TRASHFUTURE

    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...

  It's another crossover! Our friends Jake, Travis, and Julian from Q-Anon Anonymous called in to talk about the strange history of the Euroskeptic movement, and why they seem to generate so many bizarre local news headlines. It's a story of how when your organisation gets everything it wished for, it implodes in a fit of unforced errors, bizarre recriminations, and accusations that everyone else...

It's TRASH-A- FADA  AGAIN. Riley and Alice teamed up with  Jamie ,  Andy , and  Sean  to bring you a history of Sp!ked - we answer the question: how did everyone's favourite Koch-funded contrarian take machines grow out of an obscure British Trotskyist sect from the 1970s, and the corollary to that question, why are Trotskyists so weird? This bonus episode is in addition to all this week's TF epis...

Look, you know we couldn't let some simpering right-wing columnists refer to the body of Boris Johnson as coterminous with the state itself and not bring on our sage of all things medieval, Dr Eleanor Janega ( @goingmedieval ). We talk all about this, all about the societal changes after the Black Plague, and a dumb startup that is basically a less-fun Omegle.   The full episode is available on Pa...

We had sci-fi writer and activist Cory Doctorow ( @doctorow ) on to discuss recent events, particularly Clearview AI and the horrible panopticon that we’ve tumbled headfirst into. Are laws real? Why do billionaires want to abscond to New Zealand? What happens if the mercenaries guarding your bunker don't want to bring you treats anymore? To find out, listen to this episode featuring ( @raaleh ), M...

Look, a lot of stupid things have happened in Britain this week, but we're dedicated to giving you content. This week's bonus features us discussing the current state of affairs as applies to the covid-19 pandemic, our prime minister nearly dying of it, and much more. Special thanks to Josie Long for being on this one. Enjoy! If you want the full episode, sign up on Patreon here:  https://www.patr...

We were going to talk about the new Matt Hancock app and something about Softbank but then we got distracted. Some things happened involving the Labour party, and we needed to comment -- so we brought on Novara Media's Eleanor Penny ( @eleanorkpenny ) to discuss it alongside the full cast of Riley, Milo, Hussein, Nate, and Alice. Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), Na...

This week's bonus features friend of the show and 3-time guest Wendy Liu ( @dellsystem ) on the topic of covid-19, her new book 'Abolish Silicon Valley,' why big tech can't save us from this virus, and much more. You will, as they say, love it.  If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/35821080 Buy Wendy's book here! https://www.penguinrandomhouse...

It's a Trash-a- Fada crossover extravaganza! We had a delightful discussion with  Andy  and  Sean  about labour organising at the end of the world, and then we venture back into the mind of Toby Young as he weighs the lives of the British public against a feather and decides if they live or die to appease the great and powerful Economy. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes and powerful...

We did it again. Joined once more by Séamus Malekafzali ( @seamus_malek ), we reviewed a terrible Hollywood take on America's imperial reach. Another CIA movie. Another movie about empire, except this time it's about a horny congressman who manages to give Al Qaeda a billion dollars. Yep, it's the 2007 Tom Hanks romp CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, written by Aaron fucking Sorkin. Please enjoy this preview...

TF Season Three continues as ancient history Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman) from the Tides of History podcast joins the gang to discuss what went exactly went wrong with the Roman Empire. Why did it collapse? What can we learn from this experience? Why were Roman death cults way cooler than our death cults? If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes and powerful Discord server, sign up here:...

Here is a preview of this week's bonus episode. It's the return of our beloved pure comedy format, recorded back when the world was normal, to help get you through the lockdown blues. Riley and Milo are joined by friends of the show and comedians Glenn Moore and Pierre Novellie. We start with LA Noire and end up talking about perhaps the worst movie ever made by a famous advertising pitchman - the...

If you had told us three months ago that, in the aftermath of the election result that didn’t go well, we’d soon be witnessing the utter collapse of financialised global capitalism… we might have believed you? But as we all try to parse the absurd world we suddenly live in, Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Nate ( @inthesedeserts ), and Alice ( @AliceAvizandum ) convene from their respect...

