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The Third Foot: Indoor Games (Bones Episode) Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
It's that time of the month again, your extra dose of Worst Foot Forward in our bonus episode paid for by our kind supporters on Patreon This month, with half of the world locked away from Covid-19 and trying to think of things to do, Barry takes us on a quick tour of the history and trivia behind various indoor games you can play in your own locked-down home! Learn about the soothsaying past of Solitaire, what the French call Blind Man's Buff and wonder at the beautiful trophy awarded at the Hide-And-Seek World Championships Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support us in these unemployed, pandemic-stricken times: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Sport, Third Foot, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 156: Mikey Brett – World’s Worst Puppet Monday, March 30th, 2020
There are some strings attached to this week's episode - our first recorded during full-blown lockdown - but we're keeping our spirits up with some helpful hands up our bums That's what happens when we go looking for the World's Worst Puppet alongside puppeteer on both stage and screen, Mikey Brett Who just so happens to be Barry's husband There are excursions to the Muppet Theatre, Sesame Street and prehistoric Chile, as well as ventriloquism on the radio and creepy dolls in Scotland Enjoy, and we hope you're all staying safe in these mad times Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @mbrettuk Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the podcast, especially during these tricky - and very unemployed - times ahead: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 155c: Coronavirus Retrospective Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Well nowthis has been quite the week, hasn't it Ben stubbed his toe on a bed frame late on Friday night and it all seems to have got even worse from there Like the world and his wife we've been busying reorganising, panicking, bellowing at the heavens and making the odd inappropriate joke about all this coronavirus shenanigans We aim to be back with a new episode for you next week, but in the meantime, here's some clips from the vault inspired by viruses and self-isolation You can hear us talking about an unsung World War 2 hero with Mike Stuchberry, tinfoil hats with Jim Campbell, weird allergies with Katie Pritchard, a British mission to steal tea from China with Laura Lexx and the science of dog farts with Sarah Jones Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde 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...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 155b: Best of the Worst of the Best 9 Monday, March 16th, 2020
We're back with more sunshine, history and daftness in a hostful episode where we look back at previous episodes about terrible magic tricks, monarchs, legal defences, burlesque performers and playwrights and pick our favourite examples of each It's a real pic'n'mix this week including the many faces of William Shakespeare, blowjobs, the coolest spy of all time, Dom Pedro the Magnanimous and some very unhinged knifeplay Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde 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...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Best of the Worst of the Best, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 155: Lucy Jane Atkinson – World’s Worst Fashion Show Monday, March 9th, 2020
Strike a pose, this week we are strutting our stuff on the catwalk of catastrophe that is the World's Worst Fashion Show Theatre director extraordinaire Lucy Jane Atkinson is with us to tell us of the time she found a fashion show up a mountain and to peek at the crotch of Rick Owens' more revealing creations Ben takes us to the bizarre world of digital fashion and Barry delves into the past to meet Lucille, a trailblazer and trendsetter who was aboard the Titanic Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @lucypapoosky 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, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 154: LIVE SHOW – World’s Worst Dinner Party Monday, March 2nd, 2020
Here we go! Our first ever live show, recorded on 29th February at the Network Theatre in Waterloo as part of London's VAULT Festival We were joined by three brilliant guests - Roann McCloskey, Anna Ploszajski and Joel Morris - who returned to the pod for the World's Worst Dinner Party in front of a lovely, lively audience! We sample food from the Futurists Cookbook and, while we chow down, Roann talks to us about the World's Worst Party Trick, Anna proposes a surprising candidate for the World's Worst Ingredient, and Joel brings the Women's Institute and pirates together for the World's Worst After-Dinner Speech With thanks to VAULT Festival and our producer Andy Goddard Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @romeister8 @AnnaPloszajski @ruleofthreepod Visit wwwworstfootforwardpodcastcom for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support our NEXT live show: https://wwwpatreoncom/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose:...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Live Podcast, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
The Third Foot: Leap Years (Bonus Episode) Friday, February 28th, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Joel Morris, Dr Anna Ploszajski and one more to be announced follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ This month's extra Patreon episode is inspired by one of our favourite ever discoveries on this show: Sweden and Finland's deployment of February 30th to regulate their calendars We talk about Alfred Jarry, Pope Joan and get very confused indeed about maths Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde 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...