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JDPONorth feat. Liv Agar

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Liv Agar from QAAnonymous joins us to discuss the birth of Canadian nationalism, in that suddenly Albertans are booing the U.S. national anthem. Why? Well, Trump is moving forward with 25% tariffs on Canada, threatening Canada militarily (?), and managing to get extremely dumb-guy Canadian conservatives to disavow the US with the same vigor as they supported Bernard the Roughneck.

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Britainology 99: 49 Up, Part 2

For the second January Britainology episode (sorry!) we conclude our assessment of 49 UP (2005), another installment of the long UK Boomer time lapse project, all the while sweating beneath the collar when we consider that 2005 was twenty years ago.

Da Crazy Hawaiian Goes to Riyadh ft. Jacob Silverman

Jacob Silverman joins us to discuss the decades long Saudi operation to buy influence in the West in all its gaudy spectacle. Also - Sam Altman protests that he all that creative work fair and square, Rachel Reeves belts out a three word chant, and Power Slap is a sport of geopolitical significance.

Newly Grinted feat. Ed Zitron

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Ed Zitron returns to discuss how a Chinese hedge fund created an AI model that accomplished much of what OpenAI’s frontier model can do, and Sam Alrman’s best idea is to apply the “kind of gets it right sometimes” energy of LLMs to running your life. Also, grand theft luggage is rife in Lisbon airport, Masayoshi Son makes a bad investment, and Rupert Grint’s new app “Grinted” makes a splash.

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Britainology 98: Life On Mars (2006)

UPDATE: something went wrong with the file export when converting from WAV to MP3, and it added some very strange noises. We've fixed it and have re-uploaded. Sorry about that!

For this month's first Britainology, we're discussing the 2000s TV series Life On Mars, or 'what happens when you get hit by a car that makes you travel through time and it becomes the early '70s.' But we wind up liking it more than disliking it, and spend some time exploring what it's like to en...

pump.gov ft. Molly White

Molly White joins Hussein, Riley, and November to talk about the role of Cryptocurrency in the incoming administration, specifically synergising their desire to "trigger the libs" with their desperate need to grift the morlocks who worship them. Also, Cooler Screens' war with Walgreens heats up, a stand up comedy scene develops on the moon, and yes - any hand gesture Elon makes is by definition a Nazi one.

Tip Drill ft. Corner Spaeti

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Ciaran and Nick from Corner Spaeti join the gang to discuss the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, and what that means for the UK, Germany, and more or less all of humanity. Also, Alice Weidel isn’t gay, she’s just married to a woman; Cypriot Mister Beast enters a combat zone; and Peter Mandelson wishes upon a Monkey’s Paw.

MILO ALERT Check out Milo’s UK Tour here:
2025-01-21 15:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Britainology 97: 49 Up (2005), Part 1

Nate and Milo continue an exploration of Michael Apted's Boomer Time Lapse / UP, the series, with the 2005 installment following our cohort of spiritual uncles and aunties. This is part 1 of 2, and we'll continue the deep dive into our beloved cast next month as well.

Very sorry for the late delivery of this! We're getting back on track with it in January, for sure.

Stuff Is All You Need

The UK Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan / Please, Please Invest In Us So It Can Be 1999 Again Plan has been launched, and it will give the UK the superpower to know ahead of time where potholes will emerge, before not filling them anyway. Also, Australians total their cars, we invent a new legal concept called “Magician’s Privilege,” and the world historical cruelty and ineptitude of the Biden administration is laid bare as a ceasefire deal finally emerges in Gaza.

Steube Is As Steube Does feat. Mike Isaac

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We talk to NYT tech reporter Mike Isaac about the ongoing Greg Steube-fication of every major tech CEO in the US. Also, Rachel Reeves has depression, DOGE makes some cost cutting recommendations at the DEA, and Peter Thiel learns Greek.

Go Hoke, Go Broke

We check in on old friend Volocopter, a company we assume is going from strength to strength as the official air taxi partner of Neom! Where a later reading indicates that eight year olds are driving trucks. Also, the UK is in economic crisis again, and we don’t even have the fun of a bathrobe soiling-prime minister.

I’m Dave Toaster feat. Jason Koebler

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Must we live in a world where everyone decides we want AI-generated friends to make AI-generated stories (which are fake), or AI-enabled kitchen appliances? When you actually dig into this stuff, it turns out everyone knows it sucks and we hate it. Today’s guest is friend of the show Jason Koebler of 404 Media, who has done the legwork to examine just how stupid it is. Plus, we talk about Elon Musk’s new fixation on the UK, and that strangely sexu...

Years of Lead Poisoning

For our first TF episode of 2025 (recorded in 2025, that is), we're talking about recent events in the United States, plus Elon Musk's decision to weigh in on British politics and its downstream effects: ruining Keir Starmer's toboggan ride, among other things. We very much hope you enjoy.

2024 Trashfuture Q&A, Part 2

The Q&A continues! And we'll have a regular bonus episode out this week as well.

