It Could Be Worse

Catherine Kinkead, Anna Spier

It Could Be Worse helps you feel better about your problems by describing the tragic lives of history’s most unlucky people. This darkly comedic podcast is created in association with WTBU Radio. Visit wtburadio.orgfor more.

Episodes

  1. 03/20/2020

    Important Update!

    In this update Cat and Anna discuss a worst case scenario, rawr XD, being more like Lisa, refrigerator noises, and how current events will effect the podcast. Toodles bitches.

  2. 02/26/2020

    Episode 11: Charles II of Spain

    In this episode , Anna and Cat discuss inbreeding, jawlines, appendicitis, science in the 1600s, erotic donuts, and the man who ended the reign of the Hapsburg dynasty by no fault of his own.

  3. 11/26/2019

    Episode 9: The Plague

    Today Anna and Cat discuss pus and blood part 2, Axe body spray, kink shaming, fleas, rats, and a disease indifferent to who it wiped out.

  4. 11/12/2019

    Episode 8: Tarrare

    Today Anna and Cat (and Layla) discuss powerful laxatives, belts o' skin, wooden chests, the pus of life, and a man's journey to become the hungriest, stinkiest, stretchiest human of all time.  Sources: London Medical Physical Journal. "Polyphagism." Eclectic Repertory and Analytical Review, Medical and Philosophical (1810-1820) 10.1 (1820): 136. Web. Good, John Mason. The Study of Medicine. 4th American Ed., Reprinted from the Last London Ed., Greatly Improved and Enl.. ed. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1826. Web. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrare

  5. 11/01/2019

    Episode 7: Salem Witch Trials

    Today Anna and Cat discuss Kool Aid, doing simple math, boredom in the 17th century, and an unlucky set of circumstances that led to the SECOND biggest witch hunt in North American history.

  6. 10/22/2019

    Episode 6: Violet Jessop

    Today Anna and Cat discuss the dangers of dress up, Sandals Beach Resorts, finger infections, what it takes to get your sea legs, and one woman's career as an ocean liner stewardess that was a failure of Titanic proportions.  Sources: Titanic Survivor by John Maxtone-Graham

  7. 10/08/2019

    Episode 5: The Donner Party

    Today Anna and Cat discuss carseats, human flesh, what it takes to get to the West Coast, banishment, and collarbone stabbings.

  8. 10/08/2019

    Episode 4: John White and The Lost Colony

    Anna and Cat are back! 'Cause everyone wanted to know...Today they discuss the original sausage party, unknown birthdates, stuff getting touched, and one man's failed quest to start a colony in America.

  9. 05/01/2019

    Episode 3: Frane Selak

    Planes, Franes, trains, and automobiles! What are the chances of landing in a haystack? Can one singe off their own hair? Which came first? The chicken or the egg? What does it mean to be doused in hot oil? Join Anna and Cat as they embark on another epic journey through the intense bad luck of Frane Selak.

  10. 04/16/2019

    Episode 2: Roy Sullivan

    Join Anna and Cat as they discuss the park ranger who was struck by lightning seven times. Do we need our big toes? Can men recharge? How does underwear become holy? All will be revealed.

  • 10 Episodes

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About

It Could Be Worse helps you feel better about your problems by describing the tragic lives of history’s most unlucky people. This darkly comedic podcast is created in association with WTBU Radio. Visit wtburadio.orgfor more.

Information

  • Creator
    Catherine Kinkead, Anna Spier
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Catherine Kinkead, Anna Spier
  • Show Website
    It Could Be Worse