Best Kyanka Podcasts (2024)

1
Oh Dear Lord, Bees! 1:26:27

2d ago1:26:27

1:26:27

We're taking a break from dark and depressing episodes this week to talk about what happens when a Florida goon with family over for the holidays and gallons of fire accelerant just sitting around has to deal with an unexpected swarm of bees. Also, our producer Steve makes his debut on mic! You can review this episode's document with sources (and p…

1
UNLOCKED: A Trekkie's Tale (Patreon Bonus Ep) 43:46

9d ago43:46

43:46

Winslow and Steve are back in the United States and we're working on a fresh batch of episodes, so here's an episode from behind the Patreon paywall.A Trekkie's Tale is a product of pre-internet fandom but whose protagonist Mary Sue is still invoked as an epithet online to this very day. This was recorded after the Ponygoons episode with Mike Carro…

1
The Get Out Frog (Minisode) 1:03:34

17d ago1:03:34

1:03:34

We're revamping the minisode format! Winslow and Jay talk about the Get Out Frog, the little stuffed frog who captured the hearts of the goons and then the internet at large. We also chat about the way that places to discuss pornography have been dying out on the internet, why furries have been using the same art site for nearly 20 years, and some …

1
No Episode This Week 19:37

22d ago19:37

19:37

Steve is on the other side of the world making music out of glacier noises (link below!) so here's Jay doing some housekeeping and reading a small post that wound up having very big consequences for him. Steve's ambient album: https://on.soundcloud.com/JYn9nyiEJD97kdg47 For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Created and Hoste…

1
STEROIDS (Part Three) 1:11:44

1M ago1:11:44

1:11:44

In which people who take drugs to win fights at the gym lose fights on the internet in spectacular fashion. Find Marcos at: www.Twitter.com/AinterShow https://soundcloud.com/aintshitshow https://www.patreon.com/TheHomieCollective Bumper music: Jane's Addiction - Idiots Rule KMFDM - Disobedience Fear Factory - Body Hammer Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff F…

1
STEROIDS (Part Two) 1:16:49

1M ago1:16:49

1:16:49

Last week we only scratched the surface of the world of performance enhancing drugs.This week: drugs that will permanently alter your eyesight, cook you alive with your own body heat, and leave pools of corrosive Xenomorph-like sweat in your pursuit of leaving Humanity behind. Find Marcos at: www.Twitter.com/AinterShow https://soundcloud.com/aintsh…

1
STEROIDS (Part One) 1:39:41

1M ago1:39:41

1:39:41

Bigger. Stronger. Worse than ever. In the follow-up to DA JOOSE, we return to The Crackhead Clubhouse to explore a new category of mind-altering illicit substances: steroids! Buckle up for a whopping three-part series on performance-enhancing drugs, how they work, and who is using them on the Something Awful forums. With special guest Marcos from T…

1
Magick Is Real (and Praxis) 1:28:00

2M ago1:28:00

1:28:00

Magic is the art of illusion and sleight of hand. Magick (pronounced "muh-gick") is the term for discussing real world sorcery among those whose know The Art. Today's episode falls squarely in the latter, as we explore a short-lived thread dedicated to spellcasting and fortunetelling in the leftist shitposting subforum of C-SPAM. What qualification…

1
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa) (Part Two) 1:08:24

2M ago1:08:24

1:08:24

Resuming from Part One, Tales of Game's has raised over $120,000 for a sequel to their cult hit freeware b-ball-themed comedy roleplaying game. Now to take a decade-long sip of coffee and see how The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa turne…

1
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa) (Part One) 1:12:21

2M ago1:12:21

1:12:21

This episode is canon. When crowdfunding blew up in the early 2010s, it seemed like a new golden age of media was upon us: dormant franchises were given long-awaited spiritual successors and small creators were given resources to chase their dreams and make media that would never be greenlit by a studio. One of these early success stories was Barkl…

1
Ponygoons (Part Two) 1:13:22

2M ago1:13:22

1:13:22

Resuming from last episode, the ostracizing of the Ponygoons is underway as the Brony phenomenon continues to grow outside of Something Awful. This week we're joined by Mike Carrozza Linktr.ee/mikecarrozza @mikecarrozza on Twitter and instagram Comedy album: Cherubic Podcasts: Am I The Bolcast? and We Didn’t Get a Rose Bumper music: The Rolling Sto…

1
Ponygoons (Part One) 1:09:39

3M ago1:09:39

1:09:39

My Little Pony. Three little words that can have wildly different connotations across the internet thanks to wildly unexpected popularity and fandom of 2010's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. In this week's episode, we learn about the origin of the phenomenon and how Something Awful reacts to some of their own going against the flow and assurin…

