Ep 157 with John Mcdonnell MP (Part 2)

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel

Mike J Benwell

Comedy, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week Mark continues his conversation with John McDonnell, ex-Shadow Chancellor and Jeremy Corbyn ally. If you haven't heard the first part then do go back and listen now but for the rest of you here is the rest of the interview. Want to get access to the full video interview before anyone else? why not join us on Patreon? For £4 a month you can listen to the whole interview straight away – and you'll also be able to watch it! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/wtfisgoingonpod⁠ For media, press & guest enquiries please email [email protected] Follow What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel on Twitter @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Follow John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We risk becoming an island of strangers.
0:04.0	We will strive for the denopsification of the clay.
0:07.0	Because you can't grow, can't grow.
0:10.0	Yes, you can.
0:11.0	They're eating the dogs.
0:12.0	They're eating the dinosaurs.
0:14.0	Under the EU, we weren't allowed to eat it.
0:17.0	I just don't get it.
0:19.0	What the fuck is going on? Hello, I just don't get it. I just like that. What the fuck is going on?
0:23.4	Hello, I'm Mark Still.
0:25.2	Welcome to my podcast, which examines one vital question that has always been posited by thinking people throughout history.
0:36.8	What did George Stevenson say when he was first contemplating the notion that steam
0:43.1	could be used to drive forward objects and take coal from one place to another?
0:51.1	What did he say?
0:52.5	Well, I'll tell you what he said.
0:54.0	He said,
0:54.4	what the fuck is going on with things being static until they're pushed forward with momentum by steam?
1:03.9	That's what he said. Now, in particular, this matters at the moment because although the world's in a very,
1:10.5	very fine and
1:11.3	happy place and it's being run by exactly the people we want, if anything, Trump and Putin,
1:17.9	if they have a fault, it's that they care too much. Nonetheless, it is incumbent upon us all
1:24.5	to go, what the fuck is going on? What the fuck is going on?
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