TRASHFUTURE

*PREVIEW* Britainology 45: The Queue

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Call it an act of reportage. Call it 'we simply couldn't refuse the opportunity.' We went down to the queue for Queen Elizabeth II's lying in state a...

Fill Your Love Gap feat. Jathan Sadowski

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice join special guest and friend of the show Jathan Sadowski (@jathansadowski) of the This Machine Kills podca...

*PREVIEW* The Dawning of the Sealord feat. Shanti Singh

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice join special guest Shanti Singh for her second-ever appearance on TF, to discuss recent recall campaigns an...

(Reverently) Gone Girl

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Hussein, and Alice ring in the reboot of the Carolingian Era in true TF style. If you’re looking for a UK strike fund to donate to, here’s ...

*PREVIEW* Tropical Blockchain Night, Part 2 of 2 feat. Ian MacDougall

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here is a preview of part 2 of our series on the deranged libertarian intentional community of Prospera, land of legal pick-n-mix that employs a man n...

*PREVIEW* DrabFuture: TF Watches ’Brazil’ (1985)

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, it's Hussein, Nate, and Alice discussing the 1985 Terry Gilliam movie BRAZIL, why we feel obligated to watch it, why we think it really dis...

3 Easy Payments on a Car Battery to Throw in the Ocean

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss the end of the Tory leadership campaign, its recent news item on the topic of abolishing the UK’s...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 44: Pub Songs feat. Elijah Fynmore

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a preview of August's second Britainology episode, we speak with Aberdeen-based musician Elijah Fynmore about the moments in UK life when you're al...

*UNLOCKED* Britainology 19: The City of London feat. Riley Quinn

03 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that the City of London, the small mini-enclave that dates back to Roman times, is a separate state entity that predates the United King...

*UNLOCKED* Britainology 18: Poshness (feat. Charlie Palmer)

03 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, okay, maybe you've heard the term 'posh' or 'posho' when referring to fancy British people. You're aware that this country has a reputation for ...

Tropical Blockchain Night, Part 1 of 2 feat. Ian MacDougall

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We bring on journalist Ian MacDougall to discuss the libertarian intentional-community of Prospera, a failing city-state in the Bay Islands of Hondura...

*PREVIEW* Queen of Our Ooze: TF Live at Edinburgh Fringe 2022

27 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here is this week's slightly delayed bonus--it's a recording of our live show at Edinburgh Fringe recorded at TheSpace @45 late in the evening on Augu...

Hello, Neumann

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re discussing the new Adam Neumann (of WeWork shame) and Marc Andreessen housing startup (details are light). We also talk a bit about...

*UNLOCKED* 1001 Arabian NFTs feat. Dominik Leusder

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's regular episode will be out tomorrow! The gang delves into the realm of a movie being entirely funded by NFTs and filmed in the only place...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 43: Edinburgh Festival Fringe feat. Alex Kealy

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, Nate and Milo are joined by friend of the show and reference for the true heads Alex Kealy to discuss what it's l...

*PREVIEW* Water 2

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's the alternate chaos configuration of Hussein, Nate, and Alice discussing the UK's current drought, its privatised water infrastructure, the fact ...

Doctors’ Advice: Drink 14 Gallons of Water Right Now (feat. Mattie Lubchansky)

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week it’s Milo, Hussein, Nate, and Alice, joined by special guest Mattie Lubchansky (@lubchansky), and we’re discussing the UK’s energy pri...

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: Upside Down Edition feat. Tom Walker

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pure riffs. Nothing but riffs. No preparation, no reading, no knowledge. We've got Tom Walker in the studio to talk about Kingston-upon-Thames and the...

Nikolai Gogol’s Dead Digital Souls

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There may be disruptions in the free-money-forever ecosystem of the tech industry, but that hasn’t stopped new ideas springing forth. For example: w...

*PREVIEW* Jan Marsalek Alive in Russia!

