Summary
Andy is with Alice Fraser and Aditi Mittal to unpack everything behind the unbearable heat, superhuman chess and who's the new kid inside number 10.
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This episode was written and presented by
Andy Zaltzman
Alice Fraser
Aditi Mittal
And produced by Ross Ramsey-Golding
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| 0:00.0 | A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A! |
| 0:10.4 | The Bugle audio newspaper for a visual world! |
| 0:14.8 | Hello, Bugleers, and welcome to issue 4,237 of the Bugle audio newspaper |
| 0:21.2 | for a visual world with me and his ultimate coming to you |
| 0:24.7 | from a hotel room in Manchester. |
| 0:26.9 | And as we were cured, Britain is slowly reconjeeling after melting in record temperatures. |
| 0:32.9 | Earlier this week, the mercury getting its funk well and truly on, topping 40 degrees Celsius |
| 0:37.9 | for the first time since we started measuring these things on a scale more complicated than the simple old |
| 0:43.9 | Killed something and where it's pelt, brackets cold, sit around in a hut thinking about Flint, brackets medium, and build a hinge. |
| 0:50.9 | So, so, so, regrettably, followed medical advice this week, I did have to postpone my experiment |
| 0:57.9 | to see how many layers of ski clothing you can wear while still being able to break dance for four hours unbroken. |
| 1:03.9 | But amazingly, and despite all the cynicism, our transport network was completely unaffected, |
| 1:09.9 | everything grounds of hold just like on a normal day. So we managed to muddle our way through. |
| 1:14.9 | Joining me today from London, it's Alice Fraser, hi Alice. |
| 1:18.9 | Hi Andy, I did my back, so I had to have a hot water bottle tucked down the back of my undies and a sweaty baby on my front |
| 1:25.9 | truly a nightcare time. But I have lots of tips if anyone wants them for dealing with the heat. |
| 1:31.9 | And joining us from a place where I believe it's never hot at all, but it's currently quite wet. |
| 1:38.9 | From Mumbai, it's a DT-Mitarl, hi DT. |
| 1:41.9 | It is such an honour and pleasure to be on a Zoom call talking to people where I'm the one saying actually the weather is quite nice here. |
| 1:50.9 | It has never happened before the smugness I feel honestly will last me for the rest of this episode. |
| 1:59.9 | It is, it is the weather is quite nice actually, we're in the middle of our monsoons. |
| 2:04.9 | If anyone wants any tips on how to deal with heat, get in touch with Alice. I know nothing about it. |
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