TRASHFUTURE

Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village is a 1966 book by academic William Hinton, documenting the experience of one particularly poor Chinese village of early efforts at land reform...

12 Maj 20238min

Without the guidance of their fearless leader Riley, the gang - joined by Josh Boerman of The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast (http://worstpossible.world/) - are swept up in a monarchist fervour....

11 Maj 20239min

Nick Adams, writer on such shows as BoJack Horseman, New Girl, Tuca and Bertie (and others!), takes some time off the WGA picket lines to talk to us about writing as a profession, how studios have con...

9 Maj 20231h 9min

Riley, Milo (now returned from holiday), Alice, and special guest David Banks (author of The City Authentic, out now on University of California Press) get into the relationship between real estate ca...

4 Maj 202311min

We've unlocked our discussion with Quinn Slobodian about his book, Crack Up Capitalism, which explores the creation of a thousand mini Hong Kongs around the world and the right wing nut jobs that love...

2 Maj 20231h 3min

Riley, Hussein, and Nate look at the collision course between a rentier economy with a shrinking set of (allegedly) productive activities to support it… and realise the podcast has become de facto ill...

1 Maj 20231h 10min

This week, we've brought on friend of the show Mattie Lubchansky to discuss a whole slew of New York content. We do a close read of a frankly bonkers speech that Mayor Eric Adams gave at a Nowruz cele...

28 Apr 202310min

This week, Riley, Milo, and Alice speak with friend of the show Molly White (@molly0xFFF) about a recent presentation from Andreesen Horowitz in which they predict… a much rosier 2023 for crypto, Web ...

24 Apr 20231h 6min