Podcasts about worst foot forward

Well friends, this is the end. The final episode of Worst Foot Forward sees Barry and Ben talking about the World's Worst Ending. There are welcome returns from old pals (hey there, Pliny) as the boys explore everything from swansongs to TV finales, sporting calamity to literary disaster. It's a grab-bag befitting the grab-bag nature of the podcast. Thanks to everyone for listening over the years, all the guests who have appeared on the show, the donors on Patreon and our spouses for bearing with our trivia addictions. We'll see you on another podcast somewhere soon. B&B

Some said it couldn't be done. Some said it SHOULDN'T be done. But here we are - the podcast has reached 300 episodes! So the proud parents are taking out the photo album to show off some of their big strong pod-child's embarrassing snaps from its youth. In the time-honoured style of one of those TV retrospective shows, Barry and Ben each share 3 of their favourite facts from the show, 5 of their favourite moments and their favourite episode. Enjoy some classic Worst Foot Forward clips such as Lisztomania, Morrissey's appalling sex scenes, live audience sound FX, George Sitwell's wasp gun and the lifespan of astatine.  The show features the following guests, in order of appearance: Bethany Black, Moxie Labouche, Georgie Morrell (now Georgie Wyatt), Joshua Tonks, Seb Falk, Helen Arnie, Professor Elemental, Tristan Bernays, Tulip Siddiq MP, Alexander Bennett, Paul Duncan McGarrity, Dr Kit Chapman, Robyn Perkins, Joel Morris, Bec Hill, Jay Foreman, Ria Lina, Johnny Chiodini, Ellie Gibson, Will Seaward and Dr Keir Shiels. Thanks to all our guests over the past 8 years and 300 episodes, to all our listeners and to all our Patreon donors. It's been quite the wild ride. We hope you enjoy this chance to glance back at our skidmarks. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show going forward! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com  

Happy new year folks, and we're starting it off with our eyes on the prize hoping for big money at long odds - it's the World's Worst Bet. Comedian and professional poker player Ken Cheng is with us to cast his eye over the runners and riders as he brings stories of the bets professional gamblers place when away from the cosy environs of a casino. Barry has stories of Russian authors, English rakes and tasers, while Ben walks around Blackheath, dodging geese and brothels every step of the way. What a normal, Worst Foot Forward way to start 2024! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @kenchengcomedy Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show, and especially as we work on our book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Christmas Day is here, and it's not just under your tree that you'll find delightful gifts. Here too, at Worst Foot Forward, we come laden with treats in the form of our annual round-up of our favourite moments from the past 12 months. Join us for a jaunt through highlights such as our two live shows which featured sibling rivalry and Adventure Bombs, Ben's wife teaching us about taxes, Caimh O'Donnell barely scratching the surface of Florida Man's insanity, Rosie Holt's fear of dancing, Ivan “from The Traitors” critiquing actual traitors from history, and Ed Byrne wishing to say farewell to “an Irish Goodbye”. Merry Christmas to all our listeners, and here's to a wonderful 2024. This episode features: Ed Byrne, Sam See, Carrie Quinlan, Silvana Van der Velde, Matt Kirshen, Rosie Holt, Caimh O'Donnell, Lexx Education, Jon Gracey, Matt Green, Joshua Tonks, Daisy Earl, Rob Manuel, Chris Grace, Ivan Brett, Johnny Chiodini and Ellie Gibson. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show - especially at this time of year, if you can help us out, it makes all the difference as we look forward to another 12 months of podcasting! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

We love a live show here at Worst Foot Forward and this one was no different! We were joined by the team from Lexx Education - Laura Lexx and her brother Ron - for an episode about the World's Worst Sibling as part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival in London. Brothers-in-arms Ben and Barry presented a combination of Hollywood and Washington high-flyers, while Laura went back to Ancient Egypt and Rob discovered a third, less-good Attenborough brother down the back of the genealogical sofa. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @LexxEducation Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan more live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

* TICKETS HERE: https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/balham/the-bedford/cheerful-earful-podcast-festival-day-6?t=tickets * WHAT: Worst Foot Forward Live - World's Worst Sibling with guests Laura Lexx & Ron WHEN: 5th November 2023 @ 12.00pm WHERE: Bedford Pub, London SW12 9HD We love a live show here at Worst Foot Forward and, with winter drawing on, we have one coming along to brighten these chilly days! On November 5th at midday, as part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival in London, you can join us for a show about the World's Worst Siblings! Our guests will be real-life siblings and hosts of the Lexx Education podcast, comedian Laura Lexx and her cleverer brother Ron. Relationships will be challenged, scores will be settled. So whether you're a middle-child, an only-child or a problem-child, all are welcome. Tickets are available at the link above, or through the festival website: https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @LexxEducation Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan more live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com  

We now go to Worst Foot Forward for a broadcast finding the dumbest political broadcasts on Earth. In the company of sharp-shooting satirical comic Matt Green we globetrot from New Zealand to Brazil to China, with a short break to tip our hats a Josef Goebbels messing up royally as we discover the dregs of political communication. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @mattgreencomedy Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @mattgreencomedy Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Ahead of the opening of Breeding at the King's Head Theatre, Barry McStay sat down to talk about his latest play and why he felt compelled to tell Eoin and Zeb's story. He opened up about the experience of working at the King's Head following his earlier play Verspertillio being part of the theatre's Plays on Film season in 2021. Forming part of Tom Ratcliffe's guest Queer Interrogation season at the King's Head Theatre, Breeding is a story about a gay couple looking into adoption and the real life challenges that come with this. As an openly gay man himself, Barry tells us about his own personal experiences coming to London from Ireland and developing work as both an actor and a writer that authentically reflected the realities of being in the LGBTQ+ community. In this interview, he also praises the King's Head for continuing to bravely tell unconventional stories that provide a platform for queer writers and actors that powerfully move audiences.Since starting his career, Barry McStay has performed on both stage and screen with his plays staged at the VAULT Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival and Galway International Festival. Breeding will mark the first time Barry has also performed in his own play but he insists the show is not autobiographical. Instead, he states that the show is his way of reclaiming a narrative that has been traditionally told from the view of heterosexual couples. A proud advocate for gay rights, stories and representation, audiences should expect to be wowed by his latest work which promises to challenge and entertain everyone who buys a ticket.Breeding runs at King's Head Theatre from 19 April - 7 May with tickets available now!

