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Ep 283: James Dowdeswell – World’s Worst Beer Sunday, October 1st, 2023
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The Third Foot: Political Animals Friday, September 29th, 2023
From the doghouse to the White House, we've got a menagerie of prime ministerial wannabes, woofing would-be world leaders and purring political animals Yes, in this bonus episode we explore the curious history of animals running for elected office On the ballot are the likes of Pigasus The Immortal, Limberbutt McCubbins and Crawfish T Crawfish, with a special guest appearance by half-squid elder horror, Cthulu himself Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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 282b: Best Of The Worst Of The Best 21 Monday, September 18th, 2023
It's time for some sunshine, even as the year moves into its autumn - at least nominally, in the Northern Hemisphere anyway So Ben and Barry revisit old episodes - episodes 101-105 - and revisit those topics but with a positive attitude They debate the World's Best Diva, Advert, Escape, Guest and Voiceover, with appearances from the likes of Freddie Mercury, the Honda Accord and the Voice Of God Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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 282: Matt Green – World’s Worst Political Broadcast Monday, September 4th, 2023
We now go to Worst Foot Forward for a broadcast finding the dumbest political broadcasts on Earth In the company of sharp-shooting satirical comic Matt Green we globetrot from New Zealand to Brazil to China, with a short break to tip our hats a Josef Goebbels messing up royally as we discover the dregs of political communication Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @mattgreencomedy Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @mattgreencomedy Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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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The Third Foot: Moon Landings Monday, August 28th, 2023
With India landing its Chandrayaan-3 on the moon's south pole, the sun's understudy is back in the public eye after far too long Ben and Barry welcome the little rock's return with an exploration of past moon landings Tales include Diogenes' ideas of an early moon mission, what songs harmonise with the moon and what to find in "The Toss Zone" Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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 281: Chris Grace – World’s Worst Anthem Sunday, August 20th, 2023
Eyes forward, shoulders back, respectful tear in your eye and bellowing basso profundo at the ready In the company of American comedian and actor Chris Grace we head on a whistlestop tour of the daftest, most blood-thirsty and incongruous anthems on Earth Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @chrisgracecomedy Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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 280: Anu Vaidyanathan – World’s Worst Director Monday, August 7th, 2023
It's a blockbuster episode this week with Indian comedian, triathlete, director, writer and all-round talent Anu Vaidyanathan joining us on set to call cut on the World's Worst Director Anu shares her secrets for running an efficient set while not angering the powerful men of Bollywood, Ben looks at the death rate of famous auteurs and Barry goes toe-to-toe with Norman Mailer Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @anuvaidyanathan Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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 279: Daisy Earl – World’s Worst Hotel Monday, July 24th, 2023
We're checking in to Worst Foot Towers today, the World's Worst Hotel Our special guest is Daisy Earl, comedian and writer, who brings personal tales of creepy car parks and spooky night-time pacing Serving Daisy is chambermaid Barry who has an axe to grind with the Borden House, while head waiter Ben plates up a dish of bear faeces Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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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The 3rd Foot: Maurice Flitcroft Friday, July 21st, 2023
With the Open Championship golf underway, it's about time Barry led us through the biography of the so-called Phantom Of The Open, aka Maurice Flitcroft Immortalised in the film starring Mark Rylance, Flitcroft tried to fool the powers-that-be by entering the Open in 1976, a mere two years after taking up the game In doing so, he set a record for the worst ever score posted in the event and entered many more times under various aliases to avoid being detected His story is funny, heartwarming and VERY Worst Foot Forward Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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 278: Ed Byrne – World’s Worst Figure of Speech Monday, July 10th, 2023
Armed with nothing but a dictionary of aphorisms and a big red cliche detector, Ben and Barry are joined this wek by Irish comedy legend Ed Byrne Together they get to the bottom of all sorts of linguistic conundra, including what a moral compass looks like, quite how much anti-Irish prejudice is baked into the English language and why you should be careful which South American country you openly talk about passing wind in Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @MrEdByrne Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @VanderLaugh @MrEdByrne Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit 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...
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The Third Foot: The Ashes Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
It's summer, and one of the great summer sporting events is The Ashes, the roughly-every-two-years cricketing clash between in England and Australia Ben decides to sit Barry down and tell him the untold story of this event, thus making it now the told story We learn about cremation, Welsh druids and what this all has to do with Robert Downey Jr anyway Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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 277: Matt Kirshen – World’s Worst Computer Monday, June 26th, 2023
We're firing up our operating systems this week as we search for the worst computer in history By our side we've got host of the Probably Science podcast, finalist of Last Comic Standing and award-winning writer for The Jim Jeffries Show: it's Matt Kirshen! We head back 2000 years to chat about the Antikythera, dip our toes into the art-prank world to meet the Persistence of Chaos and welcome back an old friend of the podcast, The Mechanical Turk Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @mattkirshen Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @VanderLaugh @Matt_Kirshen Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx Visit 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...
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Ep 276: Ivan Brett – World’s Worst Traitor Monday, June 12th, 2023
Alright listeners, time to confess: Are you a Faithful or a Traitor We are hunting down the World's Worst Traitor in the company of one of the stars of the UK's first season of the hit TV show, The Traitors: Ivan Brett A brilliant author and gamer, Ivan reveals the true identity of the mysterious John Johnson Meanwhile Ben unveils the many faces of Lord Haw-Haw and Barry explains why the word quisling is just so damn fun to say Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @IvanBrett Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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 275: Rosie Holt – World’s Worst Romantic Hero Monday, May 29th, 2023
Loosen your collars and lick your lips, it's getting hot in here as we flirt with the World's Worst Romantic Hero Making up a very saucy threesome with Barry and Ben on the show this week is comedian, actor and viral sensation Rosie Holt who bats her eyes at one of the biggest names in poetry Meanwhile, Barry introduces the team to Mr Mills and Mr Boon, and Ben meets his alter-ego, Alexander Brannigan Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @RosieisaHolt Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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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The Third Foot: Birthdays Monday, May 22nd, 2023
"For we're two jolly good fellows!" Indeed, both Barry and Ben's birthday's fall in the month of May, so for this month's bonus episode, Barry presents a goody-bag full of weird and wonderful birthday facts There is "the birthday problem", the Canadian tradition of nose-greasing and the reason why everyone in Korea is about to de-age Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discordgg/9buWKthgfx 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, 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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