TRASHFUTURE

It’s that time of year again: the leaves are changing colour and there’s a new centrist ‘solution’ (or, rather, investment vehicle) to the problems of both the news and politics. On this week’s Trashfuture podcast, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) spoke with @michaeljswalker  from @novaramedia about the ‘slow-news’ platform Tortoise and Chuka Umunna’s new centre-right think-tank gig. You can catch Michael’s show TyskySour (and a number of other excellent Novara videos) here: https://novaramedia.com/category/video/ Mark your calendars: on October 30, we’re doing a live show in London. Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trashfuture-live-halloween-spooktacular-tickets-51361920888 Also, remember that your favourite moron lads have a Patreon now. You too can support us here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture/overview Don’t forget that you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/. Get whichever slogan you want, but get the damn shirts!

Please enjoy a preview of this week's bonus: Riley's Commie Book Club, reviewing Chantal Mouffe's "For a Left Populism. Why are we constantly told that the status quo — i.e. neoliberal market economics  — is the natural order? Why does the centre hate socialism more than fascism? Why is it a bad thing that socialism might leave the absolute wealthiest on the planet worse off than they are in our current gilded age? And why do they want to live in orbiting space stations? Listen to this episode to answer all these questions, and more. For the full episode, sign up to the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/22206760 Also remember that your dissent isn't real unless it's commodified with a shirt from Lil' Comrade: https://www.lilcomrade.com/  

On this week’s Trashfuture podcast, Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani) spoke with Kimberley McIntosh (@mcintosh_kim), policy officer at the Runnymede Trust, and Patrick Monahan (@pattymo), comedian and cohost of What a Time to Be Alive, about some topics close to our hearts: the insane writings of the next Tory candidate for London Mayor, Shaun Bailey. We also touch on our favourite topics: the absurd products of our current bad gilded age. Kimberley wrote a great article in the Guardian about Bailey, which you can read here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/11/shaun-bailey-offensive-comments-london-mayor-candidate You can listen to Patrick’s podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/whatatimepod Also, remember that your favourite moron lads have a Patreon now. You too can support us here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture/overview Don’t forget that you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/. Get whichever slogan you want, but get the damn shirts!

We've just completed party conference season, and to wrap up the important events in all of them (or at least the ones we care about), the Trash lads brought on Simon Childs (@simonchilds13), home affairs editor for Vice UK. In this preview of a bonus episode availalbe on our Patreon, you'll get to hear all about the Tory party conference (and its app malfunction), the UKIP conference in which Full Sharia was proposed and -- of course -- this year's Labour conference. If you're a Patreon subscriber, you can listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/2018-party-feat-22062643 Buy a damn shirt from Lil' Comrade and commodify your dissent: https://www.lilcomrade.com

We’re having a blast in the Caliphate of Tower Hamlets. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani) and Nate (@inthesedeserts) met with Hasan Piker (@hasanthehun) from the Young Turks and discussed the important things in life: gaming, posting, and why Trashfuture villain Elon Musk may actually be the platonic ideal of a life lived online. We also held a quick conversation with Trevor Strunk (@Hegelbon) to discuss his recent article about Fortnite, how it relates to scarcity, and why a lot of dads wonder what the hell it even is:  https://theoutline.com/post/6325/fortnite-logic-of-scarcity?zd=1&zi=mm7zhkdo Also, remember that your favourite moron lads have a Patreon now. You too can support us here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture/overview Don’t forget that you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/. Get whichever slogan you want, but get the damn shirts!

Well, here it is. You've been promised this for ages and now you're getting it: a discussion on techno as praxis. But, it's not as lame as that might sound, because Riley speaks with musician and producer Aloiso Wilmoth ( @HE_VALENCIA) about the history of techno, its DIY ethos, its Midwest American roots, and how's it's been repackaged and sold as EDM. You can find Aloiso's music on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/he_valencian This episode originally appeared as a bonus for our Patreon subscribers. If you're interested in more TF episodes each week, sign up on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/21916656 Don’t forget that you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/ — support our comrade's business and get some extremely soft gear.

On this week's bonus episode preview, we're joined by Jack Frayne-Reid (@frayne_jack)from the Reel Politik Podcastto discuss Our Meltiest MP's recent sad letter to the Guardian. We cover Labour's lack of broad-churchiness and there variety of ways in which the Blairite faction has become politically irrelevant (save for the pages of every stupid newspaper in Britain). If you want to hear the full epsiode, sign up on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/21916656 Don’t forget that you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/ — support our comrade's business and get some extremely soft gear.

It’s been a big seven days for Trashfuture: we moved in to our new basement office in East London for starters, and this week Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Nate (@inthesedeserts) sat down with Alex Kapranos @alkapranos) and Bob Hardy (@B0bHardy) from Franz Ferdinand (a band you might have heard of) to discuss streaming’s effect on artists, why they believe in the welfare state, the dangerous effects of austerity on creative arts, and -- of course -- some discussion of our favourite billionaire idiots. A huge thank you to Bob and Alex for being such gracious and patient guests, considering this is easily one of the worst podcasts ever to exist. If you’re as big of a Franz Ferdinand fan as us, you should definitely buy their new album ‘Always Ascending’ directly from Domino Records: https://franzferdinand.dominomart.com/ Also, remember that your favourite moron lads have a Patreon now. You too can support us here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture/overview Don’t forget that you can commodify your dissent with a t-shirt from http://www.lilcomrade.com/. You can also purchase useful kitchen implements from our socialist cookware sponsor, Vremi (https://vremi.com/).

Please enjoy a short preview of this week's bonus episode from Riley. You've been promised this for ages and now you're getting it: a discussion on techno as praxis. But, it's not as lame as that might sound, because Riley speaks with musician and producer Aloiso Wilmoth (@HE_VALENCIA) about the history of techno, its DIY ethos, its Midwest American roots, and how's it's been repackaged and sold as EDM. You can find Aloiso's music on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/he_valencian If you want the full episode, subscribe on the Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture

As you may have recently heard, we've launched a Patreon and will release new content each week for our subscribers. Last week, we sat down with former Jeremy Corbyn spokesman and friend of the show Matt Zarb-Cousin (@mattzarb ). Once you subscribe, you'll have access to the full interview, and much more (far too much, we promise). The Patreon is available here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture And you can link directly to this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-youre-pee-in-21596019