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

May 28, 202551 minSeason 6Ep. 4342
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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.


🇨🇦 In Canada news:


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

👑 King Charles visits the colonies with promises of arming an ordinarily placid country


🇺🇸 In USA news:


☎️ Big Beautiful Bill resolute in bid to reach Trump's desk

🤑 Food 'sucked' at Trump's $148m meme coin dinner


📖 In Books and Language news:


🤖 AI-generated summer reading list published in newspapers

;Semicolon usage on the decline


⛅️ In Light in the Darkness news:


☀️ Solar panels in space to transmit electricity to Earth

🧠 Feeling awe helps mental health


🎧 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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