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Third Foot, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 153: David Atherton – World’s Worst Restaurant Monday, February 24th, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and Joel Morris follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ We have food royalty with us this week, the King of Tarts, the Prince of Profiteroles, the Emperor of The World's Most Famous Tent: 2019 Great British Bake-Off champion David Atherton joins Ben and Barry to chat about the World's Worst Restaurant David shares his own dining disasters, Ben takes us to meet the maitre d' from hell and Barry explores the murky pages of the Michelin Guide And all three boys decide which celebrity they'd be most likely to eat Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @nomadbakerdavid 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, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 152: Delea Shand – World’s Worst Opera Monday, February 17th, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and Joel Morris follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ Pop on an enormous ballgown, gargle until your vocal folds are primed and ready and prepare to belt out laughs at this week's episode all about the world's worst opera Joined by an actual real domesticated opera singer - the brilliantly talented Delea Shand - Barry and Ben discover the cultural aberrations of operas that are short, long, Esperanto, Klingon and feature both helicopter blades and Paris Hilton (sadly not at the same time) Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @MadameOpera 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...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 151: Katy Schutte – World’s Worst Sea Creature Monday, February 10th, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and Joel Morris follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ Join us 20,000 leagues under the sea this week in Davy Jones's locker, somewhere behind his used socks and half-eaten apples We are in the company of improviser extraordinaire and lover of all things maritime Katy Schutte and we be sailing in search of ye World's Worst Sea Creature Along the way we meet some beautiful blob fish, some slimy hagfish and learn exactly Where Be Dragons Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @katyschutte 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 150: This Is Your Worst Life Monday, February 3rd, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and one more to be announced follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ 150 not out ladies and gentlemen! To celebrate hitting this, frankly ridiculous, milestone Ben and Barry interview each other and find out a few more of their own personal worsts There's still lots of daft trivia thrown in too, including racehorse mating practices, Viking marriage ceremonies and the reason the Queen Mother became a drunk Here's to another 150! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde 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...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
The Third Foot: Dancing Plagues (Bonus Episode) Friday, January 31st, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and one more to be announced follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ This month's extra Patreon episode is about Dancing Plagues Ben takes Barry on a waltz through pre-Reformation Europe, around shrines to St Vitus, as well as to dance marathons in Depression Era USA and some rebellious riotous Japanese dances in the 1860s Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde 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, Third Foot, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 149: Vicki Pipe – World’s Worst Train Monday, January 27th, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show in London on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ Our guests include Bec Hill and Dr Anna Ploszajski plus another to be announced! Tickets please, and get your feet off the seat while minding the gap and moving down inside the carriage: It's time to hop aboard the World's Worst Train, destination This Podcast Ben and Barry are joined in the caboose by Vicki Pipe whose All The Stations project has seen her visit all the train stations in the UK and Ireland She is here to discourse on the rickety old Pacer trains which are basically buses on tracks, while Barry finds some presidential funeral trains and Ben sticks a train on some wheels and then on some more wheels for good measure Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @norwegiancheese 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 148b: Best of the Worst of the Best 8 Monday, January 20th, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show in London on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ For tickets to Barry's play The First on February 11th - 16th, follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/the-first/ For tickets to Ben's tour of Fablemaker, head to his website and follow the ticket links: https://wwwbenvanderveldecom/tour Since the third Monday in January is, apparently, statistically the most depressing day of the year, we thought we'd whack a smile on your collective faces with an episode celebrating some of life's little upsides Going over topics from episodes 36-40 we find the best gadgets, mythical creatures, words, strikers and environmentalists Expect to be uplifted, delighted and baffled in equal measure! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @DomNicholls 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...
Filed Under: Barry McStay, Ben Van Der Velde, Best of the Worst of the Best, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward
Ep 148: Dominic Nicholls – World’s Worst Weapon Monday, January 13th, 2020
For tickets to our first ever live show in London on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestivalcom/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ Boom-bang-a-bang! Worst Foot Forward are waving their deadly weapons around Ben and Barry are joined by former army man and current defence correspondent at The Daily Telegraph, Dom Nicholls who tries his best to be sergeant-major to their minor misdemeanours Dom gives us the lowdown on nuclear weaponry, especially the ill-fated hand-held nuclear rocket launcher Meanwhile, Barry kills a multitude of different animals in the company of Catholic saints and our friends at the Special Operations Executive And Ben takes the old joke about razorblades and tried to get as many barrels as possible onto a single gun Take cover! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @DomNicholls 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, Best of the Worst of the Best, Podcast, Worst Foot Forward