The Worst of All Possible Worlds

The lads enlist Nate Bethea (What a Hell of a Way To Die, TRASHFUTURE) to help battle their way through some of Adventures in Odyssey’s most patriotic episodes. They discuss the cliches of war stories, the manufactured outrage around flag burning, and getting uncucked at the hands of Dr. Beanes.   Nate’s Twitter: @inthesedeserts   Nate’s Podcasts: What A Hell of a Way to Die https://open.spotify.com/show/1XEfRCDbLKOB8naNbICU6q?si=6f0a8dfde3a54023   TRASHFUTURE https://open.spotify.com/show/4loPiV9XWjVOitg2XfzK7Q?si=ef69cc5a7b114333   Lions Led By Donkeys https://open.spotify.com/show/1Vw8AeyqBCI6R94FK3GBw9?si=62925b5cc9994609   The Bottlemen https://open.spotify.com/show/1tf9dAmIavUJxrzpMIbGuL?si=54b058ae28904e32   Kill James Bond! https://open.spotify.com/show/5kQS8cE6xF7rUzO2vtCZ3s?si=6fe11f17f1bb4793   Episodes of Odyssey: 93: Rescue from Manatugo Point 94: Operation: Dig-Out 149: By Dawn’s Early Light 164: Sixties-Something   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll   Theme by Brendan Dalton www.brendan-dalton.com https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com

One week ago, the world lost the greatest musical theater composer of all time. This week, we brought in Graham Techler (The New Yorker, Tooning out the News) to record an episode about Stephen Sondheim’s life and legacy. What started out with sharing favorite shows and tunes turned into a broader conversation about art, commerce, and the paradox of attempting to create work that can inspire and endure in a hopeless world. Everybody rise.   Graham Techler Twitter: @gr8h8m_t3chl3r grahamtechler.com   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll   Theme by Brendan Dalton www.brendan-dalton.com https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com

THIS IS A PREVIEW. Check out the full thing at patreon.com/worstofall Brian's (@spocks_brian) back in town and in our first in-person episode, he, Josh (@boshj) and A.J. (@thefuzzymask) go over his favorite holiday: T-Givez. Yes, that's what he calls it. Yes, he's called it that for years. No, he won't stop. In this episode we discuss the history of thanksgiving, the value of acknowledging your circumstances, and that one time a dead body was discovered in the basement of Whit's End. Episodes covered: 39, 40: The Case of the Secret Room, Parts 1 and 2 49: Thank you, God 173: A Thanksgiving Carol Full episode at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll Theme by Brendan Dalton www.brendan-dalton.com https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com

The boys and special guest David Armstrong (The Omni Bilateral Panic Podcast) press X to Shaun as they clumsily stagger through the wasteland of David Cage’s 2010 damp catastrophe: Heavy Rain. They discuss the creative limits of video-game-as-movie, the allegations of Quantic Dream’s toxic work environment, and the pros and cons of weapons-grade cocaine. Omni Bilateral Panic: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6NGRu97Lto5fl81Kqjfdk3?si=196c041d046b4843 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/omni-bilateral-panic/id1586920943 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll Theme by Brendan Dalton www.brendan-dalton.com https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com

THIS IS A PREVIEW. Check out the full thing at patreon.com/worstofall Everybody’s gone to the rapture as Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), and A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) go on the slow helicopter ride into the apocalypse that is the 1972 evangelical fear-mongering classic: A Thief in the Night. They discuss the cult of rapture-pilling, California Christians, and the sexual magnetism of Chester A. Arthur. Full episode at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll Theme by Brendan Dalton www.brendan-dalton.com https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com

The Sinister Sisters, Felicia Lobo (@girlygorehorror) and Lauren Harris, join Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) to battle the forces of darkness, goths, and spiders (mostly spiders) as they face the 2003 movie adaptation of Frank Peretti’s evangelical horror disaster Hangman’s Curse. They discuss the power of spooky fonts, the demonic consequences of prayer in schools, and the subtle joys of being covered in spiders. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll Sinister Sisters Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sisters/id1450842514 Girly Gore: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB58UzH4LMM1cydY4gb3eGA Theme by Brendan Dalton www.brendan-dalton.com https://brendandalton.bandcamp.com

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

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

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

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