Click here to buy tickets to our show at VAULT Festival, Waterloo in London on 19th February 2023: https://vaultfestival.com/events/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ This is your final countdown folks, the next Worst Foot Forward live recording is coming up on Sunday 19th February 2023 at 8.40pm at the VAULT Festival in London. Our World's Worst Games Night will feature guests Johnny Chiodini and Ellie Gibson, there'll be facts, fun, games, an audience prize and much more besides. We want to pack the place out so come along, bring a friend and stick around afterwards for a nice drink in the bar! Pop in to our friends at the board game café Draughts in Waterloo on the day of the recording, mention you're seeing the show later and they'll look after you! https://www.draughtslondon.com/locations/waterloo/ Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show, and especially as we work on our first book and plan more live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Comedian and podcaster Ben Van Der Velde joins Tyler this week to discuss The Fear Of Wages, Spike Milligan's favourite Goon Show ever and a neat parody of the classic French film The Wages Of Fear (later remade as Sorcerer). Broadcast in March 1956 its entry in the BBC Transcription Services catalogue reads: "For fourteen years Major Bloodnok and Captain Neddie Seagoon have been fighting the Japanese in Burma. For eleven of those years the war has been over, but the two sides have only recently awoken to this fact. Preparing for a triumphal return to Britain, complete with Japanese prisoners and Japanese saké, Neddie has the honour to be put in charge of the truck containing nitro-glycerine." Tyler and Ben talk comedy influences, contemporary politics, favourite gags and characters, topics and language 'of its time', ask why the Ray Ellington number Pink Champagne was edited out of the later versions while an aural joke was fixed, and point out a Bluebottle inconsistency. Ben's podcast Worst Foot Forward is HERE: worstfootforwardpodcast.com

How often do you believe that something you initially perceive your worst foot forward ends up being the best thing that could ever happen? ------- Is getting ahead of the game no longer challenging enough for you? It's time to change the rules of the game! Come join us in the Outlier's Edge Masterclass to experience high-flame, high-impact, and high-transformation live coaching session: http://outliersedge.com/masterclass

* We're now on Instagram! @worstfoot * It's the big birthday, the day of days, let the jubilation commence! Worst Foot Forward's 250th Episode arrives in all its rag-glads, dressed down to the ones and ready to party like it's 1499. Ben and Barry share all sorts of facts and stories about birthdays, celebrations, presents, ageing and cake with a little help from a whole host of past guests. Joining us with their tales of terrible celebrations and baking disasters are Tiernan Douieb, Tatty Hennessy, Kit Chapman, Sacha Coward, Alasdair Beckett-King, Sadie Clark, Felix Trench, Bec Hill and Joel Morris. We also have a couple bits of news which we chat about and explain in more detail in the opening 10 minutes. The headlines are that the podcast is hereafter going to be released every two weeks rather than weekly to accommodate our increasingly busy schedules. That schedule now includes writing the Worst Foot Forward book with the aid of our new writing agent, Emily Sweet - how exciting! We also welcome Nell Thomas on board as our social media manager / official archivist to help us reach more listeners and keep you all up-to-date on what's happening at Worst Foot Towers. And for Patreon donors, there will be new treats such as the chance to pose questions to us and our guests in advance of upcoming recordings. So, we may be older, not much wiser, ever changing but still the same. We hope you enjoy the birthday episode, thanks for sticking by us for the past 5 years and never fear - there's much more silly trivia yet to come! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @TiernanDouieb @TattyHennessy @ChemistyKit @sacha_coward @MisterABK @SadieLeylaClark @felixtrench @bechillcomedian @gralefrit Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan more live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

The guys are back and celebrating their birthdays. Cody enjoyed some cultural events and Brian is concerned about seating. Cody fed the trolls. Brian went to New Orleans to feed his soul, and of course things took a turn for the worst. a humidifier stumped Cody. The saga of Cody's fight with "The Man" continues. The conversation turns to A and B list superheroes.

Rachel Wheeley is a comedian and MC. She has written for Newsjack, The News Quiz and Listen Against. She has appeared on the BBC's Podcast Radio Hour as well as Reasons to be Cheerful, Worst Foot Forward and Thank Book For podcasts. Rach makes a daily walking podcast, Walk the Pod. As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Sounds.Rach has chaired for the Royal Institution, performed for the British Film Institute's ‘Comedy Genius' tour and performed at Glastonbury festival with the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.In 2018 she was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's great to be here with this week's episode of *check A4 sheet on the back of guitar* Worst Foot Forward to talk about the worst festivals in history. Joined by the host of the Castival podcast, Matt Hoss, we talk about the disastrous iterations of Woodstock, the plague-ridden Chicago World's Fair and why you should be very careful promoting a Charles Dickens Festival. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @matthosscomedy Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

*BOOK TICKETS TO OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW* - Sunday 20th February 2022, 2.30pm at VAULT Festival, London with special guests Johnny Chiodini and Ellie Gibson: https://vaultfestival.com/events/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/  Happy Christmas, Merry New Year, Joyful Holidays and whatever you're having yourself. It's been a wild 12 months at Worst Foot Forward towers in a year that saw a lot of lockdowns, another live recording and some brilliant guests, episodes and trivia. In the grandest of traditions, we've compiled our favourite clips from the past year into a bumper festive episode. With standout moments including Barry & Ben fan fiction, the horrors of Action Park and the spooky history of Robert Todd Lincoln, this episode features (in order of appearance): Jay Foreman, Ria Lina, Bec Hill, Dr Kit Chapman, Pete Donaldson, Sukh Ojla, Neil Delamere, Tom Scott, Moxie Labouche, Mark Cooper-Jones, Kat Arney, Daniel Quirke, Runi Talwar, Mat Ricardo, Sacha Coward, Emma Gleeson, Tatty Hennessy, Simon O'Rourke, Tasha Dhanraj and Paul Duncan McGarrity. Thanks to them, to all our guests this year and to you lot for listening and laughing. Here's to more of the same in 2022. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Original broadcast date August 13, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/08/binary-system-podcast-230-transformers-war-for-cybertron-siege/ So after the usual SitRep with beers (North Carolina started with a hurricane and ended with an earthquake SO THAT'S PRETTY NORMAL FOR 2020) we touched on bad sports movies and dietary supplement horror stories, and then we jumped straight into Transformers - War For Cybertron: Siege. There's so much about it we like and very few things we dislike. (Pros: Optimus' voice and Jetfire's face. Cons: Megatron's lips.) And after that we had to go nuts about Lore Olympus and how much Apollo needs to be PUNCHED IN THE FACE, before finishing up with Doctor Who and the upcoming audio drama. (Christopher Eccleston eeeeeeeeee!!) This week's outro is a clip from Apollo by Mystery Mammal. Here's an article talking about Christopher Eccleston and his struggle with depression and anorexia. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/entertainment/christopher-eccleston-dr-who-anorexia-intl-scli-gbr/index.html Since we enjoy them so much, here's a link to the Worst Foot Forward podcast https://podbay.fm/podcast/1182008770 and The Dream podcast. https://podbay.fm/podcast/1435743296 Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use http://www.scottishlaird.co.uk/#_a_2gk to get there, you can support this podcast too! If you want to follow along with Fanart Fridays, check us out on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

