We Know A Song About That, Don't We?

We Know A Song About That, Don't We?

A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened... To support Mitch Benn for as little as $1 a month, and get access to exclusive content, go to www.patreon.com/mitchbenn

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October 24, 2025 24 mins

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The return of our least favourite Prime Minister and our most omnipresent ginger megastar, plus: is it finally okay to speak the truth about Brexit?


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The return of everyone's favourite flat-packing Vikings, the Germans are coming and the Bard made less Hard...

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October 9, 2025 25 mins

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Flying shoes, vanishing phones, indefatigable spergs and crumbling French governments... 


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October 3, 2025 30 mins

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An old acquaintance goes to the Dark Side, Nigel starts believing his own PR, various big shots make a shot at renewed relevance...

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September 25, 2025 25 mins

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Miserable national anthems, The Unquiet Elvis, rank hypocrisy over immigration and JK meets Morrissey underneath the bus (or stairs)...

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September 17, 2025 21 mins

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Back from Oz, the lost art of holding two ideas in your head at the same time, fascists out of their depth and the best sci-fi horror musical you'll never see...

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September 11, 2025 17 mins

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Yet more Tory zombies shuffling over to Reform, remembering the News Of The World (urgh) and general anger and frustration...

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September 3, 2025 23 mins

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Familiar store names, misbehaving in middle age, hiding in your phone and those charming flag painting scamps...

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August 28, 2025 30 mins

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Locals vs Tourists, England vs Scotland, the CIA vs harmless old folkies and The Thin White Duke vs. The End Of The Universe...

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August 19, 2025 21 mins

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Not mentioning the war(s), good and evil little Toms, and where are the guys with the guns?

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August 12, 2025 26 mins

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Still north of the border, tourism woes, SCOTUS fears and one War of the Worlds remake too many...

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August 6, 2025 23 mins

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Stormy weather, dehumanisation and AI ladies for sale... just one more week on Planet Normal...

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July 29, 2025 36 mins

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Saluting fallen heroes, the perils of cheapo airlines and it's Fringe time again...



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July 22, 2025 24 mins

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Releasing the files, enfranchising the kids, rendering maleness obsolete and watching out for the Adulterytron 9000 - with hilarious consequences...

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July 15, 2025 27 mins

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Tennis, reality TV, non-tragic deaths and relentless bleakness.  Yay! Comedy!

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July 7, 2025 30 mins

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The return of you-know-who, Elvis the newsreader, Facebook blackouts and many, many more...

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July 1, 2025 30 mins

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Ill-advised self-pleasuring techniques, the search for a new kind of maleness, lingering austerity, the peace gravy train and UP THE IRONS...

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June 23, 2025 26 mins

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Self driving cars, possibly fictitious missiles, the pay gap is still a thing and Brexit is still a stupid idea...

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June 16, 2025 23 mins

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Farewell to a true pop genius, protesting priorities, legalised lawbreaking and blood transfusion confusion.  It's all going on (and it's all gone on before)...

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June 9, 2025 31 mins

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Trump ruining Elon's buzz (and everyone else's), dead cat, stolen phones, and the return of my arch-nemesis turned collaborator...Trump ruining Elon's buzz (and everyone else's), dead cat, stolen phones, and the return of my arch-nemesis turned collaborator...

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