Froth & Fury: From Liverpool outrage to Gaza grief - and how socials are becoming unbearable.
The Trawl
Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
4.6 • 708 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
What can we say... Sadly, this pod isn't a laugh a minute, although Jemma does manage to squeeze in a little humour when discussing Marina's social algorithm which has taking scrolling to another level of doom.
Jemma landed back from a few days away from the news to the harrowing events in Liverpool and the grim state of affairs that saw Merseyside police rush to declare the ethnicity of the suspect, yet seemingly this wasn't enough to placate the usual suspects who seemingly relish any opportunity to weaponize suffering for their own gain.
Talk turns to the tragic events in Washington, where two Israelis were gunned down and Netanyahu's response which is a masterclass in gaslighting and responsibility shirking. The ladies discuss how the dehumanisation of Palestinians and devaluing of their lives has become so prevalent and share one powerful explanation by Israeli journalist, Gideon Levy.
And while it was only last week that David Lammy declared suspended trade negotiations with Israel, just wait till you see what our UK trade envoy has been up to.
Pudding is from a new contributor – Actor, Caitlin O’Ryan who delivered an incredible poem entitled: Questions for my conscience.
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| 0:00.0 | At Barclays, we run programs that help communities across the UK, |
| 0:04.0 | whether you're a young person, gaining skills to enter the workplace, |
| 0:08.0 | a small business trying to grow and find its place in the modern world, |
| 0:13.0 | or a girl in school, building confidence on and off the pitch through football. |
| 0:20.0 | We believe everyone deserves to fly. |
| 0:24.4 | Search Berkeley's communities to find out more. |
| 0:27.4 | Barclays. |
| 0:28.4 | Here for every goal. |
| 0:30.0 | At Wix, save on Dulac's standard 2.5 litre coloured emulsion. |
| 0:33.8 | Was 23 pound, now 15. |
| 0:36.1 | Feel as proud as a peacock with Wix. |
| 0:38.3 | Ends Wednesday in terms apply. |
| 0:40.4 | Free Palestine is just today's version of Heil Hitler. |
| 0:47.5 | Hello and welcome to The Troll, where we scroll through social media, so you don't have to, |
| 0:52.1 | I'm Gemma Forte. |
| 0:53.7 | And I'm Marina Perkis and we want to start |
| 0:57.0 | this episode with a big and heartfelt. Thank you. Thank you to those of you who have been |
| 1:03.7 | listening since we started this all off back in July 2020. To those of you who have joined |
| 1:09.7 | along the way and to any brand new trawlers, |
| 1:12.9 | we are so proud genuinely that anyone listens. We're amazed. We are frankly amazed. And we obviously |
| 1:20.4 | couldn't and wouldn't do it without you. And it's worth noting that before we began, |
| 1:24.6 | a load of people were like, um, are you sure about this? Because you two, |
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