Josh Boerman

Hello, I'm Josh. I'm a theatre director, podcast host, audio/video editor, writer, software trainer, occasional web developer, and New Yorker. If you're looking to get a hold of me via email, click here. If you'd like my CV, click here. For anything else, keep reading.

a photo of josh, a blond wearing glasses, a blue sweatshirt, and black raver pants. he is looking off into the middle distance

photo by @igxmadison

Podcasts ↖

The Worst of All Possible Worlds

Since 2021, I've cohosted a podcast called The Worst of All Possible Worlds alongside my friends Brian Alford and A.J. Ditty. It's about media narratives and how they shape the world we live in. New episodes release every Wednesday and we have over 2,900 paid subscribers on Patreon.

a photo of three people onstage at a live podcast recording. Josh sits in the middle next to his cohosts A.J. and Brian.

from the recording of The Worst of All Possible Parties: The 150th Episode Spectacular LIVE from Colorado Springs

I'm very proud of our show; here are links to a few notable and interesting free full-length episodes if you'd like to have a listen for yourself:

Airplane w/ Bernie Wagenblast, transit journalist & voice of the MTA New York City Subway
The Blair Witch Project w/ Tim Sutton, co-creator of the viral horror web series Marble Hornets
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street w/ Josh Sawyer, Peabody Award-winning game director of Fallout: New Vegas and Pentiment
Dennis Prager's For Goodness Sake w/ Tall Bart, comedy video editor
Rent w/ Michael R. Jackson, Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning writer/composer of A Strange Loop

Ill Conceived

In June 2025, I launched a podcast called Ill Conceived with June Sternbach, who also cohosts Kill The Computer. The show covers natalism—the ideology that sees declining birthrates as the most important issue in modern American politics—and how it's a skeleton key to understanding both the MAGA movement and reactionary conservatism more broadly. New episodes release every Friday.

Guest appearances

I regularly make guest appearances on other podcasts. Here's a few that I particularly enjoyed:

System Shock 2: Being A Good Little Bug For Shodan on All Gamers Are Bastards (2/15/25)
Collateralized Wing Obligations on Trashfuture (12/17/24)
Every Young Man's Battle on The Socialist Shelf (12/17/24)
End Times & The Chiral Vectors on Western Kabuki (6/10/24)
Josh Boerman Goes Guesto Mode on Anime Sickos (3/13/24)
"Secular Media" and American Loneliness on Fruitless (5/1/23)

I love going on other podcasts, so if you think I'd be good on your show, drop me a line and let me know!

Stream ↖

Since 2024, I've cohosted a Twitch stream called Traditional Scrench on Mondays and Thursdays from 4pm-6pm ET. We mostly watch YouTube videos and hoot and holler. Sometimes we do fundraising streams; in April we did a special event that raised over $13,000 in direct aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

from the April 17, 2025 Scrench Feud stream

You can watch old VODs from the Traditional Scrench on our YouTube channel, or watch highlights on the Library of Traditional Scrench YouTube channel.

Theatre ↖

The Boy from Bantay

I have been directing and producing theatre since 2013. In August, I directed The Boy from Bantay, an autobiographical solo play by Jeremy Rafal about growing up in the Philippines and Hawaii, discovering a passion for classical music and cartoons, and becoming a concert pianist. We first staged this play at FringeNYC in 2015; this summer we took it to SpaceUK at Edinburgh Festival Fringe from August 1-16.

a Filipino man stands in front of a grand piano and a cardboard television box

from The Boy from Bantay by Jeremy Rafal

Some reviews the production received:

