Horseplay feat. Nathan Ma
Did you know that Riley's hometown newspaper is run by horse people? Did you know that there's a Code Pink-style group that stalks people who work at the Seattle Zoo's elephant enclosure? Did you know that Fiverr wants to drive down your wages but also want to make you feel empowered? Did you know that the Telegraph has found a way to get mad about black people in Bond films? Yes. It's all true. Enjoy this bonus episode with freelance writer and editor Nathan Ma (@nthnashma), and rejoice in the smartness of this world.
*LIVE SHOW ALERT* We’ll be performing at the Birmingham Transformed festival on 8th August. Details to come in the next few weeks. If you’re in the West Midlands, come down to Brum for a night of delightful soup jokes. Get tickets here! https://ti.to/birmingham-transformed/birmingham-transformed-2019
*OTHER LIVE SHOW ALERT* Come see Trashfuture live at the Edinburgh Fringe! We’ll perform on August 10th at 21.30. The venue is Venue 277, PQA Venues @Riddle's Court, Edinburgh EH1 2PG. Tickets are £11.50 and there are a ton of discounts available. Get them here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/trashfuture-live-at-the-fringe
*SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* Guess who’s going to play live at The World Transformed in Brighton this September? That’s right, your favourite podcast lads. Buy a ticket here: http://theworldtransformed.org
If you want to buy one of our recent special-edition phone-cops shirt, shoot us an email at trashfuturepodcast[at]gmail[dot]com and we can post it to you. (£20 for non-patrons, £15 for patrons)
Comments (4)
Lily Tomlin was on TV in 70s and she was out and proud, and a longtime civil rights and lgbtq rights advocate. She was the one who invited Richard Pryor to the Hollywood Bowl benefit to shut down California’s 1977 anti-gay ballot proposition. And that is where Richard Pryor went on his famous and remarkably incisive tirade condemning liberal celebrities for their baked on, caked on racism and their lack of real solidarity. The way you footnote Tomlin in this episode is useful to people who like to claim that white women in the 60s and 70s never used their privilege to amplify marginalized voices.
just got a commercial for fiverr (my country is fashionably late) so it is time to listen to this episode
“How’s the future?” Bad, thanks for asking.
@44:55 Riley introducing an article with "... or maybe you're listening to back episodes, in which case HI what's it like in the future?" -- DUDE, you would eat your socks!!! I'm about 10 months ahead, and clearly the multiverse keeps branching into more and more bizarre versions. I've been listening to this ancient episode in the quiet enjoyment of your blissful innocence about global pandemics, total lockdown, and that crap...