The Trawl
Episodes
Tice's Tax, Mandy's Money: War, Grift & Palantir Unmasked
21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump’s regretting a war he can’t explain, his own counter terrorism chief has walked, and even his podcast fanboys are starting to wobble. Meanwh...
The Trawl Meets Alastair Campbell
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the realities of political life today to looking back on the Blair years, Campbell is open, considered and surprisingly candid about the pressure...
Anyone Seen Trump’s Marbles? Presidential Ramblings & Clown Shoes
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There's nothing remotely funny about war and yet the latest utterings from The White House are so batshit, Jemma and Marina have to laugh. Because if ...
Theroux’s Manosphere AKA Bunch of Wet Wipes
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Off the back of Louis Theroux’s latest documentary, Marina and Jemma unpack the men building huge online audiences by selling a version of masculini...
Farage a Largo: The Clacton to Florida Express
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina begin with story that feels like a nod to 'ye olde Trawl days' when 'Lord of the Week' was a regular thing.&...
Schrödinger’s (Expensive) War & Chalamet Backlash
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil prices soar, the global economy wobbles, and the media politely wonders whether there might still be a master plan inside Trump's helium-filled sk...
War Lies & Excuses & Patriarchy Pick-Mes
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oops… he did it again. This week on The Trawl, Jemma and Marina are trying to keep up with a news cycle that’s moving faster than the Wh...
‘Illegal War’ to ‘Use Our Bases’ - Starmer’s Dilemma. Iran Part 2
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma dive back into the escalating crisis in Iran as Trump and Netanyahu continue bombing, apparently without checking if that’s a good ...
Epic Fury, Tiny Brains: Old Men With Missiles - Iran Part 1
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join Jemma and Marina who are trying to process the latest news cycle.At time of record, Donald Trump has bombed seven countries in twelve months. Sup...
Green joy & Farage ‘Clutching at More Straws Than a Masturbating Scarecrow’. 💚
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Marina and Jemma enjoy one of life’s small but deeply satisfying pleasures: Nigel Farage losing an election and immedia...
Vanishing Files, BBC Blunders, Tariff Tantrums, and the Hockey Winners Who Became Losers
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Marina and Jemma sift through a news cycle that feels less like global politics and more like a lads’ WhatsApp group wi...
Torching Equality & The Battle for Gorton and Denton
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Trawl, Jemma and Marina survey the political carnage and ask: what's Reform's problem with equality?While America wrestles with peak what-the-...
A Right Royal Arrest: Busted On His Birthday
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
ALL CAPS were exchanged. Cushions were screamed into. Andrew has been arrested.Jemma and Marina dive headfirst into the breaking news that Prince Andr...
The Trawl Meets Misan Harriman
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina first 'met' Misan on Instagram having been struck by his incredibly powerful photographs of people protesting against what they were ...
Reform’s Womb Agenda: Handmaid’s Politics & Olympic Confessions
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This Trawl starts with a confession that absolutely nobody asked for. A Norwegian Olympic medallist wins bronze… then goes live on TV to admit he ch...
Ratcliffe’s ‘Colonising’ Claim & Labour’s Reverse Ferret
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma pour the champagne, light the cauldron and gather the coven because honestly, what in the hallucinogenic hell is going on?First up: A...
WFH Hypocrisy & Bondi's Binder - A Disgraceful Display
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte dive headfirst into the political absurdity of the past seven days and honestly? You couldn’t script it.First up: the...
Labour Meltdown, Out‑of‑Touch Madness & Wes Streeting Admitted What?!
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we start with cursed Valentine’s poetry from...Greg Wallace and a rogue “dangler", before plunging straight into the political sewer. R...
Sport Triggers MAGA, Mandelson's Makeover, and the Epstein Blackout
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Olympians dare to distance themselves from Trump, Bad Bunny turns the Super Bowl halftime show into a love-soaked middle finger, and Kid Rock delivers...
