Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti also discuss electric cars, the police and whether The Young Ones ended too soon.

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Alexei and Talal are back after a brief hiatus. They discuss the reason for the break, Letter to Brezhnev and violence on TV.

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Come see The Alexei Sayle Podcast LIVE with Diane Morgan at The Roundhouse, Camden on 2nd August! Get tickets here.
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Talal will be performing at Stand Up For Gaza in Brighton on June 7th - Get tickets here!

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Barry Ferns from Barry's economics joins Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti for a chat about his journey from homelessness to owning London's best comedy club, Angel Comedy, and teaches us things he learned along the way.

Massive thank you to Barry and his team for hosting us, filming and even editing this podcast! Talal's been travelling a lot for work lately and this wouldn't have been possible without Barry's superb team. They filmed us with three cameras so if there was ever a time to join the Patreon and watch the full video episode, it's now! Click here to join now! Check out Barry's Economics on YouTube, learn the truth about money and stop getting your financial advice from rich w@nkers who don't give a hoot about you!

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Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti bring the podcast to the Northants May Day and Wellingborough Diggers Festival 2026!

They also talk weaponising antisemitism, Russell Brand and why there is still hope.

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Come see The Alexei Sayle Podcast LIVE at The Roundhouse, Camden on 2nd August! Get tickets here.
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Alexei Sayle and Talal Karkouti also discuss Camden, Lewes bonfire night and why dartboards are the new watermelon.

Pre-order Alexei's book here.
Come see The Alexei Sayle Podcast LIVE at The Roundhouse, Camden! Get tickets 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!

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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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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 here!

Phew!

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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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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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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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