We spoke with The Athletic’s investigations writer Joey D’Urso ( @josephmdurso ) about the frenzied tie up between high risk, unregulated world of blockchain/crypto ventures. What is a “fan token,” why is Paul Pogba “the father of dragons,” and why does Manchester City need a “regional partner in decentralised finance” in the first place? Get the whole thing on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59391305 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and internally displaced peopl...
Dec 03, 2021•11 min•Ep 470•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we're joined by Becca Wilks ( @WilksBecca ) of The National Wales to discuss a confidence and supply arrangement between Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, and how it relates to the history of Welsh Labour in general. Of course we also discuss a Wales-centric startup that plans to heat homes in the most annoying way possible. And yes, we also discuss The Peppa Pig Incident. Hope you enjoy! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Disco...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep 469•Transcript available on Metacast Look, this is something of a loose episode because Milo was on tour while we recorded it. However, in an effort to satisfy our urge to explain Britain, we watched the 2016 film GANGSTERS, GAMBLERS AND GEEZERS which is a z-grade British knockoff of Harold and Kumar, features none other than Dave Courtney, and contains some of the worst shit we've ever seen. Get the whole thing on Patreon at the $10 tier here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59249275 Also get our London Finance Geezers episode, prev...
Nov 29, 2021•11 min•Ep 467•Transcript available on Metacast It's time once again for Britainology, and this week Milo and Nate are joined by Phoebe Roy (who you have have heard on Masters of Our Domain and 10,000 Posts) to discuss British 9/11. Do we mean 7/7? The 2011 riots? No, we mean the death of the Queen of Our Hearts, Princess Diana Spencer, in August 1997. Never has a nation freaked out more, and we provide the key to understanding it all. If you want more Britainology, you can get one per month on our $5 tier, or two per month on our $10 tier. S...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep 468•Transcript available on Metacast Riley has decided to subject Nish Kumar to yet another piece of writing from the inner sanctum of the British media-politico citadel. It’s Robert Peston’s thriller, The Whistleblower! If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59103903 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and internally displaced people, consider donating to Afghanaid: https://www.afghanaid.org.uk/ *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo live dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.u...
Nov 26, 2021•10 min•Ep 466•Transcript available on Metacast Riley, Milo, and Alice are joined by our friend Séamus Malekafzali ( @seamus_malek ) for a Neom Status update. With the rollicking success of The Line leaving every industry the world over revolutionised forever, Saudi has added yet another dimension to the shape of innovation. But first, a reflection on the growth and role of vigilantism in the US and U.K., and a look at the dreams versus the reality of electric car producers who promise to change the world but still haven’t really made any… ca...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep 465•Transcript available on Metacast It’s a chilled episode where Riley, Milo, and Alice talk about a fun startup, and then review a few bits of new information about old friends, as well as a truly cursed idiot banker that couldn’t keep himself out of trouble. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58834733 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and internally displaced people, consider donating to Afghanaid: https://www.afghanaid.org.uk/ *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo live dates here: http...
Nov 19, 2021•11 min•Ep 464•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Nate and Milo discuss the phenomenon of remembrance poppies and the ways in which they've become a symptom of Britain's deeply unwell state. Solemn icons of the human cost of war? Hell no, slap that shit on a pizza and consume it, with honour. To hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon at the following link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58858238 *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo live dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (...
Nov 18, 2021•10 min•Ep 463•Transcript available on Metacast We speak to Phil Jones ( @philjones7771 ), author of Work Without the Worker, about microwork and how AI is fake, and most of it is just tiny tasks done by workers in the global south and dressed up as technology. We get deeper into how exactly how this practice developed, how its economics are rooted in overproduction, and how boosterish liberal institutions cheer-led the whole process. Get Phil's book here! https://www.versobooks.com/books/3869-work-without-the-worker If you want access to our...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep 462•Transcript available on Metacast Rob and Dave of the Praxiscast join the gang to discuss a U.K. success story in making beer, but more importantly, in making extremely annoying publicity stunts. Also, we return to the New York Times which appears to be doing Client Journalism for the Bored Ape NFT people. If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58552105 Support Podcasting is Praxis on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast and listen to their free feed here! https://praxis...
