Video games are fun, but have you ever worked in the Video Game industry? Turns out, it can be a bit worse than you might expect. Join us to hear some of the awful things the industry has done, and some of the good news around changing practices as workers start to organise. Also, rather than Comment or Commentariat, we play "Guess the Scandal", which is sure to be fun for all the family. As always, follow us at http://twitter.com/PraxisCast Cast: Natalie Sam Kirby Jamie - http://twitter.com/geordiegoblin Xander - http://twitter.com/XJMaw

It's election time!   Hosting the celebrations are Rob, Natalie, Alasdair, Jon and Xander. A little look on the news, including the people who are getting out of dodge before we see ++ HUMILIATION FOR THEM ++ in the papers, and a nice look at the Lib Dem strategy of just outright lying about how graphs and numbers work. Also, Comment or Commentariat takes a turn for poor Alasdair.   Follow us at http://twitter.com/PraxisCast Follow the cast at: Alasdair: http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari Rob: http://twitter.com/CountRThe Xander: http://twitter.com/XJMaw Jon: http://twitter.com/tsietisin    

It's news again this week, wherein we do our best to explain how the hell an election actually works because of the Fixed Term Parliament Act and how it gives so much scope for the tories to do as they please around it. Also, another terrible article about the Home Secretary Priti Patel, and a game of Comment or Commentariat to establish whomst is the better of the James'.   Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/PraxisCast Cast: David - http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Ben - Twitter can't take his opinions James - http://twitter.com/an_mutt James - Doesn't get to tell his twitter because he isn't the superior James.

We're back!   Sorry for the late release, but we're back with an almost full episode. We recorded this before Parliament's Super Saturday, so we've just chopped out the Brexit update, so instead, we've got some of the lesser reported parts of last week's news, as well as an article in which Toby Young starts with a fair point and ends with brain spiders, Comment or Commentariat, and a bunch of promises on our part that we really hope aren't hollow!   On this week: David - http://twitter.com/sanitarynaptime Alasdair - http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari Michael - http://twitter.com/mehall Sam - too good for twitter   Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast  

We did it, we finally got some time and a break in the news to do a climate change episode! Hooray! Come join Natalie, Rob, Matty, James, and Dan for a wonderful adventure into the burning hellworld that is our planet.   As well as a look at how capitalism ruins everything it touches, there's a dip into climate activism - from the mass engagement of Gen Z with FridaysforFuture, to the mass engagement of Extinction Rebellion activists with the police - a raft of potential solutions to climate change including the idea of the Green New Deal, and in place of Comment or Commentariat, a game of Capitalist or Supervillian (but I repeat myself)   Links: Naomi Klein: 'Let Them Drown: the violence of othering in a warming world' Earth Strike

To cap off Conference Season, it's unfortunately time to cover the Tories. Join us for a look at the absolutely baffling lack of new ideas, and the horrifying doubling down on some of the older stuff.   On this week's episode, Jon makes his first appearance alongside Alasdair, Jamie, Rob & David, not just for the conference, but for some coverage of the news (there's good stuff this week!), an article that combines bootlicking with being horny on main, and Comment or Commentariat.   Trusswaffle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_wkO4hk07o Music used has been taken from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/   Follow us at http://twitter.com/PraxisCast David: http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Alasdair: http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari Jamie: http://twitter.com/geordiegoblin Rob: http://twitter.com/CountRThe Jon: http://twitter.com/Tsietisin  

In this week's episode, Alasdair (@SA_Ballistari), David (@SanitaryNaptime), Ben (smart man who doesn't use twitter), Seb (@PCSocialism) and Xander (@xjmaw) tackle Tom Watson's narrowly avoiding being dissolved in acid, the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling on the prorogation of parliament, the collapse of Thomas Cook a la every other mega conglomerated business like Carillion, Joris Bohnson's relationship with an American business woman that is bad, but not for the reason everyone is saying it is; and the big topic this week, Labour conference, with all the extremely good stuff that's been coming from The World Transformed fringe manifesto and the actual conference itself. Main highlights there are the Green New Deal (https://www.labourgnd.uk/) and all the actual policies that were announced by all our favourites from the Labour Party. We also follow up with another article that further sends Alasdair into the realm of the mad god, and another round of Comment or Commentariat, with some of our favourite friends of the show.

Rob and Elijah join a further expanded cast with Seb and Kirby on an unfortunate expedition into just what Lib Dem policy actually is, have a meltdown over a terrible article, and play another game of Comment or Commentariat.

BONUS EP!   We delve into the proroguing of parliament, ponder an extremely brainspider infested article about the supremacy of Jo Swinson's Lib Dems and do some Comment or Commentariat.

Content Warning: DWP & Poverty experience   The group talk about the experiences of one of our own surviving a changing welfare system in the UK under the yoke of austerity and Tory rule. Not going to lie to you, this one does get a bit heavy at points. We cover a long decline in standards of welfare, with a lot of first hand accounts from Fargle in his debut on the podcast. The ministers responsible, the aims of the system and the struggles present in it. It wouldn't be a socialist podcast if we didn't put some sort of hopeful slant on it though, and we touch on a potential solution in the long term, and cover some individual coping techniques and support services available to anyone in need, including an aid document by the Something Awful UK Megathread's incredibly cool and good Ferrosol. Also making their debut on the podcast is Natalie (we finally got a woman on, patriarchy rest in piss), and Rob, our very own unelected Brussels Bureaucrat! Cast Fargle Natalie Rob Elijah - http://twitter.com/KlezmerRouge Xander - http://twitter.com/XJMaw   Useful Links Ferrosol's Benefit Advice (A living document still being added to) - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EbktH6DuKkKC4_ECZPm8M5fKDGKvBfRpEa18bX1wlvE/edit?usp=sharing Citizens Advice - 03444 111 444 - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ Samaritans - 116 123 - https://www.samaritans.org/ Mental Health - https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/your-mental-health/getting-help General Help Links - https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/where-to-get-help-and-advice-about-benefits   Upcoming Bonus Episode Episode 4 is coming much sooner than you think, so stay tuned!