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Schrödinger's Pervert feat. Becca Wilks

For this week's TF bonus, we're speaking with Welsh journalist Becca Wilks about the Welsh government's usage of automatic facial recognition, the privacy nightmare it creates, and their frankly bo...

NOW FREE - Left on Read: Master and Commander

We've unlocked our discussion of Master and Commander to the free tier, and we've unlocked the sequel, Post Captain, to the $5 tier... so check them out, and if you like them, you can check out the...

UNLOCKED! Left on Read - Post Captain

We've unlocked our discussion of Post Captain, the second in the Aubery Maturin series, to the $5 dollar tier, so you can check it out. If you like this, check out the next instalment - HMS Surpris...

Left on Read: HMS Surprise!

Riley and Nova have once again read a Patrick O'Brian novel and the main thing about the two of them is that they love Patrick O'Brian novels. HMS Surprise feels like the work of a more developed a...

Britainology 85: Celebrity SAS—Who Dares Wins

For this month's first Britainology, we've watched the season of the military-themed and emphatically strange UK reality TV show "Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins," featuring....Matt Hancock. It's exa...

Farage Bonking Fanfic

It's the free one!

For this week’s free one, we’ve Riley, Milo, and November discussing the Reform manifesto, which reads like a handful of Volk-centered social democ...

The Reverse Kennedy feat. Ciarán Dold

For this week's bonus, we're talking EU elections and weird European politics with Corner Späti's Ciarán Dold. Learn about Ursula Von Der Leyen's anti-wolf vendetta, Cypriot Mr. Beast somehow get...

Montessori Arms Company feat. Priyanka Raval

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For this week’s free one, we’re talking about a Thiel-funded startup to invent future guns that is apparently run by a 9-year-old. We’re also talking...

Another Something is Possible feat. Ettingermentum

For this week's bonus, we're joined by US politics observer Josh (@ettingermentum), who runs the Ettingermentum newsletter. We'r...

All That Is South Melts Into Park ft. Josh Boerman

Josh (@Boshj) from The Worst of All Possible Worlds joins the gang to discuss the Humane AI Pin's latest new feature (gets really hot), L...

The Half Lives of Others

We continue to follow the election with stony faced horror, as the decision is put to the country: “which group of sociopathic bigots do you want to be in charge of pushing the nuclear button, wh...

Fire Sale at the Accountability Store feat. Dan Davies

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For this week’s free episode, we’re joined by returning guest and author Dan Davies, whose recent book “The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Sys...

Britainology 84: Fred Dibnah (feat. Gareth Dennis)

For this month's second Britainology, we brought on friend of the show Gareth Dennis to talk about Fred Dibnah, a man out of time. We watched the 1979 BBC short film FRED DIBNAH, STEEPLEJACK and re...

American Herstory X feat. Jathan Sadowski

Jathan Sadowski of This Machine Kills podcast joins the gang to talk about the “new” generation of AI models announced by Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and others - all of which seem to want to im...

Shrimp Jesus the Redeemer feat. Jason Koebler

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The cast joins guest Jason Koebler of 404 Media to discuss the recent downward spiral of Facebook, a platform currently being destroyed by AI and a total l...

Blood Boy Jail Island

For this week's bonus, it's Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November discussing the recent news about ICC arrest warrants (and US/UK politicians statements about wanting to bomb the Netherlands as a resu...

Britainology 83: Sexy Beast (2000)

For this month's first Britainology, we examine an unambiguously good (and strange) British crime film: Jonathan Glazer's 2000 debut SEXY BEAST. Why is the film so atmospheric and detached? Why is ...

Two Scoops and a Bread Basket feat. Hesse Deni

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Hesse from Seeking Derangements and Movie Mindset joins the gang to watch Scoop - the story behind the news night interview that blew up the Prince Andrew ...

Britainology 82: 42 Up (1998)

Sorry for the belated episode!

This is the make-up $10 Britainology that was supposed to come out in April, in which we continue our deep-dive into Michael Apted's UP series....

Live, Laugh, Lars feat. Rob Smith

Friend of the show and Financial Times journalist Rob Smith joins us to discuss Euro finance guys. Why are they so louche and strange? Why are they just sort of hanging around connecting people? Wh...

TF Live at the Edinburgh Fringe

Hello gang,

We're very excited to announce that we will be back at Monkey Barrel during the Fringe this year on Wednesday 14th August for another late night show.

Tickets are on sale...

TF Edinburgh Fringe Show - Discount for $10+ Patrons

Hello gang,

We're very excited to announce that we will be back at Monkey Barrel during the Fringe this year on Wednesday 14th August for another late night show.

A very limited numb...

The City Is Poised for ‘Bromley Hitler’

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For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November discussing London local elections, the UK media’s reactions to pro-P...

The 2023 Direct-to-Netflix Kevin Hart Vehicle ‘Lift’

The gang watched Lift, a movie where Kevin Hart plays a gentleman thief who lives in the Battersea Sky Pool building. Also, it contains the line: “I paid my $22m… I want my NFT.”

Gear Shift in Bio feat. Victoria Scott

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For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Hussein, and November with special guest and friend of the show Victoria Scott (2024-05-08 00:11:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Forced Reevesification feat. Gareth Dennis

We're joined by top tier friend of the show Gareth Dennis (@GarethDennis) of the Rail Natter YouTube channel to discuss 'Gre...

Left on Read: The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuściński

November and Riley have read another book - a piece of highly fictionalised reportage on the collapse of the Ethiopian Empire in 1974. It's a book about court politics, political theatre, and state...

Wearable Joe Biden Simulator LED Consent Light

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For this week’s free episode, it’s Riley, Hussein, and November discussing some interesting UK politics news regarding a little-known political ent...

A heartfelt note to our $10/month subscribers

Hello everyone,

Nate here, and I'm reaching out to apologize for the delay on this month's second Britainology. As you may have heard from recent episodes, Milo is both still in Oceania and a...

Set Your Broken Bones with Mindfulness

For this week's bonus, Riley, Hussein, and November discuss some recent UK news where one of Britain's most tendentious morons has been trying to claim that the Met Police are in cahoots with Hamas...