TRASHFUTURE

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...

*PREVIEW* Forced Reevesification feat. Gareth Dennis

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by top tier friend of the show Gareth Dennis (@GarethDennis) of the Rail Natter YouTube channel to discuss 'Great British Railways,' the ...

Wearable Joe Biden Simulator LED Consent Light

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Hussein, and November discussing some interesting UK politics news regarding a little-known political en...

*PREVIEW* Set Your Broken Bones with Mindfulness

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, Riley, Hussein, and November discuss some recent UK news where one of Britain's most tendentious morons has been trying to clai...

*PREVIEW* Midwestology 3: Do Not Perceive the Precious Moments Citadel

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 Americ...

Intercontinental Amuse-Bouche Barrage feat. Séamus Malekafzali

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Hussein, Nate, and November speak with friend of the show and returning guest Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) about recent devel...

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

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

The Devon Report feat. Kill James Bond

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

PREVIEW: And I Would Build 1.5 Miles ft. Shanti Singh

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

...but I won't build 1.5 more. In this bonus episode, we bid a fond RIP to NEOM. The gang looks back fondly on our favourite megaproject as the Li...

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

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, November, and Hussein talk to returning guest Emiliano Mellino from TBIJ to discuss his recent investigation into abuses of the health and ...

PREVIEW: Assigned Mayor at Birth (ft. Mattie Lubchansky)

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Patreon episode, resident Eric Adams expert Mattie Lubchansky joins the gang to discuss Adams and his loyal retainers, his plans to use an AI ...

The Mesoamerican Bill Simmons Podcast ft. Patrick Wyman

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Recurring guest and firm favourite Patrick Wyman joins the gang to discuss the history of climate change - what adaptation has looked like for dif...

Preview: It's Boever ft. Justin Roczniak

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode preview, Justin and November from WTYP join the gang to discuss all things Boeing, and what happens to your empire when you ...

More Human After All ft. Brian Merchant

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"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 biz...

PREVIEW: Who Runs Gamertown? ft. Lin Codega

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a preview of this week's bonus episode! Riley, November, and Hussein provide an update on the Glasgow Wonka situation - which is that Billy Co...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 81: George Galloway feat. Hussein Kesvani

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

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

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 inv...

Bridgen the Gap feat. Annie Kelly

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

*PREVIEW* I'm The Opportunist That Stepped Up

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

The Land of Pure Imagination

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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: th...

*PREVIEW* Economic Phenomenology of the Woke Joker

02 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  For this week's bonus, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November gather to discuss some recent news: British media pretending to care about Islamophobi...

National Tesco Big Brother Database

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 d...

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

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 te...

Pissphoria feat. Abigail Thorn

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free episode, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November join special guest Abigail Thorn (@PhilosophyTube) to discuss three disparate incid...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 79: UK Garage feat. Dan Hancox

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: Skincare Edition feat. Alex Haddow

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nothing but riffs. Nothing but jokes. Noting but Riley revealing more about himself and everyone saying 'I'm confused' or 'oh, that makes sense.' And ...

Manic Pixie Dream Paramedic

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, we revisit an old startup from 2019 that’s still getting huge government contracts to provide a service we can only describ...

*PREVIEW* Plato’s Goon Cave feat. Paris Marx

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice join special guest (and beloved friend of the show) Paris Marx of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast for a discussion ...

Save Us, Swiss Spartans

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, it’s an all-dessert episode hosted by Alice with Milo and Hussein. We discuss Peter Thiel and his acolytes’ plan to make the drugs Olym...

*PREVIEW* Tradecraft in the Doha Panda Express

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss an offshore oil rig theme park that Saudi Arabia is building (it just sounds like an ...

Information Flamewar-fare

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re talking about a terrible surveillance startup, an anti-DEI Ackman guy running to primary Joe Biden (he also sucks), and the recent ...

*PREVIEW* Parallel Hooniverse feat. Dan McQuillan

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice speak with Goldsmiths researcher Dan McQuillan, the author of 'Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial In...

As A Large Language Howitzer,

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free episode, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate discuss the recent news that ChatGPT has both dropped its official guidelines around wo...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 77: Save Our XL Bullies feat. Hussein Kesvani

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, we bring on Hussein Kesvani—our special guest with whom we've never done another podcast—to discuss the rec...

Things Can Only Get Sensible

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’ve got Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discussing a bathroom-related AI startup, the impending election year in the UK, new Government...

*PREVIEW* 700 Miles an Hour Into Your Ass feat. Justin Roczniak

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, Justin Roczniak of the Well There's Your Problem podcast joins the assembled cast of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice to discuss...

