The Alexei Sayle Podcast
Bullfighting, John Hamm and more Touch of Evil
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti also discuss Camden, Lewes bonfire night and why dartboards are the new watermelon.
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And, finally, get tickets to see Alexei in conversation at the Rik Mayall Festival in Droitwich Spa, 5th June here!
Top Supermarkets, Prepping and Touch of Evil
Alexei and Talal Karkouti also yam on about cars, Peter Crouch and Radio 4.
Here come some links:
Pre-order Alexei's book here.
Get tickets to see Alexei interview Slavoj Žižek on 6th May here.
Tickets to see The Alexei Sayle Podcast LIVE in Shoreham on 30th July here and at The Wellingborough Diggers Festival on 2nd May here!
And, finally, get tickets to see Alexei in conversation at the Rik Mayall Festival in Droitwich Spa, 5th June here!
Phew!
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Trump's Threats, Kanye West and The Bund
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti also discuss Israel's ongoing onslaught in Lebanon, late-stage capitalism, whether the moon matters and if running a red light is a moral issue.
Here come the links:
Pre-order Alexei's book here.
Get tickets to see Alexei interview Slavoj Žižek on 6th May here.
Tickets to see The Alexei Sayle Podcast LIVE in Shoreham on 30th July here and at The Wellingborough Diggers Festival on 2nd May here!
And, finally, get tickets to see Alexei in conversation at the Rik Mayall Festival in Droitwich Spa, 5th June he...
Cycling, SNL UK & Evangelicals
From the Isle of Man to Beirut, ham-faced Sky News presenters to Jimmy Saville and from Manx cats to Jesus Christ - what isn't discussed this episode?! Tune in to not find out!
Pre-order your SIGNED copy of Alexei's new book How I've Tried To Change The World - By Walking Down the Middle of the Street Shouting here!
Check out Mark Cunliffe's movie reviews here! Let's get him in The Guardian!
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Ambulances & Returning Marxist Dance Videos
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti return for the yammiest of yams. They yam about Michael Rosen and Miriam Margolyes, Iran, Planes, Graham Greene, Orson Welles (new Alexei Sayle Film Club alert!), hobbies and the origins of the "I'm not really foreign, you know" bit from The Young Ones.
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More War, Israeli Shawarma & Protest Songs
Howdy! This week Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti discuss going viral, unrecognised treason, Oxford comedy producers and listen to some listener-submitted music.
Get The Bar Stool Preacher's Pick a Side here.
Get Banner Theatre's Power To The Bin Strikers (Unite For Workers Rights) here.
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From Green Party Victory to War in Iran
What a week! Alexei laments barely getting time to enjoy the Green victory in the by-election before the world goes back to war. He and Talal Karkouti also discuss ethno-fascist youth in Israel, Dubai, one hit wonders and Comic Strip's The Strike.
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The Inevitability of Trump and Why Improv Sucks (with Anthony Atamanuik)
The President of alternative American comedy Anthony Atamanuik (30 Rock, The President Show, What We Do in the Shadows) joins Alexei and Talal Karkouti to dissect the state of the USA, how they got there and where they're going.
Also, Alexei lands a plane in Singapore.
Check out Tony's Patreon here and keep an eye out for his new podcast Good Science coming in March.
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Waiting for Podot
Alexei and Talal Karkouti go through the archives (Wikipedia) and dissect Alexei Sayle's Stuff, his most controversial moments, winning an Emmy, Wuthering Heights and more!
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Dicky Bird
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti enjoy some alone time to revel in Keir Starmer's difficult week, give conspiracy theorists their flowers, discuss upcoming live events and remember tandem bicycles.
Read the mentioned Novara Media article here!
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Compo Bursts Puppy (with Stewart Lee)
Alexei Sayle, Talal Karkouti and the returning Stewart Lee talk comedy history, kung-fu (NOT judo!), young comics, old comic, American comics, racist comics, sexist comics, houseboats and Stewart's new tour.
Go to stewartlee.co.uk for link and details of his upcoming tour and shows including next week at Alexandra Palace.
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Champagne for Everyone (with Robin Ince)
Robin Ince joins Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti to discuss Ofcom for podcasts, dragging Alexei back into comedy and Rowland Rivron's Ben Elton impression.
They also explore why Robin stopped working with Ricky Gervais (spoiler: he's not a nice person) and his resignation from Infinite Monkey Cage.
