It sure is good that the UK government is giving out funds to help the arts! And it sure is weird that they’re funneling money into Tory donors and their friends from school, to include multi-billion pound interests getting more money than entire cities in the North East! Whoever could have predicted this? To discuss it, we brought on friend of the show, actor, and YouTube star Olly Thorn ( @PhilosophyTube ) to discuss it with Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Alice ( @AliceAvizandu...
Oct 19, 2020•2 hr 34 min•Ep 320•Transcript available on Metacast We did it again. We found an extremely criminal "tech" company -- this time, a notional Tesla competitor that makes trucks. One catch: they don't work! However, to involve the incredible financial chicanery that went into it, we brought on friend of the show Quantian1 ( @quantian1 ) to discuss it with Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice. If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42761588 We support the London Renters Union, which helps people defeat t...
Oct 16, 2020•11 min•Ep 319•Transcript available on Metacast Blogger, information freedom activist, and sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow joins the gang to discuss the outcome of US anti trust hearings, what's so empty about the idea of "surveillance capitalism, and a start up that was genuinely conceived of by a precocious nine year old. Also, the UK government rolled out an RPG character maker to get everyone back employed during the pandemic, so this podcast is brought to you by a sports agent, a hotel porter, and three boxers! Check out Cory's book via his ...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep 318•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we're talking Dilbert and Scott Adams. Why? Well, for some reason all five of us liked Dilbert as a kid. Also, it just so happens that friend of the show Aisling McCrea ( @ambientGillian ) just published an article in Current Affairs about Dilbert's strange appeal. So, let's talk about it. Let's talk about Scott Adams' promise that he can make you no-touch cum. Let's dilb out. Read Aisling's article here! https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/10/the-adams-principle/ To hear the whole th...
Oct 08, 2020•11 min•Ep 316•Transcript available on Metacast In this unlocked episode of Britainology, Nate and Milo are discussing the 2005 film Green Street Hooligans, in which an American played by Elijah Wood goes to Britain and gets inducted into a football firm, learning a lot about himself along the way. Is it a good movie? No. But does it accurately portray football hooliganism? Also no. If you want more Britainology episodes, you can get #3 on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40816290 and #4 here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/4167...
Oct 08, 2020•58 min•Ep 317•Transcript available on Metacast Yes. It happened. We’re laughing. We don’t have any high hopes for a positive impact, but we’re laughing because Trump has covid and it’s not looking good for America’s fattest, oldest, and dumbest president. Also, since Riley was on holiday, he let Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) run this episode themselves. You will probably appreciate Riley’s contributions to the show after hearing this -- but we hope you enjoy! If you want access to our Patreon bon...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep 315•Transcript available on Metacast This week we bring back historian, podcaster, and certified big guy Patrick Wyman ( @Patrick_Wyman ) to discuss the terrible 2013 Michael Bay film Pain & Gain. What can we learn about America's descent into fascism from this film? As it turns out, a hell of a lot. Check out Patrick's writing on Discontents here: https://discontents.substack.com If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42263279 We support the London Renters Union, which helps people de...
Oct 01, 2020•11 min•Ep 314•Transcript available on Metacast Why is the line detached from the material reality of so many people? Why is the line divorced? Why are there so many zombie companies, and why does it seem like the financial movers and shakers are fine with government stimulus to basically non-functional entities? Well, to answer big important finance questions, we have Barrons journalist Alexandra Scaggs ( @alexandrascaggs ) to investigate, alongside Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Alice ( @AliceAvizandum...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep 313•Transcript available on Metacast This week's regular episode got delayed because of scheduling, so in the interim we've unlocked a bonus from our Patreon. This is the follow up to the free Part 1 episode, which is available here: https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/a-cheeky-coup-with-the-lads-feat-joe-kassabian/ Why did a steely-eyed SAS veteran Etonian weirdo team up with Margaret Thatcher's son to try and launch a coup in Equatorial Guinea in 2004? Mostly because they were bored. In this episode we discuss the consequenc...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep 312•Transcript available on Metacast Aw crikey! Australian comedian and Twitch streamer Tom Walker ( @tomwalkerisgood ) joins the gang to learn all about Gross Family Values. Specifically, how if you’re Bill Gross, one of the world’s most famous bond investors, you’ll react to your acrimonious divorce in 2015 by writing a series of stranger and stranger investment outlooks that focus mainly on how much you hate your imbecilic do-nothing son. If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41944...
