The lads ring in their fifth anniversary by finally explaining the show’s title as they cover the 1974 revival of Leonard Bernstein’s hit operetta: Candide. Topics include Voltaire’s poster mind, the masterful direction of Hal Prince, and what it takes to remain hopeful in the face of the worst of all possible worlds.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Candide. Dir. Hal Prince. 1974.
• “Candide” by Voltaire
• Libretto for the 1974 Production
• Libretto for the 1956 Production

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Interstitial: “The Worst of All Possible Worlds” // Music by Leonard Bernstein // Lyrics by A.J. Ditty // featuring A.J. Ditty as “A.J.“, Josh Boerman as “Josh”, and Brian Alford as “Briangloss”

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The lads grab their fedoras and make for Cairo as they cover Steven Spielberg’s 1981 megahit: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Topics include the undeniable charm of Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones’ skeevy origins, and what it means to be an active part of living history.

Media Referenced In this Episode:

• Raiders of the Lost Ark. Dir. Steven Spielberg. 1981.
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Dir. John Huston. 1948.
• King Solomon’s Mines. Dir. Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton. 1950.
• Secret of the Incas. Dir. Jerry Hopper. 1954.
• Kiss Me Deadly. Dir. Robert Aldrich. 1955.
• Tim Tyler’s Luck. Dir. Ford Beebe and Wyndham Gittens. 1937.
• The S From Hell by Rodney Ascher. 2010.
• Jungle Jim. Dir. Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith. 1937.
• Alfred Molina remembers Raiders
• CBS - Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
• “How Spielberg, Lucas, and Kasdan Created Raiders of the Lost Ark (Story Conference Transcript)” by Indie Film Hustle. Indie Film Hustle. May 31st, 2023.
• “Indiana Jones was an abusive creep (but he was almost much worse)” by Ben Kuchera. Polygon. August 3rd, 2015.
• “Raiders Floorplan Animatic” by Vashy Nedomansky and Jonathan Ochmann
• “Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People” by Jack G. Shaheen. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 588, 2003, pp. 171–93.
• “The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark” by Empire. Empire. June 11th, 2021.
• The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark Special Feature Documentary
• “The Spielberg Oner” by Every Frame a Painting

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Interstitial: “Florizo Forrestal and the Booby Trap of Doom” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. David Armstrong as “Florizo Forrestal/Indy” and A.J. Ditty as “Marcus” // Music by: Indiana Jones - Bad Recorder Cover 

Heath Saunders (Jesus Christ Superstar Live; Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812) joins the lads on the line as they kick-ball-change their way through Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood Jr., and Nicholas Dante’s 1975 musical megahit: A Chorus Line. Topics include the rise of Michael Bennett, the serendipity of surprise playbills, and what it means to produce a show about 1970s labor in 2026.

Heath Saunders: Instagram // Bluesky // spectra.theater

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• A Chorus Line. 1975. Dir. Michael Bennett.
• A Chorus Line. 1984. Dir. Richard Attenborough.
• A Chorus Line. 2006. Dir. Bob Avian.
• Every Little Step. 2008. Dir. James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo.
• Free For All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp. Knopf Publishing. 2009.
• On the Line: The Creation of A Chorus Line by Robert Viagas, Baayork Lee, and Thommie Walsh. Limelight Editions. 1990.
• “What I Think About When I Hear That Broadway is Racist” by Heath Saunders. Medium. June 10th, 2020.

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Interstitial: “I Can’t Do That” // Music by Marvin Hamlisch // Lyrics by Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. // feat. Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. as “Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S.”

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In 2011, as he sat in his recliner in the liminal state between asleep and awake with Fox News blaring, an Orlando firefighter named Mark Taylor received a message from God: the man yelling about the devaluation of the dollar on TV right then would be the next president of the United States, serving for this nation as Benjamin Neteyahu had for Israel. Four years later, when Donald Trump announced his candidacy, a woman named Mary Colbert and her husband Don cited this “prophecy” to convince evangelical Christians that they should back him, conveniently raising their own profiles in the process.

While evangelical support for Trump has remained overwhelming and steadfast since then, events within the past few weeks have raised serious questions about the durability of Trump’s appeal to Christians. This week, Josh and Brian read the 2017 book The Trump Prophecy and watch its bizarre Liberty University-backed 2018 film adaptation of the same name to try to figure out how evangelicals coalesced behind Trump so quickly and strongly, why the state of Israel is such a pervasive rallying point for them, and whether things can ever change for a group of people willing to believe in a fire lieutenant and self-titled prophet who also goes by the name Shakina Kami.

Media referenced in this episode:

• The Trump Prophecies: The Astonishing True Story of the Man Who Saw Tomorrow...and What He Says Is Coming Next by Mark Taylor (Defender Publishing, 2017)
• The Trump Prophecy dir. Stephan Schultze (ReelWorksStudios, 2018)

TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

JP Brammer (¡Hola Papi!) and the lads throw on their raincoats, dance to Huey Lewis and the News, and commit some mild homicide as they cover both Bret Easton Ellis’ original book and Mary Harron’s film adaptation of the trials and tribulations of Patrick Bateman: American Psycho. Topics include Ellis’ rage-bait politics, Christian Bale’s hardbody, and what it means when a significant portion of a population aspires to be Patrick Bateman.

JP Brammer: Substack // Bluesky // Instagram

Media referenced in this episode:

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Vintage. 1991.

• American Psycho. Dir. Mary Harron. 2000.

• “An 'American Psycho' Drama : Books: The flap surrounding Bret Easton Ellis' third novel flares again. NOW is seeking a boycott of his new publisher. Other observers raise questions of censorship.” by Elizabeth Venant. Los Angeles Times. December 11th, 1990.

• “Bret Easton Ellis on American Psycho, Christian Bale, and His Problem with Women Directors”. Movieline. May 18th, 2010.

• "Bret Easton Ellis on Talking Porn With Kanye, a New Novel, and (Yes) Trump" by Corey Seymour. Vogue. April 16th, 2019.

• “On Adapting American Psycho” by Mary Harron. London Review of Books. February 28th, 2024.

• “Phil Collins webchat – your questions answered on prog rock, self-doubt and Miami Vice.” The Guardian. October 19th, 2016.

Music/audio used in this episode:

• Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

• 緑茶：日本の伝統茶道 - Nhạc Jazz Không Lời

• Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square

• Phil Collins - Sussudio

• Genesis - In Too Deep

• Genesis - Mama

• Genesis - That's All

• Genesis - Home By The Sea

• LilMati - Air Conditioner Fan Hum.wav

• jzielke011 - Urban Rain 01.wav

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June and Caleb from Kill the Computer meet the lads for another round of stacking blocks in Beast City as they cover the second season of MrBeast’s nightmare of a game show: Beast Games: Strong/Smart. Topics include the improvements to the games themselves, the professionalism of Jeff Probst, and what it means to model yourself as a philanthropic savior while actively taking money from some of the worst people on the planet.

June: Twitch // Patreon // Bluesky

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Kill the Computer: June and Caleb talk about the ways in which internet culture spills out into the real world; good and bad.

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Ill Conceived: A podcast about natalism. Hosted by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Traditional Scrench) and June Sternbach (Western Kabuki, The Onion)

• Patreon // Spotify // Apple Podcasts

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Beast Games: StrongSmart. Amazon Studios. 2026.
• “Gov. Stein approves $15 millions grant for filming Beast Games second season” by WITN Web Team. WITN First Alert. September 11th, 2025.
• “In 'Beast Games,' contestants get buried alive before heading to Saudi Arabia” by Jim Halterman. LA Times. February 11th, 2026.
• “MrBeast ‘Beast Games’ Hits 50 Million Viewers in 25 Days, Amazon’s Biggest Unscripted Show Ever” by Selome Hailu. Variety. January 16th, 2025.
• “MrBeast: If You Want To Be Liked, Don’t Help People! I Lost Tens Of Millions on Beast Games…But I’m Worth $1 Billion!” The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett. February 20th, 2025.
• North Carolina Department of Commerce Film Industry Grants
• “Prime Video Gives Two-Season Renewal to Global Hit Competition Series Beast Games.” Amazon Press Release. May 13th, 2025.
• “The REAL Tea on Beast Games (with Michelle the Human Calculator)”. Wait, Say More with Eric Cheng. January 15th, 2026

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Interstitial: “2 People Play Hopscotch for $2,000,000” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. David Armstrong as “MrBeast”, Eleanor Philips as “Contestant 1/Chandler”, and A.J. Ditty as “Contestant 2/Young Jimmy/Planet Jimmy”

And now, Beast Week is back.

In this episode of Kill The Computer, we talked with June and Caleb about a number of videos MrBeast released in 2025. Then we dug into his theme park Beast Land, a temporary pop-up in Riyadh that was open for 45 days as part of the annual Saudi entertainment festival known as Riyadh Season.

Next up, on Wednesday, June and Caleb will be joining us on The Worst of All Possible Worlds Patreon for a premium episode about season 2 of Beast Games. Finally, on Friday, we’ll conclude Beast Week on the Kill The Computer Patreon with an in-depth conversation about what Jimmy’s been up to so far this year and where we think he might go next.

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I Hate James Dobson: Join therapists Jake (a former Evangelical) and Brooke (who knows almost nothing about Evangelical culture) as they read and tear apart Dobson’s works. Get ready to laugh, cry, and rip your hair out as we explore the very many reasons why I Hate James Dobson.

• Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Twitter // Instagram

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
• #317: “B-TV: Envy”
• #419: “Another Man’s Shoes”
• #399: “Bernard and Job”
• #460: “Nova Rising”
• “The Disturbing Views of God and Suffering in the Book of Job” by Bart D. Ehrman. Misquoting Jesus Podcast with Bart D. Ehrman #75. April 23rd, 2025.
• “The Historical Context of the Book of Job” by Edward L. Greenstein. Yale University Press. August 5th, 2020.
• “Speaking Truth to Power, Job Accuses God of Being Unjust” by Edward L. Greenstein. The Torah.com.

TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

Joe Kassabian (Lions Led by Donkeys) rejoins the lads in their fight against the Paintress they cover the final two acts of Sandfall Interactive’s hit 2025 grief simulator: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Topics include the importance of le family, Monoco’s feet collect-a-thon, and what it means to use art as a balm for one’s grief and, more importantly, when to let that art go.

Joe Kassabian: Bluesky

Lions Led by Donkeys: The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

Patreon // Youtube // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Instagram

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Sandfall Interactive. 2025.

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Joe Kassabian: Bluesky

Lions Led by Donkeys: The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

Patreon // Youtube // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Instagram

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Sandfall Interactive. 2025.
• “After GOTY pull, Clair Obscur devs draw line in sand over AI: 'Everything will be made by humans by us'” by Patricia Hernandez. Polygon. December 24th, 2025.
• “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lead Writer talks Story, Ending, and More” by Game Maker's Notebook
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Sandfall Interactive Q&A by Sushi
• “Interview Clair Obscur Expedition 33 : ‘On ne s'attendait pas à une réception aussi énorme’” by Par Kelma. Gamekult. August 28th, 2024.