We often struggle to keep it clean here on Worst Foot Forward and this week it will be extra hard as we are getting down and dirty with the World's Worst Cleaner. Award-winning playwright Tatty Hennessy is with us to share grubby tales of space and Bitcoin, while Ben finds a terrorist with a yen for cleanliness and Barry tries to clean - and then paint - the tallest building in the world. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @tattyhennessy Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan our next live show! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com  

It's spooky season with Hallowe'en upon us and so there's a funereal tone on Worst Foot Forward this week. With podcaster extraordinaire Pete Donaldson as our chief mourner, we are trying not to trip up the cortege at the World's Worst Funeral. There are wrong bodies, un-dead bodies, exploding bodies and lots more bodies besides. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @petedonaldson Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan more live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

It's a contest about a contest today as we bring podcaster and Eurovision Song Contest fanatic Kris Ball to help us sort out the World's Worst Eurovision Act. In what may be a baffling experience for anyone not from this continent, we discuss miming playing instruments, Portugal's up-and-down history with the event and the wit and wisdom of Sir Terry Wogan. We also make Worst Foot Forward history as all three of us arrive with exactly the same candidate... Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @KrisWhoTweets Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Join us for some A-grade navel-gazing as we look back at the conception of our own podcast 5 years ago. We sprinkle in some bits of trivia along the way as we reminisce about Ben walking the London Underground, visits to nuclear bunkers and reveal some behind-the-scenes details including the discarded alternative names for the show! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Pew pew, pew-pew-pew, laser sounds etc! It's time for Worst Foot Forward to go sub-atomic, intergalactic and beyond the realms of possibility with an episode all about the World's Worst Sci-Fi Movie. We are joined by comedian, streamer and sci-fi expert Rik Carranza who directs his phasers to the stunningly bad Battlefield Earth. Barry digs up an animated film that tanked a Hollywood studio while Ben goes to the shores of the Black Sea in search of Wookiees. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @RikCarranza Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing - especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Welcome to the house of fun on Worst Foot Forward as this week we take a rollercoaster ride with YouTuber and presenter Tom Scott in the World's Worst Theme Park. Tom expands on the theoretical awfulness of a park that doesn't even exist yet - and probably never will. Meanwhile, Ben spends much of his time with injury-claims lawyers and Barry has been googling 'sex theme parks'. Again. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @tomscott Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

It's looking sunnier outside and with that sunny disposition in our hearts, Ben and Barry look back with rose-tinted glasses at episodes 51 to 55 of Worst Foot Forward and seek out the best in those subjects. We've got Santa, Poet, Sequel, Pirate and Hip-Hop Album to cover - some of our very favourite episodes - and there are appearances from the likes of The Empire Strikes Back, Roger McGough and the musical Hamilton.  Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing… https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Knock knock! Who's there? Why it's the Worst Foot Forward guys with their guest Shalaka Kurup and they're poking their heads around various portals in search of the World's Worst Door. Inside you can find gates to hell, the crooked numbers on Number 10 Downing Street and Shalaka's superstitious fear of revolving doors. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @DrShalakaKurup Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing… https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

“Without great power comes no responsibility.” – Edy Hurst“I thought he was shitting a pogo stick.” – Ben Van Der Velde“This is the silliest ‘Silliest Superest Heroest Podcast' podcast I have recorded.” Aaron Simmonds.Everything you need to know about episode 10 in 3 sentences. Edy Hurst and Ben Van Der Velde go head-to-head (and then upper body-to-upper body) in a hypothetical superhero podcast based jousting duel. What will be in this smoothie of superheroness? Follow Edy here: @EdyHurst and listen to his podcast Edy Hurst's Podcast Version of... The War of the World‪s here: https://apple.co/2R9aIIGFollow Ben here: @BenVanDerVelde and listen to his podcast Worst Foot Forward here: https://apple.co/2PK4vCMBen also runs one of my favourite comedy clubs in the country check it out www.goodshipcomedy.com and you can check out his stand up special on NextUphttps://nextupcomedy.com/benvandervelde/?fp_ref=benvandervelde I've also got a show on NextUp, watch it after you've watched Ben's? Ta.As ever you can email the show with questions/suggestions/complaints: SuperestPod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the show has been taken over by the podcast “Worst Foot Forward” as part of Operation Switcheroo. Find them at https://worstfootforward.libsyn.com/ and on Twitter at @WorstFoot or email worstfootforwardpodcast@gmail.com."An encyclopaedia of heroic failure Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular mis-steps that pockmark human endeavour. If you ever want to feel better about your progress in life, take a listen and enjoy a lovely schadenfreude bubble bath."Worst Foot Forward Ep 201: Carl Donnelly – World’s Worst CoffeeThis week’s episode is going to gently percolate into your ears over several hours, but only after passing through the digestive system of both Ben and Barry. Joined by one of the finest stand-ups on the British circuit and self-confessed coffee snob Carl Donnelly (as well as fastidious father and son Patreon judging team David and Tyler), we enjoy tales of furious Ottoman emperors, how the CIA enjoy their coffee and the hollow depths of Melbourne hipster coffee culture

From Irish selkies to Japanese kitsune, from Najavo skin-walkers to Ethiopian werehyenas, there doesn't seem to be a culture in the world that doesn't have at least one shape-shifter in its folklore or mythology. Special guests: Worst Foot Forward Need some light reading in a heavy world?  Good thing there's the YBOF book! Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email.  

Listeners with an interest in football may well have heard the brilliant story of SV Tasmania Berlin as their unique record in German football was under threat last month. For non-football fans / regular Worst Foot Forward nerds, stay with us: they're the worst football team in the German Premier League's history, they know it and they LOVE it. If that's not what this podcast is about, we don't know what is! And so, in this special bonus episode, we are joined by Tasmania's fan coordinator HCL and their Englishman-turned-local fan Jamie to hear about how they came to rack up 31 consecutive games without a win, how their record was saved at the last second and how they love to be such losers. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @SV_Tasmania_Bln Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we write our new book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This week's show is an absolute banger. Joined by comedian and actor Sukh Ojla we head to darkest corners of the Worst Foot Forward abattoir to uncover the ludicrous history of terrible sausages. On our way we meet Kaiser Wilhelm's vicious dachshunds, the wurst Botox outbreak and how sausages have inspired bets, duels and wars. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @sukhojla Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, especially as we work on our book: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Yaaaaar me hearties. We come to you peg-legged, one-eyed, half-lunged and rotten-toothed for a special dig into our vaults. For the first time in Worst Foot Forward history both Ben and Barry are suffering under the weather (a brutal so'esterly) and so we're giving you the opportunity to listen again to one of our favourite ever episodes, all about the world's worst pirates.  We'll be back next week, ship-shape and ready to sail with more daft tales of humanity's terrible mistakes. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show in 2021, as we work on our first ever book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

