WHAT THE F**K ARE WE LIVING THROUGH? - with Mark Steel

What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

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4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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A cracking episode this week with Mark Steel. We discuss grooming gangs and Starmer swivelling in a constant state of U-turns. Plus we examine why this week's G7 could be the most depressing ever given global events. We also chat about the rising stock of Father's Day and why men still die younger. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 Watch my STAND-UP SPECIAL 'Basic Bloke' on ITVX: https://www.itv.com/watch/geoff-norcott:-basic-bloke/10a6363a0001B/10a6363a0001 Order the PAPERBACK EDITION of my book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Bloke-Decoded-Everything-explained/dp/1800961308/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Watch my COMEDY SPECIAL on YouTube https://youtu.be/YaxhuZGtDLs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What most people?
0:04.0	What most people?
0:05.0	I just don't know what we're living
0:21.3	through here.
0:22.2	There is a lot going on.
0:23.5	You know, we already had economic woes, scary things militarily, and now we've got it,
0:28.5	the absolute cherry on the cake.
0:30.3	We've got direct conflict with Israel and Israel.
0:33.1	Israel?
0:34.2	That might be where it ends up.
0:35.0	Oh, that's what it's going to be in a couple of years.
0:37.3	Shit. Ron. That might be where it's up. That's what it's going to be in a couple of years.
0:43.3	Don't target me either side. So I've got Mark Steele who handling it. I mean, I'm sort of saying what the fuck are we living through, but you have a podcast called What the Fuck is going on?
0:46.8	I think it's a legitimate question at this point, isn't it? What the...
0:49.8	It's a really, really legitimate question, Jeff. About three years ago started off the podcast, and it was a sort of reference, really,
0:58.2	to attitudes in Britain when we were in the midst of Boris Johnson's theatre and still the outcome
1:06.0	of Brexit was uncertain.
1:07.8	All the photos of him lark barking about and down in street during COVID
1:11.3	were sort of in the centre of the news.
1:14.3	He had to resign.
1:15.4	We went through all of the kerfuffles
1:17.6	that came from that, Liz Truss and so on.
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