Podcasting is Praxis

E217 - Patriotic Mission: Unpossible

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We round up the weeks "news", if you can call it that, hear the political insights of a sentient briefcase and explore some Very Normal Opinions™ in...

E216 - Fiddling While The Barge Burns

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

All manner of depressing news about the present, despair for the future and pining for the past are yours to enjoy, as we hear about what's going on w...

E215 - War Andor Peace

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to part 1 of ? in our review of a tv show that's too good to be Star Wars. We'll be releasing the rest of these episodes (however many there a...

E213 - The Rest Is Dinner Parties

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In which Huw from WDTATW joins us as we absorb many hours of the smug middle class vaporware pod The Rest Is Politics; feelgood analysis for the post-...

E212 - The Big Book of British Smiles

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ever used pliers to fix your teeth because dentistry on the NHS is impossible to get? Well, good news is you're not alone, bad news is that this is a...

Episode 211 - Melts*

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The angry ghost that possessed Keir Starmer's photographer has moved on to a new host, with truly terrific results. Before that though, let's check in...

Episode 210 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of QTE

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Videos game movies are not improved by the presence of Marky Mark, nor by some of the worst patter and quips you've ever heard. In short, the Cultural...

E209 *PREVIEW* - The Traffic Archipelago

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Having access to light rail and a bus is actually counterrevolutionary; the real working class yearns to sit in traffic for an hour to experience Big ...

E208 - Heath Madness

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We recorded this episode in two parts over two days because being alive in 2023 is hell and the vibes are wildly variable, so while apologising for th...

Episode 207 - Then As Farce

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This place is not a place of honour... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repuls...

Episode 206 - Supermarket Swap

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While our political class seems to agree on one thing: you may not have anything nice, ever - not even the promise of something nice - we bring back F...

Episode 205 - 2017: Jam Gulag ft. Lilah

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Cultural Committee returns in highly organised form* to talk about the 1987 Arnie classic The Running Man.  *or not Get Patreon'ed up: http://ww...

E204 - Odds and Plods ft. Matt Zarb-Cousin

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After a brief detour around some supermarkets and the comfort of "securonomics" on the friendshore, we talk with Matt Zarb-Cousin about the state of g...

E203 *PREVIEW* - [Incoherent Whaling] ft.Lilah

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We've discovered one of the absolute maddest eco-investment strategies of all time, and quite frankly we just lose our minds for most of the episode. ...

E202 - Meet Stevenage Women In Your Area!! ft. Lilah

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Someday we are going to learn not to record two episodes in one night, but until then you may continue to enjoy our mistakes. After checking in on th...

E201 - Railcraic ft. Gareth Dennis

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Gareth Dennis of Railnatter and ask HS2, what's up with that? Also, we do more nonsense "work", check in with the completely legal, ab...

E200 - We Cast Pod Together

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's our two hundredth episode extravaganza! Join us as we are all extremely gay for cowboys for one hundred and fifty of your earth minutes. Cast: Da...

E199 - Strong Brainpan, Grate Nation

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We've talked about enough Labour Party rebrands, so to shake things up we delved into the cutting edge world of Concept Conservatives in an effort to ...

E198 - Thurrock Unaccountable Council

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Possibly due to severe financial mismanagement and being bad at maths, this pod also has to run on a skeleton crew. We talk about the latest attempt t...

E197 - Aggressively Plane

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The pod sits down to do a Cultural Committee on the film Plane, starring Gerard Butler. It doesn't go well. Cast: David @SanitaryNaptime James @anarch...

Episode 196 *PREVIEW* - Behrly Coherent ft. Sinan - Part Two

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Usually Rob writes the preview blurbs, but due to a comedy of publishing errors it's been left to me to come up with something at 2 am the night befor...

Episode 195 - Behrly Coherent (ft. Sinan) - Part One

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for Behring with us, yesterday's upload had bugged audio. In this Very Special Two Part Mega Spectacular, we dive into maybe the most centr...

E194 *PREVIEW* - Scotpol Syndrome ft. Elijah

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yes, we did more ScotPol against all our better instincts.  No, you can't listen without paying us so click here to sub and get more episodes, Discor...

E193 - ASBAPpin

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The whole crew is back together! After a delightfully whimsical tour of the never-neverlands that our tech overlords can't stop trying to cram us into...

E192 - Freightening (ft. Liam and Rocz)

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The train now approaching platform 1 is the delayed Thursday 16th March service to Podcasting is Praxis. This train will call at: Davidfield - @Sanita...

