#867 Oh Mandy!

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

Songs played

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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#866 Don’t Dress For Dinner

This week on The Bugcast: urgent advertising, beer podcasting, a theatre trip, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Art courses with time pressured advertising<br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4462/index.html">HPR Beer Garden</a>, first episode released next week<br />
Off to the Theatre – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Dress_for_Dinner">Don’t Dress for Dinner</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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  • The next show will be episode 867 which will be streamed live on Friday 12 September 2025 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC+1).
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The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
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Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server<br />
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#865 AI schlock

This week on The Bugcast: flat pack, pigeons, three AI-related stories, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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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  • 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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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 />
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Paul (TopCat Radio) for the use of their Icecast server

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#864 BAA* Distinction

This week on The Bugcast: academic achievements, holidays, vermin pests, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Ethan: A Level Success – B, A, A*<br />
Luke: HNC Success – Distinction<br />
Ethan: Art Competition<br />
Holibobs<br />
Fellow of the <a href="https://icrs.info/membership/fellowship/">Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability</a><br />
Unwelcome guests under the solar panels, and now in the chimney<br />
Number 1 song in the UK – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yebNIHKAC4A">KPop Demon Hunters</a><br />
Feedback

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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  • The next show will be episode 865 which will be streamed live on Friday 29 August 2025 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC+1).
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The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
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Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server<br />
Paul (TopCat Radio) for the use of their Icecast server

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#863 Down to earth

This week on The Bugcast: artist-ic, astronaut-ic, pride-ic, web-ic, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons mus-ic.

Songs played

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

Topics

<a href="https://doncasterlittletheatre.co.uk/">Doncaster Little Theatre</a> – we’re all Artistic Members<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl7y8zq5xpno">Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97</a><br />
<a href="https://www.doncasterpride.co.uk/">Doncaster Pride</a><br />
<a href="https://carolinelee.co.uk">Caroline’s website</a><br />
Feedback

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

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TuxJam 123 – Refreshingly easy

Kevie, Andrew, Al and Dave come together again for an episode that is literally as easy as 123, as they once again take a look at software that is open and free, and tunes that are creative and common. They begin with their usual roundup from distrowatch but what is unusual is that this involves tension and dispute!

Next, Andrew and Al take a look at RefreshOS which is based on Debian and sports a KDE desktop that is billed as being snap and flatpak free out the box. Following that Kevie and Dave try out Obtanium which, in the authors’ own words, “allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available”.

We round out the show with feedback but the dissent that marred the start of the show rears its ugly head yet again and there is disagreement and a vote to remove a dear individual from our TuxJam clan.

On Saturday 2 August you are cordially invited to join us and many others for our next Podcrawl, details of which are posted here.

Just prior to our recording we learned that there will be an OggCamp in 2025 (boo!) but there will in 2026 (yay!) on 25-26 April, at the same venue as last time, the Pendulum Hotel, Manchester.

Creative Commons tunes played in this episode:

  1. Failed Millenials – Myspace Heartache
  2. Gölden Palace – Summer Heat
  3. Rusty Tea Makers – Summer
  4. Ed Napoli – Coffee

#862 Penelope Strawberry

This week on The Bugcast: The Garden Gang, child poisoning, caffeine pouches, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_Gang">The Garden Gang</a> – Quibble<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gz32kp0d0o">Man charged after children fell ill at summer camp</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8k8xgry98o">Caffeine pouch craze: A teenage trend troubling some experts</a>

Upcoming events

<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">Podcrawl Summer 2025</a> on Saturday 2 August 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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#861 Collared by Reg

This week on The Bugcast: lamented departures, local bands, local theatres, Reg Hollis, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvjd3p887qo">Ozzy Osbourne dies, weeks after farewell show</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly1kz9d23po">Malcolm-Jamal Warner, The Cosby Show star, drowns aged 54</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyqq7z2z2wt">Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies aged 71</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce78ddyjl76o">Veteran jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine dies aged 97</a><br />
Reytons headlining <a href="https://tramlines.org.uk/lineup/">Tramlines</a> this Saturday, and The Denabys on the Leadmill Stage<br />
Update on Theatre Visits last weekend<br />
Sky News: <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/jeff-stewart-actor-who-played-reg-hollis-in-the-bill-helps-police-arrest-shoplifter-13401439">Jeff Stewart makes his arrest (Reg Hollis)</a>

Upcoming events

<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">Podcrawl Summer 2025</a> on Saturday 2 August 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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The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
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Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server<br />
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The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network

#860 Fan of the Bush

This week on The Bugcast: the Bush, curation, grading, infection, theatres, radios, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

<a href="https://www.withoutkatebush.com/">An Evening Without Kate Bush</a><br />
YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/Mkg1sss-VI4">Netlabel Day Curator Panel</a> <em>(from the start until about 1h08m in)</em><br />
Alex is now 4th Kup<br />
Moo has an ear infection Boooo<br />
Theatre day tomorrow with Luke and Ethan, Radio day tomorrow with Alex

Upcoming events

<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">Podcrawl Summer 2025</a> on Saturday 2 August from 18:00 UK time<br />
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The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network

#859 Nipped and Tucked

This week on The Bugcast: floods, delays, Birkin, McMahon, curation, and eight tracks of amazing Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx24llkd36nt">Trump surveys damage in Texas after floods kill 120 and leave 160 missing</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20r4p55vdvo">Salt Path Author next book delayed</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly8zvexp42o">Original Birkin bag sold…£££££££!</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c628zy2584no">Australian actor Julian McMahon dies aged 56</a><br />
Dave and Caroline will be guesting on a Creative Commons curator panel as part of Netlabel Week

Upcoming events

<a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">Podcrawl Summer 2025</a> on Saturday 2 August 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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Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
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Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server<br />
Paul (TopCat Radio) for the use of their Icecast server

The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network