The Bottlemen

Apologies for the late episode - both Dan and Riley have been on tour, but we've got this one for you (recorded a while back). Contained herein: ideas for new recipes, Nazi statue watch, and the Tory leader "uniting the country" with a very thin gruel of vibes alone.

Chuka Ejeckam joins Dan and Riley to discuss "The Freeland Doctrine," friendshoring, and the mysterious professor of mealtimes.

Will "Movie Mindset" Menaker joins Dan and Riley to discuss the 1964 Cansploitation B-movie classic, "The Naked Flame." Get the full episode on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

The PAL boys join Dan and Riley to watch another episode of Canada's favourite show... Robocop, the Robot Cop!

Dan and Riley discuss, inter alia, the new Quebec premier, the inability of the centrist party to fight the lurch to the right, and the British firm cutting down old growth forests named after a Bond villain. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Dan and Riley remember Canadian politics keeps happening. Queen's Dead, Pierre's in Charge, and our allies abroad are as cool headed as ever. We have a Patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Riley and Dan were in the Trashfuture studios last week, and we spoke to certified indie superfan and sometime producer Nate Bethea about synthesisers, what it means to like music others find offputting, and (according to Riley) definitely making up at least half the band names. Check out the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Well, the mad lad did it: Canada's oldest young conservative Pierre Poilievre is head of the Conservative Party. We talk about what makes him a particular threat to Canada's comfortable governing consensus, which is essentially that he has matched the energy and madness of his crazy ideas with the permanent grinding crisis in which Canada is stuck. PS: Sorry about late episodes, everyone! Riley, Dan, and Milo (who produces this show) have all been away, and Riley's internet has been down. But we're back in regular, fine form!

Dan and Riley are recording together in Montreal for the first time (temporally) and the second time (as far as you know). We discuss the emerging scene around the happening "Donald Duck Tavern Quadrilateral," and how all of Montreal's coolest people have become Orthodox Catholics. Additionally, we take in the newest phenomenon in Canadian politics sure to sweep the nation: Centre-Ice Conservatism. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Note: this one is mentioned as the premium but we decided to make it a free one! Peter Korotaev (known by an alias on previous episodes, while he was in Kyiv) rejoins us to talk about the strange war economy that Ukraine has found itself with. Heavily indebted, heavily privatised, and *still* citing the disproven/disgraced "Growth in a Time of Debt" hypothesis. Check out his writing in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2022/07/ukraine-neoliberalism-war-russia-eu-imf Also, check out our Patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

The War Nerd is back to discuss why Canada can't seem to learn to stop buying the F35, and why the boring bureaucracy of military spending bloat is the "banality" to the "evil" of the world bestriding colossus. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Riley and Dan speak about the history and politics of fertiliser with Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War. But first, we review the strange world of the Pacific Northwest that Dan saw on tour. Long story short, a lot more shantytown and a lot more of the wreckage of a scooter based economy. Check out our patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Dan is off being a rock star, so Riley and Tech Won't Save Us's Paris Marx take a look at That Rogers Outage and question how "more competition" could have stopped this, but first - a few developments in the mad world of self driving cars, a concept that only makes sense when you assume money is free forever. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

With Bitcoin done, Canada's putative conservative leader becomes absorbed by the forest, and emerges as an esoteric log-o-crat. Also, we look at the emergence of "UltraFast" delivery in Canada - a business model that never made any money or sense anywhere else... but that we didn't want to be left out of. Finally, we review some expert testimony on Eastern Europe that the NDP's most prominent theatre fan was not so keen on. Forget it Jake, it's Starship Troopers.   We've got a Patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

It's a Canada Day Bonus! Dan and Riley talk about Canada's cheerleading of further escalation in Eastern Europe, as well as going back to the Trucker Protests, who have now identified some war heroes who are going to go and tactically cry at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Dan and Riley reflect on what the crypto crash means for Canadian bitcoin maxi's like Pierre Poilievre, as well as other scurrilous programmes designed to part musicians from their worthless fiat currency and art in exchange for valuable database entries. Also, we look at a list of Bad Tweeters assembled for the purposes of national security. Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

