Best TRASHFUTURE Podcasts (2025)

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The Parasocial Bookie feat. Emiliano Mellino 1:01:03

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Emiliano Mellino joins us in the middle of a riff about how we should be able to kinetically engage swans with lethal force to talk about how the employment tribunal system in the U.K. is fundamentally broken. Before that, we review the death of Neom and a16z’s newest innovation in the field of American Dynamism: more addictive gambling! Check out …

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PREVIEW: The Derek Zoolander Economic Institute For Kids Who Can't Maintain Currency Value Good ft. Ezequiel Bistoletti 10:21

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A few old friends stop by - Palmer Luckey, Shaun Maguire, and Eight Sleep... then we take a deep dive into the mind of the Irreverent Troop MP who loves Flags and is Serious About Flags and The Boats, Mike Tapp. Then in the second half, Riley is joined by Ezequiel Bistoletti - professor at the University of Buenos Aires and host of the YouTube seri…

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The Day After The Day After Tomorrow ft. Séamus Malekafzali 1:15:11

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Séamus - now host of the Turbulence podcast about the post-American imperial age - joins us to talk about the ceasefire in Gaza that wasn't, as well as the whole-of-government effort to rehabilitate football hooliganism. Also, we look at a fun new way to get carbon dioxide into your body. Check out Séamus's new show - https://turbulencepod.substack…

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PREVIEW Ingest Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way 10:04

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Riley, Nova, and Hussein chug some down some heavy metals, talk about rare earths, ChatGPT’s OTHER other detour into porn (before curing cancer), and the slow death of neoliberalism. Then, Wired does some crucial journalism: talking to Cybertruck owners who all need to find polite ways of saying they have a “getting yelled at” fetish. Get the whole…

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Lock, Stock, and One Infinite Wheel of Suffering feat. Adam Becker 55:42

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Astrophysicist Adam Becker joins us in this pre-recorded episode to talk about the ongoing billionaire space race and the material limits of the ideology of infinite growth that underpins it. Also, we send a pitch out into the universe to Guy Ritchie for a great new character. Check out MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER here! Get more TF episodes each week b…

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PREVIEW Norwood Team Six ft. Eleanor Penny 10:12

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Eleanor Penny rejoins us to talk about the government and media class’s ongoing cynicism in suppressing and criminalising any expression of Palestinian solidarity. We also read an article that - let’s say - got everyone in something of a Tilly. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here: https://www.miloedw…

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Socialism with Ponzi Characteristics ft. Grace Mausser and Álvaro López 1:02:46

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It's the free one! Riley speaks with DSA members Grace and Alvaro about the long years and efforts the organisation put in to secure Zohran Mamdani the democratic nomination for NY mayor… apparently it’s more than just TikToks! But first, we revisit an old, old friend and look at a shiny new piece of hardware. Check out the Mamdani campaign site he…

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PREVIEW National Boulder Association ft. Jeremy Kaplowitz and Alex Ptak 10:01

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Jeremy and Alex from the Quorators join us to talk about the oncoming AI slop deluge, the epidemic of boulder violence against glass bridges, and then we deal with some U.K. themed quoras. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), M…

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You Have Selected You, Meaning Me ft. Archie Woodrow 1:12:33

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Archie has been following the ups and downs of Your Party, and gives us the inside story on where it all went wrong organisationally. Then, we read another article about AI intruding into people’s lives and making them horribly uncanny. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here:…

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PREVIEW The Deloitte Jihad Float 10:13

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Move over Deloitte Pride Float - there’s a new brand of liberalism in town! Ahmed al-Sharaa, erstwhile leader of HTS, now promoting Syria as a global investment destination, sits down with his old sporting rival David Petraeus. What’s six years of imprisonment between friends? Also, we talk about the recognition of Palestine and who “gets” to be a …

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Let’s Delve Off The Bridge Together feat. Brian Merchant 55:01

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Brian Merchant, of Blood in the Machine, joins us to talk about his new series, AI Took My Job. It includes stories from not just artists and translators, but tech workers, healthcare workers, and even suicide counsellors. But before that, we decide that in the bleakness of the day we could all use a moment of TF season one whimsy, and talk about a…

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PREVIEW Witless for the Prosecution 10:04

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The world’s most regular man takes the stand in his own defence and proceeds to… utterly waste the court’s time arguing about pronouns. Also, we talk about the ongoing collapse of civil liberties on both sides of the Atlantic, and consider what it means when the leaders of both major parties in the UK simply seem to not want their jobs very much. G…

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Dewey, Prosecutem, and Howe feat. Paul Heron 1:22:37

