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A podcast where teachers share their hilarious tales of the classroom. 100% anonymous. If this tickles your pickle and you've got your own teacher's tale that you'd like to share, drop us an email: staffroompod@gmail.com and it just might become an episode! Just remember - what happens in the staff room stays in the staff room. No one likes a grass.
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Worst Foot Forward

Hosted by Ben Van der Velde and Barry McStay

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An encyclopaedia of heroic failure Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular mis-steps that pockmark human endeavour. If you ever want to feel better about your progress in life, take a listen and enjoy a lovely schadenfreude bubble bath. Music by Max Perryment (www.maxperryment.co.uk) Donate to us via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward
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Radio presenter and Film Critic Amanny Mo presents this new weekly arts and entertainment podcast with interviews, reviews and news - all wrapped up in one place! Art to Art is all about the shared experiences and creating a community - so WHAT is on your WATCH LIST of things to watch, listen to or read? Have you ever been bursting to share your thoughts and opinions on a brand new TV series, movie, album, podcast? Well, here’s the safe space to do just that - who doesn’t love a healthy deba ...
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We make up for last month's lack of a bonus episode - blame "life" - with a bumper episode all about Earth's favourite sidepiece: the moon! Ben takes Barry to Selene and back with a bit of blue, stories from Apollo 12 (the difficult second album) and why the Americans thought the Moon, if indeed made of cheese, could have benefitted from the additi…
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It's time for EVENTS! The London Breeze film festival kicks off 23rd October for 5 days of films, industry events and much more! Check out this episode where Amanny catches up with festival programmer and co-ordinator Madeleine Casey and waxes lyrical with award-winning filmmaker Maeve Murphy who's presenting her short film based on a true crime in…
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast This episode is a roaringly good listen as Amanny chats with 'Nala' and 'Rafiki' aka the two brilliant stars of THE LION KING Theatre production in the West End as they celebrate this award-winning show's 25th Anniversary You can find out more info about the stage …
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Behold! An episode full of underwhelming serpents, winsome wyrms and dull dragons. We're joined by returning guest John Henry Falle aka The Storybeast to discuss the worst examples of draconis is all of literature, folklore and (cypto)zoology. Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @vanderlaugh @barrymcstay @thestorybeast Take a butcher's at Ben's Subs…
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This is an episode overflowing with flavours, covered in toppings and oozing cheese - if by flavours, toppings and cheese we mean trivia - as we talk about the World's Worst Pizza in the company of comedian and improviser Meredith Hackman. There's Pizzagate, pizza rat, shame pizza, Pentagon pizza and much more besides! Check out Meredith and Barry …
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With Barry absent in Ireland for a funeral, we had to cancel our recordings this month. Apologies! But it allows us to revisit episode 230 which was about the Worst Funerals! We both agreed it was a belter when we recorded it, so - like all the best funerals - it deserves an encore. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @petedona…
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This week Ben and Barry welcome back returning guest Simon Watt. Simon is an expert biologist and science communicator who is going to help them answer one of the biggest questions: out of all of Mother Nature's creations, which is the worst? We meet tragic endlings, furry crabs and come face to proboscis with man's greatest enemy... Follow us on T…
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Sit down and tell us a bit about yourselves, as we gather for this bonus episode on job interviews. Barry takes Ben through the resumé of hiring processes, ranging from Thomas Edison taking you out for soup to modern day practitioners making you moo like cows. There are also quizzes, famous apprentices and a cluster of US vice-presidential nominees…
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It's August, all potential guests are at the Edinburgh Fringe this month, so it's a Ben and Barry duo show, as they look back at the topics covered in episodes 116-120 and find the BEST in those categories rather than the worst. There are princes (and Prince), scientific frauds (and cats), mascots (and giants), allergies (and exercise) and Dungeons…
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast This episode is two of our special coverage of comedians at this year's Edinburgh Fringe festival. In this episode, we'll hear from two brilliant comedians - Kate-Lois Elliott with her show HOW TO BELONG WITHOUT JOINING A CULT, and dropping some serious but funny t…
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast This episode is one of two special episodes dedicated to the comedians bringing the laughs, to Edinburgh Fringe festival throughout the month of August. In this episode, we'll hear from two brilliant comedians - Amy Mason with her FREE MASON show, and 'Superstore' …
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It's time to flush out the worst do-gooders in the world. Joining Ben and Barry is current stand-up comic and former Oxfam charity shop employee Amy Mason. Together they discover how Justin Bieber, height, a hedgehog, a kindly old man and erotica have been used to raise money for good causes. And also a health spa. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot …
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast This episode is dedicated to one powerhouse performer - jazz singer JUDITH OWEN who not only brings the sass, but the class with her New Orleans flavour, and the callers (her band) who join her on stage! Your host Amanny Mo has an absolute hoot with this passionate…
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Inspired by the timeless glory of the sporting jamboree going on in Paris right now, have another lesson to this classic episode where Ben and Barry dive head first (with a triple twist and a confused pike) into the more leftfield history of the Olympic Games. They take a short look at the international alternatives to the great games before turnin…
