Friend of the show Dr Eleanor Janega ( @GoingMedieval ) joins the gang to discuss her new book, The Once and Future Sex, about misogyny through the ages, and how while the justifications change, the outcome is always the same. It is a depressingly relevant conversation to the ongoing campaign of stochastic terrorism carried out against transgender people and immigrants by the great and the good of the country. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/womenne-doth-be-7...
Feb 17, 2023•10 min•Ep. 635
For this month's first Britainology, Nate and Milo watched the first installment of the Up series, the 1964 mini-documentary SEVEN UP! Filmed as a commentary on Britain's class system and unintentionally becoming a time lapse of the Baby Boomers, it's still an absolute gem of British Pathé Voice, and much more. We hope you enjoy. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/78677818 *LONDON LIVE SHOW ALERT* See Trashfuture live in London on February 20 featuring special g...
Feb 15, 2023•14 min•Ep. 634
Malcolm Harris ( @bigmeaninternet ), author of the forthcoming Palo Alto, joins the gang to talk about the history of capitalism, empire, America, California, Palo Alto, and the one very special University that may not have invented racism, but it sure did perfect it. Get PALO ALTO here: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/malcolm-harris/palo-alto/9780316592031/ If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://ww...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 633
There's a rumour circulating that Liz Truss may be making a comeback. Well, she might think so--and she's written an article about it. We review this excellent piece of writing line-by-line, as well as addressing some coin-minting antipathy from a weird Canadian columnist that Riley found. We very much hope you enjoy. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/only-britain-to-78411021 *LONDON LIVE SHOW ALERT* See Trashfuture live in London on February 20 featuring speci...
Feb 10, 2023•7 min•Ep. 632
We brought on friend of the show and extremely good cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky ( @Lubchansky ) to discuss their new book BOYS WEEKEND. They wanted to register a website for the book at boysweekend.com , but it’s been parked on by a group of guys who’ve been having boys’ weekends since 2000. And posting about it on a very web 1.0 site. So, cleary we had to talk about it, as well as more AI-related news, and much more. Check out the actual site for BOYS WEEKEND here, and preorder a copy: www.boy...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 631
This week, we're speaking with Paris Marx ( @parismarx ) of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast about recent developments in AI--the grift moving from web 3.0 to artificial intelligence, the idea that anything is good enough so long as it automates people out of a job, and much more. Hope you enjoy! Check out Tech Won't Save Us here: https://techwontsave.us Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/78137106 *LONDON LIVE SHOW ALERT* See Trashfuture live in London on February...
Feb 03, 2023•11 min•Ep. 630
This week, we speak with Joe Weisenthal ( @TheStalwart ) of the Bloomberg dot com Odd Lots podcast about minting the coin. But not just any coin: a strange loophole in a ’90s law designed to let the U.S. Mint produce collectors’ coins basically means that, if they wanted to, the director could order the Mint to issue a platinum coin of any denomination. Two dollars. Ten million dollars. One trillion dollars. But will the Democrats use this to completely undercut Republican debt ceiling brinkmans...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 629
Abi Thorn ( @PhilosophyTube ) joins Riley, Milo, and Alice for a mostly dessert episode today! (Hussein continues to recover from a wasting disease, and will be back soon). In the mean time we’ve got news, startups, more Elon nonsense, and then to top it off we try to elucidate “Starmerism” as a political theory, rather than just a media management strategy. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/no-true-starmer-77741569 *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of t...
Jan 27, 2023•11 min•Ep. 628
Activist and campaigner Beth Douglas joins the gang to discuss Scotland’s decision to make transing your gender a more dignified, simple experience, and concomitant decision by the U.K. government to retaliate by launching Trident on its own position. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our webs...
Jan 24, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 627
For this month's first Britainology, Nate and Milo examine a BBC children's show that has been running since the 1950s, despite no one watching it. The show is called Blue Peter, it's extremely boring, it feels like it's been taken out of a different era, and yes, there are allegations of adultery and drug use (it's Britain after all!) Hope you enjoy. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-53-77468393 *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show...
