We're joined by friend of the show and repeat guest Ed Zitron ( @edzitron ) to discuss some recent AI 'products,' the total failure of another hyped tech business, a Turkish magician's journey through the world of scamming an entire biotech company, but—and this is very important—we finally talk about Bill Ackman and why he does that. Check out Ed's newsletter here: http://wheresyoured.at And check out Ed's show 'Better Offline' Get the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts...
Feb 23, 2024•10 min•Ep 755•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free episode, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November join special guest Abigail Thorn ( @PhilosophyTube ) to discuss three disparate incidents in the UK that expose the relentless march of the War on Being Normal. That’s right—three incidents in British politics that show the implacably deranged tenor of anti-trans politics in Britain, a position fully accepted by both major parties and the entirety of the media. And yet its proponents are miserable and convinced there’s a grand cons...
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep 754•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, we're joined by music journalist and genre aficionado Dan Hancox, the author of 'Inner City Pressure: the Story of Grime.' But we're not talking about Grime today (that'll come later!)—rather, we're talking about a genre close to Milo's heart, the Essex-born-and-raised '90s/'00s subgenre Garage. Which Nate has absolutely no point of reference for whatsoever, despite being the exact right age to have been a fan...if only he were British. Get a copy of Inner Ci...
Feb 19, 2024•11 min•Ep 753•Transcript available on Metacast Nothing but riffs. Nothing but jokes. Noting but Riley revealing more about himself and everyone saying 'I'm confused' or 'oh, that makes sense.' And this one features friend of the show and repeat guest Alex Haddow as well. Get the whole thing on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98508016 *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/trashfuturepodcast *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s upcomin...
Feb 16, 2024•10 min•Ep 752•Transcript available on Metacast In this special episode, we revisit an old startup from 2019 that’s still getting huge government contracts to provide a service we can only describe as ‘the ambulance driven by clowns that drops you off in the middle of the woods.’ This is not an exaggeration. 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 time every...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep 751•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice join special guest (and beloved friend of the show) Paris Marx of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast for a discussion about Apple Vision Pro. Yes, the ridiculous snowboarding goggles that let you see pop up ads everywhere, the next iteration of Google Glass (but worse, and weirder). Our message to you is: bully anyone wearing these things. Check out Tech Won’t Save Us here: https://www.techwontsave.us Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/po...
Feb 09, 2024•11 min•Ep 750•Transcript available on Metacast This week, it’s an all-dessert episode hosted by Alice with Milo and Hussein. We discuss Peter Thiel and his acolytes’ plan to make the drugs Olympics in which you take as many performance enhancers as possible and turn into Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star. However, the real icing on the cake is a Telegraph article that claims Switzerland possesses an eternal martial spirit, but Britain is too woke to have conscription (and not racist enough). It’s an experience. If you want access to our P...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep 749•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss an offshore oil rig theme park that Saudi Arabia is building (it just sounds like an oil rig). We also discuss the recent ICJ proceedings, and examine the contradictions in what liberal democratic states say about international law when confronted with potentially having to apply it to their client states. In the words of Bryan Ferry, you can guess the rest. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/9768063...
Feb 02, 2024•10 min•Ep 748•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we’re talking about a terrible surveillance startup, an anti-DEI Ackman guy running to primary Joe Biden (he also sucks), and the recent news that the Israeli government is using what you might call Combat Tweetdeck to try to suppress or overwhelm all the negative attention it’s getting from… things that its own soldiers share on social media. Call it the ‘posting through it’ school of warfare. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powe...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep 747•Transcript available on Metacast Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice speak with Goldsmiths researcher Dan McQuillan, the author of 'Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence' regarding the breathless optimism of politicians in the UK and elsewhere (particularly in Queensland, Australia) claiming they'll use AI to administer state benefits and services. Probably not a good idea! You can purchase Dan's book here: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://w...
