The Worst of All Possible Worlds
By Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford
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Mar 15, 2025
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Mar 19, 2024
Brian (The One Man Show), AJ (The Living Catchphrase), and Josh (The Sole Voice of Reason) will entertain and delight you whether they're covering stage productions, video games, or the Endless supply of Adventures in Odyssey.
You owe it to yourself to pick an episode on something you're half familiar with, and take a deep dive with the Cool Voltaire Kids.
Description
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.
| Episode | Date |
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191 - Casablanca (1942)
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May 28, 2025 |
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190 - Persecuted (feat. Abigail Thorn)
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May 21, 2025 |
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189 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
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May 14, 2025 |
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188 - The Merchwhit of Venice (feat. Quorators) [Whit’s Endless Summer 43]
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May 07, 2025 |
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187 - Sky King: The Story of Richard Russell (feat. Caleb from Western Kabuki)
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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186 - Showgirls (feat. Renee Olstead)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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185 - The Last of Us Part II (Part 2)
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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184 - The Last of Us Part II (Part 1)
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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183 - The War Room (1993)
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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INTERVIEW: Tim Faust on Defending Medicaid
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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182 - Video Redeemed The Radio Star: Definitive Edition (feat. Rosey Armstrong)
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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181 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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180 - Do Coaches Pray for Electric Sheep?: Average Joe (2024)
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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179 - The Room (2003)
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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178 - Falling Down (feat. Justin Roczniak)
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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177 - Love in the Time of Conniera (feat. Devon) [Whit’s Endless Summer 42]
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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176 - The Social Network
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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INTERVIEW: maia arson crimew on online privacy and operational security
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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175 - Final Fantasy VII [Part 2] (feat. Joe Kassabian)
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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INTERVIEW: Knowing your rights in the face of ICE
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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174 - Final Fantasy VII [Part 1] (feat. Joe Kassabian)
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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173 - MASH on TV (Bangers of MASH #1)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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172 - AOL Whitstant Messenger (feat. Colette Shade) [Whit’s Endless Summer #41]
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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171 - Left Behind World At War
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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164 UNLOCKED - God’s Not Dead 2
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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170 - 2024: A Year in Review
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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169 - Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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168 - The Nostalgia Critic
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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167 - Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight”
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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166 - Wicked
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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165 - The Hunt for Red OctobWhittaker (feat. Tom Walker) [Whit’s Endless Summer 40]
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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164 - God’s Not Dead 2
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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ESSAY: Standing
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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163 - The Blair Witch Project (feat. Tim Sutton)
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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162 - Skibidi Toilet (feat. Donovan Eyre)
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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161 - Silent Hill 2 (feat. Aysha U. Farah)
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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160 - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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159 - Father Shades of Gilbert (feat. Kevin Vibert) [Whit’s Endless Summer 39]
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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158 - Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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157 - Blasphemous II (feat. Tom O'Mahony)
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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156 - The Magic School Bus
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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155 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (feat. Mattie Lubchansky)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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154 - When Dobson Met Bundy… (feat. I Hate James Dobson) [Whit’s Endless Summer 38]
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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INTERVIEW: Jason Koebler on the origins of Shrimp Jesus
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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153 - Cities: Skylines (feat. Justin Roczniak)
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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152 - Tom Goes to the Mayor
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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151 - Moneyball
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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150 - The Worst of All Possible Parties (WAPP): The 150th Episode Spectacular LIVE from Colorado Springs
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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149 - A.I.: Artificial Intelleugence (feat. Juniper) [Whit’s Endless Summer 37]
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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148 - Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (feat. Data Transfer)
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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147 - Chrono Trigger (feat. Anime Sickos)
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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146 - Shrimp Jesus and the Death of Facebook
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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145 - Dragon Ball Z (feat. Alex Ptak)
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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144 - Dr. Dobson’s “Wooton Hears a Woo(ton)!” [Whit’s Endless Summer 36]
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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143 - Dennis Prager’s For Goodness Sake (feat. Tall Bart)
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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142 - Gerbert (feat. Devon and Trinket)
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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141 - Team America: World Police (feat. Stephen Stout)
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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140 - Doki Doki Literature Club! (feat. Anne Huston)
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May 29, 2024 |
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139 - The Dutch Knight Rises (feat. Scott Benson) [Whit’s Endless Summer #35]
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May 22, 2024 |
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138 - Baby Reindeer
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May 15, 2024 |
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137 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (feat. Josh Sawyer)
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May 08, 2024 |
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136 - Outer Wilds
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May 01, 2024 |
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135 - The Boss Baby: Family Business (feat. Patrick Willems)
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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134 - The Dutch Knight (feat. Trevor Strunk) [Whit’s Endless Summer #34]
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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133 - Sam Shepard’s Buried Child (feat. Yurié Collins)
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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132 - Macbeth in Canada: Slings and Arrows, Season Two [feat. Graham Techler]
