The Bugle

Are Americans eating cats and dogs, and do the British know what a fish looks like? It's another big news week. Andy is with Nish Kumar and Tom Ballard.

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Andy Zaltzman

Nish Kumar

Tom Ballard

Produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner.

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As Andy prepares for the launch of Taskmaster, we present a special edition of Ask Andy.

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This episode was written and presented by Andy Zaltzman, Chris Skinner and The Bugle audience. Produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner.

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Andy is with Ria Lina and Alice Fraser to look at latest news from the world of music, as well as the latest in global political misadventures. And whales.

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Ria Lina

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Introducing The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Biracial Identity in America from The New Yorker Radio Hour.

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In fiction and nonfiction, the author Danzy Senna focusses on the experience of being biracial in a nation long obsessed with color lines. Now that Kamala Harris is the Democratic candidate for President, some of Senna’s concerns have come to the fore in political life. Donald Trump attacked Harris as a kind of race manipulator, implying that she had been Indian American before becoming Black for strategic purposes.  The claim was bizarre and false, but Senna feels that it reflected a mind-set in white America. “Mixed-race people are sort of up for debate and speculation, and there’s a real return to the idea that your appearance is what matters, not what your background is or your identity,” she tells Julian Lucas, who wrote about Senna’s work in The New Yorker.  “And if your appearance is unclear to us, then we’re going to debate you and we’re going to discount you and we’re going to accuse you of being an impostor.”  Senna talks about why she describes people like herself and Lucas using the old word “mulatto,” despite its racist etymology. “The word ‘biracial’ or ‘multiracial’ to me is completely meaningless,” she says, “because I don’t know which races were mixing.  And those things matter when we’re talking about identity.”  Senna’s newest novel, “Colored Television,” follows a literary writer somewhat like herself, trying to find a new career in the more lucrative world of TV.

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JD Vance did what?!?! (or he didn't, who knows?). It's been a bad month for the MAGA crew, here's a breakdown. Plus gay penguins, burglaries and Alicia Silverstone's poison pilgrimage.

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• Andy Zaltzman
• Helen Zaltzman
• Nato Green

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What a year it has been! The Bugle takes a look at some highlights from 2024 so far, featuring Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, Google and a snap UK election.

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Written and presented by Andy Zaltzman, Nish Kumar, Alice Fraser, Chris Addison, Anuvab Pal, Tiff Stevenson, Nato Green, Josh Gondelman.

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Andy revisits London 2012, when he abandoned everyone and everything to watch hundreds of hours of sport.

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Joe Biden steps aside and Kamala Harris steps up. 

Celebrities line up to give Harris their approval, while an interesting vote of confidence for Donald Trump from his running mate comes to light.

CloudStrike reveals how fragile every element of your life is, but humanity can fight back against tech via the medium of fishcakes. 

Stressed? Thank your favourite deity that the Olympics are here to distract us. 

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• Jackie Kashian
• Tiff Stevenson

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Introducing Biden Passes the Torch to Kamala from Pod Save America.

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In a historic moment in what was already a norm-shattering campaign, Joe Biden withdraws from the presidential race and endorses Kamala Harris. As the rest of the party moves to unite behind the VP, Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy talk how Biden arrived at his decision, the particular strengths that Harris brings to the race against Donald Trump, and how the GOP will look to blunt the new burst of Democratic energy and excitement.

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Andy, Tom Ballard and Chris Addison debate if an assassination attempt on Donald Trump has killed Joe Biden’s chances in the presidential race.  What could Gareth Southgate have learnt from Sir Francis Drake? And, will Buglers help set a new record? (Please don’t.)

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• Andy Zaltzman
• Tom Ballard
• Chris Addison

And produced by Rich Jarman, Chris Skinner and Laura Turner.

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