Cheaper Pints, Poorer Children, the Student Loan Stitch‑Up & Trump’s Misogyny
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma wade through the moral swamp of Reform UK’s latest masterplan: cutting beer duty by keeping children in poverty - because according...
Melania Flop, Epstein Drop & Marina vs Reform
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
January nearly finished us off, and February hasn’t exactly come in with flowers. Marina is abandoned in the news‑cycle trenches while Jemma wafts...
The Trawl Meets Stewart Lee
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For many, comedian and writer, Stewart Lee, is the GOAT so Jemma and Marina were thrilled to sit down with him to chat about the state of the world, h...
FASCISM VS THE ARTS: A TRAWL SPECIAL
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why does Trump obsess over comedians?Why do authoritarian regimes always come for artists first?And why is laughing at fascists one of the oldest form...
Chaos: ICE Murder, Burnham, and Insults
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma are trying very hard not to lose the actual plot while the world insists on setting it on fire.Trump U-turns on tariffs. He insults B...
Trump’s Greenland Meltdown: Europe Pushes Back
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump wants Greenland and he's going to stamp his feet until he gets it. Jemma and Marina look back over a week which has included a lot of tariff thr...
Reform is a Tory Bin & Beckham-Gate
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte are rifling through the internet’s sock drawer - separating facts from absolute tat, pairing up what...
Greenland and Iran: Two Crises, One Familiar Pattern
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Trawl the world lurches from crisis to farce and back again at breakneck speed.Trump is turning Greenland into his latest imperial fixation, N...
Bartlett and Grok : Bad Takes And Deep Fakes
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This Trawl starts with some actual good news before Marina and Jemma get it into the latest dyed in the wool Tory to join Reform. Nadhi...
Shot Dead, Justified, Defended: America’s ICE Age
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
History's repeating itself …loudly.In this Trawl, Marina and Jemma struggle to keep things light as America spirals deeper into terrifyingly au...
Art Gets Cancelled. Aid Gets Banned: Where are the Consequences?
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump tries to slap his name on the Kennedy Center and the internet responds with satire, cancelled shows and an all-time zinger of a legal reply:&nbs...
Tip of the Epstein Iceberg & Trump’s Midterm Nerves
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Christmas break is barely a memory, Venezuela is threatening to become “the Greenland situation”, and Trump has kicked off January by deliveri...
Oil Be Damned: Venezuela’s New Year Coup
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma return from Christmas only to find that Trump has kicked off 2026 by bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its president - and the so‑ca...
The Trawl Meets Cody Dahler
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Clips of writer, podcaster and Instagram legend, Cody Dahler, have featured so many times on The Trawl, regular listeners will be completely familiar ...
THE TRAWL GOSS – 2025 UNEDITED REFLECTION
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No clips. No editing. No guests.In this unedited end-of-year special, Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte sit down and reflect on everything The Trawl has ...
Boxing Day, Bad Political Actors & the Great British Dumb‑Down
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Boxing Day on The Trawl, which means Marina and Jemma are fuelled by cheese, chaos and the most baffling headlines Britain has to offer. J...
Vanity Glare, Boxing Gloves & Redactions 🎄🥊
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Christmas Eve at The Trawl HQ and the cheese is flowing, the Scrooged button is armed, and Marina and Jemma are doing their level best not to s...
THE TRAWL MEETS XMAS PUDDINGS SPECIAL 🎄
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Regular Trawl listeners will know that every Trawl episode ends with a clip ‘pudding’ a treat at the end of every show. Marina and Jemma select cl...
When Harry Met Sally and Reform Met Bonnie Blue
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Love, Hypocrisy and a Rob Reiner Tribute It’s the Friday episode and Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte are running on festive fumes so prepare for...
Trump's 5 Year Scroll & Tragedy & Heroism in Bondi
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma are back with a Christmas-adjacent scroll through the internet so you don’t have to.With the festive season fast approaching, they ...
Nine Million Quid & a One-Way Ticket to Dubai
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Trawl kicks off with a little bit of Cilla Black, just like the old days. Then Jemma and Marina take a festive detour to check in on how Rossid W...
