Description

This week on The Bugcast: amateur radio, Christmas, dentistry, snakes, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.

Songs played

• Sunn – The Mystery Of Life – from Hradec Králové, Czechia – source
• Micki McDonald – Turn Towards Me – from Virginia Beach, VA – source
• Failed Millennials – Everything Is A Story – from Puerto Rico – source
• Lenny Wiles Lionstar – Forgotten In The Blink Of An Eye – from Hex County, PA – source
• Igor Pumphonia – Shining Bright – from St Petersburg, Russia – source
• Kinematic – Letter – from Melbourne, Australia – source
• Perséphone – Ailleurs – from Bagneux, France – source
• Hangover Files – With You By My Side – from Spain – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

Alex is now a qualified Foundation Amateur Radio operator

Dave is going for his Intermediate Amateur Radio licence

Christmas

14:30 at 15:55 (a dentistry reference, in case you were wondering)

IMDb: Anaconda (2025)

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 882 which will be streamed live on Friday 9 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

The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network