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Bugle 232 – Mars, Merchandise and Mad Men!

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

4.86.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2013

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Andy and John, and about a million Buglers have noticed that there is a penis on Mars. Get your telescopes out. In other news, MERCH IS LIVE(!), and Chechnya's leader is a Hilary Swanker.

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0:20.7

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0:24.5

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0:30.0

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0:45.2

Thebugel Audio Newspaper for a Visual World

0:49.0

Hello, Bugelers and welcome to issue 232 of the Bugel Audio Newspaper for a Visual World for

0:55.7

the week beginning Monday, the 28th of April 2013, the first week of the rest of your lives.

1:02.9

As indeed is any week. With me, Andy Zoltzmann, a 38-year-old father of

1:10.2

two, and one of the many people not involved in deciding the 19th century Clifford ship

1:15.1

the Cutty Sark with an opportunity missed. And in New York City, USA, it's the man who needs no

1:21.2

introduction. Hello, Andy. Hello, Bugelers.

1:30.4

Okay, Andy, I'm afraid I have to start this Bugel in a similar way to the last week.

1:37.1

As it turns out, there is yet another issue to correct regarding my ongoing hot and cold

1:42.5

relationship with the entire nation of Australia. So, for a while back there, Andy, it's seen

1:48.8

what I was back in Australia's good books. The pieces on control have apparently

1:53.6

been going viral around Australia, getting half a million hits on one website in just a few days.

1:58.7

Then, Andy came the doubters. Not a surprise. I believe it was Mousy Tongue who said,

2:04.3

haters go hate. One Australian paper ran a story this week with a headline saying,

2:10.4

the Daily Shows John Oliver didn't really drop the F-bomb on John Howard. And this caught my

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