TRASHFUTURE

By TRASHFUTURE

What's TRASHFUTURE about?

a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism by @raaleh, @HKesvani, @milo_edwards, @inthesedeserts and @aliceavizandum

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TRASHFUTURE episodes:

04.22.2024
Intercontinental Amuse-Bouche Barrage feat. Séamus Malekafzali
This week, Riley, Hussein, Nate, and November speak with friend of the show and returning guest Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) about recent developments in the airspace between Iran and Israel, plus a few tidbits about a Tory MP who simply loves...
04.18.2024
*PREVIEW* You Have Unlocked ‘Racist Lapel Pin’ feat. Molly White
For this week’s bonus, we speak with returning guest and friend of the show Molly White (@molly0xFFF) about the recent upswing in crypto prices and their resultant dumb hype. But also: meme coin generators, Truth Social, another crypto party that...
04.16.2024
The Devon Report feat. Kill James Bond
For this week’s free one, Riley, Hussein, and November are joined by Abigail Thorn and Devon from the Kill James Bond podcast to discuss the recent Cass Review into trans kids’ healthcare in the NHS. Well, call it a review,...
04.10.2024
PREVIEW: And I Would Build 1.5 Miles ft. Shanti Singh
...but I won't build 1.5 more. In this bonus episode, we bid a fond RIP to NEOM. The gang looks back fondly on our favourite megaproject as the Line's official plans are scaled back from 170km to only 2.4km (or 1.5 miles)...
04.08.2024
Britain is the Second Most Powerful Country in the World ft. Emiliano Mellino
Riley, November, and Hussein talk to returning guest Emiliano Mellino from TBIJ to discuss his recent investigation into abuses of the health and care worker visa by unethical bosses and other associated profiteers we've decided to replace most of our...
04.04.2024
PREVIEW: Assigned Mayor at Birth (ft. Mattie Lubchansky)
In this Patreon episode, resident Eric Adams expert Mattie Lubchansky joins the gang to discuss Adams and his loyal retainers, his plans to use an AI system that doesn't work to fight a non existent subway cirme problem, and how...
04.01.2024
The Mesoamerican Bill Simmons Podcast ft. Patrick Wyman
Recurring guest and firm favourite Patrick Wyman joins the gang to discuss the history of climate change - what adaptation has looked like for different societies that formed and deformed around changing climates. Including pre-Dynastic Egypt, the Indus Valley Civilisation,...
03.28.2024
Preview: It's Boever ft. Justin Roczniak
In this bonus episode preview, Justin and November from WTYP join the gang to discuss all things Boeing, and what happens to your empire when you accidentally apply your own ideology to the most important pillar of your blood soaked...
03.25.2024
More Human After All ft. Brian Merchant
"I believe AI makes us more human," said Peter Deng of OpenAI at SXSW - which is just one of the responses that AI people have when people ask bizarre questions like "what does your product do," and "hey how...
03.22.2024
PREVIEW: Who Runs Gamertown? ft. Lin Codega
This is a preview of this week's bonus episode! Riley, November, and Hussein provide an update on the Glasgow Wonka situation - which is that Billy Coull officially has a tummy ache because everyone in the world is mad at him...
03.21.2024
*PREVIEW* Britainology 81: George Galloway feat. Hussein Kesvani
The eternal gadfly of British politics and reality TV returns to the centre stage yet again, and as such Milo and Hussein cobble together all their anecdotes and facts to explain George Galloway's whole deal to Nate. No guarantees that...
03.19.2024
Steamboat Milky: Trashfuture Live in London (13th March 2024)
Please enjoy this recording of our recent live performance in London, in which we encounter the worst publishing company on the planet, plus a foray into British politics’ sudden discovery of racism existing. Note: this episode was planned for release...
03.18.2024
*PREVIEW* Policy Proposal: Release a Minotaur Into Canary Wharf feat Dr Eleanor Janega
We speak with friend of the show and returning guest Dr Eleanor Janega about a recent tech newsletter that compared the advent of ChatGPT to the invention of the heavy plow. But we also had to discuss a startup making...
03.12.2024
Bridgen the Gap feat. Annie Kelly
The gang catches up with QAA’s Annie Kelly to discuss the pilledness situation in Parliament, centrist radicalisation, and an MP who got so excited about being a soldier in the anti-vax army that he left his family. If you want access...
03.10.2024
*PREVIEW* I'm The Opportunist That Stepped Up
The cast reads the tea leaves of British politics as it recoils from the return of the infamous hat man himself, George Galloway. We also discuss an AI music startup and some new updates on Jan Marselek, who is living...
03.05.2024
The Land of Pure Imagination
We all saw the story about the weird A.I.-generated Wonka-themed event in Glasgow. But we also think it’s a harbinger of other things to come re: the only things that make it endearing at all are the difficult-despite-it-all attempts to...
03.02.2024
*PREVIEW* Economic Phenomenology of the Woke Joker
