Top Stories!

Episode

• REVIVAL section 17.07.2026 10mnt

  Welcome to Top Stories, the show where we dive back into the Bugle archives and pick the Top Story from a previous issue, up next from issue 4006, and 28th November 2016, Andy was joined live from the shed as my sister Helen Zaltzman joined me for the Top Story, the Revival section of The Bugle from Gilmore Girls to Tony Blair! Thanks for listening, more classic clips soon.  Now go listen to the latest Bugle, in your feed now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Last Bugle of the Decade 14.07.2026 6mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories, the show where we revisit the Top Stories from years gone by, this episode issue 4134 as Andy, Alice Fraser, and Hari Kondabolu, see out the decade as Trump’s impeachment is confirmed to be going ahead (just) That was another Top Story. Thanks for listening. Now pop over the mothership and listen to the last Bugle podcast. It’s like Top Stories, but longer and newer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Tough Winter Ahead! 10.07.2026 10mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories…Monday 11th October, issue 4208 of The Bugle, and The Winter of 2021 was set to be a tricky one, as Andy, Tom Ballard, and Neil Delamere discussed the impending stock piling! There you go, what a show it was. Now please help us stay alive by donating at thebuglepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Penis on Roof 07.07.2026 6mnt

  Welcome to Top Stories, the show where we go back into the Bugle archives and pick the Top Stories from issues yonder, up this time from issue 69, Andy and John Oliver, broke the story of a year long undiscovered 60ft penis graffitied on £1m house, and the culprit, the victim’s own son! Thanks for listening, more classic clips soon.  Now go listen to the latest Bugle, in your feed now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Update on Syria 03.07.2026 9mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. On March 16, 2012, issue 187 John and I updated you the Buglers on Syria and delved into the private lives of the Syrian nation's dictator Bashar al-AssadAssad and his wife, From country music to America’s Got Talent! Enjoy that? Subscribe to the Bugle now through our voluntary donation scheme at the bugle podcast dot com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Royal Round-up 01.07.2026 8mnt

  In this episode of Top Stories we’re heading back to the 5th of June, 2014, and issue 271, that week’s Top Story. King Juan Carlos hangs up his crown, after the controversial monarch abdicated. That was another Top Story. Thanks for listening. Now pop over the mothership and listen to the last Bugle podcast. It’s like Top Stories, but longer and newer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Happy Independence Day! 26.06.2026 6mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. In this episode we’re going back issue 4114, Friday 5th of July 2019, joining Andy that week were Alice Fraser and Anuvab Pal, the week’s Top Story, Happy Independence Day! And Trump’s overkill celebrations, why aren’t we surprised? That was another Top Story. Thanks for listening. Now pop over the mothership and listen to the last Bugle podcast. It’s like Top Stories, but longer and newer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Petroleum News Now 23.06.2026 7mnt

  In this episode of Top Stories we’re going all the way back to November 2007, near where all this started, and episode 6, where Andy and John discussed the Top Story of that week, the OPEC summit. There you go, what a show that was. If you wanna hear more and up to date all be it not exactly new news. Then why not listen at thebuglepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Ding Dong 19.06.2026 10mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. In this episode we’re going all the way back over a decade ago to issue 230, and the week commencing Monday 15th of April 2013, where Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver commemorated and berated the death of the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher. There you go, what a show it was. Now please help us stay alive by donating at thebuglepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• DUDES News 16.06.2026 9mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories, this week we’re heading all the way back to 2012, and 27th of February where Andy and John Oliver discussed the Top Story that week, Dudes, and the news that men aren’t going extinct, well yet…Thanks, more classic clips tomorrow. Now go listen to the latest Bugle, in your feed now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• How to Earn a Bugle F**kulogy 12.06.2026 8mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. In this episode we're turning back the clocks all the way back to the 8th March 2013, where Andy and John Oliver discussed the passing of Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez and why he didn’t get a infamous Bugle fuckulogy!  There you go, what a show it was. Now please help us stay alive by donating at thebuglepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• THE SEA 09.06.2026 7mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. We going back to 2023, and the 17th March where Andy was joined by Alice Fraser & Neil Delamere as they break the historical news that the world’s nations had agreed to protect oceans after a decade long talk. That was another Top Story. Thanks for listening. Now pop over the mothership and listen to the last Bugle podcast. It’s like Top Stories, but longer and newer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• What the F**k just happened? 05.06.2026 9mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. We’re going back, almost a decade now, to Monday 14th November 2016, as Andy, Hari Kondabolu and Producer Chris, talk about the result of the 2016 US Presidential Election  I know what you’re thinking now, I also want to listen to a newer episode of The Bugle, well I’m not stopping you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Start Your Engines! 02.06.2026 9mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. This episode we’re heading to Monday 2nd April, and Episode 188. Where John and Andy discuss the news that the world’s roads come to a stand still as oil prices rise! Thanks, more classic clips tomorrow. Now go listen to the latest Bugle, in your feed now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Tensions growing in the Middle East 29.05.2026 12mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. We're taking you all the way back, to ‘not’ quite the beginning but close enough, the 13th of June 2011. Where Andy and John discussed the Top Story that week, that tensions in the Middle East continue, and the Yemen crisis. That was another Top Story. Thanks for listening. Now pop over the mothership and listen to the last Bugle podcast. It’s like Top Stories, but longer and newer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Top Story this week! Ceasefire in the Middle East 26.05.2026 10mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. This episode I’m taking you back to 24th of May and issue number 4195, where Nato Green, Anuvab Pal and Andy discussed the breaking news of the tentative ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, after 250 people killed in a humanitarian catastrophe. I know what you’re thinking now, I also want to listen to a newer episode of The Bugle, well I’m not stopping you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• It’s getting hot, hot, HOT! 22.05.2026 10mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories, We’re heading back to the not too distant past, Friday 19th of July 2021, and issue 4199. Joining Andy, was Alice Fraser and Anuvab Pal as they discuss the Top Story that week, temperatures across the world are getting hot, hot, HOT! Thanks, more classic clips soon.  Now go listen to the latest Bugle, in your feed now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Live Stream Special 19.05.2026 10mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. In this episode we’re heading back to our live stream episode, issue 4188 back on 27th of March 2021. The Top Story that week, Global trading halts due as a ship draws a penis in the Suez canal! There you go, what a show that was. If you wanna hear more and up to date all be it not exactly new news. Then why not listen at thebuglepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• 2020 Review Leftovers 15.05.2026 11mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories! We're heading back to the start of 2021, where Andy was joined by Nish Kumar and Alice Fraser, and they had festive leftovers from the Bugle review of 2020. That was another Top Story. Thanks for listening. Now pop over the mothership and listen to the last Bugle podcast. It’s like Top Stories, but longer and newer! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• Our 150th Anniversary since relaunch! 14.05.2026 5mnt

  Welcome back to Top Stories. In this episode we travel back an over half a decade ago, to the 150th anniversary of the relaunch of The Bugle. Andy was joined by Nish Kumar, and Hari Kondabolu, as they find themselves suffering from cabin fever during the Covid-19 lockdown!Thanks, more classic clips tomorrow. Now go listen to the latest Bugle, in your feed now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.