With interest rates going to 5% in the U.K., Milo, Riley, and Alice wonder how making the money more expensive will solve Spanish droughts leading to reduced olive production (for example). Also, we bid a fond farewell to the newest residents of the challenger deep and read an article about the dangers of the fifteen minute city in the New Statesman for some reason. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep 680•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, we watched the 2004 UK gangster movie LAYER CAKE, featuring a much younger Daniel Craig, a very Essex'ed-up Sienna Miller, and a very unknown-at-the-time Tom Hardy. And it's a good movie! Which we enjoyed! And had a lot of fun talking about, especially as regards it being a snapshot of peak Blair years Britain. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-63-85010160 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9...
Jun 25, 2023•11 min•Ep 679•Transcript available on Metacast For the last stop of our Regional Authenticity Tour, we performed live at Slay in Glasgow and completed our review of one of the worst books ever written. We also discuss a dismal-sounding 'what if your doctor was an app' startup, and hear a story about a deranged British aristocrat who brought our her ancestral machete to settle a crypto dispute. We simply had a blast, and we hope you enjoy hearing it. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/against-woke-tf-84930927...
Jun 23, 2023•10 min•Ep 678•Transcript available on Metacast Journalist and friend of the show Becca Wilks ( @WilksBecca ) joins the gang to discuss how the Welsh government’s plans on rent control have evolved (spoiler: they’ve been useless because the Welsh government loves a landlord), but first we have an update on the numerous political obituaries being written in the U.K. and a systematic review of Matt Hancock’s TikTok. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: http...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep 677•Transcript available on Metacast Jathan and Ed from This Machine Kills ( @machinekillspod ) join the gang to discuss the long, terrible essay by Marc Andreesen about why AI will save the world. Part of his argument is that Marx was wrong because Elon Musk SELLS cars rather than hoarding them for himself. It's... well, it's something? Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dr-robotniks-84608248 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the f...
Jun 15, 2023•9 min•Ep 676•Transcript available on Metacast Author Yara Rodrigues Fowler joins Riley and Alice to talk about her book, There Are More Things. There Are More Things is a love story, a history, and an exploration of the radical possibilities of fiction. What does good, radical fiction look like? Find out here! Check out There Are More Things here! And get the whole episode on Patreon here! *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/trashfutur...
Jun 14, 2023•10 min•Ep 675•Transcript available on Metacast We spend a while looking over the economic dimensions of - whatever you want to call it - Starmerism, Bidenism, Levelling Up - a version of neoliberalism that realised, very suddenly and entirely too late, that it does actually matter quite a bit if your economy produces certain things. What kind of world does this look like? Let’s explore the contours of Productivism/Permanent Wartime Neoliberalism together, and what it looks like when dedicated Neoliberals try to do something different (embarr...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep 674•Transcript available on Metacast We continued our Regional Authenticity Tour and stopped in the famous city of Manchester, where we recoiled in horror at a startup Riley found that claimed it was--and I'm saying this verbatim--'gamifying good humaning.' We then proceeded to recoil in embarrassment at the next chapter of Mister Book Eater's latest tome. Hope you enjoy! Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/viral-content-tf-84228148 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK t...
Jun 08, 2023•9 min•Ep 673•Transcript available on Metacast Hussein, Alice, and Riley talk about a new startup that aims to replace us all with chatbots based on Socrates, Steve Jobs, and Jordan Peterson reading the news, then we discuss the wild world of AI scare-vertising and its impact on the world's most gullible government: the United Kingdom. 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 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, whi...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep 672•Transcript available on Metacast The entire cast of Riley, Milo, Hussein, Nate, and Alice continued our Regional Authenticity Tour with a stop in Leeds, where we discussed a startup offering what appears to be a hypothetical alternative to the labour theory of value...with loyalty points. We also discussed the second part of a new book by Britain's most storied bibliophage. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/his-majestys-tf-83848390 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm...
