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Ep 171: Ryan Dalton – World’s Worst Pet Monday, July 13th, 2020
Pop on your collar and leash and join us for some walkies as we talk to stand-up comic, professional dog walker and former zookeeper Ryan Dalton about the world's worst pets We discover that the White House has also been quite the menagerie over the years, which are the most impractical animals to keep and why parrots are inarguable dickheads Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @MrRyanJDalton @Pingosaurus Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 170: Susan E. Connolly – World’s Worst Ghost Monday, July 6th, 2020
Listener beware, you're in for a scare as this week's podcast is crammed full of ghouls and ghastly apparitions And that's just the hosts Alongside Irish writer Susan E Connolly, Barry and Ben attempt to bust the World's Worst Ghost Their journey takes them to Asia to find eyeballs in arseholes, to Ireland to find daughters in bricked-up rooms, and to Theatre-Land to find butterflies in a pantomime dame's skirts! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @susanconnolly Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 169: Ashraf Ejjbair – World’s Worst Vacation Monday, June 29th, 2020
Pack your bags, pop on a gaudy Hawaiian shirt and don't forget your toothbrush: we're off on holiday Joined by glamorous guest Ashraf Ejjbeir, star of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK, we head off on a whistlestop tour of the globe with stops in Peru, Japan, diseased cruise ships and the ends of the earth in search of the world's worst vacation Follow us on Twitter: @mufseen @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
The Third Foot: Pliny The Elder (Bonus Episode) Sunday, June 28th, 2020
It's about bloody time! Old friend of the podcast Pliny The Elder goes solo! We devote our bonus monthly episode to the man who gave us the myth about mice fearing elephants, who mastered the art of simultaneously reading and writing (clue: use two servants) and who died while getting a little too close to Mt Vesuvius Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Third Foot, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 168: Mufseen Miah – World’s Worst Pride Monday, June 22nd, 2020
During Pride Month, join the podcast in supporting Black Pride UK by clicking the link and donating This week is Pride Week in the UK! So on the show we are going to rain(bow) on your parade in the company of LGBT rights activist and podcaster Mufseen Miah, as we take part in the World's Worst Pride We learn about the hanky code and the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom from Barry, Mufseen teaches us about the history of the Pride Movement and the story of the Stonewall Uprising, and Ben takes us to the bottom of the planet to the most remote Pride celebration Follow us on Twitter: @mufseen @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 167: Marc Burrows – World’s Worst Invasion Monday, June 15th, 2020
CHAAAAAAAARGE! Very much in keeping with the spirit of the times, this week we're charging headlong into battle with very little strategy or plan, joined by musician, comedian, journalist and official biographer of Terry Pratchett, Marc Burrows There's pretty much every variety of military misadventure including drunken penal battalions, invading deserted islands, attacking your own troops from behind and one very angry pine martin Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @20thcenturymarc Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 166: Sif Boynton – World’s Worst Law Monday, June 8th, 2020
Please join the podcast in supporting organisations working for justice and equality for black people Spurred by the death of George Floyd and too many others, and in solidarity with the waves of protest around the world, we have donated this month's Patreon income to the following three, but there are many others which need your help: The Community Justice Exchange - National Bail Fund Network (USA), The NAACP Legal Defence Fund (USA), and Black Pride UK This week we are joined by Sif Boynton, our friendly neighbourhood Dane and long-time Patreon donor to the show With her incipient law degree, Sif helps Ben and Barry investigate the World's Worst Law, with serious discussions on Burqas and racism, and sillier chats about salmon and suing God Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 165: Bethany Black – World’s Worst Race Monday, June 1st, 2020
On your marksget setGO! We're off to the races this week, along with brilliantly funny stand-up comedian, actor and writer Bethany Black as we discover new heights of human incompetence and brazen cheating It turns out that the turn of the 20th century was a highpoint for incredibly stupid motor car races, terribly organised Olympic marathons and cheating of the most audacious scope This is a proper vintage episode full of misadventure, injury, wrong-headed endeavour and excellent stories Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @BeffernieBlack Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Sport, Worst Foot Forward
