Worst Foot Forward

Pull up a chair, lay yourself a place at our wonky table and prepare to enjoy a stroll through our showroom of terrible furniture alongside our guide, multidisciplinary artist and woodworker Daniel Durnin. To your left you'll see a series of salacious presidential desks and sleazy beds, on your far right there is all sorts of spiky anti-social furniture and then as far as the eye can see is row upon row of misshapen and malformed fixtures and fittings. JOIN OUR NEW DISCORD: https://discord.gg/3QRwHw6nG6  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

We have done some blue-sky-thinking this week with an eye on disrupting markets and securing investment in our brand new episode: World's Worst Entrepreneur. Comedian Robin Morgan is with us to tell us why the owner of pub chain Wetherspoons named his outlets after a teacher, while Ben goes back to the future in a Delorean and Barry, obviously, talks about a pope. Join our brand new Discord Server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx  Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @robinjaymorgan 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

We hope that you've remembered your running vest, shorts, socks and spikes, because if not you'll be listening to the whole show in your underwear! This week Ben and Barry are joined by Northern Irish sports journalist and Aussie Rules casualty Jonathan Drennan to talk about oddest piece of sporting kit and equipment. We find out about deadly Ancient Greek underpants, there whereabouts of Russell Crowe's jockstrap and who was the stickiest NFL player of all time. JOIN OUR NEW DISCORD: https://discord.gg/3QRwHw6nG6  Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @JWDrennan 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

We're booting up the Worst Foot Supercomputer this week - aka our guest Tasha Dhanraj - and asking it to find the answer to the great question: What is the World's Worst PC Game? We've got a hard-drive full of all kinds of everything including white supremacists, dust among The Sims and the game that taught you everything you could ever wish to know about cholera. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @tashadhanraj 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

Spring has very definitely sprung and now summer is icumen in, bringing with it the usual mix of blazing sunshine and torrential rain. Given the love of the British and Irish for discussing the weather, Ben takes Barry on an appropriately whirlwind tour of rains of animals, heatwaves and the night before Ragnarok. Oh, and Pliny The Elder shows up because of course he does. 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

This week's show is a giant Jackson Pollock splodge of a thing as we're joined by decluttering and sustainability expert Emma Gleeson to talk about the world's worst mess. We meet New York's most famous and tragic hoarders, environmentalist drag queens, giant tubs of pudding and a terrifying giant Soviet lake. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @emgleesondublin 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

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

Turn your papers over, roll up your sleeves and hope that the cunning revision notes you'd tattooed onto your forearms in biro haven't smeared themselves into illegibility. This week we're joined by stand-up comedian, burlesque performer, lawyer and infuriated dancer Sikisa to talk about the world's worst examinations. We travel from the dreaming spires of Oxford to the elite butlering colleges of Amsterdam, via the Japanese underworld and performing arts schools everywhere. Tea trays on your head, white gloves on and 5, 6, 7, 8... Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  @sikisacomedy 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

Standing among the wreckage of the European Super League and the shattered dreams of the wealthy owners of Europe's richest football clubs, Barry takes Ben on a cash-fuelled binge through some of sport's worst moneymaking efforts and innovations. There are the wild ambitions of Sepp Blatter, the misguided advertising efforts of Reebok and the night baseball tried to destroy disco. 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 write our first book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

We're covered in logos, humming jingles and spouting catchy slogans this week as we present the World's Worst Branding. We are joined by PR guru and stand-up comedian Vix Leyton to examine the pain side of advertising campaigns. Barry offers up a brief history of apples, Ben explores the literal branding of animals and Vix has a thing or two to say, on behalf of all women, to the makers of the Yorkie chocolate bar. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @PRVix 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! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This week we dive into a box overflowing with pipe cleaners, pasta shapes and PVA glue as we discover which craft, honed by humanity over the millenia, is the worst of them all. We're joined by our first three-time guest, the mighty and resourceful Dr Anna Ploszajski, who helps us answer these questions: can you polish a turd, is it ever appropriate to brandish a spoon in a graveyard and how many sheep does it take to make a bible? Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @annaploszajski 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 Pre-order Anna's new book 'Handmade' HERE Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

We're making cuts and elisions all over the place this week as we try turn this mish-mash of facts into a coherent podcast about the World's Worst Movie Adaptation. Alongside Patreon supporter and guest judge Kyle Bova is comedian and director Stuart Laws who has a good old bitch about The Beach. Meanwhile, Ben has a few choice images for The Emoji Movie and Barry takes on the Scientologists for the second episode in a row. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @thisstuartlaws @kyle_be_back 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 ever book! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This week we don our pith helmets, saddle up the camels and strike out into the wilderness in search of fame, fortune, lost cities and days upon days of bewildering, mozzie-bitten, sunstroked infamy. Joined by comedian Neil Delamere we meet the worst wielders of the map and compass this side of the International Blind Orienteering Championships. The show includes tales of adventuring pimps, post-war mystics, Irish policemen lost in the Outback and L Ron Hubbard. Come get lost with us... Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @neildelamere 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

For this month's bonus episode we bring you the audio from our recent live stream 'Around The World In 80 Fails' as we visit the eight major cities from Jules Verne's novel and dispense ten facts for each as well as setting a treasure hunt for you to crack! The clues are below, followed by the answers and explanations if you want to have a go at it yourself with the prize being mere pride and smugness and not, as in Phileas Fogg's case, £20,000. To solve them, use a mix of what we say in the podcast, some judicious internet research and a bit of Google Maps! Each clue’s answer is found in the city in which it is given in and each answer is a 1 or 2 digit number which help solve the final clue. CLUES: 1 - LONDON: Inside a triangle between Fogg’s home, Doyle’s detective’s domicile, and the bronze memorial to Verne’s translation topper, find a circular quadrilateral and the blue plaque at the residence of a premier liberal. 2 - SUEZ: From the octagonal beacon, move towards Nemo’s sub’s nuclear namesake’s pole.

This week's episode is brimful of rickety oddness as we explore some of the most haphazard, dangerous and eerie coincidences in history. Joined by one-woman encyclopedia of the delightfully arcane, Moxie Labouche (host of the Your Brain On Facts podcast), we talk under aligned planets of curses, assassination attempts, unfortunate deaths and savant entrepreneurs. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @BrainOnFactsPod 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  

We're perusing the pages of the World's Worst Comic books and strips this week in the company of comedian and illustrator Paul Savage - who took the title of this episode in very good part! He tells us about Larry Flynt's less salubrious side, Ben discovers a passion for primates and Barry is riding bareback with the Rawhide Kid. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @comedysavage 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! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This is your 5 minute call ladies and gentlemen. Whether you're in the stalls or up in the gods, you'll enjoy the spectacle we produce for the next hour. In the company of Patreon supporter and self-confessed theatre nerd Courtney Taylor, we've got tales of ghosts, fires, blood, thieves, motorbikes and absolutely the worst staging of Midsummer Night's Dream. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @StorybookColors 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

It's time for the mane event as Irish international equestrian Sam Watson joins us for a gallop through history in search of the World's Worst Horse. Barry tells us about a horse celebrated for his inadequacy, Sam explores the high-stakes world of over-priced and under-performing nags, and Ben goes off-piste with some horrifying folk traditions and fairground attractions. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @watsoneventing 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

This 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. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @CarlDonnelly @wearetvi 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