Just One More Front ft. Seamus Malekafzali

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alice and Riley talk with Seamus Malekafzali about Israel’s ever-expanding war with Palestine, and the ramifications on its neighbours near and far....

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: Australian Spider-Man feat. Tom Walker and Demi Lardner

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's all riffs and no theme. It's Tom Walker and Demi Lardner of the bigsofttitty.png podcast and many other venues joining us to discuss z-grade rob...

Honk If You’re Honu feat. Dr Gareth Fearn

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode is the first free one of 2024 and was recorded before the new year; it features Riley, Milo, and Alice discussing the UK governm...

*UNLOCKED* Trashfuture Live - The Nadine Dorries Book (RIP Riley’s Tummy)

26 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this unlocked bonus episode, Alice, Milo, Nate and Hussein are once again LIVE at Between The Bridges, sadly without Riley because Nadine Dorries' ...

*PREVIEW* Woslam’s Reverse Hierarchy of Needs feat. Mattie Lubchansky

24 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Woslam’s Reverse Hierarchy of Needs feat. Mattie Lubchansky It's the last regular episode of the year and we've brought on friend of the show and pr...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 75: Love Actually (2003)

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, Nate and Milo discuss the now-timeless 2003 Richard Curtis film LOVE ACTUALLY, and what it says about Britain. Mi...

The Ackman-aniacs

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We revisit our old pal Bill Ackman, who was one of Wall Street's most notorious activist investors, to become the SPAC king, to finally settling i...

*PREVIEW* L’histoire de Melody McClurg

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, it's full-court press of useless tech: reactionaries' trying and failing to turn Elon Musk's ultra gen X large language model t...

National Gooning Database

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The gang talks about the upward spiral of xenophobia that the UK's moderates think they can keep riding to stay in power - the Rwanda Bill, new im...

PREVIEW: The Ballad of George and Tommy

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We meet a bevy of new Guys using strategic litigation to undo the United States federal regulatory system. This one is a "preserved in amber" 2011 era...

Dial M for Musk ft. Paris Marx

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paris Marx of Tech Won't Save Us joins the gang to delve into the past of Elon Musk to explain his present day fascinations and oddities. We al...

PREVIEW:Trashfuture Live - The Nadine Dorries Book (RIP Riley’s Tummy)

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alice, Milo, Nate and Hussein are once again LIVE at Between The Bridges, sadly without Riley because Nadine Dorries' book destroyed his gastrointesti...

Waltz with The Sims

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An social media marketing turned AI company was contracted by the UN to "solve the Israel/Palestine" conflict and it's as horrifically vapid as it...

PREVIEW: Chipping Norton’s Hardest Geezer

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The gang talks about a startup designed to replace teachers with AI enabled iPads, the AI company that's concerned with building god experiencing a re...

Big Tesco Back Tattoo ft. Tom O’Mahony

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tom joins Riley, Alice, and Hussein to talk about how not even the tattooing industry is safe from the whims of AI-enabled tech disrupters, with hilar...

PREVIEW - Britainology 73: Britain’s All-Time Hardest Bastards

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's Dave Courtney in memoriam month on Britainology for November and as a result we have got two episodes for you, honouring the man himself by d...

PREVIEW: Swine Wars - Return of the Porcin

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cameron's back, he's done bothering hogs, and ready to lead the United Kingdom into foreign policy greatness, probably by getting us involved in m...

Christmas Has Fallen ft. Josh Boerman

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Boerman from the Worst of All Possible Worlds joins the gang in studio to discuss the ongoing weird-ification of the Anglo American right, se...

PREVIEW: My Dinner with Elon

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak gives a masterclass in real, genuine laughter while essentially having a post-politics job interview with Elon Musk for a crowd of AI lon...

Twelve Angry Apes Feat. Zeke Faux

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The gang are joined by Zeke Faux (@zekefaux) to talk about his book "Number Go Up" and the Sam Bankman-Fried trial... If you want access to our Pat...

PREVIEW: Joe Biden Doesn’t Know Where He Is Right Now

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Riley is away, so Alice, Milo, and Hussein run the asylum by themselves. They gave themselves all depression, found out why we’re all going to get t...

Growing Pains ft. Emiliano Mellino

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The gang discusses getting swole in a whole new, AI enabled way, Rachel Reeves' Wikipedia jaunts, and then TBIJ's Emiliano Mellino returns for the sec...

PREVIEW: Marc Andreesen’s Meaning of Life

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Robotnik has written a manifesto, and before you ask, yes - it cites Marinetti. We also look into the ongoing mass Labour Party revolt against Sta...

