Podcasting is Praxis

Happy new year one and all! We're back in 2023 and rather than start with Britain we thought we'd ease into it and talk with Friend of the Pod Josh Sawyer, Studio Director at Obsidian Entertainment and Game Director and Narrative Director for the recently released game Pentiment. We talk about the inspiration for the game, the role of (bad) history and storytelling in videogames, and more! Spoiler warning for the last third of the pod - You get a heads up. Pentiment is a narrative adventure game set in 16th century Bavaria where you play as artist Andreas Maler, who investigates the murder of two of his friends over a number of years, with the whole game spanning a 25 year period. Get it here while it's hot, and also on your Xbox gamepass, Steam and other places. Pod Cast: Rob, Jamie, James, Alasdair Very Special Guest Josh Sawyer Get the patreon for even more content! Streaming occurences Get Hot Merch

In this episode of Black Thoughts, James gives an anarchist's perspective on what it means to be a man, and reflects on the relationship between gender and the structure of society we live in. What does the perspective of the anarchist left have to offer men? With thanks to Carolyn and Gareth for early feedback. Editing by Alex Music by RJD2 (@rjd2), used with permission.

It's part 2 of the awards show! hellsite: @praxiscast sub for bonus content: patreon.com/praxiscast we stream sometimes: twitch.tv/praxiscast buy a shirt: praxiscast.teemill.com

We welcome Sinan back for their second cultural committee (books aren't culture, shut up) as we discuss some Turkish prestige dramas, one of which is possibly the most fun a cop show has ever been? Huge if true. Listen to peace at home: https://peaceathome.podbean.com/ Subscribe to our excellent patreon: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Cast: Emperor Cop David - https://twitter.com/sanitarynaptime Themperor Cop Sinan - https://twitter.com/TheSinanKose Emperor Traffic Warden Alasdair - https://twitter.com/ballistari Imperial Scribe Jamie - https://twitter.com/dudliestwarrior

It's christmas, so we talked about the best and worst entries in the John McClane Cinematic Universe Get the full episode by joining our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Happy holidays!

We went way over time with recording this episode to the point of being able to give you two full episodes for the price of one (the price is free, but the cost to our wellbeing was incalculable) Part 2 will follow in the new year, with a cultural committee in the interim alongside a premium episode which you can get on our Patreon! http://patreon.com/praxiscast Keep an eye out on the twitch channel as we'll have a few streams running over the holidays! http://twitch.tv/praxiscast There's also new merch coming very soon at http://praxiscast.teemill.com so check it out! Cast David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Alasdair - @Ballistari James - @anarchonbury Jamie - @dudliestwarrior In the spirit of the war on christmas, which is very real and we're all a vanguard of, Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings from all of us and thank you for another year of supporting us despite us being extremely bad at this.

Would you like power to be closer to you? Do you like economic clusters? Are you a wannabe councillor with some mates who have a bad business plan? Are you a nation or region? Welcome to New Britain - it's safer here. We're joined by Phil Burton-Cartledge to talk about the big new Labour thinkpaper on devolution and constitutional reform. It's better than Levelling Up, but not by much ... Buy Phil's book Falling Down: The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain Read Phil's blog! All That Is Solid ... Give yourself the gift of Patreon Pod Give yourself the gift of pod merch (now featuring hoodies) Pod Cast: David, Rob, Jamie, James, Alasdair Very Special Guest: Phil Burton-Cartledge

Join us as we talk about the prosperous future awaiting various endeavours in the tech sector, which is run by very clever people who are all good at their jobs. Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/PraxisCast Watch us on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Subcribe to us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Emergency special guest: Jordan - https://twitter.com/PostieJordan Cast: David - https://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime James - https://twitter.com/anarchonbury Jamie - https://twitter.com/crimebeavis

