TRASHFUTURE

*PREVIEW* AC Grayling Smash feat. Will Davies

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with Will Davies, reader in Economics at Goldsmith's University and author of the book Nervous States. We discuss mental health and capitalis...

Absolute Boy in Da Corner feat. Joana Ramiro

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Something of a sleepy week in British politics, a time in which nothing happened of any real significance. This episode features (@raaleh), Milo (@Mil...

*PREVIEW* JFK Uncle Junior

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We all have Epstein Brain, or at least Riley, Milo, and Alice do. But first, this episode covers our reflections on London and which bits of it suck, ...

Riley's Commie Book Club: Steal as Much as You Can by Nathalie Olah

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This month's CBC features Riley in conversation with Nathalie Olah, the author of 'Steal as Much as You Can: How to win the culture wars in an age of...

What If Your House Was the Cops?

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a truly classic TF lineup this week with Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum) discussing Dom...

*PREVIEW* I Am Not A Bollard feat. Kieran Yates

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's another lovely week in the British summer of, uh, impending fascism? On this week’s bonus, Riley, Hussein, and Alice are in discussion with wri...

Dad War feat. Francis Horton

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it that British dads all want to go to war? Why is it that, despite having grown up during a period of unparalleled peace and stability, people...

*PREVIEW* Job Opening for Motivated Self Starter with 2 yrs Experience + Germanic Brain Pan feat. Soweto Kinch

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We took Trashfuture on the road, opening up the start of of the Birmingham Transformed festival. The cast was Riley, Hussein, Nate, and returning gues...

Live. Laugh. Love. There Is No God.

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What a whirlwind week it’s been. For starters, Jeremy Corbyn gave the Lib Dems and CUK/TIGs an offer they would normally not be able to refuse, but ...

*PREVIEW* Young Men’s Fancy: TF Live from the Edinburgh Fringe 10.8.19

18 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We did it. We drove from London to Edinburgh with all our equipment in tow, climbed a fucking medieval staircase in a downpour, got soaked to the damn...

*PREVIEW* Trashfuture Presents: Balthasar Speedboat 6

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's a special episode featuring only the loveliest of accents. This week's bonus features Milo with guests Aidan 'Taco' Jones, Dan Muggleton, and Pop...

Topping History from Below feat. Dr Eleanor Janega

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A broad swath of modern reactionary and xenopobic sentiment tries to employ fake medieval history to create a fantasy version of Europe. Whether it’...

History 2.0 feat. Annie Kelly

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why call it history when you can call it ‘progress studies’? This week, Riley (@raaleh), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice @AliceAvizandum  join ...

*PREVIEW* A Fulfilment Driven Life feat. Juliet Jacques

02 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You wanted to hear more Quillette close-reads, so here it is. We discuss the most bootlicking of all pro-Amazon pieces to ever appear, plus a bizarre ...

FCK GVT FCK BORIS feat. Eleanor Penny

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve all written something that was maybe a little over the top, though mercifully none of us has written for Quilette. This week, Riley (@raaleh),...

*PREVIEW* Horseplay feat. Nathan Ma

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that Riley's hometown newspaper is run by horse people? Did you know that there's a Code Pink-style group that stalks people who work at...

Pinker 2: The Pinker-files

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, some housekeeping: this might be the episode where you can hear our brains breaking. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards),  Nate (@inthesedese...

*PREVIEW* Trashfuture Presents: Balthasar Speedboat 5

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Riley's cousin lives in London and got the absolute worst tinder-date breakup message. It was so bad, so painfully long-form and weird, that we had to...

Water Wars in Shagaluf

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our beautiful son Riley is still in New York, a city famous for being ‘alright’ if you ‘like’ ‘saxophones.’ In the interim, Milo (@Milo_Ed...

*PREVIEW* The ID Card of Dorian Gray

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Blair, what a guy! Am I right, folks? He can't stop whining about how we need fewer houses and more apps. He can't stop pointing a finger at the ...

