This week’s bonus features the enormously knowledgeable Molly White ( @molly0xFFF ) explaining the Sam Bankman-Fried polycule, the collapse of crypto hub FTX, and so much more to Riley and Alice. We very much hope you enjoy this. Check out Molly’s blog Web3 Is Going Just Great here: https://web3isgoinggreat.com And check out her newsletter here: https://newsletter.mollywhite.net Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/75093625 *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’...
Nov 25, 2022•11 min•Ep. 604
For this week’s free episode, we present to you: a horse-racing NFT metaverse startup, founded in Australia, that is definitely going places. We recorded this episode with special guest Tom Ballard ( @TomCBallard ) live at Comedy Republic in Melbourne, Australia. We very much 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 *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upc...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 603
Pure riffs, no plot: that's the Balthasar Speedboat promise. And for this week's bonus episode, we have comedians Naomi Higgins ( @nomstrositi ) and Emily Woods on the show. It's a pleasant sojourn into the deeply sexual world of the sport of curling--and much more! hope you enjoy. Get the whole thing on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/balthasar-ice-74761899 *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upcoming standup shows: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows *BRITAINOLOGY ALERT*...
Nov 18, 2022•10 min•Ep. 602
Our friends Tom Walker and Demi Lardner are certified Neom-heads. They simply can't get enough of The Line. And as a result, we saved all the best Neom content we could in order to subject them to it at our live show at The Great Club in Marrickville, Sydney, Australia on November 10. We absolutely loved this show and hope you do, too. 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 ...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 601
This week, we've brought comedian Nish Kumar on for his regular torture treatment: being forced to hear the plot of a British politician's thriller novel. In this case, it's Ian Duncan Smith's 'The Devil's Tune' and it's easily the worst of any of these we've ever done. Hope you enjoy! Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/74458660 *AUSTRALIA ALERT* We’re currently in Australia, and there are tickets available for the show in Canberra: https://au.patronbase.com/_St...
Nov 10, 2022•10 min•Ep. 600
For this month's first Britainology, Milo explains the heartwarming autumn tradition of burning effigies of Catholics. Well, sorta. It's our Guy Fawkes Night explainer episode, among many other tangents. Hope you enjoy! Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-49-74236798 *AUSTRALIA ALERT* We’re currently in Australia, and there are tickets available for the show in Canberra: https://au.patronbase.com/_StreetTheatre/Productions/TFLP/Performances *BRITAINO...
Nov 10, 2022•12 min•Ep. 599
This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice join Dr Jess Green ( @greenprofgreen ) to discuss the concept of carbon offsets and how they’re not the foolproof solution to climate change that every huge polluter who definitely wants to keep polluting seems to think they are! Or maybe they’re just pretending to think that! 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 link...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 598
Mattie Lubchansky joins the gang to explore the future of art and AI. There was once a time when you could make a decent living as an illustrator, but a number of people have decided to get rid of that by using Computers. Hope you were okay with all the art that’s been made so far, because that’s all you’re getting! Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/vincent-van-dall-74148115 *AUSTRALIA ALERT* We are going to tour Australia in November, and there are tickets ava...
Nov 04, 2022•10 min•Ep. 597
The Srsly Wrong boys join Riley, Alice, and Hussein for a watch and review of Coinbase: A Founder’s Story - a movie where the ending title cards about crypto eating shit were definitely not hastily added moments before release. Watch the first episode of PAPA AND BOY on Youtube here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcilVLtY7zk *AUSTRALIA ALERT* Brisbane and Melbourne are sold out, but there are tickets available for shows in Sydney: https://musicboozeco.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/3213de46-cef7-49...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 596
For this month's second Britainology... well, we tried. We booked a guest and we got it cleared to record on location in a chippy! And then the guest had an emergency and the chippy wasn't really suitable to record in. So we ate fish and chips and then discussed the meal, plus the history of the dish, plus our experiences in chippies and takeaways in general. And then we happened upon the idea of Mr. Waluigi's Fish and Chips where they have a pro-ISIS patriotic mural. And then Milo learned a bea...