The Third Foot: Hermits (Bonus Episode) Friday, May 29th, 2020
Welcome to this month's bonus glace cherry atop a teetering pile of horse manure Since we're all currently living a monastic lifestyle we thought it would appropriate to be inspired by regular character on the show StSimon Stylites and talk about some of the most fascinatingly odd loners in history There's tales of hoarded riches, strange ciphers and ornamental hermits Come enter our grotto Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Third Foot, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 163: Dr Lucy Rogers – World’s Worst Science Communicator Monday, May 18th, 2020
God, the episode titles really don't really treat our guests very well, do they! Dr Lucy Rogers is an absolutely world class science communicator, an inventor with a sense of fun and a whole lot to say to us on the topic of the World's Worst Science Communicator She shares stories of fat trains and thin stations, Barry dives down ferret-holes in search of the evolutionary tree of fairies, and Ben takes aim at a big hitter: Alexander Graham Bell, hater of sign language Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @DrLucyRogers Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s 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, Science & Nature, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 162: Madison Coby – World’s Worst Poster Monday, May 11th, 2020
Your podcast needs YOU! This week we're joined by the creative whirlwind Madison Coby: actor, graphic designer and illustrator to discuss all the things that can go wrong on a simple piece of A3 paper We dive into the worlds of fashion, film-making and wartime propaganda to discuss words and images that should never have been put together on paper Are you podcast body ready Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @madison_coby Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Check out Madison's incredible designs here: https://wwwmadisoncobycouk/ Worst Foot Forward is part of...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 161: Joseph Cullen – World’s Worst Farmer Monday, May 4th, 2020
We're reaping what we sow this week on WFF as actor, improviser, comedian and producer Joseph Cullen, whose family are of Cornish farming stock, is with us to talk about the World's Worst Farmer We talk odd animals, dynamite, gong-farming and the man who taught the world about 'do nothing' farming Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @joseph_cullen90 Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
The Third Foot: Virtual Walking Tour Of London (Bonus Episode) Thursday, April 30th, 2020
We’re not really meant to bring groups of tourists wandering around London in these locked-down times, so Ben and Barry lead a virtual walking tour of the capital of the UK This was live-streamed on Sunday 26th April 2020, and made use of Google Street View There was a scavenger hunt if you want to have some fun at home, and you can follow along with the whole thing using the tour at this link: https://tourbuilderwithgooglecom/builder#play/ahJzfmd3ZWItdG91cmJ1aWxkZXJyEQsSBFRvdXIYgIDg6KXr9wkM/ahJzfmd3ZWItdG91cmJ1aWxkZXJyJwsSBFRvdXIYgIDg6KXr9wkMCxIJUGxhY2VtYXJrGICA4Jj94b0JDA Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Third Foot, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 160: Sadie Clark – World’s Worst Rom-Com Monday, April 27th, 2020
Is this a podcast I hadn't noticed It's time, folks It's a topic we've had on the radar for a while and finally we settle down on the sofa to watch the World's Worst Rom-Com Alongside writer and actress Sadie Clark and our special guest judge Dani Charlton, we debate your Four Weddings, your Loves Actually, your Ten Things and so much more There are star turns from Rob Reiner's mother, Matthew Goode's bad Irish accent, a magical crab and a herd of orphans Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @SadieLeylaClark @dani_charlton Visit 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… 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 159: John-Luke Roberts – World’s Worst Joke Monday, April 20th, 2020
This week you find us brandishing our rubber chickens, whoopee cushions and banana skins in the company of one of the finest joke writers and most wonderfully absurd performers on the UK circuit: John-Luke Roberts We’re on the hunt for the world’s worst joke, whether it’s painful damp squibs or punchlines that could end civilisation as we know it I say, I say, I say… Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @jlukeroberts Watch Ben this week on NextUp Comedy on Wednesday and Friday here: https://wwwtwitchtv/nextupcomedy Watch Barry's National eTheatr on YouTube here: https://wwwyoutubecom/channel/UCQSVtjpUQfES378Mnb1GtYQ Visit 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… https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: wwwpodnosecom...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward