Welcome to Loserville: Musk's Midnight Musings & Trump's Oval Office Nap
The Trawl
Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
4.7 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
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-deny Oval Office napping to unravelling ceasefire negotiations in the Middle East, the Trawl ladies serve up their trademark mix of righteous fury and sharp humour. Marina's been deep in Italian passport paperwork (backup plan activated should Farage get in), Jemma's fantasising about a one-way ticket to Lisbon with absolutely zero logistics sorted, and somehow Amsterdam enters the chat as a genuine option.
There's a detour to Loserville thanks to Musk's midnight musings, a deep dive into Trump's chaotic social media timeline, and a satirical clip of British police officers that is uncannily accurate.
On the brighter side: the BAFTAs delivered - from a Gaza documentary winning despite BBC cowardice, to Martin Lewis being rightfully crowned a national treasure (Marina may have developed a crush). The episode wraps with a Lincoln Project ad airing at Trump's own golf tournament, and the small matter of the trawlers' very first ever live show happening that same evening. Eek!
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| 0:00.0 | I double the size of it, you dumb person. |
| 0:02.4 | Troubred. |
| 0:03.3 | You are not a smart person. |
| 0:06.7 | Hello, and welcome to the size. |
| 0:20.4 | Hello and welcome to The Trawl, the only news and politics podcast that is on your level. |
| 0:24.4 | We pronounce issues correctly, no issues here. |
| 0:28.2 | We call a bell end, a bell end, and we make very necessary use of this sound effect. |
| 0:34.1 | For fuck shake! |
| 0:35.3 | I'm Gemma Forte. |
| 0:36.6 | And I'm Marina Perkis. And as ever, we've got lots to get through, though I am still |
| 0:42.7 | bunged up. |
| 0:43.5 | I don't know how this is... |
| 0:45.1 | In fact, I think I do know why now. |
| 0:47.3 | Miss Bakes-a-lot wrote, Greetings from London, where the weather has been reset to November |
| 0:52.2 | settings, but someone forgot to deselect the hay fever |
| 0:55.9 | option. Oh, yes, true. It's bloody cold, isn't it? In fact, my sister, Jess, just sent me this. |
| 1:01.4 | It's a tweet or a thread or something by David Gilbert. And she said, my sister, Jess said, |
| 1:07.3 | this is how I experience life. And Dave Gilbert wrote, is there a name for the feeling when all you want out of life is to hunker down and eat pizza and watch movies? But you also want to break new ground in your profession. But you also want to quit society to live in the woods. But you also want to go and explore the world forever. Oh, yeah. She's having an existential crisis. |
| 1:27.8 | Sister, I feel you. |
| 1:29.5 | Yes, to all of that. |
| 1:31.3 | Right. |
| 1:32.0 | Today's episode, we are going to be leaving behind the absolute shambles of a shambles that |
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