UK Catch-up: Princesses and Pogroms (Premium E258)
Added 2024-11-09 02:48:44 +0000 UTCYou’ve heard more than your fill of terrible news in America. So you should take a break by hearing some terrible news from a nation more experienced in empire death.
UK Correspondent Annie Kelly returns from maternity leave to explain the most significant recent outbreaks of British brainworms.
First we meet the online community of obsessive “Royal Watchers,” which spawned conspiracy theories to explain the mysterious but brief absence of Princess Kate Middleton from public life. Then to reaffirm our commitment to brutal tonal shifts, Annie tells of Twitter-amplified misinformation about a teenage triple murder suspect which helped to fuel race riots. It’s an awful tale, but also usefully illustrative of how Elon Musk likes to moderate his social media platform.
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Comments
Belfast mentioned 🦅 Something darkly funny about a violent mob getting a bit lost in an area called “the holy lands” on their racist march. What is this? The 11-13th century?
John Osborne
2024-11-20 10:19:18 +0000 UTCIf I had to use a clip to demonstrate insanity, that ending clip would be it.
Elle BelAnge
2024-11-19 00:57:41 +0000 UTCBiden and the dems lost the election because of its genocide. Kamala would gave won Michigan Also a 4th invasion of lebanon didn't help....it's like the dems were willing to lose to protect an apartheid state that massacres people
Ruth Kiszka
2024-11-15 16:31:54 +0000 UTCDid it work? They always prefer the English flag over the Union flag
Ruth Kiszka
2024-11-15 16:30:02 +0000 UTCWho knew supporting a genocide and calling 20 year Olds in tents nazis wasn't a winning strategy. She should have picked shapiro as her VP if she planned on hanging with Liz cheney 24/7....
Ruth Kiszka
2024-11-15 16:27:17 +0000 UTCAgree with the proof of life comment. The silence is making all of this feel so much worse. Please come back, even if it's just to say y'all've given up. Especially worried about Julian just returning ... ☹️
kat henderson
2024-11-15 16:26:22 +0000 UTCGuys we need Proof of Life… since election. And maybe Q will really die this time since they Won
F
2024-11-15 16:21:27 +0000 UTCI'd be willing to host the podcast to help THEM cope at this point. They are not our emotional support parasocials! Take your time guys, you've gotten us this far in coping, we'll be fine. Thanks!
Irina Krier
2024-11-15 14:49:45 +0000 UTCHey Folks, Dermot Cosgrove Just a point on Liv’s question to Annie about the make up of the anti immigrant protest in Belfast. It was almost exclusively from the Protestant Ulster Loyalist community. It was organised and orchestrated by members of the UDA, Ulster Defence Association, and their militarised wing the UVF, Ulster Volunteer Force. When I say “almost” it’s because some assholes from an anti-immigrant protest in Dublin “Coolock Says No” travelled up to Belfast for the protest and were widely photographed along Protestant extremists. This ended with them being branded traitors and pretty much the collapse of the Coolock protest. It also exposed the links between the Coolock organisers and the UDA who are both involved in drug trafficking. There was a whole program aired in Ireland on it. Also, Catholic in Ireland is only really a community identifying term as someone from the Nationalist side. Nationalist as in united Ireland not white nationalists. It’s the same as our Republican and US Republican. Irish Catholics regard US and UK Catholics as weirdo dorks with more in common with US Protestants.
Dermot Cosgrove
2024-11-15 14:36:28 +0000 UTCJulian finally snapped
Damien R.
2024-11-14 23:47:24 +0000 UTCBy Tulsi Gabbard?
F
2024-11-14 22:45:58 +0000 UTCMaybe they've been assassinated
Damien R.
2024-11-14 22:39:45 +0000 UTCSpecifically a Perverts episode 🤢
Kayley Häxan
2024-11-14 21:11:32 +0000 UTCOr one better, I'd love an episode on the theory about Melania being Trump's dom lol
Kayley Häxan
2024-11-14 21:08:55 +0000 UTCHow do we still not have a post election Episode to help us cope and laugh???????? 😿
F
2024-11-14 16:07:22 +0000 UTCAnnie done drank a Stonehenge druids potion and fell asleep for nine months
Samwell Ganges
2024-11-14 11:35:15 +0000 UTCIn addition to the other points about "Protecting our children" being sus, I would add that it's partly made sus by the fact that it inherently implies that the people who will see this AREN'T interested in protecting children.
