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- 🇬🇧GB · Comedy#9430K to 100K
- 🇻🇳VN · Comedy#823K to 10K
- 🇳🇿NZ · Comedy#113500 to 3K
- 🇧🇪BE · Comedy#169500 to 3K
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17K to 58K🎙 ~2x weekly·223 episodes·Last published 6d ago - Monthly Reach
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Ep 185 with Nick Hancock Pt 2 : Football Now Feels Manufactured
Jun 15, 2026
42m 36s
Ep 185 with Nick Hancock Pt 1: The World Cup Is Going To Be A F***ing Circus!
Jun 8, 2026
52m 42s
Ep 184 with Alan Davies Pt 2: I Spent Years Pretending I Was Fine
Jun 1, 2026
49m 34s
Ep 184 with Alan Davies Pt 1: Comedy Became My Family
May 25, 2026
50m 32s
Ep 183 with Rachel Millward Pt 2: We Are Sleepwalking Into Disaster!
May 18, 2026
49m 45s
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| 6/15/26 |  Ep 185 with Nick Hancock Pt 2 : Football Now Feels Manufactured | This week Mark continues his conversation with Nick Hancock. In part two, Mark Steel and Nick Hancock continue their brilliant conversation about football, corruption and the strange way sport reflects society itself. From FIFA’s greed to Simon Cowell manufacturing pop stars, the pair explore what happens when money takes over the things people genuinely love. There’s also chat about podcasts, nostalgia, modern sport becoming spectacle over substance and Nick’s gloriously furious thoughts on Gianni Infantino. Funny, furious and full of football philosophy. We're currently sponsored by BT - behind brilliant things! Search 'Why BT' to find out more or click on the following link: https://www.bt.com/broadband/why-bt Want to get access to the full video interview before anyone else? 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? @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 42m 36s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | Ep 185 with Nick Hancock Pt 1: The World Cup Is Going To Be A F***ing Circus!✨ | World Cupfootball nostalgia+4 | Nick Hancock | WTF ProductionsPatreon | England | World CupNick Hancock+7 | BT | 52m 42s | |
| 6/1/26 | Ep 184 with Alan Davies Pt 2: I Spent Years Pretending I Was Fine✨ | mental healthinterview+4 | Alan Davies | WTF ProductionsPatreon+2 | — | Alan DaviesMark Steel+6 | BT | 49m 34s | |
| 5/25/26 | Ep 184 with Alan Davies Pt 1: Comedy Became My Family✨ | comedychildhood trauma+5 | Alan Davies | Just Ignore HimWhite Male Stand-Up | — | Alan DaviesMark Steel+6 | BT | 50m 32s | |
| 5/18/26 | Ep 183 with Rachel Millward Pt 2: We Are Sleepwalking Into Disaster!✨ | interviewdisaster+3 | Rachel Millward | WTF ProductionsPatreon+2 | — | interviewRachel Millward+6 | BT | 49m 45s | |
| 5/13/26 | Ep 183 with Rachel Millward Pt 1: Labour Came FOURTH!✨ | local electionspolitical opposition+4 | Rachel Millward | Green PartyLabour+2 | Britain | local electionsGreen Party+7 | BTCODE | 54m 29s | |
| 5/4/26 | Ep 182: What The F Is Going On With Peter Mandelson?✨ | political influencemedia manipulation+5 | Matthew Norman | New LabourReform+1 | — | Peter MandelsonMatthew Norman+7 | — | 1h 12m 35s | |
| 4/27/26 | Ep 181 with Mothin Ali (Part 2): We’re Here to Replace Labour✨ | politicsinterview+3 | Mothin Ali | WTF ProductionsPatreon+1 | — | Mothin AliLabour+4 | — | 59m 34s | |
| 4/20/26 | Ep 181 with Mothin Ali (Part 1): They Tried To Brand Me A Terrorist✨ | Green Partypolitics+5 | Mothin Ali | Green PartyLabour+3 | — | GortonDenton+5 | — | 49m 11s | |
| 4/13/26 | Ep 180 with Emma Warren (Part 2): We've Abandoned A Whole Generation!✨ | interviewgeneration+3 | Emma Warren | WTF ProductionsPatreon+1 | — | interviewEmma Warren+5 | — | 48m 24s | |
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| 4/6/26 | Ep 180 with Emma Warren Pt 1: This is what happens when you take away youth services!✨ | youth servicescommunity+3 | Emma Warren | Up The Youth ClubWTF Productions+3 | — | youth clubscommunity services+3 | — | 46m 27s | |
| 3/30/26 | Ep 179 with Dr Julia Grace Patterson✨ | NHS working conditionshealthcare+4 | Dr Julia Grace Patterson | NHSgovernment+5 | — | NHShealthcare+7 | — | 59m 52s | |
| 3/27/26 | What the F is going on in Iran? 🇮🇷 With Ali Milani✨ | Iran conflictUS foreign policy+4 | Ali Milani | WTF ProductionsPatreon+1 | Iran | IranTrump+5 | — | 1h 14m 19s | |
| 3/23/26 | Ep 178 with Miles Jupp (Part 2): We haven’t mentioned the news once✨ | interviewcomedy+4 | Miles Jupp | WTF ProductionsPatreon+1 | — | Mark SteelMiles Jupp+7 | — | 50m 24s | |
| 3/16/26 | Ep 178 with Miles Jupp (Part 1): This was without a doubt my worst gig!✨ | comedyshoplifting+4 | Miles Jupp | Scottish Socialist Party | — | Miles JuppMark Steel+5 | — | 59m 24s | |
| 3/9/26 | Ep 177 with Laura Smyth (Part 2) : We're Being Told To Hate Each other✨ | interviewsociety+3 | Laura Smyth | WTF ProductionsPatreon+2 | — | interviewLaura Smyth+5 | — | 42m 34s | |
| 3/2/26 | Ep 177 with Laura Smyth (Part 1) : Gigging is so real, we are very lucky✨ | cancer survivalstoicism+5 | Laura Smyth | WTF ProductionsPatreon+1 | — | cancerstoicism+5 | — | 38m 39s | |
