Best Jemma Forte Podcasts (2024)

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The Mummafesto: Jemma Forte, journalist and host of The Trawl 36:13

11h ago36:13

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My guest this week is broadcaster and journalist Jemma Forte. Jemma has been a professional presenter for over twenty years and began her career at Disney Channel. Jemma is now a regular on Sky News, BBC, Jeremy Vine and was formally a presenter and panelist on Channel 5’s current affairs show ‘The Wright Stuff’. For the last two years Jemma has ho…

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Ep 202: Petition gate on normal island... 35:40

42m ago35:40

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Have we all lost our minds? It appears so as the news this week was dominated by a petition, seemingly signed by bells and bots, demanding Keir Starmer call a general election - a mere 4 months since the last one. Jemma is inevitably quite grumpy about the whole silly affair and so opens the pod with a good moan from an equally grumpy Hugh Grant. J…

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Ep 201: Bluesky Xodus, and Dodgy CV's 38:24

1h ago38:24

38:24

Melvin Odoom has pledged his love to Carol Vorderman from the Australian rainforest so Jemma and Marina leap at the chance to kick off the episode with something sweet. The sweet quickly turns sour though when the Trawl ladies check in to see who Trump has appointed Education Secretary. Hold onto your hats, he might just have excelled himself. Then…

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Ep 200: Farmer Fury and Unlikely Heroes 37:15

6d ago37:15

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It's the two hundredth Trawl! Jemma and Marina can hardly believe it and both recommend a couple of vintage eps to celebrate, as does editor Max. Then, it's over to the States to see what health recommendations RFK Jr. is making. Hopefully they'll be less effective than the ones he made in Samoa where there was a huge outbreak of measles and subseq…

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Ep 199: Trump's team of terror, Jeremy Clarkson & Maccabi Tel Aviv 37:35

2h ago37:35

37:35

It's not even been two weeks since the US election and already some in the US will be feeling that buyers' remorse, with even Trump himself receiving a little shock from Russia (not with love) to remind him exactly who's in charge. Jemma and Marina digest some of Trump's latest Government appointments, which are as wild as they are dangerous, with …

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The Trawl Meets: Rosie Holt & Rosie Holt MP 37:23

1d ago37:23

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In this episode of The Trawl Meets, Jemma and Marina meet someone best known for her incredibly convincing parody videos of a desperately loyal Tory MP shamelessly defending the latest Government scandal... The one and only, Rosie Holt. Jemma and Marina talk to the award-winning satirist about her journey into comedy and the twist of fate that saw …

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Ep 198: THE TRUMP TRAWL 55:00

7d ago55:00

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It was always going to be a long episode, because let's face facts... You can't cover the dawn of a new fascism in half an hour. Jemma and Marina get straight into it - and there's absolutely no shying away from the fact that not only did Trump win, but he won 'bigly'. The Trawl ladies share their experience of the election night, and how a party w…

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Ep 197: Royal Millions - Dispatches Unpacked 33:36

7d ago33:36

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Prior to this episode, Jemma had mainly associated the word 'Duchy' with Musical Youth, the band from the 80's who used to pass it on the left hand side. Since delving into the C4 Dispatches 'The King, The Prince and Their Secret Millions' she's had to catch up pretty quickly. Marina feels a mixture of vindicated and furious and neither of the Traw…

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The Mummafesto: Rachel Johnson 42:05

7d ago42:05

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Joining me this week is journalist and author Rachel Johnson. Rachel was the first female graduate trainee at the Financial Times and has since written weekly columns for the Sunday telegraph, daily telegraph and evening standard. She is a contributing editor of The Spectator and now writes a weekly column in the The Mail on Sunday. From 2009-2012 …

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Ep 196: Kemi Badenoch and her Shadowy Kabinet 33:05

8d ago33:05

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Recorded pre US election, this episode begins with tributes to two greats who died this week. Music producer, Quincy Jones and comedian, Janey Godley, who famously detested Trump. There is a wonderful clip made by BBC Scotland News which encapsulates her beautifully. Quincy Jones is 'pudding' and we learn what the greatest advice he ever heard was.…