This week comes to you not-quite-live from the vault! Join us as we talk a lil' bit of Brexit and Ireland (remember when that was important?) but we spend most of it talking about the efficiently run, privatised service that is army recruitment. Capita, our partners in pacifism. (Also Rob was dialing in from the US so his audio is less hot) Want to experience more like this? JOIN THE PATREON TODAY! David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Jamie - @Crimebeavis James - @anarchonbury Alasdair - @ballistari

"The problem with Conservative governments failing is that it's never been done properly." - Rob Why do governments fail? We don't know and neither does this prick. To hear the full episode, subscribe to our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast

Would you like to hear all about Starmer as told through the filter of a Murdoch rag? I hope not, because we rapidly skip over this to talk about more strike action before Rob guides us all on a tour through the miserable pains of rail privatisation and how this wretch of a system persists. Premium Episodes! http://patreon.com/praxiscast Follow us @Praxiscast Check out our streams (Thursday around 7pm) at twitch.tv/praxiscast Cast: David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Alasdair - @Ballistari James - @anarchonbury Jamie - @crimebeavis

We're putting a couple of very smol beans under the microscope this week with the assistance of Lilah; rampantly successful and definitely not falling over BritishVolt, the car battery maker neither you or your car manufacturer has heard of, and the cooked psyche of the journalist class as the only platform that lends them any undue respect is dying a little. Follow us @Praxiscast Join the Patreon for just £5 a month! patreon.com/praxiscast Merch! Hoodies now in stock! praxiscast.teemill.com We sometimes play video games badly too! twitch.tv/praxiscast Cast: David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Alasdair - @Ballistari Jamie - @crimebeavis Special Guest Lilah - @leechwaifu / twitch.tv/leechwaifu

It's part one of a matinee double bill of alien invasion movies from pod favourite Roland Emmerich. David and Jamie are joined by Chloe, Matt and Jordan from Comradio to discuss Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence and the incredible quality gulf separating them. Check out part 2 over on https://comradiopodcast.podbean.com/ Cast: David - https://twitter.com/sanitarynaptime Jamie - https://twitter.com/crimebeavis Chloe - https://twitter.com/ComradeChoppy Matt - https://twitter.com/TheMattWain Jordan - https://twitter.com/PostieJordan

We kick off Season 4 in style with Very Special Guest Juliet Jacques; we’ve got interesting new uses for crypto rigs, restyle BBC comedy, and then check in the new state of the UK. No, you’re not sitting at the grownups table. Also CoC is back… Cast: Rob - https://twitter.com/CountRthe Alasdair - https://twitter.com/ballistari Jamie - https://twitter.com/crimebeavis Temporal David - https://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Special Guest Juliet Jacques is too sensible for twitter but buy her book here: https://www.influxpress.com/variations

While the cats are away, the mice will invite their mate over to crack open a cold one and read some truly terrible articles from deeply stupid publications. But first, some entirely outdated commentary on the political shambles that is our deeply Normal Island. Featuring Sinan Kose - without a book for once! Cast: Undercoat Sinan - https://twitter.com/TheSinanKose Two Coats James - https://twitter.com/anarchonbury Three Coats Alasdair - https://twitter.com/ballistari No Coat Jamie - https://twitter.com/crimebeavis

In situations of chaos there are fortunes to be made. No, not the chaos of Westminster, but a simpler time when the aggression of houses nearly ended the world of men. Join us for this timely Cultural Committee, wherein we take a look at Rob's favourite movie...

Typical: you wait months for a Black Thought, and then two come along at once. In this fifth episode of Black Thoughts James goes on a self-indulgent reverie of nostalgia, remembering the good old days when they first began to realise that Britain had a problem with looking backwards. Editing by Jamie (https://twitter.com/CrimeBeavis) Music by RJD2 (https://twitter.com/rjd2), used with permission.

