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Bugle 4145 - Are we key workers?

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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 March 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Andy is with Nish and Tom to talk about, er, you know what.

Plus we dig up some buried news from the week.

And please, please, listen to The Last Post: http://pod.link/TheLastPost


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0:00.0

The Bugle, audio newspaper for a visual world.

0:14.2

Hello, Bugleers and welcome to issue 4,145 of the Bugle.

0:22.0

It's the 20th of March in the year 1CV for 2020 in Old Money.

0:29.2

I am Andy Zoltzmann. The Bugle this week comes to you from the recording studio where we usually record.

0:36.8

But from within my virus proofs yet I am huddling in my World War II Andersen shelter.

0:44.0

I'm surrounded by a 15 meter wide moat, apologies to the next door neighbours and indeed to the rest of my family.

0:50.0

We were currently standing next to you in the water and what was all of you.

0:53.4

But viruses can't swim.

0:56.3

So a moat is a very good mechanism against the current World Health Organization vices of course just a 6 meter moat but I want to be on the safe side.

1:02.8

And please if you're doing this at home as the old castle designer Mantra goes, don't forget your drawbridge.

1:08.7

Joining me by the wonders of the internet from the other side of the planet, Tom Ballard.

1:15.3

Hello Andy, hello Bugleers. If I could just plug my Edinburgh dates that'd be great.

1:19.7

The show's called Grand Dillicolid.

1:21.8

It's on at 9 feet over the monkey barrel, it's a nice and close space.

1:25.3

If it's about 100 people, it should be a really great show.

1:28.5

Tickets are on sale now so please get involved and step them up before they all go.

1:33.3

What year? 2020 of course. Why? What have you heard?

1:39.3

And joining me from about two miles up the road in South London.

1:46.9

Which is as close as I ever want to physically beat in. It's Nish Kumar.

1:52.1

Hello Andy, hello Tom, hello Bugleers.

1:56.5

Yep, we are in the bunkers.

1:59.3

Yeah. Also joining us from his attic, it's Chris. Hello Chris.

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