TRASHFUTURE

I Hear You Move Carpets

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Nova, and Hussein talk about the trials and tribulations of trying to give every job in the world to a computer, as “Agentforce” fails to m...

*PREVIEW* Pump It! ft. Ed Ongweso Jr

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This Machine Kills’ Ed Ongweso Jr returns to the pod to talk about his series of essays talking about what he calls The Silicon Valley Consensus - a...

Crisis of Infinite Farleys feat. A.S. Hamrah

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We start by looking at Canada’s destiny as the last holdout of Deloitte Pride Float liberalism, and then Neom’s ongoing woes as executives support...

*PREVIEW* Mega Dukes feat. Patrick Wyman

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time for another examination of historical parallels with lessons for our own time - today Patrick Wyman joins the gang to discuss the late Byz...

It’s a Pilled, Pilled, Pilled, Pilled World ft Julian Feeld

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

QAA’s Julian Feeld joins us to discuss how Q-Anon has metastasised into mainstream political thought in the global North, and will usher in a whole ...

*PREVIEW* The Honourables feat. Gareth Dennis

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

  NOTE: There's a slight issue with some echoes in this recording. We're trying to get it all fixed and will update if we can, but we don't want ...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 100: The Life in the UK Test (feat. Trashfuture)

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's a Britainology episode, except it's every member of TF on this one, so in a sense it only makes sense to give the show guest billing. And Milo ha...

Bastards of DOGE feat. Quinn Slobodian

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Quinn Slobodian joins us to discuss his new book, Hayek’s Bastards (subtitle subtitle) - which traces the syncretic relationship of scientific racis...

*PREVIEW* Reversed Stomach Syndrome ft. Nina Eichacker

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a goons rights bonanza, with Devon subbing in for November to talk about the ongoing wave of gig economy apps for ex-Navy SEALs to turn random ...

We’re Going to Cherish It feat. Seamus Malekafzali

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the Trump plan to bring stability to the Middle East by building hotels and casinos on top of the mass gravesite of an ethnically cleans...

*PREVIEW* Museum of Future 9/11s

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

    We go back into the whimsical world of flying cars, and Dubai’s plan to make them largely mandatory by 2026. Also - Riley invents a histor...

Worst Case Scenario ft. Nathan Tankus

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Tankus explains exactly what Musk and his little gremlins are doing at the treasury, and how this could have some pretty enormous implications ...

*PREVIEW* Can The Nephew Speak feat. Jathan Sadowski

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

  Jathan Sadowski joins the gang to talk about DOGE and the destruction of mass produced, population scale knowledge in favour of the mythical fo...

JDPONorth feat. Liv Agar

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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? ...

*PREVIEW* Da Crazy Hawaiian Goes to Riyadh ft. Jacob Silverman

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

  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...

Newly Grinted feat. Ed Zitron

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Alr...

PREVIEW: pump.gov ft. Molly White

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Molly White joins Hussein, Riley, and November to talk about the role of Cryptocurrency in the incoming administration, specifically synergising ...

Tip Drill ft. Corner Spaeti

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 U...

*PREVIEW* Stuff Is All You Need

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

  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 gi...

Steube Is As Steube Does feat. Mike Isaac

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

*PREVIEW* Go Hoke, Go Broke

11 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 r...

I’m Dave Toaster feat. Jason Koebler

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 appli...

*PREVIEW* Years of Lead Poisoning

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 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 w...

*UNLOCKED* Flowers for Algernonce feat. Hesse Deni

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  This episode was originally published as a Patreon-only bonus episode on October 11, and we've unlocked it to ensure that there's holiday cont...

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

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 whi...

*PREVIEW* Peter Village Green Preservation Society

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s bonus, we’re talking about the Starmer / McSweeney government getting outflanked on the left by frothing reactionaries because of ...

Collateralized Wing Obligations feat. Josh Boerman

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

*PREVIEW* The Ophthalmologist's Dilemma feat. Séamus Malekafzali

14 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Middle East correspondent Séamus Malekafzali returns to discuss Syria - a retrospective on Ba’athism, Assad, and for the first time after decades o...

A Tepid Bath of Startup Juice

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Starmer, in a bout of what some people are calling “Extreme Popularity,” is relaunching his government after only a few months, despite winning ba...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 96: The X-Factor feat. Sam Lake

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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. S...