After an even longer wait, in this fourth episode of Black Thoughts James dives into a discussion of the politics of language, and how political wars are waged on the left using politicised language - and genuinely good desires - for individual gain. Content warning: this episode features mention of suicide and problematic language. In particular, ableist language is directly discussed. This episode makes reference to the essay "Exiting the Vampire Castle" by the late Mark Fisher, first published in The North Star in 2013 and since republished on Open Democracy here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/. Editing by Jamie (https://twitter.com/CrimeBeavis) Music by RJD2 (https://twitter.com/rjd2), used with permission.

Our Pod Dad David has left us alone with Rob, who has brought out the hit board game UK Pensions Finance to entertain us on his custody episode. Join us as we investigate what has maybe, perhaps, if you squint, being going on in the realm of imaginary numbers lately. Cast: Low Yield Rob - @CountRThe Variable Rate of Return James - @anarchonbury Unsound Investment Alasdair - @Ballistari Put It All On Red Jamie - @crimebeavis

A preview of September's bonus episode, wherein we discuss a very sensible article by a very reasonable journalist. To hear the full episode, subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Cast: Sensible David - https://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Reasonable Rob - https://twitter.com/CountRThe Sound Jamie - https://twitter.com/crimebeavis Serious James - https://twitter.com/anarchonbury

Following the success of talking about a thing that Jamie likes in Tinker Tailor, we decided to engage with another of his beloved IPs and it was Not Good. Join us as we suffer through the rare Olyphant L and some Rupert Friend disaster that is the Hitman Duology.

We re-enter reality (for what it's worth) and brought along Eleanor for the ride! We talk about the UCU and UNISON strikes in higher education, the platinum-plus freeports our new government has in store for us, and the sadness in one man's eyes as he still can't get laid simply for being a Tory. Get more Eleanor in your life! Follow us on birdsite Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! Get our merch! Check out the streams! Pod Cast: David @SanitaryNaptime Rob @CountRthe Alasdair @Ballistari James @Anarchonbury Jamie @crimebeavis Very Special Guest Dr. Eleanor Janega

Pop quiz, hotshot! Are you British enough to spot the real hysterical going-ons since the death of the maj from the fake? It turns out we're mostly done with all that anyway, so why not become a long-termist instead; forget about inequality and climate change, and join robohumanity in the cosmos! Every day we wait we kill hypothetical many billions ... Follow us on birdsite Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! Get our merch! Check out the streams! Pod Cast: David Abaddon @SanitaryNaptime Rob Aximand @CountRthe Alasdair Torgaddon @Ballistari James Loken @Anarchonbury Jamie Sejanus

Released just before the whole UK got Very Normal, we've got Jordan on to talk about the CWU strike at the Royal Mail - it's a familiar tale of stupid neoliberal ideas applied to a natural monopoly. So up the workers! Also featuring the Truss goverment response to the energy crisis, central bank economics, and Not That Prince of Wales. Support strike funds like RMT or UCU. Listen to Comradio with Jordan, and Peace at Home (good music!). Subscribe to us on patreon - https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch us on twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy us on shirts - https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Pod Cast: Rob Jamie Alasdair Very Special Guest Jordan

Join the After Dark Team™ as they learn Moon Facts™ from a Very Reputable Source™ Follow us on twitter - https://twitter.com/PraxisCast Subscribe to us on patreon - https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch us on twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy us on shirts - https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Cast: Tom Hanks - https://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Bill Paxton - https://twitter.com/anarchonbury Kevin Bacon - https://twitter.com/leechwaifu Gary Sinise - https://twitter.com/drknifegunmd

In which we once again up the workers in every sector (going) on strike, discuss the very real advent of self-driving cars on UK streets in the next two years, and there's real practical thinking about how the poor are going to pay for energy this winter. Also, it's the Last Days of Boris so we look at what it meant, if anything, and where we're heading to next. Good places, one assumes. Follow us on birdsite Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! Get our merch! Check out the streams! Pod Cast: David Rob Jamie James Alasdair

