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Josh Gondelman and Caitlin Cook join host Alice Fraser for episode 126 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world.
All of the news, none of the politics!
📱 Texting Jesus
🥺 Virgin non-birth
🏔 High altitude heist
🤿 Bog snorkelling
🌚 Blue supermoon
🌈 Reviews
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
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This week it's our second and final live Gargle, recorded in front of an audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Tiff Stevenson and Tom Ballard joined host Alice Fraser for episode 125 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world.
All of the news, none of the politics!
📱 Typoo news
🛸 'Alien' miners
✈️ Fight attendants
🐻 Bear on a plane
🏛 British Museum theft
🤮 Reviews
📖 D'Ancey LaGuarde!
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
CONTENTS
00:00 Start
02:13 Your sponsors
03:09 Front cover
03:36 Satirical cartoon
04:14 Story 1: Typoo news
07:38 Story 2: 'Alien' miners with jetpacks
11:33 Reviews
17:51 Story 3: Weaponised flight attendants
21:45 Story 4: Bear on a plane
23:33 Ad section
24:42 British Museum thefts
29:30 D'Ancey LaGuarde
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It's a very special episode this week, recorded in front of a live audience of Garglers, and possibly confused newcomers, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Gargle favourite Alison Spittle and debutant Myq Kaplan joined host Alice Fraser for episode 124 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world.
All of the news, none of the politics!
🗣 ChatGPT in trouble
🥊 Zuck vs Musk
🌝 Lunar gold rush
🦚 Peacock vasectomies
🦌 Deer vs wolves
🦷 Grow new teeth
🧌 Reviews
📖 D'Ancey LaGuarde!
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
CONTENTS
00:00 Start
03:56 Front cover
04:30 Satirical cartoon
04:45 A word from our sponsors
06:43 Story 1: ChatGPT in trouble
10:11 Story 2: Zuck vs Musk fight
13:39 Story 3: Lunar gold rush
16:37 Reviews
24:57 Story 4: Peacock vasectomies
26:38 Story 5: Deer vs wolves
29:10 Ad section
30:05 Story 6: Grow new teeth
32:26 D'Ancey LaGuarde
35:34 Bye!
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The hit news satire podcast from The Bugle, hosted by cult favourite Alice Fraser, comes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for two live shows full of topical comedy and brilliant guests. There’s just one rule: No politics! From crypto crashes to evil science and weird nature, this live event will give a special peek behind the curtain of one the world’s great podcasts.
Tue 15 August - Alice Fraser, Myq Kaplan and Alison Spittle
Tue 22 August - Alice Fraser, Tiff Stevenson and Tom Ballard
Buy tickets immediately at https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/live
Thanks to Dry Bar Comedy for use of the clip from Myq's 'Live From The Universe' stand-up special on YouTube.
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Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini join host Alice Fraser for episode 123 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world.
All of the news, none of the politics!
Worm revival
Floating colony
Reviews
Milk thief
Crypto eyeball scanning
Kids face scan
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
CONTENTS
00:00 Start
01:42 Front cover
04:12 Satirical cartoon
04:27 Story 1: Scientists wake up a 46,000-year-old roundworm
06:54 Ads
08:15 Story 2: OceanGate co-founder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus
14:59 Reviews
25:38 Story 3: Real estate agent fined $20k for drinking someone else's milk straight from the jug
29:27 Story 4: Worldcoin: the cryptocurrency that wants to scan your eyeballs
35:49 Story 5: ESRB wants to scan kids' faces to enforce game ratings
41:18 Bye / Anything to plug?
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Tiff Stevenson and Sami Shah join host Alice Fraser for episode 122 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world.
All of the news, none of the politics!
🚰 Water discourse
❌ Twitter rebranded
🚁 Drone plunge
🥚 Egg thief
🐕 Highland gathering
🏊🏻♀️ Reviews
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
00:00 Start
02:09 Front cover
03:24 Satirical cartoon
05:42 Story 1: American travellers claim Europeans 'don't believe in water'
12:08 Ads
13:49 Story 2: Twitter rebranded as 'X'
20:00 Reviews
24:50 Story 3: Hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne's Yarra river
28:51 Story 4: Man who stole thousands of Cadbury Creme Eggs sentenced to jail
33:51 Story 5: Why did 488 Golden Retrievers gather in Scotland?
36:41 Bye! Anything to plug?
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Alison Spittle and James Nokise join host Alice Fraser for episode 121 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world. All of the news, none of the politics!
🦦 Surfing otter
🌼 CBD floristry
🕵🏻♀️ Agatha Christie
🛬 Billionaire camp
💈 Reviews
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
CONTENTS
0:00 Start
01:01 Front cover
02:47 Story 1: A sea otter in California is hassling surfers and stealing their boards
09:05 Ads
09:41 And a new novel is out by D'Ancey LaGuarde
13:19 Story 2: Rise of CBD shops in Barcelona 'posing as florists'
18:03 Reviews
25:49 Story 3: Over 100 tourists trapped for several hours in Agatha Christie's former home
31:22 Story 4: Private jets descend on small town airport for billionaire summer camp
35:30 Bye / Anything to plug?
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John-Luke Roberts and Eleanor Morton join host Alice Fraser for episode 120 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world. All of the news, none of the politics!
👍 Thumbs up contract
🚕 Robotaxi cones
🪁 Giant ship kites
🐁 Transparent mouse
🚽 Reviews
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
CONTENTS
0:00 Intro
01:18 Front cover
01:28 Satirical cartoon
03:12 Story 1: Thumbs up emoji is a contract agreement
10:05 Ads
11:46 Story 2: Robotaxi haters are disabling them with traffic cones
19:24 Reviews
24:23 Story 3: Giant kites on ships could slash carbon emissions
27:37 Story 4: Transparent mouse could improve cancer tests
32:18 Bye! Anything to plug?
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James Colley and Neil Delamere join host Alice Fraser for episode 119 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world. All of the news, none of the politics!
Earth's axis
Recycling AI
Pregnant whale
Mayor marries reptile
New D'Ancey!
Reviews
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
Tue 15 and 22 August
Go to https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/live
CONTENTS
0:00 Intro
01:17 Front cover
02:15 Satirical cartoon
04:18 Earth's axis
11:02 Your ad section now
11:23 D'Ancey LaGuarde
14:26 Recycling AI
18:44 Reviews
24:28 Pregnant whale
29:15 Mayor marries reptile
35:08 Bye! Anything to plug?
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Joz Norris and Alison Spittle join host Alice Fraser for episode 118 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world. All of the news, none of the politics!
Gamer psychology
Dog nanny
Astronaut immunity
Fake work priest
Reviews
Produced by Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner.
HOW TO SUPPORT THE GARGLE
- Pre-order the D'Ancey LaGuarde Reader book here! http://l8r.it/DHhG
- Buy tickets to The Gargle Live at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Tue 15 and 22 August
Go to https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/live
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