The Bugcast

This week on The Bugcast: we have a collective rant about the UK Government’s handling of the Coronavirus crisis, and moan that England lacks its own Parliament, plus 8 pieces of great Creative Commons music!

Songs played

* Paper Clips – Ocean – from Voronezh, Russia – source

* H2 – Not My Friend – from Liberty Village, ON – source

* Anna Niagara – Только будь рядом – from Kharkov, Ukraine – source

* TriplosT – Fragile – from Italy – source

* Bert Jerred – River – from Oswego, NY – source

* Paul Seling – 3 A.M. – from Romania – source

* Kristian Vuljar – Fall To Pieces (feat. Rebecca Law) – from Germany – source

* The Jist – Best Thing Yet – from New York City, NY – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: Coronavirus infection ‘R’ rate in UK creeps up

Why R is the most important number… or not? (R is the loneliest number)

Conspiracy theories

Federal states of the United Kingdom?

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Announcements

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* The next live show will be episode 615, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 22 May 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).

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This week on The Bugcast: we celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day with a socially-distant street party, we discuss the upcoming lockdown review here in the UK, plus 8 pieces of great Creative Commons music! We’ll Meet Again!

Songs played

* Floppy Dee – Alley to the Exit – from Emden, Germany – source

* Omonoko – Emerald – from Newry, Co Armagh – source

* Kara Square and Piero Peluche – Stayin’ at Home – from Columbus, OH and Tuscany, Italy – source

* Square A Saw – A Little Of Hope – from Eschweiler, Germany – source

* Renae – Roses (Taurus) – from Venice Beach, CA – source

* Tom Orlando – Make It Out (Clean version) – from Ottowa, ON – source

* Junk Love – Can’t Dance To Your Rhythm – from Bolzano, Italy – source

* Kristian Vuljar – Seeding Dreams Max (feat. Snowflake) – from Germany – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: VE Day: How is it being celebrated this year?

Our own socially-distant street party (We’ll Meet Again)

BBC News: Coronavirus lockdown: UK ‘should not expect big changes’

BBC News: Coronavirus lockdown: Are the five tests being met?

The Admin Admin Podcast is now a part of The Other Side Podcast Network family

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Announcements

* Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.

* The next live show will be episode 614, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 15 May 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).

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Podcasts mentioned

Admin Admin Podcast

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This week on The Bugcast: Jill Gascoigne dies, Dave’s course deadline shortens dramatically, and yes she is doing art, plus 8 pieces of great Creative Commons music!

Songs played

* Paper Clips – I’m Dead – from Voronezh, Russia – source

* Semme – 30,000 Miles – from Pensacola, FL – source

* The Same Persons – Ocean – from Russia – source

* Issaamer – Anti Hayati – from Benghazi, Libya – source

* Helen & Shanna – Luminiscencia – from Vigo, Spain – source

* Eliot Feldman – Only Dreaming – from Freehold, NJ – source

* Awareness – Pink Glasses – from Trnava, Slovakia – source

* Deanmoore – Cannot Run/Cannot Hide – from Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: Jill Gascoine: Pioneering British actress dies at 83

edX shorten Dave’s Star Trek course by 9 months

Caroline’s arty stuff – yes Dave, she is doing art!

Shout out to DN12Live if they want presenters…?

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Announcements

* Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.

* The next live show will be episode 613, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 8 May 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).

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This week on The Bugcast: bold and dangerous claims from the US president, containment bleach, and stargazing from Bugcast Towers, a world exclusive music track, plus 8 pieces of great Creative Commons music!

Songs played

* I’m Fresh! You’re Pretty – New York, Je T’Adore – from Angers, France – source

* Tab – b å r k a (feat. bARTek) – from Roselle, NJ – source

* Roller Genoa – Hanging Around – from Cherkasy, Ukraine – source

* I Am Not Lefthanded – Strawberries In Summer – from Dublin, Ireland – source

* Samie Bower – Skyline – from Los Angeles, CA – source

* Kavi Jessie Hockaday – See You Again – from Sausalito, CA – source

* The Funny Farm – Erasmus – from Italy – source

* The Devil Music Co. – I’m Sorry – from West Hattiesburg, MS – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

A World Exclusive: Princesse Zoé – Berceuse à Jouets

BBC News: Coronavirus: Trump’s disinfectant and sunlight claims fact-checked (containment bleach)

BBC News: Starlink space display ‘set to continue all week’

Telescopic explorations

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Announcements

* Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.

* The next live show will be episode 612, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 1 May 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).

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Special thanks go to

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This week on The Bugcast: one hundred laps for one hundred years, and a clapping carry on on Westminster Bridge, plus 8 pieces of great Creative Commons music!

Songs played

* Floppy Dee – Future – from Emden, Germany – source

* Lawrence Beamen – Get Your Medicine – from Walnut Creek, CA – source

* On Returning – Dream Weavers – from Tranås, Sweden – source

* Paige Dineen – Let Me Go – from Jackson, MS – source

* I Am Not Lefthanded – Stateline – from Dublin, Ireland – source

* Deep Sea Gypsies – Breaking Me Down – from Victoria, BC – source

* oldmanyoung – Wavelength – from US and Subotica, Serbia – source

* Raw Colors – Black Box – from Santa Maria del Paramo (Leon), Spain – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: Coronavirus: Captain Tom Moore passes £20m in NHS fundraising

Sky News: Coronavirus: Met Police criticised for allowing clapping crowds to break lockdown rules on Westminster Bridge (a clapping carry on)

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Announcements

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* The next live show will be episode 611, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 24 April 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).

