Mark Steadman
My mum thinks I’m an internet thought leader. I haven’t had the heart to tell her I just have a microphone and some good intentions.
Appears in 59 Episodes
Top 5 Bond villains
We look down the barrel of a gun, at a besuited comedy magician called Thom Peterson. He enters centre-frame, aims his gun and fires. Red washes over the screen. Fade ...
Top 5 journalism films
Mark gets to the truth, with political podcaster Karin Robinson, as they share their lists of films about the people who keep the presses running.Karin hosts the Prima...
Top 5 geek things that aren’t geeky
Comedy writer and performer Steve Dawson gets nerdy — but not really that nerdy — and talks about the culture and stereotypes around the word “geek”. But also there’s ...
Top 5 types of graphics most often misread
Mark gets political and data-visual with data visualisation expert, Alberto Cairo.Alberto has a journalism degree and worked as a graphic designer for many years. He n...
Top 5 ways to eat potatoes
Newsletter editor, event organiser and podcast wonder Arielle Nissenblatt joins Mark to discuss an often maligned tuber.Arielle grew up almost exclusively on potatoes,...
Top 5 literary heroines
Mark is joined by one half of the literary podcast Your Own Words, voracious reader and Danish furniture fan, Becky Graham, to swap notes on badass women from the prin...
Top 5 under-appreciated female authors
Writer and podcaster Sara-Mae Tuson kicks off a double-bill of brilliant women in literature. This week, Mark and Sara-Mae discuss under-appreciated female authors.Sar...
Top 5 Cannon films
Thrill to the sounds of podcaster and movie-lover Ben Smith, sharing his top five shlockbusters with Mark Steadman. You won’t believe your ears! List Envy, in select t...
Top 5 Eurovision Song Contest finals from the '00s
TV writer Mike McComb joins Mark to discuss the bizarre and beautiful magic of this European musical tradition. Enjoy this episode, and don’t forget to have a drink on...
Top 5 rebooted Doctor Who episodes
Mark gets wobbly-wobbly and timey-wimey with tech YouTuber George Chachanidze.The pair started by discussing their favourite incarnations of the Doctor, and then their...
Top 5 Christmas songs
The Christmas season begins with Mark talking to Daz Wright of Moselele, about the best songs to ring in the festivities.Daz is a musician, and a founder-member of the...
Top 5 things we’re leaving behind
Fellow podcaster Jon Hickman joins Mark to cast aside things from our adolescence that we can get by just as well without.Jon co-hosts the hilarious and often genuinel...
Top 5 fruits
Everyone can stand to be a little bit more banana, so this week’s guest is professional clown, public speaker and banana enthusiast, Emma Stroud.Emma’s personal day of...
Top 5 algorithms that changed the world
Mark gets mathematical with bayesian mathematician Sophie Carr.Sophie describes herself as an “accidental mathematician”, getting into the subject after studying to be...
Top 5 90s kids’ cartoons
Mark and his guest Jamie Garner have snuck out of bed, crept downstairs and turned on the telly for a channel-hop through ‘90s nostalgia.Both Mark and Jamie grew up wi...
Top 5 movie monsters
The show gets #spoopy as the Thrilling Adventure Hour’s Ben Blacker joins Mark to count down his top five silver-screen terrors.Ben co-created the Thrilling Adventure ...
Top 5 gadgets from the early 21st century
Technology writer and drone expert Adam Juniper joins Mark to discuss machines that go bleep.Adam spent many years editing and publishing books on photography, which o...
Top 5 products that moved humanity forwards
Mark speaks down-the-line with product designer, Simon Heap, as the two share their top five world-changing products, and gently collide over what can be construed a “...
Top 5 long-haul destinations
Mark takes flight with speaker, author and “the entrepreneur’s godmother” Alison Edgar, to build a list of the best places it takes too long to fly to.Alison flies a l...
Top 5 competitive solo beatboxers
Prepare to have your face melted clean off as you enter a whole new world of mouth noise, with guest Tani Levitt. And remember, if you’re sitting in the plash zone, yo...
Top 5 latin boogaloo albums
This week, Mark embarks on a journey of musical discovery, with Oliver Wang, co-host of the Heat Rocks podcast. If you’re not familiar with latin boogaloo, it’s time t...
Top 5 bands from Birmingham
Musician, writer and improv comedian Tom Clabon joins Mark to fight about which of Birmingham’s bands are best, and possibly what the word “definitive” means.And by Bi...
Top 5 pop punk bands of the 2000s
Musician and podcaster Brendan Hutchins joins Mark to discuss guitar music from the early 21st century.Brendan loves pop punk for its energy and reasons of nostalgia, ...
Top 5 British sitcoms of the 1970s
Writer and Internet raconteur Jon Bounds joins Mark to build a list close to his heart.Jon grew up on 70s sitcoms and wants nothing more than to share his love. If you...
Top 5 British foods
Mark talks to podcaster and “unapologetic Anglophile” Jen Tierney about the foods eaten and loved by “a nation of shopkeepers”.As a young girl, Jen was persuaded to wa...
Top 5 Harry Potter characters
This week, Mark is joined by podcaster, improv comedian and Harry Potter superfan Cat Turner, to collaborate on a list of the best five characters in JK Rowling’s Hogw...
Top 5 journeys to scientific discovery
In this first episode, Mark speaks with sleep and respiratory scientist Max Thomas, all about science! Specifically, the unexpected or otherwise fascinating discoverie...
Top 5 childhood toys
Improv comedian and self-styled “failed jogger” Lucy Day joins Mark to relive their childhoods and complain about the toys they never had.Both Mark and Lucy wanted a M...
Introducing List Envy
What are your top 5 sandwiches? What’s the best way to rank Bond films? Which are your favourite misheard lyrics? Making lists is good, but it’s better with friends.Th...