A very merry new year to you all! After the stress of 2020, we thought it was best to get back to nature for our first episode of 2021. Joined by award-winning tree sculptor Simon O’Rourke we strolled through the blood-stained woodland glades of myth, history and surgery to find the world’s worst tree. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @treecarving Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first ever book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Watch Ben's new special, 'Fablemaker' on Next Up Comedy by following this link HERE. Don't forget to enter the code FABLEMAKER for 30% off Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

We can all agree that 2020 has been an absolute Mrs Brown's Boys compilation show of a year, topped off with a Michael Bolton and Kenny G duet finale. Still, could be worse. Could be 2021. For our bonus episode - paid for by our kind Patreon supporters - we decided to look into our buffed and scratched crystal ball to see what the next 12 months have in store. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first ever book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Watch Ben's new special, 'Fablemaker' on Next Up Comedy by following this link HERE. Don't forget to enter the code FABLEMAKER for 30% off Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Let's be honest folks: The words 'best' and '2020' are unlikely to appear in many sentences together. What a weird 12 months it's been. But hope springs eternal, and we're hoping for better things in the new year. Meanwhile, there were some bright points in 2020 for us at Worst Foot Forward, including our first live show, our first live stream and Ben's second baby! Along the way we were haunted by the ghost of Francis Bacon's frozen chicken, went on a round-the-world cruise with the Flat Earth Society, binge-watched Nollywood movies and adopted two geese called Norbert and Beep-Beep. Thanks to you all for listening, thanks to our many guests, and especially thanks to those who appear on this bumper compilation episode: Joseph Cullen, Terry Victor, Vicki Pipe, David Atherton, Bethany Black, Dr. Lucy Rogers, Jack Blackburn, James Shakeshaft, Delea Shand, Ola The Comedian, Ashraf Ejjbair, Lucy Jane Atkinson, Dom Nicholls, Seb Falk, Eleanor Morton, Mufseen Miah, Katy Schutte, Steve Cross, Nick Pettigrew, Juliet Meyers, Lee Kyle, Susan E. Connolly, Dr. Anna Ploszajski, Roann McCloskey and Joel Morris. Here's to 2021! Oh, and 2020? Go fuck yourself! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially now we've started to write our first book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Merry Crimblemas everyone! To send you into the festive period brimming with good cheer and premium eggnog, we've put together an episode inspired by the The Old Lady Who Swallowed A Christmas. There's an odd bit of catastrophic behaviour, some pirates and a lot of dead birds. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first ever book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Watch Ben's new special, 'Fablemaker' on Next Up Comedy by following this link HERE. Don't forget to enter the code FABLEMAKER for 30% off Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Join us truffling in the undergrowth this week as we dance among the death caps to find the world's worst fungus. In the company of the completely unique and utterly charming Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Elf Lyons, we get personal, poisonous, psychadelic and phallic. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @elf_lyons Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first ever book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Watch Ben's new special, 'Fablemaker' on Next Up Comedy by following this link HERE. Don't forget to enter the code FABLEMAKER for 30% off Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Pop on your tuxedo and join us undercover as we bumble across enemy lines for an episode all about the worst spies in history. With our special guest (and former employer) Neil Connolly, who is a self-confessed Le Carre obsessive, we enjoy tales of triple agents, cross-dressing opera singers and the most uncomfortable gadget ever concocted by Q Branch. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @chaos_neil Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first ever book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Watch Ben's new special, 'Fablemaker' on Next Up Comedy by following this link HERE. Don't forget to enter the code FABLEMAKER for 30% off Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Spooking time is upon us, with Hallowe'en looming over us, and it's   also time for our regular monthly bonus episode. For this time of year, Ben delves into the back catalogue of one of the most famous spooky authors of all time - Bram Stoker. But, being Worst Foot Forward, we wander off the beaten path away from Dracula and examine Stoker's lesser known works. We learn about his penchant for romance novels, his failed PR efforts, and the governess Miss Gimp. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing…and help us write our first book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Boo! What's that hiding under the bed? Why, it's a Hallowe'eny episode from Worst Foot Forward as comedian, actor and writer Eleanor Morton joins us to go on the World's Worst Witch Hunt. Eleanor takes us through some of the darker times in her own native Scotland, Ben talks about witch's marks and third nipples, and Barry journeys to Salem for not one but two witch trials! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @EleanorMorton Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we continue working on our very first book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This Episode On YouTube: https://youtu.be/8qwy4xPjhyY Online: www.TCBpodcast.com On this episode: The Break: Samuel L. Jackson takes no sh&t! The Show: Bryan and Hoadley get noticed by other podcasters...for all the wrongs reasons. Bryan discusses a new favorite British addiction. Hoadley makes some tough choices in the all new game " F'-Marry-Chill". You can play along at home. Bryan recalls a Finger Dip'n Good time! This and so much more on Episode 27 of The Commercial Break! Join the Break Room at www.TCBpodcast.com to get access to the Aftershow, Live Shows and more...