LAST CHANCE to vote for Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar to win a British Comedy Award by visiting comedy.co.uk and filling in the form!
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Labour Friends of Uruguay
Alright, so this 2026 thing is sticking around, is it? Sigh! Well here goes...
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti discuss Syria, Iran and why it's so easy to be more vocal about Palestine. They also rapid fire through some of Alexei's filmography until Ricky Gervais comes along and sucks all the joy out of the conversation.
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Plucky Little Lift
Happy New Year and let's get this one off to a uplifting start with Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti spending way too much time talking about a very particular type of elevator. They also touch on Venezuela, Alexei's new book, the online penguin apocalypse and films to help us fight fascism.
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It's Behind You!
Once again we're flying down your chimney this Christmas morning to stuff your stocking with yams-a-plenty!
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti discuss New Year plans, Randy Newman and a special Amnesty International Alternative Alternative Alternative Christmas message. We also play a round of Beat Alexei! where you at home can see if you have useless general knowledge than an aging commie comedian.
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My First Lesbian Wedding (with Sami Abu Wardeh)
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti welcome back everybody's favourite revolutionary, Palestinian comedian Sami Abu Wardeh for a meandering journey through a plethora of pertinent topics. From P Diddy to Ken Dod's Diddy Men, Pimp My Ride to pitta bread, meatballs to the intangibility of objective truth in this post-social media, MAGA nightmare Hellscape we call modern existence.
Hooray!
Catch Sami's absolutely incredible, unmissable show Palestine: Peace de Resistance at London's Park Theatre from 29 Jan - 7 Feb 2026. Get tickets HERE!
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Socialism Will Solve Everything A.K.A. It's A Cat! (Your Party Conference Analysis) feat. Linda Sayle
Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti hear Linda Sayle's report from the inaugural Your Party Conference!
They also talk Monsieur Aubergine, robotic correspondence and conclude the thrilling Cilla Black mystery.
Alexei WILL be appearing in Birmingham at an event for Paul Holden's new book. Get tickets here.
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The Banality of Genius
Another gossipy episode this week as Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti shoot the breeze about BBC Christmas parties, nearly getting killed by Ronnie Corbett, stunt casting and masculinity within socialism.
Alexei will probably be appearing in Birmingham at an event for Paul Holden's new book. Get tickets here.
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Locas Corrupti (with Paul Holden)
Alexei welcomes author and investigative journalist Paul Holden to the show to discuss corruption and deceit in the Labour Party - and boy, oh, boy is there a lot of it! All this and more is discussed in brilliantly shocking detail in his new book.
Buy Paul's book The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy here: https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-fraud/
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Gossip
Alexei and Talal spill the tea and get their gossip on!
Get out of town! They said what about Starmer?!?
You don't say! The BBC lost how many bosses?!?
Shut up! What are the 5 unwavering principles of the Palestinian liberation struggle?
ps. Sorry about Talal's audio quality. The numpty forgot to plug his microphone in!
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Where's Louise?
Alexei and Talal get down to discussing all the most important issues of the day: Lily Allen! D&D! Halloween! Fireworks! Top of the Pops!
Oh, and revolutionary global politics too, I guess...
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Alexei Sayle Plays Dungeons & Dragons for the First Time (Halloween Special)
Alexei's worst nightmare comes true as Talal drags him kicking and screaming through his very first game of Dungeons & Dragons. Will he survive the terrors of Castle Definitely Not Spooky??! Listen and find out for yourself... IF YOU DARE!
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Church of the Sausages (with Mark Thomas)
Alexei and Talal are delighted to be joined by stand-up comedian, playwright and activist Mark Thomas!
We discuss his childhood, unlucky guns, tortoise impersonators, performing in prisons and a three tier mahogany buffet with partially reeded slender balustrade upright supports.
Visit markthomasinfo.co.uk to keep up to date with his happenings!
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EPISODE 100 PODCASTAGANZA!!
WE DID IT!!!
Episode 100 is here and boy oh boy do we have a thrilling, nail-biting, heart-thumping white knuckle, hell-of-an-episode for you!!
Do we? We do, right??
What??! We just chat about Palestine and Your Party and trains and films and stuff?
Oh, for fu....
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Big Sauce (LIVE from The Ropetackle in Shoreham!)
Alexei and Talal sit down in front of a sold-out crowd in Shoreham to discuss exhausted bees, Shakespeare, The Riyadh Comedy Festival and the Gaza Flotilla.
