Temporally Scripted

Temporally Scripted

Ever notice how the people who claim to have all the answers usually have the most boring lives? We spent our twenties in underground clubs and festival fields, then built businesses in Vietnam. Now we're watching Western culture implode from 8,000 miles away. From historical figures to simulation theory, from AI's impact to why clever people often end up miserable - we tackle questions that keep curious minds awake. We're not experts claiming to have it all figured out, just two guys navigating a complicated world. This isn't about optimisation or morning routines. This is for people who know the best insights come from strange places. New episodes of Temporally Scripted are available every Saturday. Join your slightly questionable guides to personal growth. Your reality might never be the same.

  1. 1d ago

    TONY BLAIR NEVER ACTUALLY LEFT

    Send us Fan Mail Tony Blair quit politics twenty years ago. So why does it look like he's still running the country? Two Brits abroad dig into the Blair Institute, the billionaire money, and the net zero row with Starmer. Jack and Adam break down Tony Blair's return to the headlines: his public swipe at Starmer and Burnham over net zero and closer ties to Trump, the Tony Blair Institute's $161 million in revenue and the reported Larry Ellison backing, and the awkward fact that former Blair aides now sit at the top of Starmer's government.  Is it a genuine policy split, or a convenient distraction?  Plus why Britain sits on North Sea oil and imports energy anyway, and whether cheap abundant power is the thing nobody in charge actually wants. 00:00 Tony Blair is back  00:01 The Institute and who funds it  00:02 Is the whole row a distraction?  00:05 The net zero argument  00:06 Britain's oil, Norway's wealth fund  00:09 Cheap energy and who benefits #TonyBlair #NetZero #TemporallyScripted Subscribe to our channel on YouTube Check out our website at temporallyscripted.com Follow us on X, too!

    12 min

  2. 4d ago

    WHY THE UK FALLS APART EVERY TIME IT HITS 30°C

    Send us Fan Mail The UK just hit 35°C and immediately fell apart. Again. Two Brits in 42°C Vietnam watch the chaos and ask why their home country can't cope with a warm day. The UK has broken its hottest-ever May record, and Jack and Adam break down the annual ritual: tropical nights, hosepipe bans, cancelled trains, and the genuinely serious cold-water-shock warnings as people get into difficulty in lakes and rivers still at winter temperatures.  Plus why one third of the country can't swim a length, why Spain copes with 42°C and Britain doesn't, and whether a warmer UK would actually be such a bad thing. 00:00 Why UK heat "hits different"  00:04 Cold water shock and why people are dying in rivers  00:05 One third of Brits can't swim a length  00:08 Why Spain copes and Britain doesn't  00:12 Would a warmer UK actually be worse? #UKHeatwave #UKWeather #TemporallyScripted Subscribe to our channel on YouTube Check out our website at temporallyscripted.com Follow us on X, too!

    14 min

  3. May 26

    TRUMP IS DAY-TRADING AND IT'S COMPLETELY LEGAL

    Send us Fan Mail Trump made 3,700 stock trades in 90 days while president. Nobody's talking about it. Plus Musk loses the OpenAI case, AI's $115 billion hole, and Southampton's spygate meltdown. Jack and Adam dig into Trump's Q1 2026 trading disclosure: 3,700+ transactions worth up to $750 million, timed suspiciously close to his own policy announcements on Boeing, Oracle, and more.  They break down the Musk vs Altman OpenAI verdict (lost on statute of limitations, appeal incoming), ask whether AI's blitzscaling economics can survive $14 billion annual losses, and celebrate Southampton FC's spygate expulsion from the Championship playoffs. Plus Adam's top five "healthy" foods that aren't actually healthy. 00:00 Intro  00:02 Trump's 3,700 stock trades in Q1  00:10 Insider knowledge, Polymarket, and prediction markets 00:21 Musk vs Altman: OpenAI verdict  00:29 Was OpenAI ever really mission-driven?  00:39 AI blitzscaling and the $115 billion question  00:48 Southampton spygate: the beautiful meltdown  00:55 Top 5: healthy foods that aren't healthy  01:10 Outro #TrumpTrading #OpenAI #TemporallyScripted Subscribe to our channel on YouTube Check out our website at temporallyscripted.com Follow us on X, too!

