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Season 1

  • S01E01 Participant Observation

    • December 1, 2020

    Mike Walters discovers a mysterious online game called WOE.BEGONE. The first challenge isn’t even that hard. It will probably stay that way, right?

  • S01E02 Reverse Phantom Pain

    • December 1, 2020

    I think you''ll figure out what happens in this episode pretty fast. I say it over and over.

  • S01E03 It's Just A Pig

    • December 2, 2020

    Mike meets with the mysteriously named CANNONBALL and gets started on the third challenge. What a great start to what must end up as a lifelong friendship!

  • S01E04 Selfishness, Plain and Simple.

    • December 9, 2020

    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.

  • S01E05 Takesies Backsies

    • December 16, 2020

    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.

  • S01E06 ONCE.wav

    • December 23, 2020

    Have you ever had a song stuck in your head but you don’t remember enough about it to look it up?

  • S01E07 The Mechanification of Theory: A Plausible Methodology for Retrocausal Informatics

    • January 6, 2021

    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.

  • S01E08 Limited Hangout

    • January 13, 2021

    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.

  • S01E09 Trailhead

    • January 20, 2021

    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.

  • S01E10 Tell-All

    • January 27, 2021

    Mike has a discreet but fiery masc4masc hookup.

  • S01E11 This Is Only Temporary

    • February 3, 2021

    Roadtrip!

  • S01E12 Clearance

    • February 10, 2021

    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.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 [INTERMISSION II] And Now, a Word From Our Sponsors

    • February 17, 2021

    And now, a word from our sponsors

Season 2

  • S02E13 O.V.E.R.

    • February 24, 2021

    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.

  • S02E14 Hunter Hartley, Hunter Hartley

    • March 3, 2021

    This cabin with a red flag in front of it, I swear. Also, Mike makes a bunch of new friends.

  • S02E15 The Bear

    • March 10, 2021

    There. Are. No. Talking. Bears. In. Oldbrush. Valley.

  • S02E16 Somebody's Prize

    • March 17, 2021

    Hey, Mike. This is Charlie from the front gate. You have a visitor. Do you want me to let her in?

  • S02E17 You Have Reached the Voicemail of Cabin 44C

    • March 24, 2021

    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.

  • S02E18 You Can Call Me "VOLUNTEER"

    • March 31, 2021

    Or Al, if I can call you Betty.

  • S02E19 Marissa Ng

    • April 14, 2021

    Who’s down for an all-nighter?

  • S02E20 King of WOE.BEGONE

    • April 21, 2021

    Another revelation fueled by the magical powers of biscuits and gravy. I wonder what it is about that plate...

  • S02E21 Injury Sommelier

    • April 28, 2021

    Live from Cabin 63C, it’s [REDACTED] Night!

  • S02E22 Wink Wink

    • May 5, 2021

    Apologies for the audio quality. The bug in mike's house is not intended to record in podcast quality. We would also like to apologize for Mike referring to himself in the third person in this episode. That was uncomfortable. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

  • S02E23 I Have Been To The Future

    • May 12, 2021

    I have been to the future and I don’t wanna scare you, but not only were you not there, they never even knew you. They didn’t know me either. I don’t think I want them to. It’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine.

  • S02E24 The Infiltration Of 116E

    • May 19, 2021

    For the season finale, Mike is back in Oldbrush Valley and it's time to pull off the Ultimate Heist. But please don't call it a heist. Any time something has been called a heist it's only ever resulted in pain.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 [INTERMISSION IV] Even More Ads!

    • May 26, 2021

    Sponsor words, from them, the sponsors.

Season 3

  • S03E25 Security (Not Responding)

    • June 2, 2021

    What's on the other side of the wall?

  • S03E26 Chance and Shadow

    • June 9, 2021

    Home where my thought's escapin' Home where my music's playin' Home where my love lies waitin' Silently for me.

  • S03E27 Hey, Hunter! It's Mike Walters.

    • June 16, 2021

    In which Mike has a series of extremely one-sided conversations, something that is incredibly in-character for him to do.

  • S03E28 The Flinchite

    • June 23, 2021

    Mike sits down for a Q&A with someone who has a better idea about what is going on and then treats his company to some international travel.

  • S03E29 Digital Witness

    • June 30, 2021

    It's okay, nobody's watching. Probably.

  • S03E30 Punished

    • July 7, 2021

    It's movie night at Mike's place. He's got the high-minded surrealistic film, the popcorn, an unexpected time travel incident, the soda...