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Ep 195: Budget Beef and Scary News Drop 45:47

13d ago45:47

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It's Halloween week and the prospect of Trump getting in is certainly spooking Jemma and Marina. The floods in Spain are pretty damn terrifying too, as is the news from other parts of the world, including of course, the situation in the Middle East. However, the Trawl ladies are not ones for sticking their hands in the sand or their fingers in thei…

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Ep 194: Trump's racist rally and Tommy Tosspot gets prison time 41:43

15d ago41:43

41:43

It's tough consuming the news at the moment, which is why positive news stories should be celebrated - like Tommy Robinson being sentenced to 18 months in prison. Wahey! But all is not so joyous over in The US, in fact, it's pretty terrifying following Trump's latest rally in Madison Square Garden which included a speech so grotesque, that it convi…

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Ep 193: Jenrick v Badenoch, a heckled king & Liam Payne 41:54

20d ago41:54

41:54

It's not everyday that the King gets heckled, but when he and Camilla turned up to Parliament House in Canberra, that's precisely what happened - with the twist being that the heckler was elected to their position, but the hecklee was not! Then it's onto the tragic news of One Direction star, Liam Payne's passing. Jemma and Marina discuss the impac…

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The Mummafesto: Tinuke Awe, founder of fiveXmore and Mums and Tea 31:53

26d ago31:53

31:53

My guest this is blogger, campaigner and founder of grassroots organisation Five X More, Tinuke Awe. Five X More is an organisation committed to changing and highlighting Black maternal outcomes in the UK and was founded following Tinuke’s own experience with traumatic birth. She's also a campaigner on Autism in the black community. In April this y…

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Ep 192: Johnson’s Book and Trump’s New Gig - Would you like lies with that? 40:35

22d ago40:35

40:35

Johnson has been busy promoting his latest tome so the Trawl ladies thought they’d give you an update on how it’s doing. Then, Jemma and Marina are astounded by the flagrant voter manipulation which is occurring in the States. There’s a clip you’ll hardly believe. Brexit certainly wasn’t the only moment where ‘Dividing and Conquering’ was the MO. P…

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The Mummafesto: Vyki Sparkes - Museum Mum 34:41

27d ago34:41

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Joining me this week is Vyki Sparkes, otherwise known as Museum Mum. After gaining a Masters in Museum studies and working at some of London’s best museums, Vyki founded Museum Mum to help families find great cultural activities and share her own families’ adventures with trip reviews and reports. Since 2012 Vyki’s platform has grown to over 40k fa…

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The Trawl Meets: Rosie Jones 54:34

1M ago54:34

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Jemma and Marina are thrilled to learn that comedian and writer, Rosie Jones has been a Trawler from the beginning! They discuss who her comedy heroes are, how she started in the business and why she’s finally left Twitter. With 150K followers on Instagram, Rosie has legions of fans who adore her outspoken, warm brand of humour but that doesn’t sto…

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Ep 191: Trump’s Coachella Catastrophe 38:13

29d ago38:13

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If you’re trying to sell yourself as a progressive, forward looking potential leader of a political party, perhaps don’t take a leaf out of Robert Jenrick’s book by celebrating Thatcher’s birthday with a countdown to the cutting of a cake…. Then Jemma and Marina discuss the latest Trump rally which he billed as Coachella but was more like the infam…

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Ep 190: His name was Shaban Ahmed. What is the world doing? 39:01

1M ago39:01

39:01

This is not your regular Trawl. Jemma and Marina have been consumed by the horrors unfolding in Gaza, and felt compelled to talk it through. They discuss that horrifying flame-engulfed image that emerged after a hospital tent in Gaza was bombed by Israel - an image that may well become the defining image for this indelible stain in the story of hum…

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Ep 189: Cons Comms Fail, Musk and a Horse gets an OBE 30:06

1M ago30:06

30:06

Scrapping the Winter Fuel Allowance has been understandably controversial but, if Conservative HQ were trying to make people feel sad about it, they failed. If anything, by featuring people in their large houses, using coffee machines and wearing Rolexes, they gave people food for thought. As you can imagine, the tweets are great.... Over in the St…

