The Worst of All Possible Worlds
Hosted by Josh · Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford
4.7from 424 ratings
- 289
- Episodes
- 68
- Transcribed
- 424
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 233K
- YouTube views
About The Worst of All Possible Worlds
The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better one. Also, we have bits.
- Publisher
- Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford
- Category
- arts · leisure · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 18 May 2021
- Latest episode
- 16 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
68 of 289 episodes have a transcript.
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
258 - The Late Great Planet Earth (feat. Julian Feeld)
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257 - Bangers of MASH 3: Uijeongbu Drift
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256 - The Hurt Locker (feat. Patrick Wyman)
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258 - The Late Great Planet Earth (feat. Julian Feeld)
Published 16 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It sure is. It sounds weird, but it is. Oh, yeah. Lots of music. Lots of music. We've talked before about Larry Norman and the Jesus movement and how that leads to like contemporary Christian music as a business in a lot of ways. because it's so 20th century these non-denominational denominations really think of themselves like franchises and you can see that with a lot of mega churches like uh mars hill or something where they'll have satellite churches but it's sort of like going to a kfc nothing could be more american then there's like yeah like sub specializations like this is a surf ministry yes this is a burger ministry which i was kidding well and with Hal Lindsey, there's a coffee shop. […]
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- Julian Feeld
- Patrick Wyman
- Jason Koebler
- Mike Isaac
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- YouTube views
- 232,524
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 171 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 253 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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