*PREVIEW* The Most Divorced Book Ever: TF Live in Cambridge 15.6.19

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We did it. We played another show outside of London—this time at Wolfson College in Cambridge—and we made sure to prep only the best. Did you know...

Luxury 9/11-Proof Towers feat. India Block

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve heard the expression that while the cat’s away, the mice will play? In this case, while the cat’s away, the mice got in the studio and re...

UNLOCKED Riley's Commie Book Club: Imagined Communities

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Well - we did it. We hit $2500 a month of funding, so as promised a special 4th of July edition of Riley's Commie Book Club on graduate politics semin...

An E-Mail Client for the Profoundly Stupid ft Tom Usher

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What if an app made you pay $30 a month for some email hotkeys? What if Britain stopped burning coal only to build 30 gigawatts of gas-burning power? ...

Riley's Commie Book Club - Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As of next month, all episodes of Commie Book Club will be published on on our Patreon feed... BUT without any paywall in front of them at all. So the...

Let The Games Begin feat. Ash Sarkar

24 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Every outbreak has its patient zero. New York's Typhoid outbreak had Typhoid Mary. Springfeield's Infectious Diptheria problem had Jebediah Springfiel...

*PREVIEW* Getting your Nation Serviced feat. Zoe Gardner

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The UK can't get enough of border forces. We want to fund them in our own country and in other countries, even when those countries want visa-free re...

*UNLOCKED* Islamic Republic of Seinfeld feat. Sina Rahmani

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

America desperately wants to go to war with Iran, so much that it's willing to engineer some extremely fake circumstances under which it can claim to ...

*Preview* Jonathan Pie Charts feat. Aisling McCrea

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're talking Logic Guys with Aisling McCrea (@ambientGillian), the author of a great Outline piece about debate and a canny observer of te...

Requiem for a Matt

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re posting through tears on this one. Our precious boy -- our sweet, beautiful lad himself -- is no longer a candidate for the Tory leadership co...

Dispatches from Hong Kong feat. Brian Hioe

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We've been monitoring the situation in Hong Kong from our extremely high-tech Amstrad eMailer, but given how fast things are developing, we decided to...

*Preview* Dark Epcot feat. Alex Hudson

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Metro UK is doing a feature on how the future will be (good? bad?), and in our search to answer that question, we've brought on their deputy editor Al...

Against Calculator Santa feat. James Meadway

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a bit of a smart episode (a dangerous idea). Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) speak with economist and returni...

*Preview* Islamic Republic of Seinfeld feat. Sina Rahmani

04 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

America desperately wants to go to war with Iran, so much that it's willing to engineer some extremely fake circumstances under which it can claim to ...

Ready Worker One

04 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Listen up, you hogs: for those of you who missed the live show in London on May 30, please enjoy this recording. Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@HKesvani),...

Give These Mugs a Thong-Slap feat. Andrew Law

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Damn, it sure looks like Australia had its UK Labour in 2015 moment this past week, in which the centre-left party favoured to win has instead snatche...

*Preview* Professor X’s School for Former Gifted Children

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that, despite renting space in basically every building in the world, WeWork incinerates money and cannot ever turn a profit? Did you kno...

Bossed in Space feat. Laurie Laybourn-Langton

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It seems like we have limited choices for the future of humanity. On one hand, we could stop the endless, destructive growth cycle that will ruin our ...

*Unlocked* Genghis Khan: Business Tycoon feat. Soweto Kinch

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to jazz saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch (@sowetokinch) about big tech's attempts to steal creative idea-generation concepts and ap...

*Unlocked* Riley's Commie Book Club: Mark Fisher

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s that time again: Riley sat down with a book, and now you have to hear him talk about it for an hour or so. This month, Riley read K-Punk, out n...

*Preview* President Jake Paul's Heated Moments feat. Chris Stokel-Walker

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone knows YouTube: the place where you can watch Peppa Pig get beheaded, watch crocodiles turn into chickens, learn about why earth is flat, and ...

