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Ep 308: Anna Ploszajski – World’s Worst Building Material Monday, November 11th, 2024
This week we're erecting our episode quicker than a team of Amish farmers can erect a barn With returning guest Dr Anna Ploszajski we discuss the absolute worst materials you could ever use in building your dream home From the banal damage to concrete, to the lost dream of Lego and a particularly grisly offering from Ben, you'll never look at Grand Designs the same way again Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @vanderlaugh @barrymcstay @annaploszajski Take a butcher's at Ben's Substack here: https://vanderlaughsubstackcom/ Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the...
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Ep 307: Trick or Treating with Barry and Ben Sunday, October 27th, 2024
Happy Hallowe'en kids! Join Barry and Ben for some trick, treating, spells and sweets as they gorge themselves on a collection of spooky daft trivia Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @vanderlaugh @barrymcstay Take a butcher's at Ben's Substack here: https://vanderlaughsubstackcom/ Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the...
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The Third Foot: The Moon Friday, October 25th, 2024
We make up for last month's lack of a bonus episode - blame "life" - with a bumper episode all about Earth's favourite sidepiece: the moon! Ben takes Barry to Selene and back with a bit of blue, stories from Apollo 12 (the difficult second album) and why the Americans thought the Moon, if indeed made of cheese, could have benefitted from the addition of a bit of mushroom (cloud) Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live...
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Ep 306: John Henry Falle – World’s Worst Dragon Monday, October 14th, 2024
Behold! An episode full of underwhelming serpents, winsome wyrms and dull dragons We're joined by returning guest John Henry Falle aka The Storybeast to discuss the worst examples of draconis is all of literature, folklore and (cypto)zoology Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @vanderlaugh @barrymcstay @thestorybeast Take a butcher's at Ben's Substack here: https://vanderlaughsubstackcom/ Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the...
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Ep 305: Meredith Hackman – World’s Worst Pizza Monday, September 30th, 2024
This is an episode overflowing with flavours, covered in toppings and oozing cheese - if by flavours, toppings and cheese we mean trivia - as we talk about the World's Worst Pizza in the company of comedian and improviser Meredith Hackman There's Pizzagate, pizza rat, shame pizza, Pentagon pizza and much more besides! Check out Meredith and Barry playing games most weeks on Noobs on the Gooftower! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @Big_Mer Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
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Ep 304b: Worst Funeral Redux – with Pete Donaldson Monday, September 16th, 2024
With Barry absent in Ireland for a funeral, we had to cancel our recordings this month Apologies! But it allows us to revisit episode 230 which was about the Worst Funerals! We both agreed it was a belter when we recorded it, so - like all the best funerals - it deserves an encore Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @petedonaldson Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show! https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
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Ep 304: Simon Watt – World’s Worst Species Monday, September 2nd, 2024
This week Ben and Barry welcome back returning guest Simon Watt Simon is an expert biologist and science communicator who is going to help them answer one of the biggest questions: out of all of Mother Nature's creations, which is the worst We meet tragic endlings, furry crabs and come face to proboscis with man's greatest enemy Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @SimonDWatt Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @amymasoncomedy Take a butcher's at Ben's Substack here: https://vanderlaughsubstackcom/ Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the...
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The Third Foot: Job Interviews Friday, August 30th, 2024
Sit down and tell us a bit about yourselves, as we gather for this bonus episode on job interviews Barry takes Ben through the resumé of hiring processes, ranging from Thomas Edison taking you out for soup to modern day practitioners making you moo like cows There are also quizzes, famous apprentices and a cluster of US vice-presidential nominees being vetted - or not, as the case may be Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
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Ep 303b: Best Of The Worst Of The Best 24 Monday, August 19th, 2024
It's August, all potential guests are at the Edinburgh Fringe this month, so it's a Ben and Barry duo show, as they look back at the topics covered in episodes 116-120 and find the BEST in those categories rather than the worst There are princes (and Prince), scientific frauds (and cats), mascots (and giants), allergies (and exercise) and Dungeons and Dragons (and a whole lot of berserking) Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show! https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
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Ep 303: Amy Mason – World’s Worst Charity Monday, August 5th, 2024
It's time to flush out the worst do-gooders in the world Joining Ben and Barry is current stand-up comic and former Oxfam charity shop employee Amy Mason Together they discover how Justin Bieber, height, a hedgehog, a kindly old man and erotica have been used to raise money for good causes And also a health spa Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @AmyCMason Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @amymasoncomedy Take a butcher's at Ben's Substack here: https://vanderlaughsubstackcom/ Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the...
