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Ben Shapiro is the definition of what’s wrong with podcasting. Anyone who can stay that angry while staring at his computer screen and talking to himself on mic sums up what the media world has devolved into in 2025. Now we find him in a surprising place. He’s bad-mouthing Marjorie Taylor Greene in defense of […] The post Ben Shapiro’s furious take on the Epstein Files wasn’t the slam dunk defence of Trump he thought it was appeared first on The Poke.

We’d file this under ‘it probably seemed like a good idea at the time’ but the only time it could possibly have seemed like a good idea would be the 1970s. It’s a brand new TikTok channel being launched by Sky Sports called Sky Sports Halo. It’s the ‘lil sis of Sky Sports created specifically […] The post Sky Sports launched a TikTok channel ‘specifically for female sports fans’ and it’s just been dunked on by basically every woman on the planet appeared first on The Poke.

America’s got problems and JD Vance knows who to blame. He doesn’t need you to tell him which problems you’re worried about, the answer will be the same no matter what. Ever since he sponged onto Donald Trump’s ticket in the ramp up to the 2024 Presidential Election, Vance has been blaming immigrants. They’re lowering […] The post JD Vance stops blaming immigrants for stealing jobs and starts blaming immigrants for stealing homes appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve featured no end of clips from the BBC’s Newsnight over the years but we’re not sure we’ve ever watched one quite so moving as this. It’s the great Michael Palin reflecting on his late wife Helen’s last few weeks in a hospice, as he explains why chancellor Rachel Reeves needs to prioritise hospice funding […] The post Michael Palin reflected on his late wife’s last few weeks in a hospice and it’s an incredibly moving and important watch appeared first on The Poke.

Brought to you by the man who doesn’t know the difference between the act of seeking political asylum and the outdated slang for psychiatric hospitals, we bring you a new grade school-level vocabulary slip-up. (Reminder that this man runs the United States of America.) Here’s Donald Trump trying to complete a sentence. It did not […] The post Donald Trump wasn’t saying what he thought he was saying and his schoolboy error got all the mockery he deserved appeared first on The Poke.

As if you hadn’t already been bombarded with this message already, Stranger Things is coming back for its fifth and final (apparently) series on Netflix. And to mark the even the stars of the show – didn’t spot David Harbour for some reason – gathered at a mostly star-studded do in London on Thursday. We […] The post People loved Millie Bobby Brown’s A++ response to a photographer who told her to cheer up appeared first on The Poke.

Irt all started when @AvaSantina went on Twitter to point out how incredibly overpriced rail tickets are, with this trip to Wigan costing a blooming king’s ransom, frankly. colleague was meant to go to Wigan this week but this bargain stands in the way pic.twitter.com/4Z6d0J4FWR — Ava-Santina (@AvaSantina) November 11, 2025 It prompted no end […] The post A complaint about Britain’s unutterably weird (and expensive) rail ticket system sent this old Tim Vine and Lee Mack clip viral and it’s hideously relatable appeared first on The Poke.

We don’t watch Countdown as much as we used to, in the sense that we don’t watch it at all anymore. The perils of growing up but not yet growing up so much you’re retired. But we did watch this clip from back in the day and we’re very glad we did, a vintage numbers […] The post This vintage Countdown clip has just gone viral again and it’s a hall of fame jaw-dropper appeared first on The Poke.

That rumble you can hear is the sound of the weekend approaching. Whether that means you get a rest, have some serious socialising to do, or there’s a list of jobs as long as your arm, there’s no better way to launch it than with our round-up of funny tweets. We waded through the reply […] The post Our 25 Favourite Funny Tweets of the Week appeared first on The Poke.

Another day, another eye-opening verbal attack on a woman of color. It’s the Donald Trump way. The President went to his happy place, a Fox News one-on-one interview, and felt so at home that he settled in for one of his classic playbook rants. In less than a minute, he cartoonishly pronounces “Somalia” in the […] The post This Minnesota congresswoman utterly annihilated Donald Trump on Twitter and the raging Maga responses made it even better appeared first on The Poke.