Jan 20, 2023•12 min•Ep. 626
This week’s bonus features writer and rail engineer Gareth Dennis ( @GarethDennis ), host of the Rail Natter YouTube show, discussing the current state of British trains. The Tories are ideologically opposed to state capacity, sure, that’s table stakes, but did you know that Labour also promise to not fix the unavoidable problems with the UK’s rail network? Shocking, we realise. Also, we discuss a mental health startup. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/trashfu...
Jan 20, 2023•11 min•Ep. 625
For this week's free episode, the gang is back together to discuss recent developments involving Microsoft buying AI software. However, we're more enthralled with a story from a county council in Cheshire and a proposed real estate deal involving an Australian gentleman named Lex Greensill. Hope you enjoy! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen i...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 624
For this week's bonus, the nearly-full cast of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice speak with technology publicist and crypto sceptic Ed Zitron about the current state of the cryptocurrency market--of course it's a scam, everyone knows that, but just how much is it on the precipice? The answer will probably not shock you, but might unsettle you regardless. Hope you enjoy! Check out Ed's newsletter on Substack here: https://ez.substack.com Get the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com...
Jan 13, 2023•12 min•Ep. 623
The gang says goodbye to Matt Hancock MP, the fabulous app where we all met for the first time. Also, a real use for NFT's finally discovered. Mostly, though, we face up to a grim reality: the society of universal services that defined the postwar period has now fundamentally broken. Predictably, the worst people in the country are all scratching their heads and asking how it happened. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server,...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 622
For this week's bonus, here's the live show we barely remember. It was our first show of the tour in Australia, we were jet lagged to the end of the earth, Milo was out sick with tummy trouble, and we were joined with special guest and friend of the show Aidan 'Taco' Jones to discuss... a spite cube. And a niche kind of Australian vehicle theft where you tell everyone exactly what you're about to do. This show took place at Good Chat in Brisbane on November 7, 2022. Get the whole episode on Patr...
Jan 06, 2023•10 min•Ep. 621
Riley, Milo, and Alice ring in the new year by looking at the Economist’s rosy predictions in an alternate universe where Britain magically becomes fine due to the power of positive thinking and sharp dressing. We also look at some developments in Scotland, and Labour’s plan to give every homeowner control of Trident to deal with the rampant issue of young people loitering. Finally, we round off by looking at a new Yacht Neom DLC. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases ...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 620
We're joined by friend of the show and comedian Tom Ballard. No theme, pure riffs, comedians talking, and also Riley divulging a story about trying to buy used streetwear and being robbed by a Redditor. Embarrassing stuff, folks! Get the whole thing on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/76524185 *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here: https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley...
Dec 31, 2022•10 min•Ep. 619
Riley, Milo, and Alice festively discuss some Christmas presents granted by the news, including the arrest of the dread pirate Bankman Fried and Elon Musk posting himself into penury. Also, Dom Leusder joins Riley in the second half to talk about the concept of “polycrisis” that appears to now be inescapable, to attempt a more firm definition of a nebulous, but useful, concept. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 618
For this month's second Britainology, Nate and Milo discuss the mandatory food selections for British and American Christmas dinner, critique Christmas music and both countries' approach to it, establish that the existence of Black Friday in Russia posits the existence of Russian Thanksgiving (antisemitic), and much more. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-52-76294827 And get the Skins episode of Britainology, now unlocked to the $5 feed, here: http...
Dec 27, 2022•12 min•Ep. 617
This month's unlocked Britainology involves Milo forcing Nate to watch an incredibly awkward episode of I'm Alan Partridge and then helping him talk him off the ledge. We also explore how Partridge is not all that exaggerated a version of a British radio DJ, replete with some Richard Madeley and Jeremy Vine all-time classics. [If anything seems weirdly out-of-date, just remember that this was originally released on September 21, 2021]. To get more Britainology--and a ton of other bonus content, ...
