Ep 174: Musk, Trump and the kangaroo hop
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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 ladies discuss, Musk doesn't always practice what he preaches... Liz Truss has been out-lettuced once again thanks to Led By Donkeys, and Musk is displaying all the maturity of a 10-year-old in his meme response to the EU's Digital Enforcer, who wrote an open letter reminding him that with a great platform, comes great responsibility.   Then it's over to the US for some Trawl gold, courtesy of Donald Trump who appears bigly confused, before an underrated clip of the week that will leaving you feeling all exotic and maybe even bilingual... Thank you for sharing and do tweet us @MarinaPurkiss @jemmaforte @TheTrawlPodcast Patreon https://patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcast Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@TheTrawl Twitter https://twitter.com/TheTrawlPodcast Created and Produced by Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss Edited by Max Carrey
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