A Mostly F***ING BLEAK-Free Bugle!
28 May 2025

A Mostly F***ING BLEAK-Free Bugle!

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This week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by 'quibbling sibling' Helen Zaltzman and Josh Gondelman for a mostly F***ING BLEAK-free episode full of satire, jigsaw news and punctuation puns.


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ In Canada news:


๐Ÿงฉ US-Canada trade war means jigsaw business owners are left picking up the pieces

๐Ÿ‘‘ King Charles visits the colonies with promises of arming an ordinarily placid country


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ In USA news:


โ˜Ž๏ธ Big Beautiful Bill resolute in bid to reach Trump's desk

๐Ÿค‘ Food 'sucked' at Trump's $148m meme coin dinner


๐Ÿ“– In Books and Language news:


๐Ÿค– AI-generated summer reading list published in newspapers

๏ผ›Semicolon usage on the decline


โ›…๏ธ In Light in the Darkness news:


โ˜€๏ธ Solar panels in space to transmit electricity to Earth

๐Ÿง  Feeling awe helps mental health


๐ŸŽง Listen to our sci-fi and fantasy comedy show Realms Unknown hosted by Bugle favourite Alice Fraser, and pick up her book A Passion for Passion here: http://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown


Produced by Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner.

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