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The Bugle

Fantasy, Sci Fi and speculative fiction, observed through the comedic lens of The Bugle. Become a Bugle subscriber to enjoy this show ad free and help us thrive.

Expect reviews and supernova level hot takes on literature, gaming, films, TV, board games, and anywhere else you can experience space ships, clones and beautiful elves with massive weapons.

A podcast from The Bugle. Hosted by Alice Fraser and friends. Also available as a video podcast.

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Episodes

74 episodes

  1. Games, Games, GAMES 28:25
  2. Adaptations: The Winners & the Losers? 36:52
  3. HEALING 30:06
  4. Magic as Politics, Politics as Magic 37:06
  5. Prisons, Prison Colonies and Prison Planets 39:21
  6. Exoplanets and Unusual Atmospheres 28:06
  7. Political Alternative Remakes 41:37
  8. Korean Sci-Fi & Fantasy 42:41
  9. Sports from Quidditch to The Running Man 41:08
  10. First Contact 37:44
  11. Interspecies interactions 35:41
  12. Mermaids and Walter White's baby 29:14
  13. Greek and Roman Mythology 39:19
  14. Welcome to the Hive Mind 37:45
  15. Talking Weaponry! 37:00
  16. Iconic Puppets in Sci-Fi & Fantasy 28:28
  17. AI interfering with the creative process again! The Dr Who's missing tapes, and Music & Sci-Fi 36:41
  18. When Fantasy turns into Sci-Fi, Pre-Jackson Lord of the Rings and the Moomins? 38:18
  19. Moving Cities, Lord of the Rings Rewatch, and Questioning the Monarchy in the World of Fantasy! 29:47
  20. Urban Fantasy, Fish Out of Water Tropes, and Giving up Waiting for a Next Instalment 35:13
  21. 28 Days Later sequels, Good Doctors, Bad Doctors and Comedic Doctors and an insight into writing processes! 45:52
  22. Witches, their Archetypes and the new Dresden Files 32:23
  23. Lost, The Mist and other controversial endings 39:13
  24. 2026 Rumours // Gossip // Hearsay 1:30
  25. Exciting things in 2026 // The Odyssey // Disclosure Day 32:32
  26. Christmas // Hogfather // It's A Wonderful Life 41:35
  27. Narnia // Stranger Things // Space Jesus 34:09
  28. Unfiction // Dinotopia // Implausibly large ribcages 31:31
  29. Choose Your Own Adventure // Fighting Fantasy // Spider-Man 45:28
  30. Iterations // The Running Man // King Kong 46:32
  31. George AI Martin? Is it art? 35:27
  32. Villains as heroes // Plur1bus // Improvised crampons 39:46
  33. Ontologypunk // RimWorld // RoboCop 37:18
  34. Portals // Frankenstein // Vorkosigan Saga 36:33
  35. Words of power // Magic of language // Earthsea 39:57
  36. Fan fiction // Alchemised // Alan Moore 31:52
  37. We made a hit book, and saw none of the money! Chris and Alice Unleashed!!! B'Ankruptcy Edition 42:05
  38. Post-colonial Africa // Alien: Earth // District 9 37:03
  39. Installing buttons // Katherine Rundell // Harry Potter 35:14
  40. Competence // Star Trek // Outlander 40:25
  41. Paladins // Grady Hendrix // Star Wars: Starfighter 41:41
  42. Big news next week 0:35
  43. Bodies // Summer of Horror // Befuzzled kings 38:32
  44. Interesting POVs // Romance // Dave Bautista 33:13
  45. Time loops // Bring Her Back // Time loops 36:58
  46. Arthurian legends // Perfume // The Dark is Rising 35:43
  47. Disguises // Superman // Quantum Leap 36:17
  48. Red Sonja // Medieval Fayres // Funny Fantasy 40:02
  49. Redemption Arcs // Comics // Resident Alien 40:50
  50. Flintlock fantasy // 28 Years Later // Culturepunk 42:00