THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall   The lads grab their opals and dive deep into the Diamond District as they cover the Safdie Brothers’ masterful two-hour panic attack: Uncut Gems. Topics include the sublime pacing, the proliferation of American gambling, and the career-best performance from Mr. Deeds himself: Adam Sandler.   Want more TWOAPW? Get access to the rest of this episode, our full back catalogue of premium and bonus episodes, and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall!   Media Referenced in the Episode: Uncut Gems available on Peacock / AppleTV / Amazon ‎Chapo Trap House: 386 - Brother Magic feat. Josh and Benny Safdie (1/20/20). “Good Time directors the Safdie brothers: ‘Robert Pattinson was just a guy chasing work’” by Hermione Hoby. The Guardian. November 16th, 2017. “How Colleges and Sports-Betting Companies Caeserized Campus Life” by Anna Betts, Andrew Little, Elizabeth Sander, Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly and Walt Bogdanich. NYTimes. November 23rd, 2022. “How The Safdie Brothers & Scribe Ronald Bronstein Took A Decade To Carve Out ‘Uncut Gems’” by Anthony D’Allesandro. Deadline. December 7th, 2019. “How the Sports Betting Industry Quietly Consumed America” by Wendover Productions, December 2022. “Meet Wayne Diamond, the man who made Uncut Gems unfuggedable” by Trey Taylor, The Face, December 17th, 2019. The PluggedIn Uncut Gems Review by Emily Clark. PluggedIn. January 3rd, 2020 “'This Is What Most People Go Through Here on the Block.' The Jewelers of the Diamond District on What's Real and What's Fiction in Uncut Gems” by Rachel E. Greenspan. TIME Magazine. January 8th, 2020. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton:  brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.co

The lads start 2023 off right by hopping aboard an adulterous plane and flying straight into the Rapture as they cover the disastrous Kirk Cameron vehicle: Left Behind: The Movie (2000). Topics include the origins of the Tribulation, the clientele of leather bars, and the surprising endurance of the concept that, one day, the Lord will strike Christians nude and yeet them into Heaven.   Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall!   Media Referenced in the Episode: Left Behind: The Movie. Available on Amazon Prime. “Fast-Selling Thrillers Predict Prophetic View of Final Days” by Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, October 4th, 1998 “Jerry B. Jenkins: The Tim LaHaye I Knew” by Jerry B. Jenkins, Christianity Today, July 25th, 2016 “Success of Christian Thriller Reflects Rising Interest in Religious Fiction” by Dinitia Smith, New York Times, June 8th, 2000 “Tim LaHaye, Evangelical Legend Behind ‘Left Behind’ Series, Dies at 90” by Camila Domonoske, NPR, July 25th, 2016. “Tim LaHaye Obituary” by Stephen Bates, The Guardian, July 28th, 2016. “Tim LaHaye Will Move to Washington to Promote Christian Political Activity" Christianity Today, December 14th, 1984. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com   Featuring Tony Ditty as “A.J. Ditty’s Actual Father”

THIS IS A PREVIEW. CHECK OUT THE FULL EPISODE AT Patreon.com/worstofall On the eve of the New Year, we wind back the clock to our favorite moments of 2022 with the help of friends old and new. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to the rest of this episode, our full back catalogue of premium and bonus episodes, and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! This episode contains audio from: 22 - Whit vs. the Fundies 24 - Richard Dichard Redemption 28 - Video Redeemed the Radio Star 29 - Alan Wake 30 - Whit Fucking Dies 34 - Kenneth Branagh’s William Shakespeare’s Hamlet 36 - Dear Evan Hansen 39 - The Screwtape Letters 42 - 1776 46 - Sid Meier’s Civilization 51 - Brevity is the Soul of Whit 52 - This Present Darkness 54 - Saturday’s Warrior 56 - Moulin Rouge 58 - Every Young Man’s Battle 59 - Chess the Musical 62 - Minions 64 - Pearl Harbor TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com