Jan 29, 2024•10 min•Ep 746•Transcript available on Metacast For this week’s free episode, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate discuss the recent news that ChatGPT has both dropped its official guidelines around working with weapons systems and also entered into a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense. This is notionally to help reduce veteran suicide, but as Riley indicates, there are plenty of combat uses that are probably going to get integrated, even (or especially) if they’re bad. We also do a quick UK politics check (did you know populism is ov...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep 745•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, we bring on Hussein Kesvani—our special guest with whom we've never done another podcast—to discuss the recent UK Government ban on XL Bully dogs, British dog ownership culture in general, kissing your dog on the mouth, and much more. If you'd like to hear the rest of the episode, you can find it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-77-96700018 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thurs...
Jan 19, 2024•10 min•Ep 744•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we’ve got Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discussing a bathroom-related AI startup, the impending election year in the UK, new Government policy facilitating the sell-off of all local council assets and properties, and a recent speech by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer KC about why we cannot actually solve any problems. 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 *STREA...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep 743•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, Justin Roczniak of the Well There's Your Problem podcast joins the assembled cast of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice to discuss the formal and total shuttering of HyperLoop. Because it was never a real thing, but it sure did make a lot of annoying people and related billionaires claim we didn't need high-speed rail! Listen to the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/700-miles-hour-96330277 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 ...
Jan 12, 2024•10 min•Ep 742•Transcript available on Metacast Alice and Riley talk with Seamus Malekafzali about Israel’s ever-expanding war with Palestine, and the ramifications on its neighbours near and far. If you want to read Seamus' work, check out his newsletter here: https://www.seamus-malekafzali.com/ 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 time every Monday and ...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 740•Transcript available on Metacast It's all riffs and no theme. It's Tom Walker and Demi Lardner of the bigsofttitty.png podcast and many other venues joining us to discuss z-grade robot toys, counterfeit Spider-Man, reinterpreting Goatse for the modern age, and much more. We hope your enjoy. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/balthasar-spider-95950425 *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/tra...
Jan 08, 2024•10 min•Ep 741•Transcript available on Metacast This week’s episode is the first free one of 2024 and was recorded before the new year; it features Riley, Milo, and Alice discussing the UK government’s attempts to make schools officially practice cruelty to trans kids as a matter of policy. Also discussed: an AI startup that wants to automate the entirety of business from start to finish, and a separate segment where Riley and Dr Gareth Fearn discuss the state of planning and development the UK. Why is it so labyrinthine and difficult, and wh...
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep 739•Transcript available on Metacast In this unlocked bonus episode, Alice, Milo, Nate and Hussein are once again LIVE at Between The Bridges, sadly without Riley because Nadine Dorries' book destroyed his gastrointestinal system. However, undeterred, Alice read the book and her stomach was made of stronger stuff. Milo was also able to simulate Riley using Chat GPT so it's almost like he's there... Please support Medical Aid for Palestinians here: https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donation-details/488?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgqG...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep 738•Transcript available on Metacast Woslam’s Reverse Hierarchy of Needs feat. Mattie Lubchansky It's the last regular episode of the year and we've brought on friend of the show and premium points member Mattie Lubchansky to discuss...well, a lot of things: Adam Neumann's new sensitive landlord venture that's totally not a cult, the sentencing statement of Nikola electric truck company CEO Trevor Milton after his conviction for securities fraud, and our despised but eternally entertaining recurring character: NYC mayor Eric Adams....
Dec 24, 2023•10 min•Ep 737•Transcript available on Metacast For this month's first Britainology, Nate and Milo discuss the now-timeless 2003 Richard Curtis film LOVE ACTUALLY, and what it says about Britain. Milo loves it, Nate's wife loves it, Nate is lukewarm on it but it did make him laugh, and Boris Johnson Voice makes an appearance. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-75-94727172 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https...
