TRASHFUTURE

Was it a good idea? Probably not. But we've assembled the Balthasar Speedboat cast of Riley, Milo, Olga, and Pierre for a friendly conversation with chaos demon and influencer Caroline Calloway...who Milo knows from school...and you know what? Just listen to the episode to hear him get eviscerated for his acne and an awkward attempt at a kiss. You'll love it! Or you'll hate it. If you want to hear...

Welcome to another edition of TF’s coverage of humanity’s trajectory following our step off the ledge. We begin to look at what happens when the unstoppable force of capital’s need to grow smashes into the immovable object of hard limits on economic growth in the long term. Riley, Alice, and Milo discuss what the Economist’s calls “The 90% Economy,” and ponder just what world we will emerge into....

We're back with now 3-time guest Olly Thorn ( @philosophytube ) to discuss some recent scandals: the Jenrick building scandal, the scandal of weird British porn mags, and the scandal of a terrible "discussion app" that seems to think it's a debatable point that Paul McCartney is in fact still alive. Hope you enjoy! If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/po...

It’s a new, slightly less chaotic configuration with Riley ( @raaleh ), Alice ( @AliceAvizandum ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and special guest Arron Merat ( @A_merat ). We’re discussing the British arms industry, how Gulf money backs up the Pound, and how distributed manufacturing allows exporters to avoid arms sale bans in the UK while allowing Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries to devastate Yeme...

Here we are again, doing a second bonus episode for the week because we realise the profound demands for content. This episode features Riley, Milo, Alice, Hussein, and Connor Southard ( @ConnorSouthard ), writer and host of the Podside Picnic podcast. We discuss the 1976 sci-fi dystopia film LOGAN'S RUN, among other things. Hope you enjoy! If you want to access the whole episode, get it on Patreo...

It's O'Neill versus O'Neill... versus O'Neill versus O'Neill versus O'Neill versus O'Neill. It's a six-way Brendan O'Neill battle moderated by the only man who could possibly moderate a clash of intellectual titans like this: Brendan O'Neill. It may sound like @inthesedeserts, @raaleh, @Hkesvani, @AliceAvizandum, @milo_edwards, @rocknrolga, and our friend Phoebe Roy (@10kpostspod), but we must ins...

Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Nate ( @inthesedeserts ), and Alice ( @AliceAvizandum ) deal with new developments in the shadow finance debt bubble arena, including allegations around another "tech company" that seems to have invented a bunch of money for itself. We theorise as to what it all means before having a little more fun with a New Type Of Guy to introduce to the canon, and we...

In light of new information coming to light about the company that forms the subject of this episode - both allegations about potential wrongdoing with regard to circular financing, and the fact that they've just been approved as one of the accredited lenders for the Government's Coronavirus Business Interruption Scheme - we decided to unlock it for you. The original blurb: There's a ticking time...

We've brought historian Patrick Wyman ( @patrick_wyman ) back on to discuss more of the Roman Empire collapse similarities with our current moment. We hope you enjoy this, as it's a chance for some deep cut Rome references that we cannot ever pass up. If you want to get the whole thing, access it on Patreon here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/38346281 If you want one of our *fine* new shirts, des...

Why did they throw that statue into the water in Bristol? Why does the state want to find as many ways as possible to make owning the libs its official policy? Why does burning down a police precinct poll better than Joe Biden? This episode features ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Alice ( @AliceAvizandum ) and seeks to answer these questions. If you want access to o...

Our friends Chris and Bryn from the podcast Beep Beep Lettuce join us to watch a selection of show on Quibi. Suggested talking points include the Golden Arm, Our Friend the Sex Doll, and other outgrowths of the capitalist Dadaism reified in Quibi. Listen to us all become mentally unwell. If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/38094208 If you want one...

This week, Riley, Milo, Alice, and Hussein do a deep-dive on Quibi. Why is this mini-content platform supposedly worth $2 billion? Who actually stars in 8 to 15 minute videos on Quibi? And why is it all so terrible? Learn all about it by listening! Here is the article Riley references about interest rates:  https://themargins.substack.com/p/zirp-explains-the-world   If you want access to our Patre...

