Description

This week on The Bugcast: PenisGate, Mandlegate, Racistgate, NetflixLetbygate, and gate – I mean eight – tracks of Creative Commons music.

Songs played

• Hangover Files – Always The Villain – from Spain – source
• Al Torrado – I Not – from Spain – source
• The Kiss That Took A Trip – I’ll Hurt You If You Stay – from Spain – source
• Wild & Free – Gold In Their Eyes – from Germany – source
• Carmine Rendina – Wonder Girl – from UK – source
• Не Сама – Дзьобиками – from Dnipro, Ukraine – source
• Cat Vicenç – Com un gos – from Spain – source
• Aled Edwards – All In My Mind – from Cardiff, UK – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• The Guardian: Penisgate at the Olympics
• BBC News: Mandlegate
• BBC News: Racistgate
• The Guardian: NetflixLetby Gate

Upcoming events

• Podcrawl Late Winter 2026 on Saturday 21 February from 18:00 UK time
• 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 887 which will be streamed live on Friday 13 February 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

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