Oct 28, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
To celebrate 10 years since the relaunch of The Bugle we're taking a look back at some historic Bugle firsts from the past decade. The first episode of the relaunch back in October 2016 with Hari…
Andy ZaltzmanHost
Alice FraserGuest
Tom BallardGuest
Nish KumarGuest
Hari KondaboluGuest
Nato GreenGuest
Josh GondelmanGuestTom WrightGuest2016, October.
In a world
where ducks fit a quack, where truth is sitting in a darkened room saying ow after being clouted repeatedly on the head with the icy, fossilized mammoth wang of political manipulation.
where nothing is what it seems, and what it seems is not what it seems in any case.
And even if it were what it seems, no one would believe it was what it seems, and would assume it was not what it seems, or at very best, that it's only what it seems.
I think the point's been made, where history is sitting up in its office saying, A, slow the f*** down, people, I haven't finished writing the last thing up, and B, what the f*** is going on in that world? Only one thing can possibly save humanity from itself, and that thing is...
call relaunch.
You call relaunch.
Yes, hello Buglers, and I really mean it this time, and to prove it, I will say it again.
Hello Buglers, the world's leading and only audio newspaper for a visual world is back for Season 4.
After the 272 episodes Season 1, the 21 episodes Season 2, and the somewhat abortive one episode long Season 3, this is Season 4, which, if all goes according to plan, will be at least... 10,000 episodes long, which will take us to the year roughly 2266, which is when I want to stop because that was my grandparents' phone number when I was a kid, 2266.
And I'm delighted to say that, joining me for this truly epoch-defining moment in the history of podcasting, of comedy, of media, of showbiz, of human communication, of civilisation, the entire Homo sapiens brand as a whole.
2016, October.
In a world
where ducks fit a quack, where truth is sitting in a darkened room saying ow after being clouted repeatedly on the head with the icy, fossilized mammoth wang of political manipulation.
where nothing is what it seems, and what it seems is not what it seems in any case.
And even if it were what it seems, no one would believe it was what it seems, and would assume it was not what it seems, or at very best, that it's only what it seems.
I think the point's been made, where history is sitting up in its office saying, A, slow the f*** down, people, I haven't finished writing the last thing up, and B, what the f*** is going on in that world? Only one thing can possibly save humanity from itself, and that thing is...
call relaunch.
You call relaunch.
Yes, hello Buglers, and I really mean it this time, and to prove it, I will say it again.
Hello Buglers, the world's leading and only audio newspaper for a visual world is back for Season 4.
After the 272 episodes Season 1, the 21 episodes Season 2, and the somewhat abortive one episode long Season 3, this is Season 4, which, if all goes according to plan, will be at least... 10,000 episodes long, which will take us to the year roughly 2266, which is when I want to stop because that was my grandparents' phone number when I was a kid, 2266.
And I'm delighted to say that, joining me for this truly epoch-defining moment in the history of podcasting, of comedy, of media, of showbiz, of human communication, of civilisation, the entire Homo sapiens brand as a whole.
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