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SomethingAwful.com is one of the foundational websites of modern internet culture: the earliest memes, inside jokes, and modes of communication that grace and plague the internet today can trace their roots back to the sprawling forums of this illustrious website.

Hosted by Jay Brandstetter and Winslow Dumaine, this podcast dredges up the most notable threads from the depths of the forums. We delve into the absurd architecture of Groverhaus, explore the very beginning of 4Chan, the early days of master poster Dril, examine the discovery and ruination of Chris-Chan, and recount the day when the despised owner of the website, Richard “Lowtax“ Kyanka fought the disgraced filmmaker Uwe Boll in a boxing match, and more. We’re diving into the archives so you don’t have to.

Winslow Dumaine is a comedian and illustrator out of Chicago. He’s opened for Kyle Kinane, Dave Ross, and Sam Tallent, and toured with Derek Sheen. His debut work of fiction is The Tarot Restless, a hand illustrated deck of tarot cards and a book of short stories. His next work is a cooperative tabletop card game called RESTLESS, the discord for which is available here.

Jay Brandstetter is an internet historian and online content creator out of his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. In addition to a lifetime of firsthand research on the Something Awful forums and elsewhere, he created the popular Twitter account "crazy ass moments in Something Awful history", has over 100,000 views on YouTube, and over 3 million on TikTok. His ongoing work is The Greymuzzle Archives, a series of long-form interviews of elder members of the furry fandom.

This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.

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Episoder(145)

UNLOCKED: Albert Temple's Furry Webcomic Family (Patreon Bonus Ep)

Much like the Zybourne Clock itself, our concluding episode on the topic and interview with Fuego Fish has run into unforeseen production delays. In the meantime, here's an episode from our Patreon bo...

20 Nov 20241h 28min

The Zybourne Clock (Part One)

This, my darling, is a legend. A legend many men and many women claim to have seen, understood, and known. A story about time travel which, ironically, has been largely lost to the sands of time. Unti...

13 Nov 20241h 36min

Let's Play Danganronpa! (Part Four)

The home stretch. The final trial. The true identity of the person controlling the bear.For this series we are joined by horror and anime expert Vanessa Guerrero from Game Grumps, who are currently pl...

6 Nov 20241h 42min

Let's Play Danganronpa! (Part Three)

Less than half of the original 15 students are still alive. On the forums, the success of the Let's Play is about to be its ultimate undoing.For this series we are joined by horror and anime expert Va...

1 Nov 20241h 13min

Let's Play Danganronpa! (Part Two)

Resuming the Danganronpa Let's Play saga, we're working through the cases and we touch on the different extant fandoms and communities that helped popularize Danganronpa.For this series we are joined ...

23 Okt 20241h 13min

Let's Play Danganronpa! (Part One)

When Something Awful poster Orenronen began translating the relatively obscure Japanese visual novel Danganronpa in 2011, it was considered too weird to get an official English localization. Over a de...

16 Okt 20241h 24min

Something Awful References in Video Games (Minisode)

The summer of gaming is drawing to a close, so here's a fun look at the times Something Awful showed up in commercial video games over the years. It's a good glimpse at how Something Awful was viewed ...

9 Okt 20241h 11min

Returning From 100,000 Hours of Probation

100,000 hours of probation is one of the worst punishments the administrators of Something Awful can mete out to problem posters. This episode, we talk about what it takes to be banished to the Phanto...

2 Okt 20241h 6min