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Trevor Strunk (No Cartridge) and the lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in cults, US-backed dictators in Latin America, and the reason why you’re not to blame if someone burns down a liberal bookstore while directly quoting you. Trevor Strunk: Bluesky / Story Mode No Cartridge Audio: Critical but casual approaches to current, past, and future video games six times a week. In addition, guests will periodically share their own aesthetic and personal experiences with games in conversation! Apple Podcasts // Spotify // Red Circle // Patreon Media Referenced in this Episode: Adventures in Odyssey #474-475: “Shining Armor Parts 1&2” #479: “Happy Smilers” #1029: “This Is My Story” TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Communion” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Jessie Cannizzaro as “Dr. Christina Cavalcante” and Brendan Dalton as “Dr. Wesley Winthrop” // Music by 4 in a Bar and Jonny Greenwood Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Charlie Kirk is in heaven Charlie Kirk is debating Che in Heaven Charlie Kirk is debating a second Che in Heaven who is standing beside the first Che who is also in Heaven Charlie Kirk is with Jesus in Heaven Charlie Kirk is doing a conga line with Jeffrey Epstein Charlie Kirk is on a Starbucks cup Charlie Kirk is dabbing on the cross Charlie Kirk is in Fortnite Charlie Kirk is hat sales Charlie Kirk is TPUSA Charlie Kirk is a brand Charlie Kirk is riding a unicorn Charlie Kirk is having his face shrunk Charlie Kirk is a song for kids Charlie Kirk is a practitioner of perfect politics Charlie Kirk is fading Charlie Kirk will never fade Charlie Kirk is we Charlie Kirk is flame Charlie Kirk is being carried Charlie Kirk is forever Charlie Kirk is Charlie Kirk is Charlie Kirk is Charlie Kirk is CharlieKirkisCharlieKirkisCharlieKirkKirkKirkKirkKirk01000011 01101000 01100001 01110010 01101100 01101001 01100101 00100000 01001011 01101001 01110010 01101011. Media Referenced in this Episode: “The 21-Year-Old Becoming a Major Player in Conservative Politics” by Rebecca Nelson. The Atlantic. March 25th, 2015. AI Charlie Kirk Speaks to the congregation of Prestonwood Baptist in Texas “Being Watched: New website seeks to register professors accused of liberal bias and ‘anti-American values’” by Colleen Flaherty. Inside Higher Ed. November 21st, 2016. “Charlie Kirk’s AI resurrection ushers in a new era of digital grief” by Jack Jenkins. Religion News Service. September 17th, 2028. “Charlie Kirk and the Conservative Death Cult” by FD Signifier “Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’” by Chris Stein. The Guardian. September 11th, 2025. “Charlie Kirk - The Man Who Broke Politics” by Alexander Avila “Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way” by Ezra Klein. The New York Times. September 11th, 2025. Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by J.D. Vance. HarperCollins. June 16th, 2026. Deposition of Charlie Kirk Regarding January 6th “For Trump, Charlie Kirk Is a Deeply Personal Loss” by Robert Draper. The New York Times. September 11th, 2025. “How a ‘diaper protest’ imploded a conservative student group” by Deidre Olsen. Salon. March 25th, 2018. “Kirkification: How One Man’s Sacrifice Set the Stage for a Year of A.I. Enablement and Cultural Synchronisation” by V.R. Shorley-Courke. The Oxford Student. September 11th, 2026. Leaked Audio of Erika Kirk addressing TPUSA “The Myth of Charlie Kirk” by Three Arrows “Nobody Cares About Charlie Kirk” by Art Chad “One Year of Kirkification” by Posting Through It “People Punished Over Charlie Kirk Comments Win Millions-and Counting” by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling. The New Republic. May 28th, 2026. “Turning Point USA co-founder dies of coronavirus-related complications” by Daniel Lippman and Tina Nguyen. Politico. July 29th, 2020. Turning Point USA Tax Filings from ProPublica Tyler Robinson Charging Document “The Unaliving of Charlie Kirk” by TrueAnon “We Are Charlie Kirk Eurobeat Remix (feat. Kasane Teto)” by Headphone Cat TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Professor Watchlist” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Professor Watchlist/Psycho Mantis” and Josh Boerman as “Snake” Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