Man-Baby FIFA Peace Prize & Truss Hits YouTube
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina wade into a feed overflowing with colds, chaos and Christmas-level delusion and glide into today’s central theme: the most powerful...
Ah - The World Order has Collapsed. Anyone? Cooooollll 😳
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trawlers - what a week! In this truly wild instalment which is the first of THREE episodes this week. Marina and Jemma dive into the geopolitical chao...
Trump’s Wild Week: Oval Office Rants & Venezuela Escalation
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas is coming, and so is the unhinged consumerism. Jemma and Marina kick off with Quality Street meltdowns, £9 hot chocolates and the most poin...
Budget Fallout, Reform Turmoil &....a Tree Surgeon Radicalises a Lamp Post
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a week of karaoke meltdowns, pleather-skirt floor-crawling and a rusty saw nightmare… and yet Marina and Jemma are more determ...
The Trawl Meets Nadia Sawalha
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma meet actress, Loose Woman and all round legend Nadia Sawalha. The Trawl ladies couldn’t wait to chat to Nadia and to find out what ...
Red Square to Red-Faced: Reform's Russian Scandal and Racism Row
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Trawl, Jemma and Marina dive into the political earthquake shaking Reform UK after former Welsh leader Nathan Gill was jailed for taking ...
Budget, Bot Farms & Musk's Sad Little Party Trick
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brace yourselves, trawlers... Marina and Jemma are back and flailing through another chaotic week online. In this episode they dive into eve...
Trump ❤️ Mamdani: The Unrequited States of America
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s beginning to look a lot like chaos, Trawlers! In this 'starting to feel' festive-but-feral episode, Jemma and Marina wade through glitter explo...
Jewellery, Deportations & Distraction Tactics
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina are back, sifting through another load of digital debris so you don’t have to. Luckily, the weekend is in sight… though Christmas...
Part 2 - Trump Allies vs The Epstein Document Dump
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 2 of an Epstein emails Trawl deep dive. Once again, Marina and Jemma dive into the online storm surrounding newly unsealed Epstein-relate...
Part 1 - Epstein & Trump: You’ve Got Mail (Unfortunately)
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Trawl comes in TWO PARTS because there was simply too much to cram into just one episode. This episode has Jemma and Marina diving face...
One Trillionaire Approved, 42 Million Food Stamps Denied
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Trawl, Jemma and Marina dive head-first into a planet-sized pile of billionaire bullshit — starting with the news that E...
Shirley Valentine, Baked Spuds & Budget Bollox: It's Politics Honest
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From baked potatoes to pension raids, it’s another rollercoaster week in the weird and woeful world of UK politics.Jemma and Marina p...
Poppy Propaganda & the BBC Pile On
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Jemma Forte and Marina Purkiss are knee-deep in the latest wave of outrage from poppy politics to a BBC in apparent crisi...
Political Displays of Affection 👀 and Sudan
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a week of whiplash on The Trawl. Marina and Jemma begin with words - literally - as they find the perfect Susie Dent–style term to captu...
I ❤️ NY: Mamdani - a Prince Amongst Men… and Then There's Andrew
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma are riding a rare and glorious wave of optimism because on November 5th, New York City elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor. A progressive...
Budget Lube, Raver Dads and Farage Fluffs Figures
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Marina and Jemma wade through a week so grim it makes the John Lewis Christmas ad look like a cry for help.From Rachel Re...
Tariffs and Tantrums: Gold Plated Pram Wars and Corruption
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel’s on strike because he's not getting enough questions at PMQ'S (widdums), Reform’s spending a lot of money on flags, and Trump’s throwing ...
Pochin’s Ad Rage Meets Caerphilly Comeuppance
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a proper shit sandwich this week, Trawlers — a little light snack, a heavy main course and a very hopeful bite to finish. Followed,...
No Kings, 'Prince' Andrew and a Ballroom of Lies
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Jemma and Marina wade through a global cesspit of power, propaganda and, quite literally, poo.From Donald Trump’s unhin...