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We revisit some old friends, such as Wirecard's Jan Marsalek and THG's Matt Moulding, and then continue to look at the implications of the increasingl...

Coal Mine Canary Story Hour

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're talking the Metaverse, we're talking FB's valuation plummeting because iOS lets you improve your digital privacy by 1%, and we're tal...

*PREVIEW* Things Can Only Get Starmer feat. Tom Walker

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we've got friend of the show Tom Walker in from Australia to talk about Neom, our beautiful exemplar of a future city that will definitely ...

Investigative Reports

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Forde Report is out and has landed with all the impact of a feather in the febrile British media space. We discuss being right, what’s wrong, an...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 42: Skins

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's second Britainology, Milo makes Nate watch season 1, episode 1 of the Channel 4 teen comedy/drama 'Skins.' Nicholas Hoult is in demon...

*UNLOCKED* Britainology 14: The Krays

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this unlocked episode, Milo subjects Nate to the 2015 Tom Hardy film LEGEND and a wider discussion about the Krays. Why do British people still gra...

*PREVIEW* Margaret Thatcher’s Lonely Hearts Club Band feat. Phil Burton-Cartledge

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sociologist of Toryness Phil Burton Cartledge (@philbc3) rejoins the gang to discuss the leadership election, and what the current state of the Conser...

Crazy Taxi feat. Paris Marx

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paris Marx from Tech Won’t Save Us joins Riley and Alice to discuss the Uber Files - a trove of documents confirming Uber was doing what we were all...

*PREVIEW* Don’t Mess With a Forklift Driver Born in July Who is Terminating a Pregnancy feat. Shoshanna Wodinsky

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gizmodo’s Shoshana Wodinsky joins the gang to discuss how the digital surveillance panopticon created to sell, among other things, AI generated t sh...

Beer Baron Beats Boris

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is the day Boris Johnson finally became Prime Minister. If you’re looking for a UK strike fund to donate to, here’s one we’ve supported: ht...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 41: Little Britain

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, Milo subjected Nate to the early-2000s hit sketch comedy show 'Little Britain,' the brainchild of Matt Lucas and ...

*PREVIEW* Unlocked Reverend Blair’s Fabulous Tent Revival (Salvation Assured)

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we examine Tony Blair's bizarre Future of Britain Conference and its obvious hang-ups: austerity and--you guessed it--ID cards. The man sim...

Far From The Gurning Crowd

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We continue to follow the incipient strike wave in Britain now spreading to other industries, and think about how the veil between ourselves and a mor...

*PREVIEW* Drone Logic feat. Becca Wilks

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca Wilks (@WilksBecca) returns to the podcast to talk about Wales, the international arms trade, and creating the refugees you proclaim to welcom...

The Taking of Britain 123 ft. Gareth Dennis

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rail Natter's Gareth Dennis joins the gang to discuss the RMT's strike action. We look at what made striking necessary, what striking does for everyon...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 39: The Royals feat. Dr Eleanor Janega

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This month we've spoken with friend of the show and knower of medieval history Dr Eleanor Janega (@GoingMedieval) on the topic of the British monarchy...

*PREVIEW* A Series of Tubes ft. Ben Tarnoff

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The gang talks to Ben Tarnoff about his book “Internet for the People,” which looks at the present miserable state of the internet “as public ut...

Cryptocurrency 1929-2008 Speedrun (Framecount in Video)

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Milo, Nate, and Alice react to new developments from UK politics (it’s wedge week!) and the crypto world, where discussions are ta...

*PREVIEW* Wirecard: The Shaved Poodle Affair feat. Dan McCrum

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice speak with FT reporter and author Dan McCrum (@FD) about his forthcoming book 'Money Men: A Hot Startup, a Billion D...

Nate Will Be Synonymous with Failure

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Riley is out this week, and in his stead we’ve convened a special episode of Trashfuture featuring Milo, Hussein, Nate, and Alice on the topic of a ...

