A podcast about natalism. Hosted by Josh Boerman (The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Traditional Scrench) and June Sternbach (Kill The Computer, The Onion).
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Josh Boerman Podcasts
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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a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism by @raaleh, @HKesvani, @milo_edwards, @inthesedeserts and @postoctobrist
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What's All This Then with Charlotte McDonnell and Libby Watson
Charlotte McDonnell and Libby Watson
A podcast about Britain, hosted by Charlotte McDonnell and Libby Watson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is a podcast about all the mistakes, failures, and explosions that made space exploration possible.
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A podcast about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and the rise of fascism. NSFW
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A podcast about how The Simpsons says a lot about society
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a combination of society's two greatest accomplishments: podcasting and video games. Hosted by kayandskittles and laborkyle
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*PREVIEW* Baby Billy’s Bible Hackers ft. Josh Boerman
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9:53Josh joins Hussein and Riley to talk about new developments in the realm of faith based AI, Grokipedia, and a ghoulish display outside Hussein’s local estate agent. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! TF Merch is still available here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Trashfuture are: Riley (@…
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Connect! Is what I would be saying, beaming and placid, with jam around my mouth, if I was mistakenly placed on an Only Connect team. We're talking about Da Smart People Show For Brits with Josh Boerman, host of the Worst Of All Possible Worlds and Ill Conceived, who also has opinions about Irn Bru and whether British people are worse to work with …
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214 - The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (feat. Jolenta Greenberg)
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2:15:06Jolenta Greenberg (Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre) and the lads attend the dinner party from hell and down goblets of cocktails as they cover season one of the hit-Bravo reality show: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Topics include the origins of the Real Housewives, the art of the talking head one-liner, and what we can learn from the horrifying d…
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Bill Ackman Exclusion Zone feat. Rob Smith
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1:12:17The FT’s Rob Smith joins us to talk about the $4.5tn private credit bubble brewing in global financial markets… or to put it in perspective, to answer the question of how a regional Ohio auto parts distributor joined forces with Utah’s Swaggest Mormons to ring alarm bells at the IMF. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here…
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[Headlights flashing in the dark; what could it mean? Just a lost driver, or perhaps a lonely soul looking for something more?] Is what might happen if you went dogging in one of England's green and pleasant lay-bys. We're joined by truly the only person we would EVER want to cover dogging with, Bryan Quinby of Guys: A Podcast About Guys, an expert…
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Matthew Yglesias: One Billion Americans
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1:50:21In 2020, Vox cofounder Matt Yglesias published a book entitled One Billion Americans which ostensibly sought to lay out a liberal argument for dramatically increasing the population of the United States. This week, June and Josh read the book. Hoo boy, do we have thoughts about it. ***BIG NEWS: WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! We'll be recording bonus mailba…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, consider supporting Failure To Launch on Patreon. We're back and joined by host of The Socialist Shelf podcast Jacob Dallas to talk about 2025's Mickey 17. We go through the plot, the philosophy and ethics of cloning, and how this movie's attitudes …
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads take the Breeze to Crockett island and drink the blood of the angels as they attend Mike Flanagan’s 2021 Catholic horrorfest: Midnight Mass. Topics include the origins of Mike Flanagan, the banal evil of Hamish Linklater, and what it means to try to fight addiction while…
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The Parasocial Bookie feat. Emiliano Mellino
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1:01:03Emiliano Mellino joins us in the middle of a riff about how we should be able to kinetically engage swans with lethal force to talk about how the employment tribunal system in the U.K. is fundamentally broken. Before that, we review the death of Neom and a16z’s newest innovation in the field of American Dynamism: more addictive gambling! Check out …
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Yuri Gagarin, The Soviet Andrew Tate (w. Milo Edwards)
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1:35:56The Soviet Everyman. The Mayor of Star City. The Crusader Against Hipsters. This week, we're joined by podcast host and comedian Milo Edwards to talk about Yuri Gagarin's colourful post-flight career: becoming a manosphere influencer and the divine role model for all Russian children. Find Milo's work and comedy tour dates here! Support FTL on Patr…
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Who's this Guy then? Is probably what they said when they found the bloke with all the gunpowder under Parliament, and how amusing that would have been, due to what his name was. We're joined by our streamer friend Ricky Peacock to talk chicken "burgers," comedy college, and Conker News, before we figure out whether Bonfire Night is good or bad or …
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PREVIEW: The Derek Zoolander Economic Institute For Kids Who Can't Maintain Currency Value Good ft. Ezequiel Bistoletti
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10:21A few old friends stop by - Palmer Luckey, Shaun Maguire, and Eight Sleep... then we take a deep dive into the mind of the Irreverent Troop MP who loves Flags and is Serious About Flags and The Boats, Mike Tapp. Then in the second half, Riley is joined by Ezequiel Bistoletti - professor at the University of Buenos Aires and host of the YouTube seri…
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In March 2025, 200 natalists and their closest friends assembled in Austin, Texas for the second gathering of NatalCon, a convention intended to discover the core causes of declining birthrates and come up with solutions to address those problems. This week, Josh and June watched videos recorded from that convention to see what they were cooking. T…
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212 - Bloodborne (feat. What’s All This Then?)
