#747 The Railway Child

This week on The Bugcast: Caroline sleeps on a railway station concourse for charity and awareness, and we play eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

<a href="https://railwaychildren.enthuse.com/pf/caroline-lee-22190">The Railway Child</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64587070">Burt Bacharach, one of pop’s greatest songwriters, dies aged 94</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64577201">Chariots of Fire director Hugh Hudson dies at 86</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64519292">Eurovision 2023: John Lydon fails in bid to be Ireland’s act for Liverpool</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>There are only 3-ish weeks to submit tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 750, in March.</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 703 and 749!

<strong><a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl">Podcrawl Jitsi Early Spring 2023</a></strong><br />
Saturday 25 March 2023 from 18:00 UK time

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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 748, which will be streamed live on Friday 18 February 2023 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
  • Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
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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 />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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

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TuxJam 101 – Taste of Vanilla

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TuxJam 101? Are we going back to basics? Yes! The basics being the usual creative commons tunes, free and open source software and good beer. In this show, Kevie, Dave (aka thelovebug) and Andrew (aka mcnalu) start with their usual roundup from distrowatch.com.

We take a look at Vanilla OS and, although we liked what we saw, we didn’t get to see as much as we’d like due to various technical issues which we will feed back to the developers.

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Next up, we look at the beverage taste tracking app Flavordex and – purely as a service to you, dear listener – force ourselves to consume beer and whisky (with no e!) so we can enter something into the app.

We end with a roundup of feedback and note that Andrew will be attending (or have attended) FOSDEM on 4-5 Feb 2023 and co-manning the Free Culture Podcasts stand there. The next podcrawl is set for 25 March, just after the vernal equinox, in which we will raise a glass to the arrival of spring.

Creative commons licensed tunes played in this episode:

Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather

On this week’s episode, our space-faring heroes go boldly into Stormy Weather, season 4 episode 6 of Star Trek: Discovery.

The review featured in this episode is a modified version of the work done by the team at Memory Alpha and is released under a CC-BY-NC licence, which means you can use it, transform it, and redistribute it as long as you give appropriate credits to us and Memory Alpha, and you don’t use it for commercial business.

The rest of this episode is released under a CC-BY-SA licence, which means you can do pretty much whatever you want with it, as long as you credit us as the original authors, and if you publish something based on this episode, you have to release it under the same license.

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#746 Reyton top

This week on The Bugcast: a lot less talk this week compared to last, but still with our excellent mix of eight tracks of fantastic 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/world-europe-64515027">Paco Rabanne: Celebrated designer dies aged 88</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64455503">Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams actress, dies at 64</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64450133">Annie Wersching: The Last of Us video game and 24 actress dies at 45</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64430494">The Reytons: South Yorkshire indie band land UK number one album</a><br />
<a href="https://railwaychildren.enthuse.com/pf/caroline-lee-22190">Railway Children Sleepout 2023</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>There are only 4-ish weeks to submit tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 750, in March.</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 703 and 749!

<strong><a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl">Podcrawl Jitsi Early Spring 2023</a></strong><br />
Saturday 25 March 2023 from 18:00 UK time

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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 746, which will be streamed live on Friday 4 February 2023 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
  • Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
    (you’ll need a Telegram account)

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 />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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

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The Examples

The Examples
The Examples

On this week’s episode, our intrepid reviewers go deep into The Examples, Star Trek Discovery’s 5th episode of the 4th season.

The review featured in this episode is a modified version of the work done by the team at Memory Alpha and is released under a CC-BY-NC licence, which means you can use it, transform it, and redistribute it as long as you give appropriate credits to us and Memory Alpha, and you don’t use it for commercial business.

The rest of this episode is released under a CC-BY-SA licence, which means you can do pretty much whatever you want with it, as long as you credit us as the original authors, and if you publish something based on this episode, you have to release it under the same license.

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#745 Uneducated opinionation

This week on The Bugcast: we recognise some recent famous departures, and discuss – at length – the current situation in the British Royal Family, and play eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

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

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64341315">David Crosby: US rock legend dies aged 81</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64339747">Beano’s Bash Street Kids artist David Sutherland dies</a><br />
Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spare-Duke-Sussex-Prince-Harry-ebook/dp/B0BJV8XM2W/">Spare – Caroline finished reading</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>There are only 5-ish weeks to submit tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 750, in March.</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 703 and 749!

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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 746, which will be streamed live on Friday 4 February 2023 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
  • Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
    (you’ll need a Telegram account)

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 />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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

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All Is Possible

All Is Possible

Dave and Yannick are back once again, like the renegade masters they are, to review All Is Possible, the 4th episode of the 4th season of Star Trek: Discovery.

The review featured in this episode is a modified version of the work done by the team at Memory Alpha and is released under a CC-BY-NC licence, which means you can use it, transform it, and redistribute it as long as you give appropriate credits to us and Memory Alpha, and you don’t use it for commercial business.

The rest of this episode is released under a CC-BY-SA licence, which means you can do pretty much whatever you want with it, as long as you credit us as the original authors, and if you publish something based on this episode, you have to release it under the same license.

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#744 Keep calm and Smile on

This week on The Bugcast: we discuss Amazon’s decision to drop their AmazonSmile programme, and play eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

About Amazon: <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/company-news/amazon-closing-amazonsmile-to-focus-its-philanthropic-giving-to-programmes-with-greater-impact">Amazon closing AmazonSmile to focus its philanthropic giving to programmes with greater impact</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 750, in March.</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 703 and 749!

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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 745, which will be streamed live on Friday 27 January 2023 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
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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 />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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

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#743 Hi Ho Silver Lining

This week on The Bugcast: Lisa-Marie, Jeff, Harry, and eight tracks of fantastic 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/entertainment-arts-64255117">Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis, dies aged 54</a><br />
The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/12/legendary-rock-guitarist-jeff-beck-dies-aged-78">Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies aged 78</a><br />
The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/13/prince-harry-spare-book-readers-react">Reactions to Prince Harry’s Spare</a><br />
<a href="https://railwaychildren.enthuse.com/pf/caroline-lee-22190">Big Rail Sleepout 2023</a><br />
The Register: <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/13/happy_friday_13th_microsoft_defender/">Friday the 13th: Windows Defender screws up</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 750, in March.</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 703 and 749!

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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 744, which will be streamed live on Friday 20 January 2023 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
  • Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
    (you’ll need a Telegram account)

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 />
<a href="https://euterpiaradio.ch/">Euterpia Radio</a> for the use of their Shoutcast server

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

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Choose to live

Choose to live
Choose to live

Dave and Yannick are back, to review Choose to live, the 3rd episode of the 4th season of Star Trek Discovery.

The review featured in this episode is a modified version of the work done by the team at Memory Alpha and is released under a CC-BY-NC licence, which means you can use it, transform it, and redistribute it as long as you give appropriate credits to us and Memory Alpha, and you don’t use it for commercial business.

The rest of this episode is released under a CC-BY-SA licence, which means you can do pretty much whatever you want with it, as long as you credit us as the original authors, and if you publish something based on this episode, you have to release it under the same license.

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