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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.

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Today · 28 min
The Trawl Drop-In: They've Thrown The Booky Wooky at Russell Brand
Russell Brand has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault.
#423
Friday · 40 min
4p Off Gherkins (and Tommy Robinson’s Bad Week)
Yes, the Budget was last week. Yes, Marina and Jemma are late. They’re always five steps behind at the Trawl, and proud of it, so put the kettle on, because there’s a lot of angry tea to get through...
#422
Wednesday · 46 min
America says NAH! Is This What Winning Feels Like…? 🇺🇸
Put the kettle on, sack off the doom scrolling, and brace for some serious joy scrolling!
November 2 · 21 min
The Trawl Drop-In: Farage's Tumbleweed Conference. Empty Chairs & Sweaty Palms 😂
Jemma and Marina revel in Farage addressing rows of empty chairs, blaming his staff for the distinctly underwhelming turnout and watching Robert Jenrick clap enthusiastically in what looks increasingly like a very awkward job interview.
October 31 · 21 min
The Trawl Drop-In: Musk, Money, Megalomania & Midterms
Elon Musk: once the poster boy for the future, now seemingly determined to make the present considerably worse.
#421
October 30 · 39 min
Democracy Wakes Up & Trump Burps 👀: Some Good News For Once!
Good news, Trawlers! For once, there are some reasons to feel hopeful.
October 29 · 19 min
The Trawl Drop-In: Meghan Markle Pile Ons & Trump Backpedalling - Hypocrisy Much?
The Trawl ladies 'drop-in' to chat about the relentless media pile-on against Meghan Markle, and the uncomfortable new questions surrounding her estrangement from her father.
#420
October 28 · 38 min
GB News Meltdown, Jackdaw and Good News for Dads
In this episode, Marina and Jemma take a peek over the garden fence at GB News, and wish they’d had a tetanus jab first.
October 26 · 18 min
The Trawl Drop-In: A School Day In America: Guns & A Nation That Won’t Change
For parents in Britain, waving your children through the school gates is one of the most ordinary things in the world. In America, it can mean hoping they come home alive.
#419
October 23 · 43 min
Make America Sane Again & Zacharia's 5 Day Fiasco
Hello and welcome to The Trawl, where the internet continues to provide fresh evidence that the lunatics really might be running the asylum.
#418
October 22 · 44 min
Hot Wheels for Billionaires, Hell for Ukraine
The richest man on earth has unveiled a flying car and even Hot Wheels are taking the piss.
October 21 · 29 min
Trawl Drop-In: The Right Wakes Up to Brexit, the Banks Wake Up to a Bill
Something remarkable is happening: parts of the British right-wing press are waking up to the fact that Brexit was a disaster.
#417
October 20 · 44 min
The French Are Revolting (And So Is Reform)
ITV spent 12 months undercover inside Reform, and what they found makes the party’s vetting process look like a bloke in a pub asking whether you’ve deleted your tweets.
#416
October 15 · 36 min
A Press Secretary, a Firing Squad and a Tiger
Trump’s America is getting darker by the day, and in this episode Jemma and Marina are asking precisely how low things can go
October 14 · 19 min
The Trawl Drop-In: “Whore” Gymwear Backlash
Marina and Jemma drop in to discuss what happened when Shane Gillis insulted female gym goers on SNL US
#415
October 14 · 46 min
From Russia With Bots, Trump's Diesel & Reform's Whitewash
Way to make Vladimir Putin happy. It's been quite the week.
October 10 · 13 min
The Trawl Drop-In: Kemi's Tax Breaks For The Wealthy
The Trawl ladies are off to Tory conference and Kemi Badenoch has found a headline-grabbing pledge in scrapping inheritance tax on family homes.
October 9 · 24 min
The Trawl Drop-In: Polanski Under Pressure: The Greens and Zionism
It’s our first ever Trawl Drop In! A slightly less structured, more spontaneous outing in which Jemma and Marina tackle the stories that didn’t make the main pod.
#414
October 8 · 42 min
Trump, Hegseth & the Apocalypse: It's All Gone Bonkers
The Trawl ladies are still looking for the bit where it gets better, and this week it's hiding behind a potential outbreak of pneumonic plague in Russia.
#413
October 7 · 43 min
A Hopeful Trawl: Burnham Highs & Braverman Lows
This week on The Trawl, there are… dare we say it… reasons to be cheerful.

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