Episodes

  • #877 Badger’s Chuff

    #877 Badger’s Chuff
    Nov 29 2025

    This week on The Bugcast: theatre, flights, fires, arts, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

    Songs played
    • Morween – The Machine – from Paris, France – source
    • Cole Powell – All My Friends – from Jayess, MS – source
    • Micki McDonald – In My Memory – from Virginia Beach, VA – source
    • Ali Mills – White Wing – from Los Angeles, CA – source
    • Barking Moose Music Productions – Memory – from Norfolk, VA – source
    • Cardinal Line – Lie – from St Petersburg, Russia – source
    • Ben Blohowiak – How Many Angels (Guide Vocal Edit) (feat. sparky) – from Charlottesville, VA – source
    • Fabs – Far From Here – from Italy – source

    Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
    Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

    Topics

    Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift
    BBC News: Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to 6,000 planes
    BBC News: What we know about the Hong Kong apartment fires
    The Point – Doncaster

    Upcoming events

    Podcrawl Christmas 2025 on Saturday 20 December 2025 from 18:00 UK time
    OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK

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    • The next show will be episode 878 which will be streamed live on Friday 5 December 2025 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC).
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • #876 Man of (expensive) steel

    #876 Man of (expensive) steel
    Nov 22 2025
    This week on The Bugcast: first edition Superman, theatre updates, the return of an old friend, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music from Echolight, Igor Pumphonia, Jim Guittard, Stefan Kartenburg, Silvio Puertas, Ali Mills, Efna, and Mahidevran.
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    57 mins
  • #875 Father and son

    #875 Father and son
    Nov 15 2025
    This week on The Bugcast: Alex takes Caroline's place and we spend the time talking about the theatre, and playing eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music from Mahidevran, musikpirat, Stefan Fusha, OVER, Igor Pumphonia, The Stereo Inspectors, Siobhan Dakay, and Letcha.
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    58 mins
  • #874 Pure Imagination

    #874 Pure Imagination
    Nov 8 2025
    This week on The Bugcast: sad news, theatre performances, is AI music a crisis, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons and independent music from Morween, The Stereo Inspectors, Ozella, Igor Pumphonia, Richie Glover, Loveshadow, Two Bullets For The Devil, and Micki McDonald.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • #873 Theatre Luvvies

    #873 Theatre Luvvies
    Nov 1 2025
    This week on The Bugcast: Baptiste dies, sharks shock, Moo's busy week, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons and independent music from Eldertide, Jon Worthy, The Same Persons, These Peaches, Orion Session, Micki McDonald, Federico Guglielmetti, and Fabber.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • #872 People suck

    #872 People suck
    Oct 18 2025
    This week on The Bugcast: a Royal falls, China spy case falls, AI videos of a dearly beloved actor, Jamboree, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music from Happy To Die, Les Coureurs de Rempart, The Stereo Inspectors, DownLoad, Igor Pumphonia, The NumbKnives, and J.J. Zhivago.
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    54 mins
  • #871 Hoa Hoa Hoa season

    #871 Hoa Hoa Hoa season
    Oct 11 2025
    This week on The Bugcast: digital IDs for kids, no more MTV, Twilight, bananas, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music from Lisitsyn, Les Coureurs de Rempart, Call To Panic, Damon Dovestar, The Stereo Inspectors, JJMillon, Cole Powell, and Danny Jacks.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • #870 It’s pronounced “boo-kay”!

    #870 It’s pronounced “boo-kay”!
    Oct 4 2025
    This week on The Bugcast: Patricia Routledge, Jane Goodall, Storm Amy, Black Sabbath, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music from Les Coureurs de Rempart, SAKTO, Jon Worthy, J.J. Zhivago, Echolight, Stefan Fusha, and Stoney Hudson.
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    51 mins