Fighting the tide of rising fascism requires good information. This week, Josh sat down with Isaac Adams, an immigration attorney with nearly a decade of experience defending immigrants in removal proceedings from the United States government, to get a better understanding of the current legal la...
2025-01-31 00:45:35 +0000 UTC View PostWe gotta talk beer, and then we talk about making theater
Tickets to Josh’s play: https://tickets.thetanknyc.org/EventAvailability?EventId=10001&r...
2025-01-30 09:20:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We talk about beer, then we talk about theater
2025-01-30 08:54:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Joe Kassabian (Lions Led by Donkeys) and the lads grab their buster swords and hit the streets or Midgar as they do battle with the nefarious Shinra Corporation in Square’s monumental 1997 RPG: Final Fantasy VII. Topics include Square’s dramatic split with Nintendo, the...
2025-01-29 08:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostYou asked, we answered! We couldn't get to all the questions, but we talk about how the show gets edited, remember David Lynch, and get into the nitty gritty about how we choose topics
2025-01-27 02:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads once again return to the frontlines of the Korean War as they rejoin 4077th for the first in an ongoing miniseries covering the hit 70s television show: M*A*S*H. Topics include the show’s origins, the gradual evolution beyond the Altman template, and what it means to make...
2025-01-22 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe’ve had a few people reach out to ask what the best way is to get a copy of Y2K, the book tha...
2025-01-18 01:28:05 +0000 UTC View Post***UPDATE: SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED! We will be releasing the recorded AMA very soon.***
How auspicious and appropriate that the very same week we discussed the turn of the millennium we also hit 2,000 paid Patreon subscribers! That's way more than 2025-01-18 00:11:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Colette Shade [Y2K: How the 2000’s Became Everything (essays on a future that never was)] joins the lads in Odyssey for some eXtreme adventures in cliques, Y2K paranoia, and the Odyssians’ forever war with the people of Rakistan. Topics include Y2K aesthetics, being jumpscared by Joh...
2025-01-15 08:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads dive once more into the apocalyptic mind of Jerry B. Jenkins, as they cover the unintentional finale of the Kirk Cameron Left Behind trilogy: LEFT BEHIND WORLD AT WAR. Topics include the acting bona fides of Lou Gosset Jr., the importance of colons in titles, and how s...
2025-01-08 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads dare to speak about Christ in the classroom and face the wrath of Ray Wise as they cover Harold Cronk’s 2016 evangelical propaganda film: God’s Not Dead 2. Topics include the horrendous filmmaking, the deeply-flawed rhetoric, and what we can learn about the future of Am...
2025-01-01 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: We said the schedule was subject to change pending guest availability and that’s exactly what happened. Details below.
Hey all,
Just wanted to update everyone on what you can expect in the first month of the new year (topics subject to change depending on scheduling and gues...
2024-12-29 19:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of Fancy Movie Time with Brian and A.J., the Fancy Lads make for the bleak moral landscape of Gallup, New Mexico as they cover Billy Wilder's 1951 western noir: Ace in the Hole. Does its incredible dialogue and engrossing atmosphere make it a Fancy Feast? Or does its relentles...
2024-12-27 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As has become tradition, we fielded a bunch of calls from you about what The Worst of All Possible Worlds meant to you in 2024 and stitched them together with highlights from the show. Merry Christmas and thanks for being part of our year.
This episode includes clips from the ...
2024-12-25 06:25:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's almost Christmas, you've settled in and watched It's a Wonderful Life, and now it's time to listen to the Odyssey version of that very movie. That's right! Finally, after all these years, Paul McCusker is taking the Barclay Family to its logical end. So let's all shut up and jam, and learn w...
2024-12-24 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSubmissions close on Monday the 23rd if you want to have your voice mail included in this year’s A YEAR IN REVIEW! Call +1 347 857 9523 and leave your message soon with your favorite moments from the show this year and/or what it meant to you more broadly overall. You...
2024-12-21 18:17:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, everybody!
We have some holiday bobuses coming your way in the next few weeks (note to self: see if "The 12 Days of Voltairemas" is copyrighted) and this is the first of those: the second compilation of the Odyssey Commercials which includes the climactic conclusi...
2024-12-20 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads do battle with Mr. Potter for the heart of Bedford Falls as they cover Frank Capra’s 1946 Christmas classic: It’s a Wonderful Life. Topics include the pernicious myth of “Capra-corn”, the art of the Jimmy Stewart impression, and what it takes t...
2024-12-18 22:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
We've been out hitting the guest circuit lately; here's links to some recent episodes we've appeared on:
Josh went on Trashfuture to talk about the ...
2024-12-17 23:47:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hellloooooo, we’re The Worst of All Possible Worlds, we remember it so you don’t have to! We all remember Doug Walker, you know, that guy with the glasses, the tie, and the plain white background because they clearly couldn’t afford a better set? Well, wouldn’t you know it, he create...
2024-12-11 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
No video this time! We don't have a great setup for doing video for in-person recordings, but we'll try to get that figured out in the future.
We recorded this at midnight, 12/9/24 and were planning on putting this out a little later, but certain event may render this obsolete in a day or ...
The lads get drafted and give Mussolini the ole One-Two as they once again remember Pearl Harbor by covering Frank Capra’s series of WWII propaganda films: Why We Fight. Topics include the language of propaganda, the shittiness of fascist art, and what it means to...
2024-12-04 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody!
Another musical episode, another song from the archives of everybody's favorite Long Island dentist/oral surgeon/script doctor of Broadway musicals and, inexplicably, The Boss Baby movies: Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S.. This time, we're looking in at an often overlooke...
Hello friends,
Those of you who have been around for a while now already know about our annual year in review episode, where we take calls from YOU and stitch them together with you...
2024-11-30 23:16:26 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of Fancy Movie Time with Brian and A.J., the Fancy Lads hop in a biplane and knock out Jim Backus as they cover Stanley Kramer's 1963 mega-comedy: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Do its wide array of comedic stars and its commitment to throwing every bit at the ...
2024-11-29 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads grab their broomsticks and defy gravity as they cover Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s megahit musical: Wicked. Topics include the twisted mind of Gregory Maguire, the highs and lows of Stephen Schwartz, and how to reckon with a show that is simult...
2024-11-27 07:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
There's a lot of bad TV out there.
Brian is feeling more-or-less fine
2024-11-25 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a lot of bad TV out there
Brian is feeling more-or-less fine
2024-11-25 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Tom Walker (Tom Walker: Very, Very) joins the lads for his very first trip to Odyssey as they cover adventures in shock-jock DJing, international espionage, and the return of everybody’s favorite encyclopedia writing, ice-cream selling, NSA asset/God King of Odyssey: John Avery Whittak...
2024-11-20 07:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone!
If you've been searching for a good gift to settle the contention of the arguing season, look no further, as Patreon has just added a new feature: the ability to gift memberships to your friends. You can gift anywhere from 1-12 months of membership and Patreon will create a uni...
2024-11-14 19:39:52 +0000 UTC View Post