Soon-to-be-former Reel Politik host Jack Frayne-Reid unveils THE OVAL TAPES VOL. 1, his first live album and sanctioned "official bootleg", featuring solo acoustic (and, on the first four songs, electric) performances of ten original songs alongside covers of Neil Young, Gram Parsons, Lucinda Williams and The Rolling Stones, recorded in concert at Croydon's Oval Tavern. All songs written by Jack Frayne-Reid unless otherwise indicated: 1. Total Rock And Roll 2. Damned Deluxe 3. Fork In The Road 4. I'm The Ocean (Neil Young) 5. The Sacking Of Carthage 6. I Lost It (Lucinda Williams) 7. You Know Me 8. Fucking Vindicated 9. Dead Flowers (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) 10. Wheels (Gram Parsons/Chris Hillman) 11. Crack Video 12. The Times In Between 13. Sunrise On The City 14. Return Of The Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons/Tom Brown) 15. The True Way 16. Roll Another Number (For The Road) (Neil Young) INDIVIDUAL TRACKS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jit3EZntqtW8Qv909jBG018JiHaSShzm?usp=sharing

You heard it here first. By the end of 2025 we will be ceasing all operations and bringing the Reel Politik podcast to a close after 9 years in an amicable "conscious decoupling". We intend to drop a few more episodes, then it's over and out. It's been real!

In 1973, Mike Gapes returns from a relaxing "Gape Year" in Swaziland to find that his beloved Ilford South has changed beyond all recognition. What was once a paradise of Real Labour Values has succumbed to entryism at the hands of the sinister forces of Trotskyism, and only Gapes and his trusty team of Gape Goon Generals - including fascist borstal headmaster Frank Young, escaped fascist war criminal Stormzy, newspaper editor Jimothy Baker Sr., notorious rock and roll innovator Johnny Polio, GapesMobile chauffer Gorgeous Georgie, Graham Goodnonce, Dr. Geoffrey Garmer and Geraint Gestapo - can save it from certain ruin, in what is easily in the top hundred bloodiest military campaigns ever supported by Michael John Gapes. WRITTEN by FFF WITH JACK FR PRODUCED by JACK FR ("MAHJONG SCENE" PRODUCED BY FFF) ORIGINAL MUSIC by JACK FR ORIGINAL ARTWORK by @MARKEDASRED EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS FFF, JACK FR, G. WARIOTIFO, YAIR RICE, TOM FOSTER, TOM DISSO & @PHASED_BEMUSED STARRING JACK FR as MIKE GAPES, ILFORD SOUTH POLICE OFFICER, ROGER RABBIT, LUIGI, GORGEOUS GEORGIE, GREASE CHORUS, JIMOTHY'S FRIEND, EMCEE, JOHNNY POLIO, FALLING CHILD, GERAINT GESTAPO, STORMZY, JIMMY BUFFETT, MURDERED TROTS, GOONS AT FUNERAL and WOODY ALLEN FFF as AIR STEWARD(ESS), "HANDSOME STRAIGHT JERRY", GOON #1, HIMSELF, JIMOTHY BAKER SR., CRICKET ANNOUNCER, JIMOTHY'S FRIEND, LITTLE GIRL, GRAHAM GOODNONCE, GEOFFREY GARMER, REMEMBRANCE PARADE ANNOUNCER and MILITANT TROT

The Reel Politik podcast and GAPECAST proudly present TALKING GAPE, a new series hosted by George from @PuroPodcast in which series creators Jack FR and FFF go behind the scenes of each new episode of GAPECAST as they air. In this companion conversation to S02E01 - RAP AGAINST GAPE, we talk satire in the age of Gapes, not giving a fuck about Britain's relationship to the European Union, and dropping Easter Eggs for the real hip-hop heads. [Next episode will try and add a theme song and shit]

In the first new GAPECAST since the start of 2021, we travel back in time to the 1980s to follow a young-ish Mike Gapes - still yet to be elected MP-For-Life of Ilford South - as he crosses the Atlantic to bring his golden touch to the city of Los Angeles, California, by creating the crack epidemic and inventing the musical subgenre of gangsta rap. Narrated by retired CIA operative and Gapes handler Felix Lieterman (Yair Rice), this exclusive audio documentary features brand new interviews with Gapes himself and the actor and Israel spokesperson Michael "White Mike" "Milk" Rapaport, famously defeated by Gapes in the rap beef of the century. WRITTEN BY JACK FR & FFF PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY JACK FR ORIGINAL MUSIC BY TOM DISSO, GENERAL SHERMAN, JACK FR & FFF ARTWORK BY @MARKEDASRED EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS G. WARIOTIFO, TOM DISSO, TOM FOSTER, YAIR RICE, @PHASED_BEMUSED, JACK FR & FFF STARRING JACK FR as Mike Gapes, Michael Rapaport, Italian mobsters, John Harris & drive-by shooter FFF as Jimothy Baker Sr. & drive-by shooter YAIR RICE as Narrator/Felix Lieterman, Peter Rosenberg Sr. & drive-by shooter