  • S03E31 The Cavalcade of Experiences Owed

    • July 21, 2021

    We're getting out of here, come hell or high water.

  • S03E32 Glacier

    • July 28, 2021

    Mike uses this new calm to chat up an old friend. And since the calm never comes before anything else, he's totally in the clear. Sidenote: can you imagine being the guy who has to monitor Mike's calls?

  • S03E33 Woebegone

    • August 4, 2021

    Mike Walters is walking around O.V.E.R. with his top-bound spiral notebook, using his detective skills to figure out what happened at 357A. He is licking the tip of his pencil before writing with it because that's what they do in the movies.

  • S03E34 Very Good

    • August 11, 2021

    Put in the earpiece and do as you are told without speaking.

  • S03E35 Safehouse

    • August 18, 2021

    Well, Mike, if you didn't want that to happen, you always could have, you know, not done it.

  • S03E36 Respite

    • August 25, 2021

    Where am I?

  • SPECIAL 0x6 REMAKE: Episode 1: Participant Observation

    • August 16, 2021

    This is a remake of episode 1 of WOE.BEGONE, "Participant Observation." I rewrote and rerecorded the episode to better reflect where the show is now for new listeners. It will replace the original episode 1 in the feed on Friday, at which point that version will be available as a Patreon exclusive, so download the original this week if you want to keep it as a piece of history. Thanks for listening.

  • SPECIAL 0x7 [INTERMISSION VI] I Gave It What It Wants (Hum)

    • September 1, 2021

    WOE.BEGONE will return after a short intermission. For now, here is a song for your listening pleasure.

Season 4

Season 5

  • S05E49 The Princess Daffodil Experiment

    • December 15, 2021

    It took a lot of sacrifices to get to where we are now. Those sacrifices will not be in vain.

  • S05E50 Propagation & Consolidation

    • December 22, 2021

    Edgar leads Mike on a tour of the self-proclaimed center of North America

  • S05E51 Corrections, Corrections

    • December 29, 2021

    We may fight, but at the end of the day we are here to take care of each other. And to help bury whatever bodies there might be.

  • S05E52 Calculating

    • January 5, 2022

    The New Math is starting to get out of hand.

  • S05E53 O.V.E.R. Mike

    • January 12, 2022

    You’ve seen Mike, you’ve seen Mikey, you’ve seen Michael. Now, from the makers of the original Mike Walters comes the all-new, “improved”, O.V.E.R. Mike!

  • S05E54 Connectivity

    • January 19, 2022

    It’s all connected. Or it isn’t. I’ve lost track.

  • S05E55 The Surprise Field Trip

    • February 2, 2022

    Where are we going? This is supposed to be our time off.

  • S05E56 Sweet Dreams

    • February 9, 2022

    Thanks to the wonders of time travel, there are finally more than 24 hours per day to get things done. Dreaming can wait. Who knows what’s possible if you break the traditional 24 hour day and set your own hours? And that’s not even the wildest part!

  • S05E57 The Ty Betteridge Data Operation

    • February 16, 2022

    There are a million mysteries inside of Oldbrush Valley. Marissa and Ravi are going to get to the bottom of at least one of them.

  • S05E58 Forget

    • February 23, 2022

    Ornery.

  • S05E59 Post-Mortem

    • March 2, 2022

    Here lies Project T.B.D.O. Mission 1. Rest in peace.

  • S05E60 Ready To Die

    • March 9, 2022

    Are you ready?

  • SPECIAL 0x12 BONUS: Patreon Sampler!

    • January 10, 2022

    Here is a small sample of the perks that come with becoming a WOE.BEGONE patron.

  • SPECIAL 0x13 [INTERMISSION IX] Infinitesimality

    • January 26, 2022

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  • SPECIAL 0x14 [INTERMISSION X] 2058: Another Predictive Text Adventure

    • March 16, 2022

    Alternate title: "Two For Flinching!"

Season 6

  • S06E61 letters.

    • March 23, 2022

    I hope you're reading this.

  • S06E62 high seas.

    • March 30, 2022

    ahoy there!

  • S06E63 hunger.

    • April 6, 2022

    you protest with whatever you have.

  • S06E64 uninhabited.

    • April 13, 2022

    i'm looking for a fella, name of mike walters?

  • S06E65 double knot.

    • April 20, 2022

    blind hands on different parts of the elephant.

  • S06E66 bruno.

    • April 27, 2022

    if you want the ball thrown, you gotta bring it back.

  • S06E67 ramifications.

    • May 11, 2022

    It didn't hurt.

