We recorded a live show at Between the Bridges in London on May 29 with friend of the show Nish Kumar, who has been doomed to listen to us read terrible political books to him until the end of time. And in this instance we’re reading TEN YEARS TO SAVE THE WEST by former Prime Minister and bathrobe despoiler Liz Truss. You are not prepared for how deeply stupid this book is. Get the full episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/107699026/ *NEW MERCH AVAILABLE!* We’ve re-issued our ‘...
Jul 11, 2024•10 min•Ep 801•Transcript available on Metacast As Labour takes a landslide victory on fewer votes than they received in 2019, we reflect on the concepts and articles that are time travelling here from 1997 and how the right is going to respond and rebuild. Also, we talk about universities, the state, and private capital combining to surveil students protesting for Gaza… which we can only assume will intensify! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https:/...
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 802•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s bonus, it’s Riley, Hussein, and November discussing: Masayoshi Son’s desire to create AI God (actual), Labour’s march towards total alienation of everyone in hopes of governing from the void, a bizarre profile of Keir Starmer in which he seems to suggest he has never read a book, and a very strange encounter with Reform UK’s argument that any negative press it receives is because of…crisis actors? Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/surely-britain...
Jul 04, 2024•10 min•Ep 798•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the free one for the week and we’re discussing Balaji Srinivasan, and the Network State freaks of the Bay Area, with extremely experienced California journalist Gil Duran ( @gilduran76) . However, we’re also discussing the indentured-servitude coding boot camp that got hemmed up by the CFPB, as well as a story where McDonald’s had to shelve its AI ordering assistance experiment after it went full chaos mode and started arbitrarily deciding that some customers wanted hundreds of dollars in n...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep 797•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's TF bonus, we're speaking with Welsh journalist Becca Wilks about the Welsh government's usage of automatic facial recognition, the privacy nightmare it creates, and their frankly bonkers justifications for why they want to use it everywhere. Don't worry, it won't cause any.....actually we're just getting an update that it's already being used to stifle protests? The episode is available on Patreon here . A note from Becca: "Myself and Devon are currently supporting Ahmed, a dad o...
Jun 30, 2024•10 min•Ep 796•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, we've watched the season of the military-themed and emphatically strange UK reality TV show "Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins," featuring....Matt Hancock. It's exactly what you think it is. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-85-106954905 *EDINBURGH LIVE SHOW ALERT* We're going to be live at Monkey Barrel comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe on August 14, and you can get tickets here: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/621...
Jun 28, 2024•9 min•Ep 795•Transcript available on Metacast We've unlocked our discussion of Master and Commander to the free tier, and we've unlocked the sequel, Post Captain, to the $5 tier... so check them out, and if you like them, you can check out the next instalment - HMS Surprise - now on the $10 tier! November and Riley read the first in Patrick O'Brian's Aubery-Maturin series, and what follows is just under an hour of November and Riley loudly loving the first novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubery-Maturin series for its painterly writing, obsession...
Jun 27, 2024•52 min•Ep 794•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free one, we’ve Riley, Milo, and November discussing the Reform manifesto, which reads like a handful of Volk-centred social democracy policies with a lot of what you can only called overt fascism. Great to know that this will be “sensible politics” in about five years. We also read a paean to Nigel Farage’s f**kability. Of course it’s in the Spectator, but you are simply not prepared for it. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and p...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep 793•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, we're talking EU elections and weird European politics with Corner Späti's Ciarán Dold. Learn about Ursula Von Der Leyen's anti-wolf vendetta, Cypriot Mr. Beast somehow getting a parliamentary seat, the hypothetical return of François Hollande in a move they're calling Opposite Day PASOK, and Riley's conjecture about a maneuver known only as the Reverse Kennedy. It's a whole lot! Check out Corner Späti at their website, which has the best URL in history: https://www.operat...
Jun 20, 2024•12 min•Ep 792•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free one, we’re talking about a Thiel-funded startup to invent future guns that is apparently run by a 9-year-old. We’re also talking about AI Steve, the strange but 100 percent not made up story of a guy who’s claiming he’ll make an AI chatbot and represent its views in parliament if elected. However, we’ve also got an interview segment where Riley speaks with Priyanka Raval of the Bristol Cable about the parliamentary seat in Bristol Central that might flip from Labour to Green...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep 791•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, we're joined by US politics observer Josh ( @ettingermentum ), who runs the Ettingermentum newsletter. We're talking Bidenism, Starmerism, Bidenism Without Biden, the UK now having two parties who refuse to govern, Third Way guys advising the Labour Party on how to be more right-wing, and much more. Check out Josh's newsletter here: https://www.ettingermentum.news Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/106159350 *EDINBURGH LIVE SHOW ALERT* We'...