Jun 01, 2023•9 min•Ep 671•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Tom Walker ( @tomwalkerisgood ) joins Riley, Milo, and Alice to discuss some recent NEOM-related news—particularly, some comments from NEOM-affiliated architects at the Venice Biennale. But we’re also talking about a recent story in the FT where all financial journalists got scooped by a random news site in Antigua…owned by a pizza-enthusiast editor who is also an ambassador to three countries, a lawyer, a doctor, and an Instagram guy. The whole thing is an experience. Check out Tom’s...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep 670•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, Nate and Milo get expert advice from The Athletic's Joey D'Urso, a lifelong football fan and a source of extremely funny anecdotes about the nutters and eccentrics of the English Premier League. We learn about Gazza, Georgie Best, Vinnie Jones, and many more. Hope you enjoy! Check out Joey's work here! https://theathletic.com/author/joey-durso/ Get the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83471133?pr=true *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Tw...
May 24, 2023•10 min•Ep 669•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free episode, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss the perennial US debt default threat, the recent Congressional hearings about regulating AI (No Steubes were involved, sadly), and the whale botherers at the National Conservative Conference being huge, alienating freaks that the British establishment demands you take seriously. 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://...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep 668•Transcript available on Metacast For stop one of the Trashfuture Regional Authenticity Tour 2023, we had a live show at the Glee Club in Birmingham on May 14. We talk about a startup with a very confused ad voice in relation to its supposed value proposition, as well as a segment of a new, stupid, and probably edible book by Britain's most famous bibliophage. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/church-of-colin-83205055 We still have tickets available for our show in Glasgow on May 21! Get them h...
May 19, 2023•8 min•Ep 667•Transcript available on Metacast Amardeep Singh Dhillon from the South London Bartenders Network joins the gang to talk about precarity, automation, and what’s next in hospitality, and how bartenders in London have been organising to fight back. Are you working in hospitality in London, and do you feel like you need a union? Get in touch with Amardeep! Check out SLBN's website here: https://southlondonbartenders.wordpress.com/ If you'd like to contribute to an ongoing strike fund, Amardeep recommended this one! https://www.gofu...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep 666•Transcript available on Metacast Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village is a 1966 book by academic William Hinton, documenting the experience of one particularly poor Chinese village of early efforts at land reform. It is almost opaquely dense, and yet very illuminating. Get the full episode on Patreon! 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* We’re touring the Midlands, t...
May 12, 2023•9 min•Ep 665•Transcript available on Metacast Without the guidance of their fearless leader Riley, the gang - joined by Josh Boerman of The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast ( http://worstpossible.world/ ) - are swept up in a monarchist fervour. Get the full episode on Patreon! 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* We’re touring the Midlands, the North, and (one city in) Scotland in May! We’ll be i...
May 11, 2023•10 min•Ep 664•Transcript available on Metacast Nick Adams, writer on such shows as BoJack Horseman, New Girl, Tuca and Bertie (and others!), takes some time off the WGA picket lines to talk to us about writing as a profession, how studios have constantly sought to break up and undermine it, and the insane plan to replace Hollywood Writers with ChatGPT. All information, including information on strike funds, is here: https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike-hub If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, a...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep 663•Transcript available on Metacast Riley, Milo (now returned from holiday), Alice, and special guest David Banks (author of The City Authentic, out now on University of California Press ) get into the relationship between real estate capital and the municipal deep state to answer the question: how the same twee aesthetic took over medium sized cities in the US, UK, Australia, and elsewhere, and why has BrewDog set itself up in the prison where they held Ned Kelly? Get the full episode on Patreon! If you want access to our Patreon...
