This week on The Bugcast: amateur radio, wildfire alerts, train derailments, Idle Fantasy, Jason Arday, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.
#907 Vaguely Relatable Yapper
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Songs played
- H.I.M. – I’m Not The Flame – from Russia – source
- Kris Dee – Runaway (feat. Laura Wibberley-Wood) – from Essex, UK – source
- Signed In Black – Down Again – from Russia – source
- Alex Freem – Wishful Thinking – from USA – source
- Foresister – Дискотека – from Ukraine – source
- Complicated People International – My Turn To Turn – from USA – source
- Ed Napoli – Copo Virado – from Brazil – source
- Strange Pink – Boys Club – from Hull, UK – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
- Caroline is now a licensed amateur operator; callsign M6VRY
- Radio adventures on Monday
- BBC News: Millions sent wildfire emergency phone alert warning against ‘any activity that could start a fire’
- BBC News: Weekend cancellations after East Sussex train derailment
- BBC News: Derailed Essex train leads to travel chaos
- Idle Fantasy Update
- BBC News: Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead
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