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Bugle 201 – Dirty bankers

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

4.86.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2012

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Bankers are bad, mermaids don't exist and the Olympics are near.

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0:00.0

Dancelaguard fans, you will be thrilled to know a book is coming out if you fund it via Unbound.

0:05.8

We are publishing the Dancelaguard Reader by Alice Fraser and Dancelaguard,

0:09.8

a glorious insight into the world of Dancelaguard, self-published romance maven,

0:14.8

and online bestseller. If you would like to find out how to support it, go to thebugelpodcast.com.

0:20.8

If we get enough support, we will publish the book. That's a real thing that's going to happen.

0:24.5

Thebugelpodcast.com to support the Dancelaguard Reader.

0:30.0

This is a podcast from thebugelpodcast.com.

0:45.2

Thebugel, audio newspaper for a visual world.

0:49.0

Hello, Bugelos and welcome to issue 201 of Thebugel. We are into our third century of

0:58.5

Bugel's audio newspaper for this increasingly visual world with me and his ultimate still

1:03.9

unconfirmed, as we record, as the man who will be lighting the torch at the Olympic opening

1:10.3

ceremony next Friday, but not explicitly ruled out by the organisers as yet either. So,

1:15.4

hope springs eternal, John Mann, in the hauntingly un-Elympic city of New York.

1:20.2

It's the Jesse Owens of Jokes, the Nadia Communech of Nice Comedy, the Carl Lewis of creating

1:26.4

laughter. The marks bits of massive satire, the Alberto Guantarena of Wisecracks,

1:32.8

the Emil Zatapek of Expert Zingers. That's one of the fans of 1950s Check Distance Runners.

1:38.5

You're quite into that, aren't you? It's John Oliver. Hello, Andy. Hello, Bugelos.

1:44.6

Now, I forgot to talk about this story last week, Andy, but thame, both small and large,

1:51.6

is a strange donkey. It seems to not be without some kind of tangible use, but it also has the

1:57.2

capacity to kick you in the balls and shit on your face. Now, as you know, I was in Rome a couple

2:02.0

of weeks ago on holiday, and I went to visit the Vatican while I was there, and I was, I think

2:07.3

understandably worried upon entering Vatican City that I might immediately feel a burning sensation

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