Never let it be said that this podcast isn't for all of the people, as we check out some of the most immiserating things in the country, from food loans and collapsing childcare, to school fees and theme holidays. There's something for everyone, even a wall! Follow us https://twitter.com/Praxiscast Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! http://patreon.com/praxiscast Get our merch! http://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Check out the streams! http://twitch.tv/praxiscast Listen to Peace At Home (with music by Jordan) http://twitter.com/PeaceAtHomePod Cast: OMAD David - https://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Keto James - https://twitter.com/anarchonbury 16/8 Jamie - https://twitter.com/drknifegunmd Small Plates - https://twitter.com/CountRthe

In which a team of chainsmoking podcasters gathers in a pleasantly orange and brown room, however one of us might be a secret Trot. But who?!? And also we talk about an actually good movie we watched. Come join us on the Patreon for bonus episodes, discord, all that good stuff. The more join, the more bonus episodes we'll end up doing! Pod Cast: [REDACTED]

Once again we dragged Sinan back to review some of the UK's finest literature; this time high-octane political thriller about tax rebates on dividends paid to pension funds. Yes, that's right: we've read Robert Peston's The Whistleblower, a story of a man so addicted to the scoops he's forced to drink champagne with lobbyists. Pod Cast: David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Jamie - @anxietycowboy Alasdair - @Ballistari James - @anarchonbury Very Special Guest Sinan Kose, also go listen to Peace at Home - featuring Jamie and music by Jordan.

Join us in the moist zone as we talk about pipe, courtesy of the UK's no. 1 efficient privatised market and the water companies that love it.

Our committee culturally watches the latest slab of hot dross from Netflix. Cast: David - @sanitarynaptime James - @anarchonbury Rob - @countrthe Jamie - @drknifegunmd

Wherein we establish that extreme politics are directly tied to high testosterone and oestrogen, and therefore it's our moral imperative to reverse-vampire the elderly to usher in glorious Communism. Cast: David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRThe James - @anarchonbury Alasdair - @Ballistari Jamie - @[playing taps as the sun goes down on yet another account]

In our second Praxiscast interview we talk to Hannah Webb, practising criminal barrister and co-chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, about the ongoing strike by barristers in the criminal courts, the pressure and hideously low pay faced by (young) barristers, and what the decade-long cut to legal funding has done to your chances of getting a fair trial with a court staff that's had a good night's sleep for once ... Please note that there will be no regular Thursday episode this week because recording on a Tuesday during max heat madness is not something we are prepared to do, nor something you'd want to listen to. So accept this instead. Support the Green and Black Cross if you can - it's more and more likely you'll need them one day! Pod Cast: Very Special Guest Hannah Webb Rob @CountRthe David @SanitaryNaptime

As we enter hot strike summer, the pod goes into full heat madness as we discuss the different idiot options for our next tory overlord and check in on those hardest done by in society: owners of big castles. Also Comment or Commentariat makes its return! Check us out on patreon: http://patreon.com/praxiscast Check us out on twitch: http://twitch.tv/praxiscast Check out our merch while you're at it: http://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us @Praxiscast Pod Cast: David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Jamie - @anxietycowboy Alasdair - @Ballistari James - @anarchonbury

What if a bunch of tech nerds got all hepped up on crypto and Ayn Rand and decided to build the city from Bioshock but on land because they're already wet enough? Find out in this week's exciting episode. Cast: Ehohuh David - @SanitaryNaptime EHohuh Rob - @CountRThe EhOHuh Alasdair - @Ballistari EhohUH James - @anarchonbury EHOHUH Jamie - @AnxietyCowboy

