. Topics include Michael C. Hall’s puppet moves, the film’s deep fear of penises, and what it means to live in a world where tech billionaires want to control your every thought.
maia arson crimew: Website // Bluesky
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Gamer. Neveldine/Taylor. 2009.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “Ken Castle’s Crazy Kart” // Written and Performed by A.J. Ditty
243 - The Cable Guy (feat. David Armstrong)
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall David Armstrong (Bonus Action) upgrades the lads to the Rainbow Package as they cover Ben Stiller’s 1996 cult thriller/comedy: The Cable …
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David Armstrong (Bonus Action) upgrades the lads to the Rainbow Package as they cover Ben Stiller’s 1996 cult thriller/comedy: The Cable Guy. Topics include trials of the century, the cultural significance of Medieval Times, and what it means to contemplate 90s monoculture in a post-cable world.
Bonus Action: Hail and well met, Peaches! Adam and Jay from the reaction channel pReview’d have started an Actual Play TTRPG channel with their DM friend David Armstrong.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- The Cable Guy. Dir. Ben Stiller. 1996.
- “How a Sure Summer Hit Missed” by Bernard Weinraub. New York Times. June 27th, 1996.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “The Sound of Larry the Cable Guy Encouraging Renowned British Theater Director Trevor Nunn to Attack A Critic at a Local Pub Mere Hours After Said Critic Panned His, and By His I Mean Trevor Nunn’s, Revival of The Sound of Music” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. David Armstrong as “Larry the Cable Guy”
242 - The Gay Agenda: LIVE (feat. Théâtre Voltaire)
The lads bring Odyssey to Brooklyn as they, along with their newly-formed acting troupe Théǎtre Voltaire, get to the bottom of the Gay Agenda by covering the infamously never-produced episode of Adventures in …
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The lads bring Odyssey to Brooklyn as they, along with their newly-formed acting troupe Théǎtre Voltaire, get to the bottom of the Gay Agenda by covering the infamously never-produced episode of Adventures in Odyssey: “One-In-Ten”. Topics include the structure of a very special episode, the resplendent beauty of a crow’s call, and the paramount importance of being as gay as humanly possible.
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Théâtre Voltaire
- Jessie Cannizzaro as Jimmy
- Madeleine Bundy as Artie/Donna
- James Fouhey as Sam/Mr. Andrews
- Alex Ptak as Mr. Michaels
- Jeremy Kaplowitz as Rodney Rathbone
- Patrick Harvey as George
- Cristina Pitter as Mary
- Dara Swisher as Foley
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Interstitial: “James Dobson in Hell” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “James Dobson” and William Vaughn as “James Dobson’s BFF”
241 - KPop Demon Hunters
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall TICKETS TO OUR MAY 24 LIVE SHOW IN BROOKLYN ARE ON GENERAL SALE NOW! LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE! To get your tickets, go to Littlefieldnyc.com …
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TICKETS TO OUR MAY 24 LIVE SHOW IN BROOKLYN ARE ON GENERAL SALE NOW! LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE! To get your tickets, go to Littlefieldnyc.com
The lads hide their demon marks and move their shoulders to Sodapop as they cover Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans’ 2025 musical megahit: KPop Demon Hunters. Topics include the origins of KPop, the frustrating narrative choices, and the absolute joy of watching a group of demon slayers cap off a successful hunt with some much deserved couch time.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- KPop Demon Hunters. Dir. Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans. 2025
- “‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Directors on Why This Was Too Personal To Walk Away From: ‘We’re Gonna Do It Even if It Kills Us’” by Jake Hodges & Perri Nemiroff. Collider. October 4th, 2025.
- “KPop Demon Hunters is Officially Entering Its Sequel Era” by Stephan Lee. Tudum by Netflix. March 12th, 2026.
- “‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Smash Hit ‘Golden’ Surpasses 1 Billion Views on Youtube” by Hannah Dailey. Billboard. January 14th, 2026.
- “KPop Demon Hunters Took 7 Years to Make But a Lifetime to Experience” by Regina Kim. New York Times. July 21st, 2025.
- “Netflix announces ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ world concert tour” by Fred Topel. Y! Entertainment. May 13th, 2026.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
A note from Josh about the livestream and other stuff for the May 24 live show at Littlefield
Hi everyone, Josh here with your (hopefully) one-stop shop for all details regarding the May 24 7PM ET live show, including how the livestream will work. HERE'S THE LINK TO TICKETS AT LITTLEFIELDNYC.COM. TL;DR …
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Hi everyone,
Josh here with your (hopefully) one-stop shop for all details regarding the May 24 7PM ET live show, including how the livestream will work. HERE'S THE LINK TO TICKETS AT LITTLEFIELDNYC.COM.
TL;DR:
- We're excited to have you on the livestream to bring in as much of our audience as possible
- The stream will be on YouTube. You'll get the link right before the show and the VOD will stay up for at least 30 days
- We'll have live chat during the stream
- The video of the show will only be available to people who purchased a livestream ticket via VOD. The edited audio will be released as the main feed episode on May 27, but it will not include the special live-only interstitial
- This is the most ambitious thing we've attempted for this show so far and we need you to help us tear this shit apart
Get those tickets and we'll see you on the 24th.
Love,
Josh
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