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Ill Conceived

Josh Boerman & June Sternbach

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A podcast about natalism. Hosted by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Traditional Scrench) and June Sternbach (Western Kabuki, The Onion).
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The Worst of All Possible Worlds

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 ...
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The Späti Boys

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Weekly discussions of a deteriorating world all from the comfort of your local smoke-filled Spätkauf. https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti https://www.operationglad.io/start
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In a horrendous turn of events it turns out the Dutch have managed to make it to America. We have on Josh from the Worst of all Possible Worlds to discuss Dutch-American culture and to a lesser extent Skibidi Toilet CHECK OUT OUR GUEST: https://www.worstpossible.world/ https://illconceivedpodcast.com/ FULL EPISODE ON: https://www.patreon.com/corner…
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It's Pony Christmas in Human July! The girls are joined by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Ill Conceived, Traditional Scrench) for an episode chock full of ideology and delicious Clamato! This week we have a serious discussion about plushies and yiffing while the Mane Six fundamentally misunderstand the rules of I Spy and get blown …
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We have on Isaac on from COEXIST Inc to talk about Tommorrowland and the need for IDF soldiers to experience a psytrance DJ set. FIND OUR GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/coexist.inc HOW TO SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti HOW TO REACH US: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cornerspaeti.operationglad.io Twitter https://twitter.com/cor…
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In order to discuss scary spiders, we must first turn our attention to tech investing in San Francisco. You can get access to this bonus episode and our entire back catalogue of bonus episodes on our Patreon page which is a thing you should do irrespective of your fear or love of larger-than-average spiders. Patreon.com/horrorvanguard if you dare.D…
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The taxidermy owls aren't what they seem.Discuss your favorite types of taxidermy with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.horrorvanguard.com (It would have been up this week, but I accidentally let it sink into a mire.)You can support the show for less than the cost of any bird at: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguardPrécis…
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With natalism coming to the forefront of American politics in recent years, people who have long been writing about the declining birth rate have begun to take center stage in the larger political discourse. Many of these thinkers skew toward a conservative ideology. This week, Josh and June read through the writings of a modern conservative natali…
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Check out librarypunk: https://www.librarypunk.gayYou can listen to us discuss The Day After Tomorrow today with the entire librarypunk crew! Discuss your favorite types of things you've gotten from your local library with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.horrorvanguard.com (website currently checked out by another …
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Aysha U. Farah (All My Maidens) and Lenore (The Socialist Shelf) return to the pod to take the lads on a heartfelt journey of death and birds as they cover Giant Sparrow’s 2017 walking sim megahit: What Remains of Edith Finch. Topics include games about death, the importance of t…
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Sonic the HedgehogDiscuss your favorite types of localized hauntings with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.horrorvanguard.com (website physically relocated to a undisclosed plot of land in rural England.)You can support the show for less than the cost of any one object seen in this movie! Go ahead and try this fun g…
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Nick and Ciarán have on Max of Brödrafolkens Podd to talk about Sweden, the upcoming election, political reactions to crime and AI having a heated gamer moment. HOW TO SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti HOW TO REACH US: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cornerspaeti.operationglad.io Twitter https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti Instagram ht…
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In the history of the evangelical Christian family movement, one figure stands tall above the rest: a children's psychologist from Louisiana named James Dobson. For three decades, Dobson built up his media empire, Focus on the Family, on the back of his plain-spoken traditionalist approach to child rearing. Then, as the broader cultural tide shifte…
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Folks, we have been trying for ages to get enough raw material for a classic posting episode but it just isn't happening. The well is dry. The thing about the posts is that now, they suck ass. Everyone is stuck in a rhetorical quagmire, nothing new is being introduced into the ecosystem, and the freaks who previously provided goofy spectacle are no…
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Andrew Law (Boonta Vista) and the lads make for the Pacific Northwest and set up little traps in the woods as they cover Ted Kotcheff’s 1982 debut of Rambo: First Blood. Topics include the joys of practical stunts, the brilliance of Brian Dennehy, and the reactionary politics at the center of both the film and the Italian Stallion himself: Sylveste…
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We have on Nadim of 99 Zu Eins to talk about keyboard warriors, online discourse, and communities of spite FIND OUR GUEST: https://x.com/Nadimo1312 https://x.com/99zueins https://www.youtube.com/c/99ZUEINS HOW TO SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti HOW TO REACH US: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cornerspaeti.operationglad.io Twitter …
