TRASHFUTURE

Merry Christmas you filthy animals - we were going to release this episode, including its excellent interview with AI journalist and labour activist James Vincent (@jjvincent), after Christmas, but decided to blow our loads early. Riley (@raaleh) Abi (@AbiWilks) Pierre (@pierrenovellie) and Milo (@milo_edwards) are joined by James to talk about Wyatt Koch, the billionaire failson that is the crown jewel the new industrial strategy of America after its tax bill, why Twitter's internal metrics make it such a Nazi friendly platform, and Elon Musk's dumb as fuck plan to replace all public transit with personal underground tunnels. In the second half, we turn over to James to talk about why AI superintelligence is a red herring - and the real problem is (drumroll) CAPITALISM! xoxo Riley

Happy Trashmas from Riley (@raaleh) Milo (@milo_edwards) and Hussein (@HKesvani), joined by HRTBPS (@hrtbps). We listen to traditional carols from from the Jake Paul hymnal, Litmas, we exchange crystal nootropic room spray from Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP, and look into the holiday cheer that is Nigel Farage's life in shambles post-Brexit. Riley ponders the merits of Maoist Third Worldism, Posadism, or good old fashioned Accelerationism to eradicate the decadent West. Like, follow, and subscribe to our dumb asses. Love Riley xoxo

LATE WEEK BONUS EPISODE We talk to Ooabah Butler (@Oobahs) about how he gamed Tripadvisor to get his fake restaurant into the number one spot, and the determined weirdos still trying to get reservations. Then the most funny thing that has ever happened on our show happens. We also go into a dumb product (extra dumb) and Oobah's newest project, building a sex robot "for the many." On this episode we have Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@milo_edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), with Olga Koch (@rocknrolga) sitting in for Abi (@AbiWilks) and Oobah Butler (@Oobahs). Like, follow, and subscribe my loves! And give us a retweet if you think this episode bangs - it really helps! xoxo Riley

It's the spookiest season of all... the Boo-lidays. No guest this week - Riley (@raaleh), Abi (@AbiWilks), Milo (@milo_edwards), and Hussein (@HKesvani) talk about inspirational business dullards, how pictures of cats on the ethereum blockchain cost $100,000 and burn holes in our ozone layer while making like two tech dipshits rich for no reason, John Rentoul's circumscribed vocabulary, silicon valley seeding its dork parties with attractive women, and online journalism's continued descent into hell world. We also talk about getting so mad online, you go super saiyin (in this case, interpreted as grousing about Estonian folklore) Somebody buy us a damn crypto kitty Anyway like follow and subscribe to make us happy

The first episode featuring the fifth robot lion of our dumb internet Voltron! Journalist Abi Wilkinson (@AbiWilks) arrives as a guest and then is hoodwinked into leaving as a full time host because Hussein does the Get Out hypnosis on her. We (Riley, Hussein, Alex, Milo, and Abi) talk about a dumb round up of internet greivances including the killer jaegerbomb of Praljak, Twitter's ongoing difficulty with Nazis, and the weird generational greivances of Independent editor Sean O'Grady, who thinks millenials are famously too rich for our own good. The second half starts with a bizarre product, and then quickly transitions into a more serious discussion of the failures of Universal Credit and of the exterminist policies of right wing governments more generally. Come see us for a live recording at Alex's show at the Star of Kings on January 9th! Love, Riley

Jack (@coplandresident) and Laura (@thisgeordielass) from Reel Politik (@reelpolitcast) "tighten their control" over the TRASHFUTURE airwaves, having an EXTREMELY late night and not-very-lucid call with Riley (@raaleh) and Milo (@milo_edwards). We talk about the cryptocurrency boom and the company described as "uber for buses using blockchain to disrupt tipping" (lol), have general Russia banter, and then cities ritually humiliating themselves for Amazon to come rim their house prices. We also have some very timely Mark Thatcher takes. Like and follow and subscribe! Love, Riley xoxo

MINISODE ALERT! The era of bad audio is over, but I've managed to salvage one other clip we did a while ago on net neutrality to tide you over until we release a new full episode (in this, the new good audio era) tomorrow. Alex Kealy (@alexkealy) sat down with Riley (@Raaleh), Milo (@milo_edwards), and Hussein (@HKesvani) to talk net neutrality, and the convo is so dang scintillating, Nikki (@NikkiS4) - mental health advocate and relationship advice columnist - jumped in with takes out the grill. Full chaos episode with Reel Politik arriving tomorrow! Like, subscribe, follow, and all that fun stuff xoxo Riley

AUDIO WARNING. Riley (@Raaleh) fucked up royal and the entire episode recorded on the native laptop mic, rather than the very good mixer... so this is a rough, ready, TRASHFUTURE LO FI EDITION for your listening (dis)pleasure. I promise it'll be fixed up next week, as I'll have fired myself as producer. The boys (including @Milo_Edwards and @HKesvani) are joined by guest host Olga Koch (@rocknrolga) to speak with journalist and Wales expert Elena Cresci (@elenacresci) about dumb internet shit - including Zoella's expensive advent calendar, a fan-submitted dumb app, and work out how we'll finally save our dang down payments. Hussein talks at length about Sausage Roll Jesus. Like, subscribe, follow, do whatever you're supposed to with stuff you like! And sorry again about the audio! Love Riley xoxo

It's a TRASHFUTURE/Reel Politik mash up bonus weekend episode, as Jack Frayne-Reid (@coplandresident) calls up Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@HKesvani) on Skype to chat bollocks about music, discuss the implications of James Bridle's great Medium post on Youtube Kids weirdness, and intelligence analyst Eric Garland's disturbing new revelations about Russia in the context of the recent wave of crime and corruption in elite circles. An incredibly hung over Milo Edwards (@milo_edwards) hops on the call later on and stays as long as he can hold his head upright. Reel Politik (@reel_politcast) is a great podcast we all listen to regularly here on the TRASHFUTURE, and if you're not listening then you're a goofy. While you're at it, follow us on twitter (@trashfuturepod). We recorded this episode entirely on Skype, and something is a little tinny with Riley's audio (soz!) James Bridle's post is here, and worth a read if you haven't already: https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2

Milo (@milo_edwards) and Riley (@raaleh), with Alex Kealy (@alexkealy) subbing in for Hussein (@HKesvani) and Charlie (@cfppalmer)... talk to Maya Kosoff (@mekosoff), tech features writer for Vanity Fair! She was sent a wifi coffee cup called Ember that comes with a charging coaster you're not allowed to get wet... So it was immediately clear to everyone she had to come on. We also talk Tiffany "Everyday Objects," Facebook's interest in our nudes, and Twitter's interest in Nazis. Like, subscribe, share!