Matthew Steele
2024-11-14 04:03:04 +0000 UTCFinally! Got to listen. Awesome show, just commenting to say that I’m glad to hear Annie is back 😄. She always gives fantastic analysis, with an English accent. Super cool, (Jake is right about that 😆). We apparently need much more info on the manosphere
C’mon
2024-11-14 01:56:20 +0000 UTCWould love to hear discussion of the fake Kate Middleton stuff vis-a-vis the fake Melania speculation
Erin Marie
2024-11-13 22:58:06 +0000 UTCCame here to comment exactly this! Would love to see some coverage on blueAnon; it’s fkn wild.
smolcaddy
2024-11-12 20:56:33 +0000 UTCThomas Crooks... the least Chinese man of all time
Schwartz666
2024-11-12 04:08:58 +0000 UTCYou ok?
Schwartz666
2024-11-12 02:47:16 +0000 UTCGood show again. Jake's voice work is always fun. Good lad, Jakey!
Tim Mullin
2024-11-12 02:46:45 +0000 UTCBlueAnon rising, baby! Let's fuckin go
Schwartz666
2024-11-12 02:24:07 +0000 UTCAnnie's back, but conspicuously her cat hasn't been heard from in months! #AnniesCatDungeon
Schwartz666
2024-11-12 02:19:14 +0000 UTCIt’s always the ears that ensnares the deep state - the ears NEVER lie
Eric Quirk
2024-11-12 01:04:07 +0000 UTCI read the chat before listening and I’d like to add my compliments to Jake’s 🇬🇧 accent work. Also, I love Julian but it always tickles me to hear someone else pick up the comments he may have made. Welcome back Annie!! Knitting a giant 🇺🇸 flag with a lizard person in the center for our favorite baby
Shivvy
2024-11-11 23:28:36 +0000 UTCThe “protect the children” dog whistle Annie was talking about, is so popular because it’s the ultimate say what u want with zero ability to refute it card. What, you don’t wanna protect children? How dare you.
Bongwater Jones
2024-11-11 19:58:14 +0000 UTCYou know that corner? I’d say we turned it. Well done, Patriots.
Joseph
2024-11-11 19:02:43 +0000 UTCThank you, I will definitely check it out 😎 Covid will never be the threat it was, though, even if people are still getting sick from its various hybrids. Vaccinations and heroic efforts by the medical community assured that. When RFK Jr becomes the “Ministry of Health” under Trump, nothing will be the same. “Burn it all down” is apparently what America wants. Covid is still a factor… it will keep affecting us, but no one except scientists will know or even try to understand the complexities. Even calling it “Covid related” guarantees that MAGA (the America we live in now) will attack. Most who should listen, will tune out. Welcome to the future.
C’mon
2024-11-11 09:42:43 +0000 UTC"after COVID" COVID is now. Watch Lola Germs' video Why Is Everyone More Sick?
hhhhhm
2024-11-11 09:32:54 +0000 UTCFlag shagging is on the uptick in the UK too the past decade or so too. I hate it
hhhhhm
2024-11-11 09:29:37 +0000 UTCI'm going to hell, newspapers today are all pictures of Kate at rememberence yesterday and my first thought was ooh, that's actually her.
Helen McCallum
2024-11-11 07:00:04 +0000 UTCYeah I mean she's great, I just wish she'd keep her clips to 5-10 seconds at most. This was a good episode though, only one long clip of brain rotting tik tokkers talking
Rolling Existence
2024-11-11 05:41:34 +0000 UTCOh no, was Princess Kate's cancer caused by overindulging listening to Annie's podcasts?
Snickerdoodle
2024-11-11 05:37:31 +0000 UTCSo happy to have Annie back on the show!
Sian Watson
2024-11-10 21:56:03 +0000 UTCOr rocks get thrown if they don't see front-facing "allegiance" of those flags, could go either way. But tbh is mostly Americans who maintain loud flag fetishisation - most Brits don't care for it, even the racists ones.