Another month brings another dose of bonus Worst Foot Forward content, as paid for by our kind supporters on Patreon. With Ben having taken on Columbus last month, Barry looks at the weirder side of the life of another of history's big names: Napoleon Bonaparte. We learn about his Twilight fan fiction, his incredible ability to piss off popes and what exactly the price of his penis is. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, especially as we start work on our book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Hello, bonjour and willkommen to this linguistically laden episode of Worst Foot Forward. Actor and student of languages Rich Watkins brings his talented tongue to bear on the World's Worst Language, with demonstrations of back slang and a very controversial candidate. Barry uncovers the secrets of the Rosetta Stone, and Ben doesn't disappoint long-time listeners with a discussion all about Klingon. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @RichWatkinsLDN Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing…Ben does have a new baby, after all! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Ladies and gentlemen, pray silence for this week's episode of Worst Foot Forward - or ideally, gales of laughter as we expound on the World's Worst Speech. We are joined by Dr Naomi Paxton, performer, feminist, academic, and far too brilliant to contain in one short intro. Naomi is full of wonderful stories about rollerskating suffragettes and backtracking misogynists, while Barry finds a 53 hour sermon and Ben sits through the ramblings of William Henry Harrison, whose inauguration speech was nearly longer than his presidency. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @NaomiPaxton Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing…after all, Ben has a new mouth to feed! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon for Episode 7 of their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish produced by Russell Balkind. This week's guests are actor, comedian and improvisor Ben Van Der Velde, and comedian and writer for TV and radio Juliet Meyers.Ben Van Der Velde: @BenVanDerVeldewww.benvandervelde.comOver the past decade Ben Van der Velde has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of the British Isles, as well as Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Norway. He is a regular host and act for respected British comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store, Komedia, The Glee, The Stand, the Frog & Bucket and Comedy Club 4 Kids, as well as hosting stages for Bestival, Festival No.6, End of the Road and Sunday Papers Live. He also has experience of performing at RAF Bases, large corporate events, hosting comedy workshops and doing audience warm-up for Deal Or No Deal. On top of that, he has taken commissions to perform a voodoo re-marriage ceremony, founded the Church of the Holy Kazoo with comedy legend Mark Thomas, walked the entire London Underground network to raise money for The Refugee Council, hosted a comedy tour of the FIFA Museum in Zurich and even took part in experiments at The Royal Society that revealed him to have the most infectious laugh of any human, rat or monkey. Ben is a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival, where he has performed five critically-acclaimed shows: Chain Letter, Strudelhead, Barbarians,Sidekick and Fablemaker. In 2016 his show received 5 and 4 star reviews, whilst several of jokes made it into lists of ‘Best Joke at the Fringe' compiled by The Scotsman, i-News and The Huffington Post. Ben is co-host of podcast “Worst Foot Forward” and also runs “Classic Joke Club” as an Edinburgh show.Juliet Meyers: @julietmeyersJuliet Meyers is a stand-up comedian, MC and writer and recently appeared on Jason Manford's weekly stand up show on Zoom. She has written for Sarah Millican, on “The Sarah Millican Television Programme” and her radio series “Elephant in the Room”. Juliet has also written for panellists on “8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown” (channel 4), “Mock The Week” (BBC2), Radio 4's “News Quiz” and “Now Show”, Radio 2's “Listomania with Susan Calman”, “Breaking the News” (BBC Radio Scotland),as well as topical jokes for various end of the year news round ups. Juliet has taught comedy at University of Brunel and courses on self expression and resilience through comedy at various secondary schools. She was previously a writer and editor of educational teen magazines for 10 years. A familiar face at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival since 2004, her solo shows have been received with critical acclaim. Most recently she has been working with a new comedy partner, her dog Homer, who co-starred in “This Flipping Rescue Dog Has Ruined My Life” and “Year of the Dog”. Before Coronavirus put a stop to those sort of shenanigans, Juliet was starting to preview a brand new show, “Found” in which she talks about how she “went to India to discover my Iraqi-Jewish roots and unleashed family feuds, bad gurus, smug sex therapists and furious monkeys. I fell out with my travel companion and I nearly died (twice).” Like our very own Rachel Creeger, Juliet is part of the rotating cast for Sajeela Kershi's award winning show “Immigrant Diaries”.--------------------------------------------------------------------- So those are our guests. Follow them on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show. Facebook: @JewTalkinTwitter: @JewTalkinInstagram: @JewTalkin *This episode was recorded under lockdown conditions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are bang slap in the middle of nowhere, up a creek without a paddle and being urged violently to do a U-Turn where possible as we follow the World's Worst Map. Alongside us is historian Seb Falk who talks us through the weird and wonderful places and things to be found in the Hereford Mappa Mundi. Ben takes us wandering in the Mountains of Kong (spoiler: they don't exist) and Barry finds a map of a square and stationary Earth! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @Seb_Falk Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support us as we start work on a Worst Foot Forward book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Your podcast needs YOU! This week we're joined by the creative whirlwind Madison Coby: actor, graphic designer and illustrator to discuss all the things that can go wrong on a simple piece of A3 paper. We dive into the worlds of fashion, film-making and wartime propaganda to discuss words and images that should never have been put together on paper. Are you podcast body ready...? Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @madison_coby Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing… https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Check out Madison's incredible designs here: https://www.madisoncoby.co.uk/ Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

It's that time of the month again, your extra dose of Worst Foot Forward in our bonus episode paid for by our kind supporters on Patreon. This month, with half of the world locked away from Covid-19 and trying to think of things to do, Barry takes us on a quick tour of the history and trivia behind various indoor games you can play in your own locked-down home! Learn about the soothsaying past of Solitaire, what the French call Blind Man's Buff and wonder at the beautiful trophy awarded at the Hide-And-Seek World Championships. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support us in these unemployed, pandemic-stricken times: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

For tickets to our first ever live show in London on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ Boom-bang-a-bang! Worst Foot Forward are waving their deadly weapons around. Ben and Barry are joined by former army man and current defence correspondent at The Daily Telegraph, Dom Nicholls who tries his best to be sergeant-major to their minor misdemeanours. Dom gives us the lowdown on nuclear weaponry, especially the ill-fated hand-held nuclear rocket launcher. Meanwhile, Barry kills a multitude of different animals in the company of Catholic saints and our friends at the Special Operations Executive. And Ben takes the old joke about razorblades and tried to get as many barrels as possible onto a single gun. Take cover!  Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @DomNicholls  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ Ho ho ho! Happy "that time of year again when the old year dies and the new one rises from its ashes"! But this time we're also changing decades. For those of you who find this much change far too scary, we've got some good ol' fashioned nostalgia to keep you grounded. Ben and Barry, with help from some of their dutiful Twitter followers, have been digging out some of their favourite moments from Worst Foot Forward in 2019 and here they are in all their glory. Savour again delights such as a chorus of vaginas, the invasion of Sark by a single Frenchman, how Joan Rivers changed Cally Beaton's life, the saint who suckles at a deer's teet and the maddest ten minutes of your life as we lose our minds over toad sex. Thanks to all of you for listening in 2019, here's to a new year as silly as the last clearly was! These crimes against podcasting were aided and abetted by: Dan Muggleton, Ari Eldjarn, Sara Pettit, Johnny Chiodini, Steve Gribbin, Jacob Hawley, Andrew Somerville, Andrew Gruen, Tom Hall, Alasdair Beckett-King, Cally Beaton, Rob Mulholland, Sooz Kempner, Katie Pritchard, Angus Dunican, Keir Shiels and Alexander Bennett. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support endeavours such as our upcoming live show: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

** Still need a last-minute Christmas gift...Well, why not buy some tickets to our first ever live show, which is in London on February 29th 2020! Follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ Merry Christmas one and all! If you've already run out of topics of conversation with your family members, well Worst Foot Forward is here to help! Join us for a batch of festive trivia as Barry takes us on a sleigh-ride through some Christmas traditions from around the world. There is the New Zealand Christmas Tree, the Christmas Pickle, The Late Late Toy Show and the Swedish TV tradition that ruined its host's marriages. Thanks to all our listeners for their support this year and through the years, hope you have a peaceful holiday season and we'll see you in 2020! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! We are doing our first ever LIVE RECORDING of Worst Foot Forward! It’s time to allow an audience to witness just how shambolic things are behind-the-mic… On February 29th 2020, at 4.30pm, we are throwing the World’s Worst Dinner Party at the VAULT Festival in Waterloo in London. Ben and Barry will be joined by 3 former guests of the podcast - yet to be announced, but we promise you, they’re among our and your favourites from the past 3 years of shows. We will be trying out some food from the Futurists Cookbook. There will probably be party games, anecdotes, audience questions, our usual mix of silliness and trivia, and a whole lot else besides. Tickets are on sale right now so please get booking - because we want to see as many of you wonderful listeners as we can, and because we are terrified of no one coming! You can find all the details at this link here:  https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording/ Follow us on Twitter for further updates, audience competitions and guest announcements: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Jesus did not come into the world to point a finger at us and tell us all about the mess we already know we are. Instead, he came to offer Himself to us. To trust him is to get saved which is bigger than just about souls going to heaven. It is about healing for our souls and our bodies. Healing for our churches and our governments too. It is an invitation to real whole life. And the thing about this invitation is that you can put your worst foot forward. Even if you have made if yourself the biggest mess that feels irreversible, you are more than invited. Jesus is still in the business of inviting very messy people to real whole life