Dec 20, 2023•10 min•Ep 736•Transcript available on Metacast We revisit our old pal Bill Ackman, who was one of Wall Street's most notorious activist investors, to become the SPAC king, to finally settling into his new role as a billionaire culture warrior. Also, we discuss the suspension of a delightfully moronic Tory MP, and check out how Neom is finally building some stuff that's not just different shaped hotels. CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENT: The TF team will be taking some time off, so instead of a free episode in the week of the 25th we will be unlocking a...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep 735•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's bonus, it's full-court press of useless tech: reactionaries' trying and failing to turn Elon Musk's ultra gen X large language model transphobic; Wes Streeting getting dazzled by an app in Singapore, and a surveillance tech company riding the wave of teen vape interdiction and kicking people out of public housing. The name of the podcast isn't ironic. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/lhistoire-de-94695056 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch str...
Dec 15, 2023•10 min•Ep 734•Transcript available on Metacast The gang talks about the upward spiral of xenophobia that the UK's moderates think they can keep riding to stay in power - the Rwanda Bill, new immigration restrictions, and so on, before moving onto the new Online Safety Bill and its potential to create a kind of AI overmind of British goons. However, the rest of this episode needs only three words: Georgian Peter Griffin. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up her...
Dec 12, 2023•59 min•Ep 733•Transcript available on Metacast We meet a bevy of new Guys using strategic litigation to undo the United States federal regulatory system. This one is a "preserved in amber" 2011 era Tea Party radio host! Also, we look at Israeli's AI and QR code systems and think about what the *real* purpose of those systems is, as well as checking out a startup and reading all about country living. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreo...
Dec 07, 2023•9 min•Ep 732•Transcript available on Metacast Paris Marx of Tech Won't Save Us joins the gang to delve into the past of Elon Musk to explain his present day fascinations and oddities. We all know about the Emerald Mine, but how many of us know about the staircase kicking, or the baffling chiropractic grandfather? 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 Medical Aid for Palestinians: www.map.org.uk *STREAM ALERT* Check out...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep 731•Transcript available on Metacast Alice, Milo, Nate and Hussein are once again LIVE at Between The Bridges, sadly without Riley because Nadine Dorries' book destroyed his gastrointestinal system. However, undeterred, Alice read the book and her stomach was made of stronger stuff. Milo was also able to simulate Riley using Chat GPT so it's almost like he's there... Full episode on Patreon for subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93823512?pr=true Please support Medical Aid for Palestinians here: https://www.map.org.uk/d...
Dec 01, 2023•11 min•Ep 730•Transcript available on Metacast An social media marketing turned AI company was contracted by the UN to "solve the Israel/Palestine" conflict and it's as horrifically vapid as it sounds. Also, we check in on the Sad Sadiq's quest to keep The Sphere out of London (successful; we will be filing an appeal), and read a little piece by Julie Burchill on her slow metamorphosis into Britain's Andy Rooney. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: http...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep 729•Transcript available on Metacast The gang talks about a startup designed to replace teachers with AI enabled iPads, the AI company that's concerned with building god experiencing a religious schism, and then congratulate Evil Steven Root on his historic Argentine election win. Then, we look into the comfortable world of Chipping Norton and the new Foreign Secretary's leisure time. 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...
Nov 23, 2023•10 min•Ep 728•Transcript available on Metacast Tom joins Riley, Alice, and Hussein to talk about how not even the tattooing industry is safe from the whims of AI-enabled tech disrupters, with hilarious (but troubling) results. But first, we talk about the ongoing quest in the UK political-media ecosystem to performatively misunderstand what a "ceasefire" is, and then we review a whole new slate of Neom developments and ask: what will be erected in the desert when all this is said and done? Tom's (recently award winning) podcast about tattooi...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep 727•Transcript available on Metacast It's Dave Courtney in memoriam month on Britainology for November and as a result we have got two episodes for you, honouring the man himself by delving into the concept of the hard geezer. In this first of two episodes, Milo offers Nate a selection of Britain's all time hardest bastards for his delectation. Later in the month the boys will be consuming Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men. Full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93237263?pr=true Are you in Barcelona? Come see Milo's s...
Nov 20, 2023•10 min•Ep 726•Transcript available on Metacast 
