This week, we've got friend of the show Tom Walker in from Australia to talk about Neom, our beautiful exemplar of a future city that will definitely get built. We also, however, have to talk about...
2022-07-27 23:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
The Forde Report is out and has landed with all the impact of a feather in the febrile British media space. We discuss being right, what’s wrong, and wha...
2022-07-25 19:50:13 +0000 UTC View PostEdited with corrected links
Hi everyone, just a quick announcement: our live show at the Edinburgh Fringe is now on sale here: 2022-07-22 11:39:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Sociologist of Toryness Phil Burton Cartledge (@philbc3) rejoins the gang to discuss the leadership election, and what the curren...
2022-07-21 12:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
Paris Marx from Tech Won’t Save Us joins Riley and Alice to discuss the Uber Files - a trove of documents confirming Uber was doing what we were alleging...
2022-07-18 19:50:40 +0000 UTC View PostNow unlocked to the $5 tier!
For this month's second Britainology, Milo makes Nate watch season 1, episode 1 of the Channel 4 teen comedy/drama 'Skins.' Nicholas Hoult is in ...
2022-07-18 13:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostGizmodo’s Shoshana Wodinsky joins the gang to discuss how the digital surveillance panopticon created to sell, among other things, AI generated t shirts, is also now a crucial tool in the states ...
2022-07-13 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
This is the day Boris Johnson finally became Prime Minister.
2022-07-11 22:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostFor this month's first Britainology, Milo subjected Nate to the early-2000s hit sketch comedy show 'Little Britain,' the brainchild of Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Has it aged well? No. But was i...
2022-07-08 19:41:54 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we examine Tony Blair's bizarre Future of Britain Conference and its obvious hang-ups: austerity and--you guessed it--ID cards. The man simply will not quit. Hope you enjoy!
2022-07-06 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
We continue to follow the incipient strike wave in Britain now spreading to other industries, and think about how the veil between ourselves and a more liv...
2022-07-04 21:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostRebecca Wilks returns to the podcast to talk about Wales, the international arms trade, and creating the refugees you proclaim to welcome. Also, a reading from Neom and a startup!
Please chec...
2022-06-29 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostNow unlocked to the $5 tier!
For this month's premium Britainology, we discuss the show Love Island. Neither of us are Love Island watchers so we're coming into this as neoph...
2022-06-29 15:55:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
Rail Natter's Gareth Dennis joins the gang to discuss the RMT's strike action. We look at what made striking necessary, what striking does for everyone (no...
2022-06-27 21:39:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis month we've spoken with friend of the show and knower of medieval history Dr Eleanor Janega (@GoingMedieval) on the to...
2022-06-23 21:48:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang talks to Ben Tarnoff about his book “Internet for the People,” which looks at the present miserable state of the internet “as public utility,” and how it can be made better. But fi...
2022-06-22 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
This week, Riley, Milo, Nate, and Alice react to new developments from UK politics (it’s wedge week!) and the crypto world, where discussions are taking ...
2022-06-20 21:43:32 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Riley, Milo, and Alice speak with FT reporter and author Dan McCrum (@FD) about his forthcoming book 'Money Men: A Hot Star...
2022-06-15 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostRiley is out this week, and in his stead we’ve convened a special episode of Trashfuture featuring Milo, Hussein, Nate, and Alice on the topic of a failing ‘AI’ startup called Nate. Yes, it...
2022-06-13 22:25:50 +0000 UTC View PostIn this special edition of Britainology, Nate and Milo traveled to BBC2 Studios to interview the man himself, Jeremy Vine, in order to discuss how he keeps a straight face when asked to arbitrate q...
2022-06-09 18:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back with pure riffs and no topic, and we're joined by Joel, Joel, and Jackson from the popular Australian podcast Plumbing the Death Star. We recorded this back in March and now it's out. Pl...
2022-06-08 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one! And it's out very early!
This week, Riley, Hussein, Nate and Alice discuss the cost-of-living crisis in Britain as seen through trade periodicals for groce...
2022-06-02 13:10:41 +0000 UTC View PostPlease enjoy this live recording of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Nate performing at Bristol Transformed early last month. We discuss a new, twee advancement in bossware, plus a deep dive into some of ...
2022-06-01 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends, we have heard your questions and provided answers. Milo was out due to illness, but the rest of us covered down as best we could.
Here's the chicken recipe Nate mentioned on th...
2022-06-01 11:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post(Audio issues should be fixed!)
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The gang looks at the ossified politics of Britain, now unable to conceive of responding to a once-i...
2022-05-30 20:37:21 +0000 UTC View PostThat's right, we convinced the band to get back together. We helped them resurrect at least one of the deceased members. And we recorded a bootleg when they performed at the Sekforde Arms in London...
2022-05-29 21:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello beloved TF hogs. We are looking to assemble a Q&A episode for the end of the month and would love your questions. Doing voice recordings is a bit time-consuming, so please post them here ...
2022-05-27 10:23:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we're joined by auto journalist Victoria Scott (@mikurubaeahina) about new developments in automotive surveilla...
2022-05-25 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the free one!
Paris Marx of Tech Won’t Save Us and the author of Road to Nowhere talks to us for PART ONE of our two-part series on driverless cars, which we have titl...
2022-05-23 18:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostWe recorded a live Britainology in London earlier this month and brought on special guest Juliet Jacques (and regular guest Riley) to discuss British sex scandals past: the Profumo Affair, Keith Va...
2022-05-20 17:11:32 +0000 UTC View Post