Britainology 38: Jeremy Vine (feat. Jeremy Vine)

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition of Britainology, Nate and Milo traveled to BBC2 Studios to interview the man himself, Jeremy Vine, in order to discuss how he ...

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat Down Under feat. Plumbing the Death Star

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with pure riffs and no topic, and we're joined by Joel, Joel, and Jackson from the popular Australian podcast Plumbing the Death Star. We r...

XP Grinding at the Spreadsheet Factory

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Hussein, Nate and Alice discuss the cost-of-living crisis in Britain as seen through trade periodicals for grocers and the growing s...

*PREVIEW* Live from the Panopticuddle: Bristol Transformed 2022

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Please enjoy this live recording of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate performing at Bristol Transformed early last month. We discuss a new, twee advancem...

Universal Basic TSA

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The gang looks at the ossified politics of Britain, now unable to conceive of responding to a once-in-a-generation permanent energy crisis with anythi...

Automobile Conversation Part 2 of 2 ft. Victoria Scott

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're joined by auto journalist Victoria Scott (@mikurubaeahina) about new developments in automotive surveillance. As in: what if your car...

Automobile Conversation Part 1 of 2 ft. Paris Marx

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paris Marx of Tech Won’t Save Us and the author of Road to Nowhere talks to us for PART ONE of our two-part series on driverless cars, which we have...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 37: British Sex Scandals (Live feat. Juliet Jacques and Riley Quinn)

21 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We recorded a live Britainology in London earlier this month and brought on special guest Juliet Jacques (and regular guest Riley) to discuss British ...

*PREVIEW* 1001 Arabian NFTs feat. Dominik Leusder

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The gang delves into the realm of a movie being entirely funded by NFTs and filmed in the only place less real than NFTs (Neom.) Then, Riley speaks wi...

All My Bulls, Gone feat. Heidi Swart

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The gang discusses the inevitable crypto crash, tether, and the charlatans who sold ordinary people down the river. We also review Britain’s strateg...

*PREVIEW* The War on Cashmas feat. Brett Scott

15 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with Brett Scott about the "cashless economy," and how - under the guise of convenience - another public utility (the money system denominate...

School’s Out For Rapture ft. Josh Boerman

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Boerman from The Worst of All Possible Worlds joins the entire gang to discuss the Christian Dominionist designs on American society through the ...

*PREVIEW* Line Wins. We’ll Get ’Em Next Time

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's another joyful discussion of the withering of the state, although we also talk about a startup electric bus company and rejoice in the tales of t...

Gaped Britain feat. Dan Boeckner

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice join special guest Dan Boeckner (@DanBoeckner) of Wolf Parade, Operators, Arcade Fire, and the Bottlemen (@...

*PREVIEW* Enter the Death Force: TF Live in London 20th April 2022

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, we had a 2018-throwback lineup of the TF cast for a live show in London featuring Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate. We've got it all: Ed Ball...

Netflix De-FAANG’ed: the Economy is Real Again

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss even more police-related ideas from UK politicians, a terrible startup from Australia, and the rece...

*PREVIEW* We Have Automated Keir Starmer feat. Wendy Liu

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome back friend of the show Wendy Liu (@dellsystem) to discuss what you might call a sociology of bizarre startup-centric ads all over San Fran...

The Out-of-Service Panopticon feat. Mattie Lubchansky

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re back with friend of the show and comic artist Mattie Lubchansky (@lubchansky) to discuss recent developments in New York related to...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 35: Mr Blobby feat. Juliet Jacques

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's first Britainology, we're joined in studio by Juliet Jacques (@zinovievletter) to discuss the '90s phenomenon of Mr Blobby, the rotun...

*PREVIEW* Amazon Presents: SlurChat (App Edition) feat. Ken Klippenstein

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Klippenstein joins the gang to discuss the special Amazon app that doesn’t let you say “bathroom” or “Union” or “prison” that the co...

Apes Vs. Crabs

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/...

