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.
2022-05-18 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang discusses the inevitable crypto crash, tether, and the charlatans who sold ordinary people down the river. We also review Britain’s strategy for dealing with its many overlapping crises including mental health. Then, we speak to journalist Heidi Swart, whose work for the MIT technology review is all about how the surveillance industry is slowly rebuilding apartheid in South Africa.
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We speak with Brett Scott about the "cashless economy," and how - under the guise of convenience - another public utility (the money system denominated by cash) is being privatised into what are essentially digital casino chips controlled by banks and payment acquirers.
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2022-05-12 22:51:49 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
Josh Boerman from The Worst of All Possible Worlds joins the entire gang to discuss the Christian Dominionist designs on American society through the lens of the "school choice" campaign led by, among others, West Michigan's very own Betsy DeVos. We look at parallels between similar movements here, and how they link to other demands made by the same people.
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It's another joyful discussion of the withering of the state, although we also talk about a startup electric bus company and rejoice in the tales of the Tory MP who 'accidentally' viewed porn in the chamber of the House of Commons. We very much hope you enjoy it.
2022-05-05 16:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice join special guest Dan Boeckner (@DanBoeckner) of Wolf Parade, Operators, Arcade Fire, and the Bottlemen (@dabottlemen) podcast to discuss a terrifying app-based labour market violation from Canada, some interesting UK political developments, and another–yes, another–British centrist political movement full of veterans of all the othe...
2022-05-02 20:09:28 +0000 UTC View PostLast week, we had a 2018-throwback lineup of the TF cast for a live show in London featuring Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate. We've got it all: Ed Balls returning to politics, a succession of blockchain-related nonsense startups, and a tremendous column by a Telegraph writer who's furious at the concept of work from home because it makes people 'mediocre.' We think you will enjoy this.
2022-04-27 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss even more police-related ideas from UK politicians, a terrible startup from Australia, and the recent news that Netflix’s share price has collapsed due to–big if true–the fact that they don’t make any money. Hope you enjoy!
2022-04-25 21:37:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe welcome back friend of the show Wendy Liu (@dellsystem) to discuss what you might call a sociology of bizarre startup-centric ads all over San Francisco, but we also found a way to automate Keir Starmer via a text-generating AI, and... it's perhaps *too* accurate.
2022-04-20 23:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we’re back with friend of the show and comic artist Mattie Lubchansky (@lubchansky) to discuss recent developments in New York related to the surveillance state being onerous and also non-functional in any advertised way (but still extremely harmful). We also talk about the antipolitics of the Rwanda deportation camps plan. It’s a whole lot to take in!
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2022-04-18 20:18:03 +0000 UTC View PostNow unlocked to the $5 tier!
We're extremely happy to welcome friend of the show Phoebe Roy on to discuss the 1990s sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (only the first 3 seasons are canonical), its enduring appeal, and how it got a lot of stuff right before people even had the words to describe the phenomena involved.
2022-04-15 21:52:31 +0000 UTC View PostFor this month's first Britainology, we're joined in studio by Juliet Jacques (@zinovievletter) to discuss the '90s phenomenon of Mr Blobby, the rotund pink robot who took Britain by storm, stayed relevant for 30 years, spawned a hit single, a number of failed theme parks, and the sheer bafflement of anyone not from this strange island.
2022-04-14 21:54:35 +0000 UTC View PostKen Klippenstein joins the gang to discuss the special Amazon app that doesn’t let you say “bathroom” or “Union” or “prison” that the company later claimed was some kind of April fools joke (?). But first, we look at the new energy “strategy” and a collective translatlantic failure to address the crises of our day. Also Riley saw another car.
2022-04-14 15:42:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
We have discovered a plot to build a cryptocurrency paradise on a minor island in the nation of Vanuatu that happens to be loaded with coconut crabs. We have no idea if this is going to work out but we're sure it definitely has no structural issues that come to mind. We also read the article about 'woke men with beards' because it's a reminder that, after all, we live in Britain.
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2022-04-11 20:38:51 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we've learned about a startup that can only be described as an Airbnb goon squad. We've also learned about the Chancellor of the Exchequer declaring that the UK is going to mint an NFT. But it's also a stablecoin? And it doesn't appear to be a jpg of the Queen smoking weed.