*PREVIEW* The Last Trudeau-mino to Fall feat. Luke Savage

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Luke Savage (@LukewSavage) joins the gang to talk all things Canada, and the drubbing the feckless Justin “Northern Gavin” Trudeau is anticipating...

He Steubs to Conquer feat. Brian Merchant

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

*PREVIEW* All That Geelongs Round the Gyre

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, it's Riley, Milo, and November discussing the eternal phenomenon of the infinity tax-break Jeremy Clarkson-type farmer, the "farmer protest...

Operation Save Big Red Dog: TF Live in London feat. Devon

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We performed live at Between the Bridges in London on Sunday, 24th November 2024. Storm Bert was raging. November’s train got canceled due to it bei...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 94: Threads (1984) feat. Jamie Allerton

23 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  For this month's first Britainology, we've decided to watch a sunny, optimistic film from 1984 called THREADS. You may have heard of it—it's...

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: The Decline and Fall of Salt Bae feat. Glue Factory

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  It's the cast of Glue Factory doing an episode of all riffs, no theme, and a deeply felt exploration of the faltering annoying Turkish restaura...

Pull Up With An App feat. Ed Ongweso Jr. and Devon

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Ongweso Jr. joins the gang (joined by Devon from Kill James Bond) to talk about new developments in the parallel economy for based chads who fear p...

*PREVIEW* They Call Me Mister Cupp

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's a bonus episode in which we assess some of the recent trends now that the dumbest crypto guys are in power, creating meme-based US government age...

The Dentists of Nonce Alcatraz

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re speedrunning Blairism in the UK with new feigned outrage about NHS dental care in prisons. We love a carceral state but we hate that it might ...

*PREVIEW* The French Lieutenant's Win

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  This was not an episode that were happy to record, in the sense that—gallows humour aside—this sucks! It's bad. But, for this immediate pos...

The French Lieutenant's Wager feat. Dominik Leusder

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Economist and host of the Eurotrash Podcast Dominik Leusder rejoins the gang to discuss the recent U.K. budget - who’s in, who’s out, who’s “h...

*PREVIEW* What's Under the Line

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, Riley has read as much as he can stomach of the Labour 2024 book 'Taken as Red,' but we also spend some time discussing recent ...

It's Called a Tama-God-Chi

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could have nuclear-powered data centres sucking up all the information about everyone ever, with easily-ignorable caveats ...

*PREVIEW* The Trashfuture Podcast Ltd FY24 Pension Allocation Call

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, November, and Hussein review some of TF Ltd’s strategic investments in the Humane Pin and the Apple Vision Pro, before moving on to look at t...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 92: Supernanny

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, Milo subjects Nate to the early-2000s British reality TV show Supernanny, with an episode featuring a particu...

Certified Gerard Butler in Gamer (2009) Moment feat. Justin Roczniak

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve brought on friend of the show and Well There’s Your Problem host Justin Roczniak (@who_shot_jgr) to discuss Tesla’s promise to deliver, an...

*PREVIEW* Hannibal l'Equity feat. Ethan Shone

19 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s bonus, we speak with friend of the show and openDemocracy journalist Ethan Shone (@EJShone93) about the… corporate proximity to St...

Druidfuture

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Riley is on holiday and we’ve convened the remaining cast of Milo, Hussein, Nate, and November to discuss recent trends in the US election, plus a w...

*PREVIEW* Flowers for Algernonce feat. Hesse Deni

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Hesse Deni (@ZeroSuitCamus) of the Seeking Derangements and Movie Mindset podcasts to discuss A VERY ROYAL SCANDAL, another installme...

The (Data) Centre Cannot Hold feat. Paris Marx

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paris Marx of Tech Won’t Save Us joins the gang to discuss his new limited series, Data Vampires, all about how data centers (shock horror) really a...

*PREVIEW* Kinds of Keirness

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the Labour-taking-bribes scandal runs on into its second month (out of god knows how many), we look at how it’s actually intimately connected to ...

The Anatolian Candidate feat. Mattie Lubchansky

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We admit it: we went too early with the Eric Adams story a couple weeks ago… and circumstances have developed not necessarily to the Mayor’s advan...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 90: Withnail & I

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you to the fan who commented that we should continue to explore Richard E. Grant's career. As such, we've watched the 1987 film WITHNAIL &am...

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat MMXXIV: Horse-Flavoured Wine feat. Aidan Jones

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

No plot, just riffs, and it's friend of the show Aidan Jones joining Milo and Riley to discuss a number of things. But primarily Australian coffee...