Overzealous Euthanasiast
2024-11-10 19:52:39 +0000 UTCI'm an American living in the UK and it's been... Fun... This year. One thing you may get a kick from is that the local shops in my area owned by foreign or minority groups put HUGE Union flags in their windows in August like "Dare your to attack your own flag, shit heads" because to smash it up they'd have to throw rocks at their own national flag
Coleen Monroe
2024-11-10 18:00:12 +0000 UTCKeir Starmer wishes he sounded like Jake's impression. In reality he sounds like an even whinier, more nasal Alan Partridge. Real "geography teacher trying to control an unruly classroom" energy.
Fiddypea
2024-11-10 15:08:13 +0000 UTCAnyone following the growing liberal election theft conspiracy threads? Wild, and predictable, to see stop the steal language bubbling up.
Joelio
2024-11-10 14:24:59 +0000 UTCWelcome to the Overton Window.
John Brandkamp
2024-11-10 13:43:07 +0000 UTCI get it. You wish that you could indulge more deeply in the dulcet tones of Annie Kelly. I also wish she would never stop speaking.
Brent
2024-11-10 12:12:46 +0000 UTCCongrats on having the new national baby
Ben Thelen
2024-11-10 09:48:30 +0000 UTCIs this like the majority of Annie episodes where there are way too many extremely long clips of insane people talking? I rarely make it through any of her episodes because I feel like I'm getting brain cancer, instead of summarizing the insane ramblings of the crazy people she's talking about, she just lets them go on and on and on in extended clips.
Rolling Existence
2024-11-10 08:27:44 +0000 UTCAnnie is back! <3
Tom
2024-11-10 06:27:56 +0000 UTCOk
Michael Young
2024-11-10 05:08:18 +0000 UTCNope, Colbert is the opposite of Opus Dei. He's a liberal Catholic. To the extent that he's joked that he's worried about getting excommunicated.
Eddy Wyn
2024-11-10 04:44:41 +0000 UTCSo a long time ago
Michael Young
2024-11-10 02:53:43 +0000 UTCYes he is I’m pretty positive its Opus Dei I know its super conservative and I read the article when he was doing the Colbert Report
Michael Young
2024-11-10 02:53:26 +0000 UTCAnnie, I hope you are recovering well. Hard lonely work, but you sound strong. I’m picturing the nicest, cutest and smartest baby that has ever lived. Love to this baby and to you.
Toni Scott
2024-11-10 02:00:18 +0000 UTCShe’s nice on the ears, d’y’know?
No Relation to Henry
2024-11-10 01:20:10 +0000 UTCHe’s Catholic, but I don’t think he’s unironically in Opus Dei, is he?
No Relation to Henry
2024-11-10 01:19:29 +0000 UTCImhh by c n cc‘’ I l O NBC d ugh noii I. B. By z n 6 L N am no. Un n E’sbhmo x n I in o a Na” K@
Greg Fouts
2024-11-10 01:16:45 +0000 UTCSo far I’ve only read the show notes … my immediate thought was…. This wasn’t the death of an empire. It’s a change of hands. It’s now an Oligarchy. Look at all the adorable Billionaires in his cabinet. People voted for money … not democracy. However hopefully we believed that we could have a real one. I gave people more credit. Maybe I’m stupid and wrong, who knows. Also, not only Gaza matters. Ukraine is a canary in a coal mine. It also matters. My heart is breaking for Ukraine too. The economy really IS great. YES there are problems (before and after Covid) but we had it better than we understood, because it’s not based on the price of eggs (which went down but no one noticed 😆). However, if they implement even a few of Trumps plans, the great economy he inherited won’t last But the serfdom will be fat and happy while Republicans reveal their endgame. As of this mornings news, it will be as outlined in their 2025 project. A good example of how it will slowly unfold is Putins takeover of Russia… it’s a mafia state now. La Cosa Nostra is only cool on TV. Anyway, I won’t wax on with doom and gloom… no one can argue a hypothetical for long before people just roll their eyes.
C’mon
2024-11-10 00:09:19 +0000 UTCJake’s best British accent is undoubtedly when he’s doing Michael Flynn, based on the late Scottish beefcake, Sir Sean Connery.
monkey
2024-11-09 23:58:49 +0000 UTCD'yaknow?
