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Ep 96: Anna Ploszajski – World’s Worst Material Monday, November 19th, 2018
We're joined this week by the eminently qualified Dr Anna Ploszajski - Young Engineer of the Year, Channel Swimmer, science explainer and graphene-hater to talk about the worst material on earth As eclectic as ever, we uncover a World War 2 plan by the British military to create aircraft carriers out of icebergs made of ice and sawdust, the blackest substance on earth, an astonishingly petty art spat featuring Anish Kapoor and how to make a prison that Ant Man could never escape from Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @AnnaPloszajski Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Science & Nature, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 95: Schalk Bezuidenhout – World’s Worst Gig Monday, November 12th, 2018
Testing, one two one two, is this thing on… We’re met by a mix of cricket sounds, flying bottles and scathing reviews this week as we perform the World’s Worst Gig We have the company of South African comic Schalk Bezuidenhout who shares a first-person tale of steakhouses, strippers and stand-up Ben takes us to the worst Beatles gig ever (those of you playing the Ben/Beatles drinking game, down it) and Barry goes to the not-so-genteel theatres of Covent Garden Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @shalkiebez Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Music, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 94: Mike Stuchberry – World’s Worst Epidemic Monday, November 5th, 2018
This week we're donning our sterilised plastic gloves, three face masks and a full hazmat suit as we prepare to deal with the world's most peculiar, disturbing and deadly epidemics We're joined by outstanding historian and curator of one of the most informative and sinister Twitter feeds around, Mike Stuchbery Together we talk about renaissance nuns pretending to be cats, Singaporean men who think their wangers have disappeared and why it’s never a good idea to throw a smallpox party We also discover the unusual genesis of cooties (hi America listeners!), dabble in some medieval witchcraft and discover why Portuguese schoolchildren have taken the biscuit with excuses for taking days off school Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @mikestuchbery_ Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, History & Politics, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 93: Joel Morris – World’s Worst Musical Film Monday, October 29th, 2018
This week we are jazz-handing, kicklining and tumbling sideways off a swirling staircase into a pile of soggy Busby Berkeley girls It’s time for us to explore the World’s Worst Musical Films with a show-stopping guest in the form of acclaimed comedy writer Joel Morris If you think you’ve seen bad musicals well, you ain’t heard nothing yet folks Barry plots his way through a plotless film starring The Beegees but using the music of The Beatles, Joel teaches us to be sexy with octogenarian Mae West and Ben…oh Ben…Ben gives us the gift of Franz Liszt Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @gralefrit @ruleofthreepod Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, TV & Film, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 92: Aidan Goatley – World’s Worst Tattoo Sunday, October 21st, 2018
Bite down hard and prepare to feel some unusual pain as we inflict the world's worst tattoos on you Joined by the charming stand-up comic Aidan Goatley we return to the terrifying world of Russian prisons, uncover some creepy Cold War secret, Japanese pelts, the mysterious Edith and why early 20th century royalty were absolutely covered in ink Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @MrAidanGoatley Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Art & Literature, Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 91: Bex Lindsay – World’s Worst Toy Monday, October 15th, 2018
This week we enter one of the creepiest world's imaginable: the nightmarish dimension of terrible toys With award-winning children's radio host Bex Lindsay as our guide we uncover the dark truth about the Beanie Babies, a darker truth about how certain people like to make babies and quite a lot of toys that you absolutely must keep away from babies Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @BexLindsay Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Hobbies & Games, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 90: Andrew Shaffer – World’s Worst Fan Fiction Monday, October 8th, 2018
Let your imaginations run wild - this week we are reading the World's Worst Fan Fiction Our guest is Andrew Shaffer, New York Times best-selling author and fan fiction parody writer extraordinaire He tells us about the genesis of 50 Shades Of Grey among thousands of other Twilight fan fiction tales, while Ben talks about sex and Barry dives back in time to some of the earliest fan fiction stories around It's a very saucy episode - if there isn't slash fiction written about us after this one, then you're all clearly made of wood! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @andrewtshaffer Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Best of the Worst of the Best, Hobbies & Games, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 89: Jack Bernhardt – World’s Worst President Monday, October 1st, 2018
Having already determined the worst monarch and emperors of all time we return to what can best be described as History's Marianna Trench of awful leaders to uncover the Worst President And no, it's not who you think it is - but only because he's not had enough time to do that much damage Joined by BBC Radio 4 and Guardian writer Jack Bernhardt examine likely candidates from the IOC, the Hall of Presidents and a French President who died perhaps the most French death of all time Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @jackbern23 Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Best of the Worst of the Best, History & Politics, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 88: Helen McCarthy – World’s Worst Cult Sunday, September 23rd, 2018
