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I'M FROM THE INTERNET
Jay Brandstetter & Winslow Dumaine
Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 126
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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The Late, Great Fredrick Brennan (Part Two)
Episode 129
mardi 24 février 2026 • Duration 01:09:46
Fredrick Brennan has created 8chan. You probably know the broad strokes of what happened next thanks to the work of many brave and talented journalists, but there's still some fun stories to be told in Fred's final years.
Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod
You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodFredMemorialDoc
Submit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeas, or contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by
Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
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The Late, Great Fredrick Brennan (Part One)
Episode 128
samedi 21 février 2026 • Duration 01:21:10
Today would have been Fredrick Brennan's 32nd birthday. He died in his sleep last month, so here's Fred's partner to memorialize the 8chan founder who realized he was wrong, got out, and did what he could to take down the monster he helped create.
His family wanted to keep the news private until now for personal reasons, so we recorded this a couple weeks after his death but are only releasing it now that the news has officially broken. Don't worry, there's no crying in the episode. Unfortunately, the audio quality is really bad because due to the circumstances Jay didn't get to record in his usual spot. I'm sorry that one of our most historically significant episodes is also one of our worst-sounding ones, but given the circumstances I hope you will forgive.
Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod
You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodFredMemorialDoc
Submit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeas, or contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by
Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The World-Of-Nintendo Complaints Box (1999)
Episode 119
mercredi 17 décembre 2025 • Duration 57:21
A website about Nintendo? The wonders of the internet never cease! We're going back to the turn of the millennium to see what the unsupervised children of the Clinton administration were up to. I lost a friend over Pokemon cards, but I found Luigi in Super Mario 64 so everything turned out OK in the end.
Get over 40 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod
You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodCAPAlertDoc
Submit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeas
For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by
Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Phenazepam, aka DA JOOSE (Part One)
Episode 26
mercredi 14 juin 2023 • Duration 01:19:54
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 withdrawal. So of course when Something Awful's The Crackhead Clubhouse subforum learns about it they can't wait to ruin their lives with it! Folks, there are some real rough chuckles.
We also have a guest this week, comedian Bryan Cook (@BryanCooking on Twitter) swung by for a real baptism by fire into the I'M FROM THE INTERNET extended universe.
Winslow got a pretty good interview this week too, check it out: https://canvasrebel.com/meet-winslow-dumaine/
For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by:
Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-…k-of-wonders
This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jurassic Jeep with DINO DAMAGE (Part Two)
Episode 25
mercredi 7 juin 2023 • Duration 01:05:48
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
For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by:
Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-…k-of-wonders
This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jurassic Jeep with DINO DAMAGE (Part One)
Episode 24
jeudi 1 juin 2023 • Duration 01:02:40
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 movie 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 inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by:
Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment (Part Two)
Episode 23
mercredi 17 mai 2023 • Duration 59:06
We're back with the final of The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment!
This episode's document and sources: https://tinyurl.com/DemonRushPodDoc
For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by:
Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Demon Rush and Dragoon Entertainment (Part One)
Episode 22
mercredi 10 mai 2023 • Duration 59:57
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
For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by:
Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Segakiller
Episode 21
mercredi 3 mai 2023 • Duration 01:26:00
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 anything about he took GOON JUSTICE into his own hands with explosive results..
If you take away one thing from this episode: DON'T MESS WITH ELECTRICITY, IT WILL KILL YOU
This episode's document and sources: https://tinyurl.com/SegakillerPodDoc
For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by:
Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mermaid Shelly
Episode 20
mercredi 26 avril 2023 • Duration 01:24:50
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
Created and Hosted by:
Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Produced and Edited by:
Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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