PREVIEW! John Dolan aka The War Nerd joins Dan and Riley to talk about Canada's army -  what does it do, what is it for, and what is it REALLY for? We go into the post-Cold War era, procurement shenanigans, and our obsession with "being taken seriously" as a real country. Therefore, we must build terrible ice breakers and have them patrol the Arctic in case someone invades? In Part II (coming next month), we will be discussing the Trudeau era military and it's decision to procure the F35, arguably the world's greatest plane. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen

On this rare Riley-less episode Dan is joined by Michael Barclay, Arlen Thompson and Tim Kingsbury to discuss Michaels new book on the rise (and rise!) of Canadian Indie Rock 2000-2006. Why do these bands have so many members? Did Fugazi brain poison a generation into self sabotage? Are the rents too damn high to facilitate another scene? All this and more as we survey The Half Decade When Canada Was Cool* *Canada was not and never will be cool

It's in the title, folks - as the Ontario election comes to a close, Dan and Riley reflect on the musical highlights of the campaign, specifically the Doug Ford campaign song Get It Done. Then, we go West to investigate police forces in BC's lower mainland taking a turn for the Salo. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Bye bye to the very nasty Jason Kenney! Sorry the base of hooting suburbanite fascists you created slipped out of your control! Bad luck! Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Dan and Riley reflect on the life and career of Alberta's former premier, and how he's part of a large machine that ratchets politics to the right by living in a fantasy world of ice cream for dinner. Also, we look at developments in Ukraine.

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/dabottlemen 

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 the sucking charisma void at the heart of the CPC leader's debate, and we get to know "Hrulf" from Quebec, who is just really into runes. We have a patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

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 our Patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

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. Check out our Patreon, at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

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 environment - namely, what is being shown to Russian boomers on TV every day? Where did we get the Z? How have a particular view of history and geopolitical realities interacted to produce a strange outcome? All this and more! Check out their substack to hear more of Yasha and Evgenia, including their podcast The Russians! And check out our Patreon for the full episode, it's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

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 we can continue living our lives in relative ease. Also, check out our Patreon, which is at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

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 when you're just starting out touring and you stay with random people from your route, such as a local version of GWAR with only old guys in it. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

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. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

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 patron, get the full episode on here at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen and if you are a TF patron, sorry!

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 minister/deputy prime minister was the architect of the sanctions on Russia's central bank, or as it is affectionately called, an "economic nuclear bomb." We have a patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

PREVIEW Well, it happened. Dan and Riley discuss the Ukraine invasion, Western responses (and preparations), and consider what kinds of blowback we might be setting ourselves up for. Also, we dig into the different psychologies of the Canadians who have decided to go and fight. Get the full episode on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

*Ukraine episode coming this week*   Dan and Riley get back together with Sam Fenn and Garth Mullins of the Crackdown Podcast to talk about the ongoing persecution of the war on drugs in BC. We look at the (intentional?) fecklessnes of the NDP in the face of mass death and think about the death drive of a society that would rather not be something better. Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

It's part two of our exciting two-part discussion of the Truckers with Matt Christman, we get further into our question of *why* these kinds of movements are becoming more common in the Global North. Expect talk about how politics becoming a kind of media-religion is a symptom of social breakdown, what it looks like when a state slowly loses legitimacy over time, and a discussion of the (underrated) George Romero film "Land of the Dead." Check out the full episode! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Canada's reckoning with its right wing "uprising" continues, so Riley and Dan brought on Matt Christman to talk about the meaning civil unrest takes on in an age of extreme alienation, how the Trucker became a symbol of the libertarian ideal in the (North) American consciousness, and how it came to be that the mass lumpen Canadian right will only accept Donald Trump as their Prime Minister. In Part Two, out next week on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen , we discuss how the way we protest is a product of media consumption and "politics" as a civil religion, and what it looks like when a state slowly loses legitimacy over time. Also, the George Romero film "Land of the Dead."