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Interstitial: “Gaston Garbageman’s Gommage-Proof Garbage Can” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. David Armstrong as “Gaston” and A.J. Ditty as “Citizen of Lumière”

The lads cast off their pop idol personas and get caught up in the murderous world of Japanese procedurals as they cover Satoshi Kon’s first animated feature: Perfect Blue. Topics include the Aranofsky drama, the podcaster’s persona, and what it means to exist in a world that necessitates breaking yourself into many different personalities just to survive.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Perfect Blue. Dir. Satoshi Kon. 1997
• Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist. Dir. Pascal-Alex Vincent. 2021.
• “Interview with Satoshi Kon” by Bill Aguiar. Tokyo Pop. April 25th, 2007.
• The Real History of 'Perfect Blue' and 'Requiem for a Dream'. Animation Obsessive. March 20th, 2022.
• “Satoshi Kon Interview for Perfectblue.com”. September 4th, 1997.

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Interstitial: “Two-Step Verification” // Written and Performed by A.J. Ditty

Peter Shamshiri: Bluesky

5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. Hosted by Peter Shamshiri, Michael Liroff, and Rhiannon Hamam, produced by Rachel Ward, and presented by Slow Burn co-creator Leon Neyfakh.

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If Books Could Kill: Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri discuss the airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Traitors US: Season Four
• “40 Traitors Rules and Sneaky Behind-the-Scenes Secrets You Didn't Know” by Madison McGee. Men’s Health. February 9th, 2024.
• “9 Rules You Didn't Know The Traitors Contestants Have to Follow” by Rebecca Aizin and Jordana Comiter. People. January 9th, 2026.
• “8 Unexpected Rules the Cast of 'The Traitors' Has to Follow” by Emily Kelleher. Instyle. January 8th, 2026.

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The lads return to Odyssey for more adventures in fractured fairy tales, the start of the Novacom Saga, and the final and fond farewell to everyone’s favorite devious Dutchman: Dr. Regis Blackgaard. Topics include Phil Lollar’s long-awaited goodbye, the logistics of time portals, and what it means to stare down Odyssey’s next big movement in serialized storytelling.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
• #418: Opening Day
• #424-425: Blackgaard’s Revenge
• #446b: The Seven Deadly Dwarves
• #457: Opportunity Knocks

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Interstitial: “The Hound” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Jessie Cannizzaro as “Dr. Chris Cavalcante”, Brendan Dalton as “Dr. Wesley Winthrop”, and A.J. Ditty as “The Pilgrim”

Rax King: Bluesky // Instagram // Website

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Low Culture Boil: Hosted by trashy babes Rax King and Amber Rollo. If you’ve ever asked yourself “would Susan Sontag have enjoyed ‘Jersey Shore’,” why did Twinkie file for bankruptcy, or if you don’t know how to read and at this point you know it’s too late to ask, this is the podcast for you!

• Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Patreon

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Alone Season Three. The History Channel.
• “Whoever Starves Least, Wins” by Nicholas Quah. Vulture. June 13th, 2024.
• “Why Did Jami Fowler Leave?” by Jami Fowler

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Interstitial: “Zac Skatchewan: Days 1-2" // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. David Armstrong as “Zac/Mr. Producer” and A.J. Ditty as “Monty/Intern”

The lads grab their heart-boxes and make for the creepy woods as they cover Walt Disney’s 1937 landmark animated film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Topics include the origins of Walter Elias Disney, the make-it-up-as-you-go-along production, and the enduring legacy of the film that built the Disney empire.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Dir. Walt Disney. 1937.
• “Before Snow White” by J.B. Kaufman. Film History, Jun., 1993, Vol. 5, No. 2, Animation (Jun., 1993), pp. 158-175
• “The Disney Way of Death” by Gary Laderman. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Mar., 2000, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Mar., 2000), pp. 27-46. Oxford University Press.
• “The Great Animation Strike” by Kristin Hunt. JSTOR Daily. January 2nd, 2020.
• Walt Disney: An American Original by Bob Thomas. Simon & Schuster. 1976.
• Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler. Alfred A. Knopf. 2006.
• “‘With a smile and a song …’: Walt Disney and the Birth of the American Fairy Tale” by Tracey Mollet. Marvels & Tales, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2013), pp. 109-124. Wayne State University Press

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Interstitial: “Hermann Huntsmann’s Heart-Box Hut” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty “Hermann Huntsmann/The Animals” and Eleanor Philips “Snow White”

Lucy Valentine: Bluesky

Boonta Vista: The least consequential news from around the world from the least informed minds in Australia. Andrew, Theo, Lucy and Ben bring you the week’s stories that conveniently fit into one of their countless, concerningly specific segments. Keep up with the latest news from Nature Corner, Paging Dr. Lucy, Planely Speaking, Omens and Portents, The Hole Report and many, many more.

• Patreon // Website // Merch // Spotify // Apple Podcasts

Savant-Garde: Hosted by Lucy Valentine (Boonta Vista) and Jesse Black (Sludgefest). Savant-Garde is almost certainly the world’s only podcast where one autistic ex-wife and one OCD ex-husband unpack the disgracefully disordered worlds of Adrian Monk and the Good Doctor, Shaun Murphy, through the lens of two very normal brains.

• Patreon // Instagram // Spotify // Apple Podcasts

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Kingdom Hearts. Dir. Tetsuya Nomura. 2002
• The Collaborative History of Disney & Square Enix to the Development of Kingdom Hearts by Evan “ScooterNape” Phillips. Reddit.
• TGS 2004: Tetsuya Nomura Q&A by Anoop Gantayat. IGN. Updated June 30th, 2016.
• Iwata Asks: Nintendo 3DS Vol. 12: Dream Drop Distance.

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Interstitial: “Kingdom Hearts 4.3 Prologue: A Maritime Fragment: H(earts). M(inds). S(ora). Titanic Trailer (Version 1.5)” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Sora/Donald/Goofy/Billy Zane/Mickey/Announcer”, David Armstrong as “Winnie the Pooh/Eeyore/Fabrizio/Shipmaster/Jack”, and Eleanor Philips as “Rose/Margaret”

Justin Roczniak (Well There’s Your Problem) joins the lads in Philly for a good old fashioned rags-to-riches and riches to rags switcheroo as they cover John Landis’ 1983 Eddie Murphy-fest: Trading Places. Topics include the joys of seeing your hometown on screen, the rapid rise of Eddie Murphy, and what it means to have a movie where the climax entails the future price of frozen orange juice.

Justin Roczniak: Twitter // Youtube // Bluesky

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:

• Trading Places. Dir. John Landis. 1983.
• “It's The 30-Year Anniversary Of The Greatest Wall Street Movie Ever Made: Here's The Story Behind It” by Rob Wile. Business Insider. June 27th, 2013.
• AFF At Home: Comedy Q&A with Herschel Weingrod. May 4th, 2020.

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Interstitial: “Harry Hypemen Inc.” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Harry Hypeman/Werner B/Announcer”, Brian Alford as “Horace Hypeman/Werner A”, David Armstrong as “Holden Hypeman/Werner C”

Tom O’Mahony: Bluesky // Instagram

BLOOD WORK: A podcast about the economy of violence.

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Beneath the Skin: A podcast chronicling the interconnected history of the world through the complicated history of tattooing. Hosted by Art History professor, museum curator, and tattoo historian Dr. Matt Lodder, and podcast producer, and tattoo collector Thomas O’Mahony. The show is trying to tell the history of tattooing as it interweaves with politics, society, and the weirdest corners of the world. So why don’t you join us, and take a journey beneath the skin.

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Lions Led By Donkeys: A military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
• #416 - “The Tower”
• #144 - “Someone to Watch Over Me”
• #406-408 - “Malachi’s Message, Parts 1-3”

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Interstitial: “Three Guys, A Bear, and A Burger Place” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Brian Alford as “Alistair Adelman”, A.J. Ditty as “Melvin/Estragon/Phoebear”, and Josh Boerman as “Timmy ‘Taxman’ Thompson”

The lads return to the New Year just in time for the end of the world as they kick off their annual Rapture Ranuary with a follow up to one of the most influential Christian films of all time: A Thief in the Night: A Distant Thunder. Topics include the origins of premillennial dispensationalism, the trustworthiness of mustaches, and what it means to be shaped by a world view where you live in constant fear of the U.N. beheading you with a guillotine.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• A Distant Thunder. Dir. Donald W. Thompson. 1978.
• Evangelical Millenialism in the trans-Atlantic world 1500-2000 by Crawford Gribben
• Judgement Day by Joshua Hill Foster
• Mine Eyes have Seen the Glory by Randall Ballmer
• Raptured by Ernest Angley
• That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
• The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsay
• Titan, Son of Saturn: The Coming World Emperor: A Story of the Other Christ by Joseph Birkbeck Burroughs
• Writing the Rapture by Crawford Gribben
• ReligionfForBreakfast: the origins of the rapture
• ReligionForBreakfast: Who are the 144,000 in the book of Revelation
• The Bart Ehrman Blog: The Community Behind the Gospel of John

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Interstitial: “Slasher Jesus” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “Announcer/Jesus/Big Al”, David Armstrong as “Flurk/Mayor”, and Eleanor Philips as “Timmy/Reporter” // Music: “Something’s Not Right” by Lucas Quinn Creations

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.

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• 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

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

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Note: This episode deals with suicide and racist extremism.

Caleb: Bluesky // Twitter // Linktree

Kill The Computer: June and Caleb talk about the ways in which internet culture spills out into the real world; good and bad. Patreon // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Bluesky // YouTube

Media referenced this episode:

• “The Sky Thief: Beebo Russell’s Last Flight” by Tim Dickinson. Rolling Stone, June 24, 2021.

• “I Worked With Richard Russell at Horizon Air, and I Understand Why He Did What He Did” by Todd Bunker. The Stranger, August 17, 2018.

• “‘Airplane of opportunity’? Richard Russell raised pilot’s suspicions a year before Sea-Tac plane heist” by Lewis Kamb. The Seattle Times, September 12, 2018.

• “Sea-Tac air traffic controller faced ‘one in a million’ scenario with stolen plane” by Daniel Beekman and Michelle Baruchman. The Seattle Times, August 11, 2018.

• “FBI: Richard Russell, who stole plane from Sea-Tac, acted alone, crashed on purpose; motive a mystery” by Lewis Kamb. The Seattle Times, November 9, 2018.

• “Human remains, flight data recorder found among wreckage of stolen plane on Ketron Island” by Stacia Glenn. The News Tribune, August 13, 2018.

• “Airline job was way for man who crashed stolen plane to visit Alaska” by Adam Lynn, Alexis Krell, Sue Kidd, Lauren Smith and Craig Sailor. The News Tribune, August 12, 2018.

• “White nationalists and the ‘Sky King’” by Martin McKenzie-Murray. The Saturday Paper, August 18, 2018.

• FBI press release on investigation from November 2018

• Redacted FBI report from the investigation

Music used in this episode:

• Anticipation by Drill Folly

• Lookin’ For That Orca (Beebo’s Song) by Johny Maudlin

TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

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The lads grab their tiny red scarves and head for Fozziwig’s Rubber Chicken Factory as they cover Brian Henson’s 1992 holiday classic: The Muppet Christmas Carol. Topics include the arch prose of Dickens, the cutting of “When Love is Gone”, and what it means to create a staple of the holiday season that involves Michael Caine throwing a wreath at a tiny puppet.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Muppet Christmas Carol. Dir. Brian Henson. 1992.
• “Michael Caine Loves The Muppet Christmas Carol as Much as You Do” by Laruen Larson. GQ. December 15th, 2016.
• “Brian Henson on What Makes ‘A Muppet Christmas Carol’ So Special and His Father’s legacy” by Alyssa Fikse. Uproxx. December 23rd, 2015.
• “How we made: The Muppet Christmas Carol” by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. The Guardian. December 21st, 2015.

