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Left on Read: Post Captain

November and Riley are back at it again, swashbuckling on the high seas. While talking about this book we both loved, we found ourselves talking about comic writing in books that aren't necessarily comedies, the tangled and often at odds state institutions of regency Britain, and why on earth you'd run an anarcho capitalist navy.

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Midwestology 3: Do Not Perceive the Precious Moments Citadel

Milo is in Australia and the time zone difference is killing us, but in his absence we convened Joe Kassabian and Francis Horton to discuss the American Midwest with Hussein. We cover the strange post-industrial wasteland of pretty much the entire region, the concept of Precious Moments ceramic figurines (Funko Pops for meemaws), and Hussein reads us a list of supposedly foundational Midwest Emo bands that we have 99% never heard of.

Intercontinental Amuse-Bouche Barrage feat. Séamus Malekafzali

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This week, Riley, Hussein, Nate, and November speak with friend of the show and returning guest Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) about recent developments in the airspace between Iran and Israel, plus a few tidbits about a Tory MP who simply loves getting blackmailed, a racist Spectator article that may have achieved an all-time TF shock record, and allegations that Warham...

You Have Unlocked ‘Racist Lapel Pin’ feat. Molly White

For this week’s bonus, we speak with returning guest and friend of the show Molly White (@molly0xFFF) about the recent upswing in crypto prices and their resultant dumb hype. But also: meme coin generators, Truth Social, another crypto party that blinded people, Baron Trump Harkonnen, and a Verge review of a supposed ‘smartphone killer’ that manages to suck so much that not even the hardest core of tech futurists ca...

The Devon Report feat. Kill James Bond

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For this week’s free one, Riley, Hussein, and November are joined by Abigail Thorn and Devon from the Kill James Bond podcast to discuss the recent Cass Review into trans kids’ healthcare in the NHS. Well, call it a review, but it’s actually just top cover for conversion therapy and state-sponsored cruelty against all medical advice. We also discuss career weirdo Brian Rose’s decision to once again run for London Mayor, and examine some recent...

And I Would Build 1.5 Miles ft. Shanti Singh

...but I won't build 1.5 more!

RIP NEOM. The gang looks back fondly on our favourite megaproject as the Line's official plans are scaled back from 170km to only 2.4km (or 1.5 miles) by 2030. Then, we look at the emerging political movement of Grey Pride, and the plans that Balaji Srinivasan, author of the Network State, has to rebuild San Francisco in his image, claiming: "What Elon did for Twitter, so too shall we do for San Francisco!"

Britain is the Second Most Powerful Country in the World ft. Emiliano Mellino

Riley, November, and Hussein talk to returning guest Emiliano Mellino from TBIJ to discuss his recent investigation into abuses of the health and care worker visa by unethical bosses and other associated profiteers we've decided to replace most of our remaining health and care system with. Before that, we discuss the murder of several aid workers by the IDF, which has caused Liberals to stand and take notice that white people are also being killed. Also, we learn about Britain being the Secon...

Assigned Mayor At Birth (ft. Mattie Lubchansky)

Resident Eric Adams expert Mattie Lubchansky joins the gang to discuss Adams and his loyal retainers, his plans to use an AI system that doesn't work to fight a non existent subway cirme problem, and how he tried to win an argument he had on the radio by getting baptised in prison by Al Sharpton. Then, we talk about the other countries that own England's water supply going on strike until the fat cat public coughs up double their bills, and then an article where a certain Viscount remembers h...

The Mesoamerican Bill Simmons Podcast ft. Patrick Wyman

Recurring guest and firm favourite Patrick Wyman joins the gang to discuss the history of climate change - what adaptation has looked like for different societies that formed and deformed around changing climates. Including pre-Dynastic Egypt, the Indus Valley Civilisation, and the crises that plagued the ends of Rome and Feudalism, among others! But first, twenty minutes grousing about how strong fundamentals players with good coachability have become a rare thing in the Mesoamerican Ritual ...

Australiology 4: Aussie PMs feat. Sanspants Radio

Nate is out this week so join Milo down undah for a special Australiology with friends of the show, the Sanspants Radio crew.

In this episode they aim to get to the bottom of the absolute weirdest units ever to be prime minister of Australia…and also battery soup.

See Milo on tour in Australia!

Left on Read: Child of All Nations by Irmgard Keun

Riley and November read Irmgard Keun's 1938 novel about living on the most genteel run possible in Europe. It's a book written from the perspective of a child refugee, and Riley and November think about how the world has remained the same and changed since then.

It's Boever ft. Justin Roczniak

Justin and November from WTYP join the gang to discuss all things Boeing, and what happens to your empire when you accidentally apply your own ideology to the most important pillar of your blood soaked globe bestriding war machine? Also, we talk about the UK's ambitious plan to have flying taxis in the air by 2026, and a new Neom region that puts a certain Battersea sky pool in London to shame.