Howard Zyn Presents: a People’s Cigstory of the United States feat. Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson are back on the pod to talk about A.I. and right wing animation. Also, Neom influencers, Labour MP’s loving bribes, and T...

*PREVIEW* Seven Crimes for Seven Brothers ft. Mattie Lubchansky

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mattie joins a recently re-Miloed gang to discuss how voters on both sides of the Atlantic only want delivery, and don’t care about scandals - w...

Chasing Hero ft. Zeke Faux

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bloomberg’s resident cryptocurrency anthropologist Zeke Faux rejoins the gang to discuss the VERY easy marriage of the Crypto and MAGA worlds, with ...

*PREVIEW* The Ass-inine Report ft. Seamus Malekafzali

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Seamus Malekafzali returns to the show to talk to us about a report into the BBC’s reporting by a law firm that alleges the organisation is not ...

A Very British Social Murder

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free one, Riley, Hussein, and November discuss the recent Grenfell enquiry and the way in which it lays the blame across a comprehen...

*PREVIEW* Legal Tip: Always Incriminate Yourself by Email feat. Gareth Dennis New

07 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  For this week's bonus, we speak with friend of the show Gareth Dennis about his ordeal at the hands of British railway consultants who definite...

Your Own Personal Biden ft. Jason Koebler

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

404 Media’s Jason Koebler returns to discuss AI in the classroom, Balaji’s private island/supervillain lair, and the growing deluge of AI generate...

*PREVIEW* Smoke Em If You Got Em

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Nova, Milo, and Nate talk about the new civil rights struggle of our time: the plan to ban smoking in pub gardens. Then, a broader discussion o...

Who Fired and Rehired Roger Rabbit feat. Rusteen Honardoost and Nora Meek

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We spoke with Nora and Rusteen from IATSE, who are on strike against the degradation of their careers by generative AI. But first, we speak about the ...

*PREVIEW* Britainology: Canadology ft. Dan Boeckner and Riley Quinn

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Bottlemen (RIP) ride again - Dan and Riley talk about all things Canada with Milo, to try and get some distance to explain a number of things, not...

*PREVIEW* Prosecutors' Clearinghouse: TF Live at the Edinburgh Fringe, 14/8/24

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, we've got the recorded version of last week's live show in Edinburgh, featuring a devotional to hooning, a visit from the AI-po...

Agent Pronouns Vs. the Shadowbanned Squad feat. Devon

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free one, Riley, Hussein, and November join Devon from Kill James Bond to discuss: Elon Musk’s gambit to put targets on the heads ...

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: Finnish Hells Angels feat. Tom Ballard and Marjolein Robertson

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  It's all riffs and no theme, and this time it's featuring comedians Tom Ballard and Marjolein Robertson on the subject of: the Shetland Islands...

Let 10,000 Heads Bloom feat. Brian Merchant

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) returns to discuss Elon Musk’s frantic UK civil war wishposting, and the role of his particular personality in encourag...

*PREVIEW* Shouting Slurs in Summer's Cauldron

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, it's Riley, Hussein, Nate, and November discussing the recent events in the UK and why just about every MP and journalist s...

Shelfology in the Time of Monsters: Season Six Begins

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Note: this episode was recorded on August 1, prior to far-right attacks that took place across the UK at the weekend. Science has done it all: it’s ...

*PREVIEW* Nick Land Acknowledgement feat. Ed Zitron

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s bonus, we’re joined by friend of the show and astute tech commentator Ed Zitron to discuss the recent CrowdStrike update debacle, ...

The Sulla of Suburbia feat. Patrick Wyman

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Wyman rejoins the gang to discuss further historical parallels - this time, we’re looking at the history of calls for an “American Caesar”...

*PREVIEW* Mr. Lobby feat. Ethan Shone

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s bonus, it’s Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November speaking with journalist Ethan Shone (@ejshone93), author of The Dark Arts newslett...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 87: The Thick of It

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We've heard that any political issue in the United Kingdom is 'just like The Thick of It' and as such we've sought to verify. By watching the 2000s BB...

Steubmageddon feat. Sasha Baker and Valeria Rocca

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free one, we discuss the weird shadowbanning fixation of miserable American conservatives like J.D. Vance and the fact that the enti...

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat 1024: Sensual Badminton feat. Freddie McManus

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, we've got a Balthasar Speedboat recorded in Australia featuring comedian Freddie McManus, in which Riley determines his dream s...