Oct 30, 2022•11 min•Ep. 595
This week we explore the phenomenon of 2000s Indie Rock (and the endless succession of bands that seemed to go nowhere) with two long-suffering veterans of the scene: Fred Macpherson (of the bands Spector, Les Incompétents, and and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man ) and music journalist Oscar Rickett. It's a lot of bad memories but it wouldn't be Britainology if we didn't dredge them up! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes (to include more Britainology), early releases of free episodes, and powerf...
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 594
The gang (comprised of Riley, Milo, Nate, and Alice) looks back at the japes and jives of the final death throes of the U.K.’s ongoing political crisis, because surely this new guy will sort it out. Then, we look at a computer programme that’s facilitating a capital strike among US landlords. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/landlords-united-73812268 Here's the propublica piece we referenced in the episode: https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-inc...
Oct 27, 2022•11 min•Ep. 593
The Boney Island Boys are back! Boonta Vista's Andrew and Trashfuture's Riley have returned for season 2 of The Boney Island Whitefish, the only podcast to specialise in watching season 5 of America's most unhinged crime procedurals! Get ready for the return of Breakfast Update, Wild Speculation and more! We're very pleased to be back with season 5 of a whole new show, and we hope you enjoy it too! This first episode will be on our public feed, and if you enjoy it, subsequent episodes will be av...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 592
This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice speak with Mathew Lawrence ( @dantonshead ) of Common Wealth about the state of...things in Britain, the momentum outside of party politics, the opportunities of the situation, and the prospect of even more stupid austerity. Hope you enjoy! *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upcoming standup shows: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows *AUSTRALIA ALERT* We are going to tour Australia in November, and there are tickets available for shows in Sydney: htt...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 591
We managed to get the entire cast of TF together on one stage for a discussion of a very strange anti-woke conservative banking app in the US. And a special tribute to the dog that killed Bin Laden. Hope you enjoy! Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/banking-disorder-73556137 *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upcoming standup shows: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows *AUSTRALIA ALERT* We are going to tour Australia in November, and there are tickets...
Oct 20, 2022•10 min•Ep. 590
Is it a good sign for an economy when you're getting recommended installment-plan purchases for cheap takeaway foods? Is it any wonder that Nick Clegg may have gotten wrapped up in a scandal involving putting OnlyFans creators on a kind of no-fly list? Is it going to come as a shock that Britain's conservative columnists think electrical blackouts will teach spoiled young people a lesson? All this and more, this week. *LONDON LIVE SHOW ALERT* We're having a live show at Between the Bridges in So...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 588
For this month's first Britianology, we bring on our TF cohost Alice to discuss one of British history's strangest men. That's right, we're discussing Lawrence of Arabia, T.E. Lawrence himself, or any of the multiple aliases with which he enlisted in the British military in order to get big strapping guys to beat him up. We enjoyed recording this and hope it's a fun listen. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-47-73423790 *LONDON LIVE SHOW ALERT* We'r...
Oct 17, 2022•11 min•Ep. 589
Anna Nicolau and Kaye Wiggins from the FT join the gang to discuss the rise and sort of fall of music as a securitised asset, and all the weirdness and guys you’d expect with that. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hell-hath-no-and-73310084 *LONDON LIVE SHOW ALERT* We're having a live show at Between the Bridges in Southbank on October 18. The show starts at 8 pm and tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trashfuture-live-podcast-southbank-s...
Oct 14, 2022•10 min•Ep. 587
Elon Musk is (maybe?) buying Twitter again, but more importantly, the conversations between him and a number of his doofus friends and associates have been disclosed. We look into the Mind of Musk, and speculate about his grand plans for the future of humanity via posting. We end on a charming article about McKinsey and the tobacco industry. 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/trashf...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 586
Gary from Gary's Economics joins the gang to take a deep dive on the politics and economics of the budgetary disaster. Do you wonder about the mechanism by which these insane decisions make their way through to mortgages, pensions, and rents? Do you want to understand the core of Labour's weak response? Then look no further! You can listen to the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/garys-mod-ft-72922226 Check out Gary's Economics on Twitter here: https://www.youtube.com/c...