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Interstitial: “A Letter from Charles Dickens to His Son, Edward ‘Plorn’ Dickens, on the Day of His Departure to Australia, September 26th, 1868" // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Brian Alford as “Charles Dickens” // Additional Text by Charles Dickens in a Letter to his son, Plorn

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Jacob and Lenore of Workers’ Lit join the lads down under for some ghost busting and coffin surfing as they cover Hideo Kojima’s 2025 delivery simulator: Death Stranding 2. Topics include the unmatchable gameplay loop, the polarity of Dollman, and the horrors lurking under the surface of a game where evil is defeated through the power of dance.

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Workers’ Lit: A podcast about books and the news with Lenore, Aysha, Jen, and Jacob. Books/Culture episodes on Mondays! News/Politics episodes on Wednesdays! Read good books, tell bad jokes, and fight for a better future!

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Media Referenced in the Episode:

• Death Stranding 2. Kojima Productions. 2025.

• TWOAPW #104: Death Stranding (feat. Drew Toothpaste)

• Ladscast 13: Somehow, More Death Stranding

• Workers’ Lit: “On The Beach, ft. Brian Alford”

• Hideo Kojima presents Brain Structure #15 Hideo Kojima x TGA Special: DEATH STRANDING [ENGLISH]

• “Hideo Kojima on ‘Death Stranding 2,’ the Sequel’s Big Changes and Improvements Post-Pandemic, and How He Hoped to Cast David Lynch in a Game” by Nick Newman. Indiewire. August 7th, 2025.

• “Hideo Kojima on How His Illness Affected ‘Death Stranding 2,’ Developing A24 Film Adaptation and Why His Collaboration With GU Is About More Than Fashion” by Jennifer Maas. Variety. June 19th, 2025.

• “Hideo Kojima Says Death Stranding’s Now Had Over 20 Million Players and The Fact Folk Are Still Playing ‘Makes Me the Happiest’” by Rich Stanton. PC Gamer. April 2025.

• https://liberationnews.org/child-labor-in-alabamas-hyundai-supply-plants/

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Interstitial: “A Message from Tobogganman, Prime Minister of the Canadian Autonomous Network of Underground Cities” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. David Armstrong as “Tobogganman”

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Scott Benson and Bethany Hockenberry (Night in the Woods) join the lads aboard the Demeter and double back to Transylvania as they cover Francis Ford Coppola’s vampiric 1992 fever dream: Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Topics include the gorgeous aesthetics, the terrors of Gary Oldman, and what it means to create a movie that can only be described as CINNNEEEMMMMAAAA!!!!

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. 1992. Bram Stoker's Dracula (published 1897) Bram Stoker's Dracula. Williams. Designer Barry Oursler. 1993

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Interstitial: “Tom Waits” // Written and Performed by A.J. Ditty // Music: “Grapefruit Moon” by Tom Waits.

Next episode: Ordet (1955).

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Tom Stoppard, the acclaimed, prolific playwright behind Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Rock 'n' Roll and so many other plays, along with the screenplays to Shakespeare in Love, Brazil, and Anna Karenina, has died. He leaves behind a staggering, inspiring, often frustrating body of work that will continue to be seen long after we are gone.

We are joined today by Abigail Thorn (The Acolyte, House of the Dragon) to look at the corners of his oeuvre that have spoken to us over the years, and discuss what we can learn from him going forward.

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The Prince: A transformative new play that has everything: sword fighting, lesbianism, Hamlet, and disappointed parents. Available on Nebula.

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Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/ pop culture commentary podcast about the portrayal of masculinity in cinema. November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon have watched Bond movies, War on Terror movies, Eurospy movies, and now they take on their biggest task yet: Heist Movies. What can Heat, Oceans’ 11, and the Fast and Furious movies teach us about how masculinity was imagined by the people who created them? What does that say about Society? Free episodes are released every fortnight on all major podcast platforms and bonus episodes are released for supporters on Patreon on the interstitial weeks.

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On their fourth annual remembrance of Pearl Harbor, the lads hop in their B-17’s and throw Los Angeles into chaos as they cover Steven Spielberg’s notorious 1979 WWII flop: 1941. Topics include the duality of Jon Belushi, the real-life horror of the Zoot Suit Riots, and the difficulties of delivering a punchline when everyone around you is screaming.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• 1941. Dir. Steven Spielberg. 1979
• “Civilian Casualties: Pearl Harbor”. National Park Service. Last updated September 18th, 2024.
• “How Pearl Harbor created a climate of fear” by Daniel Greene. CNN. December 7th, 2016.
• “Inn Owner Tells of Shelling; SUBMARINE SHELLS A CALIFORNIA PLANT U.S. MAINLAND SHELLED” by The New York Times. February 24th, 1942.
• Remember Pearl Harbor! By Thomas Blake Clark. Modern age books. 1942.
• Steven Spielberg’s 1941 | The Making Of.
• “The 1942 Battle of L.A.” by Scott Harrison. The Los Angeles Times. February 23rd, 2017.

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The lads throw on their bowler hats and blame on their shoes the faults of their feet as they cover Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic masterpiece: Waiting for Godot. Topics include the origins of Godot, the benefits of being stabbed in the chest, and the enduring legacy of a stage play where nothing happens twice.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. 1953.
• Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett by James Knowlson. Simon and Schuster. 1996.
• Panic Attack by John Lahr. The New Yorker. May 11th, 2009.
• SAMUEL BECKETT: Waiting for Godot : Bert Lahr / E. G. Marshall
• The 1957 All-Black Broadway Cast of 'Waiting For Godot' in the Archives | The New York Public Library

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Interstitial: “A Message from Mr. Godot” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. DItty as “Mr. Godot” and Eleanor Philips as “The Weird Brother”.

We've done it. Charlotte and Libby are back to join us in the Hunter's Nightmare, a blood-drenched valhalla where no one's having a good time.

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Good Christian Fun: Good Christian Fun is a podcast delving into the strange upside-down world of Christian pop culture. Hosts Kevin T. Porter and Caroline Ely are your tour guides through the weird and hilarious world of faith-based entertainment. GCF is a show for skeptics and believers alike, all are welcome. Don’t worry, they won’t make you go to church ;)

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Media Referenced in this Episode

• Family Portraits
  • S01E01: “Whit’s Visitor”
  • S01E03: “The New Kid in Town”
  • S01E09: “A New Kind of Peer Pressure”

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Interstitial: “J2o18h15n th11e Fi5rs14t” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Brian Alford as “John/Jimmy/Michael”, A.J. Ditty as “Dr. Oswald Oliver”, and Jessie Cannizzaro as “Dr. Christina Cavalcante” // Violin Cover of “The Chain” by Steve Bingham, Arranged by Rowan Marshall

Donovan Eyre (Radio Free Tote Bag, DonoHell) and the lads throw on their trenchcoats and putter around some crime scenes as they cover the hit NBC/ABC mystery sensation: Columbo. Topics include the genius of Peter Falk, the many crimes of the Kong family, and what we can learn from watching a working class detective one more thing his way towards bringing justice to the bourgeois.

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Radio Free Tote Bag: A weekly relationship advice podcast hosted by Audrey and Donovan.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Columbo. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link.

  • S02E01: “Étude in Black”

  • S05E05: “Now You See Him”

  • S10E01:“Columbo Goes to College”

• Columbo, Romania and the Communist Party by Radu Pericol Tiganas.

• How Columbo Influenced the Cinematographers of Poker Face by Iain Marks. American Cinematographer. May 21st, 2025.

• “How We Created Columbo and How He Nearly Killed Us” by Richard Levinson and William Link. American Film Magazine. March 1981.

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Interstitial: “Columbo Kong” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Brian Alford as “Bluster Kong/Mainer Kong/Werner”, Josh Boerman as “DK”, and A.J. Ditty as “Columbo Kong”

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Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre: Comedian & pop culture critic Jolenta Greenberg has a theory: reality TV isn’t ruining culture - it is culture. Join her and a cast of sharp, funny guests as they dig into the details behind the drama and unpack why we can’t get enough of those iconic scenes and unforgettable characters. This is the place for highbrow conversations about “lowbrow” TV.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
  • S1 E4: “It’s My Party and I’ll Spend If I Want To”
  • S1 E5: “I Would Never Say That”
  • S1 E9: “The Dinner Party From Hell”
  • S1 E13: “Unforgivable”
• “Bravo Adds Fifth Night of Programming, Boosting Original Hours by 20%” by Bill Gorman. Bravo TV Press Release. March 10th, 2010.
• “Bravo’s ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ to premiere March 21st” by Reality Tv World staff. Reality TV World. January 6th, 2006.
• How Andy Cohen Became Famous Enough To End Up On "Riverdale" by Rebecca Farley. Refinery 29. March 22nd, 2018.
• MEDIA; “Bravo Learns to Make Noise and Have Fun” by Abby Ellin. The New York Times. July 5th, 2004.
• “NBC Puts Its Stamp on Bravo” by Allison Romano. Broadcasting and Cable. February 17th, 2003.

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Interstitial: “The Real Housewives of Carmel-By-The-Sea” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Josh Boerman as “Bravo Announcer”, Eleanor Philips as “Chloe”, Anne Boerman as “Kathy”, and Madeleine Bundy as “Kim”.

The lads take the Breeze to Crockett island and drink the blood of the angels as they attend Mike Flanagan’s 2021 Catholic horrorfest: Midnight Mass. Topics include the origins of Mike Flanagan, the banal evil of Hamish Linklater, and what it means to try to fight addiction while doing battle with Nosferatu-worshipping vampire-priests.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Midnight Mass. Dir. Mike Flanagan. 2021.
• “The Deeply Personal Horror of Midnight Mass” by Mike Flanagan. Bloody Disgusting. September 27th, 2021.

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Interstitial: “James the Lesser” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Dono Eyre as “Da Pope” // Music: Pipe Organ of Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know” by Reductio

What’s All This Then?: A podcast about Britain, hosted by Charlotte McDonnell and Libby Watson. Patreon // Spotify // Apple Podcasts

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Bloodborne. Dir. Hidetaka Miyazaki. FromSoftware. 2015.
• Bloodborne Is Genius, And Here’s Why by Hbomberguy
• The Paleblood Hunt by “Redgrave”

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Jake from the I Hate James Dobson podcast and the lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in trust funds, marriage counseling, and the next mayor of Odyssey: Margaret Faye. Topics include the never ending Eugene and Katrina will they/won’t they, the effects of bingeing 400 episodes of AiO in an incredibly short amount of time, and the ingrained sexism at the heart of both the evangelical project and John Avery Whittaker.