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A wasting disease has struck TF! The survivors, Riley and Hussein, are joined by Mattie Lubchansky who is bravely subbing in for the fallen, to discuss Trump’s state visit to the UK, the ongoing right wing cancellation march that’s spreading around the world, and then a whimsical new AI device whose main feature is that it hates you. Then, Riley ta…

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PREVIEW Burger Skelter ft. Juniper Sternbach 10:11

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We booked this recording with June from Kill the Computer and Ill Conceived to talk about something else, and were then overtaken by events like three times. We talk about the Epstein Book, political violence, the likely Partygating of Keir Starmer… but otherwise I guess it was kind of a slow news week. Get the whole episode on Patreon here. *MILO …

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Battle of the Bosh ft. Screen Rot 1:08:05

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Jake and Jacob from Screen Rot join us to talk about the two men who post videos of themselves saying “bosh,” and why everyone in Britain (and elsewhere?) seems keen to project their politics onto these men. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! TF Merch is still available here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates …

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PREVIEW Son of Sam Altman ft. Ed Zitron 10:29

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Ed Zitron returns to talk about the AI bubble, market concentration, and popular backlash. We also look ahead at what would happen when the AI bubble begins to pop. Check out Ed's work here! Get the whole episode on Patreon here! MILO ALERT: Check out Milo's upcoming live shows here! MERCH ALERT TF Merch is still available here! Trashfuture are: Ri…

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The Vibe Wrought Soul 1:02:41

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We talk about a pair of startups that aim to replace the entirety of human interiority using a pair of glasses and a smartphone. Also, we discuss the Labour frontbench’s ever escalating flag habit, and the concerns for what this means at a time of rising threat towards refugees. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! TF …

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PREVIEW The Century of American Playsets feat. Nathan Tankus 10:43

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Trump’s touching the money! Nathan Tankus, the Fed whisperer, returns to talk about the political economy of dying empire, specifically as it relates to some of its more important (if somewhat… evil…) institutions. Also, we talk about the ongoing assault on the mental health of vulnerable people by chatbots. Check out Nathan's writing here! Get the…

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ShrinerCo Construction LLC feat. Mattie Lubchansky 1:05:21

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Mattie from No Gods No Mayors subs in for Nova, and we talk about what it’s like when politicians lead from the left versus right… and we discuss Eric Adams, the bag of chips, and the city’s partnership with the Citizen App. Finally, we look at the updated prospects for Trojena to host the 2029 Asian winter games and come up with some creative engi…

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PREVIEW Love Minnection ft. Victoria Scott 10:30

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Auto journalist Victoria Scott joins us to discuss a question that’s been on Riley’s mind for a while… why is the American auto industry “like that”? Also, we discuss a hot new company called Minnect that we’re all excited to jump ship for right away. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! TF Merch is still available here! Trashfuture are: Riley (@…

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UnfAir KKKanada feat. Luke Savage 1:00:36

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Luke Savage drops by to talk to Riley and Nova about the KKKanadian Government’s efforts to stymie industrial action by Air KKKanada flight attendants, and how it’s emblematic of his broader lurch to the right, which we also discuss. We end by discussing everyone in Britain’s new favourite holiday… Flag Day! Get more TF episodes each week by subscr…

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PREVIEW: The Devon Report 2: Fight For Your Right to YourParty ft. Devon 10:01

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Riley's away this week, so Nova is in charge of the bonus and welcomes Kill James Bond's very own Devon to the show to discuss - among other things - continued rulings from the EHRC making it more difficult to be trans in the United Kingdom... and then the phenomenon of people getting into relationships with ChatGPT. Check it out on Patreon - https…

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Nan Eleven 1:01:02

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It’s all true - the nans were planning up to forty Nine-Elevens. We talk about the wave of (largely) pensioner arrests this weekend and what it means for civil liberties, the homelessness minister doing a landlord whoopsie, and then we read an article about what it’s like to be gentrified out of your neighbourhood as a 0.1%er. Get more TF episodes …

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PREVIEW Woke Reform Rides Again 10:21

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Due to illness and absence we have convened an unusual cast configuration of Riley, Hussein, and Nate, in which we discuss recent allegations that the Reform UK party is "woke" because they're not transphobic enough somehow. We also discuss a Bloomberg article about the right-wing sealed biosphere that produced one of the DOGE tweens. Sorry this is…

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CSI: Bedford 1:00:04

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We do a full rundown of the reactions to the online safety bill across the political spectrum, belatedly discuss the Epstein revelations, and learn about a new Guy who has decided to become the Duke of Bedford. Plus, never trust a man with a tube amplifier. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! Trashfuture are: Riley (@…