Oct 07, 2022•10 min•Ep. 585
Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin come on to discuss their new book “Chokepoint Capitalism,” which details how large companies have identified critical bottlenecks in the creative Labour process to suck the value and life out of them like vampires, and what can and has been done about it. Also, a startup! U.K. economic implosion to be discussed in this week’s bonus. Buy Rebecca and Cory’s book here! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710957/chokepoint-capitalism-by-cory-doctorow-and-rebecca...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 584
For this month's second Britainology, Milo forces Nate (currently in Indiana taking care of his family, free from the United Kingdom for a brief moment) to VPN in and watch the first episode of the new Channel 4 reality TV show 'Make Me Prime Minister,' in which a brilliantly selected curation of idiots fight for the approval of noted war criminal Alistair Campbell and high-profile political Islamphobia victim Sayeeda Warsi. Brain liquefaction ensues. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https...
Sep 30, 2022•11 min•Ep. 583
This is perhaps something of a combination of Britainology and a regular TF episode in which we've brought on Matt Edwards, Milo's (much) older brother, who worked as a foreign exchange trader in London brokerages in the 1990s. We learn about the geezer-rific work environment of a bunch of guys yelling into a phone about numbers, some of the antics they got up to, what's changed since, and--perhaps on a more serious note--Matt's personal experience with what happened in Greece post-2008, a count...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 582
On this week's bonus episode of TF, Riley is joined by Milo, Hussein, and Nate, all of whom are captive in the United Kingdom at the moment as a nation fully crashes its car into a wall. We also discuss large corporations having NFT characters on their board as 'chief metaverse officer.' Tech companies were ahead of the curve when it comes to setting money on fire. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/moron-risk-72627125 *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s u...
Sep 30, 2022•9 min•Ep. 581
Patrick Wyman joins the gang to discuss social collapse and legitimacy throughout history, as we try to apply some of the lessons to certain societies that have been thrown into chaos recently. Not naming names, but let's say United K. Or no, that's too specific - how about U. Kingdom. If you’re looking for a UK strike fund to donate to, here’s one we’ve supported: https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/national-dispute-fund/ If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episode...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 580
This week, Riley and Alice are joined by Cas Piancey of the Crypto Critics Corner podcast to discuss Tether, stablecoins, and the enormous scam quotient of the crypto sector. It's okay to be pessimists about it! Your eyes aren't lying to you! Check out Crypto Critics Corner here: https://cryptocriticscorner.com Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72305783?pr=true *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upcoming standup shows: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-...
Sep 22, 2022•10 min•Ep. 578
This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice speak with FT reporter and author Dan McCrum ( @FD ) about his forthcoming book 'Money Men: A Hot Startup, a Billion Dollar Fraud, a Fight for the Truth.' It is of course about Wirecard, and it's got some amazing details that we simply lose our minds about as Dan recounts them. Hope you enjoy! Buy Dan's book here ! If you’re looking for a UK strike fund to donate to, here’s one we’ve supported: https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/national-dispute-fund/ If you want acce...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 579
Call it an act of reportage. Call it 'we simply couldn't refuse the opportunity.' We went down to the queue for Queen Elizabeth II's lying in state and interviewed people. We also recorded our observations. It was... an experience. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72260831 If you’re looking for a UK strike fund to donate to, here’s one we’ve supported: https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/national-dispute-fund/ *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upcoming standu...
Sep 20, 2022•10 min•Ep. 577
This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice join special guest and friend of the show Jathan Sadowski ( @jathansadowski ) of the This Machine Kills podcast ( @machinekillspod ) to discuss microfinance. Despite the Nobel Prizes involved, it turns out it’s just app-connected loan sharking in many ways. We also discuss a mental health app that provides crowdsourced therapy. Is it licensed? Hey, that’s just a technicality. If you’re looking for a UK strike fund to donate to, here’s one we’ve supporte...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 576
This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice join special guest Shanti Singh for her second-ever appearance on TF, to discuss recent recall campaigns and dark money activism funded through San Francisco's intensely authoritarian libertarian VC guys. However, before we can talk about that, we have to talk about a startup that wants to build sea pods, presumably so that you can pay rent to a sealord. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dawning-of-feat-71987509 If you...
Sep 15, 2022•10 min•Ep. 575