For this week's bonus, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November gather to discuss some recent news: British media pretending to care about Islamophobia being said too loudly, Americans pretending to care about mental health if it means they can shame criticism...
02.27.2024
National Tesco Big Brother Database
The little story of a London wine bar heir who decided to create a company that will scan your face constantly to see if you belong on a shoplifting database. And if you pop up, it’ll encourage Tesco employees to…...
02.23.2024
*PREVIEW* Wife Aum Shinrikyo: Bill Ackman’s Quest feat. Ed Zitron
We're joined by friend of the show and repeat guest Ed Zitron (@edzitron) to discuss some recent AI 'products,' the total failure of another hyped tech business, a Turkish magician's journey through the world of scamming an entire biotech company,...
02.20.2024
Pissphoria feat. Abigail Thorn
For this week’s free episode, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November join special guest Abigail Thorn (@PhilosophyTube) to discuss three disparate incidents in the UK that expose the relentless march of the War on Being Normal. That’s right—three incidents in British...
02.19.2024
*PREVIEW* Britainology 79: UK Garage feat. Dan Hancox
For this month's first Britainology, we're joined by music journalist and genre aficionado Dan Hancox, the author of 'Inner City Pressure: the Story of Grime.' But we're not talking about Grime today (that'll come later!)—rather, we're talking about a genre...
02.16.2024
*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: Skincare Edition feat. Alex Haddow
Nothing but riffs. Nothing but jokes. Noting but Riley revealing more about himself and everyone saying 'I'm confused' or 'oh, that makes sense.' And this one features friend of the show and repeat guest Alex Haddow as well. Get the whole...
02.13.2024
Manic Pixie Dream Paramedic
In this special episode, we revisit an old startup from 2019 that’s still getting huge government contracts to provide a service we can only describe as ‘the ambulance driven by clowns that drops you off in the middle of the...
02.09.2024
*PREVIEW* Plato’s Goon Cave feat. Paris Marx
This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice join special guest (and beloved friend of the show) Paris Marx of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast for a discussion about Apple Vision Pro. Yes, the ridiculous snowboarding goggles that let you see...
02.06.2024
Save Us, Swiss Spartans
This week, it’s an all-dessert episode hosted by Alice with Milo and Hussein. We discuss Peter Thiel and his acolytes’ plan to make the drugs Olympics in which you take as many performance enhancers as possible and turn into Kenshiro...
02.02.2024
*PREVIEW* Tradecraft in the Doha Panda Express
For this week's bonus, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discuss an offshore oil rig theme park that Saudi Arabia is building (it just sounds like an oil rig). We also discuss the recent ICJ proceedings, and examine the contradictions in...
01.30.2024
Information Flamewar-fare
This week, we’re talking about a terrible surveillance startup, an anti-DEI Ackman guy running to primary Joe Biden (he also sucks), and the recent news that the Israeli government is using what you might call Combat Tweetdeck to try to...
01.29.2024
*PREVIEW* Parallel Hooniverse feat. Dan McQuillan
Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice speak with Goldsmiths researcher Dan McQuillan, the author of 'Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence' regarding the breathless optimism of politicians in the UK and elsewhere (particularly in Queensland, Australia) claiming they'll use...
01.23.2024
As A Large Language Howitzer,
For this week’s free episode, Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate discuss the recent news that ChatGPT has both dropped its official guidelines around working with weapons systems and also entered into a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense. This...
01.19.2024
*PREVIEW* Britainology 77: Save Our XL Bullies feat. Hussein Kesvani
For this month's first Britainology, we bring on Hussein Kesvani—our special guest with whom we've never done another podcast—to discuss the recent UK Government ban on XL Bully dogs, British dog ownership culture in general, kissing your dog on the...
01.16.2024
Things Can Only Get Sensible
This week, we’ve got Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice discussing a bathroom-related AI startup, the impending election year in the UK, new Government policy facilitating the sell-off of all local council assets and properties, and a recent speech by Labour...
01.12.2024
*PREVIEW* 700 Miles an Hour Into Your Ass feat. Justin Roczniak
For this week's bonus, Justin Roczniak of the Well There's Your Problem podcast joins the assembled cast of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice to discuss the formal and total shuttering of HyperLoop. Because it was never a real thing, but...
01.09.2024
Just One More Front ft. Seamus Malekafzali