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2:39:29Charlotte and Libby from the What’s All This Then podcast join the lads in Yharnam as they cover the nightmare that is FromSoftware’s 2015 gothic horror opus: Bloodborne. Topics include the steep learning curve, the masterful escalation of horror, and what it means to conquer your anxieties in the greatest Britain simulator ever made. What’s All Th…
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The Day After The Day After Tomorrow ft. Séamus Malekafzali
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1:15:11Séamus - now host of the Turbulence podcast about the post-American imperial age - joins us to talk about the ceasefire in Gaza that wasn't, as well as the whole-of-government effort to rehabilitate football hooliganism. Also, we look at a fun new way to get carbon dioxide into your body. Check out Séamus's new show - https://turbulencepod.substack…
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OooOOO how'd 'e do that then! Is what you'd say if you were watching Derren Brown make a guy think he really wants a sausage roll or whatever. It's our first All In-Person episode! We recorded an episode in an actual bloody room together with our first return main feed guest, Slowpuke, to discuss Britain's greatest magician and the absolute mentali…
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*PREVIEW* Ingest Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
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10:04Riley, Nova, and Hussein chug some down some heavy metals, talk about rare earths, ChatGPT’s OTHER other detour into porn (before curing cancer), and the slow death of neoliberalism. Then, Wired does some crucial journalism: talking to Cybertruck owners who all need to find polite ways of saying they have a “getting yelled at” fetish. Get the whole…
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Next week we're recording our first in-person episode together and Josh is still prepping, so it's time for another mailbag episode. This week's topics include Elon Musk's super-sperm, Warhammer 40K, adoption as a tool of natalism, the pitfalls of accelerated home learning, and how we've discovered the flow and format of the podcast as we've gone a…
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038 - Operation Paperclip to Tesla (feat. Claire from The Death of James Dean)
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1:57:28What in tarnation?! The gang's back with Philadelphia DIY dynamo Claire from The Death of James Dean to talk about a real good episode for faces. This time we talk age regressing at the punk show, Princess Celestia femdoms Granny Smith's dad, and the Cuite Mark Crusaders get together in the clubhouse to watch Brickleberry. Claire's band The Death o…
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Mittelwerk, Hitler's Rocket Factory: Part 2
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48:37CONTENT WARNING Continuing our exploration into the history of Mittelwerk, the death factory that produced Wernher Von Braun's V2 missiles, we cover the successes of the A4 missile bringing unwanted attention, the use of concentration camp labour at the Peenemunde missile facility, and Operation Hydra, the British plan to bomb that facility flat. S…
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211 - Faye Anything (feat. I Hate James Dobson) [Whit’s Endless Summer 47]
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30:37THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Jake from the I Hate James Dobson podcast and the lads return to Odyssey for further adventures in trust funds, marriage counseling, and the next mayor of Odyssey: Margaret Faye. Topics include the never ending Eugene and Katrina will they/won’t they, the effects of bingeing 400 …
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Lock, Stock, and One Infinite Wheel of Suffering feat. Adam Becker
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55:42Astrophysicist Adam Becker joins us in this pre-recorded episode to talk about the ongoing billionaire space race and the material limits of the ideology of infinite growth that underpins it. Also, we send a pitch out into the universe to Guy Ritchie for a great new character. Check out MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER here! Get more TF episodes each week b…
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59 - Spider-Man 2: So Smart! w/ Justin from Librarypunk
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1:13:18https://www.librarypunk.gay/patreon.com/agabpodlinktr.ee/kayandskittlesyoutube.com/laborkyleBy All Gamers Are Bastards
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*PREVIEW* Norwood Team Six ft. Eleanor Penny
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10:12Eleanor Penny rejoins us to talk about the government and media class’s ongoing cynicism in suppressing and criminalising any expression of Palestinian solidarity. We also read an article that - let’s say - got everyone in something of a Tilly. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here: https://www.miloedw…
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Elon Musk was once hailed as one of the brightest wealthy Americans who was standing up for progressive causes like climate change. Then he threw away that reputation as he rapidly shifted rightward and publicly embraced white nationalist conspiracy theories. This week, June and Josh explore Elon Musk’s under-discussed but high-priority views on bi…
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Socialism with Ponzi Characteristics ft. Grace Mausser and Álvaro López
