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The Bugle

Democratic convention special

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

4.86.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2008

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The 43rd ever Bugle podcast, from 2008. Written and presented by Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver


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0:00.0

The Bugle, audio newspaper for a visual world.

0:19.8

Hello Bugleers and welcome to a very special issue number 43 of the Bugle for the week

0:26.0

beginning Monday the 1st of September 2008. With me and his ultimate back in civilization

0:32.3

having returned from Scotland back in London and in Denver, Colorado, Mr John Oliver.

0:37.9

Hello Bugleers, hello Andy. I am in Denver, the moral high city and I am in bed. I'm not going

0:46.0

to write here. I have physically in bed. Things to do in Denver when you're in bed. What

0:52.1

of them is doing to be involved. This is interesting Andy. This will be the bugle that is

0:57.3

highest ever altitude. That's infant. What effect that could have on the

1:02.3

air is extremely thin. I always think these punch lines could soar. But it's hard to say

1:07.0

without which I've had an average of around three hours late each day this week. My head

1:13.5

feels slightly straight. I'm not sure if it would be altitude or what I've been doing to

1:16.7

my body over the last seven days. Right. Well you've been getting absolutely hammered

1:20.9

with the Democrats. They're so happy to have us here Andy. It's been nonstop wine evenings.

1:32.0

So yeah, John is on the phone from his bed in Denver. So if I go quiet for a moment or

1:38.1

might have just those off, Andy, you'll have to just blaster him to or something. Well,

1:42.2

I feel like a chambermate comes in the cells getting frisky. Oh, this could get blue.

1:46.9

I suppose it's not. It isn't impossible, but we will win the roster.

1:54.4

By someone wanting to turn my turn my bed down. Do we do a bed? Do you turn it down?

2:00.8

I don't know, John. It depends how attractive the bed is. Good boom.

2:07.0

And that one has soared off into the dead. Well that was delivered from sea level in London.

2:12.0

So I think it was more the setup hit me faster because it was coming through altitude.

2:17.0

But the problem is any long jokes, stamina is a big problem. We go back to the

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