*PREVIEW* Turkish Ferrari NFT

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we've learned about a startup that can only be described as an Airbnb goon squad. We've also learned about the Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

There’s a Casino in My Trojan Horse feat. Molly White

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re speaking with Molly White (@molly0xFFF) of Web 3 Is Going Great (@web3isgreat) about a recent NYT article that simply cannot stop t...

*PREVIEW* Dudes of Arms feat. Patrick Wyman

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman), host of the wonderful Tides of History, returns to the podcast to talk about the development of the state and warfare ...

God Thank The Queen

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A startup that makes the… strangest case for the metaverse we’ve yet heard. The British political establishment proposing a response to a crisis t...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 34: The Suez Crisis (feat. Alice Caldwell-Kelly)

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this month's second Britainology, Milo and Nate are joined by Alice Caldwell-Kelly to discuss Britain's 1956 invasion of Egypt, how Britain got sp...

*UNLOCKED* Midwestology 1: A Posse, If You Will, of Insane Clowns

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We changed up Britainology a bit. Now it's the good-natured Midwestern oafs in the driver's seat, and we--Nate, Joe Kassabian, and Francis Horton--exp...

*PREVIEW* Hungover Butler to the World feat. Dr Kojo Koram

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Riley is joined by Birkbeck's Dr. Kojo Koram to discuss how Britain's colonial legal legacies - in the form of offshore, overseas, non-dom, etc. - mak...

The Shawinigan Handshake

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re talking about a mental-health startup that’s even worse than the man made horrors you thought were beyond your comprehension, som...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 33: Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For the first Britainology of March, Nate and Milo watch a *terrible* British sitcom from the 1970s that has, somehow, endured. That's right, we've be...

*PREVIEW* The Assassination of Steven Seagal by the Coward Gaz Baz feat. Quantian1

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We bring back friend of the show Quantian1 to discuss sanctions against Russia, how the global financial system can shut out a large economy (and how ...

Tour de Moon (100% Real)

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the True Chaos Configuration of Milo, Hussein, and Alice, and we’re discussing the Festival of Brexit–a bizarre idea that seems to be at le...

*PREVIEW* Refuse of the Future: Challenges in Geopolitics from Metternich to the 22nd Century

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Riley Quinn (DPhil International Relations), Dr. Milo Edwards (PhD Russian Language), and Maj. Alice Caldwell-Kelly (OSINT specialist) introduce a...

The Lithium Rush ft. Thea Riofrancos

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Alice, and Milo look at the ongoing descent of the UK pundit class into embodying the global death drive, and take a look at a story of a certa...

*PREVIEW* Trans-Atlanticism Part 2 feat. Kill James Bond

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Milo, Abi, Alice, and Devon read a little book called The End Of The World Is Flat, a satire about the struggles of the “TERGs” against the...

Trans-Atlanticism feat. Abigail Thorn

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, friend of the show Abigail Thorn (@PhilosophyTube) joins us to discuss the EHRC’s turn towards belligerent transphobia. One might go so f...

*UNLOCKED* Britainology 13: The Big Night Out feat. Tom Usher

27 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Nate and Milo address the important issue: why is there a culture of getting on it and getting completely blasted out of your mind? What is...

*UNLOCKED* Britainology 12: Only Fools and Horses

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Milo takes Nate on the most inscrutable journey yet: a vision of British 1980s/90s sitcoms that are too cockney to be parsed without ...

*PREVIEW* Dinner Date: When Keir Met Julia

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's bonus, we discuss the UK ending all COVID testing, the NYT/Serial 'Trojan Horse Affair' podcast making British columnists lose their m...

Don’t Fact-Check My Vibe feat. Brian Reed and Hamza Syed

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Nate and Hussein speak with Brian Reed and Hamza Syed of the Trojan Horse Affair podcast, an investigation into a hoax letter in Birmingham...

*PREVIEW* Boris/Off: Attack of the Clones feat. Annie Kelly

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with Q Anon Anonymous U.K. correspondent Annie Kelly about how, far from being fringe whackos, the lumpen petit bourgeois wingnuts that meet ...