Straighten your tie, sit up straight, eat up your greens and don't even think about listening to this podcast dressed in that short skirt as this week we're talking about the world's worst parents.   We're joined by stand-up comedian (and former senior vice-president) Cally Beaton who shares with us tales of Hollywood amorality, dolphin-led birthing and spitting on babies to keep the devil away.   Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @CallyBeaton   Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward   Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Well hey there good looking, let's say you and me head back to my place, hop on the good foot and do the bad thing?  That's right, listen to a podcast all about terrible chat-up lines (whilst rutting.)   We're joined by comedian Juliette Burton this week to talk about the worst wooing imaginable: why Casanova is more than just a charmer, how to pick up a partner in Ancient Rome, the horror of hack and one man's terrible moustache and even worse self-publishing empire.   Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  @JulietteBurton   Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward   Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

For what you are about to hear, we are truly sorry. Which is appropriate, as we are all about the World’s Worst Apology this week in the company of the sorry excuse for a human that is Angus Dunican and with guest judge, Patreon supporter and friend of the show, the unforgivable Dr Keir Shiels. We have big hitters like Galileo and the US government, Barry goes round the board of the game Sorry!, Ben joins a Japanese measles cult and we all try to cast the stage adaptation of The Muppets Christmas Carol.   Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @keirshiels @AngusDunican   Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward   Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Pop on your lab coats and join us down in the Worst Foot Forward labs as we uncover a carnival of quackery, forgery and all sorts of morally dubious activity done in the name of human progress. At the behest of one of our Patreon supporters we took a look at some of the world's worst scientific frauds and uncovered the story of the Piltdown Man (mammoth tusk cricket bat and all), how to make gold from seawater and why a certain species of toad are really into S&M. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @AlexyBennett Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support us as we venture forth into professional recording studios: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Welcome to Series 3 of Rex Factor! This time we will be reviewing all the Queen and Prince Consorts of England from Ealhswith to Prince Philip. In this introductory episode, we explain how we will be reviewing consorts (as opposed to monarchs) in each of the factors and then have an interview with Privy Councillor Dr Emma Southon, who has written a brilliant book on a Roman Consort, Agrippina. You can follow Emma on Twitter (@NuclearTeeth) and her website https://www.emmasouthon.com Her podcast is History is Sexy (@SexyHistoryPod) and her book on Agrippina is "Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore". You can find the Worst Foot Forward podcast on Twitter (@WorstFoot) and https://www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com

For our holiday special this year, we're incredibly pleased to bring you "Redeemers" by Bilal Dardai.  Adapted from his stage play of the same name, we're proud to bring you this full-length piece for the very first time in audio. Bilal is also a writer HartLife NFP's upcoming show Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery.  For rights inquiries for live performances of Redeemers, you can contact Bilal Dardai through his page on the New Play Exchange, or learn more on his website or Patreon. This special presentation was made possible by our fantastic patrons on the HartLife NFP patreon.  This funding is crucial to the company as we prepare to launch our new show- we hope you'll consider supporting us at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp. Thank you all so much for listening. Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Nick— Patrick King Mercy— Marsha Harman Abel— Bilal Dardai Written by Bilal Dardai. Directed by  Jess Hutchinson. Special Thanks to Linsey Falls. Sound Design by Alexander Danner. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by Mel Ruder. Music by United States Air Force Concert Band (Jing, Jing, Jing (Jingle Bells), Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, March, and Chinese Dance), Pat-A-Pan, Carol of the Bells),  United States Air Force Band of Mid-America Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble (Oh Danny Boy), Kevin McCleod (We Wish you a Merry Christmas, Nouvelle Noel, Oh Holy Night, Silent Night), Kai Engel (Holiday Gift), Additional Music (from Audio Hero, Audio Blocks:, A World of My Own, Traveler’s Soul, The Rabbi Storyteller, Worst Foot Forward). Rosemary Brown cheers by the 2018 Northwestern Audio Drama class.  By HartLife NFP- Managing Director Eleanor Hyde, Executive Producer Jeffrey Gardner.

We are boldly setting out to civilise you this week, as we talk about the World’s Worst Empire. Our guest this week is regular contributor to satirical podcast The Bugle, comedian and writer Anuvab Pal. As a native of India, and with Barry as his sidekick, Anuvab gives the British Empire a bemused and loving revision. Barry takes us all the way from Haiti to a galaxy far, far away, and Ben has a nosey around the micronations of the world, in all their tax-evading glory.    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @AnuvabPal   Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward   Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Our listeners, who art in the internet, hallowed be this episode of Worst Foot Forward. We are getting blasphemous this week in every possible religion by denouncing the World's Worst God with comic, musician and practicer of magic, Andrew O'Neill. We look at obscure ancient deities, eternal bacon, Dutch eel-vendors and Andrew tells us about the ultimate case of 'cutting your nose of to spite your face'. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @destructo9000 Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com  

Arise, ye noble listeners of Worst Foot Forward - sorry about accidentally slicing your heads off. Never mind, be of good cheer as Squires McStay and Van der Velde are joined by Sir Paul Duncan McGarrity, erstwhile archaeologist and comedian. Their quest: to venture forth in search of the World’s Worst Knight. Along the way they may face such dangers as Communist dictators with knighthoods, Queen Elizabeth I’s least favourite favourite, and a man armed with the most ridiculous weapon of all: a wasp gun. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @PaulDuncanMcG Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to join the World's Worst Family and support Ben’s new baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