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The Mummafesto: Daisie Lane, founder of the Lockdown Mama Community 33:47

1M ago33:47

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Joining me this week is author Daisie Lane. Daisie is the founder of the Lockdown Mama Community and author of Mothers in Lockdown – a collection of stories from mothers sharing their experiences of pregnancy, birth and postpartum during a global pandemic. The book collates 150 honest accounts of mothering amid a challenging period in history and t…

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Ep 188: Hurricane Milton, Sue Gray and Chagos Fury 39:48

1M ago39:48

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The episode begins with some heart wrenching clips. Firstly we hear a weather report from a presenter who is audibly horrified by what he's having to tell people and then from a lady who is beyond angry that Ron DeSantis is choosing to politicise the disaster and appeals to her fellow Floridians. Then, the reviews are in! Unleashed by Boris Johnson…

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Ep 187: Laura K's Mare, P Diddy's Arrest and Trump Ramblings 37:35

2M ago37:35

37:35

Twitter (X) was on fire when Laura Kuenssberg announced that her exclusive interview with Johnson had had to be cancelled due to the fact she'd sent him her notes. Oops. How could this have happened? Jemma and Marina have their theories and some of the tweets are glorious. Less glorious is ex Tory MP Jonathan Gullis' realisation that the teaching p…

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Ep 186: Tory Conference Clangers, Fishy Jenrick and Duffield Departs 51:17

1M ago51:17

51:17

This Trawl begins with a tribute to the late, great Dame Maggie Smith. Then, Marina and Jemma discuss two prominent political figures who have decided their parties aren't for them after all. Labour's Rosie Duffield has become an independent (which raises questions in itself) and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has left the conservative party, which means s…

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The Mummafesto: Jemima Hartshorn, founder of Mums for Lungs 31:46

1M ago31:46

31:46

My guest this week is Jemima Hartshorn. Jemima is a human rights lawyer, public prosecutor and clean air campaigner. In 2017 she founded Mums for Lungs, a grassroot campaign group advocating for clean air in London. Since 2017, Mums for Lungs has become central in the fight for clean air – leading several successful campaigns to reduce children’s e…

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Ep 185: Sausages & other conference calamites... 34:59

2M ago34:59

34:59

Only in Blighty would a one-word slip-up manage to dominate the news cycle... Yes, sausages. Marina and Jemma discuss the ongoing fallout and the concern that, of all things that went on at Labour conference, this appears to be one of the few stories that is landing. Then it's onto a party conference of a very different kind, less political confere…

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Ep 184: Kemi transitions to working class & Labour facing questions... 43:14

2M ago43:14

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Boris Johnson has been churning out his Daily Mail opinion pieces again, but this week the bloviating bell was even lazier than usual when we learnt he couldn't even be bothered to research the Bridget Jones plot line before putting out his casually sexist guff. Then it's onto the ongoing Labour and Starmer drama which shows no signs of quelling. J…

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Ep 183: Starmer donor drama & moaning millionaires... 44:00

2M ago44:00

44:00

Uh oh... We thought we were done with dodgy donor activity, but there are question marks over Keir Starmer's wife, Victoria being in receipt of some dresses from a very well-to-do Labour donor. Jemma and Marina discuss the terrible optics and nuance around the matter, while agreeing wholeheartedly that Tories coming out to try and claim the moral h…

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Ep 182: I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT & other stateside craziness... 44:06

2M ago44:06

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Yes, the internet can be an absolute cesspit at times, but it can also be a source of pure (Trawl) gold, as indeed it was thanks to the hilarious takes from the craziness going on stateside. You've got musical renditions of "they're eating the cats", a dramatic monologe and even a clip of The Simpsons, Chief Wiggum himself. Jemma and Marina discuss…

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Ep 181: The Harrowing Gisele Pelicot Case, Love and More 34:17

2M ago34:17

34:17

The Trawl ladies are in a romantic mood at the top of this episode. 83 year old, Nan Schiff's dating life has inspired Jemma and Marina is very much enjoying excerpts from Diane Abbott's book which details her relationship with Jeremy Corbyn. Where did they go for their first date? The cinema? For dinner? Casual trip to a graveyard? Then Marina and…