Forgotten where we're at in the Ilford South Extended Universe since the last GAPECAST almost five years ago? Not to worry - with the imminent release of GAPECAST S02E01: RAP AGAINST GAPE, the RP Archives Team have compiled JIMOTHY BAKER OMNIBUS, a compilation of all Ilford South investigative journalist Jimothy Baker's appearances on the Reel Politik podcast from 2019-24. The 2019 and 24 general elections, the 2020 US election, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the forthcoming Johnny Polio reissue series....hear Jimothy opine from a place of great knowledge on many of the key issues that have shaped the last five plus years of Ilford South and, to a lesser extent, the world. Produced by Jack FR, artwork by @MarkedAsRed. Jimothy Baker is portrayed by Farages Fucked Face, who did any writing that went into these largely improvised appearances.

The new single from rap icon Mike Gapes, featuring Mr Jimothy Baker Sr. (That Ilford shit) Drinking miwk with my slaves (That Ilford shit) Putting Trots in the grave (That Ilford shit) Winning elections every time (That Ilford shit) Like in two thousand and nine(teen) (That Ilford shit) Gaining eternal life (That Ilford shit) fucking Jimmy Buffett’s wife (That Ilford shit) Never sitting on the fence (That Ilford shit) Supporting Israel’s right to self defence (That Ilford shit) Killing JFK (That Ilford shit) Having a driver who’s gay (That Ilford shit) Doing crimes with my goons (That Ilford shit) Turning to a cow on full moons (That Ilford shit) Mixing crack with my miwk (That Ilford shit) Mixing miwk with my smack (That Ilford shit) Turn a man into a dog (That Ilford shit) Orchestrate a GG Gang attack (That Ilford shit) Ride the Gapesmobile (That Ilford shit) Crush a cyclist or two beneath the wheels (That Ilford shit) Brand new mothers to greet (That Ilford shit) For a celebratory first suck upon the teet (That Ilford shit) Subjects kissing my feet (That Ilford shit) J-Bizzle on the beat (That Ilford shit) Stop mentioning shit Jimothy (That Ilford shit) now I need a shit (That Ilford shit) No I really need a shit (That Ilford shit) Where’s the nearest bathroom? (That Ilford shit) Oh well, too late

In the continuation of our "New RP Canon" series, Jack, Geraint, Yair and FFF watch Clint Eastwood's 2019 masterpiece RICHARD JEWELL, a searing indictment of an unfeeling deep state, the lying fake news media, and women's duplicitous ways. NEXT IN THE SERIES: We resume our Mel Gibson historical epic season with THE PATRIOT.

We've been doing our "New RP Canon" movie commentary series as Patreon exclusives, but @wariotifo requested that his first pick, Mel Gibson's BRAVEHEART (1995), be released in its entirety for free. Join us as we reject the crooked facts of lying English historians and venture back into the heroic annals of true Scottish history with our good friend Mel. 00:00:00 - intro 00:19:11 - first attempt at commentary/tech issues 00:24:13 - commentary begins in earnest 03:21:13 - outro

with G. Wariotifo mysteriously absent (Taliban?), Reel Politik head honcho Jack Frayne-Reid seizes on the opportunity to hijack the Top Rope Deep Dive wrestling stream to talk about things other than wrestling for an hour and a half WATCH TOP ROPE DEEP DIVE EVERY SUNDAY @ https://www.twitch.tv/MarkedAsRed

well, I polled our Twitter followers on which film they wanted us to cover next in our commentary series, and Polanski nation (Poland?) won out decisively, defeating other hot prospects such as Ridley Scott's The Counselor and the enticing "Extreme Prejudice ft. FFF" (the Fuckedman is in tow once again here, and will be joining us as an auxiliary member of the show for at least a majority of our commentaries). join us as we watch a very great film by a very bad man, and talk about important issues such as public ownership of utilities and the Chinese. as is now standard, I'll be posting (almost) the entire intro (plus, on this occasion, the outro) to our free feed [EDIT: this, the thing you are looking at now] as well as a video version of the commentary to this Patreon shortly. we'll be recording something else in the next few days, on which I'll give an update on the status of the podcast and why we've mostly just been doing movie commentaries and shit like that lately. but rest assured that we are deeply committed to building our "New RP Canon" of seminal motion pictures. LISTEN TO THE FULL COMMENTARY HERE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/123984352?pr=true&forSale=true - BY SUBSCRIBING AT PATREON.COM/REELPOLITIK [VIDEO VERSION COMING SOON]

HEAR THE FULL EPISODE/COMMENTARY BY SUBSCRIBING AT PATREON.COM/REELPOLITIK: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-324-jack-122635113, OR WATCH ALONG WITH US IN OUR VIDEO COMMENTARY: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tokyo-girls-2017-122644976 Low-key subscriber-only fully listed episode today! Farages Fucked Face is back for his fourth appearance on RP in 2025, in a sign of our increasing desperation and inability to book big guests. This time it's a two-hander, in which I sit down with him to watch a documentary about Japanese idol culture, which aired as part of the BBC's Storyville series under the name TOKYO GIRLS in 2017. We do live commentary on the whole film, but before that we chat a little about movies and even some politics.