E191 - Fine, Dining Discourse (ft. Riley from Trashfuture)

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

That sound is us ringing the big podcast dinner bell, so line up, take a tray, and enjoy this fine ladle of content slop which is a Cultural Committee...

E190 - Weiss Pride (ft. Mic Wright)

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When we're really feeling misanthropic and self-destructive, we invite Mic on to talk about the cursed world in which he labours, the Sisyphus of righ...

E188 *PREVIEW* - You Must Construct Additional Freeports

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Now that freeports aren't just a quantum storage facility but a real thing, we check in with Teesside to see how it's going. Oh, dead crabs and venal ...

E184 *PREVIEW* - It’s About Time

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is it time? We think it's time. Behold, a long-awaited Cultural Committee Special. Get the full episode by joining our patreon: https://www.patreon.co...

E189 - Judge, Jury, and Educationer

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's Crime Week on this podcast. Join us as James takes us through a journey of Labour crime policy wherein we discover that the real Batman was in ...

E187 - On a Cop

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We record on Valentine's Day because we love you, dear listener. Join us for a candlelit podcast featuring balloons, eggs, water, gas, oh and also s...

E186 - Bad Vibes

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In which our tour of Britain begins with some very high blood pressure topics: trans healthcare, and the DWP is Doing Things again. But if you make it...

E185 - Payne and Gain

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Come down to the intewnationaw cwiminaw couwt at the haguey waguey as we examine the tragedy of gen z turning the guns on themselves, marvel at the mi...

E183 - Moneyed Supermarket

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The ultra-rich in the UK have turned buying cheap things and recycling into a fun little game to play among themselves. Tee-hee! It's a blood boiling ...

E182 - 4 Car Loans on the Edge of a Cliff

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if your car was more like a financial product and also dependent on a lot of cheap credit? It's a very sustainable way to live, that's what. Also...

E181 - This Episode Will Be Remembered - Pentiment ft. Josh Sawyer

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Happy new year one and all! We're back in 2023 and rather than start with Britain we thought we'd ease into it and talk with Friend of the Pod Josh Sa...

Black Thoughts 6 - Men, Masculinity, and the Left

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Black Thoughts, James gives an anarchist's perspective on what it means to be a man, and reflects on the relationship between gende...

E180 - 2022 Praxes Awards - Part 2

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's part 2 of the awards show!   hellsite: @praxiscast sub for bonus content: patreon.com/praxiscast we stream sometimes: twitch.tv/praxiscast buy a...

E179 - Home Box Ottoman

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome Sinan back for their second cultural committee (books aren't culture, shut up) as we discuss some Turkish prestige dramas, one of which is ...

E178 *PREVIEW* - The Hard, The

25 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's christmas, so we talked about the best and worst entries in the John McClane Cinematic Universe Get the full episode by joining our patreon: http...

E177 - 2022 Praxes Awards - Part 1

24 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We went way over time with recording this episode to the point of being able to give you two full episodes for the price of one (the price is free, bu...

E176 - Britain: Sponsored by NordVPN ft. Phil Burton-Cartledge

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Would you like power to be closer to you? Do you like economic clusters? Are you a wannabe councillor with some mates who have a bad business plan? Ar...

E175 - Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we talk about the prosperous future awaiting various endeavours in the tech sector, which is run by very clever people who are all good at ...

UNLOCKED: E143 - Accidental Pacifism

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week comes to you not-quite-live from the vault! Join us as we talk a lil' bit of Brexit and Ireland (remember when that was important?) but we s...

E173 *PREVIEW* - Pushing Thinktanks On A Map

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"The problem with Conservative governments failing is that it's never been done properly." - Rob Why do governments fail? We don't know and neither do...

E172 - Worst Coast Main Line

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Would you like to hear all about Starmer as told through the filter of a Murdoch rag? I hope not, because we rapidly skip over this to talk about more...

E171 - Kleine Volt, Kleine Reich

19 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're putting a couple of very smol beans under the microscope this week with the assistance of Lilah; rampantly successful and definitely not fallin...

E170 - Independence Day featuring Comradio

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's part one of a matinee double bill of alien invasion movies from pod favourite Roland Emmerich. David and Jamie are joined by Chloe, Matt and Jord...

E169 - Speaking of Something Awful ft. Juliet Jacques

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We kick off Season 4 in style with Very Special Guest Juliet Jacques; we’ve got interesting new uses for crypto rigs, restyle BBC comedy, and then c...

E168 - Indefinite Articles (Featuring Sinan)

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While the cats are away, the mice will invite their mate over to crack open a cold one and read some truly terrible articles from deeply stupid public...