You asked us questions and we answered. Hussein is out on parental leave, but we convened the rest of the cast (Riley, Milo, Nate, and November) to respond as best as possible. However, it went so long that we decided to make it into two episodes. Thanks so much for being a TF patron!

Holiday Episode Unlocks

Hi everyone, we've unlocked the Euro '96 Britainology we did with Juliet Jacques earlier this year—it's now available to all paid subscribers. We've also unlocked our episode about A VERY ROYAL SCANDAL featuring Hesse Deni, which is available on our public feed and to all Patreon subscribers at all the paid or unpaid tiers. That episode is available here.

Thanks so much for being supporte...

2024 Trashfuture Q&A, Part 1

You asked us questions and we answered. Hussein is out on parental leave, but we convened the rest of the cast (Riley, Milo, Nate, and November) to respond as best as possible. However, it went so long that we decided to make it into two episodes. Part 2 will be out next week. Thanks so much for being a TF patron!

In Search of Door-Kicker Santa: TF Watches RED ONE

Our last free episode of 2024 involves Riley, Milo, and November watching the Rock in a terrible Christmas film entitled RED ONE. It’s a film in which Christmas is saved by the surveillance state, jacked Santa trains in the gym to do room-clearing and be an operator, and so much more. This is our present to you: we have suffered.

Peter Village Green Preservation Society

For this week’s bonus, we’re talking about the Starmer / McSweeney government getting outflanked on the left by frothing reactionaries because of their steadfast devotion to water companies being in private hands, and bad. We’re also talking about an amazing recent article about the mad boy king septuagenarian pub magnate who loves closing his pubs permanently as punishment for the slightest infraction. He’s real, and he’s (obviously) British.

Collateralized Wing Obligations feat. Josh Boerman

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We’ve brought on friend of the show Josh Boerman from The Worst of All Possible Worlds to discuss recent drone/UFO “sightings” in the US, the AI filmmaking industry (which sucks), the AI games industry (even worse), and recent revelations that a certain Royal has been getting in trouble yet again—but not for the reasons you’d think!

Check out the Worst of All Possible Worlds here! 2024-12-17 23:10:48 +0000 UTC View Post

The Ophthalmologist's Dilemma feat. Séamus Malekafzali

Middle East correspondent Séamus Malekafzali returns to discuss Syria - a retrospective on Ba’athism, Assad, and for the first time after decades of moral panic about Islam… moderate jihadism is back, baby! Also - Ehud Barak’s camera company, and finally cutting the budget of the DfE.

Check out Séamus' work here! https://www.seamus-malekafzali.com/

A Tepid Bath of Startup Juice

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Starmer, in a bout of what some people are calling “Extreme Popularity,” is relaunching his government after only a few months, despite winning basically a historic majority. He’s turning to the tried and tested policies, the old favourites - running government like a business, cutting the budget, and of course… a cop in every house. Also, we look at two Thiel Companies (Sauron and Orchid), and an exercise in public speaking gone wrong courtes...

Britainology 96: The X-Factor feat. Sam Lake

For this month's first Britainology we've brought on comedian Sam Lake to discuss the impossibly influential UK cultural phenomenon of THE X-FACTOR.

Sam Lake is an Edinburgh-based comedian from Cornwall. He has recently had a critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Esmeralda’ and hosts a weekly podcast called “I’ve Had a Rosé, Let's Talk About Feelings" 2024-12-09 15:26:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Trashfuture Q&A Question Form

Hello everyone, we're going to put together a Q&A episode and require... your questions. The attached link is a Google form that will output the questions in a format that's easy for us to sort through. It doesn't require an email or any kind of login garbage. Please enjoy!

The Last Trudeau-mino to Fall feat. Luke Savage

Luke Savage (@LukewSavage) joins the gang to talk all things Canada, and the drubbing the feckless Justin “Northern Gavin” Trudeau is anticipating from the one and only “Maple DeSantis,” Pierre Poilievre. Plus, we pay our solemn respects to (former) UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, the newest victim of America’s gun violence epidemic.

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He Steubs to Conquer feat. Brian Merchant

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We bring ill tidings… a man with the physiognomy of Humpty Dumpty, except with billions of dollars and a grudge against Wokeness, has brought news of innocent venture capitalists being de-banked for the mere crime of committing securities fraud! That’s right, Marc Andreessen is finally free to say the word even louder than before, and he joins fellow Web 1.0 robber barons in coalescing around Trump part 2. To discuss this, we’re joined by friend...

Popes/Lagoon/Robot Guy Shirts in Stock

Hello to all our beloved Patrons: we've got Avignon Popes, Banished to the Lagoon, and What If Your Robot Was Just A Guy shirts in stock in all sizes in our store (we ordered some extras when having the pre-orders printed).

Remember the discount codes too! TFHOG69 for £5 off individual shirts (£21 instead of £25) and TFHOG420 for £10 off the bundle price (£36 instead of £46)

SIZING NOTES: Remember to order one size larger for US sizes! These shirts are UK/EU sizes ...