Jun 13, 2024•10 min•Ep 790•Transcript available on Metacast Josh ( @Boshj ) from The Worst of All Possible Worlds joins the gang to discuss the Humane AI Pin's latest new feature (gets really hot), Lars Windhorst's latest personal update ("I am not on the run"), and the return of Nigel Farage to frontline politics. Then, for our main discussion - a hot new company that intends to be the Netflix of AI, but that so far is only able to make different iterations of South Park. Check out The Worst of All Possible Worlds here! https://worstpossible.world If yo...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 789•Transcript available on Metacast We continue to follow the election with stony faced horror, as the decision is put to the country: “which group of sociopathic bigots do you want to be in charge of pushing the nuclear button, which they have promised to push”? Then, a reading from the Tony Blair Institute on their plan to circumvent the need for democracy by creating a new, digital England entirely under their control. Get the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105715569 *EDINBURGH LIVE SHOW ALERT* We'r...
Jun 06, 2024•10 min•Ep 788•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free episode, we’re joined by returning guest and author Dan Davies, whose recent book “The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind” inspired a discussion of bad AI getting used at the DWP, the post-1970s shareholder revolution, and an incident involving Dutch airport cargo handlers managing to somehow deliver a horrible fate to a box full of squirrels. We very much hope you enjoy. Check out Dan’s book here: https://prof...
Jun 03, 2024•58 min•Ep 787•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, Jathan Sadowski of This Machine Kills podcast joins the gang to talk about the “new” generation of AI models announced by Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and others - all of which seem to want to imitate the movie Her. The value proposition of this to a normal person is unclear. Get the whole thing on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/american-x-feat-105234291 *EDINBURGH LIVE SHOW ALERT* We're going to be live at Monkey Barrel comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe on August ...
May 30, 2024•11 min•Ep 786•Transcript available on Metacast The cast joins guest Jason Koebler of 404 Media to discuss the recent downward spiral of Facebook, a platform currently being destroyed by AI and a total lack of content moderation that cannot admit the causes of its crisis because it, too, is dumping money into AI. And yet it is among the notionally most valuable companies on earth. But don’t worry—if you die, your account can be hacked and used to post spam bot comments on the worst art you’ve ever seen. Check out Jason’s work at 404 Media her...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep 785•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, it's Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November discussing the recent news about ICC arrest warrants (and US/UK politicians statements about wanting to bomb the Netherlands as a result), but we're also discussing a very strange UK business claiming it's going to build a sort of British Neom in a Napoleonic-era fortress in Dover. That was also a borstal and a refugee deportation centre. You can't deny it's on-brand for this sceptered isle. Get the full episode on Patreon here: http...
May 27, 2024•10 min•Ep 784•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, we examine an unambiguously good (and strange) British crime film: Jonathan Glazer's 2000 debut SEXY BEAST. Why is the film so atmospheric and detached? Why is Ben Kingsley so good at being an ultra-geezer? Is the plot saying definitively that Ian McShane had to let James Fox top him in order to learn about a bank vault? All this, and more. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-83-104846435 EDINBURGH LIVE SHOW ALERT...
May 26, 2024•10 min•Ep 783•Transcript available on Metacast Hesse from Seeking Derangements and Movie Mindset joins the gang to watch Scoop - the story behind the news night interview that blew up the Prince Andrew story and made him lose his job as the nation’s special little boy for upwards of eight months. 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 *LIVE SHOW ALERT* See us live in London on May 29th with special guest Nish Kumar! Get ...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep 782•Transcript available on Metacast Friend of the show and Financial Times journalist Rob Smith joins us to discuss Euro finance guys. Why are they so louche and strange? Why are they just sort of hanging around connecting people? Why is this entire episode a name alert? We also discuss Volocopter and Neom some more. It's an episode you don't want to miss. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104395947 *LIVE SHOW ALERT* See us live in London on May 29th with special guest Nish Kumar! Get tickets her...
