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INTERVIEW: Knowing your rights in the face of ICE

Fighting the tide of rising fascism requires good information. This week, Josh sat down with Isaac Adams, an immigration attorney with nearly a decade of experience defending immigrants in removal proceedings from the United States government, to ...

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VIDEO Ladscast 29 - Afternoon Fish

We gotta talk beer, and then we talk about making theater

Tickets to Josh’s play: https://tickets.th...

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VIDEO Ladscast 29 - Afternoon Fish

We talk about beer, then we talk about theater

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174 - Final Fantasy VII (feat. Joe Kassabian)

Joe Kassabian (Lions Led by Donkeys) and the lads grab their buster swords and hit the streets or Midgar as they do battle with the nefarious Shinra Corporation in Square’s monumental 1997 RPG: Final Fantasy VII. Topics in...

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BOBUS 11: (Y)2K AMA answers

You asked, we answered! We couldn't get to all the questions, but we talk about how the show gets edited, remember David Lynch, and get into the nitty gritty about how we choose topics

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173 - MASH on TV (Bangers of MASH #1)

The lads once again return to the frontlines of the Korean War as they rejoin 4077th for the first in an ongoing miniseries covering the hit 70s television show: M*A*S*H. Topics include the show’s origins, the gradual evolution bey...

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Buy a copy of Colette’s book and support our show in the process!

TL;DR: Here’s the link; click it and get your copy of Y2K today and both Colette and TWOAPW will get a cut!

We’ve had a few people reach out to ask what ...

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(Y)2K AMA: submit your questions

***UPDATE: SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED! We will be releasing the recorded AMA very soon.***

How auspicious and appropriate that the very same week we discussed the turn of the millennium we also hit 2,000 paid Patreon subscribers...

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172 - AOL Whitstant Messenger (feat. Colette Shade) [Whit’s Endless Summer #41]

Colette Shade [Y2K: How the 2000’s Became Everything (essays on a future that never was)] joins the lads in Odyssey for some eXtreme adventures in cliques, Y2K paranoia, and the Odyssians’ forever war with the people of Rakistan. Topi...

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171 - Left Behind World At War

The lads dive once more into the apocalyptic mind of Jerry B. Jenkins, as they cover the unintentional finale of the Kirk Cameron Left Behind trilogy: LEFT BEHIND WORLD AT WAR. Topics include the acting bona fides of Lou Gosset ...

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164 UNLOCKED - God’s Not Dead 2

The lads dare to speak about Christ in the classroom and face the wrath of Ray Wise as they cover Harold Cronk’s 2016 evangelical propaganda film: God’s Not Dead 2. Topics include the horrendous filmmaking, the deeply-flawed rhet...

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release schedule for january

UPDATE: We said the schedule was subject to change pending guest availability and that’s exactly what happened. Details below.

Hey all,

Just wanted to update everyone on what you can expect in the first month of the new year (topics ...

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Fancy Movie Time #24-Ace in the Hole (1951)

On this episode of Fancy Movie Time with Brian and A.J., the Fancy Lads make for the bleak moral landscape of Gallup, New Mexico as they cover Billy Wilder's 1951 western noir: Ace in the Hole. Does its incredible dialogue and engrossing atmos...

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170 - 2024: A Year in Review

As has become tradition, we fielded a bunch of calls from you about what The Worst of All Possible Worlds meant to you in 2024 and stitched them together with highlights from the show. Merry Christmas and thanks for being part of our...

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BOBUS 11 - It's a Whitderful Life

It's almost Christmas, you've settled in and watched It's a Wonderful Life, and now it's time to listen to the Odyssey version of that very movie. That's right! Finally, after all these years, Paul McCusker is taking the Barclay Family to its logi...

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FINAL CALL for A YEAR IN REVIEW submissions

Submissions close on Monday the 23rd if you want to have your voice mail included in this year’s A YEAR IN REVIEW! Call +1 347 857 9523 and leave your message soon with your favorite moments from the show this year and...

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The Odyssey Commercials - Vol. 2

Hey, everybody!

We have some holiday bobuses coming your way in the next few weeks (note to self: see if "The 12 Days of Voltairemas" is copyrighted) and this is the first of those: the second compilation of the Odyssey Commercials View Post

169 - Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life

The lads do battle with Mr. Potter for the heart of Bedford Falls as they cover Frank Capra’s 1946 Christmas classic: It’s a Wonderful Life. Topics include the pernicious myth of “Capra-corn”, the art of...

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Some recent guest appearances

Hi all,

We've been out hitting the guest circuit lately; here's links to some recent episodes we've appeared on:

168 - The Nostalgia Critic

Hellloooooo, we’re The Worst of All Possible Worlds, we remember it so you don’t have to! We all remember Doug Walker, you know, that guy with the glasses, the tie, and the plain white background because they clearly couldn’t afford a b...

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Ladscast 28 - Haliey SeLadssie

No video this time! We don't have a great setup for doing video for in-person recordings, but we'll try to get that figured out in the future.

We recorded this at midnight, 12/9/24 and were planning on putting this out a little later, but c...

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167 - Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight”

The lads get drafted and give Mussolini the ole One-Two as they once again remember Pearl Harbor by covering Frank Capra’s series of WWII propaganda films: Why We Fight. Topics include the language of propaganda, t...

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"Baritone"

Hey everybody!
Another musical episode, another song from the archives of everybody's favorite Long Island dentist/oral surgeon/script doctor of Broadway musicals and, inexplicably, The Boss Baby movies: Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S.....

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Leave your message for A YEAR IN REVIEW

Hello friends,

Those of you who have been around for a while now already know about our annual year in review episode, where we take cal...

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Fancy Movie Time #23 - It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

On this episode of Fancy Movie Time with Brian and A.J., the Fancy Lads hop in a biplane and knock out Jim Backus as they cover Stanley Kramer's 1963 mega-comedy: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Do its wide array of comedic star...

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166 - Wicked

The lads grab their broomsticks and defy gravity as they cover Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s megahit musical: Wicked. Topics include the twisted mind of Gregory Maguire, the highs and lows of Stephen Schw...

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Ladscast 27 - The 70s Did Not Take Place

There's a lot of bad TV out there.

Brian is feeling more-or-less fine

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Ladscast 27 - The 70s Did Not Take Place

There's a lot of bad TV out there

Brian is feeling more-or-less fine

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165 - The Hunt for Red OctobWhittaker (feat. Tom Walker) [Whit’s Endless Summer 40]

Tom Walker (Tom Walker: Very, Very) joins the lads for his very first trip to Odyssey as they cover adventures in shock-jock DJing, international espionage, and the return of everybody’s favorite encyclopedia writing, ice-cream selling,...

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Give the gift of TWOAPW this arguing season

Hi everyone!

If you've been searching for a good gift to settle the contention of the arguing season, look no further, as Patreon has just added a new feature: the ability to gift memberships to your friends. You can gift anywhere from 1-12 ...

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