May 04, 2023•11 min•Ep 662•Transcript available on Metacast We've unlocked our discussion with Quinn Slobodian about his book, Crack Up Capitalism, which explores the creation of a thousand mini Hong Kongs around the world and the right wing nut jobs that love them. If you liked this discussion, we've got more Writtenology on the $5 feed and we've also just released our discussion of Timothy Morton's Hyperobjects on the $10 tier ( https://www.patreon.com/posts/writtenology-82404854? ). Check out Quinn's book here! https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316685/c...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep 661•Transcript available on Metacast Riley, Hussein, and Nate look at the collision course between a rentier economy with a shrinking set of (allegedly) productive activities to support it… and realise the podcast has become de facto illegal in Brisbane for our consistent pro-hoon position, for which we make no apologies. 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* We’re touring the Midlands, the N...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep 660•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we've brought on friend of the show Mattie Lubchansky to discuss a whole slew of New York content. We do a close read of a frankly bonkers speech that Mayor Eric Adams gave at a Nowruz celebration, examine the breathlessly optimistic press about NYPD robot dogs that fall over after taking a single step, and discuss reports that high-priced Manhattan commercial real estate is headed for a steep decline. But, could we at least convert the office towers to residences? Well, not for the l...
Apr 28, 2023•10 min•Ep 659•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice speak with friend of the show Molly White ( @molly0xFFF ) about a recent presentation from Andreesen Horowitz in which they predict… a much rosier 2023 for crypto, Web 3.0, and the various other VC money-sumps that will magically resolve their structural problems any day now. Check out Molly’s newsletter here! https://newsletter.mollywhite.net If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up ...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep 658•Transcript available on Metacast Mike and Jesse from YKS join the gang to watch The Catholic League's latest blockbuster documentary about The Woke Mind Virus taking over Disney and making it so perfectly normal senior citizens can't STAND to watch children's TV anymore. Also, we talk about the most fun a sitting President had since Trump met the football boys. Check out YKS here! https://www.patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/whatever-to-ft-81796696 *STREAM ALE...
Apr 20, 2023•11 min•Ep 657•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, we've decided to invert the formula of our last show with Jackson Baly and Joel Zammit of Sanspants Radio: instead of Brits in Australia, we're now discussing Australians in Britain. And we cover everything from the celebrities--your Peter Andre, your Jason Donovan, your Nick Cave--to the strange cultural phenomena like the Aussie magnet of Clapham Common and the insensitively-named chain of Oz-themed bars. We very much hope you enjoy! Check out Sanspants Rad...
Apr 18, 2023•10 min•Ep 656•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Riley, Hussein, Alice, and Devon talk about the latest salvo in Britain’s war on children, especially gender non-conforming ones, in all facets of life—but especially in education and safeguarding. We also react to one of the dumbest AI-related startups yet. 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 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK ti...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep 655•Transcript available on Metacast We did a live show in Berlin on March 11 and we recorded it. We discuss our best friends from Wirecard, an electric VTOL taxi company that has, so far, only created a fake airport terminal in Coventry but cannot actually fly anywhere, and much more. Get the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/checking-in-with-81435965 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/trashfuturepo...
Apr 13, 2023•11 min•Ep 654•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Riley, Hussein, and Alice speak with author, activist, and friend of the show Cory Doctorow about the ongoing lawsuit against the Internet Archive—a campaign by the mega-conglomerate publishers of America which all hate free digital book lending—and why public libraries are squarely in their money-squeezing targets. We also talk about some great developments in some of the dumbest crypto / lending fraud cases, where it seems the brightest minds of the 30 Under 30 list forgot that pros...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep 653•Transcript available on Metacast Journalist Daniel Trilling rejoins Riley, Hussein, and Alice for an episode with a more serious tone, talking about London's Metropolitan Police and the various corruption scandals that have eaten away at the myth of "Policing by Consent." We conclude that even the liberal position on reforming the Met now includes some broad/loose definition of abolition, where huge numbers of police powers are removed. Read Daniel's article at the LRB here: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n07/daniel-trilli...
Apr 06, 2023•9 min•Ep 652•Transcript available on Metacast We speak to computing researcher Dan McQuillan, author of the recent book “Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence,” all about that open letter about how scary powerful AI is. Also, a startup that helps automate academic literature overproduction so not even the writers have to read it, and the TikTok hearings. Check out Dan’s book here! https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, a...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep 651•Transcript available on Metacast 
