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The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

The Trawl is the podcast that dives headfirst into the political chaos, media spin, and social media absurdity of the week - so you don’t have to.

Hosted by broadcasters and political commentators, Jemma Forte and Marina Purkiss, it’s part therapy, part takedown, and always unfiltered.

Each episode, Jemma and Marina trawl through the week’s most viral tweets, jaw-dropping headlines, and rage-inducing soundbites - offering sharp analysis, dark humour, and the occasional expletive. From Westminster to world affairs, they call out hypocrisy, amplify truth, and remind you that you’re not losing your mind - just living through it.

If you’ve ever shouted at the news or laughed through the tears, The Trawl is your people.

Find the trawl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrawlpod/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590931382660

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#405
Wednesday · 46 min
Ed Sheeran's Lonely Apolitical Era & Reform's Crypto Bros
Ed Sheeran dropped Macklemore for saying Free Palestine, and now the support acts have since been dropping Ed Sheeran
#404
September 10 · 48 min
Is THIS Patriotism? Boy Burkas, Foreign Cash and RNLI Beef
This week, Marina and Jem start in America — where Trump calls 18 dead soldiers "small potatoes".
#403
September 9 · 52 min
Reform's Rabid Conference & Trump's Fireman Fantasy
Trump reinvents 9/11 with himself as the hero, fireman-carried, fist in the air, saving the day from... four miles away.
#402
September 9 · 39 min
SIZZLING SCANDAL 🔥 Reform's Big Fat Foreign Money Scandal (And Farage's Best Excuses Yet)
Jemma and Marina wade through the wreckage of Reform UK's worst week yet
#401
September 3 · 37 min
Trumps AI Slop, Falklands Threats & Midterm Meltdowns
Trumps AI Slop, Falklands Threats & Midterm Meltdowns
#400
September 2 · 42 min
The Sainsbury’s Fleece, Reform Brain Farts & The £450k Birkin
It’s been a busy week in politics. Andy Burnham is back, delivering a barnstorming speech attacking the legacy of Thatcherism and Brexit… before promptly getting himself into a spot of bother over a Sainsbury’s work-experience scheme
#399
August 28 · 40 min
Carney Plays Chess & Reform's Marriage Policy Falls Apart
Builders openly bragging about dodging tax at a trade show, Trump quietly admitting his own tariffs backfired by striking a deal to import cheaper beef right after telling ranchers he had their backs and an American food safety crisis.
#398
August 27 · 44 min
Dolly Parton's Legacy & Trump's 'Human Printer' Natalie Harp
Marina and Jemma start by paying tribute to the utterly irreplaceable Dolly Parton, celebrating her extraordinary talent, generosity and legacy.
#397
August 25 · 45 min
Harry & Meghan, Rain, Ukraine & The GB Press Outrage Machine
This week on the Trawl, the rain finally arrives and apparently that's the cue for the water companies to start dumping sewage, for the right-wing press to blame Muslims for our water shortages, and everyone to start shouting about everything.
#396
August 20 · 40 min
Trump Opens A Bank, Reform Comes For Your PIP
Right, buckle up, trawlers... Trump's crypto company has been rubber-stamped as an actual bank
#395
August 18 · 51 min
Jason Arday : When The Press Becomes A Mob
In this powerful episode of The Trawl, Jemma Forte and Marina Purkiss unpack the tragic death of Jason Arday
#394
August 13 · 44 min
Trump's Getting Rattled: The Abdul El-Sayed Effect 🔥
In this episode, things go from bad to worse before finally getting a little bit hopeful.
#393
August 12 · 44 min
Reform Beef & Climate Grief : Data Centres Anyone?
The Trawl is back from holiday, and unfortunately the world hasn't sorted itself out while Jemma and Marina have been away.
August 4 · 41 min
The Trawl Meets Count Binface!
Count Binface lands on The Trawl just in time to take on Nigel Farage in Clacton and proves, once again, that British politics is now virtually indistinguishable from science fiction.
#392
July 30 · 46 min
Trump's Press Dinner Disaster : Fascists, Billionaires, BS
Andrew Tate is back behind bars and somehow tweeting like he's starring in a wartime epic, while Donald Trump spends an hour at the White House Correspondents' Dinner reminding everyone why normalising him remains such a dangerous game.
#391
July 28 · 41 min
Burnham's Picky Bits, Body Shaming and CPAC Weirdness
Andy Burnham's honeymoon period is in full swing as the latest polls show Labour nudging ahead of Reform, but is the 'Burnham bounce' here to stay?
#390
July 23 · 35 min
Tate Arrested in Capri Pants, Trump's Meltdown & MAGA's Masculinity Crisis
The Tate brothers are arrested in the US as Britain seeks their extradition, Donald Trump delivers yet another fact-free election rant that major US networks refuse to air live, and MAGA's latest obsession with testosterone gets even weirder.
#389
July 21 · 42 min
Burnham Bags No.10 as Spain Lift the Cup
The football may be over, but the political drama's only just getting started.
#388
July 16 · 41 min
England Out, Burnham Speaks on Gaza & Starmer's Final PMQs
England's World Cup dream is over, Burnham's is just beginning. Yes, England are out of the tournament but not before Argentina gave them one final dose of argy-bargy and an ill-judged Falklands banner.
#387
July 14 · 46 min
Ann Widdecombe, Binface and Farage's Five Million
Jemma and Marina try to make sense of another week that somehow outdid even their most chaotic bingo card.

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