I Hate James Dobson: Join therapists Jake (a former Evangelical) and Brooke (who knows almost nothing about Evangelical culture) as they read and tear apart Dobson’s works. Get ready to laugh, cry, and rip your hair out as we explore the very many reasons why I Hate James Dobson.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
  • #372-374: “For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls Parts 1-3”
  • #380-381: “The One About Trust Parts 1 and 2"

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Temporal Culture War: Mattie Lubchansky and Clayton Ashley figure out what the hell was going on in culture in the early 2000s while they wade through episodes of Star Trek Enterprise.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Into the Woods. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by James Lapine. 1986.
• Bernadette Peters and Original Into the Woods Cast Recall Untold Stories, Backstage Memories and Standouts With Sondheim by Adam Hetrick. Playbill. November 25th, 2014.
• From "Boom Crunch" to "The Last Midnight": How Into the Woods Transformed Throughout the Years by Logan Culwell-Block. Playbill. November 19th, 2014.
• Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany by Stephen Sondheim. Penguin Random House. 2011.
• Into the Woods: A conversation with Sondheim and Lapine – 1991 PBS TV
• Into the Woods - MTI Conversation Piece with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
• Into the Woods SR. at Lenox Hill

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Interstitial: “There’s a Chance You Might Be Bi” // Music by Stephen Sondheim // Lyrics by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Himself”

The lads hop in their 1964 metallic mint-green Buick Skylarks and get arrested for murder as they cover Jonathan Lynn’s 1992 legal comedy: My Cousin Vinny. Topics include the Era of the Screenplay, the film’s dedication to legal procedure, and the unspeakable cinematic power of having Marisa Tomei talk about tire-tracks.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• My Cousin Vinny. Dir. Jonathan Lynn. 1992.
• Abnormal Interviews: “My Cousin Vinny Director Jonathan Lynn” by Nick Farr. March 13th, 2012.
• Dale Launer’s Incredible Website
• ‘WHAT IS A YUTE?’: AN ORAL HISTORY OF ‘MY COUSIN VINNY’ by Andy Greene. Rolling Stone. March 7th, 2022.

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On the next episode of Fancy Movie Time with Brian and A.J.: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

• Bar Rescue
  • S02E01: “Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb”
  • S03E11: “Don’t Mess with Taffer’s Wife”
  • S02E22: “Punch-Drunk and Trailer-Trashed”
  • S04E25: “Sticky Situation”
• Bar 702 (Sand Dollar) From Bar Rescue Has Been Sold by Matt. Barrescueupdates.com. June 22nd, 2014.
• Breaking News - Spike TV Picks Up New Original Series, "Bar Rescue" and "Repo Games" | TheFutonCritic.com. January 1st, 2011.
• Council Bluffs police investigating shooting at O'Face Bar by KMTV News. 3 News Now. February 27th, 2021.
• Domestic Violence Case Dismissed by Staff Consortium. The Virgin Islands Consortium. March 19th, 2021.
• How "Bar Rescue" host Jon Taffer helped changed the way we watch the NFL by Aaron Torres. Fox Sports. January 7th, 2014.
• jon taffer spaceship robot story
• Second arrest made in connection to weekend shooting outside Council Bluffs bar by First Alert 6 Staff. First Alert 6. March 25th, 2025.
• Wilkes Assault Lawsuit

The lads boot up Newgrounds and take The Impossible Quiz as they dive into the bizarre and labyrinthine world of the bread and butter of the Web 2.0: Flash Games. Topics include the origins of Newgrounds, the boundless creativity (and trolling) of the flash scene, and what it means to be the lead gay technician of one of the most influential flash games of all time.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Games:
  • Pico’s School by Tom Fulp
  • SimGirls by sim-man
  • N by Metanet Software
  • The Crimson Room by Toshimitsu Takagi
  • Bloons TD by Ninja Kiwi
  • The Impossible Quiz by Splapp-me-do
  • Nanaca Crash! By Unknown
  • Canabalt by Adam Saltsman
  • Robot Unicorn Attack by Spititonin Media Games
• Newgrounds Wiki - TomFulp
• From the IAmA community on Reddit: Tom Fulp
• Newgrounds Wiki - History
• How Flash games shaped the video game industry by Jonas Richner. Flashgamehistory.com.
• Flashpoint Archive

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Media Referenced in Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
  • #366: “Solitary Refinement”
  • #377: “Just Say Yes”
  • #384: “Amazing Grace”
  • #91: “A Mission for Jimmy”

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Interstitial: “Thirteen Madmen for Twenty-One Monks on the Nineteenth of April at the End of the 20th Century” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “Estragon Estragonov/Melvin Mulligan/Phoebear”

The lads take a walk through this beautiful world and feel the cool rain on their shoulders as they cover Anthony Bourdain’s award-winning CNN travelogue: Parts Unknown. Topics include Bourdain’s rise to prominence, his successes and failures as a documentarian, and the complex legacy of one of the most prolific observers of the modern world.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
  • Season 2, Episode 2: “Jerusalem”
  • Season 2, Episode 9: “Detroit”
  • Season 6, Episode 7: “Borneo”
• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
  • Season 1, Episode 4: “Malaysia: Into the Jungle”
• Kitchen Confidential: Adventure in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain. Bloomsbury Press. 2000.
• Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain. Ecco. 2010.
• “Anthony Bourdain obituary” by Tim Hayward. The Guardian. June 9th, 2018.
• Bourdain’s Tumblr Post “Fighting Mad”
• “Don’t Eat Before Reading This” by Anthony Bourdain. New Yorker. April 19th, 1999.
• “New Yorker Editor David Remnick on Anthony Bourdain” by Matt Buchanan. Eater. June 8th, 2018.

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Interstitial: “Anthony Ditty: Parts Known: Escondido, CA” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Anthony Ditty/Producer/Dustin Bendin”

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Edward Albee. 1962.
• “Edward Albee, The Art of Theater No. 4” Interviewed by William Flanagan. The Paris Review. Issue 39. Fall 1966.
• Edward Albee: A Singular Journey by Mel Gussow. Applause Books. 2000.
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Original Cast Recording. Columbia Records. 1963.
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Dir. Mike Nichols. 1966.

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Interstitial: “The Autograph Theatre Company’s Season Announcement: The Unproduced Plays of Edward Albee” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Josh Boerman as “Daddy/Albee”, Anne Huston as “Mommy”, David Armstrong as “Irish Priest”, Eleanor Philips as “Mrs. Wife/Sea Monster”, and A.J. Ditty as “Announcer/Tiniest Alice/Mr. Husband”

The lads grab their pencils and go back to the drawing board as they cover the never released behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of The Emperor’s New Groove: The Sweatbox. Topics include the history of Disney animation, the similarities between the animating and acting life, and what it means to make art while walking the llama-llama and taking in the panorama.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Sweatbox. Dir. Trudy Styler. 2000.
• The Emperor’s New Groove. Dir. Mark Dindal. 2000.
• “An Oral History of Disney’s ‘The Emperor’s New Groove’” by Bilge Ebiri. Vulture. July 26th, 2024.

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Interstitial: “Sting: The Kingdom of the Sun Sessions” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Sting/Announcer”

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Dig. LucasArts. 1995.
• A Conversation with Gary Brubaker. Tech Talk with Daniel Albu. April 6th, 2025.
• “The Dig is a weird LucasArts adventure dreamed up by Steven Spielberg” by Andy Kelly. PC Gamer. May 15th, 2020.
• The Dig by Jimmy Maher. Digital Antiquarian. July 23rd. 2021.
• “Exclusive Interview with Noah Falstein” by Santiago Mendez. The Dig Museum. December 27th, 2004.
• “Interview with Brian Moriarty” by Paco García. Aventura y CÍA. March 2006.
• “LucasArts Secret History #11: The Dig Bills Tiller and Eaken”. The International House of Mojo.
• “LucasArts Secret History #11: The Dig Sean Clark’s Recollections of Joy”. The International House of Mojo.
• Original Design Document for The Dig
• “So, a Giant Asteroid is Heading for Earth…Again…” by Luke Plunkett. Kotaku. November 2nd, 2011.
• “Steven Spielberg Apparently Won’t Play Uncharted Because He’s a Big PC Gamer and Only Likes Mouse and Keyboard” by Kat Bailey. IGN. October 2nd, 2024.

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Interstitial: “Brink” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Professor Ludger Brink”

The lads return once again to Odyssey for further adventures in jet-lag, cyber security, and the long awaited return of the godking of Odyssey: John Avery Whittaker. Topics include the interminable will-they/won’t-they of Eugene and Katrina, the logistics of proposing in the year 1996, and what it means to grow up in a religion that asks you to actively throw your feelings through the No-No Door.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
  • #362: The Right Choice Part I
  • #363: The Right Choice Part II
  • #364: Home, Sweet Home
  • #365: Clara

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Jay Anthony Franke - Cameo // Instagram

Media Referenced in the Episode:

• Thief II. Looking Glass. 2000.
• Ahead of its time: The history of Looking Glass by Mike Mahardy. Polygon. April 6th, 2015.
• How Thief's Stealth System Almost Didn't Work | War Stories by Ars Technica. February 20th, 2018.
• The Story of Thief & Looking Glass Studios by Noclip. August 10th, 2021.
• Thief-TheCircle.com --- Thief II: The Metal Age Strategy Index
• Thief II - The Metal Age Walkthrough by Orgulo. Gamefaqs. July 5th, 2025
• Thief vs. AAA Gaming by Dom Giuca. March 16th, 2014.
• Through the Looking Glass Forums

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Interstitial: “The Pigeon Job” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Josh Boerman as “Garrett”, Brian Alford as “Benny”, A.J. Ditty as “Karras”, and Jay Anthony Franke as “Cramble Grenton.”

Aysha U. Farah (All My Maidens) and Lenore (The Socialist Shelf) return to the pod to take the lads on a heartfelt journey of death and birds as they cover Giant Sparrow’s 2017 walking sim megahit: What Remains of Edith Finch. Topics include games about death, the importance of twee in the face of tragedy, and what remains of both the walking sim genre and the titular Edith Finch.

Aysha U. Farah: Website // Bluesky // Instagram

Lenore: Bluesky

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The Socialist Shelf: A podcast where we care about two things: good fiction and changing the world. From your favorite pseudointellectuals, Jacob Dallas-Main and Lenore Olson.

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All My Maidens: Welcome to All My Maidens, an Elden Ring lore podcast. Have you ever played 100 hours of Elden Ring and then thought, wow. I have no idea what the heck this game is about? Well, join award winning game writer Aysha U. Farah as she invites various friends and confidants to come on and Explain Elden Ring to her. What is an Elden Ring, anyway? What makes it elden? Who are the Tarnished? Why do a bunch of guys have weird horns on their faces? Who is that dude made of roots? Answer all these questions and more, right here!

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• What Remains of Edith Finch. Giant Sparrow. 2017.
• “The making of What Remains of Edith Finch” by Chris Schilling. PC GAMER. June 2nd, 2018.
• “Whitespace: The man behind ‘The Unfinished Swan’” by Evan Shamoon. Polygon. October 9th, 2012.

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Interstitial: “What Remains of Joshua Boerman” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “AJ Ditty”, Brian Alford as “Brian Alflord”, Josh Boerman as “Joshua Boerman”

Boonta Vista: The least consequential news from around the world from the least informed minds in Australia. Andrew, Theo, Lucy and Ben bring you the week’s stories that conveniently fit into one of their countless, concerningly specific segments. Keep up with the latest news from Nature Corner, Paging Dr. Lucy, Planely Speaking, Omens and Portents, The Hole Report and many, many more.

