Ep 180 with Emma Warren Pt 1: This is what happens when you take away youth services!

What The F Is Going On? with Mark Steel

Carousel Studios

News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.7 • 888 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Mark is joined by writer and youth worker Emma Warren as they discuss the importance of youth clubs in shaping communities, growing up around grassroots music and culture, how youth services have been systematically dismantled, what happens to young people when those spaces disappear, and why rebuilding youth infrastructure is essential to fixing deeper social problems – and you can buy Emma’s book Up The Youth Club online here: https://amzn.eu/d/0i1SmgQ9 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 or watch the whole interview straight away. 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 Emma @_emmalwarren_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.7	Because you can't grow, can't grow, can't cry.
0:38.7	Yes, you can.
0:39.5	They're eating the dogs.
0:41.1	They're eating the dinosaurs.
0:42.8	Under the EU, we weren't allowed to eat it.
0:45.6	I just think everyone should be sure.
0:48.3	What the fuck is going on?
0:52.2	Hello, I'm Mark Still.
0:56.6	Welcome to my podcast.
1:02.3	Where this week, hello, I'm Mark Still, welcome to my podcast,
1:08.7	where each week we ask the question that is perennally on all of our lips.
1:11.8	What the fuck is going on? What the fuck is going on?
1:13.9	What the fuck is going on?
1:23.1	This week my guest is Emma Warren, who I met just a few days ago because I went to a festival in Larn, I'm not quite sure how you pronounce it, in the west of Wales. Wales is huge.
1:29.4	English people are pretty stupid when it comes to Wales. We sort of think that it's just little
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