#907 Vaguely Relatable Yapper

This week on The Bugcast: amateur radio, wildfire alerts, train derailments, Idle Fantasy, Jason Arday, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music. Songs played H.I.M. – I’m Not The Flame – from Russia – source Kris Dee – Runaway (feat. Laura Wibberley-Wood) – from Essex, UK – source Signed In Black – Down Again – from Russia – source Alex Freem – Wishful Thinking – from USA – source Foresister – Дискотека – from Ukraine – source Complicated People International – My Turn To Turn – from USA – source Ed Napoli – Copo Virado – from Brazil – source Strange Pink – Boys Club – from Hull, UK – source Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking Topics Caroline is now a licensed amateur operator; callsign M6VRY Radio adventures on Monday BBC News: Millions sent wildfire emergency phone alert warning against ‘any activity that could start a fire’ BBC News: Weekend cancellations after East Sussex train derailment BBC News: Derailed Essex train leads to travel chaos Idle Fantasy Update BBC News: Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead Announcements Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed. The next show will be episode 908 which will be streamed live on Friday 21 August 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1). Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join (you’ll need a Telegram account) 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