Julian Feeld (Super Structure, QAA Podcast) joins the lads in the end times as they cover the 1978 film adaptation of the father of all Rapture narratives: The Late Great Planet Earth. Topics include the conspiratorial thinking of dispensational millennialism, the nefarious tree-slut Hal Lindsay, and what it means when your rock solid prophecy keeps having to move the goal posts. Julian Feeld: Instagram Super Structure: Super Structure is a podcast about the many shapes of power. The power of propaganda, the power of political repression, and the power of revolutionary struggles the world over. We help you — and comedian Jon Gabrus — understand current events, history and politics. So join us as we live, laugh, and radicalize together. Patreon // Apple Podcasts QAA Podcast: Conspiracy theories, melted online communities and cursed media — we pry open the cracks in consensus reality and journey into the hidden worlds below. The QAA Podcast is a mix of reporting, comedy, and history hosted by Jake Rockatansky, Travis View, and Julian Feeld along with co-hosts Annie Kelly, Liv Agar and Brad Abrahams. Formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast. Patreon // Apple Podcasts Media Referenced in this Episode: The Late Great Planet Earth. Dir. Robert Amram. 1978. “Died: ‘Late Great Planet Earth’ Author Hal Lindsey” by Daniel G. Hummel. Christianity Today. November 27th, 2024. “The late great Hal Lindsey” by Matthew Avery Sutton. Religion News Service. December 5th, 2024. “The Late Great Planet Earth Made The Apocalypse a Popular Concern” by Erin A. Smith. Humanities: Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Winter 2017. “Ministry Spotlight: Hal Lindsey Website Ministries” by Brittany Smith. Ministry Watch. February 22nd, 2024. “Urgent Personal Message from Hal: TBN Suspends IIB” by Hal Lindsey. hallindseyoracle.com. November 20th, 2005 TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Outtakes from the Filming of The Late Great Planet Earth (featuring Orson Welles)” // Written by A.J. Ditty // featuring A.J. Ditty as “Amram/Hal” and David Armstrong as “Orson” Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads return to the 4077 for more adventures in poker games, party planning, and saying goodbye to everyone’s favorite Charlie Brown: Walter “Radar” O’Reilly. Media Referenced in this Episode: MASH s6e1: “Fade Out, Fade In” s6e14: “The Merchant of Korea” s7e8: “They Call the Wind Korea” s7e25 “The Party” S8e4&5 Good-Bye Radar Parts 1&2 “Goodbye Radar” by Ken Levine. October 29th, 2006. Making M*A*S*H. Dir. Patterson Denny. 1981. “‘M*A*S*H’ Stars Recall the Heart and Humor of David Ogden Stiers” by Marc Freeman. The Hollywood Reporter. March 5th, 2018. “RIP David Ogden Stiers” by Ken Levine. March 3rd, 2018. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “A Third Brief Message from Alan Alda” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Eleanor Philips as “Ellie” and A.J. Ditty as “Alan Alda”. Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

HEART OF DUCKNESS TICKETS   Patrick Wyman (Past Lives, Master of Our Domain, Tides of History) and the lads throw on their bomb suits and chase that adrenaline high as they cover Kathryn Bigelow’s critically-acclaimed 2009 war film: The Hurt Locker. Topics include the thrill of warfare, war films as propaganda, and what it means to exist in a culture full of War Paddingtons.   Patrick Wyman: Bluesky // Instagram   Masters of Our Domain: A podcast that used to be about Seinfeld and is now about history, from Phoebe Roy, Milo Edwards and Patrick Wyman. Patreon // Apple Podcasts   Past Lives: History is built by people like you, and Past Lives is here to bring their stories to life. Every week, we’ll focus on the lived experiences of real people in the past, from the Stone Age to the near-present. Peasants, laborers, artisans, merchants, soldiers, and the enslaved are far too often overlooked in favor of kings, generals, and politicians; not here. On Past Lives, we keep the focus where it belongs: on the real people who populate our shared past. By understanding them, we can strive to better understand ourselves. These people were us, and we are them. They mattered, and so do you. Patreon // Apple Podcasts   Media Referenced in this Episode: The Hurt Locker. Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. 2009. “A House of Dynamite Visualizes the Unthinkable” by Sarah Fensom. American Cinematographer. January 20th, 2026. “Between Iraq and a Hard Place The Hurt Locker’s Editing Team – on Location in the Middle East” by Chris Innis. Women Film Editors. Princeton. March 15th, 2010. “Could The Hurt Locker Take Sound Oscars? An interview with Paul Ottosson” by Blair Jackson. Mix. March 1st, 2010. “Cinematographer Barry Ackroyd Talks The Hurt Locker” by Scott Macauley. Filmmaker Magazine. November 14th, 2011. “The Hurt Locker: A Near-Perfect War Film” by Richard Corliss. Time. September 4th, 2008. “The Hurt Locker: Cinematic Addiction, ‘Critique’, and the War on Terror” by Bruce Bennett and Bülent Diken. Cultural Politics: Volume 7, Issue 2. Pgs. 165-188. Duke University Press. 2011. “Kathryn Bigelow, Catastrophe Connoisseur” by Robert Sullivan. The New Yorker. January 5th, 2026. “The Unorthodox Relationship Between Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal” by Kim Masters. The Hollywood Reporter December 19th, 2012.   TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com   Interstitial: “Jeremy Renner Official Official: The Official App of the Jeremy Renner Official App” // Written and Performed by A.J. Ditty   Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall HEART OF DUCKNESS TICKETS The lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in gentrification, mini-golf, and the increasingly complicated corporate espionage of a children’s television production company. Media Referenced in this Episode: Adventures in Odyssey 468-469: Chains 470: Break a Leg 471: Fifteen Minutes 473: Breaking Point TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Helena Hotspur” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Hollis Beck as “Helena Hotspur” Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

(originally Episode 146, aired Sept 2, 2024) HEART OF DUCKNESS TICKETS The lads made this episode with their own hands! 😊 Why do episodes like this never get likes? 😢💔 AmenAmenAmen. 🙏🇺🇸 It is our birthday and nobody wished us one. So excited to begin our cake journey. 🎂 Did you notice when it left you? Why don’t you see these anymore? Gone too soon! ✝️ The joy, the bursts of pleasure, the camaraderie? She did good work, we’re so proud of her! 🤩 This is a place of ghosts. King Charles visited Sudan to feed the hungry children! 🫅🇸🇩 And soon you will join us in the mist. Wow, made it to 100, who else can relate? 💯 Amen. OTHER ZUCK EPISODES The Social Network Meta Horizon Worlds and the Death of the Metaverse INTERVIEWS Jason Koebler on the origins of Shrimp Jesus Mike Isaac on Mark Zuckerberg and the Future of Meta Media Referenced in this Episode: Facebook blog posts September 5, 2006 - Facebook deprecates the original Wall in favor of the News Feed. A post made to someone else’s profile can now show up on the home page of anyone who is friends with that person September 5, 2006 - Mark Zuckerberg makes a highly defensive and condescending post responding to negative feedback about the shift to the news feed September 8, 2006 - Zucc makes a considerably more measured follow-up post introducing new privacy settings but doubling down on his commitment to “free flow of information on the internet” November 6, 2007 - Facebook introduces its new social ad platform in tandem with Pages, implementing the final piece of its core user monetization strategy February 12, 2009 - Facebook introduces the Like button February 24, 2016 - Facebook rolls out Reactions (love, haha, wow, sad, angery) globally News articles: “Ted Cruz using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users” by Harry Davies. The Guardian. December 11th, 2015. “A timeline of Facebook's privacy issues — and its responses” by Alyssa Newcomb. NBC News. March 24, 2018 “Five Points for Anger, One for a ‘Like’: How Facebook’s Formula Fostered Rage and Misinformation” by Jeremy B. Merrill and Will Oremus. Washington Post. October 26th, 2021 How Spammers, Scammers and Creators Leverage AI-Generated Images on Facebook for Audience Growth by Renee DiResta and Josh A. Goldstein. Pre-print paper, Stanford University. Facebook’s Algorithm Is Boosting AI Spam That Links to AI-Generated, Ad-Laden Click Farms by Jason Koebler. 404 Media, March 19, 2024 Facebook’s AI Spam Isn’t the ‘Dead Internet’: It’s the Zombie Internet by Jason Koebler. 404 Media, May 2, 2024 Misc. ”AI is Ruining the Internet” by Drew Gooden. Commercial: “Scrolling Through Your Old Facebook Feed at 4AM” Round Here Piano Cover by John Baumgardner