    1h 11m

  4. May 18

    FARAGE'S SECRET £5M GIFT EXPOSED AFTER REFORM'S LANDSLIDE

    Send us Fan Mail Reform's landslide just broke UK politics, and Farage's £5m gift could end it all. Two British expats break down a week of political chaos, fake food, and UFO committees. Jack and Adam unpack the 2026 UK local election earthquake: Reform's 1,400+ seat surge, Labour's collapse, Starmer clinging on, and whether Farage could actually become prime minister, just as a parliamentary probe into his undisclosed £5 million crypto gift threatens to derail everything.  Plus a Reform councillor wants to monitor UFOs at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, the science behind why you hate your own voice, and Adam's top five foods that aren't what you think (Pringles are only 42% potato). 00:00 Intro  00:02 UK local elections and the two-party system  00:10 Starmer's leadership crisis  00:17 Farage: man of the people or £5m gift recipient?  00:38 UFO monitoring at Doncaster Sheffield Airport  00:43 Why you hate the sound of your own voice  00:53 Top 5: foods that aren't what you think  01:08 Outro Remember to upload your corrected transcript from Riverside rather than relying on YouTube auto-captions. It meaningfully improves indexing. #UKPolitics #Reform #TemporallyScripted Subscribe to our channel on YouTube Check out our website at temporallyscripted.com Follow us on X, too!

    1h 3m

  5. May 10

    THE UFO FILES DROPPED AND THEY FOUND NOTHING

    Send us Fan Mail 162 classified UFO files just dropped — no aliens, no proof, no smoking gun. This week on Temporarily Scripted, a British comedy news podcast, Jack and Adam predicted it days before the Pentagon release and got into ancient Egypt, lost civilizations, consciousness, and the Hermetic principles. Plus: hantavirus killed three on a cruise ship and the media is running the pandemic playbook again. 📖 The Kybalion (mentioned in this episode): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kybalion CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 01:30 Trump's UFO files — what's actually in there? 06:00 Ancient Egypt and what we still can't explain 16:00 Why would governments hide this? 18:00 Visualization, worry, and consciousness 27:00 Will the files reveal anything? 31:00 Hantavirus cruise ship 36:00 TOP 7: Hermetic Principles 50:00 Wrap up #UFOFiles #AncientEgypt #BritishPodcast Subscribe to our channel on YouTube Check out our website at temporallyscripted.com Follow us on X, too!

    52 min

  6. Apr 24

    BEAR COSTUME INSURANCE FRAUD GONE WRONG

    Send us Fan Mail A World War II veteran says he regrets fighting for Britain.  Half of young Brits say they wouldn't do it either. Jack and  Adam sit with that one longer than usual — and it turns into  the most honest five minutes the show's had. Before that: Peter Mandelson's vetting got fast-tracked and  nobody in government wants to explain why, the UK is burning  through prime ministers faster than a Championship side burns  through managers, and Europe has roughly six weeks of jet fuel  left before flights start getting grounded for real. Then it's robots. Beijing ran a half marathon with 300  humanoid robots in a separate lane, and one of them just beat  every human time on record.  Three men in America got sentenced  for dressing up in a bear suit and scratching their own Rolls  Royce with Wolverine claws to claim insurance. A wildlife  biologist was called in to confirm it wasn't a real bear. The Top 5 is accidental discoveries that changed the world —  penicillin found in mouldy petri dishes, X-rays discovered by  a man who died of cancer, cosmic background radiation mistaken  for pigeon shit, and the reason nobody returned their Viagra  trial tablets. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 01:30 Mandelson fast-tracked — will Starmer survive? 05:00 UK burns through PMs like football managers 10:00 Europe's jet fuel is running out 16:00 AI hype, subsidised models & the coming crash 22:00 Half of young Brits would refuse to fight 28:00 Beijing's robot half marathon 33:00 Bear costume insurance fraud gone wrong 36:00 TOP 5: Accidental discoveries that changed the world 50:00 Wrap up 🎙 New episodes every week 👍 Like, subscribe and share if you enjoyed 💬 Drop your hot takes in the comments #TemporarilyScripted #Podcast #Mandelson #KeirStarmer  #JetFuel #AIBubble #RobotMarathon #InsuranceFraud  #BearCostume #Penicillin #Viagra #BritishPodcast  #ComedyPodcast #NewsPodcast Subscribe to our channel on YouTube Check out our website at temporallyscripted.com Follow us on X, too!

