The Worst of All Possible Worlds Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford

Stephen Stout (Puffs) and the lads hop into their red, white, and blue helicopters and completely obliterate France as they cover Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s 2004 fraught satire of the War on Terror: Team America: World Police. Topics include Parker and Stone’s origins, the film’s overwhelming racism, and what a movie so steeped in the post-9/11 hysteria of the early 2000s means twenty years after its release.
Stephen Stout: Twitter // Instagram // Spock Hats Twitter
Puffs: Website // Amazon // Broadway HD
Media Referenced in this Episode:
Team America: World Police. Dir. Trey Parker and Matt Stone. 2004.
“Launching a small-scale offensive” by John Horn. The Los Angeles Times. Sept. 12th, 2004.
“Team America-World Police: Down-Home Theories of Power and Peace” by James Gow. Millenium: Journal of International Studies. Volume 34, Issue 2. February 2006.
“Playboy Interview: Parker & Stone” by Playboy Staff. June 2000.
“Puppet Masters - Interview with Matt Stone and Trey Parker” by Heather Havrilesky. Salon. October 12th, 2004.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Commercial: “TWOAPW, Fuck Yeah (Abridged)”

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Anne Huston (Caveat NYC) joins Brian and Josh in getting bombarded by the twee writing, adorable anime girls, and abject existential terror of Team Salvato's 2017 dating sim/horror cult hit Doki Doki Literature Club! Along the way they talk about the appeal of fanworks, the perils of adolescence, and the mortifying ordeal of being known by a fictitious character inside a computer game.
Anne Huston is the General Manager at Caveat, a cabaret comedy theatre located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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Media referenced in this episode:
Doki Doki Literature Club! (Team Salvato, 2017) available on itch.io
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (Team Salvato/Serenity Forge, 2021) available on Steam
Undertale (Toby Fox, 2015) available on Steam
Year Walk (Simogo, 2013) available on the App Store and Steam
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (Silicon Knights/Nintendo, 2002)
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: "A Series of Updates from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority re: Dupont Circle and Farragut North Metro Stations"

Scott Benson (Night in the Woods) returns once again to Odyssey as he and the lads finally wrap up their three-part coverage of the many spy-games, double-crosses, and hastily wedged in Christian morals of the epic, twelve-part Adventures in Odyssey saga: Darkness Before Dawn. Topics include the wiki-centric writing, the benefits of pirate mutiny, and what it means to grow up believing that certain souls are beyond redemption.
Scott Benson - Twitter // Instagram
Previously on Whit’s Endless Summer:
The Odyssey Commercials Vol. 1
Blackgaard Begins (feat. Devon) [Whit’s Endless Summer 33]
The Dutch Knight (feat. Trevor Strunk) [Whit’s Endless Summer 34]
Media Referenced in this Episode:
Adventures in Odyssey
#331: Checkmate
#332: Another Chance
#333: The Last Resort
#334: The Final Conflict
Is AIDs [sic] a Result of God's Punishment? by James Dobson.
Connie’s Special Bible - NKI - Adventures in Odyssey [Archive of Our Own]
 
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Commercial: “The Light Before Dusk”
Part One: “Oily Marks”
Part Two: “Blood and Tears” feat. Brendan Dalton as “318"
Park Three: “Still Life” feat. Eleanor Philips as “???” and Brendan Dalton as “318”
Part Four: “What Did You Say?” feat. Maki Borden as “Pete”
Music Used in the Commercials:
The “Hide and Seeks”:

Acapella Cover by 4inabar
Organ Cover by Jonny Music
Piano Cover by Blake Alkire
Piano and String Cover by Brooklyn Duo feat. Dover Quartet
Violin Cover by Arlo Adams

The Underscoring:

“There Will be Blood” by Jonny Greenwood
“The Hunt” by Jonny Greenwood

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The lads grab their iFoNeS and spam your inbox as they dive headlong into the nightmarish world of stalking and stand up comedy that is Richard Gadd’s hit 2024 Netflix series: Baby Reindeer. Topics include the show’s origins as autobiography, the incredible performances, and what, if anything, artists owe their real-life subjects in a world addicted to true crime.
 
CW: Frank discussions of sexual assault and stalking.
 
Media Referenced in this Episode:
Baby Reindeer. Netflix, 2024.
“‘Baby Reindeer’ Star Richard Gadd Questioned By Producers Over Dating Actress Who Auditioned For Hit Netflix Series” by Jake Kanter. Deadline. May 3rd, 2024.
Reddit Thread About Richard Gadd’s Previous Edinburgh Shows
“Richard Gadd on Baby Reindeer-the shocking truth behind the Netflix hit” by Susannah Butter. The Times. January 21st, 2024.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Commercial: “The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024"

Josh Sawyer (Pentiment, Fallout: New Vegas) and the lads grab their razors and complete their arms as they attend the tale of Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim’s 1979 barber-ic bloodbath: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Topics include the show’s horror film origins, the unimpeachable score, and the long term ramifications of using Sweeney Todd as a gateway drug into the wild world of musical theater.
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Josh Sawyer: Twitter // Tumblr
Media Referenced in this Episode:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Original Broadway Cast recording
The 2006 John Doyle Revival
The 2023 Broadway Revival
The Movie
“Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes” by Stephen Sondheim, Penguin Random House. 2010.
“Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far” Podcast. Masterworks Broadway.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Commercial: “Epiphabee” Music by Stephen Sondheim, Lyrics by Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S. feat. Eleanor Philips as “Mrs. Hornet”

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The lads hop into their wooden spaceships and fly straight into the dying sun as they cover Morbius Digital Games’ hit 2019 indie exploration/Newtonian physics simulator: Outer Wilds. Topics include the cozy/existentially terrifying vibes, the efficacy of the storytelling, and what it means to find hope at the end of the universe.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
Outer Wilds. Mobius Digital Games. 2019.
No Cartridge Audio: Outer Wilds Forever! with Alex Beachum and Kelsey Beachum.
No Cartridge Audio: Scott Benson on Outer Wilds.
“Outer Wilds is Not a Video Game”. Daryl Talks Games.
“The Making of Outer Wilds - Documentary”. Noclip-Video Game Documentaries. Jan 1, 2020.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Commercial: “A Pep Talk for a Hatchling”, Music by Andrew Prahlow, Lyrics by Dr. Samuel Bultch, D.D.S.