This week on The Bugcast: we celebrate Alex’s 13th birthday, Chuck Norris, Dame Jenni Murray, lots more plays, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.
Songs played Echolight – Boom, Boom, Boom – from Spain – source * Ed Napoli – Greatest Showman – from Brazil – source * Stokastiko – Sole Lontano – from Italy – source * The Verandas – I Don’t Know Why – from Bielefeld, Germany – source * GIUCA – Life Goes On (feat. Annalena) – from Germany – source * Aled Edwards – Meant To Be – from Cardiff, UK – source * Bob Wish – Dancing Alone – from Italy – source * Igor Pumphonia – Immaculate Dream* – from St Petersburg, Russia – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics* Alex’s birthday * Phil is no longer “From Work” * BBC News: Action movie star Chuck Norris has died aged 86 * BBC News: Dame Jenni Murray, former BBC Woman’s Hour presenter, dies at 75 * Prima Facie * IMDb: Project Hail Mary (2026) * Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty * Hadestown Teen Edition
Upcoming events Podcrawl Post Easter 2026 on Saturday 11 April from 18:00 UK time * OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK * It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in May.*
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* The next show will be episode 891 which will be streamed live on Friday 27 March 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC)*.
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Special thanks go to* Our supporters! * The artists for allowing us to play their music. * Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show. * Internet Archive for hosting the media files * Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server * PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server
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