💥Join us on our Journey to 1 Million Subscribers💥 Mark Steel is an English author, broadcaster, stand-up comedian and newspaper columnist. He is a regular on British TV and radio, appearing on such shows as Mock the Week, Have I Got New for You and QI. He has also written for The Guardian, The Independent and Daily Mirror. He presents BBC Radio programmes The Mark Steel Lectures, The Mark Steel Solution, Mark Steel's in Town and the podcast What the f*ck is going on? #comedy #funny #politics SPONSORED BY: ExpressVPN. Go to https://www.expressvpn.com/trigger/ and get an extra 3 months free on a one-year package! OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro 01:17 Mark Steel’s Background 05:36 What Was it Like Getting Into Standup in the 80s? 11:57 Being at the Heart of a Cultural Movement 14:21 What Does Being Left Wing Mean to Mark? 21:01 Can Socialist Societies Work? 25:20 Sponsor Message: Express VPN 27:01 Mark’s Entry Into The Left 32:02 How Mark’s Upbringing Affected His Political Views 37:26 The Loss Of Solidarity Amongst The Working Class 44:34 The Conflict Between Freedom Of Expression & Comedy 55:47 What Is The Left? 1:01:41 Is Mark Excited By The Prospect Of a Labour Government? 1:07:13 What Mark Has Learned From His Standup Career 1:13:41 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About? Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/