A podcast featuring a champion of the BBC's hardest quiz talking to two idiots about the World's Worst Quiz Contestant. Buzz! What is Worst Foot Forward's 73rd Episode? Correct, and well done for putting your answer in the form of a question. We have Lydia Mizon as our guest, captain of the Escapologists, the winners of series 13 of 'Only Connect'. We interrogate loveable losers from shows as diverse as Mastermind, Pointless and The Weakest Link, we question the infamous Major Ingram and his Millionaire conspirators, and we ask just what exactly a multiple-murderer is doing on Bullseye. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @LydiaMizon @podnose Donate to us via Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Things are getting political at Worst Foot Forward as we all struggle to be Last Past The Post with our candidates for the World's Worst Elected Head of Government. Our guest is comedian Nat Tapley whose comedic characters include the dreadful Conservative MP Sir Ian Bowler, so he'll know a thing or two about dodgy elections and questionable leadership. Our worldwide tour takes us to far-flung Samoa, Turkmenistan and Switzerland. We jump back in time to Ancient Athens and admire trinkets like presidential statues, albums and cars. Oh, and there's an awful lot of Nixon. Awful being the operative word. Donate to us via Patreon here: www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @Natt Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

It's Worst Foot Forward here, on the hour, every hour, whatever the hour, with an episode all about the worst newscasters of all time. We're joined by the eminently qualified Glenn Moore - a brilliant comedian and also the voice of the news on XFM. Together we hold our noses and explore the word moral depths of Fox News and someone who really belongs on there - Nancy Grace. We also find out more about the Moira Stewart of North Korea, the history of Town Criers and absolutely one of the funniest on-air gaffes in the history of newscasting. Donate to us via Patreon here: www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @TheNewsAtGlenn @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

We're all offside and committing fouls after a false-start to Worst Foot Forward this week, throwing every bit of dissent we possibly can at the umpires as they outline the World's Worst Sporting Rules. With us we have Jonny Singer who, as an employee of the Marylebone Cricket Club or MCC, is one of the arbiters of the laws of cricket. He comes to us with plenty of full on mid-off silliness about lost balls. Barry talks about the Grand National that never was and when football would never end. And Ben has a complicated story involving goals in extra-time counting double and teams trying to score deliberate own-goals. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @Jonny_Singer @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Video may not have killed the radio star, but it's certainly responsible for some incredibly poor creative choices since MTV was launched back in 1981. We're joined by comedian and host of the tremendous 3 Track Podcast Gabriel Ebulue as we trawl through the horrorshows of wannabe somebodies and waywards superstars adding images to their music. Along the way we uncover the story of Michael Jackson's ill-fated attempt to be a director, a Star Trek-Lord of the Rings mash-up, some grim cultural appropriation and even grimmer and balls out creepy behaviour from Serge Gainsbourg. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @gabrielebulue @3TRACKPODCAST @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This week we're endeavouring to look Very Serious Indeed as we grapple with thorny topic of political theatre. We're joined by director, actor and theatre-maker Daniel Bye who gets stuck into an episode packed full of history, literature, one-upmanship, shouting at people in crates, Elizabethan coups and an awful lot of codfish and rhubarb spoken about Shakespeare. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @danielbye @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

It’s all fun and games this week on Worst Foot Forward as Ben and Barry welcome Jamey Stegmaier to talk about the World’s Worst Game. Jamey is the founder of Stonemaier Games (https://www.stonemaiergames.com) and in the last decade he has created some of the highest-rated board games in the world such as Scythe and Viticulture. We cast our eyes on a few board games including a plethora of Monopolies, a few drinking games including one which enraged a pope, and a few sexy games whose players range from modern American college kids to repressed Edwardian gentlefolk. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @jameystegmaier @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This week we're joined by podcast royalty and bosom buddies James Barr and Dan Hudson, aka A Gay and a Nongay to discuss what happens when friendship turns sour. As ever, we gallop through the history books to uncover the reality behind royal whipping boys, a strangled Moorish poet, a million ways to stab your brother in the back and what happens when you get to over-familiar with bears. (Massive clue: you get eaten and have a documentary made about you by a brilliant, yet creepy German guy.) Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @gaynongay @imjamesbarr @danhudson @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Handbags and glad-rags time, as Ben and Barry record an episode in the Houses of Parliament in London, no less! And joining them is a dedicated follower of fashion and Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hampstead and Kilburn, Tulip Siddiq. Taking time from her busy schedule, Tulip's love of style is on full display as she confesses to past - and present fashion faux pas. Meanwhile Barry tries to insert a dog into a muff and Ben does his utmost to gross everyone out with invasive jewellery and lizards. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @TulipSiddiq @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Tan-tan-tara-tara splutter splutter cough… This episode reaches you with a dribbly fanfare, a shambling parade and a few dubious musical acts, like all the very Worst Opening Ceremonies. Yep, this week we’re talking to actor and writer Jon Dryden Taylor about those very arcane mixed-bags which have preceded great events. We visit Hollywood in the dark days of the late 80s, Olympics and World Cups rife with scuffed penalties and roasted doves, and learn why the Magic Kingdom was a lawless wasteland on its opening day. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @JonDryTay @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

It's back to one of our favourite Sunday afternoon pub conversations this week as we go searching for more terrible footballers for our all-time worst XI. This week, we fill the centre-back spot and there are a rogues gallery of misfits, cheats and actual criminals all jostling, badly, for the spot. Our guest is football fan, Blackburn Rovers fanatic and tremendous stand-up comic Tez Ilyas. We discover the story of the farcical Combination League - a precursor to the Football League in the 1880s which lasted less than a season, how and why the Madagascan champions lost 149-0 and who exactly was a "bastard's bastard" during the 1970s. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @tezilyas @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Hullo hullo hullo...what have we got here then? Why officer, it's an episode all about the worst coppers of all time. We invited on QI elf, novelist, lateral thinker and ex-policeman with over 30 years service Stevyn Colgan to join us in settling the subject. As you'd expect, there's plenty of disreputable plods and dastardly inside jobs including brothels, speed cameras, three-card tricks, cross-dressing, lollipops and a very enthusiastic revolutionary. Have a listen and we're sure you'll agree it's a fair cop. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @stevyncolgan @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

We’ve a spring in our steps and a Spring in the studio this week as Brooklyn’s sharpest wit Spring Day is with us to talk about the World’s Worst Family Traditions. We mine the murky world of Reddit and our very own listeners for pranks and Stacks, we shove vicious insects into various items of clothing and we put so many babies in peril. So many babies… Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @springdaycomedy @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