1
The Maremma Scenario 1:41:23

3M ago1:41:23

1:41:23

Dogs are great! But not every dog is right for every person, and nothing illustrates that better than The Maremma Scenario. Don't worry, nothing bad happens to the dog but I can't say the same for everyone else in this saga. We recorded this one last September so please excuse any temporal continuity errors. You can review this episode's document w…

1
Secret Pheromone Extraction Method 1:19:09

3M ago1:19:09

1:19:09

It's been a long wait, and we return bearing a terrible secret. The secret pheromone extraction method may not actually help you attract FEMALES but it does make for a fascinating case study in how misinformation spreads online. This week, I really wish The Mengele Effect had a different name and diva cups make their first appearance. You can revie…

1
MINISODE - An Oral History of 2023 Something Awful 1:21:06

6M ago1:21:06

1:21:06

I normally don't like to talk about current forums stuff because it's boring and leads to more people yelling at me than usual. But I can't let perfect be the enemy of good so here's a feature-length minisode on 2023 in review and the current state of the soul of Something Awful as a community. I really need to emphasize that this is literally me r…

1
IFTI will return in 2024! 14:55

6M ago14:55

14:55

Jay here, we're starting to work on new episodes and people have been asking if the show was coming back so I wanted to make it official and put something on the feed. The bad news, it's going to be just a little longer. But I didn't want to leave you empty-handed so I'm including a double minisode to end 2023 on a bang: an oral history of the year…

1
Brigador (Part Three) 1:47:17

9M ago1:47:17

1:47:17

The conclusion to the Brigador saga. Yes this is not the usual Wednesday upload date, but Steve is understandably occupied with saying goodbye to his beloved cat Shrodinger (RIP) so Jay had to edit this one and since he still doesn't have an apartment he's going to take advantage of wifi when he can get it. You can review this episode's document wi…

1
Minisode: The Flash Has Pants Made of Goes Fast 46:37

10M ago46:37

46:37

This summer's The Flash movie is maybe one of the biggest bombs of the entire superhero movie era, so what better time to revisit Something Awful's comic book subforum for some classic 2000s internet exuberant superhero fanboyism. That's just the first ten minutes, the rest is Jay giving life updates and explaining the lack of recent uploads. but d…

1
Brigador (Part Two) 46:23

11M ago46:23

46:23

Last we left off, the developers of Brigador were left scrambling after one of their co-founders was outed as a bigot. In this episode, we cover the fallout and bring some more fun revelations to light. Bumper music: Skinlab - Scapegoat Samael - Rain The document and sources for this three-parter will be released with the final episode to preserve …

1
Brigador (Part One) 1:06:49

11M ago1:06:49

1:06:49

The Your Console Sucks subforum of Something Awful was kind of like the Velvet Underground of late-00s video game shitposting communities: Not a lot of people posted there, but the ones who did went on to achieve varying degrees of success and infamy in video game development and criticism. This three-parter focuses on one of the products of that w…

1
Hulk Hogan Meat Shoes (with Gary Butterfield) 1:53:06

12M ago1:53:06

1:53:06

Hulk Hogan Meat Shoes. For decades, it was just a really funny shitpost from the days before the term "shitposting" existed. But thanks to recent developments in the world of lost media, we finally have proof that the meat shoes were real all along. With special guest Gary Butterfield from the Duckfeed.tv podcast network as well as Modridge https:/…

1
Special Bonus: Jay and Winslow on Manawatu Peoples Radio New Zealand 57:49

12M ago57:49

57:49

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 ago Jay repurposed a Twitter account about video game toilets to post about weird forums lore. Listen to Reserved Recommendations at https://mpr.nz/show…

1
Phenazepam, aka DA JOOSE (Part Two) 1:24:55

1y ago1:24:55

1:24:55

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 from last week, Brewkakke has ordered a large quantity of Russian benzodiazapenes to resell to his fellow posters in Something Awful's The Crackhead Clu…

1
Phenazepam, aka DA JOOSE (Part One) 1:21:34

1y ago1:21:34

1:21:34

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. Phenazepam is a powerful benzodiazepine drug that was invented in Soviet Russia as a way of tranquilizing mental patients and helping alcoholics work through withd…

1
Jurassic Jeep with DINO DAMAGE (Part Two) 1:07:11

1y ago1:07:11

1:07:11

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/JurassicJeepPodDoc musical interludes: Korn - Lowrider Psykosonik - Ride Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel The Cars - Drive For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com …

1
Jurassic Jeep with DINO DAMAGE (Part One) 1:03:43

1y ago1:03:43

1:03:43

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 move replica car. Who's at fault? Stay tuned to find out, this is a real twisty-turny one! This week's document can be found at https://tinyurl.com/JurassicJeepPodDoc For inquirie…