Murder on the Barking and Dagenham Express feat. Gareth Dennis

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gareth Dennis (@GarethDennis) of Rail Natter returns to our hallowed halls to talk about, among other things, the decision to put the capital’s tran...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 31: Thatcherism feat. Paul Ewart

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Nate and Milo are joined by Paul Ewart (@paulewart23) of the University of Sussex to discuss Margaret Thatcher and how she changed Britain ...

Life Sentences by Stealth: Nate Interviews Sam Asumadu about IPPs

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this special extra segment, Nate interviews Sam Asumadu from Media Diversified (@WritersOfColour) about the phenomenon of Indeterminate Sentences f...

*PREVIEW* The O’Reilly Factor feat. Evgeny Morozov

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with technology critic Evgeny Morozov about the history of ideas like “Web 2,” “Web 3,” and who these ideas serve and how - and what ...

Teabagging the Landscape feat. Phil Burton-Cartledge

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with Phil Burton-Cartledge (@philbc) about his book, Falling Down, about the sociology of the U.K. Conservative party. How is it to be unders...

Riley interviews Dr. Allyson Pollock and Peter Roderick about the Health and Care Act

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Riley sits down for a discussion of the implications of the upcoming Health and Care Act for the NHS with Dr Allyson Pollock and Peter Roderick from N...

*PREVIEW* Life Hack: Throw Your Old Car Batteries in the Ocean

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We review the further state of institutional rot in the U.K., where a lot of our most prominent dunces are feigning surprise that the met police, EHRC...

Attack of the 100-Foot Metaverse

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We look at the shape of the (contracting) frontiers of politics and (expanding) frontiers cooked up in the minds of our most addled billionaires. Let ...

*PREVIEW* General Carter’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our politics and economy has once again found itself hitting the bottom of a large hole - and their solution is to dig up! We revisit some troubling d...

You Must Imagine Sisyphus Gaming feat. Jonathan Bernhardt

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve brought on Jonathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) of Patch Notes podcast to discuss Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We di...

*PREVIEW* Guy Ritchie Presents White Widow Super Cheese

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We retvrn to tradition (we unwound by watching a recent-era Guy Ritchie movie). Geezer Hugh Grant, Eddie Marsan gets romantic with a pig, and everyone...

Hell Is Other Human Resources ft. Alex Press

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Alex Press (@alexnpress), of Jacobin and the Primer podcast, to do some more Amazonology. This time, we look at the specifics of how ...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 30: Homes Under the Hammer (feat. Alice Caldwell-Kelly)

15 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Milo subjects Nate to yet another property-themed British TV show, except this one is about people buying derelict homes at auction and renovating the...

*PREVIEW* Manic Pixie Dream PM

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

(This was going to be the first free episode of 2022, but we decided to go with the Dome story instead. So, apologies for it being slightly out of dat...

The Road to Apedom feat. This Machine Kills

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jathan and Ed from TMK (@machinekillspod) return to help us figure out exactly what “Web 3” is, and what people actually mean when they say “Web...

*PREVIEW* A Dome That Sucked, Part 2

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In which we get into the specific zones of the Millennium Dome, their various corporate sponsors, and what they said about Britain c. 2000 and how New...

A Dome That Sucked, Part 1

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we have the full cast of TF together to review the history of the Millennium Dome, a New Labour attempt to create a modern exposition of Br...

*PREVIEW* Britainology 29: Russians in London feat. Olga Koch

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We decided to review a different kind of Christmas movie: David Cronenberg's 2007 film EASTERN PROMISES, which is both a film about Britain, a film ab...

*UNLOCKED* Britainology 11: Cursed Architecture feat. India Block

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it that this island in the North Atlantic has such shit buildings? What is the reason for slapping gravel on buildings and calling it an aesthe...

*PREVIEW* December Q&A Session

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You had questions, we had answers. This is normally on the $10 tier but we ran out of bonus content after Milo and Riley were felled by The Plague. H...