Mark Thomas is a stand up comedian, author, playwright and political activist from the UK. He was the host of the legendary TV show, 'The Mark Thomas Comedy Product' where he mixed stand up comedy with political reporting and used pranks, stunts and undercover work to expose government and corporate crimes around the world. He is a prominent and much respected figure amongst UK political activists for his decades of investigative journalism, comedy and activism. Here we chat about his current play 'Ordinary Decent Criminal', his thoughts on the current political landscape, how we make positive change, the power of comedy and why the solution to many of our social problems might just be on our doorstep. More on Mark can be found at:

https://markthomasinfo.co.uk

Support the podcast at : https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jameskennedyuk

More about me at : ⁠https://linktr.ee/jameskennedyuk

And check out my music page at : ‪‪www.youtube.com/user/jameskennedystuff

Join the Secret Society at : http://www.jameskennedystuff.com/tribe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Susan Hawley is an anti-corruption expert who has researched and campaigned against the UK's role in facilitating global corruption for over 20 years. Working formerly at Corruption Watch, she is now the Executive Director of Spotlight on Corruption. Here she explains the different ways that corruption affects our governments, why it's gotten worse, what we can do about it and more. Spotlight on Corruption can be found at:

www.spotlightcorruption.org

Support the podcast at : https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jameskennedyuk

More about me at : ⁠https://linktr.ee/jameskennedyuk

And check out my music page at : ‪https://www.youtube.com/@jameskennedystuff

Join the Secret Society at : http://www.jameskennedystuff.com/tribe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lewis Nielsen is the anti-fascist officer at the UK Stand Up To Racism campaign. We chat about the upcoming 'We Demand Change' summit in London this March 29th featuring Jeremy Corbyn, Owen Jones, Yanis Varoufakis, Andrew Feinstein and many others. We also discuss the rise of the Far Right, inequality and how we can build a new mass movement of resistance. Stand Up To Racism are at:

https://standuptoracism.org.uk

The 'We Demand Change' summit is at:

https://wedemandchange.uk

Support the podcast at : https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jameskennedyuk

More about me at : ⁠https://linktr.ee/jameskennedyuk

And check out my music page at : https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Cz7SfBAwZaCLN54GAMXX3

Join the Secret Society at : http://www.jameskennedystuff.com/tribe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.