Please enjoy this preview of this week's bonus, a live episode of Trashfuture recorded on March 6 the 2020 Bristol Transformed festival. You’ll hear Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) join special guest Angie Speaks ( @speaksangie ) to discuss an app that retroactively places products in existing films -- who hasn’t wanted to get ads for...

Please enjoy this live episode of Trashfuture, recorded on March 11 at Vauxhall Comedy in London. The almost-full cast of Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), and Nate ( @inthesedeserts ) join special guest (and 3-time returning champion) Mollie Goodfellow ( @hansmollman ) to discuss a human-replacing app that seems intent on making Daleks, the looming coronavirus pand...

In this preview of the weekly bonus, Riley's found some deeply, deeply horny British political writing, and in an attempt to shatter the psychic resolve of our friends down under, he's brought on Andrew Law ( @illybocean ) of the Boonta Vista podcast. This is also the 10th official TF episode as it features founding cohosts Charlie Palmer and Olga Koch Olga ( @rocknrolga ). Hope you enjoy! If you...

In this unlocked bonus episode, we're talking Jacob Rees-Mogg's history: his book 'The Victorians' might be the single worst collection of words that Riley's ever subjected himself to (so far), and we've brought on friend of the show Nish Kumar (@ mrnishkumar ) to discuss it. You might even call it a 'Horrible History,' but that would be anti-British drivel! We've also just released part 2 of this...

This week, we're talking about the recent Irish elections. We could do the usual thing and make it up as we go along, but we'd rather speak to an expert -- so we brought on Ciaran Dold ( @CiaranDold ) of the Corner Späti podcast to break it down for us. If you want to hear the whole thing, get it on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/34591666 Check out Corner Späti here:   https://cornerspaet...

This week we’re talking Free Speech Union and the strange assortment of bitter British Gen-Xers who are convinced that they’re being oppressed because people don’t think they’re funny anymore. YouTube superstar and Low Society podcast host Angie Speaks ( @SpeaksAngie ) joins the cast of Riley ( @raaleh ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), Nate ( @inthesedeserts ), and Alice @AliceAvizandum to rejoice in remo...

You've all heard the various encomiums about Roger fucking Scruton, the absurdly racist idiot philosopher who was terrified of the female orgasm and was somehow welcomed in every echelon of the British state for decades. Well, we've brought on an academic philosopher and friend of the show Nathan Oseroff-Spicer ( @nathanoseroff ) to break down Scruton's work in detail. And guess what? It's... inte...

We read a terrible article about a tech startup in Cincinnati, Ohio that wants to combine Evangelical Christianity with app culture. We assembled the full cast of Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Hussein ( @HKesvani ), Nate ( @inthesedeserts ), and Alice @AliceAvizandum to discuss it. Folks, it will raise your blood pressure. The article appeared in WIRED and can be found here: https://w...

This week's bonus features a skeleton crew of Riley, Alice, and Hussein on a few topics that deeply moved us. Well, one at least: it sounds like SoftBank's Vision Fund is going to get a lot less weird, which means less content for us. But we can still reflect on the good times! If you want to hear the full episode, get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/34173374 *WEB DESIGN ALERT* T...

This week, we’ve stepped away a bit from the usual slate of brain-destroying British politics and have instead decided to review the joint BBC/Netflix special Dracula. It’s bad, but it’s bad in such particularly eyeball-crossing ways that we needed expert advice. So, this episode features Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), and Alice @AliceAvizandum in conversation with Leslie Lee ( @leslie...

Did you hear about the app that wants to 3D model your face to make sure you're a girl? It's called Giggle and we do not approve of it. In this preview of this week's bonus episode, Riley, Hussein, Alice, and artist Matt Lubchansky ( @lubchansky ) also discuss Mayor Pete, the US democratic primary, and much more. We thought about calling this episode 'ISIS for Girls' but Alice got to choose the ti...

What happens when the DNC is an ouroboros of grifting fail-children? What happens when you try to improve voting with an app, and the app can’t stop crashing? In this week’s episode, Riley ( @raaleh ), Milo ( @Milo_Edwards ), Nate ( @inthesedeserts ), and Alice @AliceAvizandum join journalist Vincent Bevins ( @Vinncent ) to discuss the Iowa Democratic Caucus disaster, or how to not make people tru...