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🎧 Support The Bugle! Get bonus episodes, exclusive videos, and the smug self-righteousness of a Team Bugle subscription at thebuglepodcast.comThis week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Tiff Stevenson and Tom Ballard to untangle a world that's somehow too serious and too stupid—often at the same time.🔥 Top Story: Iran & Israel — tensions escalate, missiles fly, and peace remains as elusive as a rational online comment section.🐕 Also in Iran: forget cats with attitude—dog walking is now banned. We unpack the leash-tightening madness.☀️ Meanwhile, the summer solstice brings light and… an AUKUS defence deal? Yes, nothing says sunshine like submarines.🎺 And in the USA, Trump’s latest parade blares its way through logic and decency—again.💬 Expect sharp satire, international nonsense, and at least one excellent pun.📺 Watch our visual fantasy-comedy show Realms Unknown on YouTube.Produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner. And Chris's dog Daphne.

Let’s go back now to April 2019. Alice joined Andy for a Brexit heavy live Bugle. Thankfully there was also some Unicorn news to lighten the mood.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 

We’re visiting July 2022 now, and there was only one story in town as Alice Fraser and Mark Steel joined Andy for Bugle issue 4236 - Does Boris think he’s Scarface?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 

Alice is joined by Chris Skinner to discuss the work of Tamora Pierce. They also chat about Murderbot and Sarah J Maas - is Romantasy sexy enough?Search for Chris’s show Mildly Informed in your pod feed now.Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcastSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Chris Skinner.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more!

🎧 Support The Bugle! Get bonus shows, exclusive videos, and a smug sense of global awareness at thebuglepodcast.comThis week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Alice Fraser and Neil Delamere for a global sweep of chaos, climate, and confused birds.🇺🇸 In the United States, Elon Musk continues to make noise, and riots bring yet another wave of existential dread. Democracy? Still TBD.🌆 Sinking cities are on the rise (and by “on the rise” we mean going underwater). Is climate change trying to take real estate off the market?🐧 In the Antarctic nationalist row nobody asked for, penguins have waddled straight into a geopolitical spat. Are they fascist birds, or just lost? We investigate.💬 It's time to 'Ask Andy' - send your questions now.📺 Watch our fantasy comedy series Realms Unknown now fully visualised on YouTubeProduced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner. Climate-proofed by penguins.

In September 2020 Andy, Josh and Tiff turned their attention to Trump’s trampling of RBG’s legacy. It’s Bugle issue 4166 - Five Year Piggiversary.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 

We’re visiting June 2022 now. Nish Kumar and Neil Delamere joined Andy as democracy took a beating, at the hands of the French. It’s Bugle issue 4234 - Nazi Game Shows.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 

Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 20 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!This week, it's all about neurodivergent heroes in sci-fi and fantasy!Episode 20This week's news features Guillermo del Toro's new Frankenstein movie, the new Predator: Killer of Killers movie and is gravity proof that life on Earth is actually a simulation?Hear what Alice and Tom have been enjoying recently, which tropes they love or hate, then take a deep dive with them into early sci-fi and fantasy, and hear the things that they used to love but now make them feel a bit urrrgh.Alice Fraser - A Passion for PassionTom Neenan - The HaunteningTom Neenan Is Not All MenNewsFILM FrankensteinFILM Predator: Killer of KillersFILM MountainheadWhat have you been into?TV Rick and MortyBlood Song - Anthony RyanWitch King - Martha WellsSub-genre deep dive: neurodivergent heroesSherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan DoyleTV BonesTemperance Brennan series - Kathy ReichsA Drop of Corruption - Robert Jackson BennettTV Star TrekTV Red DwarfThe mines of urrrghFILM PassengersSubscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcastSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown🔔 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🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more!

🎧 Support The Bugle! Get bonus shows, exclusive video episodes, and smug warmth at thebuglepodcast.com This week, Andy Zaltzman leads an international panel of Buglers through the chaos of politics, wildlife, and billionaire bromances—with a special focus on honey badgers, New Zealand’s political drama, and the heartbreaking (or not?) Musk/Trump split. Andy, Felicity Ward and James Nokise dig in to... 🦡 Honey badgers are fearless, chaotic, and possibly the spiritual animal of this podcast. We investigate their weird mythology and even weirder attitude. 🇳🇿 New Zealand politics is heating up—by Kiwi standards, at least. We delve into coalition collapses, policy oddities, and why it’s all oddly polite. 💔 Elon Musk and Donald Trump: the bromance is off. What happened? Who kept the merch? And can either of them survive without the other’s echo? ⚠️ Warning: This episode contains BS. You’ve been warned.📺 Watch Realms Unknown, now fully visualised on YouTube. Produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner. Possibly supervised by a honey badger.