We're jumping for joy as it's a leap year, and no better time to examine all things calendrical and February 29th-ical. Ben dips into a grab-bag of facts including famous people born on that most uncommon of days, the difficulty of switching from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, and why a positivist calendar from post-Revolutionary France could really be more trouble than it's worth. Follow us on Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/worstfoot">@worstfoot</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/bazmcstay">@bazmcstay</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/VanderLaugh">@VanderLaugh</a> Follow us on Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/worstfoot/">@worstfoot</a>  Join us on our Discord server! <a href= "https://t.co/CXt35RKHVN?amp=1">https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx</a> Visit <a href= "http://www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com/">www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com</a> for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support the show! <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward">https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward</a> Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: <a href= "http://www.podnose.com/">www.podnose.com</a>

Ep 293: Mara Joy - World's Worst Improvisation

An encyclopaedia of heroic failure

Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular mis-steps that pockmark human endeavour.  If you ever want to feel better about your progress in life, take a listen and enjoy a lovely schadenfreude bubble bath. Music by Max Perryment (www.maxperryment.co.uk)

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