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Bugle 243 – The gifts that keep giving

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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

🗓️ 2 August 2013

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Robert Mugabe is going nowhere without a struggle, especially when he still gets 103% of the vote. Plus, Silvio Berlusconi is back in the news! Thanks Silvio!

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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.

0:44.6

Thebugel, audio newspaper for a visual world.

0:48.0

Hello, Bugelos! And welcome to Bugel Issue 243 for the week beginning Monday the 5th August 2013

0:56.7

with me, Andy Zoltzman, the arbiter of Armageddon.

1:00.2

That's a new part time job I'm doing on the side, not the most interesting work to be honest.

1:03.5

Sitting around waiting for the end of the world, still keeps me in the house.

1:07.4

And my next guest, regular Bugelos, will probably recognise him.

1:11.5

It's the news talker, New Yorker, the Muhammad Ali's fist to the George Foreman's face of events.

1:17.6

It's John Oliver. Hello, Andy. Hello, Bugelos. We'll never mind the small screen, Andy,

1:24.1

because it's movie time this week. Check your local listings, Smurfs 2 is here.

1:30.7

Andy Smurfs 2 has dropped this week like a golden stone, shiny and heavy, Andy.

1:37.6

I haven't seen it because I'm not six years old, but if I was, I would have done Andy,

1:42.0

and I'd have loved it, I think it's hard to say. I haven't seen it.

1:46.0

The point is, Andy, vanity Smurfs is in movie theatres now.

1:50.3

Will the world of cinema ever be the same? Too soon to say.

1:54.2

History will be the judge. The point is, I offered a heartbreaking portrayal of a complicated

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