Blindboy (Host)

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7,390 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Sep

Blindboy (Host)’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Being the sole purpose of the institution. voice-verified

That environment is it's healthier because there's a lot of meaning present. voice-verified

But crucially, like the English Working Men's Club becomes the foundations of the welfare state. voice-verified

Things like free healthcare, free housing, free education, what you'd call the social net. voice-verified

You can trace the roots of that to these working men's clubs. voice-verified

England. voice-verified

By the 50s, 60s, 70s, these working men's clubs became sites of entertainment. voice-verified

There was a stage, and the money existed to hire entertainers, singers, comedians, bands. voice-verified

But what does this have to do with anti-Irish jokes? voice-verified

Or the carryman joke? voice-verified

The comedians I mentioned, your Mike Reeds, your Bernard Mannings, whose entire set was based around these. voice-verified

anti Irish or anti Pakistani or anti black jokes. voice-verified

They were on the working men's circuit. voice-verified

And all their copycats were on the working men's circuit. voice-verified

The reason it's a stinger, as I said, is. voice-verified

All those jokes served to do was to create r racial division amongst the group of people who actually had a fuckload in common. voice-verified

You're all working in the same mine, in the same steam steel mill, the same factory. voice-verified

I would argue possibly forty percent or to fifty percent of the workforce are Irish immigrants. voice-verified

You've the Windrush generation over from the Caribbean. voice-verified

You've got people from Barbados, Jamaica, working in the fucking factories. voice-verified

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