111: Labour Friends of Uruguay
The Alexei Sayle Podcast
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti
4.8 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Alright, so this 2026 thing is sticking around, is it? Sigh! Well here goes...
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti discuss Syria, Iran and why it's so easy to be more vocal about Palestine. They also rapid fire through some of Alexei's filmography until Ricky Gervais comes along and sucks all the joy out of the conversation.
Vote for Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar to win a British Comedy Award by visiting comedy.co.uk and filling in the form!
Be a comrade and support the show by becoming a Patron and getting access to full video versions of the podcast, live episodes and more - patreon.com/AlexeiSaylePodcast
Send your fan art, thoughts and questions to alexeisaylepodcast@gmail.com
Please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Subscribe to Alexei's YouTube channel here and join him for his Bike Rides.
The Alexei Sayle Podcast is produced and edited by Talal Karkouti
Music by Tarboosh Records
Photograph from the Andy Hollingworth Archive
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Hello, everybody. Welcome to episode one-one-one of the local cast. |
| 0:37.8 | You're making noises there. |
| 0:40.0 | I just agreed with you that it's 1-1-1-1. |
| 0:43.7 | Carrying on the German fighter theme, |
| 0:47.3 | the H.E.11-1 was a contestant. |
| 0:51.4 | A contestant in the competition, which finally saw the contract awarded to the BF109, of course. |
| 0:59.8 | But although some said it was a superior aircraft. |
| 1:05.0 | I think there was somebody commented that would love to talk to me about German fighter. |
| 1:13.3 | Anyway, we'll leave that there for now. |
| 1:17.3 | Did you know, 1-1-1 is an angel number? |
| 1:18.4 | Is it? |
| 1:19.4 | What does that mean? |
| 1:26.0 | So certain numbers have very significant magical powers. |
| 1:26.6 | Oh, yeah. And according to the Cosmopolitan magazine, |
| 1:30.5 | 1-1-1 signifies that things in your life are coming to divine alignment. |
| 1:36.2 | The process of everything lining up for the best is underway, |
| 1:39.9 | and you're meant to have faith and stand strong in the midst of the process. |
| 1:44.5 | Okay. |
| 1:45.8 | Cosmopolitan still going. |
| 1:50.2 | That's a remarkable thing in itself. |
| 1:53.5 | Anyway, to, we should, I, this week I thought we'd be a bit more after last week's talk of of kittens and |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.