The Worst of All Possible Worlds

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

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Jake Beckhard (Blue Balls NYCFC) challenges the lads to the match of the century as they try to outmaneuver the bopping songs and confounding political intrigue of the infamous Tim Rice/Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus flop musical: Chess. Topics include the many different versions of the show, the innate appeal of a broken musical, and the ever increasing eccentricities of one Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice. 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! Jake Beckhard Website: jake-beck.com Twitter: @jakebeckhard Instagram: @jakebeckhard Blue Balls NYCFC: You’ve got Blue Balls! How lucky for you. Check in every week for rapturous pod talk on all things NYCFC. With NYC Hosts Jake Beckhard and Trey Fillmore. Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Podomatic The Fled is an artist Collective providing a radically equitable, anti-racist, anti-oppressive platform for theater artists — to build community, expand their artistry, and make theatre that is actively engaged in our collective liberation and the dismantling of colonialist practices and white ideals. With artists at the helm, particularly our global-majority and historically marginalized artists, we lead our community with curiosity, empathy, and celebration. Patreon: patreon.com/serials Instagram: @thefledcollective Twitter: @fledcollective Website: thefled.com Media Referenced in this Episode: Get Onto My Cloud: The Tim Rice Podcast: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts “Chess Seeks to Shed Its Checkered Past” by Stephen Holden, NYTimes Chess (1986 London Concept Cast): Spotify / Apple Music / Amazon Chess In Concert (2008): AppleTV / YouTube / Letterboxd TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com

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

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE GO TO patreon.com/worstofall. 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 https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll 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

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 First Time Caller Streaming link at the Seattle Film Festival (through October 16): https://theseattlefilmfestival-2022onlinefestival.vhx.tv/products/the-settle-film-festival-2022-online-festival   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

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

Greg (@DadShammdad) and Jordan (@SLCLunk) from Brigham Young Money pull the lads together as they dance through the shifting tones and heavy fog of the 1989 Mormon musical extravaganza: Saturday’s Warrior. Topics include the similarities between Evangelicalism and Mormonism, the loose morals of San Diego, and the baffling surreality of watching a musical featuring greaser eco-terrorists and thirty clones of Donny Osmond.   Brigham Young Money: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brigham-young-money/id1519378716 Socials: Podcast: @BYMPodcast Greg: @DadShammdad Jordan: @SLCLunk Brigham Young Money Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brighamyoungmoney   TWOAPW Patreon https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll Theme by Brendan Dalton www.brendan-dalton.com https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com   Link to Saturday’s Warrior (1989): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--w9bOGpi2s