The Trawl
Episodes
The Kentucky Primary That Broke America
21 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Trawl, Marina and Jemma dive headfirst into what might be the most jaw-dropping week of Trump 2.0 so far.From claims of billion-dollar “slus...
Flags, Far Right Fury & Terrible Singing
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma dive into the chaos surrounding Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” rally, from the anti-Muslim rhetoric and media silence to ...
The Makerfield Gamble & Wes Side Story
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma are spiralling over Labour’s risky civil war.With Andy Burnham heading into the hugely consequential Makerfield by-election, Wes St...
Welcome to Loserville: Musk's Midnight Musings & Trump's Oval Office Nap
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina take a break from UK political chaos to zoom out and survey the wider world... and it's not pretty.From Trump's increasingly hard-to-...
Absolute Scenes in Labour HQ: It's Not Ideal Trawlers
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma wade through the chaos engulfing Labour after the bruising local election results, cabinet resignations, media pile-ons and growing c...
Reform Gains: Just Take the Bloody Bins Out
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The local election results are in and… bloody hell.In this Trawl, Jemma and Marina dig into Reform UK’s huge gains, Labour’s mounting panic, and...
Met Gala Hunger Games & Trumpy Bedtime Stories
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina dive headfirst into the Met Gala circus from impossible outfits and billionaires playing dress-up, to the growing backlash against ce...
Polanski, Protests & A Very Heated Week
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been one of those weeks where the temperature of public discourse didn’t just rise, it boiled over.Marina and Jemma both appeared on daytime ...
Royal Bants in DC & A Gifted Bell
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina are back in full chaotic form, slightly sleep-deprived, deeply opinionated, and absolutely not holding back.They unpack the horror of...
Botox Bollox, Boozy MPs & a Five Million Pound 'Gift'
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Trawl, Jemma and Marina take on everything from outdated beauty standards to the increasingly surreal state of UK politics.There’s fury over...
Shots Fired at The White House & Marathon Heroes
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina start with the emotional highs of the London Marathon: stories of resilience, community and the kind of humanity that restores your f...
Bias, Bombings & Batshit Takes
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina are back in the scroll, picking apart the stories, headlines and takes that have everyone talking, pondering and shouting.They get in...
The Pope, Pulp Fiction & Wild Presidential Claims
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Trawl, we're heading Stateside because, frankly, you can’t look away.From Pentagon prayer sessions to a defence secretary apparently quoting...
Starmer Drama & A Website From Hell
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte wade through the latest Westminster psychodrama involving Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson, and a row that refuses to die....
The Trawl Meets Sir Bill Browder
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Trawl sits down with Sir Bill Browder, the man Vladimir Putin would very much prefer stayed quiet. From exposing corruption at the ...
Reform Raffle, Tory Receipts & Starmer Confusion
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma are back in the trenches, sifting through the chaos so you don’t have to.In this episode, why Keir Starmer can be both co...
Trump vs Pope, AI Jesus & What the Melania?!
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This Trawl begins, as you do, with Melania Trump making a deeply strange, entirely unprompted statement insisting she has “nothing to do with E...
Orbán Out & Trump Blocks Blockade
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma dive into Hungarian celebrations. After 16 years of authoritarian rule, Viktor Orbán is gone and the scenes coming ou...
100 Bombs in 10 Minutes & Still No Backbone: Plus Hegseth & Bondi
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been one of those weeks where, every time you think it can’t escalate further… it absolutely does.Jemma and Marina mull over the ceasefire ...
100 Bombs in 10 Minutes & Still No Backbone: Plus Hegseth & Bondi
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been one of those weeks where, every time you think it can’t escalate further… it absolutely does.Jemma and Marina mull over the ceasefire ...
Reform Freefall & Marmalade Madness
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Trawl, Marina and Jemma take on one of the dumbest outrage cycles in recent memory. Yes, it's the “EU marmalade scandal” (completely ...
PHEW! A Whole Civilisation Wasn’t Nuked
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It was one of those nights where going to bed felt… uncertain.After a late-night post from Donald Trump sent the internet into meltdown, t...
Easter Basket Case: Dark Side of the Moon, Darker Side of Earth
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a weekend of extremes. Marina and Jemma start with a rare moment of awe as they consider the Artemis mission and those breath-taking image...
Joy, Noise & People Power: Wot No Coverage?
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A very Friday feeling Trawl. Jemma and Marina are back on the scroll, cutting through the chaos with equal parts rage, wit, and ridiculousness.They be...
Cognitive Decline Meet Geopolitics: Confidently Clueless
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump’s back on the mic and it’s… Sharpies, sex, and 'aced' dementia tests while the world edges closer to chaos.Marina and Jemma wade through t...
Stop The World, We Want To Get Off (When Allies Face No Consequences)
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one of those episodes.Marina and Jemma try (and occasionally fail) to keep it together as they wade through a week of escalating horr...
What are Ofcom Doing? A Great British Shrug
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Trawl, Jemma and Marina coin a new state of being (“fucktioning”) before diving headfirst into a world that feels increasingly unhing...
TACO Trump & the 48 Hour Countdown.
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
BS, Bluster & BacklashJemma and Marina return with a properly unhinged dispatch from a world that seems to be teetering somewhere between “carry...
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...