This week on The Bugcast: Dave and Caroline discuss current politics – surprise! – and try and understand why politicians are encouraged to ignore their electors, plus 8 pieces of fantastic Creative Commons music!
Songs played
- Strontium – Kisses – from Saint Petersburg, Russia – source
- Monk Turner – The Clown Brigade – from Los Angeles, CA – Direct from Artist
- David Davis – Ocean – from Los Angeles, CA – source
- Duro Mambo – Yo No Quiero Casarme – from USA – source
- Kristian Vuljar – Rock Bottom – from Germany – source
- Bessonn&Sa – So Deep Into My Heart – from Russia – source
- Paxton Pennington – On The Weekend – from Normanton, OK – source
- Tinmouth – Last Longer – from Philidelphia, PA – source
Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking
Topics
The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/politics/trump-st-johns-church-bible.html">Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church</a><br /><em>(Inspiration for Monk Turner – The Clown Brigade)</em><br />
Politics: The Whips are encouraging MPs to ignore their constituency’s views<br />
Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_(politics)">Whip (politics)</a><br />
<a href="https://teaearlgreyhot.org">Tea, Earl Grey, Hot</a>: Star Trek Discovery reviews start this week, next week Caroline is our guest!
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- Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
- The next live show will be episode 638, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 30 October 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
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Podcasts mentioned
<a href="https://anchor.fm/thegrumpsblog/">The Grumps Blog Podcast</a><br />
<a href="http://teaearlgreyhot.org">Tea, Earl Grey, Hot</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2335268420116006/">Uncharted with Dave and Caroline, on DN12Live</a> <em>(not a podcast, strictly speaking)</em>
Special thanks go to
Our <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server
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