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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.
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
The lads grab their fart guns and lose their minds as they do battle against the highest grossing movie in the highest grossing animated film franchise of all time: Minions. Topics include Minion physiology, the horrific world of Minion memes, and the value of children’s entertainment in a world trapped in a neverending cycle of nostalgia.
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Media Referenced In This Episode:
- Minions (2015) - IMDB / letterboxd / Available on Peacock
- Peter Traver’s Rolling Stone Review of Despicable Me
- Christy Lemire’s AP Review of Despicable Me
- Plugged in Review of Minions
- Story About Google’s 2016 Minions April Fools’ Prank
- Guillermo Del Toro TikTok
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
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The lads throw on their finest alligator shoes and slap The Expression on their faces as they take to the mean streets of Martinaise for ZA/UM’s political and existential triumph: Disco Elysium. Topics include the dense and fascinating history of the game world, the perfection of Kim Kitsuragi, and finding glimmers of disco in a world on the brink of annihilation.
**Spoiler Warning** If you want to experience every surprise Disco Elysium has to offer, you may want to play the game first. Trust us, your ancient reptilian brain will thank you. Well, first it will probably insult you, THEN it will thank you.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Disco Elysium by ZA/UM, Available on Steam, PS5/PS4/XBOX Game Pass/Nintendo Switch
- “Disco Elysium Writer Alleges Fraud While Studio Accuses Him Of Toxic Management” by Ethan Gach, Kotaku.com
- “TO FANS OF DISCO ELYSIUM, CONCERNING THE SITUATION AT ZA/UM” by Aleksander Rostov, Medium.com.
- “Disco Elysium Studio ZA/UM Confirms Former Employees Were Fired for Misconduct” by Danielle Partis, gamesindustry.biz
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com
![60 - Adventures in Modesty (feat. April Ajoy) [Whit’s Endless Summer #19]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11885637/adventures_in_modesty_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
April Ajoy (Evangelicalish) joins the lads as they return to Odyssey for three deeply disturbing episodes that dive deep into the heart of evangelical purity culture. Topics include the cringe of adolescence, the horrors of beauty pageants, and the nightmare of having puberty explained to you by John Avery Whittaker.
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April Ajoy
- Tiktok: @aprilajoy
- Instagram: @aprilajoy
- Twitter: @aprilajoyr
Evangelicalish: Discussing the good, the bad and the ugly of the American Evangelical Church, deconstruction, faith and God’s love through it all.
- Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts
- Website: evangelicalish.podia.com
- Twitter: @evangelicalish
- Youtube: youtube.com/c/Evangelicalish
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- 154 - Coming of Age
- 163 - A Model Child
- 192 - Modesty is the Best Policy
- April Ajoy’s Performance of “America Say Jesus”
- Growing Up Christian Podcast, Episode 49: “Jimmy Barclay‘s Misadventures in Odyssey w/ Actor & Activist David Griffin”
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
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Jake Beckhard (Blue Balls NYCFC) challenges the lads to the match of the century as they try to outmaneuver the bopping songs and confounding political intrigue of the infamous Tim Rice/Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus flop musical: Chess. Topics include the many different versions of the show, the innate appeal of a broken musical, and the ever increasing eccentricities of one Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice.
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Jake Beckhard
- Website: jake-beck.com
- Twitter: @jakebeckhard
- Instagram: @jakebeckhard
Blue Balls NYCFC: You’ve got Blue Balls! How lucky for you. Check in every week for rapturous pod talk on all things NYCFC. With NYC Hosts Jake Beckhard and Trey Fillmore.
- Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Podomatic
The Fled is an artist Collective providing a radically equitable, anti-racist, anti-oppressive platform for theater artists — to build community, expand their artistry, and make theatre that is actively engaged in our collective liberation and the dismantling of colonialist practices and white ideals. With artists at the helm, particularly our global-majority and historically marginalized artists, we lead our community with curiosity, empathy, and celebration.
- Patreon: patreon.com/serials
- Instagram: @thefledcollective
- Twitter: @fledcollective
- Website: thefled.com
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Get Onto My Cloud: The Tim Rice Podcast: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts
- “Chess Seeks to Shed Its Checkered Past” by Stephen Holden, NYTimes
- Chess (1986 London Concept Cast): Spotify / Apple Music / Amazon
- Chess In Concert (2008): AppleTV / YouTube / Letterboxd
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Laura Ramadei from the Girls On Porn podcast stops by to help Brian and Josh block, tackle, and blast their way through the anti-porn manifesto for evangelical Christian teenage boys terrified of their own sex drives: Every Young Man’s Battle. You’ll never look at a jogger the same way, and for that we apologize. Sort of.
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Girls On Porn is a porn review podcast hosted by two erotic enthusiasts and all around horny gals, Laura and Rachel. Committed to helping you find hot + ethical porn, each week the girls research and review porn based on popular search terms.
- Website: girlsonporn.com
- Patreon: patreon.com/girlsonporn
- Twitter: @GoPthepodcast
- Instagram: @girlsonprn
- TikTok: @girlsonprn
- Listen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts
Media referenced in this episode
- Every Young Man’s Battle (documentary, 2003): YouTube / Letterboxd / TMDB
- Every Young Man’s Battle by Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker (WaterBrook Press, 2004): Goodreads / Google Books
- Lecture by Shannon Ethridge (author of Every Young Woman’s Battle): YouTube
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: www.brendan-dalton.com / https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE GO TO patreon.com/worstofall.