| 2/23/26 | Ep 176 with Dawn Butler (Part 2) : Now Is The Time For A Revolution | This week Mark continues his conversation with Dawn. If you haven't heard the first part then do go back and listen now but for the rest of you here is the second half of the interview. Want to get access to the full video interview before anyone else? 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? @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Follow Dawn @dawnbutlerbrent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 42m 16s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | Ep 176 with Dawn Butler (Part 1) : I Got Kicked Out Of Parliament For Telling The Truth | Mark is joined by Labour MP Dawn Butler as they discuss being thrown out of Parliament for calling Boris Johnson a liar, racism inside Westminster, the rise of the far right, the Epstein files and political accountability, Peter Mandelson and Labour’s direction under Keir Starmer, wealth and power in British politics, trade union roots, growing up in East London, and why she refuses to walk on the other side of the road when something’s wrong. 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 Dawn @dawnbutlerbrent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 41m 00s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | Ep 175 with Robin Ince (Part 2) | This week Mark continues his conversation with Robin. If you haven't heard the first part then do go back and listen now but for the rest of you here is the second half of the interview. Want to get access to the full video interview before anyone else? 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? @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Follow Robin @Robinince1969 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 05m 19s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | Ep 175 with Robin Ince (Part 1) | Mark is joined by comedian, writer and broadcaster Robin Ince as they discuss neurodivergence, anxiety and ADHD, feeling weird in a world built for “normal” people, how shame and admin can become overwhelming, why school and work systems fail so many minds, the value of kindness and curiosity, and learning to stop fighting how your brain actually works. 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 the higher tier of Patreon? For £4 a month you can listen or watch the whole interview straight away. 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 Robin @Robinince1969 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 55m 47s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | Ep 174 with Matt Forde (Part 2) | This week Mark continues his conversation with Matt. If you haven't heard the first part then do go back and listen now but for the rest of you here is the second half of the interview. Want to get access to the full video interview before anyone else? 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? @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Follow Matt @Mattfordecomedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 55m 12s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | Ep 174 with Matt Forde (Part 1) | Mark is joined by comedian, impressionist and political podcaster Matt Forde as they discuss surviving cancer together, how impressions really work, the psychology of politicians, Labour from Blair to Starmer, door-knocking and grassroots politics, media interviews that shut people down, and why humanising political opponents matters more than shouting at them. For tickets to Matt's upcoming shows go to www.mattforde.com 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 the higher tier of Patreon? For £4 a month you can listen or watch the whole interview straight away. 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 Matt @Mattfordecomedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 59m 41s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | Ep 173 with Johann Hari (Part 2) | This week Mark continues his conversation with Johann. If you haven't heard the first part then do go back and listen now but for the rest of you here is the second half of the interview. If you enjoyed the subjects doscussed today why not purchase “Stolen Focus” and “Lost connections” at www.Johannhari.com Want to get access to the full video interview before anyone else? 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 Johann @johann.hari Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 52m 58s | ||||||
| 1/9/26 | What The F Is Going On In Venezuela? 🇻🇪 | Mark is joined by writer and broadcaster Nick Revell as they discuss the US kidnapping of Venezuela’s president, Trump’s brazen use of power, Britain’s silence, the collapse of international law, historical imperialism from Latin America to Greenland, and what it means when the most powerful country in the world decides it can do whatever it wants. 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 Nick @thenickrevell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 12m 45s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.