Prime Suspect ft. Oobah Butler

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our pal Oobah is back to talk about his new documentary on C4, "The Great Amazon Heist." Basically it consists of several elaborate ruses foisted on A...

PREVIEW: Britain’s Most Controversial Pool and Spa Complex

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

At a country's darkest hour, a hero will emerge. Then he will die immediately of the novel coronavirus after going on holiday. Then his feckless i...

PREVIEW - Britainology 71: Brass Eye

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Milo and Nate do a deep dive into the classic British satire series Brass Eye by Chris Morris, and specifically the episode that got it cancelled - “...

Khan Starmer ft. Danny Dorling

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We met with esteemed social and economic geographer Danny Dorling to talk about the forces causing Britain to be a failed state, and the inadequat...

PREVIEW: Fences ft. Seamus Malekafzali

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We spoke with journalist and friend of the show Seamus Malekafzali about the events unfolding in Gaza, specifically concerned with the question of how...

High Speed 2: Cruise Control ft. Gareth Dennis

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gareth Dennis from Rail Natter returns to the fold to discuss the debacle around the cancellation, uncancellation, rerouting, and re-rerouting of Brit...

PREVIEW: EverythingTony Blair All At Once

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Regime Change has released their detailed plan of what an ID card for Britain would look like, how it would be imp...

All Aboard the Neo-Marcuse Express

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A company that claims to be able to read your mind for your boss? An article speculating as to which member of the Frankfurt School inspired HS2? News...

PREVIEW: Balthasar Speedboat, Vernon Kay Edition

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Phoebe Roy and Luke Chilton join Riley and Milo to discuss, among other things, the "Personal Life" section of Vernon Kay's wikipedia page.   If you ...

Thurrock Confidential ft. Gareth Davies

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's very own Gareth Davies joins the gang to talk about a smooth businessman who decided to create generational w...

PREVIEW: California For-Never ft. Shanti Singh

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when Venture Capitalists - a bunch of guys whose entire job is throwing money into companies they don't understand and expect to fail try...

PREVIEW: Britainology 69 - 35 Up

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Milo and Nate check back in with Michael Apted’s test subjects, now 35 - and one of them has gotten very interested in Bulgaria… If...

I-D-C-A-R-D Find Out What It Means To Me

19 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Alice, and Hussein look at the growth of no-fun Britain, "Spotify for Food," and an interview with Tony Blair in the FT where he applies for th...

PREVIEW: I Hate This Steampunk Dystopia

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Alice, and Hussein review some of the developments in the wide world of British pet ownership and a return to Victorian levels of dog-maulings...

RAAC City ft. Well There’s Your Problem

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You've heard the expression "safe as houses"? Well, let me introduce you to a new expression: "safe as schools, hospitals, Universities, many large st...

PREVIEW: The Queen’s Own Regiment of Captchaliers

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

King Salman visited Neom so we take back everything bad we said about it. Also, we check in on our old friend Cooler Screens (they're going amazing,...

Captain Gatso and the Hypertension Cowboy

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss some UK-centric news this week, with a brief return to an American startup we’ve previously covered that—in the hopes of destroying sch...

*PREVIEW* ChatGPT Presents: Garum on Toast

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, it's an alternate configuration of Milo, Nate, and Alice discussing a startup to make every famous person into a PS3 polygon ca...

Shooting and Cry-Laughing feat. Josef Burton

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the gang speaks with author and former U.S. Department of State consular officer Josef Burton about the tendency for liberal institutions t...

*PREVIEW* No Healthcare, Only Wellness feat. Tamara K. Nopper and Eve Zelickson

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s bonus, we spoke with Tamara K. Nopper and Eve Zelickson from the Data and Society Research Institute. They’re the authors of “W...

All Aboard the Atrocity Barge

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free one, we’re discussing a startup that will serve you ads in order for you to crash your car, revisiting some old scam-based fr...

*UNLOCKED* Britainology 25: The North feat. Rob Smith and Kaye Wiggins

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

(The free one will be out later today! In the meantime, please enjoy this unlocked episode of Britainology) This week, Nate and Milo discuss the North...

*PREVIEW* Drone Striking the Table of Success feat. Mattie Lubchansky

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, our friend Mattie Lubchansky joins us to discuss NYC mayor Eric Adams, a man who claims to have invented the concept of slowly...

The Scab-Gig Economy feat. Alex N. Press

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s free episode, the cast of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice speak with (now three-time!) guest Alex N. Press, the labour correspondent...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 67: British Tabloids feat. Alan White

12 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, we speak with journalist Alan White (@aljwhite) of Politics Home about the strange and sordid history of Britain'...