This week on The Bugcast: flat pack, pigeons, three AI-related stories, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.
Songs played
- Signed In Black – Presence Of Divine – from Russia – source
- marylefthome – Princess and the Pea – from Cordoba, Argentina – source
- Charlie Mosbrook – Let’s Do It This Time – from Cleveland, OH – source
- Telematix – Tell Me (feat. Michael Gildner) – from Chicago, Illinois – source
- Driftrz – What I Believe – from New York, NY – source
- Armando Lagozza – Vuelvo a Casa – from Barbastro, Spain – source
- Stefan Fusha – Sous le Même Ciel – from Belgium – source
- Zeke Wilding – No Remedy – from USA – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
Death by IKEA<br />
Update on unwanted visitors<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgerwp7rdlvo">Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24zdel5j18o">Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of ‘AI psychosis’</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clydz8d03dvo">Fans loved her new album. The thing was, she hadn’t released one</a>
Upcoming events
<a href="https://ogg.camp/">OggCamp</a> will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK
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Announcements
- Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
- The next show will be episode 866 which will be streamed live on Friday 5 September 2025 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC+1).
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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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