E167 - The Other Parasite Movie

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In situations of chaos there are fortunes to be made. No, not the chaos of Westminster, but a simpler time when the aggression of houses nearly ended ...

Black Thoughts 5 - Nostalgia

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Typical: you wait months for a Black Thought, and then two come along at once. In this fifth episode of Black Thoughts James goes on a self-indulgent ...

Black Thoughts 4 - Political Language, Politicised Language, and Status Games

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After an even longer wait, in this fourth episode of Black Thoughts James dives into a discussion of the politics of language, and how political wars ...

E166 - Defined Negatives Pension

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our Pod Dad David has left us alone with Rob, who has brought out the hit board game UK Pensions Finance to entertain us on his custody episode. Join ...

E165 *PREVIEW* - The Prince That Was Premised

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A preview of September's bonus episode, wherein we discuss a very sensible article by a very reasonable journalist. To hear the full episode, subscrib...

E164 - Hitman Movie Review Any% WR (1:36:21)

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Following the success of talking about a thing that Jamie likes in Tinker Tailor, we decided to engage with another of his beloved IPs and it was Not ...

E163 - Fight for Your Right to Study ft. Dr. Eleanor Janega

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We re-enter reality (for what it's worth) and brought along Eleanor for the ride! We talk about the UCU and UNISON strikes in higher education, the pl...

E162 - Roko’s Modern Basilisk

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pop quiz, hotshot! Are you British enough to spot the real hysterical going-ons since the death of the maj from the fake? It turns out we're mostly do...

E161 - Your Strike’s In the Mail ft. Jordan

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Released just before the whole UK got Very Normal, we've got Jordan on to talk about the CWU strike at the Royal Mail - it's a familiar tale of stupid...

E160 - Musk Family Emmerich Mine

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the After Dark Team™ as they learn Moon Facts™ from a Very Reputable Source™ Follow us on twitter - https://twitter.com/PraxisCast Subscri...

E159 - The Great Pyramid of Geezer

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In which we once again up the workers in every sector (going) on strike, discuss the very real advent of self-driving cars on UK streets in the next t...

E158 - Four Grand Well Spent

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Never let it be said that this podcast isn't for all of the people, as we check out some of the most immiserating things in the country, from food loa...

E157 *PREVIEW* - Smiley and the Bandit

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In which a team of chainsmoking podcasters gathers in a pleasantly orange and brown room, however one of us might be a secret Trot. But who?!? And als...

E156 - Pesto Elysium ft. Sinan Kose

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Once again we dragged Sinan back to review some of the UK's finest literature; this time high-octane political thriller about tax rebates on dividends...

E155 - Subpar Mario Brothers

06 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join us in the moist zone as we talk about pipe, courtesy of the UK's no. 1 efficient privatised market and the water companies that love it. 

E154 - Starring Ryan Phillippe as Sierra Games

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our committee culturally watches the latest slab of hot dross from Netflix. Cast: David - @sanitarynaptime James - @anarchonbury Rob - @countrthe Jami...

E153 *PREVIEW* - House of the Dying Sun

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wherein we establish that extreme politics are directly tied to high testosterone and oestrogen, and therefore it's our moral imperative to reverse-va...

PraxisChat 2 - Barrister Strike with Hannah Webb

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In our second Praxiscast interview we talk to Hannah Webb, practising criminal barrister and co-chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, abo...

E152 - Medieval: Total Wallpaper

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As we enter hot strike summer, the pod goes into full heat madness as we discuss the different idiot options for our next tory overlord and check in o...

E151 - Atlas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What if a bunch of tech nerds got all hepped up on crypto and Ayn Rand and decided to build the city from Bioshock but on land because they're already...

E150 - Welcome to the Gulag Caledonia feat Sinan Kose

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's book time once again, and in a timely fashion, it's about scotpol, albeit through the kaleidoscopic lens of reality divorce. Join us as Rob and S...

E149 *PREVIEW* - It’s Discourse Time Baby!

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by the It's Movie Time Baby crew (Sarah and Connor) as we discuss the flaming wreckage that is modern media literacy and the epidemic of ...

E148 *PREVIEW* - But For The Tank, It Was Tuesday

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with more Election's Eve self care for James and this time it's not about piss guys. To get the full episode (and every other bonus episode...

E147 - Bussin’ makes me feel good

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of the Mick Lynch Academy of Public Relations Podcast, we bask in the tears of the many factions of crying melts, flustered journalist...

E146 - Retrial of the King ft. Jordan

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a brief catchup with the Most Exciting Man in UK Politics, we read a truly incredible tale of how the CIA came to hire and then deeply regret hi...

