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TRASHFUTURE

Pop! feat. @theemilyaccount

TRASHFUTURE

TRASHFUTURE

Comedy

4.6851 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Algorithm jockey and financial wizard Emily (@theemilyaccount) talks about how the Tech Boom, enabled as it was by overly restrictive monetary and fiscal policy, is starting to come apart at the seams. Was it a bubble? Is it popping? Too early to say, but not too early to enjoy a little schadenfreude! We also explore the nature and role of ARKK, the actively managed ETF beloved by redditors, and hated by the rest of Wall Street for all the wrong reasons. Plus, Johannes Vonk and the Clogheads return with a new song recovered from the archives. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture We support the London Renters Union, which helps people defeat their slumlords and avoid eviction. If you want to support them as well, you can here: https://londonrentersunion.org/donate Here's a central location to donate to bail funds across the US to help people held under America's utterly inhumane system: https://bailproject.org/?form=donate *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind GYDS dot com). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to BBC Indiana.

0:11.7

There's a long-standing tradition in British culture.

0:14.7

An entire generation of people believe that the TV licensing authority can determine if you've paid your TV license or not

0:22.6

using only a radar-equipped van.

0:25.6

But how did that van come into existence?

0:27.6

And can it really detect illegal TV reception?

0:31.6

The science is clear. Emphatically no, you cannot.

0:36.6

But why did it lead to a profoundly bizarre moment in

0:40.7

British music history? In order to learn more, we traveled to London and spoke with record

0:46.0

producer and music executive, Crispin Highsmith, brother of famous British rock musician

0:51.7

and Tori Peer, Sir Richard Highsmith.

0:56.1

So, what actually is a TV license?

1:00.8

Well, I know it sounds a bit crazy to you, Yanks,

1:03.4

but what it basically is is a license you have to pay to watch television.

1:08.3

It funds the BBC.

1:10.6

But as far as I understand it, there's no real authority for TV licensing inspectors

1:16.9

to gain entry to someone's home in order to determine whether they have or have not

1:20.9

paid their license.

1:22.8

Well, it's very British. It basically functions on awkwardness.

1:25.4

They have no power to enter your home or to make

1:29.0

you tell them whether you've got a TV or not. All they're hoping is if they come and say,

1:34.5

we know you haven't got a TV license and we think you've got a TV, you'll be embarrassed enough to

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