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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131 - MASH (1970)
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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130 - Heaven is for Real (feat. Radio Free Tote Bag)
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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129 - Blackgaard Begins (feat. Devon) [Whit’s Endless Summer #33]
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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128 - Supermarket Sweep
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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127 - Death Beconnies Her [Whit’s Endless Summer #32]
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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126 - Reds (feat. Jake Beckhard and Andy Boyd)
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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125 - Airplane! (feat. Bernie Wagenblast)
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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124 - Alan Wake II
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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29 UNLOCKED - Alan Wake (feat. Jack Gilbert)
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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123 - Sleep No More (feat. Dara Swisher)
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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122 - Far Cry 5 (feat. Alice Caldwell-Kelly)
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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121 - Donkey Kong Country: The Animated Series
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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120 - 2 Left 2 Behind: 2 Tribulation 2 Force
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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119 - 2023: A Year in Review
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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118 - A Whit In a Manger [Whit’s Endless Summer #31]
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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117 - A Christmas Story
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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116 - Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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115 - Cyberpunk 2077
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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114 - The Grapes of Rathbone (feat. Max Graves) [Whit’s Endless Summer #30]
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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113 - NEOM: The Line (feat. Riley Quinn)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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112 - Stop Making Sense
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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111 - Slender Man and Marble Hornets (feat. Anne Huston)
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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110 - William Gibson’s Neuromancer (feat. maia arson crimew)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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109 - Gone with the Whit [Whit’s Endless Summer #29]
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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108 - DC Talk - Jesus Freak (feat. Tarence Ray)
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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107 - Over the Garden Wall
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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106 - You Only Whit Twice (feat. Chas LiBretto) [Whit’s Endless Summer #28]
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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105 - Assassins
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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104 - Death Stranding (ft. Drew Toothpaste)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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GRUBESCAST
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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103 - Gone Apes: An NFT Postmortem (feat. Nate Lamagna)
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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102 - We Didn’t Start the Fireproof (feat. Radio Free Tote Bag)
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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101 - Tom Goes To (And Runs For) The Mayor (feat. Lev Novak) [Whit’s Endless Summer #27]
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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100 - Deus Ex
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Jay Anthony Franke on Deus Ex and becoming JC Denton
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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99 - Sorry/Not Sorry: Apology Videos and the Toxic Gossip Train
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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98 - Rent (feat. Michael R. Jackson)
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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97 - Whit F@#$ing Dies (For Real This Time) (feat. The Socialist Shelf) [Whit’s Endless Summer #26]
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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96 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (feat. Scott Benson)
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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95 - Day of the Tentacle
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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94 - God’s Not Dead (feat. Greg Foster)
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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93 - Julius Caesar (1953)
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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92 - Eugene and Bernard’s Road Trip UNRATED (feat. Phoebe Roy) [Whit’s Endless Summer #25]
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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91 - Awake (2012)
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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90 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (feat. Alice Caldwell-Kelly)
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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89 - Beethoven’s Whith (feat. Hussein Kesvani) [Whit’s Endless Summer #24]
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May 31, 2023 |
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88 - Shark Tank
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May 24, 2023 |
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87 - Citizen Kane
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May 18, 2023 |
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86 - Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (feat. Milo Edwards)
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May 10, 2023 |
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85 - The Worst of all Possible Worlds Presents: Brian is Back! The 85th Episode Spectacular, Live! From New York City (feat. Michael Kupperman)
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May 03, 2023 |
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SPECIAL INTERVIEW: The WGA Prepares to Strike (w/ Colby Day)
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May 02, 2023 |
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84 - Everything’s Coming Up Meltsner! (feat. Josiah Sutton) [Whit’s Endless Summer #23]
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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83 - Hotline Miami
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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82 - The Last Temptation of Christ (feat. Matt Barbot)
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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81 - Ease on Down Gilead Lane [Colerainey Days #41]
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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80 - Whittaker Knows Best [Whit’s Endless Summer #22]
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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79 - Sunday in the Park with George
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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78 - The Last of Us
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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77 - Who’s Afraid of Mr. Beast?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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76 - Hackers (feat. maia arson crimew)
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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75 - Gomorrah? I Hardly Know ’Er! (feat. Colby Day) [Whit’s Endless Summer #21]
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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74 - The Boss Baby (feat. Patrick Willems)
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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73 - Hamlet in Canada: Slings and Arrows, Season One
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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72 - John Whittaker: Tomb Raider (feat. Trevor Strunk) [Whit’s Endless Summer #20]
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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71 - Max Payne 2, The Fall of Max Payne
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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70 - Company (feat. Patrick Flynn)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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69 - Uncut Gems
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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68 - Left Behind The Movie 2000
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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67 - A Year in Review
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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66 - Hitman (feat. Alice Caldwell-Kelly)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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65 - Ladscast Goes Public (UNLOCKED)
