{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e7b777ba085cbe7192b0607/68373c0c9bd0275f2c43f866?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Mostly F***ING BLEAK-Free Bugle!","description":"<p>🎧 Support The Bugle! Become a Team Bugle subscriber for bonus episodes, exclusive merch, and the unmatched pleasure of elite-tier status: <a href=\"https://thebuglepodcast.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thebuglepodcast.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>This week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by 'quibbling sibling' Helen Zaltzman and Josh Gondelman for a mostly F***ING BLEAK-free episode full of satire, jigsaw news and punctuation puns. </p><p><br></p><p>🇨🇦 In Canada news:</p><p><br></p><p>🧩 US-Canada trade war means jigsaw business owners are left picking up the pieces</p><p>👑 King Charles visits the colonies with promises of arming an ordinarily placid country</p><p><br></p><p>🇺🇸 In USA news:</p><p><br></p><p>☎️ Big Beautiful Bill resolute in bid to reach Trump's desk</p><p>🤑 Food 'sucked' at Trump's $148m meme coin dinner </p><p><br></p><p>📖 In Books and Language news:</p><p><br></p><p>🤖 AI-generated summer reading list published in newspapers</p><p>；Semicolon usage on the decline</p><p><br></p><p>⛅️ In Light in the Darkness news:</p><p><br></p><p>☀️ Solar panels in space to transmit electricity to Earth</p><p>🧠 Feeling awe helps mental health</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Listen to our sci-fi and fantasy comedy show Realms Unknown hosted by Bugle favourite Alice Fraser, and pick up her book A Passion for Passion here: <a href=\"http://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown</a></p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner. </p>","author_name":"The Bugle"}