This week on The Bugcast: a Royal falls, China spy case falls, AI videos of a dearly beloved actor, Jamboree, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

• Happy To Die – Fire-Breathing at Six – from Italy – source
• Happy To Die – Ace of Spades – from Italy – source
• Les Coureurs de Rempart – A l’Ombre Des Bombardiers – from Grenoble, France – source
• The Stereo Inspectors – Hollow Crown (feat. Anon) – from Earth – source
• DownLoad – Red Dust Hero – from Russia – source
• Igor Pumphonia – Feel The Rhythm – from St Petersburg, Russia – source
• The NumbKnives – You Don’t Understand Me – from Romania – source
• J.J. Zhivago – Just Friends – from USA – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqlyw9g7weo">Prince Andrew gives up his title as Duke of York</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgyvq754q0o">China Spy case – who was at fault for collapse?</a><br />
The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/07/robin-williams-daughter-zelda-hits-out-at-ai-generated-videos-of-her-dead-father">Robin Williams’ daughter pleads with people to stop sending AI videos of her dad</a><br />
Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamboree_on_the_Air">Jamboree On The Air</a><br />
JOTA: <a href="https://www.jotajoti.info/">Official site</a><br />
<strong>There will be no show next week!</strong>

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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 />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server<br />
Paul (TopCat Radio) for the use of their Icecast server

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