Episode 4363

Recorded live in Melbourne, this week’s Bugle is a full-throttle Rage bait Special, with Andy Zaltzman joined by Lloyd Langford, Sami Shah, and Alice Fraser to chew through the year’s biggest stories with fury, confusion, and jokes of questionable legality. 🇦🇺 Australia: We confront the latest tragedies in Australia, and try (with limited success) to process them through satire, empathy, and yelling into the void.🇺🇸 Trump News: Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues to do… whatever it is he’s doing now. We attempt to identify it, label it, and possibly quarantine it.📁 Epstein: We dig a little deeper into what we do and don’t know — and why this story refuses to go away. 📆 And we rummage through some of the other best (and worst) stories of 2025, because there’s always more. Always. Angry, funny, cathartic — this is The Bugle doing what it does best, in front of a live Australian audience. 🎧 Support The Bugle! Become a Team Bugle subscriber for bonus episodes, exclusive video editions, and the righteous satisfaction of funding satire:http://thebuglepodcast.com 📺 Watch Realms Unknown on YouTube Produced by Tom Wright, Chris Skinner and Laura Turner.

Rage Bait Bugle (Bumper Edition!)

With Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan

Rejoice! For Tom Neenan joins Alice Fraser for a special festive episode 46 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown! 📕 'A Passion For Passion' is back on sale! <a href="https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news </a>❤️‍🔥 Buy 'A Passion For Passion' audiobook <a href="https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-18-t6flf-5n9mc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-18-t6flf-5n9mc</a>💰 Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber <a href="https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate</a>📯 Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast</a> 📚 Buy books featured in this and other episodes <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown</a> 🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!🎚️ Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com

Christmas // Hogfather // It's A Wonderful Life

September 2021 now, and Tiff Stevenson and Josh Gondelman joined Andy as Boris Johnson did his best to embarrass us all at the UN. It’s Bugle issue 4206 - Ou Est Le Buffoon? Hear more of our shows, buy our book, and help keep us alive by supporting us here: <a href="https://open.acast.com/thebuglepodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thebuglepodcast.com/</a> This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner&nbsp;

Ou Est Le Buffoon?

In February 2018 we brought you a special live Bugle. Nish and Alice joined Andy on stage to countdown the days to Britain taking back control. It’s Bugle issue 4060 – What's that Aunt Doing? Hear more of our shows, buy our book, and help keep us alive by supporting us here: thebuglepodcast.com/ This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner&nbsp;

What's that *** Doing?

With Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton

Dive into your nearest wardrobe and enjoy Eleanor Morton and Alice Fraser on episode 45 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown! ❤️‍🔥 Buy 'A Passion For Passion' audiobook <a href="https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-18-t6flf-5n9mc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-18-t6flf-5n9mc</a>💰 Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber <a href="https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate</a>📚 Buy books featured in this and other episodes <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown</a>📯 Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast</a> Eleanor Morton - Life Lessons From Historical Women 🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!🎚️ Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com

Narnia // Stranger Things // Space Jesus

&nbsp;Let’s visit March 2017 now. Hari Kondabolu joined Andy to discuss some good-ish news from the Netherlands. It’s Bugle issue 4021 - Geertcha. Hear more of our shows, buy our book, and help keep us alive by supporting us here: thebuglepodcast.com/ This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner&nbsp;

Geertcha

We’re going back to a moment in time now just before the world changed forever. October 2016, and Americans were soon to be heading to the polls. Hari Kondabolu&nbsp;joined me to try and get our heads round what was happening. It’s Bugle issue&nbsp;4001 – Tony The Tiger RIP. Hear more of our shows, buy our book, and help keep us alive by supporting us here: thebuglepodcast.com/ This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner&nbsp;

Tony The Tiger Rest In Peace

With Alice Fraser and Nate Crowley

A very welcome return for SFF author Nate Crowley as he joins Alice Fraser for episode 44 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown! ❤️‍🔥 Buy 'A Passion For Passion' audiobook <a href="https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-18-t6flf-5n9mc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-18-t6flf-5n9mc</a>💰 Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber <a href="https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate</a>📚 Buy books featured in this and other episodes <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown</a> The Twice-Dead King: Omnibus - Nate CrowleyNotes from Small Planets - Nate Crowley NEWSFILM The Magic Faraway TreeEnid Blyton - The Magic Faraway Tree WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?FILM BatmanTV Jurassic World: Chaos TheoryGumnut Babies - May GibbsWallet Babies - May GibbsSnugglepot and Cuddlepie - May GibbsKing’s Watch series - Mark Hayden TROPE ON A ROPEImplausibly large ribcagesGAME SubnauticaGAME BorderlandsFILM Star Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeFILM Godzilla vs KongPerdido Street Station - China MiévilleShadow of the Gods series - John GwynneLooming roar monsters SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Unfiction / fictional non-fictionDinotopia series - James GurneyExpedition - Wayne BarlowePODCAST Revolutions - Mike DuncanThe World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island - Weta WorkshopFILM King KongGAME NeuorocracyNotes from Small Planets - Nate Crowley MINES OF URRGHThe Years of Rice and Salt - Kim Stanley RobinsonTV Wolf Hall 💰 Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber <a href="https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate</a>❤️‍🔥 Buy 'A Passion For Passion' audiobook <a href="https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-18-t6flf-5n9mc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-18-t6flf-5n9mc</a>📚 Buy books featured in this and other episodes <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown</a>📯 Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast</a> 🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!🎚️ Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Nate Crowley.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com

Unfiction // Dinotopia // Implausibly large ribcages 

Let’s visit July 2012 now. UK Banking standards were on the brink of a new era - thanks to another scandal. It’s Bugle issue 201 - Dirty bankers. Hear more of our shows, buy our book, and help keep us alive by supporting us here: <a href="https://open.acast.com/thebuglepodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thebuglepodcast.com/</a> This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner&nbsp;

Dirty Bankers

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