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Feb 2024
46m 24s

Fighting Ceasefire With Ceasefire

The Bugle
About this episode

What a glorious week - politicians fighting like children over how to achieve peace, a Russian whodunnit (we all know), Trump put the sneak into sneaker. And some astronaut bullshit, they really are full of it. Plus, let's get sad about an owl.


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This episode was presented and written by:


  • Andy Zaltzman
  • Alice Fraser
  • Josh Gondelman


And produced by Laura Turner and Chris Skinner


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