Emblematic of what is wrong with political discourse
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“I should really like the Trawl, but I gave up after a few episodes.
The boring, practical reason is it’s just quite tedious. Every topic is predictable (just do a cursory glance at the news) and one knows immediately how the hosts will discuss the issue. Being of the general centre-left, I enjoyed it for a while, but there isn’t much beyond that.
I also think it’s quite depressing. Politics-by-twitter, distilling complex issues into 280 characters, has destroyed discourse, and yet it is the whole premise of the show.
Be clear that there is no political analysis in this podcast. It is all about takes and vibes. None of these takes are original, the level of discourse is extremely shallow
It is massively under-researched (the research process, I believe, is quite literally just putting some other people’s tweets together with no vetting) with often some quite basic misunderstandings and, at least from what I’ve heard, has on more than one occasion ventured into conspiracy theory territory.
There was a scene in one of the Mitchell and Webb sketch shows in which a host of a TV magazine show tells the audience: ‘if you have any experience of [this thing], do call in and talk to us about it, but failing that, just tell us something you ‘reckon’, something you ‘reckon’ about this’. This podcast reminds me of that. It’s basically listening into a conversation across the pub with two people, extremely confidently, telling us what they ‘reckon’.”
regularuberuser via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/02/23
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“All they care about is bashing tories and not actually looking at labour faults, and they actually believe labour will actually make this country better. Labour and tories are the same and they refuse to admit it”
Ross Buchanan responded via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/12/23
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“Laughing out loud at this one despite the near despair at the Government and to a certain extent the wettish Labour opposition at the moment. So looking forward to the post-coronation Trawl.”
Chandlerfish via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/09/23
“Only political podcast that makes me think and piss myself too.”
Joff England via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/17/22
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