The Worst of All Possible Worlds

Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford

EN265 episodes

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The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better one...

Episodes (265)

238 - A Chorus Line (feat. Heath Saunders)

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237 - The Trump Prophecy (2018)

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236 - American Psycho (feat. JP Brammer)

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ANNOUNCEMENT: LIVE SHOW IN BROOKLYN SUNDAY MAY 24TH

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235 - Beast Games from MrBeast Season Two: StrongSmart (feat. Kill the Computer)

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BONUS - Kill The Computer: The Smile Merchant feat. TWOAPW

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234 - Bernard After Reading (feat. Brooke from I Hate James Dobson) [Whit’s Endl...

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233 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 [Part 2] (feat. Joe Kassabian)

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232 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 [Part 1] (feat. Joe Kassabian)

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231 - Perfect Blue

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230 - The Traitors (feat. Peter Shamshiri)

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229 - The Dutch Knight Returns [Whit’s Endless Summer 50]

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228 - Alone (feat. Rax King)

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227 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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226 - Kingdom Hearts (feat. Lucy Valentine)

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225 - Trading Places (feat. Justin Roczniak)

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224 - Angels in the Whitfield (feat. Tom O’Mahony) [Whit’s Endless Summer 49]

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223 - A Thief In The Night II: The Me2al Age: 2 A 2 Distant 2 Thunder

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59 UNLOCKED - Chess: The Musical (feat. Jake Beckhard)

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187 UNLOCKED - Sky King: The Story of Richard Russell (feat. Caleb from Kill The...

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222 - 2025: A Year In Review

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221 - The Muppet Christmas Carol

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220 - Death Stranding 2 (feat. Workers’ Lit)

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219 - Bram Stoker’s Dracula (feat. Scott Benson and Bethany Hockenberry)

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Fancy Movie Time #35: Broadcast News (1987)

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EMERGENCY POD - Remembering Tom Stoppard (feat. Abigail Thorn)

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218 - Steven Spielberg’s 1941 (1979)

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual memberships & merchandise on sale now!

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217 - Waiting for Godot

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BOBUS 14 - Bloodborne: The Old Hunters DLC (feat. What's all This Then?)

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216 - Odyssey: Origins (feat. Kevin T. Porter) [Whit’s Endless Summer 48]

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215 - Columbo (feat. Donovan Eyre)

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214 - The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (feat. Jolenta Greenberg)

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213 - Midnight Mass

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212 - Bloodborne (feat. What’s All This Then?)

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211 - Faye Anything (feat. I Hate James Dobson) [Whit’s Endless Summer 47]

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210 - Into the Woods (feat. Mattie Lubchansky)

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209 - My Cousin Vinny

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Fancy Movie Time #33: Yi Yi

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208 - Bar Rescue (feat. Slowpuke)

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207 - Newgrounds and Flash Games

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206 - Eugene: Monk (feat. Joe Kassabian) [Whit’s Endless Summer 46]

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205 - Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

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204 - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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EMERGENCY POD - Dobson Died, Dead Dobson

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203 - The Sweatbox/The Emperor’s New Groove

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202 - Steven Spielberg’s The Dig

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201 - My Big, Fat Shank Wedding [Whit’s Endless Summer 45]

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200 - Thief II: The Metal Age

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199 - What Remains of Edith Finch (feat. Lenore and Aysha U. Farah)

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