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Nightmares and jokes in the darkness: My favourite podcasts of 2025

You know, they’re almost exactly the same as last year. Which makes for a short blog post, and some self-reflection. Reading what I wrote in 2024, I was right to predict that the QAA podcast would be essential listening in our new and worse era of Trump. What I – and they – couldn’t have Read more

December 24, 2025

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Diary, podcast, politics

Bad Hasbara, best podcasts of 2025, Ill Conceived, podcasts
Sanity balm on the edge of disaster: my favourite podcasts of 2024

Podcasts are not just for Christmas. The favourites I listed back in 2022 I still listen to. Naturally, over the years I have formed intense parasocial relationships with the hosts, whose faces I imagine so perfectly I never wish to see what they actually look like. I still recommend each and every one, though Trashfuture Read more

December 26, 2024

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America, art, Diary, podcast

Bad Hasbara, Best podcasts of 2024, comedy, Favourite podcasts of 2024, Israel, propaganda, QAnon Anonymous, Worst of all Possible Worlds
Ace Doctor Who Podcast Episode 26: Rogue

A silly episode with a crap Captain Jack, but there was still plenty to enjoy in Rogue, the sixth episode of whatever number they have given to this latest Doctor Who series. Paul’s off to Glastonbury for work; when he’s back, we will record a bumper episode to discuss the season finale! Read more

June 26, 2024

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Ace Doctor Who Podcast, Diary, podcast

Ace, Ace Doctor Who Podcast, Doctor Who, podcast
Ace Doctor Who Podcast Episode 25: 73 Yards & Dot and Bubble

A couple of pretty extraordinary Doctor Who episodes, all told. It was an honour to discuss them with my erudite co-hosts, Paul and Kamal. Read more

June 12, 2024

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Ace Doctor Who Podcast, Diary, podcast

73 Yards, Ace, Ace Doctor Who Podcast, Doctor Who, Dot and Bubble, podcast, Russell T Davies
The Daleks In Colour, as reviewed by People of Colour (and a ginger guy)

Lana Del Ray is being performatively heartbroken in my ears, my train is trundling to the coast, and it’s time for the last blog post before Christmas. For I am a fireman and my blog is the firebox on an obsolete steam train. Please enjoy this very special episode of the Ace Doctor Who podcast, Read more

December 24, 2023

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Ace Doctor Who Podcast, Diary, podcast

Ace Doctor Who Podcast, Daleks in Colour, Doctor Who
The Ace Doctor Who Podcast Returns

I’m very happy to say we’ve brought our Who podcast back, and parachuted in a third host to boot. Welcome, Kamal! We reviewed The Star Beast, first of the 60th anniversary specials, and will have more episodes to come. Please return to us, o listeners, I promise we are still good podcast company. Here is Read more

November 28, 2023

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Ace Doctor Who Podcast, Diary, podcast

Ace Doctor Who, Ace Doctor Who Podcast, Catherine Tate, David Tennant, Doctor Who, podcast, review, The Ace Doctor Who Podcast, The Star Beast
REVIEW: The Greatest Generation Share Your Embarrassment Tour, King’s Place, London

Note: the below review was written for the Morning Star newspaper. I’m not sure they’re using it, so it can live here instead. Before the internet turned into the dystopia of corporations mining human rage for money, it was 98% Star Trek fans talking about Star Trek. Or so it felt, in the far-off days Read more

September 12, 2023

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Diary, Films, podcast

London, podcasts, Reviews, Star Trek, Star Trek: TOS, The Embarrassment Tour, The Greatest Generation
Trashfuture (live podcast recording in London)

This review first appeared in the Morning Star newspaper I am in the only room left in Britain where the mention of Matt Hancock gets a cheer. I’m not at a masochistic Tory fringe event, or at the disastrous former minister’s birthday party. Instead, I’m at a sold out live recording of a left wing Read more

February 23, 2023

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Diary, podcast, Reviews

Nish Kumar, podcast, trashfuture
Laughing at the tipping point of disaster: My top 10 podcasts of 2022

I listen to too many podcasts. I listen to podcasts about political theory to sleep. I listen to cricket podcasts to do the dishes. I walk to the rhythm of tech overlord defenestration. Like many others, I worry that podcast information retention is much lower than with reading. How many of the terrible things I Read more

December 25, 2022

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Diary, podcast

alexi sayle, railnatter, reel politik, Tech Won’t Save Us, trashfuture, well there’s your problem
Suburb on the Edge of Forever

I’ve been throwing out #content in various directions lately, but have been neglecting my blog, so here I am writing a post to remind myself of all the stuff I’ve been doing and to try and push me to write something every day, no matter how dry and dreary. Which seems like a strange thing Read more

April 28, 2021

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Diary, Next Level Sketch, podcast

comedy, London, Next Level Sketch, podcast, Suburb on the Edge of Forever