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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)

Eric Conveys An Emotion (1998-2008)

In real life, a funny face was probably the first thing you ever laughed at. Things weren't much different on the early internet. A college student named Eric Wu achieved international stardom making ...

13 Nov 20251h 15min

Horse eBooks (Part Two)

Welcome to the world of podcasting, where FMV means Funny With my Voice! We're going back to 2013, where FMV means "oops we forgot to tell a joke".Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at htt...

7 Nov 202559min

Horse eBooks (Part One)

After a year of teasing, we're finally going beyond the Something Awful forums to talk about all the rest of the old internet. Horse eBooks was a Twitter spambot in the early 2010s that developed a fo...

29 Okt 20251h 13min

Chickencheese (Part Two)

The chickencheese thread is sent away from its culinary homeland to learn the ways of animal husbandry and firearm maintenance.Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com...

22 Okt 202551min

UNLOCKED: The Angel Quiz (Patreon Bonus #34)

A new content recognition algorithm has rolled out, and in completely unrelated news we're currently in the process of re-editing our back catalogue to take out the music. So while we wrap that up, en...

15 Okt 20251h 25min

Chickencheese (Part One)

Despite what online recipes would have you believe, most meals don't have a particular interesting story behind them.This one starts from a mundane place: chicken, cheese, heat, embarrassing affected ...

8 Okt 20251h 2min

Lowtax vs Uwe Boll (Part Two)(with 48 Minutes of Dogs Barking)

The year is 2006. After some fiddling, you've got the stream loaded up in Windows Media Player. You're about to watch the guy who owns your favorite forum get beat up by a large German man in front of...

1 Okt 20251h 19min

Lowtax vs Uwe Boll (Part One)(with 48 Minutes of Dogs Barking)

We've gotten to know Richard Kyanka, before we step into the ring we need to get to know Uwe Boll.This week we are joined by Jason and Bryan from fellow internet history podcast 48 Minutes of Dogs Bar...

24 Sep 20251h 43min