Robot Chores feat. James Vincent

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Well, the Conservatives are at it again. Whether it’s Matt Hancock or Liz Truss or Rory Stewart, they’re out being dumb and unaware. But don’t w...

TFOTY Gives Back

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Britain has a serious need for Agony Aunts. Whether it’s a mundane or bizarre problem, people are out there asking for advice on issues such as: rac...

Capitalism Is Sucking Itself Off feat. Grace Blakeley

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it that there are so many billion-dollar startups that ultimately don’t do anything? Under normal circumstances, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo...

*Preview* No Safe Spaces in Airport Security feat. Karen Geier

26 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's bonus episode, Riley, Milo, and Hussein speak with writer Karen Geier (@karengeier) about Butt-mentum—the sudden ubiquity of Pete But...

A Blair for All Seasons

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Every now and again, Tony Blair pops up to tell us that we’re doing too much social justice and that maybe Tommy Robinson has a point. This week, th...

*Preview* Summoning Cthulhu in Silicon Valley feat. Soweto Kinch

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a preview of this week's bonus episode, we speak to jazz saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch (@sowetokinch) about big tech's attempts to steal creative...

The Great Brexit Escape...Room feat. Tom Kibasi

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re long overdue for something smart about Brexit on this show, or something smart in general. To that effect, this week, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@...

*Preview* TF Live at Bristol Transformed feat. Jack Frayne-Reid and Dalia Gebrial

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is it, folks. The first live recording with our mobile space station, the first outside-London show, and the first leftist UK politics supergroup...

BULBFUTURE ft. India Block

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Riley, Milo, and Nate talk housing, living, and building with Dezeen's own India Block (@indiablock). We start with a start up, then go through Help t...

Same S***, Different Organ Farm feat. Tim Faust

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) speak with health justice advocate and writer Tim Faust (@crulge) about h...

*Preview* Titania McGrath Tells You You're Smart [ASMR] feat. Dalia Gebrial

31 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Amazing how Titania McGrath, a fictional account that owns Millennials by making dad jokes, is the talk of the London Media. It's almost like the acco...

*Special Guest* QAnon Anonymous Presents: Conspiracy Feud feat. TF and Boonta Vista

30 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a special guest cross-post, Riley and Hussein appeared on the much-recommended Qanon Anonymous podcast to discuss nationally-sourced conspiracies....

It's The Void, Folks

26 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

No guest this week, as the boys instead sit down solo to discuss the nihilistic right wing death cult that’s getting whipped into an upward spiralin...

*Unlocked* Riley's Commie Book Club - 'State of Insecurity'

24 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time again! In an unlocked bonus episode, Riley read a book, drank some wine, and is ready to talk about it to you fine people. This month, ...

The Wetherspoons App Is The Highest Stage of Capitalism ft. Mark Watson

19 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@HKesvani), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum ) speak with comedian and wr...

*Preview* Trashfuture Presents: Balthasar Speedboat 3

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is a promo of this week's Patreon bonus episode. We're back in the saddle for yet another edition of Balthasar Speedboat. This episode features R...

Billion$ feat. James Meadway

12 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We live in a blessed time, a truly wise era of human history in which Kylie Jenner’s cosmetics front company is somehow valued at $1 billion USD. No...

“It Just Means ‘Ignorant Person’” feat. Alex Kealy

05 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Friends, we at the Trashfuture podcast do not in any way want our jokes to become real. We don’t want Elon Musk to control the internet with a subma...

*Unlocked* Work Sucks (We Know) feat. Will Stronge

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Riley and Milo sit down with Will Stronge, director of Autonomy and one of the principal authors of the four day work week report (linked here) that’...

The Labour Splittacular feat. Mollie Goodfellow

26 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A new party formed, except they’re not a party, and they don’t have policies, and their logo makes them look like a store where you can buy a  £...

