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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(156)

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

Show Announcement - Potential Big Changes in 2025

We might be joining a network next year. You'll be hearing more about that in the episodes that are coming out over the next few weeks, but here's a nice little summary until then. IFTI 2.0 Topics lis...

25 Sep 20242min

The Everdraed Showcase (Minisode)

Sans Undertale! Now that I have your attention: Somebody who worked on Undertale was a Something Awful poster. Not just any poster, but an especially good and beloved one who made a lot of neat stuff!...

5 Sep 20241h 3min

Goons Cancel Scott Cawthon By Accident (Part Two)

Resuming from last week: a discussion about shitty indie game developers in the Rapidly Going Deaf subforum of the Something Awful forums is about to unearth Scott Cawthon's political donations, and j...

21 Aug 202447min

Goons Cancel Scott Cawthon By Accident (Part One)

The children's horror game series Five Nights At Freddy's turns 10 years old this month, and what better way to celebrate than continuing this show's accidental running theme of game developers being ...

14 Aug 202449min

UNLOCKED: Dave Barry: 90s Influencer (Patreon Bonus Ep)

Steve's on vacation so enjoy another freebie from the Patreon vault! We're talking about syndicated newspaper humor columnist Dave Barry and his early internet exploits. On the one hand, he's probably...

8 Aug 20241h 7min