John loves the Pope

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4.8 • 6.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2008

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The 25th 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.
0:13.8	Good day, Bugles. Good day. The Pope is landing in New York in a
1:13.6	second or actually was known then Princess Elizabeth II was swapped out into the
1:19.8	world by the Queen Mother. That is the third or two-fifth Royal. So she's 82 today.
1:27.4	Congratulations, Mrs. Queen. Here is to 82 more years. Congratulations, Mrs.
1:33.9	Queen. Is there a Mr. Queen? Oh, there is. I'm terribly sorry. As always with the
1:39.2	Bugle, some sections go straight in the bin this week. A special Bugle etiquette
1:42.8	section including a guide to dueling your respectable traditional way to satisfy your bloodlust.
1:49.2	It's making a comeback on the streets of the inner city London and we tell you the best way to
1:52.9	leave with your dignity and life intact. Also, what to do if a poisonous snake is crawling up
1:57.5	the Queen's leg, what take precedence, patriotism or protocol?
2:01.3	Hahaha!!!!
2:07.4	What a quandary! What a quandary!
2:14.0	Do you listen to your heart or your head, or a different part of your investment?
2:19.7	Oh, happy birthday, ma! Best birthday ever, 82. Surely not.
2:27.2	8.2? No, not that, not that, no. Have you finished? In a very real sense.
2:37.2	Top story this week, and to nearly quote Bruce Springsteen, Pope in the USA.
2:42.2	Pope Ratsonsberger, Ratsonsberger!
2:45.2	It's in the land of the freeze, the first visit by a Pope in 30 years.
2:49.2	President Bush indeed picked him up from the airport.
2:52.2	That's right, the leader of the free world picked someone up from the airport.
2:56.2	And yes, it is the Pope, but yes, it's an airport.
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