Ep 160 with Alexei Sayle (Part 2)

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

Mike J Benwell

Comedy, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week Mark continues his conversation with Alexei Sayle. If you haven't heard the first part then do go back and listen now but for the rest of you here is the second half of the interview. I you enjoyed this episode then be sure to check out Alexei’s podcast and patreon page here: www.audioboom.com/channels/5038428-the-alexei-sayle-podcast www.patreon.com/AlexeiSaylePodcast 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 Alexei’s Podcast @alexeisaylepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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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 crane.
0:07.0	Because you can't grow, 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 lead to critics.
0:17.0	I just don't get it.
0:19.0	What the fuck is going on? Hello, I'm getting it. I just like that's going on.
0:23.1	Hello, I'm Mark Still and welcome to my podcast where each week we ask the question,
0:30.6	the fuck is going on.
0:33.0	What the fuck is going on?
0:35.1	This week I will be continuing my discussion with my very very special admirable guest
0:41.2	Alexie Sale if you haven't heard the first part of the interview you can go back and listen to that
0:45.2	now so that you listen to the first part before the second part in case there's anything in the
0:49.6	second part that refers to the first part which if you listen to the second part first will be
0:54.0	mildly confusing or maybe intriguing as you start to think, oh, I wonder if there's any
0:58.5	reference that I didn't hear in the first part that when I do hear the first part will alert me
1:03.3	to the nuance of the second part. It's entirely up to you in this modern digital age.
1:07.9	It's not like in the old days where you had to watch things in the order that they wanted you to watch it
1:12.9	with the start at the start
1:14.8	and the end at the end.
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