FFF joins me again (not in a numbered episode...because it's just TOO GOOD) for another entry in our ongoing Reel Politik Audio Commentary Series on the movies that made us the foul & debased creatures we are today. This time it's Clint Eastwood's GRAN TORINO (2008), a film about a man and his car, the changing face of the American city, and How Guys Talk To One Another. With a length forty-minute introduction in which we go through pretty much every Clint movie since 2003's MYSTIC RIVER (AKA this free preview) join us as Eastwood novice FFF is introduced to some of the greatest work of a man truly after his own heart. LISTEN TO THE FULL COMMENTARY HERE ON THE PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/clint-eastwoods-122854401 VIDEO VERSION OF COMMENTARY ALSO AVAILABLE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/clint-eastwoods-122857426

Lilah @palebloodstasi (formerly @leechwaifu) returns to the show to pay tribute to the great DAVID LYNCH, the indescribable director, writer, sonic sculptor, visual artist, musician, meditation guru, actor and general polymathic artistic genius, who died a month ago on January 15th. In the classic wide-ranging, structureless RP style, we try our best to dig into every obscure nook and cranny of his deceptively vast body of work. while giving ample time to the stuff everyone likes, like Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive. RIP to one of the greats.

in an exclusive preview of an old school Jack/Yair movie chat, Jack talks about how The Hateful Eight has become his favourite film by noted Israel supporter Quentin Tarantino HEAR THE FULL BONUS EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rp322-extra-88-121490669 NEW JFR-CURATED NEIL YOUNG MIXTAPE ALSO EXCLUSIVELY ON THE RP PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/nyaa-vol-1-neil-121498257

With death stalking the land, Jack talks to RP US Correspondent Yair Rice about the start of Donald Trump's second presidential term, his imminent immigration crackdown, the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, and Trump's appointment of Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as "special envoys to Hollywood". Plus, we watch Keir Starmer's message of congratulations to Trump, and look back a decade in Mad Mel's career, to when he benefited from the ludicrous stunt casting of Robert Rodriguez's Machete films.

SUBSCRIBE AT PATREON.COM/REELPOLITIK AND HEAR THE FULL BONUS EPISODE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rp321-extra-deep-121057412 Whilst our potted run through Mickey Rourke's "imperial phase" appeared in the main Year of the Dragon episode, I thought it would be a tighter episode if these discussions of Rourke's more variable-in-quality later work, as well as Michael Cimino's tragically brief filmography, came out as their own thing. This bonus episode also features another classic RP Skype screen-share moment as FFF shows Geraint and I a clip from a movie where Matthew Perry teaches some inner-city kids about America's early presidents through the medium of rap music (I, in turn, recommend Bulworth to him, following my earlier recommendation of Cimino's Clint Eastwood-starring directorial debut Thunderbolt & Lightfoot). - JFR

In the final part of a trilogy of episodes featuring regular guest Farages Fucked Face, Jack, Geraint and FFF review Michael Cimino's 1985 crime drama YEAR OF THE DRAGON, a film about how the Chinese invented the concept of the mafia a thousand years ago and have been perfecting it ever since, starring Mickey Rourke as the aptly named Captain Stanley WHITE - or, alternately, Agent Jack Decker - on a one-man crusade against the Chinese peril.

The much-ballyhooed "CHINA CUT" of our most recent episode. ORIGINAL EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In the final part of a trilogy of episodes featuring regular guest Farages Fucked Face, Jack, Geraint and FFF review Michael Cimino's 1985 crime drama YEAR OF THE DRAGON, a film about how the Chinese invented the concept of the mafia a thousand years ago and have been perfecting it ever since, starring Mickey Rourke as the aptly named Captain Stanley WHITE - or, alternately, Agent Jack Decker - on a one-man crusade against the Chinese peril. FULL EPISODE: https://soundcloud.com/reelpolitikpodcast/episode-321-year-of-the-dragon / https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-321-year-121053719

the stuff from the recording for episode 320 that was too hot for radio but too good to stay in the RP vaults SUBSCRIBE @ PATREON.COM/REELPOLITIK FOR $5USD AND HEAR THE FULL RP EXTRA: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rp320-extra-man-119893154