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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•2 hr 30 min•Ep 588•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•2 hr 30 min•Ep 580•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast Riley, Hussein, and Alice ring in the reboot of the Carolingian Era in true TF style. 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 episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upcoming standup shows: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows *AUSTRALIA A...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 573•Transcript available on Metacast Here is a preview of part 2 of our series on the deranged libertarian intentional community of Prospera, land of legal pick-n-mix that employs a man named Machiavelli Davis. Read Ian’s article here! https://restofworld.org/2021/honduran-islanders-push-back-libertarian-startup/ Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tropical-night-2-71224587 *AUSTRALIA ALERT* We are going to tour Australia in November, and there are tickets available for shows in Sydney: https://musi...
Sep 12, 2022•11 min•Ep 574•Transcript available on Metacast This week, it's Hussein, Nate, and Alice discussing the 1985 Terry Gilliam movie BRAZIL, why we feel obligated to watch it, why we think it really dislikes women, and why it somehow managed to nail one thing: the cops. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/drabfuture-tf-71669978 *AUSTRALIA ALERT* We are going to tour Australia in November, and there are tickets available for shows in Sydney: https://musicboozeco.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/3213de46-cef7-49c4-abcb-c9b...
Sep 09, 2022•11 min•Ep 572•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss the end of the Tory leadership campaign, its recent news item on the topic of abolishing the UK’s speed limit, Tesla owners in Norway threatening a hunger strike, the collapse of Klarna’s shaky fundamentals, an examination of why there are a hundred failing electric scooter companies, and much more. 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 acc...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr•Ep 571•Transcript available on Metacast In a preview of August's second Britainology episode, we speak with Aberdeen-based musician Elijah Fynmore about the moments in UK life when you're allowed to--or expected to--break into song. What is the deal with Sweet Caroline? What is the deal with Irish folk ballads about utterly obliterating British Army Land Rovers? All this and more, in this episode. Get the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-44-70969449 Also, check out two premium Britainology episo...
Sep 04, 2022•11 min•Ep 570•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know that the City of London, the small mini-enclave that dates back to Roman times, is a separate state entity that predates the United Kingdom by hundreds of years? And that its special status makes it basically immune to disclosure rules and financial oversight? Well, sort of. Riley steps in to explain The Land of the Weird Bollards and much more. We offer one Britainology a month in addition to all the weekly TF bonus content for $5 a month, and if you desperately want more Britainol...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep 569•Transcript available on Metacast Okay, okay, maybe you've heard the term 'posh' or 'posho' when referring to fancy British people. You're aware that this country has a reputation for its class system. But what does it actually mean? To answer this question, we brought in TF founding cohost and knower of fancy tendencies Charlie Palmer to discuss. It's all here: getting ripped at 11 am on Dubonnet, wearing a straw hat every day at school, absurd nicknames, gibberish words for everyday items, and the profound sorrow of clinging t...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep 568•Transcript available on Metacast We bring on journalist Ian MacDougall to discuss the libertarian intentional-community of Prospera, a failing city-state in the Bay Islands of Honduras, where Thiel- and Andreessen-funded weirdos have tried to create a land where anyone can open a business with any law, from any jurisdiction, anywhere, adjudicated by some guys in Arizona. We’re not making this up. Read Ian’s article here! https://restofworld.org/2021/honduran-islanders-push-back-libertarian-startup/ Part 2 is already available o...
Aug 30, 2022•57 min•Ep 567•Transcript available on Metacast Here is this week's slightly delayed bonus--it's a recording of our live show at Edinburgh Fringe recorded at TheSpace @45 late in the evening on August 26, 2022. We discuss a wearable tech for the mind and an insane Wattpad-style fanfic about Princess Diana published in... the Telegraph? Hope you enjoy! Get the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/queen-of-our-tf-71111540 *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upcoming standup shows: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-...
Aug 27, 2022•10 min•Ep 566•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we’re discussing the new Adam Neumann (of WeWork shame) and Marc Andreessen housing startup (details are light). We also talk a bit about Tesla’s $15k DLC for your car, and a lot of riffs about homophobic truck owner memes in the United States. Hope you enjoy! 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 episodes, and powerful...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep 565•Transcript available on Metacast This week's regular episode will be out tomorrow! The gang delves into the realm of a movie being entirely funded by NFTs and filmed in the only place less real than NFTs (Neom.) Then, Riley speaks with Dominik Leusder from the Eurotrash podcast and LSE Ideas about how exactly energy got so wildly expensive. 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 r...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 564•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, Nate and Milo are joined by friend of the show and reference for the true heads Alex Kealy to discuss what it's like being a performer at the festival of indignities and landlords. We hope you enjoy! Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-43-70755929 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 M...
Aug 19, 2022•11 min•Ep 563•Transcript available on Metacast It's the alternate chaos configuration of Hussein, Nate, and Alice discussing the UK's current drought, its privatised water infrastructure, the fact that no new capacity has been added since 1989... except for a special boy's special project in Beckton. We also read an article that claims blockchain can solve the world's water issues. We will always suffer for content. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/water-2-70650866 If you’re looking for a UK strike fund to...
Aug 18, 2022•10 min•Ep 562•Transcript available on Metacast This week it’s Milo, Hussein, Nate, and Alice, joined by special guest Mattie Lubchansky ( @lubchansky ), and we’re discussing the UK’s energy pricing woes. Which are solely related to privatisation. Which everyone can see coming and nobody is going to do anything about. We also discuss an app-connected water bottle that sometimes tells you to drink enough water to kill you if its sensors are off. There’s a special smart segment in this episode in which Riley speaks with Dr Craig Berry about the...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep 561•Transcript available on Metacast 