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This podcast finds a way...to ruin your favourite prehistoric lizards for you! Barry and Ben are going fossil-hunting in the company of comedian and podcaster Harry Stachini to pick over the bones of the World's Worst Dinosaur. There are brains in bums, T-Rex's called Sue and dinosaur erotica. Yep. You heard us. You won't want to miss this one. Fol…
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Join our two regular birdbrains as they talk to comedian, writer and wondrous performance artist Victoria Melody as they scan history - both human and natural - for the world's worst bird. We meet Charles Dickens' aggressive pet, some heroic and haphazard pigeons, Ben invents a new meal and relays the horrors of an infamous French delicacy. Follow …
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To celebrate our 300th episode, we're celebrating the most famous 300 men in history - the Spartan warriors who died valiently fighting the Persians. Except there werent' 300 of them. And not everyone they fought was strictly Persian. And they ended up in this pickle thanks to the weasely behaviour of a shepherd. For this and more historical tomfoo…
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Some said it couldn't be done. Some said it SHOULDN'T be done. But here we are - the podcast has reached 300 episodes! So the proud parents are taking out the photo album to show off some of their big strong pod-child's embarrassing snaps from its youth. In the time-honoured style of one of those TV retrospective shows, Barry and Ben each share 3 o…
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It's another great GUESTLIST on Art to Art with Amanny Mo! In this episode, Amanny talks movies and a controversial figure - Julian Assange with the filmmaker Kym Staton who was inspired to make a documentary called THE TRUST FALL: JULIAN ASSANGE Click here! For cinema showings and more info And from documentaries to debut dramas and STRICTLY CONFI…
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Join us as we tee off across history to discover the definitive worst golfer in history. Accompanied by actor, comedian, radio host and golf obsessive Tom Price, Ben and Barry encounter Presidents, prison officers and the infamous Phantom of the Open. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @thepr…
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Join us in the WFF dark room as we search through the negatives of the worst ever photographs in the company of master comedian and photographer Steve Best. We talk mundanity, plagiarism and a very talented and opportunistic ape. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @SteveBestComic Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on o…
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Well what a GUESTLIST on Art to Art with Amanny Mo! Check out this episode whether you like films, comedy or telly, it's got it ALL! In today's episode, Amanny talks telly with a King, well actually, the brilliant actor Tony Curran who plays King James I in explosive new series on Sky (UK) and Starz (US) 'Mary and George'. Feminist funny woman Elea…
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Check out this episode, mate! This week's gambit involves Romanian stand-up comedian and chess enthusiast Radu Isac joining us to discuss the world's worst chess grandmaster. We blitz our way through various aspects of the game's history, from its multiple weird adaptations to those players who cheated using everything from phones to sleight-of-han…
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Welcome to another edition of your arts and entertainment podcast where Amanny Mo aims to delve into the back stories of her showbiz guests and have a good laugh along the way too! In today's episode, we have hilarious comedy from Britain's Got Talent 2017 finalist, Daliso Chaponda! He talks about his current UK tour Feed This Black Man, Again! How…
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast --------------------------------------------------------** NOTE: BOOK GIVEAWAY NOW EXTENDED **ENTRIES BY 5PM ON FRI 17 MAY (see below)--------------------------------------------------------This episode is rather special as Sunday Times Top 10 best selling author, …
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This is a theatre special for stage play 222 A GHOST STORY with the UK touring cast - Vera Chok, Jay McGuiness, Fiona Wade, and George Rainsford, giving us insight into the play and their roles, as well as some fun stuff! Vera and Jay give us their WATCH LIST and it's very interesting! The play is skillfully written by Danny Robins - and Amanny int…
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Read Ben's new Substack here, including articles about Obsession and The Beatles, prehistoric shananigans and a short story about a very sinister bookmakers: https://vanderlaugh.substack.com/ Sit up straight, eyes front, pens at the ready and don't even think of aiming your peashooter at the back of our heads. It's time for your detention project: …
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With the Snooker World Championship in full swing, Ben takes us for a break around the table with a potted history of snoooker, with some billiards and pool thrown in. There are tales of deathly dull games, the day inclement weather halted a match and the story of one snooker referee's brush with musical superstardom. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfo…
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Do you enjoy your crime thrillers? Well, look no further than brand new UK TV series RED EYE that takes off and lands on ITV1 and ITVX from Sunday 21 April, 9pm (BST) The two stars of this crime thriller - Richard Armitage (The Hobbit movies) and Jing Lusi (Crazy Rich Asians) join Amanny for an art to art about this brand new six part show. It's wo…
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DONATE TO THE HARDEST GEEZER! Try and see our lips move on this week's episode as Angus Dunican returns to talk to us about the World's Worst Ventriloquist. From puppets on the beat to those who faced down the Nazis and lived to tell the tale, there's something for everyone in here. Assuming everyone has at least one type of creepy puppet they're k…
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Barry's play BREEDING runs from March 21st to April 14th 2024 at the King's Head Theatre in London - get tickets here! https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding With a hey nonny no, a slap of the thigh and some deeply questionable lyrics we're joined this week by accordionist, folk singer and comedian David Eagle to root out the world's worst …
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