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Media Referenced in the Episode:

• First Blood. Dir. Ted Kotcheff. 1982.
• First Blood by David Morrell. Rowman & Littlefield, 1972
• My First Thriller: David Morrell by Rick Pullen. Crime Reads. August 12th, 2020.
• "'Rambo' in the Garden: The POW Film as Pastoral" by Paul Budra. Literature/Film Quarterly, vol 18, no. 3

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Josiah Sutton (Fruitless) joins a lads-less Brian as he revisits the inspiration for his first video essay: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse. Topics include revisiting old work, breadtube, and what we can learn from the ghosts from internet eras long past.

Josiah Sutton: Twitter // Substack // Instagram

Fruitless Podcast: A show about history, politics, faith, media, and the internet hosted by Josiah Sutton.

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Fruitless video essays:

• “A Brief History of Zombie Films”
• “Why You Should Watch Motern Media (feat. Will Sloan)”
• “Everyone Else is an NPC”

Media Referenced in the Episode:

• Pulse. Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa. 2001.
• The Tunnel by Friedrich Durrenmatt
• “Pulse (2001): How J-Horror Predicted 2020” by Brian Alford. 2020.
• Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman. Viking Penguin. 1985.
• “I Can’t Stop Watching Contagion” by Folding Ideas. March 31st, 2020.
• “Massacre on Martin and 3rd” by Jack Saint. October 20th, 2018.
• Mike D’Angelo’s Scenic Routes: Pulse. The A.V. Club. April 4th, 2011.
• “The Problem With Video Essays” by Philosophy Tube. June 27th, 2025.
• “Steve Bannon” by Philosophy Tube. February 4th, 2019.
• “Wo Ich Wohne” by Ilsa Aichinger. The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy 1890-2000. Translated by Mike Mitchell. Dedalus Limited. 2003.

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GOATMAN: Tickets // Gofundme

2002: Tickets

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• MASH

  • Season Four, Episode One: “Welcome to Korea”

  • Season Four, Episode Two: “Change in Command”

  • Season Five, Episode Two: “Margaret’s Engagement”

  • Season Five, Episode Seven: “Dear Sigmund”

  • Season Five, Episode Twenty-Four: “Margaret’s Marriage”

• Have You Seen This? Episode 135 “It!” feat. Josh Boerman and Brian Alford

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Interstitial: “Another Brief Message from Alan Alda” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Eleanor Philips as “Ellie Philips” and A.J. Ditty as “Alan Alda”

Juniper (Western Kabuki, Ill Conceived) and the lads grab their blue jerseys and throw coconuts down a hill as they cover the first season of MrBeast’s nightmare of a game show: Beast Games. Topics include the horrific filming conditions, the so-called “games”, and what it means to watch the full-villain arc of one Jimmy Donaldson.

Juniper: Twitch // Patreon // Bluesky

Western Kabuki: Juniper and Caleb with their trusty producer Alex delve into internet topics du jour.

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Ill Conceived: A podcast about natalism. Hosted by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Traditional Scrench) and June Sternbach (Western Kabuki, The Onion)

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Beast Games. Amazon. 2024.
• 2,000 People Fight For $5,000,000 by MrBeast. December 19th, 2024.
• Beast Games is the Average Mid Show on TV by Entertainment Media Strategy Guy. January 28th, 2025.
• 'Beast Games' Is the Biggest Competition Show Ever. Crew Claims Behind the Scenes Was Chaos by Steven Asarch. Rolling Stone. December 26th, 2024.
• From the BeastGames community on Reddit: Akira has won money in 5 previous Mr. Beast challenges going back 5+ years
• Las Vegas staff say MrBeast should be 'blacklisted,' cite OSHA, medics set for failure by Mingson Lau. KSNV News. September 28th, 2024.
• MrBeast’s ‘Beast Games’ Hits 50 Million Viewers in 25 Days, Amazon’s Biggest Unscripted Show Ever by Selome Hailu. Variety. January 16th, 2025.
• "Player 991 - Jeremy AMA!" on Reddit
• State Of New York v Moneylion Complaint 2025

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Beast Playlist

• “Is MrBeast for Real? Inside the Outrageous World of YouTube's Cash-Happy Stunt King” by EJ Dickson, Rolling Stone April 9th, 2022.

• “Mr. Beast, YouTube Star, Wants to Take Over the Business World” by Taylor Lorenz, NYTimes, May 4th, 2021.

• The CouRage and Nadeshot Show, Episode 38: "MrBeast Shares His BIGGEST YouTube Secrets!"

• The Joe Rogan Experience, Episode #1788: MrBeast.

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Josh and June take a look at Promise Keepers, the organization that massed 700,000 men on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a 1997 rally that promised to bring spiritual renewal to its attendees and a new order to the social health of the country. While they didn't quite pull off the fundamental transformation they were hoping for, Promise Keepers left a significant impact on the evangelical Christian psyche. And somehow, they're still around today, desperately trying to convince the world of their definition of fatherhood and family.

SOURCES:

• The First Promise Keepers Event: Witnessing the Power of God" by David Roadcup
• Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes du Mez
• Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper by Bill McCartney et al.
• "Promise Keepers pledge to move from stadium rallies to the marketplace" by Adelle Banks, Religion News Service
• "New Promise Keepers CEO ready to see a revival among men" by Maina Mwaura, The Christian Index
• "Promise Keepers Pour Into The Nation's Capital" (CNN, 1997)
• "The Promise Keepers Opens Its Doors To Women" (NPR, 2009)

AUDIO CLIPS:

• 6:18 – Bill McCartney in a profile by WXYZ-TV Detroit (September 24, 1994)
• 32:46 – Norm MacDonald on Saturday Night Live Weekend Update (October 4, 1997)
• 33:23 – Joseph Garlington, Promise Keepers worship leader, at the 1997 Stand in the Gap rally
• 34:55 – Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, on Charlie Rose (October 3, 1997)
• 36:31 – Huron Claus, Native American Christian evangelist, at the 1997 Stand in the Gap rally
• 38:00 – Bill McCartney, Promise Keepers founder, on Larry King Live (October 7, 1997)
• 47:49 – Shane Winnings, current Promise Keepers CEO, on Morning Joe (April 3, 2025)
• 50:50 – Web trailer for Wake-Up Call, the 2025 Promise Keepers in-person summit in Yakima

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• Bluesky: @junlper.beer
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• Writing: June's Substack

We’re Not So Different: A mostly Medieval history podcast about how we’ve always been idiots

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WNSD and American Prestige Present: Welcome to the Crusades: The First Crusade

The hosts of American Prestige and We’re Not So Different join forces to examine one of the seminal events in world history: the Crusades. Season 1 focuses, appropriately enough, on the First Crusade, requested by a Byzantine Empire under threat and called by a Catholic Church eager for a “great cause.” You’ll follow the expedition from its origins in Europe to the walls of Jerusalem as we try to understand why this Crusade, unique among its sequels, ended in success for the Crusaders.

• Website

Dr. Eleanor Janega: Bluesky

Luke Waters: Bluesky

Media Referenced in the Episode:

• Everyman
  • The Text - Project Gutenberg
  • Lego Version
  • GSMC Classics: Great Plays Episode 120: Everyman
• Chick Tracts
  • This Was Your Life
  • You Have a Date!
• Adventures in Odyssey
  • #442a: “Two Roads”
• “Human Boyg Guy: Peer Gynt, ft. Brian Alford” The Socialist Shelf. October 8th, 2024.

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Interstitial: “C.S. #2085: The Provenance Incident, as Recounted by Alistair Adelman on the Carolinian Bound for Provenance, North Carolina on June 18th, 2000” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Brian Alford as “Alistair Adelman”, A.J. Ditty as “Melvin Mulligan”, and Josh Boerman as “The Conductor” // “The Chain” Violin Cover by Steve Bingham, Arrangement by Rowan Marshall

David Armstrong (Bonus Action) and the lads grab their ghosts and join the CIA as they cover Quantic Dream’s 2013 horror/sci-fi trainwreck: Beyond: Two Souls. Topics include David Cage’s whole deal, the intuitively unintuitive controls, and what it means when your storytelling is so bad, not even Elliot Page can save it.

Bonus Action: Hail and well met, Peaches! Adam and Jay from the reaction channel pReview’d have started an Actual Play TTRPG channel with their DM friend David Armstrong. Come by Mondays at 7pm EST as your #internetbestfirends, along with their comedian friends as they goof and gab through the magical world of Wild Country.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Beyond: Two Souls. Dir. David Cage. Quantic Dream. 2013.
• “David Bowie cameos and fully-rendered penises: the bizarre history of Quantic Dream” by Richard Murphy. Gamesradar. October 7th, 2013.
• “David Cage: From the brink” by Guest Contributor. MVC. September 28th, 2011.
• “Game designer Warren Spector commends David Cage's work on Heavy Rain” by Zak Islam. Neoseeker. July 5th, 2012.
• “Omikron: the Nomad Soul Review” by Jeremy Dunham. IGN. June 22nd, 2016.

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Interstitial: “Quantic Dream Presents: Mulhouse: Become David” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. David Armstrong as “David de Gruttola/David Cage”

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• As Is by William M. Hoffman. 1985.

• AIDS-Involved Drama Syndrome by William M. Hoffman. Poz Magazine. February 1st, 1997.

• Acts of Intervention by David Roman

• The AIDS Show

• Warren by Rebecca Ranson

• “Playwright Rebecca Ranson’s Journals Reveal Turmoil in Atlanta’s Queer Community During the AIDS Crisis” by Oli Turner. The South and the Archive. October 31st, 2023.

• As Is script

• As Is movie

• Interview with William Hoffman

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Interstitial: “Writer’s Block” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “A.J. Ditty”

Additional Voices for As Is Excerpts: Anne Huston, Eleanor Philips, Dara Swisher and Brent Shultz

The lads grab their papers and hop a plane to Morocco as they cover Michael Curtiz’ 1942 Bogartfest: Casablanca. Topics include the goblin energy of Peter Lorre, the GOATness of Victor Laszlo, and what it means to drown out fascists by belting out “La Marseillaise”.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Casablanca. Dir. Michael Curtiz, 1942.
• Everybody Comes to Rick's

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Interstitial: Pages 7-12 of "The Hidden Enemy," written and performed by Josh Boerman

Abigail Thorn: Bluesky // Instagram

The Prince: A transformative new play that has everything: sword fighting, lesbianism, Hamlet, and disappointed parents. Available on Nebula.

Philosophy Tube: Giving away philosophy degrees for free! Youtube // Nebula // Patreon

Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/ pop culture commentary podcast about the portrayal of masculinity in cinema. November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon have watched Bond movies, War on Terror movies, Eurospy movies, and now they take on their biggest task yet: Heist Movies. What can Heat, Oceans’ 11, and the Fast and Furious movies teach us about how masculinity was imagined by the people who created them? What does that say about Society? 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

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Persecuted. Dir. Daniel Lusko. 2014.

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Interstitial: “Da Pope” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Donovan Eyre as “Da Pope”

The lads escape a chain gang and become men of constant sorrow as they embark on Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2000 Southern Odyssey: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Topics include the charms of George Clooney, the superlative soundtrack, and how to adapt the Odyssey without turning into a horny toad.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• O Brother, Where Art Thou? Dir. Joel Coen. 2000.
• Why it’s crazy that ‘Oh Brother Where Art Thou’ was pulled off - Tim Blake Nelson

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Alex Ptak - Bluesky // Twitter // Instagram

• Theater of Delights featuring Gran Nidorino!

