Ep 164 with Seann Walsh (Part 1)

What The F Is Going On? with Mark Steel

Carousel Studios

News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.7 • 888 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Mark is joined by comedian Seann Walsh as they discuss service stations, booking train tickets, the new world of comedy, Seann’s upbringing - and getting your phone stolen. 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 mikey@carouselstudios.co.uk Follow What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel on Twitter @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Follow Seann @seannwalsh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Labour Party has changed into a party of toolmakers.
0:04.4	We will slide for the de not supplication of the...
0:06.7	Let me put it to you!
0:08.0	Because he can't grow, can crows.
0:10.0	Joe Biden's an alien.
0:12.0	Everybody knows...
0:13.0	The phone went over the side of the phone.
0:14.0	Under the video, we weren't allowed to be.
0:17.0	I just don't get it.
0:18.0	I just think everyone should be sure.
0:19.0	What the fuck is going on?
0:24.5	Hello, I'm Mark Still, and welcome to my podcast. Well, despite the title of this podcast,
0:29.8	what is there to say critical of the world anymore? What is there to ask? It's pretty much been
0:36.8	sorted, really. It's just one long,
0:41.0	beautiful passageway now towards infinite joy and utopia. Like we're on a little travelator
0:48.9	at the airport that just goes past delightful flowers that just puff out the most glorious odor of the most delightful nectar.
1:00.8	Thank you, Mr. Trump, Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Putin, Mr. Stama and all the other people.
1:09.2	You've sorted it out.
1:10.5	It took a while, but thank you.
1:14.9	What the fuck is going on?
1:21.2	This week, my guest is comedian Sean Walsh, who, well, Sean is someone who would always say, oh, I'm not interested in
1:31.4	politics and will then rant for 25 minutes about the state of the water and the state of the
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Carousel Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Carousel Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.