Mike Walters discovers a mysterious and violent online game named WOE.BEGONE. What begins as an exploration of an alternate reality game with real-life consequences quickly becomes a search for the technology that makes the game possible. New soundtrack every episode.
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Learn to take a hint, Mike. If you leave a half dozen voicemails and they don’t call back, they don’t want to talk to you. Give it a rest. [This episode contains some descriptions of violence. Listener discretion is advised.] There are so many ways to support the show. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season 1 ...
Hey, Mike. This is Charlie from the front gate. You have a visitor. Do you want me to let her in? WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast is out NOW at woebegonepod.bandcamp.com or free for $5/mo patrons. 18 songs from the show remixed, remastered, and reimagined. Go check it out. There are so many ways to support the show. You can go outside and throw a coin into the air, hoping it gets caught in the wind and makes it to me. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patr...
[Warning: This episode contains a depiction of assault. Listener discretion is advised.] There. Are. No. Talking. Bears. In. Oldbrush. Valley. There are so many ways to support the show. You transform into a carriage and take me to the ball. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season 1 on Bandcamp at woebegonepod....
This cabin with a red flag in front of it, I swear. Also, Mike makes a bunch of new friends. There are so many ways to support the show. You can smile the biggest smile in the world, so big that I can see it from my house. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season 1 on Bandcamp at woebegonepod.bandcamp.com or for...
Mike Walters takes in the fresh air and checks out his new digs in the heart of Oldbrush Valley. I wonder what it is about that place. There are so many ways to support the show. You can get a job at Oldbrush Valley Energy and Resources. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season 1 on Bandcamp at woebegonepod.band...
And now, a word from our sponsors. There are so many ways to support the show. You can create a podcast website that only reviews WOE.BEGONE. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season 1 on Bandcamp at woebegonepod.bandcamp.com or for free if you’re a $5/mo patron. You better give WOE.BEGONE 5 stars on your WOE.BE...
When one door shuts, another door also shuts, due to the air pressure change in the room. It’s time to compress your ribcage and slip under the door. This is the season 1 finale. There are so many ways to support the show. You can change your name to “WOE.BEGONE Jones.” You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season 1...
Roadtrip! [Warning: This episode contains a discussion of murder. Listener discretion is advised.] There are so many ways to support the show. You can write the word “WOE.BEGONE” on an egg and then crack the egg over your phone while it is playing an episode of the show. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season ...
Mike has a discreet but fiery masc4masc hookup. There are so many ways to support the show. You can tell me anything, I can keep a secret. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season 1 on Bandcamp at woebegonepod.bandcamp.com or for free if you’re a $5/mo patron. You can levitate, I believe in you. Thanks to Risky ...
[Warning: This episode contains a depiction of kidnapping. Listener discretion is advised.] The episode of WOE.BEGONE was recorded on location. Apologies for the occasional drops in audio quality. You know what they say: never work with animals. There are so many ways to support the show. You can run. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE:...
Look, everyone’s lying to everyone else, alright? Clearly, none of these people have even heard of the truth. If it were me, I would simply not lie, but I’m built different. There are so many ways to support the show. You can pet a small cat. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the album WOE.BEGONE: Music From the Podcast Season 1 on Bandcamp at woebegonepod...
A string of words that proves that its author went to college if I’ve ever seen one. What even is “retrocausal informatics”? More like “retro-pretentious infoSNOBics” if you ask me. There are so many ways to support the show. You can look at the episode page and mutter to yourself, “wow. That really is a podcast.” You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early access to episodes, instrumentals, and more. You can get the albu...
A song with some familiar themes. I was never giving in I was never giving up I was never I always favor less-than-hallowed ground a trick to make the holy stay inside sirens made a mess of what I found so I always favor less-than-hallowed ground I always favor less-than-hallowed ground so neighbors don’t report what they have heard even those without belief keep their heads down I always favor less-than-hallowed ground I’m still here Sterilized and hoping That if I am a wound I’m not the type t...
[Warning: This episode contains a description of self-harm. Listener discretion is advised.] Have you ever had a song stuck in your head but you don’t remember enough about it to look it up? The song featured in the episode is “Heartbreak” by Cut Off Your Hands. Stick around after the credits for a cover of the song by yours truly. There are so many ways to support the show. You can dance (if you want to).. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon...
[WARNING: This episode contains description of murder, gun violence, and police brutality. Listener discretion is advised.] Anne and Mike reunite for the first time in years and go camping. They are exactly where they told you that they were going. Don’t look into it. There are so many ways to support the show. You can cast a spell on your cat that causes it to play WOE.BEGONE episodes each time it opens its mouth. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at...
[Warning: this episode contains a fictional description of murder. Listener discretion is advised.] Mike gets the job done, eventually. Well, it’s not really a job so much as what the people running an online game told him to do. There are so many ways to support the show. You can tell a friend what a “podcast” is, setting the groundwork for them to eventually find the show. You can leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com/woe_begone and get early acc...
As Mike navigates the mysterious game Wobegon, he forms an uneasy alliance with a fellow player, Cannonball, who reveals the game's terrifying geopolitical power and their shared goal to harness its reality-altering technology. Mike is then forced to confront 'Part One' of his third challenge, involving the brutal slaughter of a pig. The episode culminates with the chilling reveal of 'Part Two,' pushing Mike to his moral limits with a demand to kill a human target.
Following his first "win" which brought a dead friend back to life, the host realizes Wobegon is a manipulative game of blackmail designed to escalate. He faces a second challenge to amputate his own arm to prevent a past reality where his friend dies. The episode vividly details his agonizing preparation and the act itself, only for him to discover the entire ordeal was a test, leaving him with "reverse phantom pain" and a cryptic message from another player about a hidden scoreboard.
Mike Walters recounts his involvement with Wobegon, a clandestine competitive game with secret rules that are enforced by an anonymous group. His first challenge forces him to confront a painful past memory by calling an ex-boyfriend, only to discover afterward that the traumatic event he relived has been erased from his reality. Mike grapples with the unprovable nature of these reality shifts and fears what future games, or losing, might bring.
