TRASHFUTURE Podcast
1) *UNLOCKED* The Banana Ball Shuffle feat. Lauren Walker
We're unlocking a bonus episode this week due to every possible scheduling conflict happening at the same time! Lauren from Batting Around joins Riley, Nova, and Hussein to talk sports - what’s Banana...Show More
2) *PREVIEW* Backwash Economics feat. Ed Zitron
Friend of the show Ed Zitron returns to discuss some of the recent developments in AI "profitability," or rather the fact that, while the economy doesn't hinge on AI in any meaningful way, the capital...Show More
3) I Identify As the Straits of Hormuz Being Open feat. Séamus Malekafzali
Friend of the show and returning guest Séamus Malekafzali joins us to discuss Events in West Asia, specifically as regards Israel’s ground invasion of southern Lebanon, and Trump’s seeming gestures to...Show More
4) *PREVIEW* Play-Doh's Symposium feat. Brian Merchant
In this week's bonus episode, friend of the show Brian Merchant joins Riley, Hussein, and Nate to discuss an ed-tech security firm selling digital hall passes for anti-vaping counterinsurgency. We als...Show More
5) The Tetsuo Economy feat. Wendy Liu
We get our SF billboard specialist and recovered startup person Wendy Liu in to talk about the newest scandal rocking Silicon Valley: a company that can only be described as Theranos for Compliance. G...Show More
6) *PREVIEW* Lord Item feat. Gareth Dennis
Gareth joins us to discuss new developments in UK transit, specifically outside of London, that look... promising? And not terrible? But we also have to check in with other old friends: the ones who'r...Show More
7) *UNLOCKED* Scaffold to Heaven
Riley has been driven insane by a… company hinging on a single Australian man that appears to be bamboozling the British State with complex financial chicanery, and now you all have to hear the story ...Show More
8) Dire Straits feat. Josef Burton
Josef joins us again to discuss the ongoing disaster in the Persian Gulf, and the crumbling not only of the facade of imperial legitimacy but imperial omnipotence. Also, we look at a startup that coul...Show More
9) *PREVIEW* Scaffold to Heaven
Riley has been driven insane by a… company hinging on a single Australian man that appears to be bamboozling the British State with complex financial chicanery, and now you all have to hear the story ...Show More
10) Into the Bariverse feat. Josh Boerman
Josh is back to talk about his specialist subject - media consolidation by the Ellisons! But we also look at a possible upcoming energy price crunch (at time of recording anyway) and assess how prepar...Show More