It’s a beautiful day! Our guest this week is the actor Felix Trench, star of the podcast sitcom ‘Wooden Overcoats’ (http://www.woodenovercoats.com) and history graduate who thumbs through the Worst Foot Chronicles to look for the World’s Worst Day. There are quite a few to choose from… Felix gives us a worldwide tour of the year 1556, Ben harks back to the day the 20th Century began and Barry does a double-take as he discovers his calendar has a February the 30th. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @felixtrench Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This week on Worst Foot Forward we are celebrating joining Podnose, the UK’s leading independent entertainment podcasting network. To mark this, we’re looking back over our first year (and a bit) of trivial silliness and awful achievements. We’ve picked out some of our favourite facts and fripperies from episodes 1 to 53, featuring some of our very best guests and very worst worsts, including understudy dogs, delicious seagull wine, Sexy Pac-Man and #goatballs. If you’re a longtime listener or are tuning in for the very first time, this should give you a good idea of the sort of nonsense we peddle week in, week out. Wooden spoons at the ready? Dig in. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @podnose Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of Cointreau, it’s time for these salty seadogs to tell ye a tale! Gather ye round as Cap’n Will Seaward, comedian and storyteller of yore, is piped aboard the good ship Worst Foot Forward by Cabin Boy Van der Velde and Able Seaman McStay. Avast and away, they set sail in search of treasure, namely the World’s Worst Pirates. But beware! For there be many dragons along the way, including a pirate monk, a man who it is said ate his enemies hearts and even the man who is the reason we wannabe pirates do be talkin’ like this. Take comfort in stories of pirate gayness, hat-bandits and the origin of the word barbecue. AAAARRRRGGGHHH! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @WillSeaward

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Liz tells Devon about one of the stranger structures in Washington.  CW: We talk a bit about kids dying, but not in a glib way. Secondary topics: Dead people houses; Mr. Bean ghosts; the obligations of rich people; grave design; a word from Worst Foot Forward.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Ben van der Velde joins Simon to judge suggestions by sleep expert Russell Foster and researcher Catherine Green. The panel discuss sleep, why you should clean your teeth in the dark and whether humans have a squirrelly ancestor. Listen right to the end for a message from our friends at the Worst Foot Forward podcast! If you enjoyed this podcast you can now become a patron of the show: www.patreon.com/leveluphuman Our theme music was written and performed by Laurence Owen. Graphics by Theo Weedon, web design by Ian Bridgeman and support from the Wellcome Trust. The producer is Rachel Wheeley. For more information, go to www.leveluphuman.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What, this old guff again? Yes but not as you know it, because Worst Foot Forward gets a reboot as we talk about the World’s Worst Remakes. Writer, performer, producer and director Tom Crowley helps us trawl through the sludge and slush in the sewer of humanity’s knock-offs and rip-offs. Barry - in a slightly feverish state - takes us sightseeing around terrible replicas of landmarks, Tom gives an in-depth analysis of a horror movie that undoes all the good work of its originator, and Ben trains both barrels on backstory-heavy computer games. This episode features ‘bridge Viagra’, Owen Wilson accents, and a stupidly lengthy discussion on the sex appeal of Pac-Man. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @crowleeey

The truth is out there… Playing Mulder to Worst Foot Forward’s Scully is comedian, actor and improviser Eric Lampaert. Eric is shortly appearing in Luc Besson’s new sci-fi epic ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ - making him the ideal person to chase down UFOs with Ben and Barry as they seek out the World’s Worst Aliens. We visit famous UFO sites like Roswell and Phoenix, abduct chess-loving oligarchs in Russia, cull camels from helicopters in Australia and try to figure out exactly how many billions of advanced civilisations there are in the universe. Spoiler alert: there’s lots. Probably. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @EricLampaert

Blood! Guts! Carnage! Trivia! Worst Foot Forward is a veritable crime scene this week as we investigate the World’s Worst Serial Killer. We’ve got a crack team on the case led by our guest, comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean of gory sketch group Gein’s Family Gift Shop, and host of her own serial killer podcast ’All Killa No Filla’. Among our prime suspects this week are a man who designed his ideal murder palace, a murderer whose secret weapon is a canal system and a serial killer that wasn’t a serial killer at all. Plus there's the Yorkshire Ripper's bollocks, the world's most narcissistic murderer and the mysterious murder of West End star Elaine Paige... Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @kiripritchardmc @killnofillpod

POP! Smell our cork, relish our bouquet and admire our legs because it’s a VERY good year for a podcast about the World’s Worst Wine. We’ve got a guest with a very fine nose to help us find it: wine expert, consultant, educator and host of ITV’s ‘The Wine Show’ Amelia Singer. Ben and Barry knock back a few choice bottles of grog including the leavings of monks, a mouldering ancient Roman concoction and some delicacies involving not one, not two, but THREE penises, while Amelia practically challenges a blue nun to a fight. It’s a vintage episode - but remember, please enjoy Worst Foot Forward responsibly. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @amelias_wine

This week Worst Foot Forward sidles up to you at a school dance, drinks deeply from the red cup of awkwardness and asks you, the intriguing new kid, to dance before spilling Kool-Aid all over you and slipping over onto our arses in front of all the jocks from the football team. “Tell me more, tell me more” you sing, for some reason. Yes, we are looking at the World’s Worst Teen Movies in the company of performer, writer and podcaster Brydie Lee-Kennedy. We examine age discrepancies in Grease, the redemptive power of porn, Elvis starting fights in strip clubs and Sisqo’s Shakespearean roots. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @BrydieLK

Here at Worst Foot Forward we love a board game so it's about time we explored those games that are all snakes and no ladders. Rolling the dice with us is Paul Flannery, actor, comedian, and creator and host of the exceptionally geeky stage shows ‘Knightmare Live’ (http://knightmarelive.com/) and ‘The MMORPG Show’. Taking turns on the World's Worst Board Games, we land on such notable squares as memorable breasts, the bathhouses of Monopoly, and the Swedish Parliament in 2012. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @piratemoustache

Charge! This week Worst Foot Forward goes to war in search of the World’s Worst General. Privates Ben and Barry are led into battle by their charismatic mastermind of a guest, actor and storyteller James Rowland. Having very much brought our sporks to a gunfight, we find ourselves huddled in a foxhole alongside such decorated heroes as the navy who lost to a cavalry charge, the geometric shapes of Nuremberg and history’s most hilarious and megalomaniacal sitcom pairing. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @jdsrowland

This week Worst Foot Forward goes intergalactic! Our stellar guest, comedian and writer Gemma Arrowsmith (http://gemmaarrowsmith.com), is a lover of all things space and so she helps Ben and Barry discuss the world's worst astronaut. We thumb through the books of space law, eat corned beef in a rocket ship and see just how many cute, furry creatures we can launch into the stratosphere in 45 minutes. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @mmaarrow

Winter is almost gone and a refreshing spring breeze sweeps through Worst Foot Forward in the shape of Angela Barnes (host of BBC Radio 4’s Newsjack). The better weather means the return of the Great British Day Out - so here we dive into some not-so-great ones. Angela reveals her deep-lying love for subterranean bunkers while our battered old tour bus takes us on a journey around Mr Blobby’s ancestral home, 10,000 teapots and 19th century temperance meetings. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @benvandervelde @bazmcstay @AngelaBarnes

A taste of what's to come on Worst Foot Forward, a new podcast about the world's worst things and life's biggest losers. Hosted by two of them, Barry McStay and Ben Van der Velde. First episodes coming January 2017.