May 17, 2024•10 min•Ep 781•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November discussing London local elections, the UK media’s reactions to pro-Palestine student protests in British universities, the huge backtracking on workers’ rights proposals from Starmer, and much more. 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 *LIVE SHOW ALERT* See us live in London on May 29th with special gues...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep 780•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, the gang watched Lift, a movie where Kevin Hart plays a gentleman thief who lives in the Battersea Sky Pool building. Also, it contains the line: “I paid my $22m… I want my NFT.” Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/2023-direct-to-103996656 *LIVE SHOW ALERT* See us live in London on May 29th with special guest Nish Kumar! Get tickets here: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/trashfuture-presents-liz-truss-presents-ten-years-to-save-the-west-ft...
May 11, 2024•11 min•Ep 779•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Hussein, and November with special guest and friend of the show Victoria Scott ( @mikurubaeahina ) in a discussion about Tesla’s recent earnings call, its recall of its non-warhead-equipped ramming missile / bad looking truck combination, and US car manufacturers hoovering up immense amounts of personal data to be used for… insurance? Law enforcement snitching? Formal identification of when your bisexual friend has the aux cord? It’s not looking good. If...
May 08, 2024•1 hr•Ep 778•Transcript available on Metacast We're joined by top tier friend of the show Gareth Dennis ( @GarethDennis ) of the Rail Natter YouTube channel to discuss 'Great British Railways,' the new Labour plan to 'renationalise' (sic) the trains while leaving all of the immense problems, rent-seeking middlemen, and supply chain issues in place. But also we cautiously venture north of the border to discuss recent attempts to create Sturgeonism Without Sturgeon Or Camper Vans. It's a whole lot! Check out Rail Natter here! https://www.yout...
May 03, 2024•10 min•Ep 777•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Hussein, and November discussing some interesting UK politics news regarding a little-known political entity called the Labour Party and a little-known digital voting software platform they designed and adopted that’s now being investigated by a little-known group called the Metropolitan Police Cybercrime Unit. Oh well! We also talk about an AI wearable that tries to record your life, and hints from the Tony Blair Institute that Blair is desperate for a ...
Apr 29, 2024•58 min•Ep 776•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, Riley, Hussein, and November discuss some recent UK news where one of Britain's most tendentious morons has been trying to claim that the Met Police are in cahoots with Hamas somehow and people are expected to take this seriously. We also discuss recent Tory and Labour talking points about replacing sick notes with apps and how apparently people on Statutory Sick Pay have had it too good for too long. This episode nearly broke November and also prompted her to call Hussein...
Apr 25, 2024•10 min•Ep 775•Transcript available on Metacast Milo is in Australia and the time zone difference is killing us, but in his absence we convened Joe Kassabian and Francis Horton to discuss the American Midwest with Hussein. We cover the strange post-industrial wasteland of pretty much the entire region, the concept of Precious Moments ceramic figurines (Funko Pops for meemaws), and Hussein reads us a list of supposedly foundational Midwest Emo bands that we have 99% never heard of. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com...
Apr 25, 2024•10 min•Ep 774•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Riley, Hussein, Nate, and November speak with friend of the show and returning guest Séamus Malekafzali ( @Seamus_Malek ) about recent developments in the airspace between Iran and Israel, plus a few tidbits about a Tory MP who simply loves getting blackmailed, a racist Spectator article that may have achieved an all-time TF shock record, and allegations that Warhammer has, in the words of Britain’s very reasonable press, ‘gone woke.’ Check out Séamus’s newsletter here: https://www.se...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep 773•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s bonus, we speak with returning guest and friend of the show Molly White (@molly0xFFF) about the recent upswing in crypto prices and their resultant dumb hype. But also: meme coin generators, Truth Social, another crypto party that blinded people, Baron Trump Harkonnen, and a Verge review of a supposed ‘smartphone killer’ that manages to suck so much that not even the hardest core of tech futurists can defend it. It’s a $700 lapel pin and it’s also… racist? Get the whole episode o...
Apr 18, 2024•14 min•Ep 772•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free one, Riley, Hussein, and November are joined by Abigail Thorn and Devon from the Kill James Bond podcast to discuss the recent Cass Review into trans kids’ healthcare in the NHS. Well, call it a review, but it’s actually just top cover for conversion therapy and state-sponsored cruelty against all medical advice. We also discuss career weirdo Brian Rose’s decision to once again run for London Mayor, and examine some recent events in Palestine in which a thing happened involv...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep 771•Transcript available on Metacast 