Jeremy Kaplowitz - Bluesky // Twitter // Instagram

Quarators - Every Monday, comedians Jeremy Kaplowitz and Alex Ptak head to Quora dot com to find the stupidest questions they can and make fun of them.

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• Quorst of All Possible Worlds w/ Josh Boerman // Quorators Full Episode
• Q+087: Bull Psychology w/ Josh Boerman

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
  • #358: “The Secret Weapon”
  • #288: “The Twilife Zone”
  • #359: “The Merchant of Odyssey”

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Interstitial: “Case #1189195: Audit of The Patmos Corporation As Performed by Timmy ‘Taxman’ Thompson” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Josh Boerman as “Timmy ‘Taxman’ Thompson”

Caleb @BirdRespecter (Western Kabuki, 60 Minute Drill) joins Brian and Josh to tell the story of Richard “Beebo” Russell, a man who walked off his job as a baggage handler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport one day in 2018 to steal an airplane. Russell and his ill-fated flight quickly became a cause célèbre among some of the darkest corners of the internet, continuing to this day. This episode tries to figure out how and why that happened.

Note: This episode deals with suicide and racist extremism.

Caleb: Bluesky // Twitter // Linktree

Western Kabuki: Formerly the preeminent Nick Cage podcast, this show is now a few friends from Twitter, @Birdrespecter, @AGoldmund, and @JUNlPER discussing what’s going on online. Patreon // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Bluesky // YouTube

Media referenced this episode:

• “The Sky Thief: Beebo Russell’s Last Flight” by Tim Dickinson. Rolling Stone, June 24, 2021.

• “I Worked With Richard Russell at Horizon Air, and I Understand Why He Did What He Did” by Todd Bunker. The Stranger, August 17, 2018.

• “‘Airplane of opportunity’? Richard Russell raised pilot’s suspicions a year before Sea-Tac plane heist” by Lewis Kamb. The Seattle Times, September 12, 2018.

• “Sea-Tac air traffic controller faced ‘one in a million’ scenario with stolen plane” by Daniel Beekman and Michelle Baruchman. The Seattle Times, August 11, 2018.

• “FBI: Richard Russell, who stole plane from Sea-Tac, acted alone, crashed on purpose; motive a mystery” by Lewis Kamb. The Seattle Times, November 9, 2018.

• “Human remains, flight data recorder found among wreckage of stolen plane on Ketron Island” by Stacia Glenn. The News Tribune, August 13, 2018.

• “Airline job was way for man who crashed stolen plane to visit Alaska” by Adam Lynn, Alexis Krell, Sue Kidd, Lauren Smith and Craig Sailor. The News Tribune, August 12, 2018.

• “White nationalists and the ‘Sky King’” by Martin McKenzie-Murray. The Saturday Paper, August 18, 2018.

• FBI press release on investigation from November 2018

• Redacted FBI report from the investigation

Music used in this episode:

• Anticipation by Drill Folly

• Lookin’ For That Orca (Beebo’s Song) by Johny Maudlin

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Interstitial: The first seven pages of “The Hidden Enemy,” written and performed by Josh Boerman

Renee Olstead: Website // Instagram // OF // Twitter

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Showgirls. Dir. Paul Verhoeven. 1995.
• 'Showgirls' at 25: Gina Ravera discusses the cult movie's most controversial scene by Ethan Alter. Yahoo! Entertainment. September 22nd, 2020.
• Showgirls, Jade, and the Fall of Joe Eszterhas (Erotic 90’s, Part 14) — You Must Remember This

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Interstitial: “The Worst of All Possible Sex Tips” // Written by A.J. Ditty with additional lyrics by Brian Alford // Featuring Josh Boerman as “Sexy Josh” and Brian Alford as “Sexy Brian” // Music: “Careful Shouting” by Highway Superstar

The lads grab their crossbows and make for the Space Needle as they cover the back half of Naughty Dog's 2020 revengefest: The Last of Us Part II. Topics include state quarters, the logistics of building crane bridges, and what it truly means to “look for the light”.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Last of Us Part II. Dir. Neil Druckmann. Naughty Dog. 2020.
• Grounded II: The Making of The Last of Us: Part II. 
• One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. Penguin Random House. 2025

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Interstitial: “The CW’s The Last of Us: Season Nine” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “CW Announcer/Barnaby Bozo”

Media Referenced in the Episode:

• The Last of Us Part II. Dir. Neil Druckmann. Naughty Dog. 2020.
• 220: Josh Boerman and Dylan Rank Game Mechanics With Us | Anime Sickos - Podcast for Geniuses
• “The Evolution of Ellie” by Elise Favis. The Washington Post. July 1st, 2020.
• Grounded II: The Making of The Last of Us: Part II.
• “The Not So Hidden Israeli Politics of 'The Last of Us Part II'” by Emanuel Maiberg. Vice. July 15h, 2020.
• “We Talked To The Last Of Us Part II's Director About The Game's Violence (And More Treacherous Stealth)” by Stephen Totilo. Kotaku. June 12th, 2018.

Interstitial: “The CW’s The Last of Us: Season Two” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “CW Announcer/Barnaby Bozo” (edited) 

When Bill Clinton won the US presidential election in 1992, two people were key to his success: James Carville and George Stephanopolous. This week, Brian and Josh step into The War Room, D.A. Pennebaker’s 1993 documentary about how these two men and their team of future top Democratic all-stars cajoled and bullshitted America’s electorate into sending Slick Willie to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Media Referenced in This Episode:

• The War Room, dir. D.A. Pennebaker (Pennebaker Associates/October Films, 1993)
• Feed, dir. Kevin Rafferty and James Ridgeway (Video Democracy, 1992)
• Primary, dir. Robert Drew (Time Life, 1960)
• Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, dir. D.A. Pennebaker (Leacock-Pennebaker, 1968)
• Original Cast Album: Company, dir. D.A. Pennebaker (Castle Drive/Talent Associates-Norton Simon, 1970)
• “Jeffrey Epstein Was a Sex Offender. The Powerful Welcomed Him Anyway.” Jodi Kantor, Mike McIntire, and Vanessa Friedman, The New York Times, July 13, 2019.
• “Foreign Purchases by Bush Camp Alleged.” Paul Valentine, The Washington Post, September 29, 1992.
• “Second” campaign ad by Bill Clinton (1992)
• “Celeb” campaign ad by John McCain (2008)
• Yes We Can Obama Song by will.i.am (2008)
• Sensual Pantsuit Anthem (Official Rapped Music Video) by Lena Dunham (2016)
• “Carville: Trump collapse happened quicker than I imagined” on Smerconish (CNN, 2025)

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RESOURCES YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:

• Watch Tim's talk (starting at 8:03)

• Medicaid State Fact Sheets from KFF

• STAT Health News

• Send Tim an email: tim.faust@gmail.com

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Hans Gruber and the Die Hards: Website // Bluesky

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• THE PLAYLIST
• Newsboys: Ex Lead Singer John James speaks about his fall and restoration.

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Interstitial: “Contemporary Catholic Rock Vol. 1” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Driveshaft Persimmon/Lead Homilist Gregory “The Greg” Gregorian”

Good morning, everyone! The current date is March 20, 2020. Residents, I have some exciting news for you! The Lads have just moved onto our wonderful island! Let’s all give them a big island welcome! In other news, the museum is under construction and you’ll never go outside again. Be sure to visit Blathers tomorrow once construction is complete. Clean your groceries with bleach and head on down to the shore because we have a visitor to the island! It’s always so interesting learning about different people and the shops are closed and the streets are closed and there’s nothing but deathdeathdeath but don’t you worry because tomorrow Flick is due to come and somebody’s gotta catch those bugs. That’s all for now, I hope you have the loveliest of lovely days!

Media Referenced in This Episode:

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Animal Crossing (GCN)
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons: The Official Complete Guide by The Team at FuturePress. Future Press. 2023.
• i WiLl MaKe YoU rEmEmBeR
• Boss Fight Books #33: Animal Crossing by Kelsey Lewin.Boss Fight Books. 2024.
• CDC Museum of COVID-19 Timeline
• "How Villagers 'Read' Your Letters in Animal Crossing" by Hunter R.
• Interactive Map of the George Floyd Protests
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Tours the Animal Crossing Museum with Emily Graslie of the Field Museum!
• ”Pulse (2001): How J-Horror predicted 2020” by Brian Alford
• “Quest 64: Days of Grief and Werehares” by A.J. Ditty
• Spaceship You by CGP Grey
• Shredded Cheese Fajita Sad Wife / My Wife, Date Night After 3+ Months

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Interstitial: “A New Horizon” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Orville” and Madeleine Bundy as “Katherine”

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Average Joe. Dir. Harold Cronk. 2024.

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Interstitial: “Harold Cronk Presents: A Revival of His Much-Acclaimed Production of The Vagina Monologues at the Ivy Substation in Culver City, California” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Brian Alford as “Announcer Brian” and A.J. Ditty as “Harold Cronk”

How did the lads meet? Well that’s a very interesting story, when Brian and A.J. moved to New York with two suitcases and didn’t know anyone and they have-uh-they head to YMCA with a $2000 check which they could not cash. Why? Well, because it was an out of state bank. Anyway, uh- they were working as busboys in a hotel, and uh-uh Josh was sitting, drinking his coffee, and he was so beautiful, and they say hi to him. That’s how they met. What’s the interesting part? Well the interesting part is that after their first recording, Josh paid for dinner.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Room. Wiseau Films. 2003.
• “The Crazy Cult of The Room” by Clark Collis. Entertainment Weekly, December 12, 2008.
• The Disaster Artist: My life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell. Simon & Schuster. 2013.
• Full Transcript of “The Room” transcribed by David Klion
• “Tommy Wiseau” by Steve Heisler. The A.V. Club. June 24th, 2009.
• Tommy Wiseau Guest Directs - Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Adult Swim
• “A vintage interview with The Room creator Tommy Wiseau: 'Believe in what you believe'” by Clark Collis. Entertainment Weekly. November 28th, 2017.

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Interstitial: “Dominic Miseau” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Dominic Miseau”

Justin Roczniak: Twitter // Youtube // Bluesky

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:

• Falling Down. Dir. Joel Schumacher. 1993.

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Interstitial: “Memories of Hoops” // Written by Josh Boerman // Featuring Brian Alford

Devon (Kill James Bond!) and the lads return to Odyssey for more adventures in valentines, political blackmail, and volunteering for the Vietnam War. Topics include the logistics of Roman marriage, the intangible dread of grief, and what it means when the great loss that hangs over your entire series is a character as objectively terrible as Jerry Whittaker.

Devon: Twitter // Bluesky // Streaming

Traditional Scrench: Your favourite podcast idiots are streaming twice a week, every week, at 21:00 UK time Monday and Thursday. We’re a heavily improvised variety stream with a youtube playlist.

• Twitch

Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/ pop culture commentary podcast about the portrayal of masculinity in cinema. November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon have watched Bond movies, War on Terror movies, Eurospy movies, and now they take on their biggest task yet: Heist Movies. What can Heat, Oceans’ 11, and the Fast and Furious movies teach us about how masculinity was imagined by the people who created them? What does that say about Society? 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

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

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

Ten Thousand Posts: A show about how everything is a form of posting, and how our lives are guided by the only dialectic that matters: good posts and bad posts.

• Podcast // Twitter // Patreon

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey

  • #562: “The Last ‘I Do’”

  • #368: “The Other Woman”

  • #412: “A Lesson From Mike?”

