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The Mark Thomas Podcast

By: Mark Thomas
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  • Mark Thomas presents his new podcast series. Politics/activism/jokes.

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  • KEYWORDS Episode 5 - Paying The Price

    KEYWORDS Episode 5 - Paying The Price
    Jul 26 2021
    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 ’totally fucking hopeless”. Mark asks what changed for them, what stayed the same, and what the future holds.This week Mark asks key workers about the financial and health impact of covid 19 on their lives. Talking to pub workers, McDonalds staff, carers, bus drivers and cleaners about the financial burdens they have borne this week we ask: What is the knock on effect of the UK having the worst sick pay rate in Europe? How can Johnson claim the arms of the state were put around the working class when 8 million people fall through the gaps of Statutory Sick Pay levels and eligibility? We all knew that Black and Asian workers were disproportionately effected by Covid 19 but what was done about it? Mark's previous podcast collecting working peoples testimony was for the Wellcome Collection - Mark Thomas’s Lockdown Check Up - which followed NHS and care staff through the first lockdown has now been put into the Wellcome Collection permanent archive.www.markthomasinfo.com

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    26 mins
  • KEYWORDS Episode 4 - Holdng On

    KEYWORDS Episode 4 - Holdng On
    Jul 15 2021
    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 ’totally fucking hopeless”. Mark asks what changed for them, what stayed the same, and what the future holds.With testimony from Amazon workers, carers and a host of other key workers about how they survived work through the pandemic. How did they manage their lives and their work when so many public services had been cut by austerity? Mark talks to firefighters about the importance of humour and care workers about making their own PPE with knicker elastic. Mark's previous podcast collecting working peoples testimony was for the Wellcome Collection - Mark Thomas’s Lockdown Check Up - which followed NHS and care staff through the first lockdown has now been put into the Wellcome Collection permanent archive.www.markthomasinfo.com

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    25 mins
  • KEYWORDS Episode 3 - Keeping Your Distance

    KEYWORDS Episode 3 - Keeping Your Distance
    Jul 8 2021
    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 ’totally fucking hopeless”. Mark asks what changed for them, what stayed the same, and what the future holds.In this episode Mark asks Key Workers how they managed with social distancing. The best way of beating Covid 19 is not catching the virus, a task that eluded the Prime Minister, the Health secretary and the Chief Medical Officer all at the same time....They may not be the best bench mark for how easy it is to catch the virus but you get the point.... From cleaners to bus drivers, waiters to carers Mark asks workers how they held it all together, kept the country going and stayed safe?Mark's previous podcast collecting working peoples testimony was for the Wellcome Collection - Mark Thomas’s Lockdown Check Up - which followed NHS and care staff through the first lockdown has now been put into the Wellcome Collection permanent archive.www.markthomasinfo.com

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    24 mins
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