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The Trawl Meets: Jovan Owusu-Nepaul 39:56

2M ago39:56

39:56

Jovan stood against Nigel Farage in the last election as the candidate for Labour and sadly lost. At twenty seven years old he's the antithesis of Farage in every way and would certainly have gone about things differently had he won. He would have spent lots of his time in Clacton for instance. But, it wasn't to be and, as Jemma points out, the who…

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Ep 180: Trump v Harris Debate and Winter Fuel Row 39:39

2M ago39:39

39:39

The Mail are OUTRAGED... again. They're outraged about something so mild (vegan cafes), Jemma and Marina decide to bring up somethings which are actually enraging. For instance, Vance thinks staying in abusive relationships is the right thing to do... the Trawl ladies don't agree. They spend some time discussing Labour's decision to take away the w…

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Ep 179: Trumpy Rantings and Vance Vagaries 36:28

2M ago36:28

36:28

Summer's over and the Trawl ladies start this pod with some inspiring chat about how to cope with the shorter days. Let's get fat and sassy everybody! Then they hop over to the States because there's a lot of pre Trump Harris debate to cover which frankly is Trawl gold. Though one of the revelations about Trump's washing habits is pretty stinky - o…

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Ep 178: Noasis Tickets, Thatcher Portrait & Royal Pay Rises 31:25

3M ago31:25

31:25

Did you get tickets for Oasis? No, nor did Jemma. And at over £350 a pop, she's gone right off the idea. The ladies open on the dynamic pricing uproar surrounding the ticket sales and find a tweet from Liam Gallagher that aged like milk. Then it's onto the outrage that was reported by the Daily Mail after Starmer removed Thatcher's portrait from hi…

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Ep 177: Crazy McVey tweet and Rayner Outrage 36:42

2M ago36:42

36:42

Labour are considering a ban on smoking outdoors which the hospitality industry are understandably concerned about. Esther McVey however, posted a response which managed to be, not just incredibly stupid and disproportionate and offensive too. Well done, you've won gold in the wally Olympics. Dorries has been in the running too because Johnson's bi…

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The Mummafesto: The Scummy Mummies 39:45

3M ago39:45

39:45

My guests this week are comedy duo, Ellie and Helen – otherwise known as the Scummy Mummies. They joined forces in 2013 and have since gone on to produce an award-winning podcast, a sell-out tour and a popular book. Their podcast, the Scummy Mummies Podcast, has now been downloaded over 5 million times and in 2020 won the Glomama UK podcast trophy.…

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Ep 176: Oasis, Starmer and Sven 41:53

3M ago41:53

41:53

Oasis are back! The nation are mad for it. Jemma and Marina discuss the frenzy of excitement around the announced Oasis reunion and there are clips galore including the iconic one starring Kathy Burke. Then its to the Rose Garden where Keir Starmer has made a speech. Is it a little bit thorny or are we smelling of roses? The jury is out until the O…

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Ep 175: Trump, Tate and Jenas - limerick anyone? 45:31

3M ago45:31

45:31

The Trawl is back! The Trawl ladies are full of energy and ready to dissect all the latest bellendery - and there’s a lot…. Footballer and presenter, Jermaine Jenas, has been inspiring limericks with his online behaviour and Andrew Tate is in Romania on charges for multiple horrific crimes. Talking of felons, we then cross over to the States where …

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The Mummafesto: Natasha Devon - campaigner, broadcaster and activist 31:34

3M ago31:34

31:34

My guest this week is Natasha Devon. Natasha is a writer, broadcaster & activist. She tours schools and universities delivering talks as well as conducting research on mental health, body image, gender and equality. She campaigns both on and offline to make the world a fairer place. Natasha is founder of the Mental Health Media Charter, which scrut…

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The Best Of Trawl Meets: Gary Lineker, Carol Vorderman, James O'Brien and Jess Phillips 42:36

3M ago42:36

42:36

Jemma is away on holiday this week, so The Trawl is taking a well earned break until she gets back, refreshed and sporting a lovely suntan. Although, we couldn't just leave you high and dry this week! So we've compiled some of the best bits from our Trawl Meets series for your delectation. Please enjoy this medley of some of our favourite moments f…