E145 - Orkonomics 101 (Remedial)

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone is (mostly) here! Swiftly sidestepping the flagshagging of the past weekend, we take a look at the state of people pretending novelty sized c...

E144 - War of Nutrition

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We watched Jamie's Food Revolution, an absolutely terrible show where righteous saviour of the poor and hungry and relatable cockney geezer, James Tre...

E143 *PREVIEW* - Accidental Pacifism

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're all here! Rob dialled in from the US to make this episode happen, making this probably our most ambitious episode yet. I can still say that with...

E142 - We’ve Got Tony Blair at Home

29 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rob's back so you're all invited to dive head-first into the empty concrete pool of Wes Streeting Thought, right after a detour through the absolute s...

E141 - Tontally not late

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is last week's episode, we just didn’t get it out then, but it’s here now! As we waited for Rob to return from his transatlantic journey the ...

E140 - The One with Tom Paris

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was a pod undreamed of. Warriors, stout and true: Conan the B...

E139 - Praxiscast After Dark

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week James was going insane with stress over the upcoming elections. We had planned to take a holiday, but in an act of solidarity, David, Jamie,...

E138 *PREVIEW* - The [Fun] Bunker

30 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

French elections, Musk buying Twitter, asking aliens to knock on our door... it's all a bit much really. Join us as we take a journey of escapism to a...

UNLOCKED: E101 - For Years You Have Been Asking, Who Is Boaty McBoatface (Featuring WTYP)

30 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're on holiday this week, so enjoy this episode from the vaults: From Normal Island to Artificial Island, we take Liam and Rocz from Well There’s ...

E137 - You Wouldn’t Steal A Living (feat. Lilah)

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chasing desperately after Rob, we take a trip to USpol to scry the posting wars of the future, talk about the depressing subject of deportations to Rw...

E136 - Crime Crime Crime, War War War

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Howdy pardner! Join us four cowfolk as we round up the week's news cattle and abandon this metaphor before the end of this sentence. Not Rob - @sanita...

E135 - It’s Dignity!! (feat. Adam from WDTATW)

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A podcast recorded across time! While Rob is on holiday, David, Jamie and Alasdair (from the now time) take a look at some goings on around that pande...

E134 *PREVIEW* - £5 - Premium Downloadable Content (feat Aarjan from LEFT/OVER)

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we delve into the wonderful world of video game development and the tax instruments constructed around it!   To get the full episode (and ...

E133 - Boo!k feat. Sinan Kose

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Brought together under false pretences, the rest of the pod crew is ambushed by Rob and special guest Sinan to discuss yet another cursed tome , this ...

E132 - British Aisles

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wherein we check out how well the parasite tour of the Caribbean is going, check in with the tory spring conference, and check up on a VERY exciting r...

Black Thoughts 3 - TERFs, Incels, and Status

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a long wait, in this third episode of Black Thoughts James (@anarchonbury) talks about the parallels between the transphobes we know as TERFs an...

E131 - [citation needed]

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if that one guy who did Scots Wikipedia had a film degree, a Ladybird book of world history and no imagin...

E130 - Tom Clancy’s Pod Recon: Future Soldier

12 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's your not-at-all-delayed weekly pod update! We discuss whether the balaclava is the history's most evil headwear, how the war is going to make eve...

E129 - The Financial Frontier

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The full cast is back this week, and we bring good news, bad news, and confusing news. We take a brief look at some of the Good, Useful, strike action...

E128 - Reign in Hell ft. Dr. Eleanor Janega

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We've brought Eleanor back to distract you from *things* with the very limited and more than crazy disputes between the current pretenders to the thro...

E127 - Dollhouse Intrigue ft. Comradio’s Jordan

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rob's off on holiday, but don't worry, he's left you all treats while he's gone. From the end of the pandemic, to the beginning of a war, and the begi...

E126 *PREVIEW* - The Curse of Money Island (Part 2)

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James is back in circulation, and just in time for an in-depth review of how money has become even more fake in the era of Covid. But first, some news...

E125 - The Curse of Money Island (Part 1)

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While James is off doing work that may or may not actually matter, Rob introduces the rest of us to something that is definitely made up and bullshit....

E124 - The Da Knight Rises

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of disturbing violence, child abuse (including sexual abuse), and sexual assault.   Why do we fall down, listener? To po...

E123 *PREVIEW* - Ich Bin Ein Butliner

29 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's the first premium episode of 2022! This week, we get our democracy endowed, discover a beer that raises awareness, briefly check to make sure the...