This week on The Bugcast: digital IDs for kids, no more MTV, Twilight, bananas, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.
Songs played
- Lisitsyn – In Time (feat. Zara Arshakian) – from Russia – source
- Les Coureurs de Rempart – Les Fleurs Noires – from Grenoble, France – source
- Call To Panic – IA – from Doissin, France – source
- Damon Dovestar – Love Myself – from USA – source
- The Stereo Inspectors – Not Too Late (feat. Snowflake) – from Earth – source
- JJMillon – Resistiré – from Spain – source
- Cole Powell – Old Fashioned Stories – from Jayess, MS – source
- Danny Jacks – Бесконечный цикл – from Russia – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjvrgd48evo">Government to consult on digital IDs for 13-year-olds</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr612yz8p0o">MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK</a><br />
Twilight Saga-athon on Sunday<br />
Etsy: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1830950625/artist-as-dumb-as-a-banana">Artist as dumb as a banana</a>
Upcoming events
<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">Podcrawl Early Winter 2025</a> on Saturday 15 November 2025 from 18:00 UK time<br />
<a href="https://ogg.camp/">OggCamp</a> will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK
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Announcements
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- The next show will be episode 872 which will be streamed live on Friday 17 October 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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