Dec 26, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 616
All riffs, no theme, pure vibes, first dates with criminals on the run, you name it. We've brought on comedian Alex Haddow to chat with Riley and Milo in this week's bonus. Hope you enjoy! Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/balthasar-feat-76247177 *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here: https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Mi...
Dec 23, 2022•10 min•Ep. 615
This week’s free episode is all about William Rees Mogg and James Dale Davidson’s book “the sovereign individual,” which describes a wonderful world in which fifty rich men live in armoured citadels and everyone else scrapes a living off the land. Do not become addicted to water, my friends! If you want to learn more about Quinn Slobodian's work, check out his site here: https://www.quinnslobodian.com If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 614
Callum Cant from Autonomy and Fairwork joins the gang for Part 2 of AI Week, where we go in depth about what the fair introduction of AI to workplaces might look like. Fairwork is starting the research process to answer this question, and we’re looking at what they intend to achieve and what the answers may be. Here’s a hint: it starts with an “O” and rhymes with an “Blorganised Labour.” Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ballad-of-steve-75927464 *MILO ALERT* He...
Dec 16, 2022•10 min•Ep. 613
The Verge’s James Vincent joins Alice and Riley (and Hussein shortly thereafter) to discuss language models - specifically ChatGPT, and how it fits into OpenAI and Microsoft’s plans. We ask - what is its “fluent bullshit” good enough to disrupt in a world that increasingly relies on paying people for bullshit jobs? Buy James’s book ‘Beyond Measure’ here! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patre...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 612
In this month's first Britainology, we interview the UK's only good columnist about his new book 'The Good Drinker: How I Learned to Love Drinking Less.' The book is available here from Profile Books. However, rest assured that we talk about the book for about half of this interview, and the other half is a masterclass on process where we learn how Adrian comes up with columns such as 'I recently saw something in a petrol station toilet southbound on the M1 that I can never unsee.' Hope you enjo...
Dec 12, 2022•57 min•Ep. 611
This week, we’re speaking with Vicky Spratt ( @Victoria_Spratt ) of the I Paper about her new book Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain’s Housing Emergency. Why has Britain regressed so badly on housing conditions? Is anyone with any political power aiming to fix this? The answer will probably not surprise you. Preorder Vicky’s book here: https://profilebooks.com/work/tenants/ Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-that-is-my-75636101 *MILO ALERT* Her...
Dec 09, 2022•11 min•Ep. 610
We review the current state of unreality in British politics, the supposed Musk war on Apple (not going well for Musk), a bit of Australian hooning reverie, and Hussein’s story about a grammar school bully making people drink water from a puddle to prove they’re not gay. It’s all coming together, folks! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *MILO ALERT* Here are links to se...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 609
For this month's second Britainology, we present a live recording of our show at Comedy Republic in Melbourne, Australia on November 19, 2022. We discuss the crimes that got people sent to Australia, the crimes they committed while there, and the postwar phenomenon of the 'ten pound poms.' Hope you enjoy! Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-50-75166645 And get our Love Island Britainology at the $5 tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-40-...
Dec 01, 2022•10 min•Ep. 608
This week, we're talking to Mike Isaac of the New York Times about Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter. And, let's be real, his desire to be loved, his insane right wing tendencies, the slow grinding of the platform into the ground, and the bizarre tech-libertarian freak thought undergirding all of the PayPal Mafia's conception of the world. This is part one of two! Get the second part on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/national-posting-75372006 *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 607
This week, Alice joins Nate and Milo to discuss the British reality TV show 'Grand Designs,' in which insane people decide to sacrifice it all to build the house of their dreams. Does it sometimes go okay? Sure. But most of the time, it's a slow-motion wreck with dyspeptic commentary from what we might describe as architecture Jeremy Clarkson. Enjoy! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.c...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 606
