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Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular mis-steps that pockmark human endeavour. If you ever want to feel better about your progress in life, take a listen and enjoy a lovely schadenfreude bubble bath. Music by Max Perryment (www.maxperryment.co.uk)
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All aboard! Join us along with former submariner Eric (of Eric's Tales of the Sea fame) for a deep dive as we plumb the salty depths in search of the World's Worst Admiral. There's trips to Nebraska and Hungary, tales of Nelson and a polar bear, and Eric gives us maybe the most well-researched argument we've ever had in dissecting the career of World War One's Admiral David Beatty.
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Spooking time is upon us, with Hallowe'en looming over us, and it's also time for our regular monthly bonus episode. For this time of year, Ben delves into the back catalogue of one of the most famous spooky authors of all time - Bram Stoker. But, being Worst Foot Forward, we wander off the beaten path away from Dracula and examine Stoker's lesser known works. We learn about his penchant for romance novels, his failed PR efforts, and the governess Miss Gimp.
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Boo! What's that hiding under the bed? Why, it's a Hallowe'eny episode from Worst Foot Forward as comedian, actor and writer Eleanor Morton joins us to go on the World's Worst Witch Hunt. Eleanor takes us through some of the darker times in her own native Scotland, Ben talks about witch's marks and third nipples, and Barry journeys to Salem for not one but two witch trials!
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This week's episode is a chip off the old block as, inspired by a Patreon supporter, we look for the worst offspring in the world. Joined by comedian, ex-pro wrestler and glorious idiot Lee Kyle, we encounter papal bastards, Soviet disappointments and the gruesomeness of Mother Nature
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From Aardman Studios to ZZ Top, we are carousing through a wordy wonderland this week in the urbane company of actor, author and lexicographer Terry Victor. With his help, we hope to thumb through some well-worn books in search of the World's Worst Dictionary. Terry indulges us with a few definitions from his charming Chambers, Barry teaches us exactly how to mount a weasel and Ben brings an encyclopaedia to a dictionary fight.
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We're clowning around this week, acting the giddy goat and generally just fooling as we are joined by one half of The Loremen podcast, James Shakeshaft, to uncover the World's Worst Village Idiot. James brings tales of moon-raking and church-fertilising, Ben scours the continent in search of holy fools, and Barry outlines why geese get a particularly hard deal from idiots.
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Another month brings another dose of bonus Worst Foot Forward content, as paid for by our kind supporters on Patreon. With Ben having taken on Columbus last month, Barry looks at the weirder side of the life of another of history's big names: Napoleon Bonaparte. We learn about his Twilight fan fiction, his incredible ability to piss off popes and what exactly the price of his penis is.
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And Lo, Barry and Ben grew long sagacious beards and set themselves to the hubristic task of marking the most doleful characters from the Good Book. And there was much smiting, gnashing of teeth and light blasphemy (mostly from Barry, as Ben likes to hedge his bets.)
They are joined by comic, writer and much greater authority on the Torah than either of them, Rachel Creeger, as they explore human-angel hybrids, biblical soap operas and the Grim Reaper being a right old tease.
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We've been tinkering and twatting about in the lab this week, and we've come up with all sorts of weird gadgets and gizmos aplenty in our pursuit of the World's Worst Inventor. Joined by comic, writer and antisocial behaviour officer Nick Pettigrew, we delve deep into the minds of the likes of Dr Sir Nakamats - the man of many patents; Richard Pockrich - someone with too many ideas; and John McAfee - the antithesis of the computer nerd.
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Lift, clean and jerk with us this week as we are joined by comedian and former weightlifter Aaron Simmonds to talk about the World's Worst Weightlifter. There are appearances by all sorts of strongmen and strongwomen, from The Mountain to Geoff Capes's budgies, alongside mishaps with urine and performances with horses, plus a whole lot more besides.
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Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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…after all, Ben has a new baby to feed! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward
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