Graeme’s got an oddly nostalgic bought of COVID that has brought him to his knees and made him sound even more nasal, and somehow it all spirals into ket flashbacks from the noughties in a carpark in Leeds. We cover the unsettling topic of whether robots are already better friends than people, what we're putting into the time capsule for the end of days so humanity won't be forgotten and theres plenty of unhinged messages from you lot.

This week, we're watching again as the world collapses slowly:

• The algorithm that’s brain-rotting us into apathy
• Automated AI gun turrets in Gaza
• Live action horror from Black Mirror
• Why porn sites now want your passport
• Billionaire escape pods vs. Graeme’s apocalypse bunker
• And what humanity’s time capsule shouldn’t include (spoiler: maths)

Plus, Dylan admits to having the most innocent Explore page on Instagram and Graeme wonders if foot fetishes are just a simpler life.

It’s dark, weirdly wholesome, and very, very funny. Welcome to the end of the world. Bring snacks.

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After we threw down the gauntlet with episode 1....You lot have been on with questions. About the slow collapse of civilisation. Isn't that always the way.

Thankfully it's the theme of this podcast as well as the background music to all of our lives.

But how are we re populating earth when everyone's died off? And other matters that have come up since our first chat.

We also check the latest real time threats to life on earth on the reddit subgroup R/Collapse who provide us inspiration and information to make the end of times well informed and at least funny.

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Experts say the collapse of civilisation isn’t coming — it’s already underway. So we decided to loosely base a show on the expert doomerist sub reddit r/collapse. It's democratically moderated by people with the right qualifications and temperament to pass on the verified info about civilisation unravelling. People take comfort in the sobering pessimistic facts, they make the days count.

From nuclear war to climate-triggered volcanic mega-eruptions, the next two decades are looking… spicy.

Dylan Evans (chronically online gen z/milennial / internet treasure/ showbiz royalty on Merseyside) ) and Graeme Smith (elder millennial/ queer/ ex pat scouse/ national broadcasting's best kept secret) dig into the headlines and research that suggest humanity might have about 20 years left, max. But don’t panic — or do, but also remember to take time out to p*ss your pants laughing.

This is your emergency broadcast, only with better microphones and worse coping mechanisms.

🎙️ In this episode:

• How many ways can civilisation collapse? (Spoiler: loads)
• How the sub reddit r/collapse is taking a sensible informed approach to the gradual end of times.
• The bit about how all the mega volcanoes might be planning something.
• And whether it's still worth buying nice clothes

📉 Doom. Lols. Facts.

Graeme and Dylan are documenting the downfall so you don’t have to.

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