The Trawl
Episodes
Ep 80: Rip-off boats, rip-off degrees & stolen kidneys...
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina open with a toast to the 10th anniversary of the Same Sex Marriage Act - the way Cameron and Sunak have been tweeting about it would...
EP 79: Bye bye elections and Wootton earth is going on?
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina discuss the devastating Conservative by-election results - or as GB News optimisically put it: Rishi Sunak AVOIDS horror triple by-e...
Ep 78: BBC Huw-dunnit, Osborne Confetti and Mural Immorality
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma are trying to make sense of the BBC presenter scandal, the timing of it, the execution of it, the point of it. They wonder if it migh...
Ep 77: Mercer madness, Tory travesty and our NHS.
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been an interesting week for the Mercers. Tory MP, Johnny Mercer, said repeatedly that if veterans were using food banks it was about ‘choice...
Ep 76: Farage's Bonkers Banking and Tory Tumbleweed
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marina's back from her holidays. Back to a broken freezer and a load of rotten food, which feels like a great metaphor for the state of the Tory party...
Ep 75: Submarine Spats, Twitter Scraps and Class War
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's all kicking off in this episode of The Trawl. Twitter polls are not getting the results pollsters want with hilarious consequences. An MP is usin...
Ep 74: Clacton Spills, IKEA Chills and Glastonbury Tingles
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re off to the seaside! But don’t get too excited - it’s for the ‘Leavers only’ edition of Question Time which will leave you bathed in be...
Ep 72: Johnson’s defeat, jingles & mingles and a Dorries megamix...
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this bumper episode, Jemma and Marina open with a tribute to Labour firebrand MP and actress, Glenda Jackson...and a stunned Jemma couldn't quite b...
Ep 70: Dishonourable Honours, Odious Odey and Dorries.
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina are glad to be at their mics after what has been an explosive week in British politics. Crispin Odey has been investigated by the FT ...
Ep 67: Eamonn Dishes and Starmer's Brexit Stance
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's a telly-tastic Trawl because Twitter has been agog, not only at all the This Morning drama, but also the serialisation of Eamonn Holmes' revenge ...
Ep 66: Johnson's Whatsapp's, Dodgy Donors and...Peter Andre
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
GB News have hired a new presenter. It's political heavyweight, Peter Andre. No one saw that coming but Marina and Jemma are enjoying people's reactio...
Ep 65: Johnson procreates, Britain stagnates...
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode opens up with the news of yet more impending fruit from the loins of Boris Johnson - the PM credited with withdrawing from the EU, but se...
Ep 64: Schofield Leaving, Suella Speeding, Rishi Reeling
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina begin by paying tribute to the legend, Tina Turner, who sadly died this week. Then they have to touch on the drama that's been playi...
Ep 63: The Nat C's, Farage Admits and Phil and Holly.
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The National Conservatives are in town and it's a pretty sinister guest list. David Starkey has been making bizarre and worrying statements, an author...
Ep 62: Gerrymandering, PR and Topsy Turvy Views
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The world's gone mad. Lord Cruddas is 'threatening' us with the obliteration of the Tory party if Labour bring in Proportional Representation. Jemma ...
Ep 61: Trump Gets Thumped and Punch & Judy PMQs...
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out that yes, the UK is a basket case, but you can rest assured that in our times of trouble and strife, across the pond, the US tends to always...
Ep 60: Local election carnage and more Coronation chaos...
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a time to be alive...better still, what a time to be British! Jemma and Marina enjoy a momentary gloat at the public pummeling that was the May L...
Ep 59: You're poor - now lump it, HIGNFY and Lordy Lords
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out, those sunlit uplands are quite bleak and a bit shady. In this episode we learn that a top Bank of England official has been saying that peo...
Ep 58: Dodgy Sunak, Nurses, and Coronation Chaos
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Isn't it interesting how Sunak's wife and extended family, benefit so often from various government enterprises and grants. Marina and Jemma ponder th...
