This week, we've got friend of the show Tom Walker in from Australia to talk about Neom, our beautiful exemplar of a future city that will definitely get built. We also, however, have to talk about the Labour Party's current state. We hope you enjoy this
2022-07-27 23:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
The Forde Report is out and has landed with all the impact of a feather in the febrile British media space. We discuss being right, what’s wrong, and what else. But first, we look at a new podcast that is teaching England’s prisoners about how to hustle a brand.
2022-07-25 19:50:13 +0000 UTC View PostEdited with corrected links
Hi everyone, just a quick announcement: our live show at the Edinburgh Fringe is now on sale here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/trashfuture-live-at-the-fringe .We'll be at TheSpace at Venue45 at 10:45 pm on 26th August.
For Australian fans: we're in the process of finalizing our first-ever tour of Australia this November...
2022-07-22 11:39:20 +0000 UTC View PostSociologist of Toryness Phil Burton Cartledge (@philbc3) rejoins the gang to discuss the leadership election, and what the current state of the Conservative party means for democracy in the U.K. (Spoiler alert: the omens are not necessarily good).
2022-07-21 12:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
Paris Marx from Tech Won’t Save Us joins Riley and Alice to discuss the Uber Files - a trove of documents confirming Uber was doing what we were alleging it was doing the whole time. But first, we review a fight between a practitioner of the Reddit style and a master of the Page Six style.
2022-07-18 19:50:40 +0000 UTC View PostNow unlocked to the $5 tier!
For this month's second Britainology, Milo makes Nate watch season 1, episode 1 of the Channel 4 teen comedy/drama 'Skins.' Nicholas Hoult is in demon twink mode causing chaos all around flip-phone-era Bristol c. 2007, and Nate marvels at the fact that a show like this would have been much harder to make for network TV in the US back in those days. Hope you enjoy!
2022-07-18 13:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostGizmodo’s Shoshana Wodinsky joins the gang to discuss how the digital surveillance panopticon created to sell, among other things, AI generated t shirts, is also now a crucial tool in the states arsenal to prevent people from accessing abortions.
2022-07-13 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
This is the day Boris Johnson finally became Prime Minister.
2022-07-11 22:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostFor this month's first Britainology, Milo subjected Nate to the early-2000s hit sketch comedy show 'Little Britain,' the brainchild of Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Has it aged well? No. But was it at least funny? Also no. Prepare your body for the literal worst bit of content we may have faced yet.
2022-07-08 19:41:54 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we examine Tony Blair's bizarre Future of Britain Conference and its obvious hang-ups: austerity and--you guessed it--ID cards. The man simply will not quit. Hope you enjoy!
2022-07-06 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
We continue to follow the incipient strike wave in Britain now spreading to other industries, and think about how the veil between ourselves and a more livaeble, dignified existence is once again at its thinnest. We also discuss Labour’s manifest inability to rise to the moment… and then we delve into the mountains of madness with an article about how Glastonbury should be replaced with a Ukrainian army recruitment centre.
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2022-07-04 21:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostRebecca Wilks returns to the podcast to talk about Wales, the international arms trade, and creating the refugees you proclaim to welcome. Also, a reading from Neom and a startup!
Please check out Becca’s article on this topic here! https://www.thenational.wales/news/20213605.welsh-government-partner-thales-accused-yemen-war-crimes-compli...
2022-06-29 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostNow unlocked to the $5 tier!
For this month's premium Britainology, we discuss the show Love Island. Neither of us are Love Island watchers so we're coming into this as neophytes, and we ask: what does it say about Britain? Is there something to be learned from watching it? Is there something to be learned from watching people who insist that there's a deeper meaning to it? All this and more
2022-06-29 15:55:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
Rail Natter's Gareth Dennis joins the gang to discuss the RMT's strike action. We look at what made striking necessary, what striking does for everyone (not just the strikers!), and - of course - we run down the Mick Lynch daytime TV hit list.
Gareth mentions a strike fund in the episode, which you can access here: https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/national-disput...
2022-06-27 21:39:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis month we've spoken with friend of the show and knower of medieval history Dr Eleanor Janega (@GoingMedieval) on the topic of the British monarchy. Not just the current state of affairs (although we do get into that), but also the unbroken lineage all the way back to 1066. Why is it that we've simply put up with it for so long?
2022-06-23 21:48:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang talks to Ben Tarnoff about his book “Internet for the People,” which looks at the present miserable state of the internet “as public utility,” and how it can be made better. But first, we look at a startup back from the dead, think about the on-purpose recession that the global north is about to tip into and (thinking about other recessions), what we can expect, and how the IMF created political monsters it can no longer control.