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Media Referenced in this Episode: Bee Movie. Dir. Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner. 2007. “A Complete History of Bee Movie’s Many, Many Memes" by Paris Martineau. New York Magazine. November 2nd, 2017. “Bee Movie: A Seinfeldian Society” by Joe Strike. Animation World. November 2nd, 2007. “How Bee Movie Won 2016” by Laura Bradley. Vanity Fair. December 30th, 2016. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “A Series of Voicemails Left on Jerry Seinfeld’s Answering Machine by one Stephen Sondheim, Composer of Musical Theater and Lover of Bees” // Written by A.J. Ditty and Brian Alford // feat. David Armstrong as “Stephen Sondheim” and Brian Alford as “Jerry” Episode edited by Brian Alford. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don’t care what humans think is impossible. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Ooh, black and yellow! Let’s shake it up a little. Barry! Breakfast is ready! Coming! Hang on a second. Hello? - Barry? - Adam? - Can you believe this is happening? - I can’t. I’ll pick you up. Looking sharp. Use the stairs. Your father paid good money for those. Sorry. I’m excited. Here’s the graduate. We’re very proud of you, son. A perfect report card, all B’s. Very proud. Ma! I got a thing going here. - You got lint on your fuzz. - Ow! That’s me! - Wave to us! We’ll be in row 118,000. - Bye! Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! - Hey, Adam. - Hey, Barry. - Is that fuzz gel? - A little. Special day, graduation. Never thought I’d make it. Three days grade school, three days high school. Those were awkward. Three days college. I’m glad I took a day and hitchhiked around the hive. You did come back different. - Hi, Barry. - Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good. - Hear about Frankie? - Yeah. - You going to the funeral? - No, I’m not going. Everybody knows, sting someone, you die. Don’t waste it on a squirrel. Such a hothead. I guess he could have just gotten out of the way. I love this incorporating an amusement park into our day. That’s why we don’t need vacations. Boy, quite a bit of pomp… under the circumstances. - Well, Adam, today we are men. - We are! - Bee-men. - Amen! Hallelujah! Students, faculty, distinguished bees, please welcome Dean Buzzwell. Welcome, New Hive City graduating class of… …9:15. That concludes our ceremonies. And begins your career at Honex Industries! Will we pick our job today? I heard it’s just orientation. Heads up! Here we go. Keep your hands and antennas inside the tram at all times. - Wonder what it’ll be like? - A little scary. Welcome to Honex, a division of Honesco and a part of the Hexagon Group. This is it! Wow. Wow. We know that you, as a bee, have worked your whole life to get to the point where you can work for your whole life. Honey begins when our valiant Pollen Jocks bring the nectar to the hive. Our top-secret formula is automatically color-corrected, scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured into this soothing sweet syrup with its distinctive golden glow you know as… Honey! - That girl was hot. - She’s my cousin! - She is? - Yes, we’re all cousins. - Right. You’re right. - At Honex, we constantly strive to improve every aspect of bee existence. These bees are stress-testing a new helmet technology. - What do you think he makes? - Not enough. Here we have our latest advancement, the Krelman. - What does that do? - Oatches that little strand of honey that hangs after you pour it. Saves us millions. Oan anyone work on the Krelman? Of course. Most bee jobs are small ones. But bees know that every small job, if it’s done well, means a lot. But choose carefully because you’ll stay in the job you pick for the rest of your life. The same job the rest of your life? I didn’t know that. What’s the difference? You’ll be happy to know that bees, as a species, haven’t had one day off in 27 million years. So you’ll just work us to death? We’ll sure try. Wow! That blew my mind! “What’s the difference?” How can you say that? One job forever? That’s an insane choice to have to make. I’m relieved. Now we only have to make one decision in life. But, Adam, how could they never have told us that? Why would you question anything? We’re bees. We’re the most perfectly functioning society on Earth. You ever think maybe things work a little too well here? Like what? Give me one example. I don’t know. But you know what I’m talking about. Please clear the gate. Royal Nectar Force on approach. Wait a second. Oheck it out. - Hey, those are Pollen Jocks! - Wow. I’ve never seen them this close. They know what it’s like outside the hive. Yeah, but some don’t come back. - Hey, Jocks! - Hi, Jocks! You guys did great! You’re monsters! You’re sky freaks! I love it! I love it! - I wonder where they were. - I don’t know. Their day’s not planned. Outside the hive, flying who knows where, doing who knows what. You can’tjust decide to be a Pollen Jock. You have to be bred for that. Right. Look. That’s more pollen than you and I will see in a lifetime. It’s just a status symbol. Bees make too much of it. Perhaps. Unless you’re wearing it and the ladies see you wearing it. Those ladies? Aren’t they our cousins too? Distant. Distant. Look at these two. - Oouple of Hive Harrys. - Let’s have fun with them. It must be dangerous being a Pollen Jock. Yeah. Once a bear pinned me against a mushroom! He had a paw on my throat, and with the other, he was slapping me! - Oh, my! - I never thought I’d knock him out. What were you doing during this? Trying to alert the authorities. I can autograph that. A little gusty out there today, wasn’t it, comrades? Yeah. Gusty. We’re hitting a sunflower patch six miles from here tomorrow. - Six miles, huh? - Barry! A puddle jump for us, but maybe you’re not up for it. - Maybe I am. - You are not! We’re going 0900 at J-Gate. What do you think, buzzy-boy? Are you bee enough? I might be. It all depends on what 0900 means. Hey, Honex! Dad, you surprised me. You decide what you’re interested in? - Well, there’s a lot of choices. - But you only get one. Do you ever get bored doing the same job every day? Son, let me tell you about stirring. You grab that stick, and you just move it around, and you stir it around. You get yourself into a rhythm. It’s a beautiful thing. You know, Dad, the more I think about it, maybe the honey field just isn’t right for me. You were thinking of what, making balloon animals? That’s a bad job for a guy with a stinger. Janet, your son’s not sure he wants to go into honey! - Barry, you are so funny sometimes. - I’m not trying to be funny. You’re not funny! You’re going into honey. Our son, the stirrer! - You’re gonna be a stirrer? - No one’s listening to me! Wait till you see the sticks I have. I could say anything right now. I’m gonna get an ant tattoo! Let’s open some honey and celebrate! Maybe I’ll pierce my thorax. Shave my antennae. Shack up with a grasshopper. Get a gold tooth and call everybody “dawg”! I’m so proud. - We’re starting work today! - Today’s the day. Oome on! All the good jobs will be gone. Yeah, right. Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring, stirrer, front desk, hair removal… - Is it still available? - Hang on. Two left! One of them’s yours! Oongratulations! Step to the side. - What’d you get? - Picking crud out. Stellar! Wow! Oouple of newbies? Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready! Make your choice. - You want to go first? - No, you go. Oh, my. What’s available? Restroom attendant’s open, not for the reason you think. - Any chance of getting the Krelman? - Sure, you’re on. I’m sorry, the Krelman just closed out. Wax monkey’s always open. The Krelman opened up again. What happened? A bee died. Makes an opening. See? He’s dead. Another dead one. Deady. Deadified. Two more dead. Dead from the neck up. Dead from the neck down. That’s life! Oh, this is so hard! Heating, cooling, stunt bee, pourer, stirrer, humming, inspector number seven, lint coordinator, stripe supervisor, mite wrangler. Barry, what do you think I should… Barry? Barry! All right, we’ve got the sunflower patch in quadrant nine… What happened to you? Where are you? - I’m going out. - Out? Out where? - Out there. - Oh, no! I have to, before I go to work for the rest of my life. You’re gonna die! You’re crazy! Hello? Another call coming in. If anyone’s feeling brave, there’s a Korean deli on 83rd that gets their roses today. Hey, guys. - Look at that. - Isn’t that the kid we saw yesterday? Hold it, son, flight deck’s restricted. It’s OK, Lou. We’re gonna take him up. Really? Feeling lucky, are you? Sign here, here. Just initial that. - Thank you. - OK. You got a rain advisory today, and as you all know, bees cannot fly in rain. So be careful. As always, watch your brooms, hockey sticks, dogs, birds, bears and bats. Also, I got a couple of reports of root beer being poured on us. Murphy’s in a home because of it, babbling like a cicada! - That’s awful. - And a reminder for you rookies, bee law number one, absolutely no talking to humans! All right, launch positions! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Black and yellow! Hello! You ready for this, hot shot? Yeah. Yeah, bring it on. Wind, check. - Antennae, check. - Nectar pack, check. - Wings, check. - Stinger, check. Scared out of my shorts, check. OK, ladies, let’s move it out! Pound those petunias,

Memoria (@memoriamatters) and the lads grab their tiny vests and make for Duloc as they cover the movie that launched a thousand memes: Shrek. Topics include William Steig’s original book, the politics of Disney in the 90s, and what it means to discover the truth buried deep in the heart of Shrek. Memoria: YouTube // Twitch gl;hf podcast: the world’s first podcast in video games Media Referenced in this Episode: Shrek. Dir. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson. 2001. Shrek! by William Steig. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1990. “The Agony and Shrekstasy: The Unlikely Legacy of America’s Favorite Ogre” by Jonathan Parks Ramage. Vice. April 22nd, 2016. “The Epic Disney Blow-Up of 1994: Eisner, Katzenberg and Ovitz 20 Years Later” by Kim Masters. The Hollywood Reporter. April 9th, 2014. Fairy Tales Transformed? Twenty-First Century Adaptations & the Politics of Wonder by Cristina Bacchilega. Wayne State University Press. 2013. Shrek Retold TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “The Exclusive Access Hollywood Interview of Shrek” // Written by Brian Alford and A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Billy Bush” and Brian Alford as “Shrek” Credits: Episode and Interstitial Edited by: Brian Alford Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Audrey and Dono (Radio Free Tote Bag, No I’m Listening) join the lads on some wacky adventures with Pomni and Co. as they cover Gooseworx’s indie animation megahit: The Amazing Digital Circus. Topics include the origins of Gooseworx, the hugbox of Tumblr, and what it means to find meaning in a world where a sentient mouth can absolutely ruin your life. Donovan Eyre: Twitch // Bluesky // Instagram // SoundCloud Audrey: Twitch // Bluesky Radio Free Tote Bag: A weekly relationship advice podcast hosted by Audrey and Donovan. Patreon // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Instagram Media Referenced in this Episode: The Amazing Digital Circus. Dir. Gooseworx. 2023-2026 How to Attract the Wrong Audience by The Ludo Mancer Is this LOST? By Door Monster I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Elison “‘The Amazing Digital Circus’ Team Talk the Making of a Viral Hit” by Dani Di Placido. Forbes. December 22nd, 2023. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “The Disappearing Guy Presents: ‘Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time!‘: A Treatise on the Ephemeral Nature of Being and The Unknowability of a Finite Universe Speeding Hastily towards its Demise: A Rootin’-Tootin’ Fantasia on Mannequin Themes Featuring Text from William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Announcer” and Donovan Eyre as “Disappearing Guy” Credits: Episode Edited by: Brian Alford Interstitial Edited by: A.J. Ditty Produced by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

Mike Isaac is a long-time technology writer who has been Technology Correspondent at the New York Times since June 2014. During that time he’s covered a variety of technology companies, including OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic, Apple, and Uber, which he published a book about in 2019 called Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. But the bulk of his recent reporting has been about Meta, the company that owns Facebook. Last week Josh interviewed Mike about what exactly is going on over there, what prompted Meta to make such a big bet on a VR metaverse, and what—from wearable smart glasses to prediction markets—we can expect Mark Zuckerberg to do next. MIKE ISAAC: Bluesky / Instagram Buy Mike's book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber WANT MORE TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! Relevant back catalog episodes include: 245 - Meta Horizons and the Death of the Metaverse 176 - The Social Network 146 - Shrimp Jesus and the Death of Facebook

Despite everything, it’s still us. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! Hollis Beck: Website Media Referenced in this Episode: Undertale. Toby Fox. 2015. “What the Internet did to Untertale” by Super Eyepatch Wolf. 2020. Game Informer’s Interview with Toby Fox. Retrospective on Untertale’s Popularity by Toby Fox. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Everybody Comes to Grillby’s” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. David Armstrong as “Grillby”, Brian Alford as “Papyrus”, A.J. Ditty as “Sans/Aaron/Napstablook”, Josh Boerman as “Flowey”, and Hollis Beck as “Undyne/Alphys/Temmie” // Music from the Undertale Soundtrack by Toby Fox This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

Ben Collins is CEO of The Onion, the satirical newspaper that bills itself as America's Finest News Source. In 2024, Collins announced that The Onion had acquired Infowars, the longtime flagship brand of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, at bankruptcy auction. However, thanks to a series of higher court stays, the Infowars name remains in legal limbo. This month, The Onion relaunched "Real Infowars" at theonion.info as part of a broader strategy to pressure the courts into unblocking the deal. Josh sat down with Ben Collins to learn about the history of the case, the legal roadblocks that remain in their way, and the longer-term plans to build a comedy network using the brand as a flagship logo.

THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads waltz with potatoes up and down the produce aisle as they begin their coverage of Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki’s seminal Christian children’s video series: Veggietales. Topics include Vischer’s Disney-esque upbringing, the horrors of divorce, and what it means to advocate for the importance of silliness for silliness’ sake. Media Referenced in the Episode: Veggietales. Big Idea Productions. #1: “Where’s God when I’m S-Scared?” #2: “God Wants Me to Forgive!?!” #4: “Rack, Shack, and Benny” All 1990s Veggietales Commentaries “Big Idea Productions: A Success Story Anyone Can Believe In” by Rick DeMott. Animation World Network. October 4th, 2002. Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables by Phil Vischer. Thomas Nelson Incorporated. 2008. Original “Where’s God When I’m S-Scared?” “One Cool Cucumber” by Chicago Tribune. October 2nd, 1998. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Oh No, What’s It Gonna Be?” // Music by Kevin Heinecke // Lyrics by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Marshall”, Brian Alford as “Paul”, Josh Boerman as “Phil”, and Eleanor Philips as “Narrator”. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.

The lads dive right into the heart of NOVACOM as they return to Odyssey for further adventures in franchising, gang warfare, and the terrifying video game that makes you old: Gloobers. Topics include the “evils” of VR, the inescapable childhood of the Boomer, and the vital importance of gloobin’ it with your buds. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! Media Referenced in this Episode: Adventures in Odyssey #455: “Best Laid Plans” #462: The W.E. #463: Green Eyes and Yellow Tulips #415: Gloobers! The Dobson Newsletters November 1998 November 2000 February 2001 The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast #66 TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Sister Location” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. Josh Boerman as “Timmy ‘Taxman’ Thompson”, A.J. Ditty as “Estragon Estragonov/Phoebear/Melvin Mulligan”, and Brian Alford as “John/Alistair Adelman” // Music: “The Chain (Violin Cover) by Steve Bingham