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

Ep 161 with Michael Rosen (Part 1)

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

Mike J Benwell

Comedy, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Mark is joined by children’s Author Michael Rosen as they discuss Jewish history, Language as a philosophy,  underestimating dictators, Writing for children  - and Yiddish swear words.  You can hear the second part of the interview in next week's episode – but if you can't wait, 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 Michael on twitter/x @Michaelrosenyes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Rated T for Teen.

0:02.0

Each year, thousands of adults lose their shred.

0:05.0

It's an epidemic simply known as shred loss, but it doesn't have to be this way.

0:09.0

Because rekindling your shred is as easy as playing the new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4.

0:13.0

With new parks, cross-platform multiplayer, and sick new game modes,

0:19.0

we can put an end to shred loss everywhere.

0:21.6

Let the new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 and show the world that the shred's not dead.

0:26.6

Get Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 available now.

0:29.6

There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.

0:33.6

Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.

0:38.3

You'll get to know the difference.

0:39.3

New Big Arch for Big McDonald's hunger.

0:43.3

Until 9th of September from 11 AM, participating restaurants only, subject to availability.

0:50.3

We risk becoming an island of strangers. We will strive for the denopsification of

0:56.8

you let me put it to you because you can't grow concrete yes you can they're eating the dogs

1:02.2

they're eating the dinosaurs under the interview we weren't allowed to lead to critics I just

1:07.6

know everyone should be sure what the fuck is going to be sure? What the fuck is going on?

1:13.6

Hello, I'm Mark Steele and welcome to a new series of my podcast in which we ask the question that the whole world has to kneel down and beg for an answer to because we're living in a world that doesn't seem

1:31.3

rational. I mean, it's not that the people running it have anything wrong with them. If Donald

1:38.5

Trump and Vladimir Putin have a fault, it's that they care too much. But it's going a bit wrong, isn't it? And I think

1:48.5

many, many people are asking the question that philosophers and politicians and scientists have

1:53.8

asked over the years. Isaac Newton, he was asking it in a universal sense. And Aristotle was asking it in an Aristotelian sense.

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