  • #352: “Memories of Jerry”

• Josh’s Appearance on All Gamers are Bastards

• A.J.’s Appearance on 2 Whits, 1 Cup

TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

Interstitial: “Gay Expectations Video Dating Service Tape #121518145: Petey Pounderoga” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Petey Pounderoga /Jerry/Pinky/Melvin Mulligan”, Brian Alford as “Butch”, and Josh Boerman as “Lawrence”.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Social Network. Dir. David Fincher. 2010
• “10 Years Later, Author Ben Mezrich On The Book Behind ‘The Social Network’” by Anhar Karim. Forbes. October 20th, 2020.
• “A Young Mark Zuckerberg’s Early Mistake” by Shachar Bar-on. 60 Minutes. January 13th, 2008.
• “CONFIRMED: Aaron Sorkin Creates Facebook Page, Writing Facebook Movie” by Dan Kois. Vulture. August 27th, 2008.
• “Facebook’s Other Privacy Issue” by Eriq Gardner. The Hollywood Reporter, November 30, 2007
• “Joe Rogan Experience #2255 - Mark Zuckerberg.”
• “Mark Zuckerberg: How to Build a Future” by Y Combinator.
• “Tell-All Book: Zuckerberg Set Up Facebook To Get Laid” by Nick Douglas. Gawker. May 22nd, 2008.
• “What Producers Do: Explaining The Social Network’s Social Network” by Claude Brodesser-Akner. Vuture. February 24th, 2011.

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Interstitial: “The M.A.R.K.-BOT” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Brian Alford as “Mark Zuckerberg”

• The mechanics of how corporations and governments identify and track you across virtual and real-world spaces
• Common ways that your devices give away information without your knowledge and how to disable those features
• What encryption is and why it matters, especially when it comes to law enforcement
• Tools that you can use to anonymize your usage online

USEFUL LINKS THAT YOU SHOULD CLICK:

• Get Surveillance Self-Defense basics and tool guides from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
• Get uBlock Origin for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera
• Download Tor Browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
• Download Signal Messenger for Android, iPhone, Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Get Mullvad VPN and download Mullvad Browser
• Send maia a donation via ko-fi

Joe Kassabian: Twitter

Lions Led by Donkeys: The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

Patreon // Youtube // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Instagram

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Final Fantasy VII. Square. 1997.
• “Final Fantasy 7: An Oral History” by Matt Leone. Polygon. January 9th, 2017.
• Final Fantasy VII Complete Script
• “The Story of Final Fantasy” by /u/DubTheeBustocles
• Jegged Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough
• “Quest 64: Days of Grief and Werehares” by A.J. Ditty

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Interstitial: “Palmer: A Requiem” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Palmer”

• What is new under the recently inaugurated Trump administration and what is merely a continuation of long-standing government policy
• How the recently signed bipartisan Laken Riley Act expands the authority of ICE to detain undocumented immigrants indefinitely
• How to document what you see effectively and spread useful, accurate information within your community
• How to know your rights and assert them when confronted by enforcement officers

Get equipped and keep your head up. We are going to win.

USEFUL LINKS THAT YOU SHOULD CLICK ON:

• Donate to the Acacia Center for Justice, an immigrant legal defense nonprofit
• Read up on your rights with Know Your Rights documents provided by the ACLU (available in English and Spanish)
• Print up your rights with Know Your Rights flyers for if ICE visits provided by the AILA (available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, Haitian Creole, and Punjabi)

Joe Kassabian: Twitter

Lions Led by Donkeys: The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

Patreon // Youtube // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Instagram

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Final Fantasy VII. Square. 1997.

• “Final Fantasy 7: An Oral History” by Matt Leone. Polygon. January 9th, 2017.

• “Final Fantasy Creators Reveal The True Origins of the Franchise’s Name” by Aaron Greenbaum. Den of Geek. July 12th, 2023.

• “The Story of Final Fantasy” by /u/DubTheeBustocles

• Jegged Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough

• “Quest 64: Days of Grief and Werehares” by A.J. Ditty

TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

Interstitial: “Pazino Pagliacci’s Pizza Parlor” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Pazino Pagliacci” // Music by A M 4 N “[PlayStation] Final Fantasy VII | Pizza Mission”

The lads once again return to the frontlines of the Korean War as they rejoin 4077th for the first in an ongoing miniseries covering the hit 70s television show: M*A*S*H. Topics include the show’s origins, the gradual evolution beyond the Altman template, and what it means to make a season finale so powerful it resonates 50 years after the fact.

Media referenced in this Episode:

• MASH
  • Season One, Episode One: “Pilot”
  • Season One, Episode Six: “Yankee Doodle Doctor”
  • Season One, Episode Fifteen: “Tuttle”
  • Season Two, Episode Thirteen: “Deal Me Out”
  • Season Three, Episode Twenty-Four: “Abyssinia, Henry”
• Alan Alda discusses how MASH tackled the subject of war - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
• Bobby Pickett "Monster Swim"
• Jamie Farr on getting cast on "M.A.S.H" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
• Larry Gelbart | US comedy writer | Obituary by Michael Carlson. The Guardian. September 13th, 2009.
• MASH Ratings & Rankings - MASH4077TV.com
• MASH’s Revolutionary Gay Episode by Matt Baume

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Interstitial: “A Brief Message from Alan Alda” // Written by Ellie Philips and A.J. Ditty // Featuring Ellie Philips as “Ellie Philips” and A.J. Ditty as “Alan Alda”

Colette Shade: Website // Instagram // Twitter // Bluesky

Y2K: How the 2000’s Became Everything (essays on a future that never was) (CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR COPY!): In Y2K, one of our most brilliant young critics Colette Shade offers a darkly funny meditation on everything from the pop culture to the political economy of the period. By close reading Y2K artifacts like the Hummer H2, Smash Mouth’s “All Star,” body glitter, AOL chatrooms, Total Request Live, and early internet porn, Shade produces an affectionate yet searing critique of a decade that started with a boom and ended with a crash.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
  • #427: “Something Cliqued Between Us”
  • #429: “The Y.A.K. Problem”
  • #458: Red Herring
  • #514: “Room Enough for Two”
• “A Peek Inside Chatrooms” by Bob Smithouser. Breakaway: A Focus on the Fmaily Magazine for Teen Guys. 1999.
• Citations Needed: Episode 177: Popular Anti-Union Talking Points and How to Combat Them by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.
• Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King. Vintage Books. 2021.
• Time Bomb Y2K. Dir. Brian Becker and Marley McDonald. HBO Documentary Films.

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Interstitial: “Alistair Adelman” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Brian Alford as “Alistair Adelman”

The lads dive once more into the apocalyptic mind of Jerry B. Jenkins, as they cover the unintentional finale of the Kirk Cameron Left Behind trilogy: LEFT BEHIND WORLD AT WAR. Topics include the acting bona fides of Lou Gosset Jr., the importance of colons in titles, and how strict adherence to evangelical Christian eschatology will eventually lead you to blowing out the candles of a sad bundt birthday cake in the backroom of a church ministry in Bellflower, California.

Media Referenced in the Episode:

• Left Behind World at War. Dir. Craig R. Baxley. 2005.
• “See a Very Sad Photo From Kirk Cameron’s Birthday Party” by Amanda Dobbins. Vulture. October 14th, 2011.
• The dinky apocalypse of Left Behind: World At War by Nathan Rabin. The Dissolve. July 24th, 2014.
• The Real Meaning of the Term “Help Meet” by Heather Farrell. Woman in the Scriptures. November 9th, 2010.
• Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of those Left Behind by Jerry B. Jenkins. Tyndale House Publishers. 1996.

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Interstitial: “A Brief Chat with TWOAPW’s Lawyer” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “A.J.“, David Armstrong as “Canadian Cashier”, and Tony Ditty as “Tony Ditty, Lawyer and A.J.’s Actual Father”

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• God’s Not Dead 2. Dir. Harold Cronk. 2016.
• God’s Not Dead (2014) - Financial Information
• God’s Not Dead 2 (2016) - Financial Information
• ‘God’s Not Dead’ Producer Pure Flix Launches Theatrical Distribution Arm
• God's Not Dead 2: The Escalation of Christian Propaganda | Big Joel

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Interstitial: “Harold Cronk Presents: The Vagina Monologues” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Brian Alford as “Brian Alford” and A.J. Ditty as “Harold Cronk”

We also put out an extra-special Whit's Endless Summer bobus to the premium feed; check it out over on Patreon.com/worstofall!

This episode includes clips from the following episodes, in order of appearance:

• 120 - 2 Left 2 Behind 2 Tribulation 2 Force

• 121 - Donkey Kong Country

• 122 - Far Cry 5 feat. November Kelly

• 124 - Alan Wake II

• 125 - Airplane feat. Bernie Wagenblast

• 128 - Supermarket Sweep

• 129 - Blackgaard Begins feat. Devon

• 130 - Heaven is for Real feat. Radio Free Tote Bag

• 134 - The Dutch Knight feat. Trevor Strunk

• 135 - The Boss Baby feat. Patrick Willems

• 142 - Gerbert feat. Traditional Scrench

• 145 - Dragon Ball Z feat. Alex Ptak

• 146 - Shrimp Jesus and the Death of Facebook

• 147 - Chrono Trigger feat. Anime Sickos

• 150 - The Worst of All Possible Parties (WAPP): The 150th Episode Spectacular LIVE from Colorado Springs!

• 151 - Moneyball

• 155 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? feat. Mattie Lubchansky

• 156 - The Magic School Bus

• 157 - Blasphemous II feat. Tom O'Mahony

• 161 - Silent Hill 2 feat. Aysha U. Farah

• 162 - Skibidi Toilet

• 163 - Blair Witch

• 164 - God's Not Dead 2

• 168 - The Nostalgia Critic

• 169 - Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• It’s a Wonderful Life! Dir. Frank Capra. 1946.
• 'Young George Bailey' Took Some Hard Hits by Stephen Cox. Los Angeles Times. December 15th, 1996.
• What ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Shows Us About The Weird History Of Building & Loans by John Wake. Forbes. December 31st, 2021.

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Interstitial: “Jimmy the Raven” // Written and Performed by A.J. Ditty. 

Hellloooooo, we’re The Worst of All Possible Worlds, we remember it so you don’t have to! We all remember Doug Walker, you know, that guy with the glasses, the tie, and the plain white background because they clearly couldn’t afford a better set? Well, wouldn’t you know it, he created a character called the Nostalgia Critic, a loud, obnoxious, Looney Tunes-adjacent blowhard who got famous for being very mad about Batman having a credit card. But does he have anything to say about our current critical landscape or do his over-the-top antics make him look like a groundhog on meth? Let’s take a look at: The Nostalgia Critic.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Nostalgia Critic
  • Transformers
  • Batman and Robin
  • Quest for Camelot
  • The Review Must Go On - Demo Reel Finale
  • Nostalgia Critic’s The Wall
• Channel Awesome Indigogo Campaign
• “I Don’t Known James Rolfe” by Dan Olson
• “Recession breeds accidental Entrepreneur” by Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune July 21st, 2009.
• “The Nostalgia Critic and the Wall” by Dan Olson

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Interstitial: “Foobies.com” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Brian Alford as “Sexy Brian” and Josh Boerman as “Phineas Foob” // Music: “Careful Shouting” by Highway Superstar

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Why We Fight. Dir. Frank Capra. 1942-1945.