Nov 12, 2021•11 min•Ep 461•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Milo and Nate speak with British Army veteran, leftist organiser, BJJ enthusiast, and all round comrade Joe Glenton ( @joejglenton ) about Britain's relationship with its Army and the different types of nutters who serve in it. Joe has a book out now entitled VETERANHOOD: RAGE AND HOPE IN BRITISH EX-MILITARY LIFE that you should order here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/veteranhood-rage-and-hope-in-british-ex-military-life/9781913462451 If you want more Britainology, sign up on the Pa...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep 460•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss The Hut Group--an attempt to make British Amazon with direct sales of health goods, financed with SoftBank capital--and its yoked fifty-something founder. We also discuss the Owen Paterson affair in all its cynical splendour. And, of course, there’s a new song. 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 If you’re...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep 459•Transcript available on Metacast Facebook and Google haven't done anything new of note since 2007. It's just market capture and worse and worse services. However, Facebook is now Meta or something, and in this bonus episode Riley, Milo, and Alice seek to understand. Also we talk about hitting an ape with a hammer. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58285501 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and internally displaced people, consider donating to Afghanaid: https://www.afghanaid...
Nov 05, 2021•11 min•Ep 458•Transcript available on Metacast The gang talks to academic Maria Norris ( @MariaWNorris ) about Prevent, the government’s star counter terrorism policy now getting fast tracked through a softball review. We answer the question: “why do children regularly end up in counterterrorism databases for talking about Fortnite in school?” Check out Maria's podcast, Enemies of the People, here! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/enemies-of-the-people/id1581679731 If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep 457•Transcript available on Metacast This is it. The end of the series. Some of the worst, twee-est, most Lib Dem writing you'll ever encounter. We watched it to the end, and we brought on Street Fight Radio's Bryan Quinby (who recommended this series in the first place!) to discuss, along with our special Y&Y correspondent, Devon. Hope you enjoy! If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and internally displaced people, consider donating to Afghanaid: https://www.afghanaid.org.uk/ *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo live dates ...
Oct 28, 2021•11 min•Ep 456•Transcript available on Metacast We've got Joe and Francis back to discuss the Midwest--a reverse Britainology, if you will--and we're discussing 24-hour diners, terrible fast food jobs, and the cultural weight of professional wrestling in the Rust Belt / Greater Midwest. Hope you enjoy! Get the whole thing on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57897682 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and internally displaced people, consider donating to Afghanaid: https://www.afghanaid.org.uk/ *MILO ALERT* Check o...
Oct 28, 2021•11 min•Ep 455•Transcript available on Metacast Good lord, the Gen Xers of Britain are a special bunch. And man, do they love to reminisce in the YouTube comments. To discuss this phenomenon, and the culture surrounding it, we brought on TF techno expert Riley--as well as George, the creator of the UKRaveComments ( @UKRaveComments ) twitter account--to discuss. 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 If you’re in the UK an...
Oct 28, 2021•57 min•Ep 454•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we have friend of the show, musician, and Bottlemen podcast cohost Dan Boeckner ( @DanBoeckner ) on to discuss the ascendant Ukrainian-Canadian politician and, uh, affiliate of some deeply frightening ideology, Chrystia Freeland. Do not under any circumstances Google ‘Chrystia Freeland grandfather!’ Anyway, we also learn about some crypto guys buying tungsten cubes and it causes us to dissociate from reality. Hope you enjoy! If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early rele...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep 453•Transcript available on Metacast The gang talks all things rail with with railway engineer and the host of Rail Natter, Gareth Dennis ( @GarethDennis ). We go back into the history of how Britain's railways "got like that," and how government plans to centralise and revitalise Great British Rail is just a coat of red white and blue paint over (you guessed it!) giving money to scammy start ups. Hear the whole thing on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57657013 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and interna...
Oct 22, 2021•11 min•Ep 452•Transcript available on Metacast We had journalist Daniel Trilling on the podcast to discuss his research into The Home Office - how it became such a strange, cruel, dysfunctional department, and how it fits into the larger cruel absurdities of immigration policy in western countries. Also, we talk excitedly about Matt Hancock’s new appointment to the UN (…we got the bad news a couple days after recording). If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up he...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep 451•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Nate and Milo discuss the North-South divide of England with help from two friends of the show--and FT reporters--Rob Smith ( @bondhack ) and Kaye Wiggins ( @kayewiggins ). Rob is from Derby (technically not in the North, but presumed to be) and Kaye is from Southport (definitely in the North). We discuss their experiences in the South, the fact that Liverpool and Essex have so much in common, and a guide for international students in the UK that offers a doctrinal definition of North...