Alice and Riley talk with Seamus Malekafzali about Israel’s ever-expanding war with Palestine, and the ramifications on its neighbours near and far. If you want to read Seamus' work, check out his newsletter here: https://www.seamus-malekafzali.com/ If you want access to our Patreon...
01.08.2024
*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: Australian Spider-Man feat. Tom Walker and Demi Lardner
It's all riffs and no theme. It's Tom Walker and Demi Lardner of the bigsofttitty.png podcast and many other venues joining us to discuss z-grade robot toys, counterfeit Spider-Man, reinterpreting Goatse for the modern age, and much more. We hope...
01.03.2024
Honk If You’re Honu feat. Dr Gareth Fearn
This week’s episode is the first free one of 2024 and was recorded before the new year; it features Riley, Milo, and Alice discussing the UK government’s attempts to make schools officially practice cruelty to trans kids as a matter...
12.26.2023
*UNLOCKED* Trashfuture Live - The Nadine Dorries Book (RIP Riley’s Tummy)
In this unlocked bonus episode, Alice, Milo, Nate and Hussein are once again LIVE at Between The Bridges, sadly without Riley because Nadine Dorries' book destroyed his gastrointestinal system. However, undeterred, Alice read the book and her stomach was made...
12.24.2023
*PREVIEW* Woslam’s Reverse Hierarchy of Needs feat. Mattie Lubchansky
Woslam’s Reverse Hierarchy of Needs feat. Mattie Lubchansky It's the last regular episode of the year and we've brought on friend of the show and premium points member Mattie Lubchansky to discuss...well, a lot of things: Adam Neumann's new sensitive landlord...
12.20.2023
*PREVIEW* Britainology 75: Love Actually (2003)
For this month's first Britainology, Nate and Milo discuss the now-timeless 2003 Richard Curtis film LOVE ACTUALLY, and what it says about Britain. Milo loves it, Nate's wife loves it, Nate is lukewarm on it but it did make him...
12.19.2023
The Ackman-aniacs
We revisit our old pal Bill Ackman, who was one of Wall Street's most notorious activist investors, to become the SPAC king, to finally settling into his new role as a billionaire culture warrior. Also, we discuss the suspension of...
12.15.2023
*PREVIEW* L’histoire de Melody McClurg
For this week's bonus, it's full-court press of useless tech: reactionaries' trying and failing to turn Elon Musk's ultra gen X large language model transphobic; Wes Streeting getting dazzled by an app in Singapore, and a surveillance tech company riding...
12.12.2023
National Gooning Database
The gang talks about the upward spiral of xenophobia that the UK's moderates think they can keep riding to stay in power - the Rwanda Bill, new immigration restrictions, and so on, before moving onto the new Online Safety Bill...
12.07.2023
PREVIEW: The Ballad of George and Tommy
We meet a bevy of new Guys using strategic litigation to undo the United States federal regulatory system. This one is a "preserved in amber" 2011 era Tea Party radio host! Also, we look at Israeli's AI and QR code...
12.05.2023
Dial M for Musk ft. Paris Marx
Paris Marx of Tech Won't Save Us joins the gang to delve into the past of Elon Musk to explain his present day fascinations and oddities. We all know about the Emerald Mine, but how many of us know about...
12.01.2023
PREVIEW:Trashfuture Live - The Nadine Dorries Book (RIP Riley’s Tummy)
Alice, Milo, Nate and Hussein are once again LIVE at Between The Bridges, sadly without Riley because Nadine Dorries' book destroyed his gastrointestinal system. However, undeterred, Alice read the book and her stomach was made of stronger stuff. Milo was...
11.28.2023
Waltz with The Sims
An social media marketing turned AI company was contracted by the UN to "solve the Israel/Palestine" conflict and it's as horrifically vapid as it sounds. Also, we check in on the Sad Sadiq's quest to keep The Sphere out of...
11.23.2023
PREVIEW: Chipping Norton’s Hardest Geezer
The gang talks about a startup designed to replace teachers with AI enabled iPads, the AI company that's concerned with building god experiencing a religious schism, and then congratulate Evil Steven Root on his historic Argentine election win. Then, we...
11.21.2023
Big Tesco Back Tattoo ft. Tom O’Mahony
Tom joins Riley, Alice, and Hussein to talk about how not even the tattooing industry is safe from the whims of AI-enabled tech disrupters, with hilarious (but troubling) results. But first, we talk about the ongoing quest in the UK...
11.20.2023
PREVIEW - Britainology 73: Britain’s All-Time Hardest Bastards
It's Dave Courtney in memoriam month on Britainology for November and as a result we have got two episodes for you, honouring the man himself by delving into the concept of the hard geezer. In this first of two episodes,...
11.16.2023
PREVIEW: Swine Wars - Return of the Porcin
Cameron's back, he's done bothering hogs, and ready to lead the United Kingdom into foreign policy greatness, probably by getting us involved in more pyramid schemes. Also, we look at the coked up home counties uncles who all poured into...
11.13.2023
Christmas Has Fallen ft. Josh Boerman
Josh Boerman from the Worst of All Possible Worlds joins the gang in studio to discuss the ongoing weird-ification of the Anglo American right, seen through the lens of a number of state-level elections in the US and the doubling...