  • S06E68 relief

    • May 18, 2022

    we're on vacation.

  • S06E69 circumstances.

    • May 25, 2022

    Mike Walters and associates are not the only people making plans.

  • S06E70 base.

    • June 1, 2022

    new recruits.

  • S06E71 studies.

    • June 8, 2022

    I see him like that when i close my eyes.

  • S06E72 council.

    • June 15, 2022

    Have we reached an agreement?

  • SPECIAL 0x15 [INTERMISSION XI] hoarfrost.

    • May 4, 2022

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  • SPECIAL 0x16 [INTERMISSION XII] The Diary Of Aliza Shultz -Tiger On A Waterbed

    • June 22, 2022

    We're taking an intermission this week. The saga of Aliza Schultz continues. The Diary Of Aliza Schultz is a loosely continuous anthology, so there is no need to listen to the other episodes to understand this one. The Diary of Aliza Schultz is the surreal story of Aliza Schultz on her quest to review every novel by airport novelist Rafael Muslani and what she discovers along the way. More of season 2 coming soon, wherever you listen to podcasts.

Season 7

  • S07E73 August

    • June 29, 2022

    I knew something was different when you walked in, like the air got sucked out of the room.

  • S07E74 Symbiosis

    • July 6, 2022

    I am about to do something to you that I regret.

  • S07E75 Interview

    • July 13, 2022

    I feel like we ended back at square one.

  • S07E76 Mustardseed

    • July 20, 2022

    I needed to see what everyone else was seeing.

  • S07E77 Oubliette

    • July 27, 2022

    Getting worked up is only gettin' ya hurt, and hurtin' hurts the rest of us.

  • S07E78 Axe

    • August 3, 2022

    Our imaginations are worse than the truth.

  • S07E79 Mutiny

    • August 17, 2022

    You never stop by to see how we're doing.

  • S07E80 Sunday

    • August 24, 2022

    Even a cowboy misses sometimes.

  • S07E81 Partners

    • August 31, 2022

    We are making good on our deal, but it will take time.

  • S07E82 Digging

    • September 7, 2022

    Being the only mom and pop time travel shop comes with its drawbacks.

  • S07E83 Ride

    • September 14, 2022

    Nobody pulls the wool over the eyes of Sylvester August Baxter.

  • S07E84 Panther

    • September 21, 2022

    We're bringin' ya home, Big Bear. Initiating transport in 3... 2... 1...

  • SPECIAL 0x17 [INTERMISSION XIII] Actual Advertisements

    • August 10, 2022

    Real products and services for your real life.

  • SPECIAL 0x18 [INTERMISSION XIV] Moonlighting

    • September 28, 2022

    Season 8 of WOE.BEGONE begins next week.

Season 8

Season 9

  • S09E97 They Did Us Dirty

    • January 11, 2023

    The local park is about to be developed and when Michael accidentaly chains himself to a tree with his bike; he is mistaken for an activist and asked to run for city council. However, MW struggles to understand the concept of each person's opinion counting, beliving there to be a right and wrong party to vote for, and that Michael is standing in the wrong party. Meanwhile, an underhanded opposition leader (Marissa Ng) hires Officer Charlie to dig up dirt on Michael, hoping to damage his campaign and stop him from winning.

  • S09E98 The Outpost Tavern Bar And Grill

    • January 18, 2023

    Marissa's trip to the laundromat to clean her dirty clothes turns into a surreal misadventure involving embarrassing encounters with Michael The Cowboy and a trip inside a dryer to get her lucky shirt back from The Flinchites, a band of missing socks who destroy laundry.

  • S09E99 The Bear Is Dead

    • January 25, 2023

    Anne dares Mikey and Edgar to pluck Michael's new golden nose hair, which has a life of its own - and ends up getting Sly punished if the three don't say anything.

  • S09E100 The Clipshow

    • February 1, 2023

    Mike and Michael work in Boris's cereal factory licking the boxes shut, but when Michael gets promoted to a prize stuffer, he lets the power go to his head.

  • S09E101 What A Wonderful Day In The Valley

    • February 8, 2023

    Using his astral projection ability, Mike discovers that the Watermelon Mikes have formed their own civilization in the Flinchite Compound. However, when he sees CANNONBALL on the island as well, the Base heads into action to fight CANNONBALL, with the Watermelon Mikes helping them.

