About this episode

The episode discusses Gen Z's behavior in social settings, the performance of England's football team, and government actions regarding British Steel.

Why can’t England’s men’s football team win a major football tournament? Is Gen Z an economically selfish generation? And what kind of message is the government sending by nationalising British Steel? Jasper Corbett is joined by The Observer’s Stephen Armstrong, Jessy Parker Humphreys and Ben Zaranko as they battle it out to pitch the top story of the day.  **We want to hear what you think! Email us at: newsmeeting@observer.co.uk   Follow us on Social Media:  @ObserverUK on X  @theobserveruk on Instagram and TikTok @theobserveruk.bsky.social‬ on bluesky  Host: Jasper Corbett Producer: Amalie Sortland Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett To find out more about The Observer: Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content Head to our website observer.co.uk   Download the Observer app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jasper Corbett

Guests: Stephen Armstrong, Jessy Parker Humphreys, Ben Zaranko

Topics covered

• Gen Z
• pub culture
• football
• government policy
• nationalisation
• economics

Keywords

• Gen Z
• pub
• football team
• nationalisation
• British Steel
• economics
• government policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Observer, British Steel

Places: England

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