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Worst Foot Forward

By: Hosted by Ben Van der Velde and Barry McStay
  • Summary

  • 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. 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 296: Sharon Wanjohi - World's Worst Teacher
    Apr 29 2024

    Read Ben's new Substack here, including articles about Obsession and The Beatles, prehistoric shananigans and a short story about a very sinister bookmakers: https://vanderlaugh.substack.com/

    Sit up straight, eyes front, pens at the ready and don't even think of aiming your peashooter at the back of our heads. It's time for your detention project: listening to us discover the world's worst teacher. This week we meet philanderers, pranksters and dictators. So no different to any other faculty...

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @SharonWanjohi_

    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 some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The Third Foot: Snooker
    Apr 27 2024

    With the Snooker World Championship in full swing, Ben takes us for a break around the table with a potted history of snoooker, with some billiards and pool thrown in. There are tales of deathly dull games, the day inclement weather halted a match and the story of one snooker referee's brush with musical superstardom.

    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 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

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    25 mins
  • Ep 295: Angus Dunican - World's Worst Ventriloquist
    Apr 15 2024

    DONATE TO THE HARDEST GEEZER!

    Try and see our lips move on this week's episode as Angus Dunican returns to talk to us about the World's Worst Ventriloquist. From puppets on the beat to those who faced down the Nazis and lived to tell the tale, there's something for everyone in here. Assuming everyone has at least one type of creepy puppet they're kind of into...

    Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @AngusDunican

    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 some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

    Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com

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    1 hr and 7 mins

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