Join host Ryan Rebalkin and his rotating guest hosts on The Worst of the Best Podcast, where they dive into the flaws of the best in pop culture and more. Covering genres like films, music, food, true crime, historical events, celebrity culture, and quirky societal trends, this podcast delivers a humorous, irreverent critique of the finest’s shortcomings.
Latest episodes
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1 h 04
Top Tourist Destinations Around the Globe
Ryan and Jason tour the spots that pull the crowds, then pick the one they would skip. Jason is late: a wrong click may have wiped about 600 shots, Grand Canyon included. Recovery…
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1 h 25
Iconic Rock Singers
Ryan and Jason run twenty iconic rock voices. Not ranked. No R&B. Built from names that kept showing up on other people’s lists.
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48 min
Ten Surprising Products That Generated Millions in Profits
Ryan and Jason count ten products that made millions nobody saw coming. Rule at the end: everything is a dollar, which one stays on the shelf.Rate on Apple Podcasts, email a worst…
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47 min
Simple Things That Play Tricks on Your Brain
Ryan and his brother Jason take on ten everyday ways the brain glitches on The Worst of the Best Podcast.They cover the food variety effect that makes holiday buffets dangerous, wh…
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47 min
Secret Societies You’ve Never Heard Of (Or Wish You Hadn’t)
Ryan and his brother Jason dive into ten real secret and clandestine societies that have operated (or still operate) in the shadows on The Worst of the Best Podcast.They cover the…
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51 min
Hidden Truths of the Food Industry
Ryan and his brother Jason dig into some of the darker, lesser-known truths of the modern food industry on The Worst of the Best Podcast.They cover why American chicken is banned i…
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49 min
Samhain Secrets: The Dark Roots of Halloween
Ryan reunites Bob and Zip (No Redeeming Qualities) for a special Halloween episode diving into the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain — the real roots of modern Halloween.They expl…
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38 min
Unique Ice Cream Flavors From Around the World
Ryan and his brother Jason take a lighter, more delicious turn on The Worst of the Best Podcast with ten unique ice cream flavors from around the world that you won’t find at your…
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53 min
Lightning Does Strike Twice – Debunking Everyday Myths
Ryan and his brother Jason return for a fun, fact-checking episode of The Worst of the Best Podcast, tearing down ten common beliefs that most people still think are true.They cove…
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54 min
Selfie Slip-Ups: 10 Times Selfies Got People Caught
Ryan welcomes returning guest Tony for a darkly funny episode of The Worst of the Best Podcast focused on people who incriminated themselves with selfies.They break down ten real c…
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53 min
Morning Routines of the Successful… and the One We Refuse!
Ryan welcomes Zip (No Redeeming Qualities) for a light, funny breakdown of the morning routines of highly successful people.They go through ten popular rituals — prepping the night…
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54 min
Inventors Who Never Got Rich From Their Genius
Ryan and his brother Jason return for a light but fascinating episode of The Worst of the Best Podcast, ranking inventors who created world-changing things… and never got rich from…
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1 h 34
Kayfabe, Attitude, and the WWE Wrestlers Who Defined the ’90s
Ryan welcomes Tony (One Big Toilet) out of podcast retirement for a deep dive into the biggest wrestlers of the 1990s.They talk kayfabe, work vs. shoot, why wrestling is live stunt…
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54 min
Saturday Morning Cartoons (1980s)
Relive the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons with the absolute best of the 1980s. We count down the top 10 iconic shows every 80s kid remembers — from Looney Tunes and Alvin…
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51 min
Completely Pointless but Controversial Arguments
These are the completely pointless arguments that somehow still start fights — toilet paper over or under, pineapple on pizza, ketchup in the fridge or pantry, how to pronounce GIF…
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39 min
The Dark and Gruesome Origins of Fairy Tales
Classic fairy tales were never the wholesome stories Disney sold us. In this episode we dig into the original dark and gruesome versions of 10 of the most famous ones — kids drowni…
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34 min
Items and Activities That Are Forbidden in North Korea
North Korea bans everyday things most of us never think twice about — the global internet, smiling on certain days, foreign TV, driving, leaving the country, skinny jeans, internat…
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1 h 02
'Friends' - 10 Things That Haven't Aged Well from the Sitcom
In this episode of The Worst of the Best Podcast, Ryan is joined by co-host Katie to dive deep into how the iconic '90s sitcom Friends has aged—nearly 20 years after its finale. We…
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1 h 02
UFO and Alien Encounters
Ryan and Jason dive into 10 wild alien encounter stories — from reptilian face-pulling, star people, miscarriages replaced by alien babies, cloud beings, Tic Tac UFOs seen by milit…
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49 min
Sibling Rivalry That Ended in Tragedy (True Crime)
Ryan and Jason cover 10 real stories of sibling rivalries that ended in tragedy — from fights over WiFi passwords and dirty dishes to pizza ovens, borrowed t-shirts, religious diff…