What's TRASHFUTURE about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

TRASHFUTURE episodes:

Intercontinental Amuse-Bouche Barrage feat. Séamus Malekafzali

*PREVIEW* You Have Unlocked ‘Racist Lapel Pin’ feat. Molly White

The Devon Report feat. Kill James Bond

PREVIEW: And I Would Build 1.5 Miles ft. Shanti Singh

Britain is the Second Most Powerful Country in the World ft. Emiliano Mellino

PREVIEW: Assigned Mayor at Birth (ft. Mattie Lubchansky)

The Mesoamerican Bill Simmons Podcast ft. Patrick Wyman

Preview: It's Boever ft. Justin Roczniak

More Human After All ft. Brian Merchant

PREVIEW: Who Runs Gamertown? ft. Lin Codega

*PREVIEW* Britainology 81: George Galloway feat. Hussein Kesvani

Steamboat Milky: Trashfuture Live in London (13th March 2024)

*PREVIEW* Policy Proposal: Release a Minotaur Into Canary Wharf feat Dr Eleanor Janega

Bridgen the Gap feat. Annie Kelly

*PREVIEW* I'm The Opportunist That Stepped Up

The Land of Pure Imagination

*PREVIEW* Economic Phenomenology of the Woke Joker

National Tesco Big Brother Database

*PREVIEW* Wife Aum Shinrikyo: Bill Ackman’s Quest feat. Ed Zitron

Pissphoria feat. Abigail Thorn

*PREVIEW* Britainology 79: UK Garage feat. Dan Hancox

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: Skincare Edition feat. Alex Haddow

Manic Pixie Dream Paramedic

*PREVIEW* Plato’s Goon Cave feat. Paris Marx

Save Us, Swiss Spartans

*PREVIEW* Tradecraft in the Doha Panda Express

Information Flamewar-fare

*PREVIEW* Parallel Hooniverse feat. Dan McQuillan

As A Large Language Howitzer,

*PREVIEW* Britainology 77: Save Our XL Bullies feat. Hussein Kesvani

Things Can Only Get Sensible

*PREVIEW* 700 Miles an Hour Into Your Ass feat. Justin Roczniak

Just One More Front ft. Seamus Malekafzali

*PREVIEW* Balthasar Speedboat: Australian Spider-Man feat. Tom Walker and Demi Lardner

Honk If You’re Honu feat. Dr Gareth Fearn

*UNLOCKED* Trashfuture Live - The Nadine Dorries Book (RIP Riley’s Tummy)

*PREVIEW* Woslam’s Reverse Hierarchy of Needs feat. Mattie Lubchansky

*PREVIEW* Britainology 75: Love Actually (2003)

The Ackman-aniacs

*PREVIEW* L’histoire de Melody McClurg

National Gooning Database

PREVIEW: The Ballad of George and Tommy

Dial M for Musk ft. Paris Marx

PREVIEW:Trashfuture Live - The Nadine Dorries Book (RIP Riley’s Tummy)

Waltz with The Sims

PREVIEW: Chipping Norton’s Hardest Geezer

Big Tesco Back Tattoo ft. Tom O’Mahony

PREVIEW - Britainology 73: Britain’s All-Time Hardest Bastards

PREVIEW: Swine Wars - Return of the Porcin

Christmas Has Fallen ft. Josh Boerman

PREVIEW You Have Unlocked ‘Racist Lapel Pin’ feat. Molly White

PREVIEW Britainology 81: George Galloway feat. Hussein Kesvani

PREVIEW Policy Proposal: Release a Minotaur Into Canary Wharf feat Dr Eleanor Janega

PREVIEW I'm The Opportunist That Stepped Up

PREVIEW Economic Phenomenology of the Woke Joker

PREVIEW Wife Aum Shinrikyo: Bill Ackman’s Quest feat. Ed Zitron

PREVIEW Britainology 79: UK Garage feat. Dan Hancox

PREVIEW Balthasar Speedboat: Skincare Edition feat. Alex Haddow

PREVIEW Plato’s Goon Cave feat. Paris Marx

PREVIEW Tradecraft in the Doha Panda Express

PREVIEW Parallel Hooniverse feat. Dan McQuillan

PREVIEW Britainology 77: Save Our XL Bullies feat. Hussein Kesvani

PREVIEW 700 Miles an Hour Into Your Ass feat. Justin Roczniak

PREVIEW Balthasar Speedboat: Australian Spider-Man feat. Tom Walker and Demi Lardner

UNLOCKED Trashfuture Live - The Nadine Dorries Book (RIP Riley’s Tummy)

PREVIEW Woslam’s Reverse Hierarchy of Needs feat. Mattie Lubchansky

PREVIEW Britainology 75: Love Actually (2003)

PREVIEW L’histoire de Melody McClurg