*PREVIEW* Gandalf, Take Me to Number 10

We've unlocked a bonus episode from earlier in the year to publish this week, and we hope your holidays are great. One more thing... we get Gregk Foley from the brand new Bloodwork Podcast on to talk ...

31 Des 202558min

We round out the year by looking at a conspiracy at the BBC (?), some A.I. usage statistics, and then look at another of Britain’s great national shames. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing ...

23 Des 20251h 1min

Gareth is back! We’re talking (supersonic) planes, (cancelled) trains, and the most exciting new business opportunity arriving at the desks of the 500-700 most powerful people in the world… courtesy o...

19 Des 202510min

Patrick Wyman, host of the new Past Lives podcast, joins us to talk about the one ancient civilisational collapse we haven’t talked about in depth: the western Roman Empire. What does it mean to live ...

16 Des 20251h 2min

It’s the episode about the major media consolidation of 2025 - Paramount and Netflix are competing to feed on the corpse of Warner Bros… what’re they competing for? Why do these companies keep eating ...

12 Des 202510min

We talk at length about Nigel Farage’s callow youth and flirtation with far right racial politics that has, for some reason, put the commentariat into a state of shock. Also, crucial Orb updates. Get ...

9 Des 202558min

Dan Boeckner’s back to discuss the ongoing march of AI through the music industry, and whether or not companies like Suno really do “democratise creativity.” Also, we look at U.K. institutions segrega...

5 Des 202510min

Ed Campbell has ventured deep into the dark heart of British Bitcoin enthusiasm to bring us dispatches from the front lines of the battle against the state… and also a cryptocurrency themed marmalade ...

2 Des 20251h 11min