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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 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
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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
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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
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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
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Scott Benson (Night In the Woods) joins the lads in demonic combat as they battle the evils of satanic prophecy and New Age philosophy in Frank E. Peretti’s sophomoric superhit: This Present Darkness. Topics include the evils of carnivals, Peretti’s truly vile prose, and the lasting ramifications of This Present Darkness on the modern Christian fiction landscape.
Scott’s Socials:
Twitter: @bombsfall
Instagram: @bombsfall
TWOAPW Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Media Referenced in this Episode:This Present Darkness (Unabridged):
Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6rhuJB68BM&t=2s
Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VINkS29eGRM
This Present Darkness (Abridged):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnUSravKkU
“Singer’s Plug Puts ‘This Present Darkness’ in Spotlight : Fundamentalist Novel Finds Wide Appeal”
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-23-me-550-story.html
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Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Hey folks! Here's that live show. As you may remember, last year we talked to Crazy Levi Nayman about the history of pinball and a very strange company that rose and fell over the last few years. That episode can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/emergency-pod-56023528
This year, we've followed up with Pinside poster Blueberry Johnson to talk about the ruins and remains of what was once Deeproot Pinball, and handed out some Deeproot T-shirts we got at a liquidation auction.
Deeproot thread on Pinside: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/twip-is-deeproot-the-next-misadventure-or-a-pinball-revolution
TWOAPW Patreon
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Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com