  • S09E102 The Timeline Backup

    • February 15, 2023

    The Base travels to Las Vegas, where Chance and Shadow show a rabbit at a competition, Mikey is convinced he has had a prophetic dream about winning at a slot machine, and Marissa goes backstage with her favorite singer Texas Michael. Meanwhile, MW begins getting overwhelmed with the workload at the ranch, capping off by falling into and being trapped with Sly in a well he was supposed to have fixed.

  • S09E103 The Hassle

    • March 1, 2023

    Mike hires Hunter Hartley for a job and his first task is to transport a Rectangular Businessman to an important meeting; Hunter fails his assignment.

  • S09E104 The Easy Part Of The Hard Part

    • March 8, 2023

    Too many fish in the sea? Not with a giant squid and octopus eating everything in sight. And when Chance helps some local fishermen fight the source of their seafood shortage, he finds he’s in way over his head. For starters, Michael is terrified of octopus and squid. Then Cole gets wind of these fears and he decides to go fishing... for Chance! Will Michael overcome his irrational phobias? Or will they both wind up as Cole’s catch of the day?

  • S09E105 The Boulders

    • March 15, 2023

    Aliens accidentally kidnap Edgar while looking for their third duck brother. Mike discovers a box belonging to the August's dead brother, and Matt hires a medium to settle the differences between him and his brother's spirit.

  • S09E106 The Endangered Species

    • March 22, 2023

    Craving attention while staying over at August's ranch for the weekend, Mikey feigns a broken leg. His ruse works perfectly when Sly and Michael are at his beck and call... until he is taken to the doctors for an x-ray.

  • S09E107 The Posse

    • March 29, 2023

    The Base lose their treehouse defences and become open to an attack from Hunter Hartley. The gang become vulnerable to a villain who forces cowboys to clean their teeth.

  • S09E108 The Elephant And The Dog

    • April 5, 2023

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

  • S13E145 Journaling

    • February 7, 2024

    Mikey Walters, who famously loves being a cog in the machine.

  • S13E146 Surviving

    • February 14, 2024

    I’ll see ya further on down the trail, pard. Take care.

  • S13E147 Rationalizing

    • February 21, 2024

    I am nobody. Nothing is going on.

  • S13E148 Firestarting

    • February 28, 2024

    The first ember was lit tonight.

  • S13E149 Opening

    • March 6, 2024

    Nobody has to get hurt.

  • S13E150 Training

    • March 13, 2024

    We’re going to have to run some errands today.

  • S13E151 Engineering

    • March 27, 2024

    Being careful and trusting you are two different things.

  • S13E152 Showboating

    • April 3, 2024

    That’s between myself, Stinky, and God.

  • S13E153 Futurescouting

    • April 10, 2024

    We're made to roam.

  • S13E154 Swimming

    • April 17, 2024

    Here we are. The O.V.E.R. gift shop. Would you like a $54.99 O.V.E.R.-branded cowboy hat?

  • S13E155 Groundskeeping

    • April 24, 2024

    They’re all the “Evil Ty.” You’re going to have to be more specific.

  • S13E156 Blinking

    • May 1, 2024

    Don’t listen to them, Baby Ty. You don’t have to respect Ty Betteridge. Not even if you are Ty Betteridge.

Season 14

  • S14E157 Good Cop/Bad Cop

    • May 15, 2024

    It's Bear huntin' season round these parts and Tex is comin' for you.

  • S14E158 Apartment/Mansion

    • May 22, 2024

    The police have said that they are not going to investigate Blusteer because he is not a person. Here is my plan to get Bluster formally recognized as a person by the United States government.

  • S14E159 Sheepdog/Big Bad Wolf

    • May 29, 2024

    There are probably more horses that are missin' than there are horses what people knows where they are.

  • S14E160 Skeptic/Believer

    • June 5, 2024

    I met a lot of critters in my time and a bunch of ‘em were smarter than me.

  • S14E161 Puzzle/Solution

    • June 12, 2024

    The other pieces around them will hold them in place.

  • S14E162 Hostage/Corpse

    • June 19, 2024

    You fell asleep, night watchman. It’s time to trade shifts.

  • S14E163 Magnolia/Python

    • July 3, 2024

    Someone is always wondering around with a bottle of transmission fluid and no idea how to use it.

  • S14E164 Lieutenant/Lieutenant

    • July 10, 2024

    We've been in this business too long. Nothing shocks us anymore.

  • S14E165 1980/2024

    • July 17, 2024

    I may be gone, but not forever.

  • S14E166 Lucid/Psychedelic

    • July 24, 2024

    I am feeling your energy through your palms. They feel as I would expect.

  • S14E167 Contradiction/Connection

    • July 31, 2024

    Ooooh. Bad dog.

