This week on The Bugcast: Animal Crossing, UK politics, Ant and Dec, independent podcasting, AI, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.
#883 Asserting our independence
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Songs played
- Pete Progresso – That’s My Way – from USA – source
- Don Calisto – Teorias – from Spain – source
- Rewob – My Heart Beats For You (feat. DevynRose) – from Earth – source
- Bob Wish – Taking The Long Way Now – from Italy – source
- Radioontheshelf – From Two Directions (feat. Panu and the American Girls) – from Earth – source
- DID – Chasing Forever (feat. Zozsky) – from France – source
- Micaroni and Vulcano – To Be Or Not To Be – from USA – source
- Hangover Files – Anna – from Spain – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons update
- BBC News: More rats flee the ship
- BBC News: Police chief retires over Israeli fans ban row
- BBC News: Ant and Dec launch their first podcast – a smart move or late to the party?
- AI -assumptions of intelligence
Upcoming events
- 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.
Announcements
- Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
- The next show will be episode 883 which will be streamed live on Friday 16 January 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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