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The Nepo-Dictator's Nadir

Season 6, Ep. 4325

John Oliver returns to The Bugle in a momentous week, to explore the fall of Assad, politics on both sides of the Atlantic (sandwiches all round) and the latest announcements from FIFA. It's a bumper edition!


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Featuring:

Andy Zaltzman

John Oliver


Produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner.

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