It's book time once again, and in a timely fashion, it's about scotpol, albeit through the kaleidoscopic lens of reality divorce. Join us as Rob and Sinan take us kicking and screaming on a well catered trip to the Gulag Caledonia, a place that even the combined psychic power of the Daily Express comments section wouldn't be able to fathom. Catch Sinan (and Jamie {and friend of the pod Ben [and music, by Jordan]}) on Peace at Home @PeaceAtHomePod and http://twitch.tv/SKtheCrusader Donate to the RMT Strike Fund: https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/national-dispute-fund/ (Other Strike Funds are available and are just as cool and good) Check us out on patreon: http://patreon.com/praxiscast Check us out on twitch: http://twitch.tv/praxiscast Check out our merch while you're at it: http://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us @Praxiscast Cast David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Alasdair - @Ballistari Jamie - @anxietycowboy Special Guest Sinan - @TheSinanKose

We're joined by the It's Movie Time Baby crew (Sarah and Connor) as we discuss the flaming wreckage that is modern media literacy and the epidemic of youtube dipshits who are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore about women in the various Stars War. To get the full episode (and every other bonus episode we've ever done), subscribe to us at http://patreon.com/praxiscast for just £5 a month! Cast: Connor - @owwmypeepeehurt Sarah - @hikikonormie David - @sanitarynaptime Jamie - @anxietycowboy

We're back with more Election's Eve self care for James and this time it's not about piss guys. To get the full episode (and every other bonus episode we've ever done), subscribe to us at http://patreon.com/praxiscast for just £5 a month! Cast: OK Computer James - @anarchonbury Bad Computer Lilah - @leechwaifu Worse Computer Jamie - @anxietycowboy Check Out Lord Fauntleroy With His Working Computer David - @sanitarynaptime

On this episode of the Mick Lynch Academy of Public Relations Podcast, we bask in the tears of the many factions of crying melts, flustered journalists, and ever more worried societal betters, over the RMT strikes, and a loooooong list of other potential strikes coming to an industry near you! Not only that, but have you ever wondered why the buses are just about the worst kind of public transport experience you could possibly have? Rob tells us why, as we journey back to when time began: Thatcherism. Got some spare cash and want to support the RMT strike? https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/national-dispute-fund/ Check us out on patreon: http://patreon.com/praxiscast Check us out on twitch: http://twitch.tv/praxiscast Check out our merch while you're at it: http://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Cast: David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Alasdair - @Ballistari James - @anarchonbury Jamie - @anxietycowboy

After a brief catchup with the Most Exciting Man in UK Politics, we read a truly incredible tale of how the CIA came to hire and then deeply regret hiring the worst human being alive, and also how they're good at passwords. David couldn't handle the truth this week, so we brought in Friend of the Pod Jordan, from Comradio! Check out Comradio with Jordan and other Friends of Pod Get more episodes on our Patreon! Follow us on Twitter! Watch us on Twitch! Pod Cast: Rob - @CountRthe Jamie - @anxietycowboy Alasdair - @Ballistari James - @anarchonbury Very Special Guest Jordan - @JordanHartley89

Everyone is (mostly) here! Swiftly sidestepping the flagshagging of the past weekend, we take a look at the state of people pretending novelty sized credit cards for the country are real, the half baked but still dangerous secretive court hearings around the Sarah Everard Vigil arrests, a fun new free*** to play game and our main topic of, what if we did the 2008 crash again but dumber and less people were getting rich over it? Follow us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/praxiscast for bonus episodes and discord access! Buy our shirts! http://praxiscast.teemil.com Check out our thursday evening streams from half 7 ish at http://twitch.tv/praxiscast Cast David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Alasdair - @Ballistari James - @anarchonbury Jamie - @anxietycowboy

We watched Jamie's Food Revolution, an absolutely terrible show where righteous saviour of the poor and hungry and relatable cockney geezer, James Trevor Oliver MBE OSI, travels to West Virginia in the good old US of A to tell everyone that letting your kid eat McNuggets is tantamount to negligent homicide. Pod Crew: Rob - @countrthe David - @sanitarynaptime Jamie - @anxietycowboy

We're all here! Rob dialled in from the US to make this episode happen, making this probably our most ambitious episode yet. I can still say that without worry because it's an incredibly low bar to clear and will probably remain as such. Since Rob's been off having fun and other intolerable things like that, we give him a crash course in the discourse of beergate, before he counter attacks with the state of Army Recruitment (it's bad, which means it's good).

