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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)

Special Bonus: Jay and Winslow on Manawatu Peoples Radio New Zealand

We got broadcast over the air in New Zealand, baby! That means the radio waves containing our voices will continue to echo through the cosmos long after our sun has extinguished, all because a year ag...

1 Jul 202357min

Phenazepam, aka DA JOOSE (Part Two)

CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with drug addiction, abuse, and death. If that's going to ruin your day, maybe pass on this one because this is a real human trainwreck of an episode.Continuing fro...

21 Jun 20231h 23min

Phenazepam, aka DA JOOSE (Part One)

14 Jun 20231h 19min

Jurassic Jeep with DINO DAMAGE (Part Two)

Part two of the Jurassic Jeep saga, Telltale Games offers their side of the story and the goons turn on Boomerjinks.This week's document can be found at tinyurl.com/JurassicJeepPodDocFor inquiries, co...

7 Jun 20231h 5min

Jurassic Jeep with DINO DAMAGE (Part One)

Fandom, car culture, and internet harassment campaigns all collide in this week's episode as we talk about Boomerjinks feuding with Telltale Games over damage done to his movie replica car. Who's at f...

1 Jun 20231h 2min

The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment (Part Two)

We're back with the final of The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment!This episode's document and sources: https://tinyurl.com/DemonRushPodDocFor inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail....

17 Mai 202359min

The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment (Part One)

The indie gaming world has exploded in the past decade, and many successful indie game developers have called the Something Awful forums their homes. Dragoon Entertainment is one of them, and while th...

10 Mai 202359min

The Segakiller

Living in the age of streaming video and wireless internet, it's easy to forget that not that long ago is was a relatively common occurrence for people to pirate cable television with physical cables....

3 Mai 20231h 26min