25 years of Stalin Cosplay

The Bugle

Andy Zaltzman, Mildly Informed, Satire, Tiff Stevenson, Test Match Special, The Gargle, John Oliver, Hari Kondabolu, Nish Kumar, Chris Addison, Politics, Top Stories, The Last Post, News, Comedy, News Commentary, Alice Fraser, Urncast

4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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📯 Support The Bugle! Get exclusive video editions, bonus shows, and the right to feel a little superior: thebuglepodcast.com

This week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by David O’Doherty and Alice Fraser to deliver your weekly fix of democracy despair, snake news, and historical nonsense.

🗳️ Top Story: Global Democracy Update — The world is somehow both leaning towards and veering away from Donald Trump. We check in on:

Australia, where going viral now involves saying racist things in chip shops 🍟
The UK, where a party that is definitely not far-right (and will sue you if you say otherwise) made gains 🏴
And Ireland, where we mark the first hundred days of government with a sigh, a shrug, and mild confusion ☘️

🌍 Also this week: Remember when Net Zero was an actual goal and not just a vague eco-dream whispered into the wind? Good times.

🐍 In Snake News: one man basically conquers snakes by letting them bite him. Yes, this is a real story. Yes, he’s probably not okay.

📚 Plus, we look back at Tennessee banning the teaching of evolution (because that could never happen again, right?), and the thrill of the first four-minute mile.

🎧 Check out Realms Unknown, our fully visualised YouTube show, and grab your copy of A Passion for Passion here: Bookshop.org

🔔 LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE for satirical takes on politics, history, science, and slippery reptiles.

Produced by Tom Wright, Chris Skinner, and Laura Turner.

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0:00.0	The Bugle! Audio Newspaper for a visual world.
0:14.8	Hello buglers and welcome to issue 4,339 of the bugle audio newspaper for this unremittingly visual world with me,
0:23.6	Andy Zoltzman reporting live and exclusively for the Bugle News Network from the Shed
0:28.7	of Immutable Truth here in London's famously non-central South London District.
0:33.1	It is the 5th of May 2025, the clouds are in the sky, the grass is on the ground,
0:37.4	always reassuring combination, and I'm joined today to apply the salve of May, 2025, the clouds are in the sky, the grass is on the ground, always
0:37.7	reassuring combination. And I'm joined today to apply the salve of satire to the superating
0:41.7	world. First, from Australia by Alice Fraser. Hello, Alice. Hello, Andy. Hello,
0:47.8	buglers. It's a delight to be on the podcast. I was about to say it's a delight to be here,
0:52.5	but I'm just in my cupboard and also in your ears, the magic of time.
0:57.2	And we are also joined for the, well, this is a bugle first, from Dingle in Ireland by the one
1:05.2	and only, David O'Docerty. Hello, welcome back to the bugle, David. It's been too long.
1:12.9	It's been a while. And as you know,
1:21.7	I said I'd come back for the big one, 4339. And Andy, what could I say in a few years since I've been on here? My political positions have evolved horrifically. Absolutely. You've heard about my battery car company,
1:31.9	my rockets, they've all gone badly. And now I'm about to hear, here to set the world straight.
1:41.7	Oh, well, I mean, that's just the dance of human progress.
1:46.3	Another blast from the bugle past is also joining us today.
1:52.1	Chris, producer Chris, is this week temporarily indisposed at stroke busy,
1:57.3	stroke with his family on a bank holiday.
1:58.8	So we are joined by the man who was there right at the start, back from beyond the grave,
2:06.0	I believe, if we keep the bugle narrative going successfully.
2:09.9	Yes.
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