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1:02:46It's the free one! Riley speaks with DSA members Grace and Alvaro about the long years and efforts the organisation put in to secure Zohran Mamdani the democratic nomination for NY mayor… apparently it’s more than just TikToks! But first, we revisit an old, old friend and look at a shiny new piece of hardware. Check out the Mamdani campaign site he…
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210 - Into the Woods (feat. Mattie Lubchansky)
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2:57:51Mattie Lubchansky (Boys Weekend, Simplicity) and the lads grab their cow as white as milk, their cape as red as blood, their hair as yellow as corn, their slipper as pure as gold, and feed a potion to a rapping witch as they cover Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s 1986 fairy tale musical: Into the Woods. Topics include the massive reworking of th…
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That's Quite Interesting! Is what you would say if you turned on BBC One at 10pm on a Saturday, I think, in like 2005. We're joined by Justin McElroy, the outrageously prolific host of My Brother, My Brother and Me, The Adventure Zone, and Sawbones, to discuss panel shows, Christmas puddings, a Target wot fell off a hill, and what the King's Rememb…
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It's no secret that large families tend to homeschool their children. But why is this their approach of choice, and how does it work? This week, Josh and June take a look at the origin of homeschooling and discover how the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), an advocacy organization founded by homeschool parents, has effectively created a…
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*PREVIEW* National Boulder Association ft. Jeremy Kaplowitz and Alex Ptak
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10:01Jeremy and Alex from the Quorators join us to talk about the oncoming AI slop deluge, the epidemic of boulder violence against glass bridges, and then we deal with some U.K. themed quoras. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), M…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads hop in their 1964 metallic mint-green Buick Skylarks and get arrested for murder as they cover Jonathan Lynn’s 1992 legal comedy: My Cousin Vinny. Topics include the Era of the Screenplay, the film’s dedication to legal procedure, and the unspeakable cinematic power of h…
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*PREVIEW* Titan AE (w. Josh Boerman & AJ Ditty)
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15:51This is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, consider supporting Failure To Launch on Patreon. This week, Quinn, Chris, and Other Chris are joined by Josh Boerman and AJ Ditty of the Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast to talk about the famous 2000 flop of Titan AE - a showing so bad it kille…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall On this episode of Fancy Movie Time with Brian and A.J., the Fancy Lads head to Taipei and dance with the pigeon man as they cover Edward Yang's coming-of-age drama Yi Yi (2000). Do the film's novelistic approach and impeccable characterizations make it a Fancy Feast? Or does its…
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You Have Selected You, Meaning Me ft. Archie Woodrow
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1:12:33Archie has been following the ups and downs of Your Party, and gives us the inside story on where it all went wrong organisationally. Then, we read another article about AI intruding into people’s lives and making them horribly uncanny. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here:…
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Oughhhhgurhhhh chocolate mmm oghhh I need it I'm on my period and I need chocolate. Is what I'd be saying if I was eating a Crunchie instead of writing this god damn podcast description! We're joined by Gareth Reynolds, host of Next We Have and The Dollop and another Real Life Brit (who is also American) to discuss the vast and wonderful world of B…
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Move over Deloitte Pride Float - there’s a new brand of liberalism in town! Ahmed al-Sharaa, erstwhile leader of HTS, now promoting Syria as a global investment destination, sits down with his old sporting rival David Petraeus. What’s six years of imprisonment between friends? Also, we talk about the recognition of Palestine and who “gets” to be a …
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The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown created an online ecosystem ripe for misinformation and radicalization. One of the new right wing movements that got its start during this time was the "Parents' Rights" movement, and the group that has pushed this the hardest is Moms For Liberty, who portray themselves as moms standing up for freedom. This week, …
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Mittelwerk, Hitler's Rocket Factory: Part 1
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1:05:05HUGE CONTENT WARNING FOR THIS SERIES To start our retelling of the story of the Mittelwerk death factory, we cover the early history of the Nazi military rocket program. The VfR amateur rocket club, Walter Dornberger, and the internal politics and squabbling that created the infamous Peenemunde rocket test site. SOURCES: Jean Michel & Louis Nucera,…
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