
This week on The Bugcast: Melania, Artemis II, don’t feed the birds, Take Back Power, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.
#893 Leap of faith
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Songs played
- Living Dead Rod – Sky’s The Limit – from France – source
- José dos Choios – Imperfecto – from Spain – source
- Wild & Free – Gold In Their Eyes – from Germany – source
- Night Woodpeckers – XiaoLongBao – from Russia – source
- Loveshadow – Be The Change (feat. Snowflake, cdk) – from Birmingham, UK – source
- Earth’s Bones – Ritual – from France – source
- Forget The Whale – Stay – from Jersey City, NJ – source
- Laurence Danova – Real To Me – from Ottawa, Canada – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
- Sky News: Melania Trump impromptu conference
- Sky News: Artemis II imminent splashdown
- BBC News: Want to help garden birds? Don’t feed them in warmer months, says RSPB
- The Independent: Ministers pledge £90m to help save birds, beavers and beetles from extinction
- Take Back Power – Tax the rich to fix Britain
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 June.
Announcements
- Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
- The next show will be episode 894 which will be streamed live on Friday 17 April 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
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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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