Sep 24, 2020•10 min•Ep 311•Transcript available on Metacast Riley, Milo, Alice, and Nate discuss a German financier who loves financing a lavish lifestyle of yachts, parties, and handstands (?) by selling illiquid bonds. He's a miracle of modern financial markets - a Mozart figure who toured the continent with Helmut Kohl, wowing crowds of onlookers at his ability to be a businessman at the age of 14. Maybe Tom Hulce would play him in a movie? Check it out! We also discuss a start up and some quick news hits. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episo...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep 310•Transcript available on Metacast We're back again to explain the eccentricities and fault lines of this truly normal island. This week, Milo and Nate discuss the 1970s in Britain, why everything went downhill, why the decade radicalised the Boomers, and why the TV from that era is.... not good. Hope you enjoy! If you want to hear the full thing, get it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41670736 We support the London Renters Union, which helps people defeat their slumlords and avoid eviction. If you want to support them ...
Sep 18, 2020•10 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast Anne Applebaum might have written the worst book ever. Certainly the most aggrieved centrist book ever. And for this week’s free episode, you’ll get to hear our take on it. Join the slightly modified cast of Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Alice ( @AliceAvizandum ) and have your brain gently prodded. Don't worry, it’s all logical! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture W...
Sep 14, 2020•2 hr 34 min•Ep 308•Transcript available on Metacast The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country run by and for landlords. However, the coronavirus crisis has created a problem: if people congregate en masse in offices and places of business, the disease spreads and people die! However, mitigating this requires people to not be in offices or grim city centre restaurants. So, what is the British commentator class saying about it? Die for Pret. That's right folks, you need to die for Pret. If you want to hear the whole epis...
Sep 10, 2020•10 min•Ep 307•Transcript available on Metacast The rare Full Cast Configuration of Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), Nate ( @inthesedeserts ), and Alice ( @AliceAvizandum ) joins Annie Kelly ( @AnnieKNK ) of the QAnonAnonymous Podcast to discuss the rise of British Q. Annie attended a Q-themed protest recently and got the real scoop on how British minds are parsing the Q Drop. It doesn’t sound good! We also have an interview between Riley and Darran McLaughlin ( @McDarran ) from Momentum on the topic of his or...
Sep 07, 2020•2 hr 34 min•Ep 306•Transcript available on Metacast Have you heard the story about right-wingers who decide to build their own social media, crowdfunding, or even ridesharing sites? We're talking Gab, Hatreon, and the like. Why do they all fail? Why are they so poorly assembled? And why does this keep happening? In this preview of the bonus episode for the week, the True Chaos Configuration of Riley, Milo, and Alice attempt to decipher this riddle for our times. If you want to get the whole episode, access it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon....
Sep 03, 2020•11 min•Ep 305•Transcript available on Metacast Riley and Andrew from Boonta Vista have a semi-secret second podcast that is released weekly on both the TF and BV Patreons that you may have heard of: the Boney Island Whitefish, where they discuss Season 5 of the Fox police procedural Bones. It aired during 2009/2010, which was a singularly weird moment in our collective memory. There are many more episodes of the Boney Island Whitefish on both the TF and Boonta Vista Patreons - but why not try this episode to wet your whistle, with Will Menak...
Sep 03, 2020•2 hr 33 min•Ep 304•Transcript available on Metacast This week, it’s a star-studded cast of Riley ( @raaleh ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Alice @AliceAvizandum discussing the recent story of asylum seeker Mercy Baguma being found dead from malnutrition in her flat in Glasgow. Why was she starving? Because asylum seekers in the UK aren’t allowed to work and are only allowed £40 a week to live on. This is of course by design -- because Baz logic runs that people won’t seek refuge in the UK if we’re just as cruel as possible t...
Aug 31, 2020•2 hr 35 min•Ep 303•Transcript available on Metacast You voted, we listened! Our listener poll of "which of our series' do you want unlocked" returned a result! So... welcome back to the world of intelligence. Riley, Alice, Milo, and Chapo Trap House's Felix Biederman have once again sat down and cracked open a book of brain literature. This time we read through British brain god Dr. Matt Ridley's The Rational Optimist (2010), and it left us all a lot happier as we explored a truly beautiful mind. It's a balm for the soul. Check it out!...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr•Ep 302•Transcript available on Metacast This week's bonus features Milo and Nate on another Britainology, this time with Kent guy Hussein, to discuss the Home Counties and how the deeply cursed world of London suburbia has created an identity of Britishness that you've probably encountered, even if you didn't recognise it. Hope you enjoy! If you want the whole episode, get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40816290 Our theme song for this series is from the 'Visit to Primrose Hill Extended Version' of the 1993 Blur son...
Aug 27, 2020•11 min•Ep 301•Transcript available on Metacast 
