Description

This week on The Bugcast: Britain gets a medal, James Van Der Beek, Molbook, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.

Songs played

• Aled Edwards – Sunshine State (feat. Regan Stewart) – from Cardiff, UK – source
• Over – Один – from Russia – source
• salvatoreJ – Blue Island Love (feat. Orrisroot) – from Long Island, NY – source
• Andromat Asurov – Love Is An Act – from Russia – source
• Stefan Kartenberg – The Drifter (feat. Riobravo) – from Germany – source
• Transido – A níngún lugar – from Spain – source
• Open Frequency Collective – Unmasking Myself – from USA – source
• Hangover Files – Rise Again – from Spain – source

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

Topics

• Fitting someone else’s vocals to your own tune
• BBC Sport: Weston wins emphatic skeleton gold for first GB medal
• BBC News: Sad passing of James Van Der Beek (Dawson)
• The Guardian: Moltbook

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 888 which will be streamed live on Friday 20 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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