*Preview* Work Sucks (We Know) feat. Will Stronge

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a preview of this week's bonus episode, Riley and Milo sit down with Will Stronge, director of Autonomy and one of the principal authors of the fou...

Nostalgia Avengers: Infinity WW2 feat. Owen Hatherley

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We love Britain and British things. We’re a podcast suffused with the Blitz Spirit, the Dunkirk Spirit, the Dying of Black Lung Spirit, and in honou...

Failure to Launch feat. Hasan Piker

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We did it. We streamed our podcast live. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) managed to successfully host a live video p...

UNLOCKED Riley's Commie Book Club: The Blurst Is Yet to Come

08 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Riley's Commie Book Club is a bit different. This time, Riley speaks with scholar and author Peter Fleming — you might recognize the name from a pre...

Somewheres, Anywheres, Sex Nerds feat. Bryan Quinby

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Another week is upon us, and that means another Silicon Valley company has reinvented loan sharking. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Olga (...

*Preview* Trashfuture Presents: Balthasar Speedboat 2

04 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It was admittedly a shock to all of us that any of you liked our previous Balthasar Speedboat show. However, you did, and as such we've decided to rev...

Privatise the NHS, My A$$ (I Won’t Privatise the NHS) feat. Rob Delaney

29 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It was a usual Friday afternoon in the Caliphate of Tower Hamlets. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts),...

*Preview* Into the Brexit Mind Palace feat. George Eaton

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a preview of this week's bonus episode, we're taking you to a brain expansion dimension that you've never visited before. Riley, Hussein, Milo, and...

The Original Big Fella feat. Joel Golby

22 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The inmates are in control of the asylum today. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani) are joined by Joel Golby (@joelgolby) to di...

UNLOCKED Riley's Commie Book Club: The End of the Transition Paradigm

20 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Riley's commie book club unlocked for you this weekend! Listen to Riley talk about his experiences with International Relations as an academic discipl...

2018: A Year of Brain Expansion Part 2 of 2 (feat. Simon Childs)

16 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of a 2-part extended recording in which your diligent hosts review a year that was bad. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein ...

2018: A Year of Brain Expansion Part 1 of 2 (feat. Simon Childs)

15 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re leaving negativity behind in 2019. Instead, we’re getting up early each morning to jog 10 miles while playing influencer audiobooks at 2x sp...

*Preview* Humu Among Us feat. Trashfuture Classic Lineup

10 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Real heads will appreciate this one: we've assembled the full Trashfuture roster, featuring Riley, Milo, Charlie Palmer, Hussein, and Nate, and we're ...

Children of the Coren feat. Jonathan Nunn

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What if you could never be fired from your job -- even if you crossed every possible line, to include threatening to sexually assault and then immolat...

Intelligence 2.0 feat. Felix Biederman

01 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Happy new year, you voles, you vulgar abbey mice. The clock might just be striking midnight, but that’s no excuse for you to not ditch your family a...

Radical Horse Parts feat. Trevor Beaulieu and Wendy Liu

27 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a strange situation when we actually like something on this show - and therefore decided to have a relatively serious conversation about it. On...

*Preview* #WeHaveBeenPubliclyShamed / Trashfuture Q&A

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week's bonus is the first installment of something we've been wanting to do for a while: a Q&A episode. However, before we could get there, we ha...

WeWork Presents: The Darkest Yearbook feat. Sarah Manavis

18 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Business Joker. You thought it was just a dumb meme, but to your hardo connections on LinkedIn, it’s a way of life. On this week’s Trashfuture, Ri...

*Preview* Riley's Festive Commie Book Club: 'The End of the Transition Paradigm'

14 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In a preview of this week's particularly festive bonus, Riley reviews the academic paper 'The End of the Transition Paradigm' by Thomas Carothers. Ril...

An Impassioned Plea for Universal Basic Mids ft. Luke Savage

11 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Does your investment portfolio include cannabis? Do you want leverage on your dank nugs? On this week’s Trashfuture, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Ed...

