This week on The Bugcast: theatre updates, political scandal, more beer podcasting, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

• Mikaël Paranthoën – Regarde Loin – from Paimpol, France – source
• Open Frequency Collective – Burning In the Shadows – from USA – source
• J.J. Zhivago – Dog Days – from USA – source
• DuØLN – I Will Draw Love – from Ukraine – source
• Jon Worthy – Left It All Out On The Line – from Nashville, TN – source
• The Happy Somethings – Self Help Song – from Derbyshire, UK – source
• The Glass Child – Oceans – from Sweden – source
• DownLoad – Autopilot – from Russia – source

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

Topics

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Dress_for_Dinner">Don’t Dress for Dinner</a> review<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey%27s_End">Journey’s End</a> is actually a journey’s beginning!<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx238pwwqg6o">Mandelson sacked, PM weakened</a><br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4462/">HPR Beer Garden episode 1</a> is live!<br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4473/">HPR Beer Garden episode 2</a> is in the future feed

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 868 which will be streamed live on Friday 19 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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