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The Bugle

It's the trans-global satiricast that leaves no hot potato unbuttered. Andy Zaltzman breaks down the news with comedians from across the world including Alice Fraser, Hari Kondabolu, John Ol...

Episodes

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Brilliant Bugle Debuts ft. Nish Kumar, Alice Fraser and many more!

To celebrate 10 years since the relaunch of The Bugle we're taking a look back at some historic Bugle firsts from the past decade. The first...

47:12Oct 28, 2026

Holy Sh*t it’s Been a Whole Decade

It's been 10 years since the relaunch of The Bugle, and joining Andy on this, issue 4395 of The Bugle, as they did a decade ago, Nish Kumar...

53:36Oct 21, 2026

Surprise Nobel snub for Trump

Joining Andy on issue 4394 of The Bugle is sister Helen and Nato Green, as the trio divo into this week's news from Trump's peace talks with...

48:19Oct 15, 2026

Outstandingly Spectacular Terrorist Failures

Joining Andy on issue 4393 of The Bugle is Alice Fraser and Anuvab Pal, as the three of them delve into this week's news from failed terrori...

50:20Oct 7, 2026

World Leaders Forced to meet Trump

Joining Andy on issue 4392 of The Bugle is Josh Gondelman and Bugle debutant Catherine Bohart, as the trio discuss the World's leaders force...

46:26Sep 30, 2026

Australia joins Europe?

Joining Andy on this week's issue of The Bugle is Nish Kumar and Tom Ballard, as they discuss Australia set to joining the EU, News of Ameri...

57:22Sep 23, 2026

Humanity is Doomed

This week's issue of The Bugle, Andy is joined by Nish Kumar and Sara Barron, as the trio discuss the end of Humanity, the rise of Reform an...

0Sep 16, 2026

Game Over for White House

On this week's issue of The Bugle, Andy is joined by sister Helen Zaltzman and Anuvab Pal, as they discuss White House Arcade games, Fears i...

49:31Sep 9, 2026

Fish Cakes with a Hint of Lead

We're back! This week on issue 4388 of The Bugle, Andy is joined by Alice Fraser and Nato Green, as they discuss El Niño, Australia takes a...

45:28Sep 2, 2026

The Bugle UNCUT

Join us for a too hot to handle episode of The Bugle, where producer Harry has selected a hand full of clips deemed too spicy to make it the...

20:57Aug 20, 2026

An Ask Andy Special

Hello Buglers! While Andy takes a break from the satirical tomfoolery of the world news. We thought we'd bring you the best of Ask Andy, a s...

30:44Aug 5, 2026

An AI Odyssey

Joining Andy this week on issue 4387 of The Bugle is Tiff Stevenson and from across the pacific Hari Kondabolu. As they report on Elon Musk'...

54:00Jul 29, 2026

7th PM in a decade!

Joining Andy on issue 4386 of The Bugle is Alice Fraser and Nato Green. As the trio report on the week's news, following of outbreak of Cycl...

49:23Jul 22, 2026

Trump's at it Again & Secret Wedding of the Century!

On issue 4385 of The Bugle, Andy is joined by Nish Kumar and Josh Gondelman, as the trio catch on this week's news as the USA celebrated the...

55:20Jul 15, 2026

HAPPY 250th USA

To celebrate and commemorate the USA 250th birthday producer Harry has gone back through the archives to find some classic Bugle USA clips f...

49:03Jul 8, 2026

The Bugle World Cup Special

Welcome back to The Bugle, and issue number 4384a, The Bugle World Cup special, where producer Harry has been riffling through the archives...

24:55Jul 1, 2026

British Politics Plunged into CHAOS (again)

On issue 4384 of The Bugle, Andy is joined by Alice Fraser and Neil Delamere, as the trio jump into this week's news, as UK PM Kier Starmer...

43:55Jun 24, 2026

PEACE is among us! (for now)

On this week's issue of the Bugle, Andy is joined in person by Nish Kumar and Tom Ballard, as the three jump into this week's news, from the...

52:59Jun 17, 2026

Trump's cross, what is it this time?

On this week's issue of the Bugle, Andy is joined by Sara Barron and the long awaited return of Chris Addison, as the three jump straight in...

46:33Jun 11, 2026

Iran tries to buy time, Trump outbids them

Andy is with Mark Steel and Ria Lina to ask the big questions... Are we still paying attention to the Iran war? Would Andrew Mountbatten Win...

37:37Jun 4, 2026