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The Bugle

The Swimsuit Edition

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

4.86.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2008

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The 27th ever Bugle podcast, from 2008. Written and presented by Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver


This is a classic episode from The Bugle, to support us, and to keep the Bugle alive and free of ads, please visit http://thebuglepodcast.com/


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0:00.0

The Bugle, audio newspaper for a visual world.

0:18.0

Hello Bugleers and welcome to issue 27 of the world's greatest and only audio newspaper.

0:25.7

Another week beginning Monday the 5th of May and this listeners is a special Bugle swimsuit edition for which John is wearing a swimsuit.

0:34.7

Correct, can you describe it John?

0:36.7

Yes, it is a kind of Victorian 1920 style neck to toe, blue and white stripes.

0:43.7

I'm also wearing a cold handlebar moustache and I have a top hat on and a cane and a monocle.

0:49.7

The way gentlemen swim, how about you what are you wearing? Don't tell me it's a bikini, it's a full bikini.

0:54.7

This is a full bikini John but I slightly misunderstood the purpose of the swimsuit edition and I am actually wearing a small atoll from the Pacific Ocean.

1:03.7

That's one for all you geography fans out there.

1:06.7

And today you will be coming through to you on later to Mono128.

1:10.7

That is the technical term and I've just heard Paul the engineer use.

1:14.7

One I've learned to do not understand but I'm willing to use anyway.

1:17.7

It's all about saying things confidently enough.

1:20.7

As always some sections of the audio newspaper goes straight in the bin.

1:23.7

This week Hollywood legend John Voitt and Colombian pop philanthropist Shakira respectively talk and sing you through

1:29.7

how to perform an exploratory laparoscopy on yourself using only cababstick and a cheap digital camera.

1:34.7

Plus a free audio anesthetic. Here it is.

1:38.7

Also in the bin an entertainment section as football becomes increasingly uncompetitive and movies more and more mainstream

1:44.7

is it time to revive public hangings?

1:47.7

Why can't we feed Christians to line anymore without the God Squad getting all the holy of them now about it?

1:52.7

Plus a review of the disastrous first night of the London Amateur Change or Juggler's new show was there too much audience participation.

2:02.7

Top story in this week's Bugle Beach Party China.

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