Ep 57: Blue Ticks, Diane Abbott, Govt Alert and the Brexit Inquiry
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Space Karen (AKA Elon Musk) has been busy wrecking Twitter by confusing everyone and helping no one, by removing, then reinstating ticks all over the ...
Ep 56: Marina meets Mogg, Raab goes, and the new Nat C's
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the pod opens with a tribute to Dame Edna Everage who sadly passed last week - who, as well as her infectious personality and talent, also h...
Ep 55: Quiche Overload, Maths and Corruption
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How many headlines about quiche is too many headlines about quiche? Maybe someone should ask Sunak because, according to him, maths is the be all and ...
Ep 54: Government gas-lighting, the demise of Tupperware and yet more Brexit benefits
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode opens with the heart-warming tale of Carly in Harlow and her allotment, but any warm and fuzzy feelings will be short-lived as Jemma and ...
Ep 53: Brexit benefits, racist karaoke and barge holiday capers with 30p Lee.
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode opens with aptly named, Bell and Spurling, the one-hit wonder duo who performed what can only be referred to as racist karaoke, to a some...
Ep 52: Labour Attack Ads, Corruption and Woke Soup
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina begin this one by reflecting on some Tory Easter tweets in a section they call Easter hypocrisy. Then it's onto This Morning's, Aliso...
Ep 51: Wake Up and Smell the Coffey - sewage, wet wipes and a Royal portrait.
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode begins with a spectacular clip from Question Time. An audience member gets stuck into the Conservatives and no one's disagreeing with her...
Ep 50: Brexit benefits unleashed - Dover queues, a new trading bloc & Suella de Vil
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode opens with the sad news that Ruper Mordoch's recent engagement has fallen through. Which means he's back on the market ladies...Sadly, it...
Ep 49: £1k fines for the homeless, £10k fees for Tory MPs
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma open with a mic-drop clip about Jacob Rees-Mogg.Then dip into the scandal that saw our ex-chancellor change his going rate from $10k ...
EP 48: Led By Donkeys scandal and a Sunak cringefest
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the week when the new leader of the SNP was announced, Jemma and Marina pay tribute to the late, great Paul O Grady ( as did Dominic Raab, who rath...
Ep 47: Did Johnson mean to lie when he lied and is Brexit done yet?
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina wonder what it was about ancient multi millionaire Rupert Murdoch that persuaded his fifth bride to tie the knot.And then there's the...
Ep 46: Nurses Shafted and Suella's Right Wing Jolly to Rwanda
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode kicks off with a clip from a podcast which couldn't be more different from The Trawl. Apparently, according to the hosts, women need to b...
Ep 45: Bin Juice Views and a Very Hunty Budget
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's not often that Marina and Jemma are truly shocked anymore, but gold medal to Kelvin Mckenzie for managing to articulate views so abhorrent they e...
Ep 44: Oscars, Gary-gate and Tories watching football
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jemma and Marina, cordially invite you to The Troscars (that's the Trawl Oscars). Hugh Grant wins one for 'most whatevs performance on a r...
Ep 43: Refugees: Gary 1 - Tories 0
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a quick ode to anyone with bosoms of any type whatsoever (International Women's Day), Jemma and Marina dive into the government's latest immigra...
Ep 42: Lockdown Scandal, Sue Gray Beef and Coach Trips to GB News
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marina and Jemma start with a clip that hugely inspires them both. Across the pond, Jon Stewart, shows how to hold someone to account in an interview....
Ep 41: A shot of Oakshotte and a dash of Hancock.
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the time of recording, Jemma and Marina had just learnt about the 'lockdown files' and their explosive contents. Before they get to that, they pay...
Ep 40: Turnip Dystopia and the Windsor Framework
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Therese (lots of accents) Coffey has out Marie Antoinette’d Marie Antoinette herself. Instead of cake, our Secretary of State for Food, Environment ...
Ep 39: Sensitivity warnings for tomatoes, Dahl and the Northern Ireland Protocol
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This trawl begins with headlines about two different people's living arrangements - One is The Andrew Formerly Known As Prince, the other is Johnson, ...
Ep 038: Daily Mail Fails, BBC Bias & Sexists on the BBQ...
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marina and Jemma step into their TARDIS and head back to the 1050s' given that's where some right-wing newspapers have regressed to w...
Ep 037: Britain’s Kicking Off, Corbyn’s out, Sturgeon’s off
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Marina and Jemma discuss Starmer’s decision not to allow Corbyn to stand as a Labour MP and Sturgeon’s sudden resignation. Then, ...
ep 036: Three years on - A Brexit special
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Brexit special, Jemma and Marina unpack where the country finds itself three years on from leaving the EU. There's a look down memory lane wit...
Ep 035: Dorries does Johnson, teachers and 30p Lee
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jemma and Marina discuss Dorries’ new career as a broadcaster. Paxman and Maitlis probably aren’t losing any sleep…….The Trawl pledg...
Ep 034: You Couldn't Write It - Only they have. When Headlines take a Turn for the Strange....
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This trawl is one of the weirdest. Jemma and Marina are wondering why so many of our national newspapers have taken a turn for the deeply weird. From ...
Ep 033: Ding Dong Zahawi's gone, Sam Smith's bits and Brits and Poundshop Farage
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma and Marina discuss the latest Sam Smith video which is causing a lot of pearl clutching in certain circles. But is it any more outrageous than t...
Ep 032: Ding Dang the Smell of Corruption is Ripe
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this trawl through Twitter, Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte delve into the batshittery of our Govt fining universities if they train too many GPs (d...
031: Drinking Hunt's Coffee Beside The Brexit Bonfire of EU Laws
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this trawl through Twitter, Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte dive deep into the so-called bonfire of EU regulations, Rishi Sunak evades questions whe...
030: MPs Behaving Badly
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's trawl through political happenings in the Twittersphere, Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte rummage in a tombola of Tories, to discover wha...
029: Unlawful Lords Laws, Pegg’s rage, and Sunak’s Private Strife
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode ends, like all editions of The Trawl, with a bit of fun. In 029 it's the return of amazing satirist Rosie Holt, who is best known for her...
028: Harry's Frostbitten Sceptre, Lucrative Second Jobs, and Nadine Dorries
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of the podcast that trawls social media so you don't have to, you'll meet Politico Bob who is a member of the electorate who pi...
027: Harrowing - An NHS Special
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“What are we meant to do with 180 people in a department built for 50?” - a rhetorical question from an NHS staff member.Whilst the UK’s Health ...
026: Sunak, Tate and Make Twitter Greta Again
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political commentators Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte took one week off for festive merriment and now catch up on a coupla weeks of tweets about toxic...
025: A Festive Trawl With Season's Tweetings
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A little Christmas edition of The Trawl, which is less a trawl of the internet and more a trawl of the trawl.Marina & Jemma are in a reflective mo...
024: Treason, Bootlicking, And A New Coal Mine
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In case you’re wondering how things are going in Britain after 12 years of Tory hell, here’s a snapshot: Nurses and ambulance drivers are on strik...
023: Mone Money Mo' Problems
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s just never a dull week is there? Although trawling through Twitter is a little different these days. Since man child Elon Musk took the rein...
022 - Part 2: Starmer, Tory Inbetweeners, and Trawling Through Your Qs
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of this week’s pod is a little different. Seeing as we are now 22 episodes in, we thought it was high time we answered a few of your question...
022 - Part 1: Scottish Independence, Katherine Ryan and Manifesting Maniacs
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s trawl of Twitter, political broadcasters Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte explore the latest supreme court ruling on Scottish independe...
021 - Part 1: Brexit betrayal, GBeebies polls and Hunty budgets
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is our first trawl of Twitter since the Jeremy Hunt Autumn budget, so we take a look at that underwhelming despair fest. But, don’t worry, twit...
020: Reasons To Be Cheerful - Part 2
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re not going to put a “positive gloss” on things, Brexit isn’t going well.In the second part of this week’s episode, political commentato...
020: Reasons To Be Cheerful - Part 1
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s trawl sees our political pair yank at the short and curlies of Brexit but not before pondering disgraced PM Truss’ attendance at the r...
