I'm so sorry. I'll be right back in one second.

It was at this point that ice agents burst into the front door of Josh's apartment.

The Bugle, audio newspaper for a visual world.

Hello, buglers, and welcome to issue 4,354 of the bugle audio newspaper for a visual world with me,

Andy Zaltzman, live and recorded from the shed of

implacable truthishness here in London where Sadiqon, the mayor of London, has very kindly

specially suspended the Sharia law under which we apparently all live, according to one of America's

top 47 presidents of all time, no less, well, according to two of America's top 47 presidents

of all time, technically. And that's been to two of America's top 47 presidents of all

time technically. And that's been suspended just long enough for me to record this week's show

with joining us from New York, the city where dolphins fear to tread, as it has in common with

all cities, dolphins, not city creatures, to be fair. It's the man who hates dolphins. Josh

Gondelman. Welcome, Josh.

Thank you so much for having me.

As you can imagine, New York City is reeling after Eric Adams,

current mayor Eric Adams' announcement that he's no longer running for re-election,

and he's taking his 9% of the voters that were still in his corner and staying home in New Jersey.

Right, that was only slightly more percent of the voters than you've got, I think.

That's right.

And I've actively been telling people that I should not be mayor.

Also joining us, someone who may now be about to throw his hat into the ring as mayor of New York

but currently in Scotland, someone's whose attitude to dolphins remains a closely guarded secret

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