1
The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment (Part Two) 1:00:20

1y ago1:00:20

1:00:20

We're back with the final of The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment! This episode's document and sources: https://tinyurl.com/DemonRushPodDoc Musical Interludes: Nine Inch Nails - Demon Seed My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - The Devil Does Drugs Gorillaz - Demon Days Atreyu - Demonology And Heartache For inquiries, contact the show directly at …

1
The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment (Part One) 57:25

1y ago57:25

57:25

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 their degree of success is debatable it is undeniable that they made SOMETHING. This episode's document and sources: https://tinyurl.com/DemonRushPodDoc…

1
The Segakiller 1:29:16

1y ago1:29:16

1:29:16

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. In 2006, poster Pimpsolo found one such cable running across his property and into his neighbor's house, and when the cable company refused to do any…

1
Mermaid Shelly 1:27:39

1y ago1:27:39

1:27:39

The Something Awful Forums may have a long and storied history of animosity towards one costuming-focused subculture, but Mermaid Shelly is here to show us that sometimes it really is better down where it's wetter. This episode's document and sources: https://tinyurl.com/ShellyPodDoc For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Cre…

1
Minisode: Martin Random Goes To Washington 30:43

1y ago30:43

30:43

Martin Random was the handle of a well-known teller of tall tales in the early days of the Something Awful forums, and while I personally am not a fan of him or his writing a minisode seems like the perfect excuse to talk about one of his less scatological and more far-reaching stories. Today we talk about Martin Random's made-up stories about work…

1
Minisode: The Racist Chili Recipe 40:42

1y ago40:42

40:42

People being mad about chili recipes on the internet is a long and storied tradition in the world of posting. This is a unique case, though, because regardless of your opinions on using onion soup mix and six whole squirts of tobasco sauce as seasoning for a pot of chili its the really tryhard edginess that pushes this one into the annals of goon h…

1
Minisode: The God in the Machine (Nathan Park) 1:08:37

1+ y ago1:08:37

1:08:37

Steve's vacation continues. Jay tries to pass the time by explaining recent moderator drama on the Something Awful forums, a piece of fiction that was a part of said drama, and his own recent personal struggles with autism.All of this taking place within Riven: The Sequel to Myst. I love the internet! The full text of Background - The God in the Ma…

1
Miniosode: I Run Slowly 8:53

1+ y ago8:53

8:53

Steve on vacation abroad for the new few weeks so full episodes will resume when he returns. While he's away we're going to be putting out some smaller self-contained mini episodes so each week you can still get a small bite of Something Awful content. Jay''s apartment flooded and he's this close to throwing his laptop through the window and runnin…

1
BIO-APOCALYPSE (Part Three) 51:53

1+ y ago51:53

51:53

It's the finale of this sixth-grader's hand-drawn sci-fi horror epic, see the thrilling conclusion of the saga as well as the Goon reactions! You can buy the official physical version of BIO-APOCALYPSE at https://www.indyplanet.com/bio-apocalypse?product=76932 A free digital version is also available via The Internet Archive https://web.archive.org…

1
BIO-APOCALYPSE (Part Two) 50:36

1+ y ago50:36

50:36

Continuing where we last left off in this sixth-grader's hand-drawn sci-fi horror epic, the last surviving humans have launched their last desperate attack on the giant organism that had assimilated all life on Earth. Next week will see the thrilling conclusion of the saga as well as the Goon reactions! This episode is broken up into parts and I fu…

1
BIO-APOCALYPSE (Part One) 54:50

1+ y ago54:50

54:50

Do you ever look at your old drawings from when you were a kid and wonder "how the hell did I come up with that"? Well, a Something Awful poster with a name that I am unwilling to print in the show notes did that, and thankfully scanned and shared it with the Goons so they could as well. Buckle up because pain is the curse of consciousness and plan…

1
Hockey Scores 1:14:26

1+ y ago1:14:26

1:14:26

The year is 2008. Canada needs a new theme song for Hockey Night and they're holding a contest. This is the story of one of those contest entries. The doc for today's episode can be viewed at https://tinyurl.com/HockeyScoresPodDoc The Hockey Scores remix package is rehosted at https://www.dropbox.com/s/0dbpltti474emwj/Scores_RemixKit.rar For inquir…

1
Winslow Presents: THE TRUCKER 35:51

1+ y ago35:51

35:51

Sorry for the late upload, life has been pretty hectic here at IFTI so our next full episode had to be pushed back a week. Luckily Winslow stepped up and we have our first Winslow Presents episode of the show, where we take a break from talking about Something Awful and the Goons to read something from his archives. Today he's reading a rambling, p…

