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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
Mar 9, 2022
Mar 9, 2022
38 min
Mar 2, 2022
Mar 2, 2022
1hr 48 min
The lads face down the dastardly Dr. Regis Blackgaard as they once again return to Odyssey for a dizzying foray into the world of forgiveness and electronic stores. Topics include Midwestern social mores, the nature of revenge, and the importance of unionizing in a world full of John Avery Whittakers.
Episodes discussed:
#155 & #156: Waylaid in the Windy City, Parts 1 and 2
#159 The Homecoming
#160 A Rathbone of Contention
For further Context, check out TWOAPW episodes:
7 - In a Gadda da Whitta
8 - Blackgaardology
TWOAPW Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Feb 23, 2022
Feb 23, 2022
32 min
THIS IS A PREVIEW. Check out the full thing at patreon.com/worstofall
Things get WILD as the lads, along with special guest Anne Huston (General Manager of Caveat), strap on their Gibson Flying V/EB-0 1961 Bass guitars and dive headlong into the Loony Tunes madness and shocking poignancy of Kazuya Tsurumaki and Yōji Enokido’s hit anime: FLCL. Topics include the horrific comedy of puberty, Japan’s complicated relationship with the West, and the serenity that comes with no thots, only robots.
Caveat:
https://www.caveat.nyc
Anne Huston on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ultimateegg/
TWOAPW Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Feb 16, 2022
Feb 16, 2022
2hr 18 min
Feb 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022
1hr 17 min
THIS IS THE FIRST HALF OF OUR DISCUSSION. For the full episode, check us out on Patreon: patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Special guest Trevor Beaulieu (Champagne Sharks) joins the lads as they solve a pretty boilerplate case and then dress up in fancy disguises for a negligible amount of screen-time to discuss the immensely popular and massively overlooked (by white people) Dick Wolf procedural: New York Undercover. They discuss the Network Wars of the mid-90s, the brilliant music and outdated storylines of Undercover, and the procedural empire of Richard D. Wolf.
CW: contains discussions of episodes of television that involve rape/pedophilia.
Trevor Beaulieu:
Twitter: @rickyrawls
Champagne Sharks:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4rhjZsJeN2kQ6qNvSq8sFo?si=9f4c09af8ba04d98
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/champagne-sharks/id1242690393
Twitter: @ChampagneSharks
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/champagnesharks/posts
TWOAPW Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Feb 2, 2022
Feb 2, 2022
1hr 50 min
The lads and special guest Trevor Strunk (No Cartridge, Story Mode) take up the mantle of the Chosen Undead as they attempt to link the fire by climbing the trap-filled Snake Fortress of video game culture that is Dark Souls. They discuss difficulty settings in video games, the pernicious gatekeeping of gitting gud, and what Dark Souls can teach us about surviving an apocalypse.
Trevor Strunk:
Twitter: @Hegelbon
No Cartridge:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0nvqvbeKNXYnCngVWQwanL?si=d1d254ff82304435
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-cartridge-audio/id1212245244
Story Mode: Video Games & The Interplay Between Consoles and Culture
https://www.powells.com/book/story-mode-9781633886803
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Jan 19, 2022
Jan 19, 2022
1hr 26 min
THIS IS THE FIRST HALF OF OUR DISCUSSION. For the full episode, check out our Patreon: patreon.com/WorstOfAll
The lads and special guest Josh Sawyer (Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity) go beard to beard with the mob as they face down one of Shakespeare’s most brutal and overlooked tragedies: Coriolanus. They discuss Ralph Fiennes’ excellent 2011 film adaptation, the dehumanizing weaponization of soldiers in an ever-expanding empire, and the uncanny horror of Chekhovian Slendermen. Was Zizek right to say that this movie is "like God's eyes in an Orthodox icon?" You'll just have to listen to find out.
Josh Sawyer
Twitter: @jesawyer
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Jan 3, 2022
Jan 3, 2022
2hr 11 min
The lads, along with special guest Ashleigh Stoneman (The Very Worst, The Merry Worst), venture off into the tall grass to do battle with the literal wild animal that is the Pokémon franchise. They discuss the pastoral origins of Pokémon, its literal demonization at the hands of the Christian Right, and the existential nightmare of being the very best, like no one ever was.
Ashleigh Stoneman
Twitter: @ashstoneman
The Very Worst
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-very-worst/id1434474756
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GC277C5qDCAUnzONwtTHh?si=d7134d571463416e
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Dec 22, 2021
Dec 22, 2021
31 min
THIS IS A PREVIEW. Check out the full thing at patreon.com/worstofall
The lads knock back a few eggnogs and experience a true Christmas miracle as they cover the first actually good episode of Adventures in Odyssey: “Monty’s Christmas”. Topics include the power of empathy, Christmas angels, and the legacy of the late, great voice actor Will Ryan.
Episodes Discussed:
87: Elijah Part 1
88: Elijah Part 2
97: Monty’s Christmas
98: The Visitors
115: An Act of Mercy
Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Dec 8, 2021
Dec 8, 2021
2hr 11 min