The Church of the Holy Worst Foot holds the secret to eternal satisfaction you've been looking for all your life Available for a low low lifetime subscription fee of several million pounds! This week, we are joined by host of That's A Cult, Helen McCarthy, to discuss the World's Worst Cults There are Japanese foot-readers, Indian bike-worshippers, Quebecois masochists, militant nudists and The Crown Prince of Hell himself Just another day in the compound then Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @thatsacult @helenlmccarthy Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Miscellaneous, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 87: Matt Highton – World’s Worst Death Scene Monday, September 17th, 2018
Slashed down in a shower, melted by a girl and her little dog too or just squashed by an ACME anvil - it’s time for this podcast to die in the World’s Worst Death Scene possible Taking on this topic suggested by Patreon supporter Catherine Pugh is comedian Matthew Highton who revisits the third instalment in the legendary Basket Case trilogy Remember guys Remember Basket Case Ah you do No Really There’s also plenty of paltry perishing from Barry and Ben too, with diversions into Shakespeare and snuff films, Ancient Rome and Ethan Frome This one has the occasional gross description, so do listen with care Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @MattHighton Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, TV & Film, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 86: Molly Ker Hawn – World’s Worst Fictional Child Sunday, September 9th, 2018
In this episode we line up some of the stickiest, naughtiest, most badly behaved and obnoxiously prodigious children ever created by authors and line them up for six of the best We're joined by literary agent Molly Ker Hawn, someone who is steeped in children's literature as National Programs Director at the Children’s Book Council and a past board member of the United States Board on Books for Young People Like all good agents she knows what she likes and doesn't hold back when she finds something that doesn't cut the mustard We end up talking about Belgian newspapers, Roman foundational myths, Roald Dahl's offcuts and an audacious wartime fraud Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @mollykh Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Art & Literature, Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Best of the Worst of the Best, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 85: Taylor Glenn – World’s Worst Detective Monday, September 3rd, 2018
Gumshoes on, private dicks at the ready, it’s time to crack the case of the World’s Worst Detective With us is the multi-talented Taylor Glenn, host of the Drunk Women Solving Crime podcast and she sweeps her magnifying glass across the questionable tactics of on-screen detectives Meanwhile, Ben looks into the weird and wild biography of the father of modern detection, and Barry journeys to Cabot Cove, murder capital of the world, to hunt down Angela Lansbury Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @taylorglennuk @drunkwomenpod Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Miscellaneous, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 84b: The Best Of The Worst of the Best 2 Sunday, August 26th, 2018
Hop in the time machine! Ben and Barry are jumping back to episodes 6-10 as they revisit those subjects - but in a positive light! 76 episodes ago we uncovered the worst British Day Out, Architect, Astronaut, Heist Movie and General This time, the very best of these include burning Viking longboats in the Shetland Islands, a classic film oozing Cool Britannia and a buccaneering French aristocrat AND there's a redemption story for an old friend from space Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @podnose Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Best of the Worst of the Best, Miscellaneous, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 84: Lord Fear aka Tom Bell – World’s Worst Emperor Monday, August 20th, 2018
Listen to the sound of those really long trumpets with carpets dangling off them - it can only mean one thing, it's time for our episode about the worst emperors of all time We're joined by the master of the Knightmare dungeon Lord Fear, in heavy disguise as actor and comedian Tom Bell as we discover tales of incest, concubines, whoopee cushions, penguins, ghost-killing ceremonies, Ming the Merciless and fox-tossing If you enjoyed this show you can support us by heading to wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward and pledge to support the show from as little as $2/month When we hit 25 donors we'll crack out an extra show each month where we will go even more in depth about previous show winners and reveal even more daft stories of heroic, farcical and often bloody failure Follow us on Twitter: @WorstFoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, History & Politics, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 83 – Journey Around the Monopoly Board (Patreon Special with Paul Flannery) Saturday, August 18th, 2018
Pull up a chair and prepare for some world class arguments, trivia and brutal no-holds-barred capitalism as Ben and Barry present their first ever Patreon exclusive We promised that when we got to 10 Patreon donors we'd do special episode and here it is We revisited the world's worst board game - Monopoly - with former guest Paul Flannery and played a game so you guys never have to again On the way we journeyed through all of the destinations on the London board and uncovered the worst stories possible in all of the locations, including kinky Czech classical musicians, brutal East End gangsters, bear-baiting, Boudicea's grave and how MI5 used Free Parking to win the war We didn't want to subject you to the full experience of over two hours of Monopoly gameplay, so consider this an edited highlights reel Let us know what you thought of the special on our Twitter @WorstFoot or via email on worstfootforwardpodcast@gmailcom If you enjoyed this show and would like us to make more Patreon Specials, then head to https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward and pledge to support the show from as little as $2/month When we hit 25 donors we'll crack out an extra show each month where we will go even more in depth about previous show winners and reveal even more daft stories of heroic, farcical and often bloody failure Follow us on Twitter: @bazmcstay @benvandervelde...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Hobbies & Games, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
