117: From Green Party Victory to War in Iran
The Alexei Sayle Podcast
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti
4.8 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
What a week! Alexei laments barely getting time to enjoy the Green victory in the by-election before the world goes back to war. He and Talal Karkouti also discuss ethno-fascist youth in Israel, Dubai, one hit wonders and Comic Strip's The Strike.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | Bhaar, |
| 0:03.0 | Bhaar |
| 0:04.0 | Bhaar |
| 0:06.0 | . Hi everybody. Welcome to episode 117 of the Alexii sale podcast uh just me and the tea man this week |
| 0:42.7 | the talal pot teapot yo yeah with my yeah and so yeah, I suppose we should concentrate on, um, current affairs. |
| 0:59.6 | I, I, the first of all, I said, just what a, what a joyous day. |
| 1:05.8 | It was Friday, really. |
| 1:07.0 | I was doing some filming. |
| 1:08.6 | I had to get up early and I I was about the driver to put on |
| 1:12.6 | Radio 4 Today program when it started at 6 AM and it was just joyful to listen to the news of the |
| 1:23.0 | the green selection |
| 1:28.0 | yeah i mean it was |
| 1:29.4 | you know i i quickly caught it on the tv just |
| 1:33.4 | before i left and um |
| 1:36.7 | yeah it was it was a wonderful day really and on the way back i i listened to |
| 1:42.3 | five five p m show on ready for again the car going |
| 1:46.9 | back and it's just you know by then they'd you know they're starting to you're very |
| 1:53.2 | excuse but it's uh you know it seems it it feels highly significant really that um I mean by 5pm |
| 2:00.4 | they started to what well they were kind of you know |
| 2:02.9 | getting in their excuses and there was more you know yeah more war more centrist pundits being wheeled out |
| 2:10.5 | to you know save it's various crap um yeah but But, you know, |
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