New year, new Bottlemen, new weird banal Canadian TV show to torture our American friends with. This time, the Pod About List boys join Riley and Dan to watch episode one of everyone's Mom's favourite show... HEARTLAND! Also, congratulations to Caleb Pitts on officially becoming a Canadian pundit. Check out the full episode on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Jeremy from Big Shiny Takes and Forgotten Corner joins Dan and Riley to discuss the Freedom Convoy, which has arrived in Ottawa to get the freedom, and how our idiotic pundit class has - once again - fundamentally misunderstood what's going on. Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Riley and Dan talk a little more about our two favourite topics as lenses to understand the decrepit failure of the Canadian political system: housing (Riley) and our ongoing ridiculous belligerence regarding Russia/Ukraine. Then, in the second half, we take a look at some of the finest listings on the MLS to find a new home for our friend Rylan. Check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Dan and Riley welcome you into 2022 in style by talking about the Canadian substack economy and the University of Fort McMurray, as well as a spate of illnesses in New Brunswick, and finally, we read a column about rerunning the War of 1812 by a Prize Idiot. ALSO: We announce a change to the show. Dan and Riley have come to the decision that we need to decrease the frequency of the podcast to weekly, (one week free, one week bonus). We did this because we were both at risk of burning out with the workload we had. Because you have already paid for January under a different setup, please feel free to message and ask for a refund if that's something you want to do. Otherwise, we ride on into 2022! Much Love - D&R

Palma from Seeking Derangements joins Dan and Riley for this month's CORNER GAS. Check it out on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Bryce Rudyk, director of the climate programme at NYU Law, talks with Dan and Riley about deep sea mining, and the strange startups and friendly regulatory environments that make it possible. And, of course, how it all ties back to Canada. Check out our patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Our friend singer, songwriter, and host of the acclaimed ClayneCast Nate Ruess rejoins Dan and Riley to discuss his life in the music industry, what to do when a melody springs fully formed from your head, and to define exactly what's up with musician brains that makes them all "like that." Also: tour stories about food, and we get to the bottom of which of the other two members of ClayneCast are evil. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Dan and Riley look into Spotify's new "own your ears" strategy, which - shock horror - doesn't involve paying artists any more. If anything, less! Also, we return to our investigation of the Canadian state's love affair with Ukrainian fascists, looking at the conferences, think tanks, and articles where it all began (this wave, anyway!) in 2014/15. Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

PREVIEW! Rylan aka @neonwario joins Riley and Dan for a review of the local papers from our home towns. Included for your enjoyment are some strange Nova Scotian names, plans to make a forty storey obelisk to the Royal Canadian Legion in Cowichan Lake, and a heated exchange of letters regarding the use of Bird Cannons in Niagara on the Lake. Get the full episode on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Riley and Dan reflect on the contours of Canada's response to ongoing climate and ecological collapse happening in its West, and how through all its activities it is encouraging more of the same. Including sending $4m worth of gear strapped across 20 hot dog neck RCMP guys to a disaster area... primarily to make sure the pipelines get built! Check out our patreon www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Riley, Dan, and Junk Filter Pod's Jesse Hawken sit back and relax for a watch-through of David Cronenberg's fabulous VIDEODROME. We reflect on God Cronenberg's keen foresight into what media would become in the decades ahead. Check out the full episode on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Riley and Dan speak with political scientist of the environment, Dr. Jess Green all about Canada's COP26 plans, and why things like Carbon Markets suit the economic interests of a country that's just three oil companies in a trench coat. Check out our Patreon as well! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

UNLOCKED! Caleb, Cameron, and Patrick return for a deep dive into the lives, biographies, names, and photos of the People's Party of Canada prospective parliamentary candidates. None of them have been seated in Ottawa, this coterie of multi-level-marketers, cops, and small business tyrants, live on in our hearts. This was on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Streamer and internet personality SexJ joins the boys for another venture into the wild, swinging world of Dog River. Get the full episode on Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen  NOTE: Dan is very nearly done working on the album in the studio in New York, but because he's in the final stretch, this week we're unlocking a premium for the free feed instead of doing a free episode. Thank you for bearing with us, and normal service will resume this week!

In this preview, Nika Danilova aka Zola Jesus joins Dan and Riley to talk about live music, experimenting with alternative forms of ownership, and why "content creation" and "artist" are concepts that *really* don't go together if you're actually doing the work. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Dan and Riley look into the psychology behind the MLI and our addiction to war boosterism. Also, we look into how the Globe and Mail talks about labour issues and the "right to disconnect," while getting their wallet inspected by the heartland institute. Screw up your own damn country, American thinktankers! Check out our patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Riley, Dan, and Will have watched another Canada-for-America action blockbuster... Steven Seagal's 2001 action classic, EXIT WOUNDS. They break the record for managing to include obvious Canadian landmarks and brands in nearly every shot of Seagal oafishly muttering and stumbling through his last big studio movie before decamping to Eastern Europe. It's a deranged joyride. Check it out on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen