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Against Calculator Santa feat. James Meadway Jun 11, 2019

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It’s a bit of a smart episode (a dangerous idea). Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) speak with economist and returning guest James Meadway (@meadwaj) about the logic of socialist government in Britain versus the logic of Blairite neoliberalism. Did you know there’s a Cornish fishing village trying to crowdfund getting a GP? Did you know that Phillip Hammond denies that people in Britain live in poverty? We discuss all of this and more.

If you like this show, sign up to the Patreon and get a second free episode each week! You’ll also get access to our Discord server, where good opinions abound. https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture

*LIVE SHOW ALERT* On June 15, we’ll perform at Wolfson College Bar (Wolfson College, Cambridge CB3 9BB) in Cambridge. The show starts at 8:30 pm, so be there and be ready to hear about Gundams. Tickets are £8 for students and £10 for general admission: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/trashfuture-podcast/trashfuture-live-in-cambridge-15062019/

*COMEDY KLAXON*: Come to Milo’s regular comedy night on June 13 at The Sekforde (34 Sekforde Street London EC1R 0HA), This show also starts at 8 pm and features Milo himself and Ben Pope, with previews of their Edinburgh shows. Tickets are £5—sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-previews-ben-pope-and-milo-edwards-tickets-63000380835

If you want to buy one of our recent special-edition phone-cops shirt, shoot us an email at trashfuturepodcast[at]gmail[dot]com and we can post it to you. (£20 for non-patrons, £15 for patrons)

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*Preview* Islamic Republic of Seinfeld feat. Sina Rahmani Jun 04, 2019

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America desperately wants to go to war with Iran, so much that it's willing to engineer some extremely fake circumstances under which it can claim to be the victim of aggression. Why is that? Well, according to Bret Stephens, it's because they hate Ben Franklin, or something. To discuss this, we bring on Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist), host of the The East is a Podcast, and ask him why the US can't seem to stop broadcasting its war horniness.

If you want to hear the whole episode, subscribe to the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27222557

*COMEDY KLAXON*: Come to Milo’s regular comedy night on June 5 at The Sekforde (34 Sekforde Street London EC1R 0HA), This show also starts at 8 pm and features Alfie Brown and Mark Watson. Tickets are £5—sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-comedy-featuring-alfie-brown-tickets-61860825394

Ready Worker One Jun 04, 2019

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Listen up, you hogs: for those of you who missed the live show in London on May 30, please enjoy this recording. Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@HKesvani), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) are joined by special guest and TF original Charlie Palmer (@cfppalmer) for a night of apps for loan sharks, philanthropy for space villains, and a game of pong played against an electrified shelf. You’ll love it!

If you like this show, sign up to the Patreon and get a second free episode each week! You’ll also get access to our Discord server, where good opinions abound. https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture

Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously.

Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front

Give These Mugs a Thong-Slap feat. Andrew Law May 28, 2019

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Damn, it sure looks like Australia had its UK Labour in 2015 moment this past week, in which the centre-left party favoured to win has instead snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Why did the Coalition win? Why does Bill Shorten want to get rid of the weekend? Why does every Australian deserve a go? In this episode, Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@HKesvani), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Nate (@inthesedeserts) asked Australia expert Andrew Law (@IllyBocean) of the Boonta Vista podcast to explain it to us. We also discuss Theresa May’s resignation and much, much more.

If you like this show, sign up to the Patreon and get a second free episode each week! You’ll also get access to our Discord server, where good opinions abound. https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture

You should also support Boonta Vista on Patreon! They’re a great show and we extremely appreciate them: https://www.patreon.com/BoontaVista

*LIVE SHOW ALERT* We’ll be performing once again at the Star of Kings in Kings Cross (126 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 0AX) on Thursday, May 30 at 7:30 pm. Get your tickets here and return to the podcasting basement! https://www.tickettext.co.uk/trashfuture-podcast/trashfuture-live-30052019/

*ADDITIONAL LIVE SHOW ALERT* On June 15, we’ll perform at Wolfson College Bar (Wolfson College, Cambridge CB3 9BB) in Cambridge. The show starts at 8:30 pm, so be there and be ready to hear about Gundams. Tickets are £8 for students and £10 for general admission: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/trashfuture-podcast/trashfuture-live-in-cambridge-15062019/

Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously.

Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front

*Preview* Professor X’s School for Former Gifted Children May 27, 2019

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Did you know that, despite renting space in basically every building in the world, WeWork incinerates money and cannot ever turn a profit? Did you know that there's an IoT-connected chastity belt that locks your dick to your phone? So much and more is here for you to discover -- and in the preview of this week's bonus episode, you'll hear from the full gang of Riley, Milo, Hussein, Nate, and Alice.

If you like this episode, get the full thing on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/27081435

Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously.

Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front

Bossed in Space feat. Laurie Laybourn-Langton May 23, 2019

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It seems like we have limited choices for the future of humanity. On one hand, we could stop the endless, destructive growth cycle that will ruin our climate, but that might affect shareholders’ portfolios. We could also build hellish capitalism in space, according to Jeff Bezos. This week, Riley, Milo, Alice, and Olga met with IPPR Associate Fellow Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss our options. Turns out, capital doesn’t want us to choose the good one!

If you like this show, sign up to the Patreon and get a second free episode each week! You’ll also get access to our Discord server, where good opinions abound. https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture

Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously.

Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front

*Unlocked* Genghis Khan: Business Tycoon feat. Soweto Kinch May 21, 2019

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This week, we speak to jazz saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch (@sowetokinch) about big tech's attempts to steal creative idea-generation concepts and apply them to high-stress startup culture. We also talk about certified genius Roger Scruton, and Milo brings back his south-of-south-of-Louisiana accent. You will enjoy this.

If you like this episode, you can access it and dozens like it by subscribing to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture

*LIVE SHOW ALERT* We’ll be performing once again at the Star of Kings in Kings Cross (126 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 0AX) on Thursday, May 30 at 7:30 pm. Get your tickets here and return to the podcasting basement! It's £10 to see the show. https://www.tickettext.co.uk/trashfuture-podcast/trashfuture-live-30052019/

*COMEDY KLAXON*: On Thursday, May 23 at The Sekforde (34 Sekforde Street London EC1R 0HA), you can see friend of the show Olga Koch at another Smoke Comedy. The show starts at 8 pm and tickets are £5 -- get them here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-comedy-featuring-olga-koch-tickets-61150180837

Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously.

Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front

*Unlocked* Riley's Commie Book Club: Mark Fisher May 16, 2019

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It’s that time again: Riley sat down with a book, and now you have to hear him talk about it for an hour or so. This month, Riley read K-Punk, out now on Repeater Books. K-Punk collects the previously unpublished writing of British left cultural, political, and social critic Mark Fisher, who explored realism and imagination, future and memory, and the freedom to imagine better worlds.

If you like this episode, you can access it and dozens like it by subscribing to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture

*COMEDY KLAXON*: If you’re in Cambridge, come to Milo’s show tonight, May 14, at 11pm and hear all about Russia. It’s at the ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge CB5 8AS. https://www.adctheatre.com/whats-on/comedy/pindos-an-adventure-in-modern-russia/

Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously.

Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front

*Preview* President Jake Paul's Heated Moments feat. Chris Stokel-Walker May 15, 2019

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Everyone knows YouTube: the place where you can watch Peppa Pig get beheaded, watch crocodiles turn into chickens, learn about why earth is flat, and so much more. However, YouTube as a cultural phenomenon has created an entire new generation of public figures — a bunch of damn celebrities — and in a preview of this week's bonus, Hussein, Milo, and Nate speak with author Chris Stokel-Walker (@stokel) about his new book "YouTubers: How YouTube shook up TV and created a new generation of stars."

Access the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26713525

You can buy the book here: https://www.canburypress.com/store/p28/-YouTubers-book-by-Chris-Stokel-Walker.html

Also, this episode features a preview of a crossover feature on Nate's podcast What a Hell of a Way to Die: Riley and Nate discuss Warhammer 40k and why it has such cachet among weird internet reactionaries. Get it on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/hellofawaytodie/demon-guitar-solo-trumpism-feat-riley-quinn

Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously.

Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front

Robot Chores feat. James Vincent May 14, 2019

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Well, the Conservatives are at it again. Whether it’s Matt Hancock or Liz Truss or Rory Stewart, they’re out being dumb and unaware. But don’t worry, friends -- your reassembled gang of all original lads, Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@HKesvani), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) are here to tell you why the Instagram Tories are bad and untrustworthy.

This week, we’re joined in studio by James Vincent (@jjvincent), senior reporter for the Verge, on the topic of hellish developments in automation. Imagine if Capital could make robots driven by drone operators in countries without a minimum wage? And imagine those robots were meant to act like butlers? You can read about it in James’s article here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/9/18538020/home-robot-butler-telepresence-ugo-mira-robotics

Additionally, we reference an Astra Taylor article from Logic Magazine, which you can read here: https://logicmag.io/05-the-automation-charade/

If you like this show, sign up to the Patreon and get a second free episode each week! You’ll also get access to our Discord server, where good opinions abound. https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture

*PLEASE VOTE* Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards! Help us shake up the damn establishment by ruining everyone’s night: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote

Also: you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/, and what’s more, it’s mandatory if you want to be taken seriously.

Do you want a mug to hold your soup? Perhaps you want one with the Trashfuture logo, which is available here: https://teespring.com/what-if-phone-cops#pid=659&cid=102968&sid=front

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