  • S14E168 Anonymous Councils/Edible Bombs

    • August 7, 2024

    It might be too late for you, but at least a couple of the people in that house are innocent.

Season 15

  • S15E169 The Future Freaks Me Out

    • August 21, 2024

    MDawg can't stop listening to modern rock, How he hates to be alone!

  • S15E170 Don't Tell The Horses The Stable's On Fire

    • August 28, 2024

    Tex built this fortress to hide the words with eyes, But he don't mind beside your lies.

  • S15E171 Pure Gold

    • September 4, 2024

    Hey, don’t touch the Calculator Because the Calculator will surely kill you.

  • S15E172 Ghostfire

    • September 11, 2024

    It is unknown to young lovers, intoxicated by spring But when Python feels its icy flames, he'll know everything.

  • S15E173 Burn Them

    • September 18, 2024

    What if sorrows swim? Good God, Tex'll need to burn them.

  • S15E174 Highway Steam

    • September 25, 2024

    Even in the holidays, TXDawg can feel your burning hell, Etching up rusty maps that take you to nowhere.

  • S15E175 Heaven's Got A Heater

    • October 9, 2024

    Young Bluster's a background horse.

  • S15E176 Cave-In

    • October 16, 2024

    Last night Tex had a dream Troy's eyes were lit by fire

  • S15E177 Organ Grinder

    • October 23, 2024

    There was fire everywhere that Tex stood. There was fire everywhere that Tex stood.

  • S15E178 A Small Cattle Drive In A Snow Storm

    • October 30, 2024

    When the noise blows away A symphony of silence for 38 and 47, With only dark wood to burn Well that's a fire XL needs to learn.

  • S15E179 God Damn

    • November 6, 2024

    Troy's on fire in all his dreams, When he's awake, he feels the same.

  • S15E180 Set Fire To The Face On Fire

    • November 13, 2024

    Set fire to the caves on fire Set fire to the horse on fire Set fire to the house on fire Set fire to the Base on fire

Season 16

Season 17

  • S17E193 VHS Overnighter

    • March 5, 2025

    The cleaning power of VHS Michael meets the whitening power of Overnighter!

  • S17E194 Chance Evans

    • March 12, 2025

    You got CANNONBALL in my Chance! You can Chance in my CANNONBALL!

  • S17E195 Troy Betteridge

    • March 19, 2025

    There was a mixup at the Troy factory! Now there’s Ty in every box!

  • S17E196 TXTXDawg

    • March 26, 2025

    Bluster’s Grove: the only place where you can get Tex and TXDawg in the same person! What a winning combo.

  • S17E197 Mmiikkee

    • April 2, 2025

    We heard you like Mike, so we put Mike in your Mike so you can Mike while you Mike!

  • S17E198 Nostinky

    • April 9, 2025

    Human sacrifice, Nobody and Stinky living together, mass hysteria!

  • S17E199 Michael?

    • April 23, 2025

    What’s the mystery Michael flavor? The first customer to guess could win a new car! Rules and regulations reply, see Leg for details.

  • S17E200 Charlissa + The Nobodies

    • April 30, 2025

    This episode is brought to you by TryLeg.com! Embrace the future. Embrace leg.

  • S17E201 Nobody Walters

    • May 7, 2025

    Nobody and Leg: Two great characters that taste great together!

  • S17E202 Mikebody Nolters

    • May 14, 2025

    Same WOE.BEGONE flavor, new Nobody taste!

  • S17E203 Stinkyleg

    • May 21, 2025

    Stinky and Leg? That’s a combination you could only DREAM of!

  • S17E204 Tytroyssa, Charnce, DawgMan, + Fedgar

    • May 28, 2025

    This fan favorite combination won’t be around forever! Buy now while supplies last!

Season 18

  • S18E205 The Ram

    • June 11, 2025

    God works in mysterious ways, Mike. And he lives on the moon.

  • S18E206 The Bull

    • June 18, 2025

    You wanted to meet the bull, Mike? Well, ya get the horns, son.

  • S18E207 The Twins

    • June 25, 2025

    Corrections are a messy, messy business.

  • S18E208 The Crab

    • July 2, 2025

    I'm already rich, Tex, 'cause I ain't ever lose.

  • S18E209 The Lion

    • July 9, 2025

    I can give you a new leg. One that never gets tired.

  • S18E210 The Virgin

    • July 16, 2025

    I’ve seen Rocky Horror Picture Show, if’n that’s what you’re talkin’ about.

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