A podcast where Jack Mahoney chats with his guests about the news that week, and they try and figure out What Is Going On?
What Is Going On?
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18 episodes
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A podcast where Jack Mahoney chats with his guests about the news that week, and they try and figure out What Is Going On?
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Publishing Since
11/7/2020
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Recent Episodes
June 28, 2021
18. Matt Hancock and "Chumocracy"
<p>WIGO is back! After a brief hiatus (mainly due to the pubs re-opening) Jack is joined by Kieran for the opening of the third season of What is Going On. And what a week to return! The duo discuss the recent resignation of Matt Hancock as Health Secretary after it was revealed he was having an affair with an aide and broke social distancing rules, that he had imposed on the nation, doing so. The two mull over the charge that we are living in a "chumocracy"; where well connected friends of ministers win NHS contracts and secret lovers end up employed at the Department of Health. The second segment of the episode deals with the recent discovery of classified Ministry of Defence documents behind a bus stop in Kent and the hosts examine why there is currently so much tension between the UK and Russian governments. </p>
April 13, 2021
17. Northern Ireland Riots & the Race Report - with Amber & Kieran
<p>In this episode, Amber makes her second appearance alongside WIGO regular Kieran. They discuss the growing unrest in Northern Ireland, where more than 30 police officers have been injured in riots over the last week, and whether Brexit is a factor. The recent publication of the government commissioned Race Report is also covered, and it is examined whether the conclusion that Britain is not institutionally racist is correct. </p>
March 29, 2021
16. Freedom of Expression, Islamophobia & Integration - with Faryal & Kieran
A special episode this week with Jack's two housemates, Faryal and Kieran. After the events at Batley Grammar School, Yorkshire, this week, involving a teacher showing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in a Religious Studies class, the trio discuss the boundaries of freedom of expression. Faryal brings her experience as a practising muslim to the debate and Jack highlights the issues currently facing France (where the cartoon originated) and it's particular form of state secularism - Laïcité. Questions are posed as to how welcome muslims feel in their own countries, where they sometimes feel that their right to practice their religion is not being respected; and a debate is had over how far reaching freedom of expression should be.
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