Watch the video version on our Patreon (see below) to see Alexei's moves!
Thank you so much Shoreham for being such a gorgeous audience.
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Alexei Land
In this laid back, chillaxed episode of the podcast Alexei and Talal discuss planes and tanks, Croydon (aka The Cronx), Digital ID cards, Your Party shenanigans and whether being paid by the government to perform comedy in Saudi Arabia is ethical. TLDR: It's not.
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The Das Kapital Podcast!! (with Nish Kumar)
Nish Kumar joins the podcast to discuss his early years in a university sketch group, Edinburgh Fringe, Alexei's 90s era, the flag march and how the ultra-rich live with themselves.
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My Favourite Hulk (RIP Wilf)
Alexei and Talal pay tribute to Wilf Mbanga (the cat) as well as discussing Palestine, flags and sleeping with the enemy.
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Ragnarok (LIVE at The Museum of Comedy)
Alexei and Talal finish their run of live shows at the Museum of Comedy in front of a packed house!
They discuss ancient myths, improv comedy, nice Tories, David Lean and much more.
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Four Weeks of Carnage (with Dr. Victoria Rose)
We are honoured this week to be joined by a British plastic surgeon who has spent much time in Gaza since this genocide began performing life-saving and reconstructive surgeries under increasingly difficult conditions - Dr. Victoria Rose.
We discuss the difficult journey into Gaza, how her life back home has been affected and what the future might hold for Palestine.
Alexei also asks for a new face.
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Oh, No! NOT THEM! (with Lise Mayer LIVE at The Museum of Comedy)
Young Ones writer Lise Mayer joins a grumpy Alexei and an extra loud Talal (sorry!) on stage at The Museum of Comedy to discuss how The Young Ones got made, the early days of The Comic Strip, Linda's aunt Amy, what position Alexei would hold in Jeremy and Zarah's new government.
They also taste test the range of soft drinks by the Palestine Cola company!
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It's Giving Alexei Sayle
Alexei and Talal discuss Israeli tourists, the beginnings of Jeremy and Zarah's new party, the new Tik Tok dance video, being a political comedian in right wing regions and we actually pick our next Alexei Sayle Film Club movie!
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Phoenix Eye (LIVE at the Museum of Comedy)
Recorded on Sunday 13th June 2025, this live episode features Alexei and Talal discussing 9/11, being a court jester for Sting and what Marx would make of identity politics. Also, Alexei does crowd work for the second ever time!
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Welcome to Berlin (LIVE at The Museum of Comedy)
We're back at The Museum of Comedy with a live podcast in front of a gorgeous audience. It's a shame, however, that the world is a living nightmare...
Alexei and Talal talk "terrorism", bus drivers, dream guests and much more.
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El Nuevo Partido
Recorded the day before Zarah Sultana announced her and Jeremy's new party, Alexei and Talal speculate about said new party. They also discuss horrible politicians, soft drinks and, of course, Glastonbury.
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What's Your Bus Route? (with Seb from @sebbiebikes)
Alexei and Talal - outraged by the announcement that Palestine Action is to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation - are joined by @sebbiebikes (check him out on Instagram) who tells us about his incredible mission to cycle across the world whilst highlighting the inequality and control created by borders. He's Cycling Against Borders!
Check out his website and support his fundraiser here - sebbiebikes.org
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Cheeky Little Devil
We're back! Alexei and Talal have a proper yam-fest covering vast ground: Iran, Corbyn, money laundering, New York's mayoral race, new celebrity followers and Talal actually gets closer to getting Alexei to do some improv!
A 15% discount code will become available exclusively to our Patrons so keep an eye out for that!
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Crossroads
Alexei and Talal, wiped out from dancing all afternoon, sit back and chat the breeze in this special, lounge edition of the podcast. No frills, no bells OR whistles. Just two tired men yamming on about billionaires, Thom York, Pier Morgan and making a deal with The Devil.
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Crumbs (with Esther Manito)
Comedian extraordinaire Esther Manito joins the yam-fest to chat going viral, growing up in an army town, comedy in times of conflict and her new tour Slag Bomb! Get tickets to her tour at www.esthermanito.co.uk/tour/
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Stupid Noises
Alexei and Talal yam about Gary Lineker, Eurovision, Palestine and collective trauma. Also - for you comedy nerds! - Alexei breaks down the entire set list of the first ever night at The Comedy Store.
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