UNLOCKED Riley's Commie Book Club: For a Left Populism

07 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I'm going to unlock another Riley's Commie Book Club, because I'm going to do another book club episode later today. In this episode of my podcast-wit...

TF Presents: An Algorithmically Generated Christmas feat. Alice Caldwell-Kelly

04 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Trashfuture, Riley (@raaleh), Milo, Hussein (@HKesvani), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) spoke with writer Alice Caldwell-Kelly (@AliceAvi...

*Preview* Trashfuture Presents: Balthasar Speedboat

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week's bonus episode of Trashfuture is actually a pilot of sorts -- it's a comedy show we've assembled featuring an ensemble cast of Milo, Riley,...

Brexit Dragon Energy feat. Tom Kibasi

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You may have heard about this thing called Brexit. Apparently, it means Brexit. And on this week’s Trashfuture, Riley (@raaleh) and Hussein (@HKesva...

*Preview* Identity Politics for Landlords

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this preview of this week's bonus, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate discuss Steve Bannon's recent profile in the Guardian, an insane protest letter w...

HQ Number Two feat. Adam Smith

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone loves a synergy these days (just ask Bill de Blasio). You can synergize the relationship between your phone and the cops, between public tran...

*Preview* Picasso's 'Boss Baby Spice' feat. Elise Bell

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Please enjoy a preview of this week's bonus, in which Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate speak with art historian Elise Bell (@eliseybell) about her Tablo...

Scruton Under Scrutiny feat. Josie Long

13 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Did a bad thing happen? Well, here are 50 British columnists to tell you why you’re an intolerant liberal elitist for calling it bad. In that spirit...

*Preview* Charles and the Bed-Van feat. Ned Donovan

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk gifted us analytics like Prometheus gifting fire, and as such we've determined that about 40 percent of our audience is American. So, Americ...

Bolsonaro and the Bandits: A Minion Adventure feat. Ryan Broderick

06 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s election season in America, which means terrible racist memes shared by people you hate. In that spirit, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards),...

*Preview* LIVE from the Guy Household

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a preview of the recording of our recent live show at the Sekforde in London. Thank you so much to the fans who attended — we were stunned b...

*Unlocked* Riley's Commie Book Club: The Death of Homo Economicus

02 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You asked! We listened! We procrastinated actually doing it for a while! We've unlocked Riley's Commie Book Club from September, The Death of Homo Eco...

Blockchain Border Blunders feat. Alex Hern

30 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve pivoted back from pivoting to video (it was a brief sojourn), and on this week’s Trashfuture, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Nat...

*Preview* Idiocracy Was a Damn Documentary! feat. Adam Rensch

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is of course something of a new content type: on the preview of this week's bonus episode, Riley, Milo, Nate, and Olga (@rocknrolga) join Adam Re...

The Tortoise and the Harebrained News Heist feat. Michael Walker

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s that time of year again: the leaves are changing colour and there’s a new centrist ‘solution’ (or, rather, investment vehicle) to the pro...

*Preview* Riley's Commie Book Club - For a Left Populism

21 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Please enjoy a preview of this week's bonus: Riley's Commie Book Club, reviewing Chantal Mouffe's "For a Left Populism. Why are we constantly told tha...

50 Cent: The Global King of Cool feat. Patrick Monahan and Kimberley McIntosh

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Trashfuture podcast, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani) spoke with Kimberley McIntosh (@mcintosh_kim), policy...

*Preview* Uncle Kracker Presents The Lib Dem Party Conference 2018! feat. Simon Childs

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We've just completed party conference season, and to wrap up the important events in all of them (or at least the ones we care about), the Trash lads ...

Damn! Makes You Think!! feat. Hasan Piker and Trevor Strunk

11 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We’re having a blast in the Caliphate of Tower Hamlets. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani) and Nate (@inthesedeserts) met wi...