The Worst of All Possible Worlds

著者: Josh Boerman A.J. Ditty and Brian Alford
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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. Also, we have bits.
    Copyright 2021-22 TWOAPW. All rights reserved.
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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. Also, we have bits.
Copyright 2021-22 TWOAPW. All rights reserved.
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  • 177 - Love in the Time of Conniera (feat. Devon) [Whit’s Endless Summer 42]
    2025/02/19
    THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Devon (Kill James Bond!) and the lads return to Odyssey for more adventures in valentines, political blackmail, and volunteering for the Vietnam War. Topics include the logistics of Roman marriage, the intangible dread of grief, and what it means when the great loss that hangs over your entire series is a character as objectively terrible as Jerry Whittaker. Devon: Twitter // Bluesky // Streaming Traditional Scrench: Your favourite podcast idiots are streaming twice a week, every week, at 21:00 UK time Monday and Thursday. We’re a heavily improvised variety stream with a youtube playlist. Twitch Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/ pop culture commentary podcast about the portrayal of masculinity in cinema. November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon have watched Bond movies, War on Terror movies, Eurospy movies, and now they take on their biggest task yet: Heist Movies. What can Heat, Oceans’ 11, and the Fast and Furious movies teach us about how masculinity was imagined by the people who created them? What does that say about Society? Free episodes are released every fortnight on all major podcast platforms and bonus episodes are released for supporters on Patreon on the interstitial weeks. Website / Twitter / Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Trashfuture is a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism. Website / Twitter / Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Well There’s Your Problem is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes. Youtube / Twitter / Instagram / Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Ten Thousand Posts: A show about how everything is a form of posting, and how our lives are guided by the only dialectic that matters: good posts and bad posts. Podcast // Twitter // Patreon Media Referenced in this Episode: Adventures in Odyssey #562: “The Last ‘I Do’” #368: “The Other Woman” #412: “A Lesson From Mike?” #352: “Memories of Jerry” Josh’s Appearance on All Gamers are Bastards A.J.’s Appearance on 2 Whits, 1 Cup TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Gay Expectations Video Dating Service Tape #381914: Petey Pounderoga” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Featuring A.J. Ditty as “Petey Pounderoga /Jerry/Pinky/Melvin Mulligan”, Brian Alford as “Butch”, and Josh Boerman as “Lawrence”.
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    31 分
  • 176 - The Social Network
    2025/02/12

    The lads pledge to the Phoenix Club and destroy democracy as they cover David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s 2010 techbro parable: The Social Network. Topics include Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ iconic score, the polarizing nature of Sorkin’s writing, and what it means to live in a world ruled by Augustus Caesar wannabes like Mark Zuckerberg.

    TICKETS TO GO SEE JOSH’S PLAY AT THE TANK IN NEW YORK CITY!

    Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall!

    Media Referenced in this Episode:

    • The Social Network. Dir. David Fincher. 2010
    • “10 Years Later, Author Ben Mezrich On The Book Behind ‘The Social Network’” by Anhar Karim. Forbes. October 20th, 2020.
    • “A Young Mark Zuckerberg’s Early Mistake” by Shachar Bar-on. 60 Minutes. January 13th, 2008.
    • “CONFIRMED: Aaron Sorkin Creates Facebook Page, Writing Facebook Movie” by Dan Kois. Vulture. August 27th, 2008.
    • “Facebook’s Other Privacy Issue” by Eriq Gardner. The Hollywood Reporter, November 30, 2007
    • “Joe Rogan Experience #2255 - Mark Zuckerberg.”
    • “Mark Zuckerberg: How to Build a Future” by Y Combinator.
    • “Tell-All Book: Zuckerberg Set Up Facebook To Get Laid” by Nick Douglas. Gawker. May 22nd, 2008.
    • “What Producers Do: Explaining The Social Network’s Social Network” by Claude Brodesser-Akner. Vuture. February 24th, 2011.

    TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

    Interstitial: “The M.A.R.K.-BOT” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Brian Alford as “Mark Zuckerberg”

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    2 時間 56 分
  • INTERVIEW: maia arson crimew on online privacy and operational security
    2025/02/10

    Our interview series about practical tactics to keep yourself and your community safe from the rising tide of fascism continues this week as Josh talks with maia arson crimew (it/she), a hacktivist and past guest on the show. Topics include:

    • The mechanics of how corporations and governments identify and track you across virtual and real-world spaces
    • Common ways that your devices give away information without your knowledge and how to disable those features
    • What encryption is and why it matters, especially when it comes to law enforcement
    • Tools that you can use to anonymize your usage online

    USEFUL LINKS THAT YOU SHOULD CLICK:

    • Get Surveillance Self-Defense basics and tool guides from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
    • Get uBlock Origin for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera
    • Download Tor Browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
    • Download Signal Messenger for Android, iPhone, Windows, macOS, and Linux
    • Get Mullvad VPN and download Mullvad Browser
    • Send maia a donation via ko-fi
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    44 分
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