From Villa Park to Tel Aviv: The Beautiful Game Gets Ugly
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Week on The Trawl it's winners and losers time... and Reform appear to be losing in a rather spectacular fashion. Marina and Jemma break down the...
Zack Attack : Reform Meet Reality and Trickle UP Economics
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina begin by playing tribute to the incomparable Diane Keaton, Hollywood icon and absolute legend, who sadly died on October 11th at...
"They Make A Desert and Call it Peace" Tacitus : At Last, a Ceasefire
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump really wanted a Nobel Peace Prize. Trump didn’t get a Nobel Peace Prize. And we’re starting this week’s Trawl with tha...
The Trawl Meets Zack Polanski
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma were delighted to welcome the new leader of the Green Party onto the pod.Will he consider a rebrand? Would he form a strategic allian...
Project 25, Tory Conference Cringe & Real Icons
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At time of record, the world is waiting to see if a peace deal in the Middle East has been achieved. Jemma and Marina hope with every bit of them it h...
Conflation Nation: Flotillas, Fearmongering & Farewell Hyacinth
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Marina’s on holiday and Jemma’s steering the ship so expect one or two Trawl anomalies to have slipped through the net and, honestly, w...
Is Karma on a World Tour - and Skipping Britain and America?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jemma and Marina are asking: what if politicians actually faced consequences? Not a cosy resignation, not a fat book deal, not a pity gig o...
Did Starmer Just Hand Reform Another Stick to Beat Him With?
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina are back, rummaging through the week’s digital wreckage and pulling out the bits that made us laugh, rage, and despair in equa...
Charlie Kirk's Send Off, Disney's Dark Side and a Digital Brain Fart
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Trawl, Jemma and Marina wade through a feed overflowing with madness - from world-shifting diplomacy to unhinged Trump theatric...
Banquets & Bullying: Your Party Face Plants while Reform....Reform
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump’s in town and it’s every bit as grotesque as you’d imagine. From lavish royal dinners and tech-bro fawning, to unhinged speeches, salutes ...
Mandelson Fired, Trump Lands, and Banksy Scrubbed Away
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Jemma and Marina take aim at Keir Starmer’s increasingly head-scratching judgment. From brushing off genocide rulings t...
Gary Scores, Kirk's Killing & Tommy's Rage March
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Lineker boots Ant and Dec off their 23-year throne to win Presenter of the Year at the NTAs – and in doing so, delivers a perfectly t...
Farage Gets Flambéed, Trump Tantrums & Tech Bros Drool
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded late at night with a few glasses of wine and zero chill, Marina and Jemma are in rare form this week - extra sharp, extra silly, and absolute...
Rayner’s Exit and Jenkyns’ Big Entrance
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Jemma and Marina steer through a week where compassion and chaos collided.From the flotilla of medics, activists and even...
Tony Blair’s Gaza Riviera, Empty Prayers and Cap Snatching
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s another wild week online including yet another internet meltdown involving a CEO. This episode begins with a new 'caught on camera' scandal at ...
Red and White Flags, White Bread and Daytime TV Deportation Chat
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summer’s over, the kids are back at school — and frankly, some adults in Britain could do with joining them. In this Trawl, Marina Purkiss and Jem...
Trump's Sick-Bag Sycophants, GB News Nonsense & the UK's New Political Prisoner
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Marina and Jemma don the hazmat suits and dive headfirst into the week’s social media sewage. From GB News’ prehistoric ba...
Flags, Famine & Farage - Britain’s Broken Compass
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Marina and Jemma wade through the chaos of anti-immigration protests, Reform Party deportation delusions, and the media’...
The Trawl Meets: Geoff Norcott
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina sit down with comedian, author and political outlier Geoff Norcott. Geoff brings his sharp wit and no-nonsense takes to the table. Fr...
Putin's Poodle on the Red Carpet and Arresting Pensioners
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trawl ladies are back after a week off, and what a week it was to miss. From over 500 arrests in London (including pensioners with placards) to Tr...