Alice Caldwell-Kelly (Trashfuture/Kill James Bond!/Well There’s Your Problem) inducts the lads into the World of Assassination as they do a suit-only, silent assassin run through IO Interactive’s pinnacle of video game design: Hitman. Topics include the richness of the game’s environmental storytelling, the tardiness of chandelier repairmen, and that beautiful, bald backstabber of the bourgeoisie: Agent 47.   Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall!   Alice Calwell-Kelly: Twitter / Instagram / Patreon   Trashfuture is a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism. Website / Twitter / Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/ pop culture commentary podcast about the eponymous English spy, James Bond. Alice Caldwell-Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon watch a different Bond movie every fortnight in an attempt to give 007 the socialist, feminist comeuppance he so richly deserves. Free episodes are released every fortnight on all major podcast platforms and bonus episodes are released for supporters on Patreon on the interstitial weeks. Website / Twitter / Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Well There’s Your Problem is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes. Youtube / Twitter / Instagram / Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Media Referenced in this Episode: Hitman: 1-3 by IO Interactive. Available on Steam / PS5/PS4 / XBOX “How the Simulation of a Hitman Level Works” by NoClip “Why Hitman is My Favorite Trans Game: A Comic” by Carta Monir, Polygon (November 16th, 2017) TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com   Featuring Eleanor Philips as Mortimer/Jacques/British Bobby/The Scotsman

LADS LADS LADS LADS LADS! As we get ready for the holiday season (or is it the arguing season?), we settle down with some treats, some drinks, and ChatGPT as we go over the events of the last month. There are laughs, there is anger, and there is absolutely no editing.   Check out Doors of Divergence, the immersive show Brian is in, here!    Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall!   TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com

The lads hop into their fighter planes and get trapped in the world’s most boring love triangle as they are suddenly and deliberately attacked by Michael Bay’s much-maligned historical epic: Pearl Harbor. Topics include Bay’s deeply uncurious filmmaking, the interminable three-hour run time, and the responsibilities of artists when tackling historical fiction.   Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall!   Media Referenced in this Episode: Pearl Harbor (2001): TMDB / Amazon Prime / Disney+ / AppleTV “An Oral History of Michael Bay, the Most Explosive Director of All Time” by Sean Fennessey, GQ (June 27, 2011). “‘Pearl Harbor’ at 20: Kate Beckinsale says she didn’t make sense to Michael Bay ‘because I wasn’t blond and my boobs weren’t bigger than my head’”  by Kevin Polowy, Yahoo! Entertainment (May 22, 2021). “How Racism, Arrogance, and Incompetence Led to Pearl Harbor” by Simon Worrall, National Geographic (December 4, 2016). “Disney’s Pearl Harbor: National Memory at the Movies” by Geoffrey M. White,The Public Historian, Vol. 24, No.4, pp. 97-115. Accessed via JSTOR. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton:  brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com Featuring Eleanor Philips as Michael Bay

THIS IS A PREVIEW. CHECK OUT THE FULL EPISODE AT Patreon.com/worstofall David Armstrong (Omni BiLateral PANic) sits the lads down to tell them the fraught and incredibly lengthy story of the hit CBS sitcom: How I Met Your Mother. Topics include the infamous ending, the deck shenanigans of Josh Radnor, and the slow death of the American multi-cam sitcom. And don't forget to read A.J.’s HIMYM Spec Script/Nightmare - “Have Ya Met Ted?” Want more TWOAPW? Get access to the rest of this episode, our full back catalogue of premium and bonus episodes, and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! Omni BiLateral PANic is a podcast where three Bi-coastal, Bisexual+, Bi-products of the 90's ride the Highways and Bi-ways through some niche pop culture and take every detour possible! Listen on Apple Podcasts Website: omnibilateralpanic.com Media Referenced in this Episode: How I Met Your Mother (2005 - 2014): Available on Hulu / Amazon / Apple TVSeason One, Episode One: Pilot Season Two, Episode Nine: Slap Bet Season Eight, Episode Twenty: The Time-Travelers Season Nine, Episode Sixteen: How Your Mother Met Me Season Nine, Episode 23/24: Last Forever “TV Summer School: How to Create and Run a Successful Sitcom”, E! Online (August 6, 2007) How I Met Your Dad Pilot, 20th Century Fox Television (2004) How I Met Your Mother Alternate Ending, 20th Century Fox Television/CBS (2014) TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com

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. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! 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

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO  Patreon.com/worstofall 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. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to the rest of this episode, our full back catalogue of premium and bonus episodes, and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month atPatreon.com/worstofall! 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

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. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! 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