{"podcast":{"title":"The Worst of All Possible Worlds","slug":"the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds-3988838","podcast_index_feed_id":3988838,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/worstofallpossibleworlds/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.worstpossible.world","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11885637/twoapwlogo.jpg","author":"Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford","episode_count":267,"summary":"The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better one. Also, we have bits.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds-3988838"},"episode":{"title":"226 - Kingdom Hearts (feat. Lucy Valentine)","slug":"226-kingdom-hearts-feat-lucy-valentine","published_at":"2026-02-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds-3988838/226-kingdom-hearts-feat-lucy-valentine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds-3988838","url":"https://worstofallpossibleworlds.podbean.com/e/226-kingdom-hearts-feat-lucy-valentine/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x3rbh8x6twwwyt8u/226_-_Kingdom_Hearts_feat_Lucy_Valentine_89bvu.mp3","summary":"Lucy Valentine (Boonta Vista, Savant-Garde) and the lads hop in their Gummi Ship and make for Hollow Bastion as they cover the infamous Square and Disney RPG crossover of 2002: Kingdom Hearts. Topics include Tetsuya Nomura’s incredible character designs, the dated gameplay, and what it means to create a game where Donald Duck is seduced by a gorilla. Lucy Valentine: Bluesky Boonta Vista: The least consequential news from around the world from the least informed minds in Australia. Andrew, Theo, Lucy and Ben bring you the week’s stories that conveniently fit into one of their countless, concerningly specific segments. Keep up with the latest news from Nature Corner, Paging Dr. Lucy, Planely Speaking, Omens and Portents, The Hole Report and many, many more. Patreon // Website // Merch // Spotify // Apple Podcasts Savant-Garde: Hosted by Lucy Valentine (Boonta Vista) and Jesse Black (Sludgefest). Savant-Garde is almost certainly the world’s only podcast where one autistic ex-wife and one OCD ex-husband unpack the disgracefully disordered worlds of Adrian Monk and the Good Doctor, Shaun Murphy, through the lens of two very normal brains. Patreon // Instagram // Spotify // Apple Podcasts Media Referenced in this Episode: Kingdom Hearts. Dir. Tetsuya Nomura. 2002 The Collaborative History of Disney & Square Enix to the Development of Kingdom Hearts by Evan “ScooterNape” Phillips. Reddit. TGS 2004: Tetsuya Nomura Q&A by Anoop Gantayat. IGN. Updated June 30th, 2016. Iwata Asks: Nintendo 3DS Vol. 12: Dream Drop Distance. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Kingdom Hearts 4.3 Prologue: A Maritime Fragment: H(earts). M(inds). S(ora). Titanic Trailer (Version 1.5)” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J.…","meta_description":"Lucy Valentine (Boonta Vista, Savant-Garde) and the lads hop in their Gummi Ship and make for Hollow Bastion as they cover the infamous Square and Disney…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8960,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds-3988838/episodes/226-kingdom-hearts-feat-lucy-valentine/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds-3988838/226-kingdom-hearts-feat-lucy-valentine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}