Special Edition: The Trawl Goss - Unfiltered, Unedited, Unmissable
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Usually reserved for our beloved Patreon Lords and Ladies, this week The Trawl Goss is breaking out and landing in your feed - for free! Wit...
The Trawl Meets: Jeremy Vine
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina sit down with long-time colleague and friend, Jeremy Vine. They chat about how he got his start in politics, the inner workings of hi...
Trump's Tastelessness, Tariffs and Tablets at the Dining Table
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marina and Jemma dive headfirst into the week’s online chaos, starting with a very British debate about kids and iPads at the dinne...
Reform Fear Factory Works Overtime: Bosh
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, logic takes a holiday and truth is just a vibe.Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte wade into yet another week where the intern...
Trump’s Highland Fling, Epstein Evasions & South Park Destroy
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Jemma is holding the fort while Marina dials in from across the pond — on an Aperol-fuelled mission to confront Ron DeS...
Lionesses, Epping Protests & the Left’s New Lovechild
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Marina and Jemma dive into a whirlwind of chaos and clarity—from the Lionesses’ triumphant Euros win (yes, again) to the surreal scenes...
The Trawl Meets: Clive Lewis
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clive Lewis is the Labour MP for Norwich South and takes a bold stance in areas like water privatisation, the NHS, welfare, wealth taxes and Palestine...
The Battle of the Billionaire Ball Sacks: Trump v Murdoch
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Marina and Jemma unpack the most expensive hissy fit in presidential history: Donald Trump is suing Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Jour...
Coldplay, Crackdowns, Arrests & Cold Truths
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte have done the doom scrolling so you don’t have to, bringing you the viral chaos, the political drama, and the bits th...
Trump Takes Chelsea's Limelight, Superman Takes a Stand, and the Epstein Drama Continues
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Marina and Jemma dive into the truly gobsmacking and head-scratching events of the week - so you don’t have to. We start wit...
Butterflies, Bombs and Right-Wing Bloopers
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina are determined to ensure that The Trawl contains as many 'glimmers' as possible so begin the episode with some positive news about bu...
Rachel Weeps as Texas Floods and America Burns
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hold onto your hats Trawlers. Not the cheeriest episode ever recorded but the Trawl ladies do try to provide lightness where possible so begin by refl...
Nobel Peace Farce, Epstein Files Shocker and Arresting an 83 year old Priest
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's the world coming to Trawlers? Yes, the news cycle is astoundingly awful but, as ever, Jemma and Marina nominate themselves to wade through what...
Bezos Ties the Knot While America Comes Undone
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jemma and Marina tackle Venice’s most OTT nuptials as Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez say “I do” amidst a spectacle that felt like a&n...
Glastonbury Meltdowns and Labour’s Implosions
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For days the headlines have been consumed by what Bob Vylan said at Glastonbury. Jemma and Marina discuss. But, before they disseminate all the Glasto...
Reform's Reverse Robin Hood, Labour's Vanishing Backbone and a Socialist Surprise
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Right then, strap in Trawlers and let's raise a lukewarm pint of Champagne to the anniversary of the Brexit referendum - because nothing says “takin...
The Trawl Meets: John Nicolson
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina were absolutely thrilled to have ex-SNP MP and broadcaster, John Nicolson on the podcast for a really juicy chat about UK politics. T...
Bombs, Bluster, and Bad Intel: Mad Men at the Helm
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another week trying to wade through and make sense of an insane news cycle. The Trawl ladies hadn't had Trump bombing Iran on their bingo card but tha...
👋 Hello WW3! War, Hypocrisy, and Political Absurdity
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the brink of WW3 following Israel’s attack on Iran, to the hypocrisy of Western leaders, Jemma and Marina unpack the realities of war, nuclear ...
Parade Flops, No Kings Protests & Squeaky Tanks
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Trawl, Jemma Forte and Marina Purkiss sift through the latest chaos so you don’t have to. As the world teeters on geopolitical...