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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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![11 - Bothered About Castles and Cauldrons (feat. Scott Benson) [Whit’s Endless Summer #5]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11885637/twoapwlogo_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Grab your swords and belts and other things you need as Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) and former Christian ska artist/Night in the Woods co-creator Scott Benson (@bombsfall) kick off the Halloween season by larping their way through Adventures in Odyssey’s most scarring episodes. They discuss the insidiousness of the Satanic Panic, the perils of young Christian love, and the delightful consequences of summoning a demon.
Episodes discussed:
First Love
Suspicious Minds
Castles & Cauldrons parts 1 and 2
Recently Scott made a beautiful comic based on the album The Bridgewater Astral League by The World/Inferno Friendship Society. check it out here:
https://bombsfall.itch.io/bwal
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Strap on your long tails and ears for hats, because Brian (@spocks_brian), A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask), Josh (@boshj), and special guests Jessie Cannizzaro (Puffs, @JessCannizzaro) and Eleanor Philips (Puffs, @ecphilips) are literally climbing up the Billboard Charts to talk about the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats. They discuss the legacy of the seminal soundtrack, the rampant sexism of film criticism in the early 2000s, and the mysterious origins of Avril Lavigne.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Unless you're a pinball enthusiast or keep an extremely close eye on SEC litigation, you've probably never heard the name Deeproot. But just a couple weeks ago, this fledgling startup got slapped with a massive civil lawsuit that sent shockwaves throughout the pinball collector community. Join Josh (@boshj) and Brian (@spocks_brian) as "Crazy" Levi Nayman regales us with a truly bizarre story that spans decades of lost time, millions of dollars of wasted investor money, and something called a PinPod.
Links & Further Reading
Levi's website: http://crazylevipinball.com/
Deeproot thread on Pinside: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/twip-is-deeproot-the-next-misadventure-or-a-pinball-revolution
PinPod introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu6wxw9Tv8k
RAZA/Pinbar walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N5WB9g2vIY
SEC complaint against Deeproot: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2021/comp25179.pdf
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
THIS IS A PREVIEW. Check out the full thing at patreon.com/worstofall
There’s something rotten in the CORPORATION of Denmark??? Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), and A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) whip out their bodkins and throw themselves headlong into the morose, brooding world of literal corporate backstabbing that is Michael Almereyda's Hamlet (2000). They dissect the cultural significance of Mr. Moviefone, the perils and pitfalls of adapting Shakespeare for the screen, and the surreal perfection of contemplating one’s mortality in a Blockbuster.
TWOAPW on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Rob Mobley (@VillainologyPod) joins Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), and A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) on their slow descent into the depths of evil as they face Adventure in Odyssey’s Biggest Bad: Dr. Regis Blackgaard, Child Psychologist. They discuss the nature of evil, the surprising careers of the voice cast, and the tragic story of a man whose wife leaves him for a horse.
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Villainology Podcast:
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/villainology-rob-mobley-Q_oS1Hz9PWp/
Follow Rob on instagram @mobrobley, on twitch.tv/rob_mobley and Off the Beaten Path on twitter @obpmusical
Episodes Discussed:
Episode 77: The Nemesis, Part 1
Episode 78: The Nemesis, Part 2
Episode 83: The Battle, Part 1
Episode 84: The Battle, Part 2
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
THIS IS A PREVIEW. Check out the full thing at patreon.com/worstofall
Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), and A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) get thrown headlong into Imagination Station as they continue their journey through Adventures in Odyssey as part of their Whit’s Endless Summer. They discuss the insidiousness of Evangelical brainwashing, the merits of the musical Godspell, and the unending glory of THE NOZZLE.
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Episodes Discussed:
Episode 66: The Imagination Station, Part 1
Episode 67: The Imagination Station, Part 2
Episode 68: Choices
Episode 73: A Bite of Applesauce
Episode 76: Eugene’s Dilemma
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Join Josh (@boshj) and Brian (@spocks_brian) as they dive into the ambitious 2017 space-station spoop-fest Prey! They talk the joys of fake-out openings, the pitfalls of immersive combat, and the sticky beauty of a good ole fashioned GLOO cannon. They also delve into the depths of the infamous Bethesda/Kotaku brouhaha of the mid 2010s and the enduring push/pull between developers and game journalists.
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
THIS IS A PREVIEW. Check out the full thing at patreon.com/worstofall
For our second premium episode, the boys (@boshj, @thefuzzymask, @spocks_brian) dive a little deeper into Odyssey. Maybe a little too deep.
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
A.J. and Brian take a relaxed trip through the walking simulator Gone Home, its influences and its legacy, which stretches beyond the medium of video games. We also discuss how the game gets used as a virtue signal among gaming's reactionary wing.
For more listening, check out Steve Gaynor's GDC talk: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020376/Why-Is-Gone-Home-a
Friday Jun 04, 2021
Friday Jun 04, 2021
This is the inaugural episode of Whit's Endless Summer, a sub-series where we explore Adventures in Odyssey, Focus on the Family, and the history of evangelical entertainment.
This time, we subjected A.J. to some of the first and worst episodes of Adventures in Odyssey, introducing him to Whit, Tom, Connie and everyone's favorite denizen of Campbell County: Patriotism.
The episodes we listened to were:
#4 - Connie Comes to Town
#5 - Gifts for Madge and Guy
#7 - Promises, Promises
#19 - Recollections
#28 - The Price of Freedom
If you want to find these episodes, they're floating around the internet in a few places. There's a comprehensive torrent out there that has every episode (and then some) all the way through last year. Feel free to suffer along with us!
And as always, we welcome your feedback.