Aug 20, 2026 · 21 min · 6 segments
Join us for a too hot to handle episode of The Bugle, where producer Harry has selected a hand full of clips deemed too spicy to make it the first time round. From AI destruction to even more news on…
Andy ZaltzmanHost
Alice FraserGuest
Josh GondelmanGuest
Nato GreenGuest
Well, Buglers, cancel that high-intensity Zumbaerobic yoga boxing cross Pilates session.
It turns out that all you need for a ripped bod and a functionally royal lifespan is a little bit of culture.
Uh, according to, uh, new research, engaging, engaging with culture can be as good for your health as physical exercise.
Um, so basically the likes of Jane Fonda and Joe Wicks have been wasting everyone's time for all these years, and we'd all have been much healthier if we'd just slobbed out on the sofa with a bucket of popcorn watching 1970s art house movies, pickling sheep in tanks of formaldehyde, and thinking about who'd win a poetry slam out of John Milton and Miley Cyrus.
But this, but this is hugely exciting news, isn't it, for those of us who can't really be arsed to do very much, um, in terms of exercise.
That, um, yeah, just, you know, basically a bit of culture and we'll live forever.
I was just gonna say, I, as someone who's considering, you know, I'm getting a little older, slowing down a little bit, I should really consider joining a gym, and now I'm just gonna subscribe to Disney+ [laughing].
This is not a surprise to me because sitting, uh, through a bad burlesque show can make you feel like you've lived 1,000 lifetimes.
What's the, the threshold for arts and culture that counts? Do I have to attend the opera to reap these anti-aging benefits, or can I watch a YouTube compilation of skateboard tricks?
What if there's music in the background? Second follow-up question, does it still count if that music is ska? There's a lot to consider here.
Look, I haven't read the granular detail of the research because I've been too damn busy watching plays.
Well, Buglers, cancel that high-intensity Zumbaerobic yoga boxing cross Pilates session.
It turns out that all you need for a ripped bod and a functionally royal lifespan is a little bit of culture.
Uh, according to, uh, new research, engaging, engaging with culture can be as good for your health as physical exercise.
Um, so basically the likes of Jane Fonda and Joe Wicks have been wasting everyone's time for all these years, and we'd all have been much healthier if we'd just slobbed out on the sofa with a bucket of popcorn watching 1970s art house movies, pickling sheep in tanks of formaldehyde, and thinking about who'd win a poetry slam out of John Milton and Miley Cyrus.
But this, but this is hugely exciting news, isn't it, for those of us who can't really be arsed to do very much, um, in terms of exercise.
That, um, yeah, just, you know, basically a bit of culture and we'll live forever.
I was just gonna say, I, as someone who's considering, you know, I'm getting a little older, slowing down a little bit, I should really consider joining a gym, and now I'm just gonna subscribe to Disney+ [laughing].
This is not a surprise to me because sitting, uh, through a bad burlesque show can make you feel like you've lived 1,000 lifetimes.
What's the, the threshold for arts and culture that counts? Do I have to attend the opera to reap these anti-aging benefits, or can I watch a YouTube compilation of skateboard tricks?
What if there's music in the background? Second follow-up question, does it still count if that music is ska? There's a lot to consider here.
Look, I haven't read the granular detail of the research because I've been too damn busy watching plays.
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