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Let’s go back to 2008 when Robert Mugabe was still being Robert Mugabe and we turned our focus on ZimbabweHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remember 2013, Brazillians were embracing the vinegar revolution and John and I looked at Political Goooaallss? If not, this will help.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, from January 2011 it’s Andy and John with Bugle 140 and The Divorce of a Nation, where we toured some, er, struggling, countries…Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello Buglers, how’s the 1st week of the year been? Ok? Well, there’s nothing like a sex scandal to lift the mood. Sort of. Here’s Bugle 191, A Secret Servicing…Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In March 2008 we named Bugle 22 after someone who in Bugle terms became a real player. This is Hugo 'crackers from Caracas' ChavezHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remember when Donald Trump was just awful? 2017 awful? Wyatt Cenac joined us for 4015 - Tolerance is just lazinessHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remember 2012? What a year! In mid August however we had to cope with the end of London 2012, the best London 2012 of all time, it’s Bugle 204 - What The Feck.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let’s go to the recent past and a very sexy Xmas, Bugle 4054 - FUChristmas! Our 15 year anniversary continues next week and we cannot wait to bring you more old things in the new year!Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merry Christmas! Let’s take a moment today to visit Bugle 57, from December 2008 it’s Hats off to Obama, shoes off for Bush.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taken from Bugle 217, Silvio's Christmas Gift, remember that Christmas is a time for prayer, not to mention all the bad things the church has done.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.comThis episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we visit this fine new era. From Christmas 2016, this is Trump, Turkey and Trains…Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today it's a fan favourite - the time when womanising, multimillionaire populist Silvio Berlusconi came face to face with a statue - from 2009, bugle 99 - Berlusconi takes a cathedral to the face.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the 1st of 10 Christmas classics from The Bugle, starting with our 1st ever, it’s Bugle 10, Have an Adequate Christmas, with Andy and John.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s Top Story takes us back to Bugle 70 from 2009 and a G20 summit. We’ve covered plenty of these events over our 15 years and all were equally as pointless as this.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2013 it turned out that the greatest sportsman around, Lance Armstrong, was doing a small bit of MASSIVE CHEATING. As reflected in Bugle 220 - The Cheat Hits the Fan.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today it's Bugle 125, recorded in 2010 it was focused on recent flooding in Pakistan, and an insufficient global response. That kind of thing would surely never happen again?Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today it’s May 2017 and Bugle 4030, titled AAA - featuring me, Alice Fraser and Al Murray. It was a week that had seen the awful Manchester terrorist atack, so after some reflection we gave the audience what they needed - the resumption of a Horse Tram Service.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we go all the way back to 2008 and Bugle 20: Who's the least democratic of them all? Elections were happening everywhere, including in Russia…Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tiff Stevenson introduces Bugle 230 from 2013, which tried to make sense of the ecstasy and agony of the death of Maggie Thatcher.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nish Kumar is back to introduce a classic; it’s Andy and John Oliver, and Bugle 13, when the US president was still… George W Bush! Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happened at The Royal Wedding in 2011? WHAT. HAPPENED? Chill out, here's what happened...Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the next two days there's two classic Bugles, our exclusive coverage of the 2011 Royal Wedding between Pippa Middleton and our eyeballs. Here’s Bugle 150.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.comThis episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nish Kumar introduced today's Top Stories from The Bugle, and today here’s a classic clip from December 2016, and Bugle 4008 aka Citation Needed.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

World leaders, are, often, quite wild. Today it’s a live classic, from the Edinburgh Fringe with Andy, Al, Tom and some nutty leaders.It's Despot Death Match!Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Fraser is back with another Top Story, recorded in Australia with Andy and Nazeem Hussain it’s episode 4025: Theresa May, or May Not.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Fraser introduces a real classic: a Top Story devoted entirely to Plaxico Burress. From 2008 this is Literally, shooting oneself in the foot.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tiff Stevenson takes us back to Bugle 4044 and the year 2017, alongside Andy and Hari Kondabolu for an episode titled Nuke The Amazon…Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We start the week with a stain on America’s history, sure to never be repeated. From Bugle 281 - here’s John and Andy with One Star ReviewHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With a focus on 'freedom', this episode explores the latest from Sri Lanka, and other places in the world.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the economy experiencing some mild turbulence, it turns out that this isn’t new. Remember Libor? Remember 2012? This is Bugle 201, Dirty Bankers.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we enjoy Bugle 36 where a G8 summit took place in 2008. Did anything get done? Well, have a look at the news and decide. It’s possibly the longest titled Bugle everHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We return to the World Cup, this time from Bugle 272 and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Now who remembers Sepp Blatter?Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lets start the week with a trip to a more innocent time, and the World Cup that introduced the Vuvuzela to the world, but more importantly, introduced some iconic Zaltzman commentary, here’s Bugle 118, from 2010, unofficially titled The Cheating Little Shit’Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go all the way back to Bugle 8, with me and John Oliver in a 2007 episode titled ‘Australians Keep Touching The Queen’Thanks for listening, that’s 25 episodes of Top Stories now, if you like it, please rate and review wherever you get your podcastHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Dutch Politics. From Bugle 4021, this episode was called Geertcha, with Andy and Hari KondaboluHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let’s learn a little with Hari Kondabolu and Nish Kumar, from Bugle 4150, with Bleach? Nevermind! Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we visit Bugle 42 and a tour across the world from 2008 starting with GeorgiaHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CONTAINS John Oliver SINGING INTRO. Today it's Bugle 85, I Need A Hero - from 2009. Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we go back to the UK border crisis, not from with week, but 2007 and Episode 4 - Immigration Everywhere.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Top Stories, we go back to Bugle 164, which as well being titled Ich Bin Ein Hulkamanic focused on the 2011 London riots.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today news archive fans, let’s escape from human news now and go back to epic termite news. Taken from Bugle 4088, with Alice Fraser (and a cameo from Producer Chris).Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, in a week where US democracy is really doing it’s thing, let’s go back to 2008, and Bugle 43 where John Oliver reported live, from his bed, in Denver, at the US Democrat conventionHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, a proposed rekindling of the British Empire, as proposed back in 2007, when the UK prepared to colonise Antarctica.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy is with podcast star, and his sister, Helen Zaltzman to look at news from late 2016.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even in 2008 politicians could be awful, here's proof, from Bugle 14, where abortion was on the agenda. US listeners, why not take the time to support: https://www.justthepill.com/Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Bugle turns it's focus to Africa, and Goodluck Jonathan.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, the exclusive, official take on Barack Obama's inauguration. Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, the inauguration of President 44, Barack Obama, from Bugle 60 - Goodbye George Bush and Hello Barack ObamaHear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Friday Buglers so let’s crack on with another Top Story. Now do you remember Theresa May, she was once a British Prime Minister, maybe 3-7 Prime Ministers ago, and in episode 4035 she ruined leopard print for debut Bugler Tiff Stevenson.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today it's Andy and John in Bugle 179 - titled Playas Gon Play; we looked at the internet, and the day it decided not to come to work.Hear more of our shows, donate and see our live dates here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.