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It Could Be Worse helps you feel better about your problems by describing the tragic lives of history’s most unlucky people. This darkly comedic podcast is created in association with WTBU Radio. Visit wtburadio.orgfor more.


    • Mar 20, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Important Update!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 1:40


    In this update Cat and Anna discuss a worst case scenario, rawr XD, being more like Lisa, refrigerator noises, and how current events will effect the podcast. Toodles bitches.

    Episode 11: Charles II of Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 23:41


    In this episode , Anna and Cat discuss inbreeding, jawlines, appendicitis, science in the 1600s, erotic donuts, and the man who ended the reign of the Hapsburg dynasty by no fault of his own. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 9: The Plague

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 23:55


    Today Anna and Cat discuss pus and blood part 2, Axe body spray, kink shaming, fleas, rats, and a disease indifferent to who it wiped out.

    Episode 8: Tarrare

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 39:39


    Today Anna and Cat (and Layla) discuss powerful laxatives, belts o' skin, wooden chests, the pus of life, and a man's journey to become the hungriest, stinkiest, stretchiest human of all time. Sources: London Medical Physical Journal. "Polyphagism." Eclectic Repertory and Analytical Review, Medical and Philosophical (1810-1820) 10.1 (1820): 136. Web. Good, John Mason. The Study of Medicine. 4th American Ed., Reprinted from the Last London Ed., Greatly Improved and Enl.. ed. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1826. Web. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrare --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 7: Salem Witch Trials

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 34:20


    Today Anna and Cat discuss Kool Aid, doing simple math, boredom in the 17th century, and an unlucky set of circumstances that led to the SECOND biggest witch hunt in North American history. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 6: Violet Jessop

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 38:15


    Today Anna and Cat discuss the dangers of dress up, Sandals Beach Resorts, finger infections, what it takes to get your sea legs, and one woman's career as an ocean liner stewardess that was a failure of Titanic proportions. Sources: Titanic Survivor by John Maxtone-Graham --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 5: The Donner Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 30:18


    Today Anna and Cat discuss carseats, human flesh, what it takes to get to the West Coast, banishment, and collarbone stabbings. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 4: John White and The Lost Colony

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 29:58


    Anna and Cat are back! 'Cause everyone wanted to know...Today they discuss the original sausage party, unknown birthdates, stuff getting touched, and one man's failed quest to start a colony in America. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 3: Frane Selak

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 20:50


    Planes, Franes, trains, and automobiles! What are the chances of landing in a haystack? Can one singe off their own hair? Which came first? The chicken or the egg? What does it mean to be doused in hot oil? Join Anna and Cat as they embark on another epic journey through the intense bad luck of Frane Selak. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 2: Roy Sullivan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 23:00


    Join Anna and Cat as they discuss the park ranger who was struck by lightning seven times. Do we need our big toes? Can men recharge? How does underwear become holy? All will be revealed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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