This week on The Bugcast: AI hallucinations, Linux Lads, meeting friends, theatre, art exhibition, Eurovision, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.
#896 42 billion listeners
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Songs played
- Khymeras – The End Of Time – from Italy – source
- texasradiofish – Redefine Cool (feat. The Concept of Energy, J Lang) – from Galveston County, TX – source
- Signed In Black – More Is Not Enough – from Germany – source
- Yris – Assomption – from France – source
- Alain Caylus – Full Water – from France – source
- Stefan Kartenberg – Die Polizei (feat. Kraftamt, Platinum Butterfly, Snowflake) – from Germany – source
- Duro Mambo – La Morena Mix – from Rancho Cucamonga, CA – source
- Rewob – Come Back To God (feat. reusenoise, Skill_Borrower) – from Earth – source
Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking
Topics
- “Loved by an estimated 42 billion monthly listeners…”
- Conisbrough’s bid for Town of Culture 2028
- Linux Lads – OggCamp Special
- Meeting with fatfreddie and mrsfatfreddie
- RSC, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The Unfriend
- Alex’s next theatre production, Dave is now a theatre technician
- Ravenfield Art Exhibition
- Conisbrough Park Run
- Eurovision Song Contest final – will it be the same show this year?
Upcoming events
- Podcrawl Early Solstice 2026 on Saturday 13 June from 18:00 UK time
- TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow
- It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in June.
Announcements
- There will be no show on Friday 29 May.
- Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
- The next show will be episode 897 which will be streamed live on Friday 22 May 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
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- The artists for allowing us to play their music.
- Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
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- PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server
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