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Interstitial: “Too Big Roosevelt” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “Olde Timey Announcer” and Josh Boerman as “Too Big Roosevelt

The lads grab their broomsticks and defy gravity as they cover Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s megahit musical: Wicked. Topics include the twisted mind of Gregory Maguire, the highs and lows of Stephen Schwartz, and how to reckon with a show that is simultaneously trying to tackle the horrors of fascism and the inherent melodrama of wanting to kiss a hot Winkie.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Wicked. Book by Winnie Holzman, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Dir. Joe Montello. 2003.
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. ReganBooks. 1995.
• Before 'Wicked' was a smash, it was stumbling in San Francisco by Jenny Singer. The San Francisco Standard. November 23rd, 2024.
• "Defying Gravity": Queer Conventions in the Musical "Wicked" by Stacy Wolf. Theatre Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Mar., 2008). The John Hopkins University Press.
• “Gregory Maguire on Wickedness Post-Bush” by Erika Milvy. Clamour. February 27th, 2009.
• “John Bucchino and the Origins of Wicked the Broadway Musical”
• Still Popular: Chenoweth and Menzel Talk ‘Wicked’ by Jackson McHenry. Vulture. October 24th, 2023.
• “THEATER REVIEW; There’s Trouble in Emerald City” by Ben Brantley. NYTimes. October 31st, 2003.
• “‘They changed my ending, I felt aghast’: how we made Wicked” by Chris Wiegand. The Guardian. September 27th, 2021.
• “Wicked Review” by Charles Isherwood. Variety. October 30th, 2003.
• “Wicked Review” by David Finkle. Theatremania. October 30th, 2003.

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Interstitial: “Baritone” // Music by Stephen Schwartz // Lyrics by Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. // Featuring Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. as “Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S.” and David Armstrong as “Stephen Schwartz”.

Tom Walker: Bluesky // Instagram // Twitch // Youtube

Tom Walker: Very, Very: A love letter to mime (and to a coat) written by award-winning idiot Tom Walker, who keeps talking during what he insists is a mime show.

• Available to Stream on Amazon

Bigsofttitty.png: Demi Lardner and Tom Walker are doing this and no-one can stop them. This is a podcast for no cowards.

• Available on Spotify // Apple Podcasts

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey
  • #313: “Top This!”
  • #355-357: “The Search for Whit, Parts 1-3"

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Interstitial: “A Series of Voicemails Left on Mary Mulligan’s Answering Machine by One Melvin Mulligan, Her Brother and Composer of Corporate Jingles” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Eleanor Philips as “Mary Mulligan” and A.J. Ditty as “Melvin Mulligan” // Piano Cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” by Gleesinnpiano

The lads dare to speak about Christ in the classroom and face the wrath of Ray Wise as they cover Harold Cronk’s 2016 evangelical propaganda film: God’s Not Dead 2. Topics include the horrendous filmmaking, the deeply-flawed rhetoric, and what we can learn about the future of America from a film that posits a world in which the masses will be subjugated by the most annoying people alive.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• God’s Not Dead 2. Dir. Harold Cronk. 2016.
• God’s Not Dead (2014) - Financial Information
• God’s Not Dead 2 (2016) - Financial Information
• ‘God’s Not Dead’ Producer Pure Flix Launches Theatrical Distribution Arm
• God's Not Dead 2: The Escalation of Christian Propaganda | Big Joel

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Interstitial: “Harold Cronk Presents: The Vagina Monologues” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Brian Alford as “Brian Alford” and A.J. Ditty as “Harold Cronk”

Tim Sutton: Twitter // Instagram

Marble Hornets: Youtube 

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• The Blair Witch Project. Dir. Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. Haxan Films. 1999
• Curse of the Blair Witch. Dir. Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. Haxan Films. 1999.
• 8 Days in the Woods: The Making of The Blair Witch Project by Matt Blazi.
• “The Blair Thumb”. Dir. Steve Odekerk. 2002
• The Blair Witch Project: The Dossier by D.A. Stern. Onyx Publishing. 1999.
• The Blair Witch Project: An Oral History by Scott Meslow. The Week. January 13th, 2015.
• The Blair Witch Project’s Heather Donahue Is Alive and Well by Scott Meslow. GQ. September 16th, 2016.
• The Official Blair Witch Website
• The extended fan cut of The Blair Witch Project
• Old archived list of Blair Witch parody sites

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Interstitial: “1:49 AM on November 3rd, 2024” // Written And Performed by A.J. Ditty // “Brothers on a Hotel Bed” Piano Cover by Stephen Guilbert

Donovan Eyre (Radio Free Tote Bag) and the lads grab their plungers and do battle with the toilets as they cover DaFuq!?Boom!’s animated YouTube megahit: Skibidi Toilet. Topics include the origins of machinima, the joys of seeing robots punching each other, and the ramifications of adding Hollywood money into a story about cameramen killing toiletmen.

Donovan Eyre: Twitter // Instagram // SoundCloud

Radio Free Tote Bag: A weekly relationship advice podcast hosted by Audrey and Donovan.

• Patreon // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Twitter // Instagram

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Skibidi Toilet by Dafuq!?Boom! (Full Playlist)

• america - season 1 (all episodes) by Dafuq1?Boom!

• Blugray - demand (Official Music Video) Reupload deleted DaFuq!?Boom! by The Frozen Gorgon. Youtube. 2023.

• Deus Ex: The Recut (Fullscreen Original Version) by AbbyRemix. August 11th, 2018.

• “Dom Dom Yes Yes” by Biser King. KVZ Music Publishing. April 17th, 2022.

• “Garry's Mod/Skibidi Toilet DMCA Claim Has Been 'Resolved,' Creator Garry Newman Says” by Alex Stedman. IGN. July 20th, 2024.

• “Give It To Me” by Timbaland. Background Records/Interscope Records. January 1st, 2007.

• Half-Life: Full Life Consequences by squirrelking. Iction. January 23rd, 2008.

• How Quake Sparked a Filmmaking Revolution by Matthew Byrd. Den of Geek. August 24th, 2017.

• “[Mature Content] From the skibiditoilet community on Reddit: How do astro toilets reproduce?” by AcanthisittaNo2510. Reddit. October 24th, 2024.

• “‘Skibidi Toilet’ Film and TV Franchise in the Works From Michael Bay, Adam Goodman — Listen to the Exclusive Interview” by Andrew Wallenstein and Robert Steiner. July 24th, 2024.

• “Skibidi toilet is now a brand that dafuq SOLD RIGHTS to INVIZ.(IMPORTANT)” by Raptor FN. Skibidi Toilet Wiki. March 2nd, 2024.

• “YouTube Phenomenon, Skibidi Toilet, Makes a Plunge to the Toy Aisle with Bonkers Toys and Invisible Narratives Licensing Partnership” by Bonkers Toys. PR Newswire. May 22nd, 2024.

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Interstitial: “Michael Bay’s Skibidi Toilet” // Written by A.J. Ditty and Eleanor Philips // Featuring Eleanor Philips as “Michael Bay.”

Aysha U. Farah: Website // Twitter // Instagram

Second Star to the Left: Scout-explorer Gwen Hartley has five years to explore and prepare her planet for settlement. With no aid but her robots and the anxious voice of her long-distance scout-minder Bell Summers in her ear, she’s hoping to be ready for anything.

• Apple Podcasts // Spotify

Media Referenced in Episode:

• Silent Hill 2. Konami. 2001.
• “The Hidden Math of Silent Hill 2’s Endings” by Punchy
• Making of Silent Hill 2 - HQ
• The Making of Silent Hill | 25th Anniversary
• Creating Silent Hill 2 | How 'Team Silent's Failure Became a Horror Classic | Game Documentary
• James Sunderland Dancing
• “E3 2001: Silent Hill 2 Interview” by IGN Saff. IGN. May 17th, 2001.
• “Interview with Silent Hill 2’s Artist Takayoshi Sato” by IGN Staff. IGN. August 11th, 2001.

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Commercial: “Holes” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Brian Alford as “James Sunderland” and A.J. Ditty as “Alan/Max/Sam”

The lads protect their precious bodily fluids and fight in the war room as they cover Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War paranoia masterwork: Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Topics include Kubrick’s early career, fluoridation, and what it means to worry about the bomb when the rest of the world is burning. DONATE TO PRISM COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love the Bomb. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. 1964.
• “Armando Iannucci: Why I rewrote Dr Strangelove for our new era of nuclear terror” by Armando Iannucci. The Telegraph. October 5th, 2024.
• Citations Needed: Episode 134: The 80-Year PR Campaign that Killed Universal Healthcare
• “Dr. Strangelove (1964): Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Liberal Consensus” by Charles Maland. American Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 5, Special Issue: Film and American Studies (Winter, 1979), pp. 697-717. The John Hopkins University Press.
• “Mr. Roughcut: or: how graphic designer Pablo Ferro learned to split the screen, cut the crap and tell the story (in the time it took to run the titles)” by Steven Heller and Pablo Ferro. Eye Magazine. Summer 1999.

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Commercial: “Dr. Strangelove’s Subterranean Swingalows” // Performed and Improvised by David Armstrong // Encouraged by A.J. Ditty

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The Penumbra Podcast: At the Penumbra, you might follow Juno Steel, a brooding, sharp-witted private eye on Mars, as he tangles with an elusive homme fatale, tracks dangerous artifacts of an ancient alien civilization, and faces his three greatest fears: heights, blood, and relationships. Or you might enter the world of the Second Citadel, where the merciless Sir Caroline must corral a team of emotionally distraught all-male knights to defend their city against mind-manipulating monsters...even the ones they’ve fallen in love with. These audio dramas and more await you in the Penumbra, dear traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Adventures in Odyssey

• • #309-311: “The Perfect Witness Parts 1-3"

• Father Gilbert Mysteries
  • #3: “Dead Air”

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Commercial: “Nic Nicea” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring Joshua Ilon as “Nic Nicea” // Piano Cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” by Gleesinnpiano

The lads grab their chicken picnics and get creative as they dive into the madness and glitter of THIS IS IT’s 2010s horror musical sensation: Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. Topics include the virality of the pilot, DIGITAL STYLE, and how to fully express your creativity when you’re trapped in a house of nightmares.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

• Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (THIS IS IT, 2011-2016)

  • Episode 1

  • Episode 2

  • Episode 3

  • Episode 4

  • Episode 5

  • Episode 6

• Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (Blink Industries/Channel 4, 2022). Available at Channel4.com

• “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared press pack interview with Becky Sloan, Joe Pelling and Baker Terry”, Channel 4.

• “The creators of Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared offer us a glimpse behind the puppets” by Liz Gorny. It’s Nice That. September 23rd, 2022.

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Commercial: “Skin” // Music by Donovan Eyre // Book and Lyrics by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Red Guy/Yellow Guy/Duck” and Donovan Eyre as “Boneman/Skinman” 

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Beneath the Skin: A podcast chronicling the interconnected history of the world through the complicated history of tattooing. Hosted by Art History professor, museum curator, and tattoo historian Dr. Matt Lodder, and podcast producer, and tattoo collector Thomas O’Mahony. The show is trying to tell the history of tattooing as it interweaves with politics, society, and the weirdest corners of the world. So why don’t you join us, and take a journey beneath the skin.

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Lions Led By Donkeys: A military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

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