Jack Shields
2024-11-09 22:32:04 +0000 UTCJake's British accent isn't too bad, occasionally leans Australian but you can't have everything. He's clearly watched a few Statham movies in his time.
David Hamilton-Smith
2024-11-09 22:25:25 +0000 UTCThe British Punisher is Judge Dredd, which I could totally see British chuds appropriating without irony.
Alex
2024-11-09 21:08:17 +0000 UTCI can't imagine having to flee a country ravaged by civil war to set up a new life and open a business only to have it burned down by a mob of dipshits because they saw something racist on social media. This one was a real downer.
Aram J. French
2024-11-09 21:07:07 +0000 UTCRemember to reserve your place in line for a free med-bed folks!
NewTooshFatoosh
2024-11-09 19:45:26 +0000 UTCLittle late to the party, but that opening song is a banger.
Round the world
2024-11-09 19:39:16 +0000 UTCWelcome back Annie! It’s been fun pretending that the UK is completely fine and actually more normal than the US for the last 6+ months while you were gone. Oh well! I’m very excited and concerned for all the ways you are going to disabuse me of that notion…
infinitygaze
2024-11-09 19:17:52 +0000 UTC"Influencers" are the new, fifth horseman of the Apocalypse. He rides a horse wrapped in digital camo.
bigphoton
2024-11-09 18:41:58 +0000 UTCThanks for this! No rush but would love an episode on how republicans captured mom groups and health/wellness influencers with RFK Jr and “MAHA” 🤢 (which I should’ve seen coming but had no idea until countless people I follow unexpectedly started celebrating Trump’s win)
Sarah
2024-11-09 18:34:23 +0000 UTCIt’s a Populist International.
Liam Harte
2024-11-09 18:32:03 +0000 UTCHuman pets is spot on. Congrats on your baby annie!
monsara deliciosa
2024-11-09 16:12:52 +0000 UTCBritish punisher is just judge dredd
HonestEd
2024-11-09 16:05:04 +0000 UTCYes. I think it also shows how difficult the PR imperative makes it for many people to be honest about things. The most straightforward approach would’ve been to announce that Kate was undergoing treatment, and ask everyone to leave her alone to recover. Not that that would’ve solved everything, but it would’ve avoided much of the mess that transpired. For a slew of reasons, though, such a move hardly ever seems to be among the options.
Liam Harte
2024-11-09 15:17:30 +0000 UTCIt's still kinda crazy to hear UK conservative politicians now parrot actual 2015 gamergate "talking points" and words. Though tbh is somewhat inevitable when your party's only political platform is based on obstructionism, deflection and scapegoating: what else is there to do when people catch on to your old tricks eh?
Overzealous Euthanasiast
2024-11-09 14:59:14 +0000 UTCGiven the links between right-wing populist movements worldwide, these terms get circulated from one country to another, presumably depending on the traction they gather. To mention another one, British right-wingers now talk about “wokism” as much as American ones.
Liam Harte
2024-11-09 14:28:51 +0000 UTCHonestly Jake's British accent work has always been good and has a bit of fun and nuance. Like he seems to go a bit posh when needed, a bit working classs when needed, or a bit northern when needed. Compare that with Julian's Dick van Dyke version...
Wallace E. Ponk
2024-11-09 13:46:17 +0000 UTCThat outro was a crazy ride.
Peter
2024-11-09 13:26:12 +0000 UTCNot sure it got mentioned, but the 'two tier policing' meme - while it's not new - was mainstreamed in the UK in an op ed by the then Home Secretary Suella Braverman. She accused the Met Police of being soft on pro-Palestine demonstrators, which is thoroughly insane and on brand for her.
Matthew Hull
2024-11-09 13:15:40 +0000 UTC1. Jake's british accent has gotten slightly better. 2. Please take care of yourselves, QAA hosts. We need you more than ever in the next couple of years
Lindymizer
2024-11-09 12:20:42 +0000 UTCI love listening to her. Not just the accent, the voice, the humour, the language she uses. Such a pleasure.