1
Samadhi Village, Part Two 1:39:14

1+ y ago1:39:14

1:39:14

Special guest Kole Ross from Duckfeed.tv joins us for an exploration of that time a goon bought a bunch of land in Hawaii and then convinced a bunch of other goons to fly over on their own dime and work the land. Watch dreams of escaping the rat race turn into the intimidating reality of attempting agriculture on a patch of land that is cartoonishl…

1
Samadhi Village, Part One 1:02:48

1+ y ago1:02:48

1:02:48

Special guest Kole Ross from Duckfeed.tv joins us for an exploration of that time a goon bought a bunch of land in Hawaii and then convinced a bunch of other goons to fly over on their own dime and work the land. Watch dreams of escaping the rat race turn into the intimidating reality of attempting agriculture on a patch of land that is cartoonishl…

1
Grab Bag - Goons and Sex Circa 2007 1:18:49

1+ y ago1:18:49

1:18:49

A break from format, instead of one continuous saga we read a grab bag of funny and weird posts with commentary and discussion in between. This grab bag is themed around goons talking about their misadventures in relationships, dating, and sex so this is definitely an IFTI After Dark episode. Come for the goal-oriented sandwich, stay for the cum bu…

1
Low-Carb Goons 1:14:12

1+ y ago1:14:12

1:14:12

In summer of 2011, Something Awful's fitness subforum hosted a thread obsessed with the concept of a diet low in carbohydrates not only as a way of losing weight but as a miracle cure for everything that ailed them. Then in fall of 2011, a previously healthy 21 year-old goon was prescribed statins by his doctor due to eating nothing but peanut butt…

1
The BoxMystery.com Scam 53:48

1+ y ago53:48

53:48

The deceptive allure of the mystery box is something everyone has to learn to innoculate themselves from at one point or another. For most of us it is a metaphorical mystery box that confounds. like a TV show that keep stringing you along season after season without providing answer. But for an unfortunate few goons in the summer of 2010 it was a l…

1
Discovering and Restoring the Workprint of 'Manos: the Hands of Fate' (Part Two) 52:30

1+ y ago52:30

52:30

Resuming from last episode, Ben Solovey's restoration of Manos: The Hands of Fate is underway but the nefarious Rupert Munch continues to use legal threats and alleged subterfuge to keep the restoration of Manos: The Hands of Fate from eclipsing his own project. Will he succeed? Will the backers receive their Blu-Rays? Why did Super Hornio Brothers…

1
Discovering and Restoring the Workprint of 'Manos: the Hands of Fate' (Part One) 1:02:11

1+ y ago1:02:11

1:02:11

In 1966, an El Paso fertilizer salesman named Harold P. Warren created a movie called Manos: The Hands of Fate. In 1993, the comedy program Mystery Science Theater 3000 released an episode dedicated to Manos that enshrined it in the pantheon of bad movies and created generations of fans. Then in 2011, a Something Awful poster named Ben Solo found t…

1
Muerte's Long Quarter-Life Crisis Walk (Part Two) 1:02:52

1+ y ago1:02:52

1:02:52

Muerte is about to start his hike across America. How far will he go? Will he survive? Is this all a grift? All these questions and more may be answered on this week's episode of I'M FROM THE INTERNET! You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation. https://tinyurl.com/MuerteMarchPodDoc You can contact…

1
Muerte's Long Quarter-Life Crisis Walk (Part One) 53:56

1+ y ago53:56

53:56

For our first real episode, we discuss one of the most-requested stories from the Twitter account: The story of a bored mid-20s Californian who decided the cure for his mental illnesses and the ennui of comfortable middle-class life was quitting his job and walking across America coast-to-coast in the middle of summer with little preparation and ig…

1
An Overview of the Something Awful Forums (and Your Hosts) 1:48:03

1+ y ago1:48:03

1:48:03

In our inaugural episode, hosts Winslow Dumaine and Jay Brandstetter introduce themselves and their internet bona fides. Jay gives a broad overview of the Something Awful forums, their historical significance, some baseline knowledge of the forum's culture and inner-workings, and a breakdown of each of the major subforums with some teaser of storie…

1
Ep 029 - John McCain's Stupid Boat 27:22

5y ago27:22

27:22

We're BACK...... again. I mean since the last time we were back..... again. Today we talk about Donald Trump's hatred of John McCain's boat, Tom Hanks and his secret area rug factory, abortion, ball stench, thimbles, thumb babies, and Barabbas' notorious flea infestation. Because, of course we do.By Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka and Jonathan Weir

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Kyanka Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Quick Reference Guide