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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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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 www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
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 www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
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 www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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: www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
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 www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
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 www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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: www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
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 www.patreon.com/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 @tombellforever
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@gmail.com. If you enjoyed this show and would like us to make more Patreon Specials, then head to https://www.patreon.com/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 @piratemoustache
This week we are stepping down, shaking golden handshakes and leaving with our heads held high. Theatre director Oscar Toeman will guide Ben and Barry through the awkward history of the world's worst resignations. Ben explores Ferdinand Marcos' attempts to cling to power, Barry tells of a British peer who revealed his affairs a bit prematurely and Oscar sticks his head under the toilet cubicle doors in the old Wembley stadium to witness an England manager's demise. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @OscarT216 Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
Come, shake us by the hand. BUZZZZZZ! Smell the flower in my lapel. SPLAAAASSSHHHH! Sit on this comfy cushion. FAAARRTTTT! Sorry guys, but this week we are full of mischief and trickery as we try out some of the World's Worst Pranks. With us is Italian comedian and former host of a radio prank show Francesco De Carlo who tells us about the time he lost a classmate in a Viennese museum. Barry explores the imperial history of whoopee cushions and how the British tried to beat Hitler with porn. And Ben takes in the spaghetti harvest and teaches us a thing or two about cracked pots. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @francescotwitta Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
One two three, step two three, one two three, I'm so sorry, I've crushed your toes. Swing your partners round and round this week, it's time for us to chassis our way into the World's Worst Dance. Grabbing us round the waist and clinging on for dear life is our guest, the comedian, writer and actress Abigail Burdess, who has a few choice words for Morris dancers everywhere. Meanwhile, Ben takes us to the early days of modern dance with a look at Stravinksy's 'Rite of Spring' as choreographed by a horse, and Barry diagnoses dancing plagues and broken penises. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @AbigailBurdess Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com 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://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
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