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PODCAST

The Worst of All Possible Worlds

Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford

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

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All Episodes

30:35

154 - When Dobson Met Bundy… (feat. I Hate James...

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/09/04

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Jake from the I Hate James Dobson podcast joins the lads for a Whit’s Endless Summer: Origins as they zero in on Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and his interview with one of the most vicious monsters in American history: Ted Bundy. Topics include the psychopathy of Bundy, the narcissism of Dobson, and the horrific societal implications of trying to ban Santa from your phone sexline. I Hate James Dobson: Join therapists

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43:13

INTERVIEW: Jason Koebler on the origins of Shrimp Jesus

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/09/02

Jason Koebler is a co-founder and editor of 404 Media. Throughout 2024 Jason has been reporting on Facebook and how it’s become overrun with uncanny AI content, and last month he figured out where it’s all coming from. This morning Josh sat down with Jason to learn more about his reporting, and over the course of 40 minutes they talked about the degradation of Facebook and how it may be a sign of things to come for the rest of the internet. Read more from Jason: Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes

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02:18:40

153 - Cities: Skylines (feat. Justin Roczniak)

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2024/08/28

Justin Roczniak (Well There’s Your Problem) joins the lads from some good, old-fashioned city planning as they cover Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive’s 2015 city building simulator: Cities: Skylines. Topics include the origins of city building sims, the many pleasures of Ulm, and the horrors of fully-rendered teeth in a game where you just want to optimize traffic flow.Justin Roczniak: Twitter // Youtube Well There’s Your Problem is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures,

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22:54

152 - Tom Goes to the Mayor

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2024/08/21

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofallThe lads get photocopied and make their way to Jefferton, alive, as they cover Tim and Eric’s Adult Swim debut: Tom Goes to the Mayor. Topics include the origins of Tim and Eric, their many innovations to comedy, and the prescience of a show that predicted A.I. with a calcucorn. Media Referenced In this Episode: Tom Goes to the Mayor. Created by Tim And Eric. 2004. Tom Goes To The Mayor - A Look Behind “‘Tom Goes to the Mayor’

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02:06:34

151 - Moneyball

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2024/08/14

The lads throw on their Oakland A’s jerseys and get a little romantic about baseball as they cover Bennett Miller’s 2011 anti-sports film: Moneyball. Topics include the chaotic pre-production, the highs and lows of the Zaillian/Sorkin screenplay, and what it means to build a film around a philosophy that would ultimately change baseball for the worse. Media Referenced in this Episode: Moneyball. Dir. Bennett Miller. 2011. “Brad Pitt Reveals What He, Sony Did to Save ‘Moneyball’” by Alex Ben

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21:11

150 - The Worst of All Possible Parties (WAPP): The...

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2024/08/07

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofallThe lads make their long-awaited pilgrimage to the rotten heart of the evangelical project, Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO, to cover the 1000th episode celebration of Adventures in Odyssey. Topics include the horrific vibes, Adventures in Odyssey trading cards, and what it means to watch a corpse of an organization come together to celebrate their own slow, inevitable demise. DONATE TO PRISM COMMUNITY

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02:19:01

149 - A.I.: Artificial Intelleugence (feat. Juniper)...

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/07/31

OUR LIVE SHOW IN COLORADO SPRINGS IS THIS WEEKEND, SUNDAY, AUGUST 4. CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS!Juniper (Western Kabuki) visits the lads in Odyssey for further adventures in escape rooms, game nights, and bidding farewell to a beloved Odyssian through the power of deepfakes. Topics include Jigsaw middle schoolers, the rage of the Whit 3, and the complicated legacy of both Eugene Meltsner and the man who leant him his voice: Will Ryan. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of

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20:54

148 - Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (feat. Data...

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2024/07/24

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofallAudrey and Korla (Data Transfer) take the lads on a trip to the post-cyberpocalypse as they cover Tales of Game’s infamous free-to-play sequel to a certain Michael Jordan/Looney Tunes mashup: Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. Topics include the game’s overt racism, forum culture in the mid-2000s, and the lessons to be learned from a game where Charles Barkley destroys half of New York with a Chaos Dunk. LIVE SHOW TICKETS AVAILABLE

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02:02:06

147 - Chrono Trigger (feat. Anime Sickos)

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2024/07/17

Tom and Joe (Anime Sickos) throw the lads in the Epoch and hop through time as they cover Square’s landmark 1995 RPG: Chrono Trigger. Topics include the thrill of flame tornados, the anxieties of action time battle, and the importance of camaraderie in the face of an apocalyptic DJ from space.LIVE SHOW TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO BUY YOUR TICKETS Anime Sickos: A podcast for geniuses about the four pillars of modern misery: anime, gaming, posting, & jobs. Starring Tom

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21:09

146 - Shrimp Jesus and the Death of Facebook

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/07/10

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofallThe 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

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01:57:33

145 - Dragon Ball Z (feat. Alex Ptak)

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2024/07/03

Alex Ptak (Quorators) and the lads check their power levels and slap each other silly as they cover the finale of the Frieza arc of Akira Toriyama’s seminal 90’s anime: Dragon Ball Z. Topics include the complex logistics of wishes, the gorgeous design of the characters, and the eternal popularity of a ripped protagonist who can eat and eat and eat and never, EVER get full.LIVE SHOW TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW Alex Ptak - Twitter // Instagram Quorators - Every Monday, comedians Jeremy Kaplowitz and

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20:48

144 - Dr. Dobson’s “Wooton Hears a Woo(ton)!” [Whit’s...

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2024/06/26

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofallLIVE SHOW TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW In preparation for their pilgrimage to Colorado Springs, Colorado, the lads take a gander at what the heck’s been going on in Odyssey in recent years and finally meet everybody’s favorite mail-delivering Odyssian: Wooton Bassett. Topics include the zombification of Odyssey, Focus on the Family’s financial troubles, and sheer terror of watching your childhood hero become a sentient garden gnome. LIVE

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02:06:28

143 - Dennis Prager’s For Goodness Sake (feat. Tall...

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2024/06/19

Tall Bart (@verytallbart) joins the lads for another dip into the Prager Pool as they interrogate the painful sketch comedy and baby-brained moralizing of Dennis Prager’s educational video series: For Goodness Sake. Topics include Prager’s unique rhetorical style, the bafflingly high-profile cast, and how David Zucker, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone had their hand in helping Dennis Prager tell the world about just how much he hates babies. Tall Bart: Twitter // Youtube // Twitch Our August 4 live show

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30:40

142 - Gerbert (feat. Devon and Trinket)

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2024/06/12

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofallDevon and Trinket (Traditional Scrench) join the lads for some adventures in Christian puppetry as they dive into the rich tapestry of Bible stories and malevolent paint brush gods that is: Gerbert. Topics include UK children’s programming, the militarism of evangelical ideology, and the dangers of giving tuppence to birds. Devon: Twitter // Bluesky Trinket: Twitter // Bluesky Traditional Scrench: Your favourite podcast idiots are

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02:27:13

141 - Team America: World Police (feat. Stephen Stout)

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/06/05

Stephen Stout (Puffs) and the lads hop into their red, white, and blue helicopters and completely obliterate France as they cover Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s 2004 fraught satire of the War on Terror: Team America: World Police. Topics include Parker and Stone’s origins, the film’s overwhelming racism, and what a movie so steeped in the post-9/11 hysteria of the early 2000s means twenty years after its release.Stephen Stout: Twitter // Instagram // Spock Hats

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140 - Doki Doki Literature Club! (feat. Anne Huston)

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/05/29

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofallAnne Huston (Caveat NYC) joins Brian and Josh in getting bombarded by the twee writing, adorable anime girls, and abject existential terror of Team Salvato's 2017 dating sim/horror cult hit Doki Doki Literature Club! Along the way they talk about the appeal of fanworks, the perils of adolescence, and the mortifying ordeal of being known by a fictitious character inside a computer game. Anne Huston is the General Manager

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03:58:26

139 - The Dutch Knight Rises (feat. Scott Benson)...

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/05/22

Scott Benson (Night in the Woods) returns once again to Odyssey as he and the lads finally wrap up their three-part coverage of the many spy-games, double-crosses, and hastily wedged in Christian morals of the epic, twelve-part Adventures in Odyssey saga: Darkness Before Dawn. Topics include the wiki-centric writing, the benefits of pirate mutiny, and what it means to grow up believing that certain souls are beyond redemption.Scott Benson - Twitter // Instagram Previously on Whit’s Endless

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21:56

138 - Baby Reindeer

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/05/15

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads grab their iFoNeS and spam your inbox as they dive headlong into the nightmarish world of stalking and stand up comedy that is Richard Gadd’s hit 2024 Netflix series: Baby Reindeer. Topics include the show’s origins as autobiography, the incredible performances, and what, if anything, artists owe their real-life subjects in a world addicted to true crime. CW: Frank discussions of sexual assault and stalking. Media

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02:17:12

137 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street...

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/05/08

Josh Sawyer (Pentiment, Fallout: New Vegas) and the lads grab their razors and complete their arms as they attend the tale of Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim’s 1979 barber-ic bloodbath: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Topics include the show’s horror film origins, the unimpeachable score, and the long term ramifications of using Sweeney Todd as a gateway drug into the wild world of musical theater. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes

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31:21

136 - Outer Wilds

The Worst of All Possible Worlds ·

2024/05/01

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofallThe lads hop into their wooden spaceships and fly straight into the dying sun as they cover Morbius Digital Games’ hit 2019 indie exploration/Newtonian physics simulator: Outer Wilds. Topics include the cozy/existentially terrifying vibes, the efficacy of the storytelling, and what it means to find hope at the end of the universe. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to the rest of this episode, our full back catalogue of premium and

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