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When the first human baby was born through the use of a blossoming treatment called in vitro fertilization in the late 1970’s, society largely viewed this as a miracle of science that gave those struggling with fertility a chance to start a family. Catholic leadership, believing that taking procreation out of pregnancy went against God’s will, alig…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Josiah Sutton (Fruitless) joins a lads-less Brian as he revisits the inspiration for his first video essay: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse. Topics include revisiting old work, breadtube, and what we can learn from the ghosts from internet eras long past. Josiah Sutton: Twitter // Subst…
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Ciarán and Uma talk about the heat in Europe, the Spanish corruption scandal, the US trying to intervene in France and of course Glastonbury. HOW TO SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti HOW TO REACH US: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cornerspaeti.operationglad.io Twitter https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti Instagram https://www.instagram…
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Opposition to legal abortion wasn't always a consensus matter across the Christian Right. In fact, as recently as the early 1970s, Protestants mostly considered it a "Catholic issue." But against a backdrop of paranoia about government overreach into religious affairs and fear of demographic decline, a Catholic named Paul Weyrich and an evangelical…
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It's the return of the miniseries where Ciarán shows friend of the show Josie Parkinson anime. This time it's the very good Mob Psycho 100 (2016) which nearly killed Josie. HOW TO SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti HOW TO REACH US: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cornerspaeti.operationglad.io Twitter https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti …
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The lads hop on their choppers and make for the 4077th as they return to Korea for another installment in their ongoing coverage of the most critically acclaimed sitcoms of all time: MASH. Topics include the evolution of Margaret O’Houlihan, the zaniness of Frank Burns, and how losing some of your best cast members can transform your show into the …
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Nick has on Rob from Podcasting is Praxis to talk about NATO. Daddy's home? FIND OUR GUEST: https://x.com/CountRthe https://x.com/Praxiscast HOW TO SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti HOW TO REACH US: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cornerspaeti.operationglad.io Twitter https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti Instagram https://www.instagram.…
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We hope you've enjoyed Beast Week. To conclude the week in style, we went on Western Kabuki to observe Mr Beast, learn from Mr Beast, and love Mr Beast. We watched some of Mr Beast's videos and diagnose the Beast and what he means for the world. Part 2, where we talk about what he's been up to this year specifically, will be released to the Western…
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Josh and June look into the past of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current Health and Human Services secretary, and how his history led to him getting involved with the MAGA movement. Once a liberal and advocate for environmental issues, Kennedy took a turn into anti-science and pseudo-health political movements later in life and gained notoriety withi…
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On today's bonus, Nick and Ciarán talk about Europe's muddled reaction to Iran and Israel, Tasty and That's It and some shenanigans in the Czech government. HOW TO SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti HOW TO REACH US: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cornerspaeti.operationglad.io Twitter https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti Instagram https:…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Juniper (Western Kabuki, Ill Conceived) and the lads grab their blue jerseys and throw coconuts down a hill as they cover the first season of MrBeast’s nightmare of a game show: Beast Games. Topics include the horrific filming conditions, the so-called “games”, and what it means …
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Kyle and Jon continue their tenure as the HV tech-priests during the Age of Apps. Discuss your favorite types of rooms with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.horrorvanguard.com (website down to minimize collective screen time.)You can support the show for less than the cost of basically any app's subscription cost at…
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It's MrBeast week on The Worst of All Possible Worlds. To kick it off we're unlocking a premium episode we released in March 2023 where THE LADS WATCH 8 MRBEAST VIDEOS AND THEN TALK ABOUT THEM (Not Clickbait). Topics include MrBeast’s humble origins, the monetization of altruism, and the internet’s canonization of St. Jimmy Donaldson. Want more TWO…
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Nick and Ciarán have on Bob from Left Laser to talk about the collapse of the Schoof government, Wilders and the Netherlands since the Maccabi Tel Aviv FC riots. HOW TO SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti HOW TO REACH US: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cornerspaeti.operationglad.io Twitter https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti Instagram h…
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This is the first episode of Ill Conceived, a new podcast from Josh Boerman of The Worst of All Possible Worlds and June Sternbach of Western Kabuki. Get new episodes every Friday in your favorite podcast client: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Spotify Pocket Casts YouTube Josh and June take a look at Promise Keepers, the organization that massed 700,000 m…
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Josh and June take a look at Promise Keepers, the organization that massed 700,000 men on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a 1997 rally that promised to bring spiritual renewal to its attendees and a new order to the social health of the country. While they didn't quite pull off the fundamental transformation they were hoping for, Promise Ke…
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