Buy Ben's book here! 2022-06-22 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week, Riley, Milo, Nate, and Alice react to new developments from UK politics (it’s wedge week!) and the crypto world, where discussions are taking place to encourage central banks to help unwind stablecoins. What does that mean? Well, it means free money, more scamming, and no time spent on explaining the actual use case–there isn’t one.
As mentioned in the show notes, there’s a fundraiser for the 9 people arrested during a recent ...
2022-06-20 21:43:32 +0000 UTC View PostThis 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 2022-06-15 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Riley is out this week, and in his stead we’ve convened a special episode of Trashfuture featuring Milo, Hussein, Nate, and Alice on the topic of a failing ‘AI’ startup called Nate. Yes, it’s called Nate. And it’s a pure, concentrated example of ‘what if your robot was just a guy.’
We draw heavily from Malique Morris’s article from The Information, and you should read it 2022-06-13 22:25:50 +0000 UTC View Post
In this special edition of Britainology, Nate and Milo traveled to BBC2 Studios to interview the man himself, Jeremy Vine, in order to discuss how he keeps a straight face when asked to arbitrate questions such as 'should a panel of mums decide all criminal punishment in the UK' and 'is your tea kettle as loud as your lawn mower (please bring the lawn mower into your kitchen for a comparison).' Hope you enjoy!
2022-06-09 18:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back with pure riffs and no topic, and we're joined by Joel, Joel, and Jackson from the popular Australian podcast Plumbing the Death Star. We recorded this back in March and now it's out. Please enjoy us rejoicing in the class system of car park sausages in Australia, the wonder of Bob Katter pointing a gun at a knife, and a story about a little boy who wanted a pet pig.
2022-06-08 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one! And it's out very early!
This week, Riley, Hussein, Nate and Alice discuss the cost-of-living crisis in Britain as seen through trade periodicals for grocers and the growing sentiment among the police (yes! Even among the British police!) that shoplifting to survive shouldn’t be punished. We also discuss new developments in the endless hackathon purgatory of the crypto world, where they want to make everything you’ve ever done in your working life...
2022-06-02 13:10:41 +0000 UTC View PostPlease enjoy this live recording of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate performing at Bristol Transformed early last month. We discuss a new, twee advancement in bossware, plus a deep dive into some of the most bizarre and unspeakable details of the Platinum Jubilee.
2022-06-01 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends, we have heard your questions and provided answers. Milo was out due to illness, but the rest of us covered down as best we could.
Here's the chicken recipe Nate mentioned on the episode: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/traditional-dakbokkeumtang
2022-06-01 11:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post(Audio issues should be fixed!)
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The gang looks at the ossified politics of Britain, now unable to conceive of responding to a once-in-a-generation permanent energy crisis with anything more than a one-off payment and "good luck, you're gonna need it!" Then, we discuss a startup that looked at the spate of school shootings around the country and said, "it is with a heavy heart that we must profit from this."
2022-05-30 20:37:21 +0000 UTC View PostThat's right, we convinced the band to get back together. We helped them resurrect at least one of the deceased members. And we recorded a bootleg when they performed at the Sekforde Arms in London earlier this month. Hope you enjoy!
Track listing is as follows:
(1:03) Bin Man Rhapsody
(6:13) Radar Van
(10:53) Warrior's Heart
(18:07) Honkbal Hoofdklasse (On My Radio Tonight)
2022-05-29 21:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello beloved TF hogs. We are looking to assemble a Q&A episode for the end of the month and would love your questions. Doing voice recordings is a bit time-consuming, so please post them here and we'll assemble a list. Thank you!
2022-05-27 10:23:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we're joined by auto journalist Victoria Scott (@mikurubaeahina) about new developments in automotive surveillance. As in: what if your car was the cops, recorded everything you ever did in the car, was accessible by the other cops via forensic devices, could be monitored without a warrant, and had no option for you to shut this off? Well, apparently that's 90% of cars made since 2008 already.
2022-05-25 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
Paris Marx of Tech Won’t Save Us and the author of Road to Nowhere talks to us for PART ONE of our two-part series on driverless cars, which we have titled Automobile Conversation - and it is NOT legally affiliated with “Car Talk.”
2022-05-23 18:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostWe recorded a live Britainology in London earlier this month and brought on special guest Juliet Jacques (and regular guest Riley) to discuss British sex scandals past: the Profumo Affair, Keith Vaz, Derek Mackay, and--of course--David Cameron's pig liaisons. Hope you enjoy!
2022-05-20 17:11:32 +0000 UTC View Post