The Gargle
From the makers of The Bugle, this is a weekly show that skips the news pages and takes a sideways glance at the nonsense contained within the culture, celebrity, tech, science and advice sections of the news.
Alice Fraser is joined every show by two great comics from across the globe, bringing 30 minutes of smart satire alongside juvenile nonsense!
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 205
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
eBay | Succulents | Chipmunks
Alison Spittle and James Colley join host Alice Fraser for episode 23 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🐷 eBay terror campaign
🖐 Amazon palm biometrics
🌵 Poached succule…
Human brains | Roof alligator | Wu-Tang Clan
Nish Kumar and Josh Gondelman join host Alice Fraser for episode 22 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
😳 Man nearly wanks himself to death
🤯 Ancient exploded brain
🚬 Toba…
Lego guns | Sex | Mummified pig
James Nokise and John-Luke Roberts join host Alice Fraser for episode 21 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🧱 Lego handguns
🚀 Space billionaires
👶🏻 Tech firm fertility bo…
AI punk | Emmys | Cycling wangs
Alison Spittle and John Robertson join host Alice Fraser for episode 20 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🎸 AI punk band releasing NFTs
💰 Stolen crypto seized
🐟 Massive …
Alexa | Toilet snake | Robot pizza chef
Tom Neenan and James Colley join host Alice Fraser for episode 19 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
📱 Get fired via an app
🗣 Alexas sue Amazon
🐍 Dick-biting toilet snake
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Naked sunbathers | Haunted village | Tuna
Tiff Stevenson and Josh Gondelman join host Alice Fraser for episode 18 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🦌 Buck naked sunbathers
👻 For sale: haunted Scottish village
🐟…
Amazon | Pistachios | Fish
Nato Green and Matt Kirshen join host Alice Fraser for episode 17 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle. What a show we have this week...
📦 Amazon destruction zone
🥜 Illegal …
Silicon Valley | Pride | Shame
John-Luke Roberts and Eleanor Morton join host Alice Fraser for episode 16 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🦠 Bitcoin Covid party
🇨🇦 NFT dogecoin party
🚁 Flying cars
✈️ J…
Social media | Heroic rat | Noah's ark
James Nokise and Benjamin Partridge join host Alice Fraser for episode 15 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
📱 TikTok stealing faces?
✉️ Facebook newsletters
🐀 Heroic rat…
Brain chip | Sandwich | Vulva
Tiff Stevenson and Charlie George join host Alice Fraser for episode 14 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🧠 Elon Musk brain chip
🥪 Stupid massive sandwich
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Cicada butts | Chicken kissing | Organised crime
Matthew Crosby and Ben Clark from Pappy's join host Alice Fraser for episode 13 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🦟 Cicada butt fungus
🐔 Chicken kissing
💉 Vaccine lotte…
Planet | Technology | Food and Drink
Anuvab Pal and Rachel Fairburn join host Alice Fraser for episode 12 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🌏 Plastic pollution
🤑 Green cryptocurrency
🚗 Driverless cars
🍹 Cher…
Worm butts | Chernobyl | Volcano
Alison Spittle and James Colley join host Alice Fraser for episode 11 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🐛 Worm with 100 butts
🐈 Cats like sitting in squares
☢️ Chernobyl…
Pandemic Olympics | Cat narcotics | NFTs
Josh Gondelman and Felicity Ward join host Alice Fraser for episode 10 of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy show from The Bugle.
🇯🇵 Tokyo Olympics and Covid
🐈 Cat sneaks drugs into prison
📖 Meghan …
Animals | Explosions | Junk
Charlie George and Fin Taylor join host Alice Fraser for episode nine of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy show from The Bugle.
🐴 Digital horses
🐛 Deep-fried Colin
🐢 Flying turtle
🐟 Future of salmon
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Spying news | Future news | Losing It news
Tiff Stevenson and Alison Spittle join host Alice Fraser for episode eight of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🚁 Drone flown on Mars
🍁 MP nude on Zoom
🔍 Why spy on the Net…
Soapy porn | Espionage | Bitcoin
Richard Herring and Benjamin Partridge join host Alice Fraser for episode seven of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
This week:
🏠 House raffle
🧼 Soapy porn
⚛️ New subatomic…
Something we like
Alice is kicking off her run of shows in Melbourne, go see her now, in the meantime, we have a(nother) NEW SHOW. Subscribe to Tiny Revolutions with Tiff Stevenson, launching on 7th April with Armando…
Post-Covid | Environment | Animals
Andy Zaltzman and Sarah Keyworth join Alice Fraser for episode six of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
👃 Nasal sanitiser
🌛 Sexy moon news
🌊 Bottom trawling
💧 Garden hose e…
Misinformation | Medical news | Animals
Helen Zaltzman and Charlie George join host Alice Fraser for episode five of The Gargle - the weekly topical comedy podcast from The Bugle.
🤖 Misinformation news
💦 Moon to have ark of jizz
😢 Lab-grown …