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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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Five Golden Manbabies (Minisode)

If you ever wanted to learn the origin of the term "shitposting", this is the minisode for you!You can review this episode's document with sources at https://tinyurl.com/SA5GoldenManbabiesPodDocFor in...

10 Juli 202457min

Oh Dear Lord, Bees!

We're taking a break from dark and depressing episodes this week to talk about what happens when a Florida goon with family over for the holidays and gallons of fire accelerant just sitting around has...

26 Juni 20241h 24min

UNLOCKED: A Trekkie's Tale (Patreon Bonus Ep)

Winslow and Steve are back in the United States and we're working on a fresh batch of episodes, so here's an episode from behind the Patreon paywall.A Trekkie's Tale is a product of pre-internet fando...

19 Juni 202443min

The Get Out Frog (Minisode)

We're revamping the minisode format! Winslow and Jay talk about the Get Out Frog, the little stuffed frog who captured the hearts of the goons and then the internet at large. We also chat about the wa...

12 Juni 20241h 3min

No Episode This Week

Steve is on the other side of the world making music out of glacier noises (link below!) so here's Jay doing some housekeeping and reading a small post that wound up having very big consequences for h...

6 Juni 202419min

STEROIDS (Part Three)

In which people who take drugs to win fights at the gym lose fights on the internet in spectacular fashion.Find Marcos at:www.Twitter.com/AinterShowhttps://soundcloud.com/aintshitshowhttps://www.patre...

29 Maj 20241h 10min

STEROIDS (Part Two)

Last week we only scratched the surface of the world of performance enhancing drugs.This week: drugs that will permanently alter your eyesight, cook you alive with your own body heat, and leave pools ...

22 Maj 20241h 15min

STEROIDS (Part One)

Bigger. Stronger. Worse than ever. In the follow-up to DA JOOSE, we return to The Crackhead Clubhouse to explore a new category of mind-altering illicit substances: steroids! Buckle up for a whopping ...

15 Maj 20241h 37min