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Special thanks go to

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This week on The Bugcast: we discuss what we’ve been up to in the past week: learning, furloughing, designing, and submitting a pull request, plus 8 pieces of amazing Creative Commons and independent music!

Songs played

* Mercury and the Architects – Loophole – from Manhattan, NY – direct from the artist

* Paper Clips – Music – from Voronezh, Russia – source

* Secret Jane – Wakey Wakey – from Colchester, UK – source

* In Isolation – Virus – from Nottingham, UK – direct from the artist

* Amy Sayer – Siren Song – from UK – source

* RedSharp – Walk In The Row – from Anger, France – source

* The Devil Music Co. – Waste My Time – from West Hattiesburg, MS – source

* Carter Vail – Drive Home – from Miami, FL – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

What have we been up to in the last week?

Caroline: Furloughed, using the time to upskill and diversify + getting back into Art

Dave: Lots of podcasts, learning (SSH, Star Trek, vi), 3D designing/printing, pull request

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Announcements

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* The next live show will be episode 610, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 17 April 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).

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This week on The Bugcast: we discuss how it is not a Lovely Day for entertainment, and how people and companies handle the current viral situation, plus 8 pieces of amazing Creative Commons music!

Songs played

* Paper Clips – Something Happened – from Voronezh, Russia – source

* Poly Action – The High Road – from Austin, TX – source

* Back On Earth – Save Me – from Paris, France – source

* Rope River Blues Band – Whaletooth – from Baltimore, MA – source

* Snowflake & ccMixter – Dream – from Los Angeles, CA – source

* The Gays – Out Of Love – from Montreal, QC – source

* Carter Vail – Tigers On Trains – from Miami, FL – source

* Tinmouth – Anxious Darlin’ – from Philadelphia, PA – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

YouTube: Spotlight Kid – All Is Real

BBC News: Eddie Large: Comedian dies aged 78 with coronavirus

BBC News: Lean On Me singer Bill Withers dies at 81 (not a Lovely Day)

BBC News: Coronavirus: The best and worst celebrity isolation videos

BBC Sport: Premier League clubs to consult players on 30% wage cut

How companies and organisations are handling the current crisis

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* The next live show will be episode 609, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 10 April 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).

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This week on The Bugcast: our rundown of lockdown this past week, fallout from the current situation, and Caroline has the gurglies, plus 8 pieces of amazing Creative Commons music!

Songs played

* Emily and the Blackouts – Nope – from Riverside, CA – source

* Rude – Never Let Me Down – from St Petersburg, Russia – source

* Emily Coulston – Follow You – from Brisbane, Australia – source

* Alfonso Lugo – Stamina (feat. Jasmine Crowe) – from Los Angeles, CA – source

* Sick and Fancy – Mr. White – from Germany – source

* Igor Pumphonia – Home (feat. DEKU, ITLP) (Radio Edit) – from St Petersburg, Russia – source

* Barefoot McCoy – Ramble On October – from Colombus, OH – source

* Paxton Pennington – Honey – from Norman, OK – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

First full week of house arrest

Chris and John from Canada were guests on the most recent recording of Tea, Earl Grey, Hot, reviewing episode 9 of Star Trek: Picard. The episode isn’t out yet, at the time of writing this, but it will be soon.

Argument on Facebook about a teenager delivering local newspaper

Antisocial distancing, behaviour, and damage

Clocks go forward an hour in the UK and Europe this weekend

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Announcements

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* The next live show will be episode 608, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 3 April 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).

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Caroline has the gurglies

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This week on The Bugcast: we talk more about Coronavirus and how it’s affected us, events are being cancelled, Roy Hudd dies, and how the BBC are now doing what we’ve done for the past 12 years, plus 8 pieces of amazing Creative Commons music! Wash your hands!

Songs played

* The Spin Wires – So Hot – from Buffalo, NY – source

* Brody Blackburn – Silhouette – from Seattle, WA – source

* Emerald Park – Decease – from Malmö, Sweden – source

* APG – Only Black And White – from Finland – source

* Renae – Rebels With A Cause – from Venice Beach, CA – source

* Goom – Bird – from Paris, France – source

* Sam Garbett – Calling You – from Leeds, UK – source

* Back on Earth – Brighten – from Paris, France – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

It’s important to wash your hands regularly, with soap and water!

Coronavirus discussion, hoarding, price hikes

BBC News: Eurovision Song Contest 2020 cancelled over coronavirus

BBC News: Roy Hudd, actor and comic, dies aged 83

BBC News: Coronavirus: How radio and TV hosts are keeping their shows on air from home

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* The next live show will be episode 607, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 27 March 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).

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This week on The Bugcast: Caroline is back in the studio so we talk about spookyvirus for Friday 13th, plus 8 pieces of amazing Creative Commons music!

Songs played

* Aire – This Is War – from Paderborn, Germany – source

* Back On Earth – Don’t Stay – from Paris, France – source

* Dash – Booty Clap – from London, UK – source

* Tab – Syncopatience (feat. Jade Gritty & Lusty Apricot) – from Roselle, NJ – source

* Samie Bower – Someone – from Los Angeles, CA – source

* The Woods – An Old Man – from Lazio, Italy – source

* Redsharp – So Far – from Angers, France – source

* Danish Daycare – A Story Of Hurt – from Malmö, Sweden – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

Spookyvirus for Friday 13th

BBC News: Coronavirus update

BBC News: Coronavirus: I don’t need to self-isolate, says Trump

BBC News: Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board

Upcoming events

Podcrawl Glasgow 2020

Saturday 1 August 2020 from 18:00 at The Bon Accord, 153 North Street, Glasgow

Announcements

* Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.

* The next live show will be episode 606, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 20 March 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).

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