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The Gargle
Swamp romp | Plastic clouds | Meta chatbots
Season 1, Ep. 131
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Joz Norris and Ania Magliano join host Alice Fraser for episode 131 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world.
All of the news, none of the politics!
🐊 Swamp romp
☁️ Cloud microplastics
🤖 Meta chatbots
🚙 Kids' Court
🌼 Reviews
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CONTENTS
00:00 Start
01:12 Front cover
01:21 Satirical cartoon
03:42 Story 1: Crocodile sex frenzy triggered by Chinook helicopters and thunder
08:12 Ads
10:39 Story 2: Scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
15:25 Reviews
20:14 Story 3: Meta is using celebrities to get you to like AI
25:53 Story 4: Kids' Court anti-speeding initiative hailed a success
30:48 Bye / Anything to plug?
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