Go Keir Crazy!

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a chaos configuration while Riley is away on holiday, with this week’s free episode featuring Milo, Hussein, and November on the topic of… ...

*PREVIEW* Ten Years to Save My Summer Vacation: TF Live feat. Nish Kumar

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We recorded a live show at Between the Bridges in London on May 29 with friend of the show Nish Kumar, who has been doomed to listen to us read terrib...

Welcome to the New Flesh

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Labour takes a landslide victory on fewer votes than they received in 2019, we reflect on the concepts and articles that are time travelling here f...

*PREVIEW* Surely Britain Can’t Be Serious

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s bonus, it’s Riley, Hussein, and November discussing: Masayoshi Son’s desire to create AI God (actual), Labour’s march towards ...

There Is No Ice Cream, Only Butter feat. Gil Duran

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the free one for the week and we’re discussing Balaji Srinivasan, and the Network State freaks of the Bay Area, with extremely experienced Ca...

*PREVIEW* Schrödinger's Pervert feat. Becca Wilks

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's TF bonus, we're speaking with Welsh journalist Becca Wilks about the Welsh government's usage of automatic facial recognition, the ...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 85: Celebrity SAS—Who Dares Wins

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, we've watched the season of the military-themed and emphatically strange UK reality TV show "Celebrity SAS: Who D...

UNLOCKED Left on Read - Master and Commander

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We've unlocked our discussion of Master and Commander to the free tier, and we've unlocked the sequel, Post Captain, to the $5 tier... so check them o...

Farage Bonking Fanfic

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free one, we’ve Riley, Milo, and November discussing the Reform manifesto, which reads like a handful of Volk-centred social democ...

*PREVIEW* The Reverse Kennedy feat. Ciarán Dold

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, we're talking EU elections and weird European politics with Corner Späti's Ciarán Dold. Learn about Ursula Von Der Leyen's an...

Montessori Arms Company feat. Priyanka Raval

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free one, we’re talking about a Thiel-funded startup to invent future guns that is apparently run by a 9-year-old. We’re also ta...

*PREVIEW* Another Something is Possible feat. Ettingermentum

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, we're joined by US politics observer Josh (@ettingermentum), who runs the Ettingermentum newsletter. We're talking Bidenism,...

All That Is South Melts Into Park ft. Josh Boerman

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Josh (@Boshj) from The Worst of All Possible Worlds joins the gang to discuss the Humane AI Pin's latest new feature (gets really hot), Lars Windhorst...

*PREVIEW* The Half Lives of Others

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We continue to follow the election with stony faced horror, as the decision is put to the country: “which group of sociopathic bigots do you want to...

Fire Sale at the Accountability Store feat. Dan Davies

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free episode, we’re joined by returning guest and author Dan Davies, whose recent book “The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Sy...

*PREVIEW* American Herstory X feat. Jathan Sadowski

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, Jathan Sadowski of This Machine Kills podcast joins the gang to talk about the “new” generation of AI models announced by G...

Shrimp Jesus the Redeemer feat. Jason Koebler

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The cast joins guest Jason Koebler of 404 Media to discuss the recent downward spiral of Facebook, a platform currently being destroyed by AI and a to...

*PREVIEW* Blood Boy Jail Island

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, it's Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November discussing the recent news about ICC arrest warrants (and US/UK politicians statements ...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 83: Sexy Beast (2000)

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, we examine an unambiguously good (and strange) British crime film: Jonathan Glazer's 2000 debut SEXY BEAST. Why i...

Two Scoops and a Bread Basket feat. Hesse Deni

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hesse from Seeking Derangements and Movie Mindset joins the gang to watch Scoop - the story behind the news night interview that blew up the Prince An...

*PREVIEW* Live, Laugh, Lars feat. Rob Smith

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Friend of the show and Financial Times journalist Rob Smith joins us to discuss Euro finance guys. Why are they so louche and strange? Why are they ju...

The City Is Poised for ‘Bromley Hitler’

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November discussing London local elections, the UK media’s reactions to pro-Palesti...

*PREVIEW* The 2023 Direct-to-Netflix Kevin Hart Vehicle ‘Lift’

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, the gang watched Lift, a movie where Kevin Hart plays a gentleman thief who lives in the Battersea Sky Pool building. Also, it...

Gear Shift in Bio feat. Victoria Scott

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Hussein, and November with special guest and friend of the show Victoria Scott (@mikurubaeahina) in a di...