The Bottlemen

Riley, Dan, and Liv all got nickel poisoning from our deep dive into Pierre Poilievre's long, strange history on youtube. Come for the giant novelty nickel, stay for the giant novelty penny. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dab...

In case you didn't know, there's an election coming up in the very heart of Downtown Canada. Jacobin magazine contributor and Michael and Us co-host Luke Savage joins Riley and Dan to discuss the state of play in Ontario politics, a reflection on th...

Will Menaker rejoins Dan and Riley to enjoy yet another film set in the "Toronto Standing In For Detroit" cinematic universe... the inexplicable, Canadian-made Robocop TV show that aired for twenty one glorious episodes in the 1990s. Check out...

It's a rare all-in-person Bottlemen episode! Dan and Riley are in the trashfuture podcast studio with Milo and Nate to talk about some Canadian goings-on, but mostly to recount our trip to the British Museum where we were hoping to touch the mummies...

We've talked a lot about the information environment in the West, as it pertains to support for the War and its uncomplicated nature. Yasha and Evgenia of The Russians podcast join Riley and Dan to talk about the other side of that information enviro...

Jess Green returns to discuss Canada's new budget with Dan and Riley, with a special focus on the climate plans. We're taking the carbon, and we're putting it underground, folks! Down below the planet's crust it will surely only bother Morlocks, and ...

Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury joins Riley and Arcade Fire's and Wolf Parade's and Operators' and Handsome Furs' Dan Boeckner to discuss their holiday in the irradiated wastes of the American South West, the worst bar in St. Louis, and what happens whe...

It's coming! The NDP and Liberal parties have decided to work together to achieve a social settlement beyond our wildest dreams, including what appears to be plans for full employment based on an endless profusion of exploratory committees. Ge...

Dan and Riley appeared on a bonus episode of Riley's other podcast to talk about a very strange movie made by a local council in 1960's Scotland - Cumbernauld Hit! Normal service resuming this week, thank you for your patience! If you're not a TF pat...

Alex Scaggs of Barrons joins Dan and Riley to discuss the sanctions being levelled on Russia. What do they entail? How will they work in practice? What the fuck is SWIFT? Also, we look at - and are entirely unsurprised by - which NATO finance minist...