Stanley read the episode notes for the podcast called “The Worst of All Possible Worlds #57: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.” He marveled at their ability to convey both the tone of the episode and the appropriate words necessary to take advantage of the SEO. Words like “Whizbang!“, “Gadzooks!“, and “The Truth About Vaccines!” None of these things were in the episode proper, of course, but Stanley could feel their power extending out to the furthest reaches of the world wide web. He gave thanks that these words would feed the Great Beast Algorith’m, whom Stanley knew all should fear and give praise. In fact, just thinking about the Great Beast Algorith’m made Stanley convulse with fright and involuntarily scream, but this terror was immediately satiated as Stanley grabbed hold of his Reassurance Bucket. “MMMM,” Stanley thought, “That’s GOOOOOOOOOOD Bucket.”
TWOAPW Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Media Referenced in this Episode:
Davey Wreden & William Pugh: Life After The Stanley Parable by John Walker
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/davey-wreden-william-pugh-the-stanley-parable-interview
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Abe Goldfarb (Beetlejuice: The Musical, First Time Caller) and the lads down a shot of the Green Fairy and can-can their way through Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 musical extravaganza: Moulin Rouge! Topics include the brilliance of Richard Roxburgh, the sexiest alien in Star Wars, and the untouchable style and frenetic earnestness of Bazmark Luhrmann.
Abe’s Socials:
Twitter: @abegoldfarb
TWOAPW Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Media Referenced in the Episode:
“Moulin Rogue Was Almost an Original Musical (And Other Soundtrack Secrets)”
by Maureen Lee Lenker
https://ew.com/movies/moulin-rouge-20th-anniversary-soundtrack-secrets/
Guardian Interviews at BFI: Baz Luhrmann
Interviewed by Geoff Andrew
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/07/1
“Rich Man’s Frug” from Sweet Charity:
https://youtu.be/mcrZIK3gqbU
”Take Off With Us” from All That Jazz:
https://youtu.be/DVBiZ5bEOLI
Guest Starring Eleanor Philips as The Italian Moon
![55 - Pamela Has a Problem (feat. Ash Stoneman) [Whit’s Endless Summer #18]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11885637/pamela_problem_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Ashleigh Stoneman (The Very Worst, The Merry Worst) returns to the pod to help the lads tackle two disastrous attempts by evangelicals to cover the subject of abortion: Odyssey’s infamous lost episode “Pamela Has a Problem” and Frank Peretti’s should-have-been-lost radio drama “Tilly”. Topics include the hubris of Paul McCusker, the brain worms of Frank Peretti, and the path forward as America becomes increasingly hostile towards access to basic healthcare.
Ashleigh’s Socials:
- Twitter: @AshStoneman
- Instagram: @ashstoneman
Media Referenced in the Episode:
- Adventures in Odyssey #134 - Pamela Has a Problem
- "Tilly" radio drama, originally aired on the Focus on the Family radio show
- https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/01/416421/five-years-after-abortion-nearly-all-women-say-it-was-right-decision-study
- https://www.guttmacher.org/evidence-you-can-use/later-abortion
Abortion Funds You Can Donate To Right Now:
- National Network of Abortion Funds
- Alabama: Yellowhammer Fund
- Arizona: Abortion Fund of Arizona
- Kentucky: Kentucky Health Justice Network
- Louisiana: New Orleans Abortion Fund
- North Dakota: North Dakota Women in Need Abortion Access Fund
- South Dakota: South Dakota Access for Every Woman
- Idaho: Northwest Abortion Access Fund (Also Serves Alaska, Oregon, and Washington)
- Michigan: Reclaim MI WIN Fund
- Mississippi: Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund
- Missouri: Missouri Abortion Fund
- Tennessee: Abortion Care for Tennessee
- Texas: Texas Equal Access Fund
- Utah: Utah Abortion Fund
- Wyoming: Chelsea’s Fund
TWOAPW Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
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Jeff Ronan (And Almost Starring…) joins the lads on the deck of the Nostromo as they battle xenomorphs and the specter of capitalism in Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror masterwork: Alien. Topics include H.R. Giger’s uncannily horny designs, Ripley’s place amongst the greatest action heroes of all time, and the pros and cons of bringing a cat to an alien fight.
And Almost Starring…
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/and-almost-starring/id1516186984
And Almost Starring…Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/andalmoststarring
A.J.’s Episode of And Almost Starring…: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-95-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-w-aj-ditty/id1516186984?i=1000580014723
TWOAPW Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Media Referenced In This Episode:
“Screen: ‘Alien’ Brings Chills From the Far Galaxy: A Gothic Set in Space” by Vincent Canby
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/25/archives/screen-alien-brings-chills-from-the-far-galaxya-gothic-set-in-space.html
The Variety Alien review:
https://variety.com/1978/film/reviews/alien-1200424551/
Special thanks to David Armstrong for providing the voice of Sir John Hurt