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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64 - Disney’s Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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63 - How I Met Your Mother (feat. David Armstrong)
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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62 - Minions
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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61 - Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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60 - Adventures in Modesty (feat. April Ajoy) [Whit’s Endless Summer #19]
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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59 - Chess: The Musical (feat. Jake Beckhard)
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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58 - Every Young Man’s Battle (feat. Laura Ramadei)
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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57 - The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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56 - Moulin Rouge! (feat. Abe Goldfarb)
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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55 - Pamela Has a Problem (feat. Ash Stoneman) [Whit’s Endless Summer #18]
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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54 - Saturday’s Warrior (feat. Brigham Young Money)
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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53 - Alien (feat. Jeff Ronan)
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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52 - This Present Darkness (feat. Scott Benson)
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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51 - Brevity is the Soul of Whit [Whit’s Endless Summer #17]
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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50 - Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip (feat. Alec Robbins)
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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49 - TWOAPW LIVE at New York City Pinball Championships 2022! Deeproot: Legacy (feat. Blueberry Johnson)
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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48 - 24 (feat. Yurié Collins)
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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47 - Top Gun
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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46 - Sid Meier’s Civilization (feat. Nate Bethea)
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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45 - Whit Gets Racist (feat. Lev Novak) [Whit’s Endless Summer #16]
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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44 - Rossum’s Universal Robocops
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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43 - Jesus Camp (feat. Dara Swisher)
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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42 - 1776
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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41 - Red Dead Redemption 2
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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40 - PragerU Kids At Their Whit’s End! (feat. Bryan Quinby) [Whit’s Endless Summer #15]
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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39 - The Screwtape Letters (feat. Emily Robinson)
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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38 - Man of the Year (feat. Luke Savage)
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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37 - Perchance To Eugene (feat. Jen Albright) [Whit’s Endless Summer #14]
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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36 - Dear Evan Hansen (2021): The Gang Exploits a Teenager’s Death (feat. Brendan Dalton)
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May 25, 2022 |
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35 - The Visit: One Day an Old Lady Will Come for Us Too
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May 18, 2022 |
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34 - Kenneth Branagh’s William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
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May 11, 2022 |
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UNLOCKED: Josh interviews Harm Venhuizen on Calvin University’s recent controversies
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May 10, 2022 |
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33 - Actually, It’s About Ethics in Middle School Journalism [Whit’s Endless Summer #13]
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May 04, 2022 |
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SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Wendy Lecker and Nicole Ciullo of the Education Law Center
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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32 - Heart Condition (1990): Denzel Washington’s Worst Movie (feat. Michael Kupperman)
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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31 - Reefer Madness (feat. Stefan Borst-Censullo)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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30 - Whit Dies (feat. Lev Novak) [Whit’s Endless Summer #12]
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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29 - Alan Wake (feat. Jack Gilbert)
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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28 - Video Redeemed The Radio Star (feat. Rosey Armstrong)
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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27 - Whit Owns the Libs (feat. Nate Bethea) [Whit’s Endless Summer #11]
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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26 - West Side Story (2021) (feat. Matt Barbot)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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25 - Tiktok Killed the Video Star
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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24 - Richard Dichard Redemption [Whit’s Endless Summer #10]
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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23 - FLCL (feat. Anne Huston)
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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22 - Whit vs the Fundies (feat. Nate Lamagna) [Whit’s Endless Summer #9]
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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21 - New York Undercover (feat. Trevor Beaulieu)
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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20 - The Long Dark Souls of the Soul (feat. Trevor Strunk)
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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19 - Coriolanus (2011): The Coriolanus Effect (feat. Josh Sawyer)
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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18 - Pokémon (feat. Ashleigh Stoneman)
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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17 - Dreaming of a Whit Christmas [Whit’s Endless Summer #8]
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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16 - Odyssey Salutes the Troops! (feat. Nate Bethea) [Whit’s Endless Summer #7]
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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EMERGENCY POD: REMEMBERING STEPHEN SONDHEIM (feat. Graham Techler)
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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15 - Putting the Christ Back Into Thanksgiving [Whit’s Endless Summer #6]
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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14 - Heavy Rain (feat. David Armstrong)
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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13 - A Thief in the Night
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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12 - Hangman’s Curse (2003): Auto-Perettic Asphyxiation (feat. Felicia Lobo and Lauren Harris)
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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11 - Bothered About Castles and Cauldrons (feat. Scott Benson) [Whit’s Endless Summer #5]
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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10 - Josie and the Pussycats (feat. Jessie Cannizzaro and Eleanor Philips)
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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EMERGENCY POD: DEEPROOT PINBALL PONZI (feat. Levi Nayman)
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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9 - Hamlet (2000)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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8 - Blackgaardology (feat. Rob Mobley) [Whit’s Endless Summer #4]
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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7 - In a Gadda da Whitta [Whit’s Endless Summer #3]
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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6 - Prey (2017): Welcome to my Orbital Lair
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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5 - Urkel Gets Saved [Whit’s Endless Summer #2]
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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4 - Gone Home: There is no Gate
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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3 - Whit’s Endless Summer
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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2 - Night Trap Part 2: Great Moments with Howard Lincoln
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May 18, 2021 |
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1 - Night Trap Part 1: It’s Tape
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May 18, 2021 |