<p>🎧 Support The Bugle! Become a Team Bugle subscriber for bonus episodes, exclusive merch, and the unmatched pleasure of elite-tier status: <a href="https://thebuglepodcast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thebuglepodcast.com</a></p><br><p>This week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by 'quibbling sibling' Helen Zaltzman and Josh Gondelman for a mostly F***ING BLEAK-free episode full of satire, jigsaw news and punctuation puns. </p><br><p>🇨🇦 In Canada news:</p><br><p>🧩 US-Canada trade war means jigsaw business owners are left picking up the pieces</p><p>👑 King Charles visits the colonies with promises of arming an ordinarily placid country</p><br><p>🇺🇸 In USA news:</p><br><p>☎️ Big Beautiful Bill resolute in bid to reach Trump's desk</p><p>🤑 Food 'sucked' at Trump's $148m meme coin dinner </p><br><p>📖 In Books and Language news:</p><br><p>🤖 AI-generated summer reading list published in newspapers</p><p>；Semicolon usage on the decline</p><br><p>⛅️ In Light in the Darkness news:</p><br><p>☀️ Solar panels in space to transmit electricity to Earth</p><p>🧠 Feeling awe helps mental health</p><br><p>🎧 Listen to our sci-fi and fantasy comedy show Realms Unknown hosted by Bugle favourite Alice Fraser, and pick up her book A Passion for Passion here: <a href="http://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown</a></p><br><p>Produced by Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