Oct 17, 2021•10 min•Ep 450•Transcript available on Metacast Elon Musk has greenwashed an oil refinery! We speak with fintwit blogger ESGHound about just how this was possible. We also looked into the ongoing issues surrounding Tether. But first, we look at the greatest achievement in British Journalism, as Iain Duncan Smith writes that Britain wouldn't have worked from home during the Blitz. To hear the whole thing, sign up on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57367100 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and internally displaced peo...
Oct 14, 2021•11 min•Ep 449•Transcript available on Metacast Mark Zuckerberg is building the future of the internet, and the future of everything, and it’s basically a much more exploitative version of Habbo Hotel. Where we’re going, you won’t need eyes to see… it’s the Metaverse! And thankfully we've got Jathan Sadowski, friend of the show and cohost of the This Machine Kills Podcast, to explain it further. 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...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep 448•Transcript available on Metacast Several months ago, Alice Caldwell-Kelly awoke from a literal fever dream covered in a sheen of sweat, with one name on her lips: JOHN TALIBAN. A man whose name is just, coincidentally, Taliban. A man who loves Ford cars. Maybe his name’s Hungarian, it’s impossible to know. And now, from that impossible dream, Alice and friend of the show Noah Suarez-Sikes have written a real pilot which we’ve table read for you—the loyal hog. Please enjoy this TF Special Presentation™ of JOHN TALIBAN. CAST LIST...
Oct 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep 447•Transcript available on Metacast This week Riley, Milo, and Alice address a new startup that will--and we are not joking--allow your boss to hire call centre workers to ping you with smartphone notifications when you suffer a personal tragedy. And, of course, a lot more. We also revisit some old friends (Bill Gross, Softbank) and a plan for the Tories to send in old army men to "de-woke" the NHS. Hear the whole episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57093574 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and in...
Oct 10, 2021•11 min•Ep 446•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice speak with Paris Marx ( @parismarx ) of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast about Britain’s desire for a call-the-cops-on-your-neighbours hotline, a new tech development that uses (very reliable, surely) facial recognition to call the cops on you, 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 If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan re...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep 445•Transcript available on Metacast Full episode on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trashfuture Yet again, Riley read a piece of literature nobody else would touch, in order to inflict it on his friends. We read Starmer's Vichy France pamphlet about how he's bounced back and he's a serious politician now, because he has written a 11,500 word essay of inadequate plans. If you’re in the UK and want to help Afghan refugees and internally displaced people, consider donating to Afghanaid: https://www.afghanaid.org.uk/ *MILO ALERT* See it...
Sep 29, 2021•5 min•Ep 444•Transcript available on Metacast So you've decided to run down the functions of your society? What's left to get people up in the morning? We are joined by Abi Thorn and Mattie Lubchansky to talk about the political usefulness of transphobia. But first, we talk about how Britain engineered a gas crisis it is unwilling to escape from, and talk about a cool business. 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 If ...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep 443•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Milo and Nate speak with British Army veteran, leftist organiser, BJJ enthusiast, and all round comrade Joe Glenton ( @joejglenton ) about Britain's relationship with its Army and the different types of nutters who serve in it. Joe has a book coming out in November entitled VETERANHOOD: RAGE AND HOPE IN BRITISH EX-MILITARY LIFE that you can pre-order here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/veteranhood-rage-and-hope-in-british-ex-military-life/9781913462451 Get the whole thing on Patreon h...
Sep 26, 2021•11 min•Ep 442•Transcript available on Metacast Here is an unlocked Britainology to hopefully brighten your weekend. Yes, it was a little bit late when it came out. It was late because Nate and Milo got exposed to covid right before Christmas and couldn't record while waiting on test results. But we have in fact discussed Jim Davidson's terrible bawdy Cinderella pantomime from 1995, entitled 'Sinderella', and discussed the concept of pantos in general. Hope you enjoy! We've also unlocked the Dogging episode of Britainology to the $5 tier--get...
Sep 25, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 441•Transcript available on Metacast 
