TRASHFUTURE

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-within-a-podcast, I'm talking about Chantal Mouffe's " For a Left Populism. Why are we constantly told that the status quo — i.e. neoliberal market economics  — is the natural order? What does it mean to be "political," versus "post-political"? And how...

On this week’s Trashfuture, Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo, Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) spoke with writer Alice Caldwell-Kelly ( @AliceAvizandum ) about a banner week in brain-dissolution, which included a viewing of a very popular Unicorn Poopsie Surprise unboxing video -- a toy designed by algorithms and popular with children who want to make their own unboxing videos. Also cove...

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, Olga Koch, Pierre Noveille, Alex Kealy, and a few bits from Nate as well. It's a show about how to feel the snow in a sensual way, assigned names for criminals, Dilbert-esque porn banter, Adam Sandler's comedic oeuvre, and Nate discussing a represse...

You may have heard about this thing called Brexit. Apparently, it means Brexit. And on this week’s Trashfuture, Riley ( @raaleh ) and Hussein ( @HKesvani ) spoke with Institute for Public Policy Research ( @IPPR ) director Tom Kibasi ( @TomKibasi ) about the real victim of Brexit: political metaphor. Then we talk about the deal itself, Labour's Brexit strategy, and debunk the myth that "Labour cou...

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 written by British landlords in opposition to the anti-homelessness nonprofit Shelter, and a terrible startup that wants to despatch fleets of pizza vans that cook your pizza on the go (badly, of course). If you want to hear the whole thing, sign up o...

Everyone loves a synergy these days (just ask Bill de Blasio). You can synergize the relationship between your phone and the cops, between public transit and the cops, between your home and the cops, and -- most importantly -- between your personal data and Jeff Bezos’ wealth. On this week’s Trashfuture, Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Hussein ( @HKesvani ) spoke with PCMag contribu...

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 Tabloid Art History ( @TabloidArtHist ) account and why it takes serious effort to stop any creative work from getting commodified (a think we at Trashfuture know too well)... We had a blast recording this and hope that you enjoy it, too. If you want to...

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, Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Hussein ( @HKesvani ) spoke with comedian and Arts Emergency founder Josie Long @JosieLong ) in a whirlwind session that covered Brendan O’Neill’s pedantic defence of the Grenfell effigy burners and the...

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, Americans (and others) -- do you want to know about the British royal family? Well, now you can, in detail, as Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ),  and Ned Donovan ( @Ned_Donovan) discuss the history of Britain's terrible ruli...

It’s election season in America, which means terrible racist memes shared by people you hate. In that spirit, Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) spoke with Ryan Broderick ( @broderick ), Buzzfeed’s Deputy Editor of Global News, about his recent article on how American tech companies radicalised the world. We talk about his experience repo...

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 by the response and incredibly grateful for your support. When we get Hussein back from the frozen waste of Upstate New York (early next year), we'll put on another show. Special thanks to Woke George Eaton for clarifying some details about how you get...

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 Economicus by Peter Fleming, for your listening pleasure. Check it out on Pluto Press here:  https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745399409/the-death-of-homo-economicus/ In the mean time, sign up to our Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture Commodify...

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 Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) spoke with Guardian tech reporter and TF veteran Alex Hern ( @alexhern ) about… the tech industry. Well, we actually speak about a number of things, to include Philip Hammond’s belief that blockchain will fix the Northern Irelan...

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 Rensch ( @nachdermas) — host of the Stop/Rewind podcast — to discuss a film that burrowed itself into the American liberal worldview like a hideous, parasitical worm. That film? Idiocracy, the 2006 Mike Judge comedy that frankly sucks, but more on an...

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 problems of both the news and politics. On this week’s Trashfuture podcast, Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) spoke with @michaeljswalker  from @novaramedia about the ‘slow-news’ platform Tortoise and...

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 that the status quo — i.e. neoliberal market economics  — is the natural order? Why does the centre hate socialism more than fascism? Why is it a bad thing that socialism might leave the absolute wealthiest on the planet worse off than they are in our...

On this week’s Trashfuture podcast, Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ) spoke with Kimberley McIntosh ( @mcintosh_kim ), policy officer at the Runnymede Trust, and Patrick Monahan ( @pattymo ), comedian and cohost of What a Time to Be Alive, about some topics close to our hearts: the insane writings of the next Tory candidate for London Mayor, Shaun Bailey. We also tou...

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 brought on Simon Childs ( @simonchilds13) , home affairs editor for Vice UK. In this preview of a bonus episode availalbe on our Patreon, you'll get to hear all about the Tory party conference (and its app malfunction), the UKIP conference in which F...

We’re having a blast in the Caliphate of Tower Hamlets. Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ) and Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) met with Hasan Piker ( @hasanthehun ) from the Young Turks and discussed the important things in life: gaming, posting, and why Trashfuture villain Elon Musk may actually be the platonic ideal of a life lived online. We also held a quick conversation...

Well, here it is. You've been promised this for ages and now you're getting it: a discussion on techno as praxis. But, it's not as lame as that might sound, because Riley speaks with musician and producer Aloiso Wilmoth ( @HE_VALENCIA ) about the history of techno, its DIY ethos, its Midwest American roots, and how's it's been repackaged and sold as EDM. You can find Aloiso's music on SoundCloud h...

On this week's bonus episode preview, we're joined by Jack Frayne-Reid ( @frayne_jack) from the Reel Politik Podcast to discuss Our Meltiest MP's recent sad letter to the Guardian. We cover Labour's lack of broad-churchiness and there variety of ways in which the Blairite faction has become politically irrelevant (save for the pages of every stupid newspaper in Britain). If you want to hear the fu...

It’s been a big seven days for Trashfuture: we moved in to our new basement office in East London for starters, and this week Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) sat down with Alex Kapranos @alkapranos ) and Bob Hardy ( @B0bHardy ) from Franz Ferdinand (a band you might have heard of) to discuss streaming’s effect on artists, why they believe in the welfare stat...

Please enjoy a short preview of this week's bonus episode from Riley. You've been promised this for ages and now you're getting it: a discussion on techno as praxis. But, it's not as lame as that might sound, because Riley speaks with musician and producer Aloiso Wilmoth ( @HE_VALENCIA ) about the history of techno, its DIY ethos, its Midwest American roots, and how's it's been repackaged and sold...

As you may have recently heard, we've launched a Patreon and will release new content each week for our subscribers. Last week, we sat down with former Jeremy Corbyn spokesman and friend of the show Matt Zarb-Cousin ( @mattzarb  ). Once you subscribe, you'll have access to the full interview, and much more (far too much, we promise). The Patreon is available here:  https://www.patreon.com/trashfut...

It’s a session for the old heads this week, as Riley ( @raaleh ), and Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Hussein ( @HKesvani ) rejoin original host Charlie Palmer ( @cfppalmer ) to discuss mandatory wearable tech, terrible libertarians, and the strange concept of conservative lunatic John Stossel being the author of American school children’s curriculum. Also, remember that your favourite idiot sons have...