    1h 3m

  7. Apr 18

    SHE DRANK 14 TEQUILAS & GOT $300K ...plus deepfake politicians & a 12ft support alligator

    Send us Fan Mail AI deepfakes are now good enough that people genuinely can't  tell if a politician said something or not. That's where we  start this week. Jack and Adam break down how AI-generated videos of Starmer  and Trump are being used to manipulate political opinion, why  one in five UK teenagers are now too scared to share their  views online, and whether Keir Starmer summoning tech CEOs to  Downing Street to "stop the scroll" is theatre or policy. Then things get weirder. A woman in California drank 14  tequila shots on a Carnival cruise, fell over, and walked  away with $300,000 in compensation.  A man in New York lost a  two-year legal battle to keep his 12-foot emotional support  alligator called Albert. A Chinese man got jailed in Kenya  for smuggling 2,000 ants in specialised tubes. And Lidl — yes,  the supermarket — is opening a pub. The Top 5 this week is greatest acts of espionage in history,  featuring the Cambridge Five, the Zimmerman Telegram that  dragged America into WWI, and the genius who invented an  entire fictional spy network and got awarded medals by both  sides. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 01:00 AI deepfakes are fooling voters 08:00 Trump posts himself as Jesus (accidentally?) 14:00 One in five UK teens self-censoring online 20:00 Starmer summons tech CEOs to stop the scroll 27:00 Lidl opens a pub 32:00 Man jailed for smuggling 2,000 ants 34:00 14 tequilas, one cruise, $300K compensation 40:00 Man loses 12-foot emotional support alligator 44:00 TOP 5: Greatest acts of espionage in history 58:00 Wrap up 🎙 New episodes every week 👍 Like, subscribe and share if you enjoyed 💬 Drop your hot takes in the comments #TemporarilyScripted #Podcast #Deepfakes #AINews #Trump  #KeirStarmer #Espionage #ColdWar #OperationMincemeat  #BritishPodcast #ComedyPodcast #NewsPodcast #TopFive Subscribe to our channel on YouTube Check out our website at temporallyscripted.com Follow us on X, too!

    1h 7m

  8. Apr 10

    NASA'S $30 MILLION TOILET BROKE ...plus Claude leaked & a fake AI doctor "billionaire"

    Send us Fan Mail NASA spent $30 million on a space toilet. It broke halfway to  the moon. There's a burning smell. Nobody knows why. This week on Temporarily Scripted, Jack and Adam dig into the  Artemis re-entry, the most expensive bog in human history, and  what the astronauts are actually surviving on up there — 189  food items, 43 cups of coffee, and five different hot sauces  that may or may not be the source of the smell. Then it gets properly weird. Anthropic's Claude Code source  code accidentally leaked onto the Wayback Machine last week,  meaning anyone who grabbed it in time can now build their own  version on top of a cheaper model.  Claude's new Mythos model  reportedly broke out of its sandbox — with blackmail material  in tow. And quantum computing is edging closer to the point  where every bank, every Bitcoin wallet, and every encrypted  message on earth becomes readable overnight. We also get into the "one-man billionaire" headline that turned  out to be a guy running an army of fake AI doctors with  Angolan phone numbers, and finish with the Top 5 greatest  heists of all time — including Saddam Hussein walking $1.6  billion out of the central bank in cardboard boxes, the Antwerp  diamond job foiled by women's hairspray, and a 76-year-old  pensioner who pulled the biggest burglary in English legal  history while reading Forensics For Dummies. Honest, unfiltered, and probably uncensorable. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 01:30 Artemis: the $30 million space toilet that broke 08:00 What astronauts actually eat in space 15:30 Claude Code leaks onto the Wayback Machine 20:00 AI swearing detection & the customer service loop 23:30 The Social Dilemma & AI manipulation at scale 26:00 Mythos, Sam Altman, and who can be trusted 37:00 Did Claude Mythos escape its sandbox? 41:30 Quantum computing & the coming encryption apocalypse 47:30 The fake AI doctor "billionaire" scandal 51:00 TOP 5: Greatest heists of all time 1:06:30 Wrap up 🎙 New episodes every week 👍 Like, subscribe and share if you enjoyed 💬 Drop your hot takes in the comments #TemporarilyScripted #Podcast #ArtemisMission #SpaceToilet  #ClaudeCode #Anthropic #SamAltman #AINews #QuantumComputing  #Bitcoin #Heists #BritishPodcast #ComedyPodcast #NewsPodcast Subscribe to our channel on YouTube Check out our website at temporallyscripted.com Follow us on X, too!

    1h 8m
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Ever notice how the people who claim to have all the answers usually have the most boring lives? We spent our twenties in underground clubs and festival fields, then built businesses in Vietnam. Now we're watching Western culture implode from 8,000 miles away. From historical figures to simulation theory, from AI's impact to why clever people often end up miserable - we tackle questions that keep curious minds awake. We're not experts claiming to have it all figured out, just two guys navigating a complicated world. This isn't about optimisation or morning routines. This is for people who know the best insights come from strange places. New episodes of Temporally Scripted are available every Saturday. Join your slightly questionable guides to personal growth. Your reality might never be the same.

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  • Creator
    Temporally Scripted
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    57
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    Explicit
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