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Third Foot Redux: The Olimpick Games (2024 version) Saturday, July 27th, 2024
Inspired by the timeless glory of the sporting jamboree going on in Paris right now, have another lesson to this classic episode where Ben and Barry dive head first (with a triple twist and a confused pike) into the more leftfield history of the Olympic Games They take a short look at the international alternatives to the great games before turning their attention to the idiosyncratic, drunken and farcical antecedents of the modern Olympiad Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde And Instagram: @worstfoot Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic...
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Ep 302: Harry Stachini – World’s Worst Dinosaur Monday, July 22nd, 2024
This podcast finds a wayto ruin your favourite prehistoric lizards for you! Barry and Ben are going fossil-hunting in the company of comedian and podcaster Harry Stachini to pick over the bones of the World's Worst Dinosaur There are brains in bums, T-Rex's called Sue and dinosaur erotica Yep You heard us You won't want to miss this one Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
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Ep 301: Victoria Melody – World’s Worst Bird Monday, July 8th, 2024
Join our two regular birdbrains as they talk to comedian, writer and wondrous performance artist Victoria Melody as they scan history - both human and natural - for the world's worst bird We meet Charles Dickens' aggressive pet, some heroic and haphazard pigeons, Ben invents a new meal and relays the horrors of an infamous French delicacy Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @victoriamelody Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @victoriamelody_ Take a butcher's at Ben's Substack here: https://vanderlaughsubstackcom/ Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the...
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The Third Foot: The Battle of Thermopylae Friday, June 28th, 2024
To celebrate our 300th episode, we're celebrating the most famous 300 men in history - the Spartan warriors who died valiently fighting the Persians Except there werent' 300 of them And not everyone they fought was strictly Persian And they ended up in this pickle thanks to the weasely behaviour of a shepherd For this and more historical tomfoolery, whack this month's Third Foot in your ears Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of...
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Ep 300: Worst Foot Forward turns 300! Monday, June 24th, 2024
Some said it couldn't be done Some said it SHOULDN'T be done But here we are - the podcast has reached 300 episodes! So the proud parents are taking out the photo album to show off some of their big strong pod-child's embarrassing snaps from its youth In the time-honoured style of one of those TV retrospective shows, Barry and Ben each share 3 of their favourite facts from the show, 5 of their favourite moments and their favourite episode Enjoy some classic Worst Foot Forward clips such as Lisztomania, Morrissey's appalling sex scenes, live audience sound FX, George Sitwell's wasp gun and the lifespan of astatine The show features the following guests, in order of appearance: Bethany Black, Moxie Labouche, Georgie Morrell (now Georgie Wyatt), Joshua Tonks, Seb Falk, Helen Arnie, Professor Elemental, Tristan Bernays, Tulip Siddiq MP, Alexander Bennett, Paul Duncan McGarrity, Dr Kit Chapman, Robyn Perkins, Joel Morris, Bec Hill, Jay Foreman, Ria Lina, Johnny Chiodini, Ellie Gibson, Will Seaward and Dr Keir Shiels Thanks to all our guests over the past 8 years and 300 episodes, to all our listeners and to all our Patreon donors It's been quite the wild ride We hope you enjoy this chance to glance back at our skidmarks Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit http://wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if...
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