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The Mummafesto: Zoe Blaskey, author of Motherkind 36:34

4M ago36:34

36:34

The Mummafesto podcast is hosted by Stella Creasy MP, a Labour backbench MP and mum of two young children. Each week it considers how parenting influences politics. My guest this week is author, coach and founder of Motherkind Zoe Blaskey. Zoe is passionate about helping mothers shift from guilt, exhaustion and comparison to confidence and empowerm…

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Ep 174: Musk, Trump and the kangaroo hop 41:43

4M ago41:43

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This week's pod opens with a chuffed and excited Marina, who realised that she has what it takes to be an Olympian - or more specifically, an Australian breakdancing Olympian. Marina and Jemma lament what X has become under Musk, who has been taking aim at the UK in his new self-appointed role of free speech hero of the people. Though, as the ladie…

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Ep 173: Love wins, Kamala nails it and...pole vault. 50:12

3M ago50:12

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The fallout from the riots continues, with Met Police Commissioner, Mark Rowley responding badly to a question on two-tier policing. Marina and Jemma discuss how this term came about and why the hell Elon Musk is adding to its use with his inevitably viral tweet: #TwoTierKier. Give the state of his X platform and what does/doesn't constitute a viol…

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Ep 172: NIGE PREDICT A RIOT 39:29

4M ago39:29

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It's been a tough old week for the country after days of violence on our streets by rioters - and no, they aren't pro-Britain marches or anti-immigration protests – they are rioters. End of. Jemma and Marina discuss the road that got us here, and the pied pipers at the helm who are now trying their best to distance themselves from the so called 'Fa…

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The Trawl Meets: George Monbiot 46:33

3M ago46:33

46:33

Warning - this episode was recorded remotely and there are moments when George sounds like he’s in space. We apologise for the poor sound quality in those moments but he’s so worth listening to hopefully substance makes up for style George Monbiot is a journalist, author, and environmental and political activist. He writes a regular column for The …

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Ep 171: UK riots, Trump madness plus couches and dolphins... 42:29

3M ago42:29

42:29

With riots kicking off and more planned for the weekend, Jemma and Marina open with a chat about those who appear more than happy to stoke the flames and the media platforms that do nothing to put out the fires. Speaking of which, Elon Musk has been having online beef with his estranged child, and when he's not doing that he's sharing deepfake vide…

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Ep 170: Black Holes and Olympic Games 40:59

4M ago40:59

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Jemma and Marina felt they couldn't start this episode without mentioning the tragic events in Southport. Three little girls have been murdered and many more children, carers and police officers have been injured. Yet, as Southport grieves and tries to process the atrocity, certain people on the far right have deemed it appropriate to incite violen…

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Ep 169: Labour fallout & Stateside getting catty... 45:32

4M ago45:32

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And the Republicans go after Kamala's...laugh?! Kamala, Kahmaala, Kohmohla - Jemma and Marina open with a little lesson in how best to pronounce the name of the woman who is getting Republicans all hot under the collar over in the US. But first, domestic issues - with a focus on the Labour rebellion that saw seven Labour MPs lose the whip after vot…

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The Mummafesto: Lyanne Nicholl, CEO of 50:50 Parliament 31:09

4M ago31:09

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The Mummafesto podcast is hosted by Stella Creasy MP, a Labour backbench MP and mum of two young children. Each week it considers how parenting influences politics. This week I'm chatting to Lyanne Nicholl. Lyanne is the CEO of 50:50 parliament, which works to empower and enable women to get involved in politics. Lyanne is also a postnatal campaign…

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Ep 168: Biden Gone, Grifting USA and Tech Hell 56:19

4M ago56:19

56:19

Biden has stood down! But, before the Trawl ladies get to that, they want to discuss the Crowdstrike bug which hit Microsoft hard. People in offices were crossing their fingers Teams would go down too so they could leave early, some poor souls had their flights cancelled or experienced other huge inconveniences, others didn't even notice. Then, it'…

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