019: I'm A Twitterer... Get Musk Outta Here!
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s edition of The Trawl spans from Matt Hancock’s appearance on I’m A Celeb, to people on Twitter having a LOT fun making fake verified...
018: Braver-mon? Bra-verr-man? Fascist or Fast-whisk?!
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is wrong with seeking a better life? Marina and Jemma take a look at the so-called “migrant crisis” overseen by disgraced - and recently fire...
017: Suella, Sunak, Schools, and The Sunburnt Bladder
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do we even begin?Jemma “I liked my own tweet” Forte and Marina “there are a lot of Hunts” Purkiss are running out of descriptors for how m...
016: Dial H for Hunt. Wot Miriam said...
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since our last episode, Twitter’s been livelier than a 90’s warehouse rave, spicier than a vindaloo, and as fractious as nursery full of toddlers ...
015: Fly Cruella Airlines
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Uplifted by the idea of sending people seeking refuge to Rwanda? Vote Tory.In episode 015 our intrepid political podcasters (aka enemies of the people...
014: Let's Be Clear, Liz Truss Woz 'Ere
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How much money is enough? That’s one of the big questions political commentators Marina Purkiss & Jemma Forte wrestle with this week, alongside ...
013: Liz Truss Doesn't Accept The Premise of Your Mortgage
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our trawl of Twitter this week will inevitably be focussing on the fall-out of the not so “mini”, mini-budget and we thought it might be interest...
012: The Dark Arts of Thinkie Tankie Bankies
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 12th edition of The Trawl, Marina Purkiss & Jemma Forte take a deep dive into two articles that feel worthy of some proper scrutiny. In sh...
011: Spanking The Treasury - (Mini) Budget Special
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who really benefits from Kwasi Kwarteng’s changes to taxes and government investment? Marina & Jemma trawl through Twitter to make sense of what...
010: The Bankers' Bonus "Fiscal Event"
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the UK transitioned from pomp to politics, the Tories prioritised some of - you guessed it! - the richest in society.In this week’s trawl, Marina...
009: Historical, Hysterical, Socialism, Corruption and... Top Gear
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Queen died last Thursday on the 8th September and, as you’d expect, Twitter lit up with tributes from dignitaries from around the globe and twee...
008: New Cabinet Carnage, Bonfire of Rights and “Specific & Limited” Tory Dystopia
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s trawl includes the world’s best booking on a politics show, Twitter’s thoughts on the UK’s new PM, breakfast telly lunacy and more...
007: Heckling Tories, Meeting Starmer, BBC Impartiality
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Trawl is brimming with corruption, politicians getting an earful, cost of living panic, Tory incompetence and Twitter take downs. Outgoi...
006: Lord of the Lies, Honest Government, Tory Obliteration
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rishi's lovin' it and Truss is ready to go nuclear... whilst Johnson is missing in action.In this week's episode Marina 'still en France' Purkiss and ...
005: Tories Urge Whilst Prices Surge
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🎧 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Podtail | PocketcastsIn episode five, political commentators & broadcasters (& can they ...
004: Tory clowns, the UK frowns, and a lorra Brown
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Perhaps a nice contrast to nuclear annihilation…” Jemma ‘is back from beefa’ Forte and Marina ‘has the builders in’ Purkiss, once again...
003: RMT dreamboats, tits and Tories
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Podtail | PocketcastsBroadcasters and political commentators, Marina and Jemma, contemplate why the f...
002: 55% Tory Dimwittery vs 3% climate and 100% Mick Lynch
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Don’t Look Up to maximum cringe… this week political commentator Marina Purkiss and broadcaster Jemma Forte discuss the UK government’s rem...
001: The Tombola of Tory Talent
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Political commentator Marina Purkiss and broadcaster Jemma Forte delve into the week in tweets.The Trawl doomscrolls Twitter so you don’t have to. E...
The Trawl podcast: Pilot Episode
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s the pilot episode of The Trawl.Please let us know if there is anything you’d love to hear more of in future episodes by sending us some fee...