The Worst of All Possible Worlds

Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford 289 - 258 - The Late Great Planet Earth (feat. Julian Feeld)

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.

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The Worst of All Possible Worlds

Episodes

258 - The Late Great Planet Earth (feat. Julian Feeld)

257 - Bangers of MASH 3: Uijeongbu Drift

256 - The Hurt Locker (feat. Patrick Wyman)

255 - In the Oswald Heights [Whit’s Endless Summer 53]

254 - UNLOCKED: Shrimp Jesus and the Death of Facebook

253 - Bee Movie

252 - Shrek (feat. Memoria)

251 - The Amazing Digital Circus (feat. Radio Free Tote Bag)

INTERVIEW: Mike Isaac on Mark Zuckerberg and the future of Meta

250 - Undertale

INTERVIEW: Ben Collins on Infowars' past, present, and future

249 - VeggieTales

248 - Whit Side Story [Whit’s Endless Summer 52]

247 - Hamilton

246 - 007 First Light (feat. November Kelly)

245 - Meta Horizon Worlds and the Death of the Metaverse

244 - Gamer (feat. maia arson crimew)

243 - The Cable Guy (feat. David Armstrong)

242 - The Gay Agenda: LIVE (feat. Théâtre Voltaire)

241 - KPop Demon Hunters

A note from Josh about the livestream and other stuff for the May 24 live show at Littlefield

240 - Candide

239 - Raiders of the Lost Ark

238 - A Chorus Line (feat. Heath Saunders)

237 - The Trump Prophecy (2018)

236 - American Psycho (feat. JP Brammer)

ANNOUNCEMENT: LIVE SHOW IN BROOKLYN SUNDAY MAY 24TH

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

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

234 - Bernard After Reading (feat. Brooke from I Hate James Dobson) [Whit’s Endless Summer 51]

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

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

231 - Perfect Blue

230 - The Traitors (feat. Peter Shamshiri)

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

228 - Alone (feat. Rax King)

227 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

226 - Kingdom Hearts (feat. Lucy Valentine)

225 - Trading Places (feat. Justin Roczniak)

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

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

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

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

222 - 2025: A Year In Review

221 - The Muppet Christmas Carol

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

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

Fancy Movie Time #35: Broadcast News (1987)

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

218 - Steven Spielberg’s 1941 (1979)