Through a mixture of sharply defined characterisations – of family members, friends and music teachers – plus extracts of the music he’s come to love, he succinctly summarises his school days, his continuing piano lessons in Hawaii, and his growing determination to become a classical pianist. … Rafal is an engaging, full-hearted performer, and his story is one of incident and colour, told with passion, humour and skill. As a theatrical package, he and the show are pretty irresistible. ★★★★☆ - BroadwayBaby.com
Rafal is an engaging performer, successfully carrying the audience through his story, bringing each character onstage to life with his physical acting, eliciting laughs during the comic moments and heavy silence during the dark ones. His show is heartfelt and authentic with some real moments of weight, particularly as it draws to a close. … This show is both entertaining and poignant all at once. ★★★★☆ - Theatre Weekly
Jeremy’s is a story told with verve, vulnerability, and artistic clarity—a story that refuses to be silenced, just as its teller refused to forsake his dreams. That Jeremy has chosen to share this journey onstage is a gift to audiences; that he has done so with such eloquence and heart is a testament to the transformative power of theatre. - Theatre Beyond Broadway

Jeremy also won Asian Art Fund Scotland's 2025 Asian Art Award for Outstanding Male Performer, which is awarded annually to one participant of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for The Boy from Bantay.

Goatman

This summer I also directed a new play entitled Goatman by Jen Jarnagin. It was performed in mid-July as part of the SheNYC Summer Theatre Festival at Classic Stage Company in New York. The cast included Sarah Alice Shull, Marx, Dan Victor, and Chance Kester.

from Goatman by Jen Jarnagin

My Brother Jake

In February 2025, I directed a workshop production of a play titled My Brother Jake by Dave Osmundsen. The play is about two autistic brothers, both of whom are pursuing a life in the arts. It played at The Tank in New York City and featured Bennett Clarkson (left) and Dan Victor (right).

a photo of two actors in a play. the actor closer to the camera wears glasses and has curly brown hair, is wearing a hoodie, jeans, and a t-shirt, and is looking off in disdain.
the actor behind them has brown/blond hair, is wearing casual business attire, and seems to be trying to explain something

from My Brother Jake by Dave Osmundsen. photo by @igxmadison

Serials

I regularly direct for the serialized play competition Serials, having started with its original incarnation at The Flea and continued with its current format at The Tank. Playwrights whose work I've directed for Serials include Tony Meneses, Jen Jarnagin, Jesse David Fox, and Nat Cassidy.

a photo of a group of people on stage looking up from their phones

from Popular Vote by Jen Jarnagin, part of Serials at the Tank Cycle 14. photo by @igxmadison

Decent Company

From 2016 to 2017, I was a founding member and the producing artistic director of Decent Company, an ensemble of theatrical writer-performers that produced a bimonthly showcase of new work. We produced seven shows over the course of fourteen months, showcasing 41 new short plays by a total of 25 different writer-performers.

from Fun House Funk by Jeremy Rafal, part of Decent Company's February 2017 showcase BODY. photo by David Ruiz

Other work ↖

Outside of my creative work, I have over seven years of experience as a software trainer, having facilitated group training sessions and developed interactive curricula for:

Spektrix, an all-in-one ticketing, CRM, and fundraising solution for performing arts organizations
Yext, a platform for managing location data and marketing information across web channels

I am not currently active as a group trainer or facilitator but I still have a passion for helping people learn, so if you're interested in having me talk with your group about something, don't hesitate to let me know!

Odds & ends ↖

In 2018, I saw a MTA worker laying down a strip of yellow paint on a subway platform during rush hour, resulting in bright yellow footprints all over the train car. The post went viral on Twitter and I ended up hollering on CBS2 about it.

In 2023, I changed the profile picture and screen name on my Twitter account to make fun of Eric Adams and spoof Elon Musk's brilliant plan to eliminate account verification. The New York Times interviewed me to get to the bottom of the situation and then after the article was published I got banned from Twitter entirely.

Other interests of mine include electronic music, skiing, Star Trek, political theory, immersive sims, and the New York Mets.

If you're still reading this, thanks! I'd love to hear from you. You can find me on Bluesky @bosh.worstpossible.world or send an email to hello@joshboerman.com.