The Mark Thomas Podcast

Episodes

1. 12

   KEYWORDS Episode 5 - Paying The Price

   In this 6-part series, comedian and activist Mark Thomas, in his typical style of drawing attention to things the government might rather we forget, talks to essential workers about how they carried on, continuing to hold things together, while the government, in the words of Boris Johnson was...

   Jul 26, 2021

   25m
2. 11

   KEYWORDS Episode 4 - Holdng On

   In this 6-part series, comedian and activist Mark Thomas, in his typical style of drawing attention to things the government might rather we forget, talks to essential workers about how they carried on, continuing to hold things together, while the government, in the words of Boris Johnson was...

   Jul 15, 2021

   25m
3. 10

   KEYWORDS Episode 3 - Keeping Your Distance

   In this 6-part series, comedian and activist Mark Thomas, in his typical style of drawing attention to things the government might rather we forget, talks to essential workers about how they carried on, continuing to hold things together, while the government, in the words of Boris Johnson was...

   Jul 8, 2021

   24m
4. 9

   KEYWORDS Episode 2 - Going The Extra Mile

   In this 6-part series, comedian and activist Mark Thomas, in his typical style of drawing attention to things the government might rather we forget, talks to essential workers about how they carried on, continuing to hold things together, while the government, in the words of Boris Johnson was...

   Jun 30, 2021

   23m
5. 8

   KEYWORDS Episode 1 - In Plain Sight

   In this 6-part series, comedian and activist Mark Thomas, in his typical style of drawing attention to things the government might rather we forget, talks to essential workers about how they carried on, continuing to hold things together, while the government, in the words of Boris Johnson was...

   Jun 23, 2021

   24m
6. 7

   The Things About Us: The Charter of the Forest

   The Things About Us examines British identity: what are we like, what do we think we're like, and what's in the gap in between?This week, Mark looks at the land of our nation: who owns it, what can we do on it? And with the help of the SOAS's Guy Standing, he looks at the most significant…

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   Jun 7, 2020

   28m
7. 6

   The Things About Us: Slavery

   The Things About Us examines British identity: what are we like, what do we think we're like, and what's in the gap in between?This week, Mark returns to his native Clapham, in the company of historian SI Martin, to explore its unspoken history of profiting from enslavement. In particular, they...

   Jun 1, 2020

   53m
8. 5

   The Things About Us: The Chagos Islands

   The Things About Us examines British identity: what are we like, what do we think we're like, and what's in the gap in between?This week Mark asks: what happens when Britain decides you're not British any more? This is what happened to the people of the Chagos Islands, in the Indian Ocean: they...

   May 25, 2020

   37m
9. 4

   The Things About Us: Northern Ireland

   The Things About Us examines British identity: what are we like, what do we think we're like, and what's in the gap in between?In this episode, recorded shortly before the last British General Election in December 2019, Mark travels to Northern Ireland for a Manifesto gig - where Mark solicits...

   May 18, 2020

   40m
10. 3

    The Things About Us: The National Anthem

    The Things About Us examines British identity: what are we like, what do we think we're like, and what's in the gap in between?This week, Mark is at Lush Studios, attempting to create a new national anthem - something that says something about us as a nation, and which isn't a dirge - in one…

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    May 11, 2020

    59m
11. 2

    The Things About Us: The Museum of Nicked Things

    The Things About Us examines British identity: what are we like, what do we think we're like, and what's in the gap in between?This week, Mark is at the Museum of Comedy, around the corner from The British Museum, to assemble The Museum of Nicked Things - well, *A* Museum of Nicked Things -...

    May 4, 2020

    57m
12. 1

    The Things About Us - Trail

    Mark Thomas presents his first original podcast series, The Things About Us, kindly supported by Lush.markthomasinfo.co.uklush.co.ukPhotography by Steve Ullathorne: http://ullathorne.photoshelter.com/indexDesign by Greg Matthews: https://designbygreg.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

    Apr 2, 2020

    4m