UNLOCKING BECAUSE OF CURRENT EVENTS REGARDING EDWARD COLSTON After protestors pulled down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, we figured we would unlock our episode about Colston and his ongoing influence and prominence in the city. We recorded this live episode Edward Colston's Recorded live at Hamilton House, Stokes Croft, Bristol on April 5, 2019, it's a show about the things...

This week's (belated, sorry!) bonus is a Balthasar Speedboat comedy special featuring Riley, Milo, Olga, and Pierre Novellie. Enjoy a discussion of the wide varieties of being horny online, how Riley spends his Christmas in Britain, and why a famous holiday songwriter also releases nude calendars for elderly women. It's a forensic examination of horniness. Hope you enjoy! Get the whole thing on Pa...

Look, lots of things have happened that have made the content of this week's episode a bit out of date. This week's episode features Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice catching up on the Cummings scandal, the abomination of a tech house DJ collective made up of bankers, and a bit more. However, we also have an extended interview with freelance journalist Sanjana Varghese ( @sanjanamv ) on the topic o...

In the logical follow-up to our previous episode about 'smart cities,' we've brought on author and researcher Jathan Sadowski ( @jathansadowski ) to discuss what happened with Google's plan for self-adjusting sidewalks and cities with sideways elevators. You'll love it! If you want to read more from Jathan, check out his book 'TOO SMART: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our L...

Twitch streamer LivPosting joins Riley, Milo, Alice, and Olga for a review of the various brain processes that have given us a weird and strange ruling class. We've got everything for you from political failchildren unwilling to stop inflicting their bad ideas on us, members of the royal family suggesting more people should be troops, and some lords and ladies who are very committed to stupid caus...

We talked to Robyn Vinter of the Overtake about Culture War - what actually is it, what purpose does it serve, and why won't it end? The answer is "spite," but how we get there is more interesting. We also read an article by one of our favourite journalists on why his mission to Own The Libs may result in him losing a foot to diabetes, which is kind of like WWII when you think about it. The full e...

This was originally recorded as a bonus episode, but we decided to release it on the free feed because it was a great conversation and we'd love for you to hear about Charlie's new book - Dead Lies Dreaming. Dead Lies Dreaming is the first entry in the sequel to Stross' Laundry Files series, and looks at what happens when Lovecraftian monsters take over the government. Spoiler alert - it's not tha...

This week, we're discussing the Eurozone's very transparent turn towards even more austerity, as evinced by their paltry fiscal response to covid-19 and the fact that basically everyone in charge has tax fraud charges on four continents. The crack Trashfuture team of Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Alice ( @AliceAvizandum ) join special repeat guest David Adler ( @davidkradler ), ge...

There's a ticking time bomb in the economy. No, a DIFFERENT ticking time bomb. This week, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss the balance-sheet chicanery of a mysterious Australian plane enthusiast that is slowly but surely imploding every SoftBank investment vehicle. We would normally say it's a laugh riot, but this one... maybe not so much. If you want to hear the full episode, get it on Pat...

In the first half, Your Gorgeous Hosts take the time for a little check-in to the core assumptions of TF Season Three. How has the ongoing implosion of global markets due to coronavirus proceeded? How competently are given authorities handling this implosion? How many people are going to be thrown into a volcano for the sake of the Olive Garden? Why is it that when you reach terminal velocity afte...

This week we're talking tech monopolies and the ways in which Gates and Bezos used public research to become this century's dumber Carnegie and Vanderbilt. Listen to Riley, Milo, and Alice discuss it with Rob Larson ( @IronicProfessor ), and rejoice in the knowledge that everything you've ever done with a PC was planned out by dudes in rocking chairs for some reason. Check out Rob's Book Capitalis...

What is the economy going to look like at the end of the pandemic? Why is the UK government working hand-in-hand with private equity to even further concentrate the economy? Why does this app attempt to fire you for bad vibes? This week, the cast of Riley ( @raaleh ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum ) join special guest Antonia Jennings ( @tweetingantonia...

    In this week's bonus, Riley, Alice, Milo, and Chapo Trap House's Felix Biederman have once again sat down and cracked open a book of brain literature. This time we read through British brain god Dr. Matt Ridley's The Rational Optimist (2010), and it left us all a lot happier as we explored a truly beautiful mind. It's a balm for the soul. If you want to get the whole thing, access it on Patreo...