Melania hits the Big Screen, Starmer's trip to China and a Potential back-up planet found?
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ποΈ 4 February 2026
β±οΈ 41 minutes
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On this week of The Bugle, Andy is joined by Anuvab Pal and Sara Barron, as they navigate through the week's biggest and strangest stories, from Melania Trump's movie release, the new Springsteen number, Starmer's trip to China and a potentially habitable new planet has been discovered 146 light-years away β but it may be -70C
π₯ Melania Hits the Big Screen: Andy, Anuvab and Sara, get to grips with the latest blockbuster out of the US, as the first lady's new $75 million Amazon film launches to empty seats and faint praise in NYC
π¨π³ Starmer's China Visit: The three talk on Starmer's much anticipated visit to China, as he discussed Trump, Healthcare, Visas, and Whisky. Oh and his new love of TikTok!
ο»Ώπͺ Potentially Habitable New Planet: Finally, there is excitement, as scientists say that they've found an Earth-size planet, that has a β50% chance of residing in the habitable zoneβ of its sun-like star.
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| 0:00.0 | The Bugle! Audio Newspaper for a visual world. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello, buglers, and welcome to issue 4,367 of the world's lowest and highest-grossing audio newspaper for a visual world, |
| 0:22.2 | trying to being truth to the planet by multiplying bullshit with hogwash since 2007. |
| 0:26.5 | I'm Andy Zaltzman, coming to you live, albeit recorded, and in zero dimensions from London |
| 0:33.0 | in, well, a new studio we've not used before, that frankly is a parable for the evolution of podcasting as an industry. |
| 0:41.3 | There are three cameras here, and I've not even had my hair done. |
| 0:44.9 | And if you're watching this, I'll just do it. |
| 0:47.8 | I can just be polishing it. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm just polishing the head there. |
| 0:51.7 | It's a different industry now. |
| 0:53.0 | Joining me, in three dimensions, |
| 0:55.8 | I'm delighted to have with me |
| 0:57.2 | two esteemed representatives of you, |
| 0:58.9 | the entire human race, |
| 1:00.0 | Anuvabal and Sarah Barron. |
| 1:01.9 | Hello. |
| 1:02.3 | Hello, Andy. |
| 1:02.9 | Welcome to the new world of podcast. |
| 1:05.6 | I mean, when I began this podcast now |
| 1:08.3 | over 18 years ago, |
| 1:09.6 | all this was Fields. |
| 1:12.4 | We just like calf stuff. |
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