Worst Foot Forward
by Hosted by Ben Van der Velde and Barry McStayAn 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. Music by Max Perryment (www.maxperryment.co.uk) Donate to us via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward
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Episodes
Ep 274b: Best of the Worst of the Best 20
1h 3m · PublishedIt's a cosy Barry and Ben episode this week, as we host one of our intermittent "best of the worst" looks back (look-backs?) at the topics from 5 past episodes and flip our outlook from negative to positive. This week we take in episodes 96 to 100 and try to pin down the World's Best Material, God, Vending Machine, Empire and Century. There are cameos from Ronnie O'Sullivan, The Penguin, John Coltrane and a small mining town in Nevada.
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Ep 274: Caimh McDonnell - World's Worst Criminal
1h 6m · PublishedCome cat-burglars, cutpurses and conmen, as we assess the World's Worst Criminal this week. We are joined by comedian and author Caimh McDonnell who takes us on a hilarious tour of Florida Man's worst and best efforts. There is also a good dose of stolen hearts, lemon juice and gentlemen thieves to be found in this line-up.
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The Third Foot: Passports
36m · PublishedWe're getting stamped in this month's Third Foot bonus episode, as Ben takes a recent experience at Border Control and turns it into a recording all about Passports. There are wandering moose, pharoahs in transit and an ingenious forger who goes straight into the Hall of Fame alongisde other, presumablty faked, old masters.
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Ep 273: Silvana Van der Velde - World's Worst Tax
1h 8m · Published*Buy tickets to Barry's upcoming play Breeding here: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding*
There's only three certainties in life: death, taxes and the irresistible trundle of the neverending stream of podcasts. We bring you two of the dreaded horsemen this week, as nominated by our Patreon donor Peter Schaub and there was only ever one expert we could ask for this topic: the finest tax lawyer in the West, Ben's actual wife, Silvana.
She makes a compelling case for the intricacies of VAT being a Lewis Carrol-esque world of nonsense, while Ben and Barry bring their A-game chatting about all the daft things that have been taxed in history from beards to balloons through to playing cards, cowardice and homemade liquid gold...
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Ep 272: Ben Davis - World's Worst Library
1h 0m · Published*Buy tickets to Barry's upcoming play Breeding here: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding*
Shhhh! Silence please in the library, lest we set the demon librarian on you! Tiptoeing around the shelves with us is children's author Ben Davis who takes us spelunking under Paris. Meanwhile Ben finds a library with no books in it and Barry takes a deep dive into the mucky literary waters of Philip Larkin's life.
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The Third Foot: Timothy Dexter
30m · PublishedBuy tickets to Barry's upcoming play 'Breeding' here: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding
It's Third Foot time and this one is suggested by Patreon donor Maxwell Lindsay, who found a very Worst Foot figure in the shape of American entrepreneur Timothy Dexter. Learn how he became incredibly wealthy almost by accident, how he dodged his rivals various brickbats with oblivious aplomb and how he staged his own funeral early out of sheer neediness.
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Ep 271: Rob Manuel - World's Worst Pop Star
1h 7m · PublishedJoined by the king of internet triviality and special Patreon guest judge John Robinson, Ben and Barry head down to the local disco in search of the world's worst pop star. Amongst the one-hit wonders and chart-bottoming no-hopers we uncover sinister goings-on in 60s suburban America, a man who torpedoed his career in favour of obscure French poetry and Syria's answer to Dolly Parton.
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Ep 270: LIVE SHOW - World's Worst Games Night
1h 7m · PublishedOh come all ye faithful nerds! Gather around the bespoke baize table, polish your D20s, power up the Commodore 64 and bring your finest rules lawyers, for this episode is our World's Worst Games Night. Recorded in front of a live audience at London's VAULT Festival on 19th February 2023, we are joined by returning guests Ellie Gibson and Johnny Chiodini. There are discussions of the best games night snacks, suggestions for improving Monopoly, debates about the Worst Dice Game and the Worst Computer Controller, Johnny runs the world's quickest RPG and the audience provide some of the dodgiest foley work you've ever heard.
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The Third Foot: The Six Nations
31m · PublishedThe Six Nations Rugby Championship is underway, Barry is in a good mood as Ireland currently top the table and so he takes us on a whirlwind tour of the titular six nations: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy. There are facts about hedges, baked goods and St Valentine - and a bonus Georgia fact from Ben!
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Ep 269: Carrie Quinlan - World's Worst Obituary
1h 0m · PublishedBring out your dead - and mock them mercilessly. It's alright, they don't get right of reply. On this week's episode we are joined by actor, writer and comedian Carrie Quinlan to discuss the witty, catty and tricky topic of the World's Worst Obituary. We have vengeful hit-pieces, touching tributes and euphemistic eulogies.
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Worst Foot Forward has 420 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 417:55:35. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 17th, 2024 05:54.