2022-04-07 22:37:13 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we’re speaking with Molly White (@molly0xFFF) of Web 3 Is Going Great (@web3isgreat) about a recent NYT article that simply cannot stop trying to sell crypto, all the while claiming to scrutinise crypto. Hope you enjoy!
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2022-04-04 20:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostPatrick Wyman, host of the wonderful Tides of History, returns to the podcast to talk about the development of the state and warfare over the last six hundred years. We also discuss yet another landlord-centric startup (sure seems to be a lot of them these days!)
2022-03-31 21:05:44 +0000 UTC View PostA startup that makes the… strangest case for the metaverse we’ve yet heard. The British political establishment proposing a response to a crisis that won’t approach any of its causes or effects. A columnist proposes a negotiated settlement between Britain and reality that turns on gratitude to the royals. It’s TF!
2022-03-28 22:02:54 +0000 UTC View PostNow unlocked to the $5 tier!
For this month's second Britainology, Milo and Nate are joined by Alice Caldwell-Kelly to discuss Britain's 1956 invasion of Egypt, how Britain got spectacularly owned, and the eternal weak point of the British military throughout the entire operation: cupboards. Hope you enjoy!
2022-03-25 17:06:40 +0000 UTC View PostRiley is joined by Birkbeck's Dr. Kojo Koram to discuss how Britain's colonial legal legacies - in the form of offshore, overseas, non-dom, etc. - make us the perfect place for the global rich to hide their ill gotten gains. Also, in the studio, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss another rent-instead-of-own startup, but with a creative twist.
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2022-03-23 13:34:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week, we’re talking about a mental-health startup that’s even worse than the man made horrors you thought were beyond your comprehension, some particularly spicy UK legal news, and a simple request for people to be honest about what they actually want, politically. Hope you enjoy!
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For the first Britainology of March, Nate and Milo watch a *terrible* British sitcom from the 1970s that has, somehow, endured. That's right, we've been Frank Spencerpilled--we've watched Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, and we're still shaken from the 'what if Britain was in the Eastern Bloc' vision that it portrayed. Hope you enjoy!
2022-03-20 20:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostWe bring back friend of the show Quantian1 to discuss sanctions against Russia, how the global financial system can shut out a large economy (and how economic integration doesn't necessarily mean less chance of conflict), how the conflict will affect food prices, and our theory that, instead of sanctions, we should just do a Reverse Salisbury on Putin.
2022-03-17 21:41:26 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
It’s the True Chaos Configuration of Milo, Hussein, and Alice, and we’re discussing the Festival of Brexit–a bizarre idea that seems to be at least competently executed, much to our surprise. However, it includes a techno festival called Tour de Moon with an intensely 2000s website that has to be seen to be believed. We also talk about sanctioning Abramovich, and much more.
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2022-03-14 23:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostDr. Riley Quinn (DPhil International Relations), Dr. Milo Edwards (PhD Russian Language), and Maj. Alice Caldwell-Kelly (OSINT specialist) introduce another “garden of forking paths” version of ourselves. We also discuss the bipartisan consensus that spiking energy prices (which have been spiking long before the war) are good and worth the Blitz spirit. Also, another article and Lebedev/Johnson hanging out pretending to be homeless to raise awareness.
2022-03-10 18:30:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
Riley, Alice, and Milo look at the ongoing descent of the UK pundit class into embodying the global death drive, and take a look at a story of a certain kind of British Guy achieving apotheosis (spending £218 of Bolton Council's money meant for excluded children at the Spar in Praia du Luz in Portugal). In between, Riley talks to academic Thea Riofrancos about why "onshoring" mining is all the rage now that the world's security and energy orders have...
2022-03-07 16:55:33 +0000 UTC View PostRiley, Milo, Abi, Alice, and Devon read a little book called The End Of The World Is Flat, a satire about the struggles of the “TERGs” against the “Flat Earth Movement.” Or, more accurately, Riley is the only person in the world to read a book again.
2022-03-03 21:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
This week, friend of the show Abigail Thorn (@PhilosophyTube) joins us to discuss the EHRC’s turn towards belligerent transphobia. One might go so far as to say that they’ve violated Riley’s Law, but there’s an American dimension: British transphobia is beginning to appear in American legal statutes, cited approvingly. Seems bad! We also discuss an app to buy your way i...
2022-02-28 23:26:06 +0000 UTC View Post