Rob's back so you're all invited to dive head-first into the empty concrete pool of Wes Streeting Thought, right after a detour through the absolute shambles that is "partygate" (not a gate) and a new tourist attraction in the North. Also we reinvent bin collection. Join us on the Patreon for a measly 5 quid Pod Cast David - @SanitaryNaptime Rob - @CountRthe Jamie - @anxietycowboy James - @anarchonbury

This is last week's episode, we just didn’t get it out then, but it’s here now! As we waited for Rob to return from his transatlantic journey the remainder of us visited the miseries of electrocops (volunteer wing), the extended meltdown of Jordan Peterson, the cursed soul of eternal Blairism, and the unhinged ramblings of the paper that the money is supposed to listen to. This week's actual episode will follow shortly!

Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was a pod undreamed of. Warriors, stout and true: Conan the Barbarian - @sanitarynaptime Conan the Librarian - @anarchonbury Conan the Blurbarian - @anxietycowboy Infidels: Conan the Farbarian - @countrthe Cronk the Unavailable - @ballistari

Last week James was going insane with stress over the upcoming elections. We had planned to take a holiday, but in an act of solidarity, David, Jamie, and special guest Lilah joined them for an unplanned episode. [Gently caress] you. New merch dropping today on https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Subscribe for more golden content today at https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Cast: Golden Brown David - @SanitaryNaptime Textured Like Sun Jamie - @AnxietyCowboy Lays Me Down James - @Anarchonbury With My Mind She Runs Lilah - @leechwaifu🔪 Edit: Throughout the Night Alex

French elections, Musk buying Twitter, asking aliens to knock on our door... it's all a bit much really. Join us as we take a journey of escapism to a time depressingly now in a place tragically nearby. To get the full episode (and every other bonus episode we've ever done), subscribe to us at http://patreon.com/praxiscast for just £5 a month! Cast: Yuzzum David - @SanitaryNaptime Kitonak Rob - @CountRThe Ortolan Alasdair - @Ballistari Bith James - @anarchonbury Dug Jamie - @anxietycowboy Editing by Togruta Alex

We're on holiday this week, so enjoy this episode from the vaults: From Normal Island to Artificial Island, we take Liam and Rocz from Well There’s Your Problem on a terrible journey across international waters powered only by Bitcoin mining rigs and dubious theories about what consent is. Featuring: First Mate David (@SanitaryNaptime) Seasoned Sea Salt Seasoner Rob (@CountRThe) Keelhauler Jamie (@anxietycowboy) Bermuda Triangle Abductee James (@anarchonbury) Canonical Baller Rocz (@who_shot_jgr) Yo-Ho-Fiddle-De-Fuck You, Buddy Liam (@notliamanders0n)

Chasing desperately after Rob, we take a trip to USpol to scry the posting wars of the future, talk about the depressing subject of deportations to Rwanda, and cover some more energy market shenanigans, before moving on to the main topic... Special guest Lilah (@leechwaifu), an organiser and member of renters union Acorn joined us to talk about landlords and the hell that is renting, only to be confronted with the hell that is an honest landlord that the papers have deemed fit to give advice to others. The content is exceptionally cursed this week, you have been warned. We'll be on a short break from episodes for the next couple of weeks, but who knows what may appear in that time! (streams continue as normal) MERCH UPDATE: We have merch again! http://praxiscast.teemill.com Follow us @Praxiscast Want more? Join us on the discord and get access to bonus episodes at http://patreon.com/praxiscast Cast: David - @SanitaryNaptime James - @anarchonbury Jamie - @anxietycowboy Alasdair - @Ballistari Special Guest Lilah - @leechwaifu