More Human After All ft. Brian Merchant

"I believe AI makes us more human," said Peter Deng of OpenAI at SXSW - which is just one of the responses that AI people have when people ask bizarre questions like "what does your product do," and "hey how did you get all that training data?" Technology writer Brian Merchant joins the gang to discuss this phenomenon, Amazon's foray into building a second generation human, and, of course, the AI app that aims to replace condoms.

Who Runs Gamertown? ft. Lin Codega

Riley, November, and Hussein provide an update on the Glasgow Wonka situation - which is that Billy Coull officially has a tummy ache because everyone in the world is mad at him just for creating the only good AI generated art ever. Then, we look at the re-emergence of The Chicken Suits in UK politics, and what it means for our realm of nothing but floating signifiers. Finally, we are joined by games journalist Lin Codgea to discuss Saudi Arabia's plan to become the world capital of e-sports ...

Britainology 81: George Galloway feat. Hussein Kesvani

The eternal gadfly of British politics and reality TV returns to the centre stage yet again, and as such Milo and Hussein cobble together all their anecdotes and facts to explain George Galloway's whole deal to Nate. No guarantees that they succeed, but they try.

Steamboat Milky: Trashfuture Live in London (13th March 2024)

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Please enjoy this recording of our recent live performance in London, in which we encounter the worst publishing company on the planet, plus a foray into British politics’ sudden discovery of racism existing. Note: this episode was planned for release in May, but we’ve decided to put it out right away instead. Also, we had some periodic mic issues that we’ve tried to edit around, but we apologise for any weird sounds beyond the normally expected...

Policy Proposal: Release a Minotaur Into Canary Wharf feat Dr Eleanor Janega

We speak with friend of the show and returning guest Dr Eleanor Janega about a recent tech newsletter that compared the advent of ChatGPT to the invention of the heavy plow. But we also had to discuss a startup making surveillance-tech vending machines that will aggressively misgender you, and more.

Bridgen the Gap feat. Annie Kelly

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The gang catches up with QAA’s Annie Kelly to discuss the pilledness situation in Parliament, centrist radicalisation, and an MP who got so excited about being a soldier in the anti vax army he left his family.

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I'm The Opportunist That Stepped Up

The cast reads the tea leaves of British politics as it recoils from the return of the infamous hat man himself, George Galloway. We also discuss an AI music startup and some new updates on Jan Marselek, who is living in (sort of) disguise as an orthodox priest?

Left on Read: Master and Commander

November and Riley read the first in Patrick O'Brian's Aubery-Maturin series, and what follows is just under an hour of November and Riley loudly loving the first novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubery-Maturin series for its painterly writing, obsession with mundane-seeming detail, and disdain for swashbuckling tales of derring-do... among other things!

The Land of Pure Imagination

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We all saw the story about the weird A.I.-generated Wonka-themed event in Glasgow. But we also think it’s a harbinger of other things to come re: the only things that make it endearing at all are the difficult-despite-it-all attempts to work with terrible material—attempts that humans have to make!—when the computer says to do something stupid. We also talk about Johnny Mercer’s strange quantum state of admitting to knowledge of but also refus...

Economic Phenomenology of the Woke Joker

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For this week's bonus, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November gather to discuss some recent news: British media pretending to care about Islamophobia being said too loudly, Americans pretending to care about mental health if it means they can shame criticism of Israel, and Liz Truss pretending to have a future in American conservative politics. But also we discuss a hypothetical Batman movie where the Woker (Woke Joker) forces Batman to say slurs if he wants...

Britainology 80: 'Rising Damp' (1974)

For this month's second Britainology, Nate and Milo watched the pilot episode of the 1974-1978 ITV sitcom RISING DAMP, which represents the cornerstone of British social relations: dealing with a landlord. But it's also a strange snapshot of a bygone era, a surprisingly close-to-the-truth depiction of mid-'70s UK material culture, and an opportunity for Nate and Milo to talk about just about every possible tangentially related point. Would we watch more episodes? Probably not. But we at least...

National Tesco Big Brother Database

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The little story of a London wine bar heir who decided to create a company that will scan your face constantly to see if you belong on a shoplifting database. And if you pop up, it’ll encourage Tesco employees to… annoy you? We’re not making this up.

Left on Read: The Palestine Laboratory

Riley and November read Anthony Lowenstein's The Palestine Laboratory, a book all about how Israel uses Palestine to market the technology of repression and occupation. We conclude they're doing more or less the same thing as every other Western country, but 5% more brazen and cruel.

Wife Aum Shinrikyo: Bill Ackman’s Quest feat. Ed Zitron

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.

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Pissphoria feat. Abigail Thorn

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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 ...

Britainology 79: UK Garage feat. Dan Hancox

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.

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