Podcasting is Praxis

Join us for the first of two episodes on the latest way for people with too much money to make themselves feel better about the end of the world: Moral Ambition. But first we learn all the ways the future is here, now, in this very room! AI is not only "better" than ever, it's also spraying user's personal information everywhere! Plus there's a new breed of CYBER-MP in town, and the Americans are...

Put on your Cyber-Gloves (after supplying your NI number and passing a test where you have to correctly rank the top ten funniest moments in 70s british comedy according to a panel of Da's) because we're tying some Cat7 round the BBC and dragging it screaming into the Digital Age with the help of Dan Hind. Dan's on to talk about the report he co-authored with Tom Mills and Tom Chivers - Our Mutual...

Jamie found the worst thing we've ever sat through in the name of content and now everybody hates him. Also one of us is The Secret Birthday Boy and we learn an important origin story. Geddt more Gedds! https://geddstation.com/ Subscribe for two bonus episodes every month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/...

Is your hatred pure? This is only the merest glimpse, a bared ankle, of the delights that await within. Join us on Ye Olde Timey Patreon for 5 of your earthly pounds a month.  Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us: https://bsky.app/profile/praxiscast.bsky.social Cast: Jamie - https://bsky.app/profile/wizardcubes.bsky.social David - ht...

Are you excited to hear about how Labour are going to lower your energy bills with Great British Energy? Well don't be. Unless you're yet another middleman, hoping to socialise your risks but privatise your rewards - in which case you have reason enough to get yourself down to big tesco for some paper plates and cocktail sausages. Also (say it with me), AI is the future of the nation. Subscribe fo...

The government is finally Big Banging Money In Your Pockets! Or, it's 10,000 mortgages and financial deregulation hiding in a trenchcoat. You decide. Also: we think of the children, and liberals have advice for Mamdani's campaign. Subscribe for two bonus episodes every month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.c...

CW: A mention of SA in comment or commentariat. Friend of the Pod Mic Wright is back as we ask, does UK journalism have a future and also does it deserve one? Also featuring crimes IN ROBLOX and some consultants rasa the tabula in Gaza. P.s. This episode was a little late due to audio issues and heat madness. Get your Mic on: Follow: https://bsky.app/profile/brokenbottleboy.bsky.social BUY THE BOO...

We get a Railway Gareth substitution Gareth in to check up on our old pal, the bus - are we bussing back better? Also, please rate your hospital experience 1-5, and get your Justice Plugin, powered by Bink Video. Get your Gareth on: Follow: https://bsky.app/profile/garethdennis.uk Listen: https://bsky.app/profile/railnatter.uk Subscribe for TWO bonus episodes every month: https://www.patreon.com/p...

We've got it all in this episode - electoral politics, futurism, science, espionage (unintentional), secret codes, and a lecture from a "journalist" about just what everyone else is doing so wrong. The party never stops.   Subscribe for this one, and a whole other bonus episode every month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxi...

After discovering a new frontier of horrors which only the AI obsessed tech industry can bring about on the first of this months bonus episodes, we decided to boldly go to an even worse depth of the problem. Also, Pabour Larty. Content warnings (seriously, it gets heavy) - mental health, suicide, AI bringing humanity to new lows Subscribe for two bonus episodes every month: https://www.patreon.com...

It's a wonderful day to pretend it's a week ago (when this was recorded). Think of all the possible futures you could live! Mayhaps one where the water is nationalised, peace reigns in the middle east, and AI doesn't exist - anything is possible if you just pretend it is!   Content warnings for: depressing chatbot questions (seriously), domestic abuse, suicide   Subscribe for this one, and a whole...

Remember the inquiry into grooming gangs that didn't support the right wing's racist assertions on who was responsible? Well the government is having a do over until they get the result they want. We also read an article about Britain's Bestest Prime Minister ever. Content warning for discussion of sex trafficking/assault and racism Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patre...

The strategic defence review got published and was over 100 pages long so obviously Rob read it to discover wonderful new frontiers in boondoggling. Also, Alasdair takes us on a brief visit to the worst country in the world (america) before swinging back to the other worst country in the world (britain) for David to hold a big magnifying glass over Labour like it's a big ant hill. Subscribe for tw...

Rob introduces us to the simple, down-home, country world of Twisters (2024), or he at least tries to, shouting above the chaos as he is. (Spoiler warnings for Twister, Top Gun: Maverick, Captain America: Brave New World, Primal Fear, and Baldur's Gate 3) Content warning for repeated mentions of trauma/PTSD Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch st...

Rob's developed an interest in the beautiful game of two halves: finance (sports related), so we've got noted orb-enthusiast Juliet on to help the rest of us answer one of life's enduring questions "just what *is* a football?". See more of Juliet's work: https://julietjacques.com/ Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.t...

We learn how Margaret Hodge learned to defeat fascism in the battle of listening and chocolate biscuits, mourn the death of a great UK unicorn, and also the great Swiss sky hoover doesn't work. Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us: https://bsky.app/pro...

We tick the DWP boxes and seriously apply for a real job in the growing political entertainment complex, clear up what the Supreme Court ruling means in praxis (obviously), and enlist as Blade Runners. Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us: https://bsky...

Ross is back to do the cultural committee we promised him, so please join us as we watch both of 1994's blockbuster skydiving crime thrillers - Terminal Velocity (1994) and Drop Zone (1994). Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us: https://bsky.app/profil...

We discuss the Definitely Not Racism Speech, but honestly most of the episode is a long game of Heat Madness or Gasleak as we reskill into writing wikis. Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us: https://bsky.app/profile/praxiscast.bsky.social Cast: Jamie...

Tonight's top story: Labour sucks. But before we get to that, can we interest you in hearing about how Labour sucks? Or if you're in the mood for something different, we can regale you with last week's local election results - spoiler alert: Labour sucks! Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: h...

We're Entering The Matrix this week as we discuss rogue AIs, blocking out the sun, and a virtual world so incredible you may struggle to tell it apart from reality. Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us: https://bsky.app/profile/praxiscast.bsky.social C...

CW - transphobia, harassment, threats We're joined by Ross and Juliet to discuss the UK Supreme Court's ruling on the Equality Act and how it pertains to trans people. Guides to intervening in street harassment: https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/12/28/13799756/bystander-intervention-deescalation https://www.apa.org/pi/health-equity/bystander-intervention Follow our excellent guests: Ross - https...

It's cultural committee time once again and everyone is super excited to watch the latest film Jamie has dredged up. The cyber-year is 2025 and international disputes are settled by getting two teams of clowns to run around a skatepark looking like knobheads - join us as we watch Futuresport (1998). Subscribe for the full episode (one of two bonus episodes a month): https://www.patreon.com/praxisc...

It's done AND on time, now leave me alone. - David   Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us: https://bsky.app/profile/praxiscast.bsky.social Cast: Jamie - https://bsky.app/profile/wizardcubes.bsky.social David - https://bsky.app/profile/sanitarynaptime.b...

The British state's long history of betraying workers isn't new, but does often revolve around Liverpool. Come learn about why Labour freaks get so mad when they talk about Militant, something in history that has NO PARALLELS WITH TODAY. So that's good. Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: htt...