Grindizer
2024-11-09 11:53:25 +0000 UTCThe national BAYbyy is back! with a baby of her own! Congratulations 🎉 I already like this episode I haven't even seen it yet 😁
Grindizer
2024-11-09 11:51:02 +0000 UTCI second Julian's virtual take.
The Real Barry Gumboots
2024-11-09 10:45:41 +0000 UTCMy take on the kate stuff is that it was a massive fumble on the part of the royals' PR team. They never should have posted or responded to anything, and imo it was crazy fucked up of them to either A. have Kate write an apology for the mother's day photo, or B. write an apology on her behalf. Either way, thus completely throwing her under the bus WHILE she was actively dealing with her recovery and cancer prognosis.
Blandine
2024-11-09 09:57:33 +0000 UTCAnnie! Congratulations on the baby. My babies are nearly 20, enjoy it!
Helen McCallum
2024-11-09 08:46:56 +0000 UTCColbert is a Opus Dei Catholic
Michael Young
2024-11-09 08:42:24 +0000 UTCI know this tars me as a sicko but I have been really looking forward to Annie breaking down the riots
Declan Kennedy
2024-11-09 08:29:39 +0000 UTCWelcome back Annie!! Sorry everything burnt to the ground!!!!
Andrew Cook
2024-11-09 07:52:55 +0000 UTCJake, Annie, and Liv is a helluva vibe
MJ Hicks
2024-11-09 05:49:58 +0000 UTCalso fuck yeah annie is back. feel kinda weird calling her mommy now
ev
2024-11-09 05:47:31 +0000 UTCthe thing about ai paranoia infecting photo analysis is totally where we're headed. I took one of those ai vs. real tests the other day. Almost all the ones I got wrong were false ai positives (I didnt identify any ai photos real but I tagged several real photos as ai). Its only going to contribute to more baking and an ever more schizophrenic grasp of reality
Brad Plumb
2024-11-09 05:20:06 +0000 UTCMe too!! I am saving it for tonight with a nice bottle of McLaren Vale Shiraz.
Prue
2024-11-09 05:19:05 +0000 UTCAnnie's accent is so soothing and other non substantive comments
Brad Plumb
2024-11-09 05:06:20 +0000 UTCliv agar
ev
2024-11-09 04:28:10 +0000 UTCThe term "mass deportation" has been around for while, am almost certain, it wasn't just invented for trump's campaign
Overzealous Euthanasiast
2024-11-09 04:24:22 +0000 UTCJesus, I laughed out loud hard at Jake's British accent when it cut in.
Brent Baker
2024-11-09 04:07:04 +0000 UTCSurely the soothing voice of UK Correspondent Annie Kelly will fix me
Storky
2024-11-09 03:49:05 +0000 UTCLiv Agarrrr
Sister Motoko
2024-11-09 03:47:47 +0000 UTCLiv Agar
Alex Anderson
2024-11-09 03:16:48 +0000 UTCAnnie Kelly is here to save us 🥹💕
Jess C
2024-11-09 03:16:46 +0000 UTCThe National Baby reborn!
Jason Edmiston
2024-11-09 03:09:22 +0000 UTCOh hell yes. Thank you guys so much, this is just what I needed tonight.
Melissa Hudson
2024-11-09 03:05:47 +0000 UTCTbh was kinda avoiding the aching despair of UK news cos the US teased a moment of change for a bit. Seeing as that's all thrown down the shitter now ...I'm sorry aching despair, I didn't mean those nasty things I said, that was old me - could you ever forgive? Oh how I've almost missed you!
Overzealous Euthanasiast
2024-11-09 03:04:15 +0000 UTCI have literally been waiting for Annie Kelly’s episode on Kate Middleton conspiracy theories for most of the year. Words cannot express how much this means to me.
Samantha Miller
2024-11-09 02:59:18 +0000 UTCThanks for that, I've been deliberately avoiding the terrible US news and the mostly bad takes on it.
Robert Sebastian
2024-11-09 02:57:05 +0000 UTCthank god an Annie episode is just what I need!!! I have missed you so much
Lydia
2024-11-09 02:56:58 +0000 UTCOh good, something uplifting this week
Kingfisher
2024-11-09 02:53:11 +0000 UTCFirst
Harold DJDROPDEAD
2024-11-09 02:52:57 +0000 UTC
