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What The F Is Going On? with Mark Steel

What The F*** Is Going On...? With Mark Steel Episode 11

What The F Is Going On? with Mark Steel

Carousel Studios

News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.7 • 888 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Mark is joined by Jen Brister and Elliot Steel as he tries to make sense of Boris Johnson’s hatred of handouts, horse deworming tablets for treating Covid and sea closures. Follow What The F*** Is Going On? With Mark Steel on Twitter @wtfisgoingonpod And visit our website www.whatthefisgoingonpodcast.co.uk for more information. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think the people of this country have had enough of experts.

0:03.5

The science has changed.

0:04.7

If you count the legal votes, I easily wear.

0:07.4

It is time to get Brexit done.

0:10.9

This candle smells like my vagina.

0:13.1

It's supposed to be up here.

0:14.8

I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.

0:17.8

What the fuck is going on? Hello, I'm Mark Still. Welcome to my podcast where each week I ask the question, what the fuck is going on?

0:29.1

What the fuck is going on? Now, Dominic Rob is the politician we need. He was asked if he was paddle boarding in Crete while the Taliban took over Afghanistan

0:40.1

and he insisted he wasn't because he said the sea was closed. Now this needs to be investigated

0:47.4

and it nipped off for lunch with a friendly mountain and left a note on the beach saying back in 10 minutes

0:53.1

because we've all been there. You need a

0:55.7

break, you go on holiday, you fly 500 miles to a beautiful beach, and then you see the sign.

1:02.4

Shut for repairs? Oh no! Or else it's down to one lane because a pedolo has crashed into an

1:10.2

inflatable flamingo causing a 20 mile back all the way to Cyprus.

1:14.7

It reminds me of the famous episode of the Blue Planet that went...

1:17.6

The Indian Ocean. Home of the Swordfish.

1:22.7

A powerful majestic creature which traditionally hunts for its prey in these very waters. But today, it must hunt on land,

1:34.5

because unfortunately the sea is closed. Dominic Robb should have been asked for more details

1:41.7

about this sea closure so he could say, well, it started

1:44.9

when a whale turned up in the morning and he saw a huge chain and bad look around the Mediterranean.

1:50.7

And then some jellyfish heard a rumour of a temporary closure due to a shortage of waves,

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