The Denial Episode
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4.8 • 6.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
This week Andy is joined by Sara Barron and Anuvab Pal as the trio delves into the week's news in denial! From Hungary's historic election, to Sadiq Khan's claim of misinformation spreading across London. Oh and the leader of the free world posted an image of himself depicted as Jesus. All that and more on issue 4375 of The Bugle!
🇺🇸 AI Trump: The trio discuss the US president's latest AI imagery, this time with him depicted awfully similar to one Jesus Christ.
🇭🇺 Orban Out: The three jump into the latest news of Hungary's historic election and the end of 16 year reign.
🇬🇧 London's Misinformation: Andy, Sara and Anuvab chat about London's Mayor Sadiq Khan fears of misinformation spreading about the safety of the city!
Andy's Links: https://www.andyzaltzman.co.uk/
Sara Barron's Links: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/firecrotch-normcore-they-like-to-watch/id1589742577
Anuvab Pal's Links: https://anuvabpal.com/
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| 0:00.0 | The Bugle! Audio Newspaper for a visual world. |
| 0:13.6 | Hello, buglers, and welcome to issue 4,375 of The Bugle. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm Andy Zaltzman. It's Tuesday the 14th of April, 2026. |
| 0:23.5 | And here in London, spring has sprang. |
| 0:26.3 | The birds are in the sky. |
| 0:28.4 | Not all of them, obviously. |
| 0:30.1 | In fact, probably statistically a majority of the birds are not in the sky. |
| 0:34.7 | Generally, that's the case, I think. |
| 0:37.0 | In fact, I don't know what percentage of birds are in the sky any one time anywhere in the world. |
| 0:41.3 | And also, if they're just in the air, but a bit off the ground, does that count as being? |
| 0:46.0 | I don't think that counts as being in the sky. |
| 0:48.1 | But anyway, the point is, some of the birds are in parts of the sky. |
| 0:54.8 | The worms are in the ground. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm fairly sure that's a significant majority. |
| 0:58.8 | The sharks are in the swimming pool, very small minority, and on a purely interim basis. |
| 1:03.4 | And the leopard is in the shed. |
| 1:05.0 | What are you doing in here? |
| 1:09.3 | Right. |
| 1:09.9 | Sorry. |
| 1:10.5 | The point is, the bugle and Mother Nature are in perfect harmony, or at least a state of functional coexistence. |
| 1:16.4 | Joining me for the definitive verdict on the state of the planet, right the second, I'm delighted to welcome back to the bugle. |
| 1:23.3 | Sarah Barron and Anuvab Pal. Hello to both of you. |
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