Worst Foot Forward

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/WorstFootForw

For we're the jolly worst fellow, and so say all of you! Blimey, 200 episodes of this nonsense, who'd have thought it? And to celebrate this milestone we have brought back two stellar former guests in the shape of Paul Duncan McGarrity and Johnny Chiodini. Not only that, but - rather like the last day of term - we've brought in games to play! Johnny takes on the role of Games Master to guide Ben, Barry and Paul through his role-playing game Glaze of Blory, all about being inept knights and trying to kill each other as often as possible. It's a suitably silly way to see in our 200th episode, celebrating our truly heroic failures as we try to induce toad-licking, lead-poisoning and griffin-mauling. Thanks to all of you for listening, and here's to the next 200. To buy Glaze of Blory, visit: https://johnnychiodini.itch.io/glaze-of-blory  Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @Johnneh @PaulDuncanMcG Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on P

In this week's episode Ben and Barry are joined by 1/3 of the Drunk Women Solving Crime podcast - writer, comedian and first-class soused sleuth Hannah George. Together the three of them prepare for friendly, not-so friendly and completely unhinged competition.  We find out why Sumo wrestlers like yelling at babies, discover astounding new depths of misogyny from the 1950s and reality TV and get hot under the bathrobe in Finland. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @HannahMGeorge 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

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

We realise many of our listeners might want to volunteer their own countries for this week's accolade of World's Worst Country, but in the capable company of one half of the Map Men, Mark Cooper-Jones, we think we might be able to outdo you. We bring you to micronations ruled by animals, the very affordable pricing of Liechtenstein and the nation that encompasses all of outer space itself. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @markcooperjones 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 our first bonus episode of 2021 - bye 2020, out with the old, in with the new. This new year brings a new US president, and to mark the occasion, Barry takes us on a walk down memory lane to past US presidential inaugurations. We hear tales of dead pigeons, frozen champagne, faltering poets and absent wives. 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 as we write our first book and work on bringing even bigger guests to the show: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

This week we open the doors to the Worst Foot Gallery to uncover the world's worst artist. The collection is full of bodily fluids, fascists, murderers, self-proclaimed unjustified geniuses and one man who took performance art far to far indeed. We're joined by Mo Omar: a man who is stand-up comedy's gain to art school's loss. Enjoy this show whilst scratching your chin and considering the question: is this episode art? Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @mokultra 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

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

This episode feels like it has been a long time coming, frankly. Nobel Laureates include some of the best of us - and, as we discover today, some of the worst of us too. Science storyteller Kat Arney joins us to help guide us through a ceremony full of failure, with misogynistic self-publicists, war-mongering peace prize winners and the worst category of all: Economics. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @Kat_Arney 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

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

This week we call on the Honourable Member for Blackburn - that is, Times newspaper political diarist Jack Blackburn, who helps guide Barry and Ben through the hallowed halls of the the House of Commons in search of the World's Worst Parliamentarian. He brings tales of philanderers, hitmen and faked deaths, while Barry serves up some deadly turnips and Ben introduces us to the German politician who never existed. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @HackBlackburn 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 Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Gobble gobble, folks! In this month's seasonal bonus episode we are having a very close look at our feathered friend: The turkey. Thanksgiving has just passed in the US, Christmas is coming, and so we decided to try get to know them a bit more intimately. We learn about the origin of their names, what they do with their snood and what exactly Benjamin Franklin thought of them. 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 Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

Join us as we go beserk with hugely talented comedian and former Norse scholar Pierre Novellie. This week we journey back 1100 years to the time when coastal towns lived in fear of magic mushroom-guzzling Scandinavians and encounter the king of Viking slapstick, terrifying Russian pirates, decapitated polar bears and the goddess of skiing. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @pierrenovellie 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 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 been a good couple of weeks if you're a fan of vaccines and anyone-other-than-Donald-Trump, so Ben and Barry are electing to inject some positivity into proceedings with a look back at past worsts and finding their opposites. We find the bests in the categories from episodes 46-50: Cocktail, Space Invention, Blaxploitation Movie, Greatest Hits Album and Messiah. Along the way we sup with movie stars, bounce across the Alps, sing with Jimmy Cliff, celebrate the coming of the Jewish Messianic Age and - finally - agree on something, and that something is the majesty of Queen. 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've started work on our first book: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

If you don't listen to this podcast immediately then you're sure to get 7 years bad luck. We're joined by acclaimed writer and comedian Juliet Meyers to explore the folkloric world of Old Wive's Tales. We discover why vegetables were part of a battle for hearts and minds during World War 2, why you should never cross a woman selling fish in the 19th century and that you should be extremely wary of owls in the Dominican Republic. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @julietmeyers 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 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