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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! We are part of the Team Bugle subscriber channel. Sign up and get Ask Andy - our exclusive, extra monthly show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr ...
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Lost Ladies of Lit

Amy Helmes & Kim Askew

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A book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, journalists, authors, and cultural historians discussing lost classics by women writers.
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Presenting an insight-drivendigital marketing to up your skills. Join us as we delve into the success stories of marketing leaders who made it big in the field of Digital Growth, SEO, Content Marketing, Business Development, Analytics, Research, Paid Ads, Social media marketing, lead generation and many more. Join host, Kaushal Thakkar (Founder - Infidigit) as he interviews marketing leaders and uncovers the tried and tested strategies that have played a pivotal role in the growth of a busin ...
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Joz Norris and Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall join host Alice Fraser for episode 169 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 📺 TV switch-off 🛰 Space mysteries 📱 TikTok sued 🐶 Snoopolympics 🐝 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Written by Alice Fraser, Joz Norris and Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall Produced by…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. She was called “the most beautiful woman in the world,” but silver screen siren Hedy Lamarr was much more than just a pretty face. Looking to help combat German U-boats during WWII, she pioneered technology that today serves as the basis for wireless innovations like Bluetooth, GPS and Wifi. Lamar rec…
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Alice Tovey and Tom Neenan join host Alice Fraser for episode 168 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 💰 Navy > gig work 💎 Mercury diamond 🇫🇷 Olympics ceremony 🇳🇴 Norwegian guilt 🥜 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Written by Alice Fraser, Alice Tovey and Tom Neenan Produced by Ped Hunter, with …
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Send us a Text Message. Did you know that Noel Streatfeild’s 1936 children’s book Ballet Shoes is based on her earlier novel The Whicharts, a tawdrier and not-for-children “shadow twin” that was published five years prior? Find out why it’s our favorite of the two in this week’s episode with our guest, author and bookstagrammer Wendy-Marie Chabot. …
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John Robertson and Garrett Millerick join host Alice Fraser for episode 167 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 🍆 Dick pic app 🦈 Cocaine sharks 👩🏻‍💻 College to corporate 📱 Eton brick phones ✈️ Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Written by Alice Fraser, John Robertson and Garrett Millerick Produc…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Long before an insatiable press laid siege to Catherine, Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, Meghan Markle and in-law to America’s “royal family,” Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Empress Elizabeth of Austria was the beautiful royal everyone wanted a piece of. Feeling like a prisoner in a gilded cage, “Sisi” …
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Siân Docksey and Tom Neenan join host Alice Fraser for episode 166 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 😂 Legislating LOLs 💉 Enhanced Olympics 🤖 Security robot 🤳 Child labour 👩‍❤️‍👩 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Written by Alice Fraser, Siân Docksey and Tom Neenan Produced by Ped Hunter, wit…
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Send us a Text Message. Pack your steamer trunks! We’re traveling to 19th-century Bavaria this week by way of Ann Schlee’s 1980 historical novel Rhine Journey, newly republished by McNally Editions. This Booker-Prize nominated travel tale features vivid period details, sultry psychological thrills and a protagonist on the brink of a personal revolu…
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Chloe Petts and Steve Bugeja join host Alice Fraser for episode 165 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. This week: Romance novel bookshops and emotional AI. Also, porridge, too hot or too cold? Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Written by Alice Fraser, Chloe Petts and Steve Bugeja Produced by Laura Tur…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Reflecting back on four years of literary “lost ladies,” Amy celebrates our 200th episode with a quirky list of yearbook superlatives to help jog your memory about some of our favorite titles, including the books “Most Likely to Make You Eat Your Vegetables,” “Most Likely to Up Your Selfie Game,” and …
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Sami Shah and Nic Sampson join host Alice Fraser for episode 164 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 💊 Risky behaviour ☄️ Space debris 🖕 Elon Musk 🤑 Martin Shkreli 🏎 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-most-common-pain-relief-drug-may-induce-risky-…
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Send us a Text Message. An Australian author — and the 1979 film adaptation of her work — capture Kim and Amy’s fancy this week on the show. Published in 1901 and written when author Miles Franklin was only eighteen years old, My Brilliant Career became an instant classic of Australian literature and still delights readers with its feisty heroine, …
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Dan Ilic and Joe Kent-Walters (aka Frankie Monroe) join host Alice Fraser for episode 163 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 🥵 Climate jobs 🧖🏻‍♀️ Sauna sessions 🖥 Cheat sues Apple 🤳 Influencer fined 🍴 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-climate-jobs…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Things get weird on the show this week as Amy and Kim commune with some ladies of literature from beyond the veil… with a little bit of help from ChatGPT. Check out our “interview” with Restoration-era author and playwright Aphra Behn, then find out what happens when we play around with prompts for Vi…
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John-Luke Roberts and Katie Norris join host Alice Fraser for episode 162 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 🔫 3D printing 🐧 Disney hacked 👋 AI wave 🤖 Robotic pets 🐘 Elephant names 📱 1-word texts 🫃🏻 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://gizmodo.com/youtube-ghost-gun-content-3d-pri…
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Send us a Text Message. You may think you’ve never read anything by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, but if you’ve read any Thomas Mann, there’s a good chance you’ve seen her handiwork. Lowe-Porter was a writer and translator whose greatest (but largely unsung) success came in the form of translating 22 monumental works by the German literary giant. Her En…
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Pierre Novellie and Tom Neenan join host Alice Fraser for episode 161 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 🛞 Leafy greens 🥜 Death nuggets 💦 Waterfall pipe 🪹 Mean magpies 🧘🏻‍♂️ Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/tire-wear-additives-…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Writers Carson McCullers and W.H. Auden, literary editor George Davis, composer Benjamin Britten and burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee... once upon a time they all lived together in a house in Brooklyn Heights, an early 1940s version of the sitcom "Friends," only this one populated by an ever-changing mix…
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Josh Gondelman and Alison Spittle join host Alice Fraser for episode 160 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 👶🏻 Social media babies 🥶 Cryonics client 🤖 AI CEOs 🐕 Poo drama 💅🏻 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/29/us/social-media-children-influencers-cec/i…
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Send us a Text Message. Guest Carrie Courogen, author of the acclaimed new bio "Miss May Does Not Exist," joins us to discuss comic genius Elaine May. Known for her groundbreaking work in comedy, screenwriting, directing, and acting, May rose to fame as part of the iconic comedy duo Nichols and May. Despite her significant contributions to films li…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Marcel Duchamp created one of the most influential works of art in the 20th century. Or did he? There are some who theorize that a woman — “proto-punk” poet and Dada-ist Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven — is the true genius behind the groundbreaking “Fountain” urinal sculpture that rocked the art world in…
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Are you ready for the groundbreaking evolution of e-commerce in the B2B sector? Join Ruby Gupta, CMO of Industrybuying, and Mehul Ashar, Sr. VP of Revenue at Infidigit, as they navigate through the digital revolution reshaping the B2B landscape. In this episode of The Growth Genius Season 3, brought to you by Infidigit, we delve deep into the trend…
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Cerys Bradley and AJ Lamarque join host Alice Fraser for episode 159 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 💎 Fast diamonds 🔥 Mariachi turf war 🧮 Counting crows 🚬 Minaj drugs bust 🚴 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-make-diamonds-…
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Siân Docksey and James Nokise join host Alice Fraser for episode 158 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 🛑 Driverless car prank ✝️ Vatican phenomena 🥖 Smelly stamps 🥜 Testicle plastics 🍍 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://carscoops.com/2024/05/t-shirt-with-stop-sign-on-it-fools-…
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Send us a Text Message. In this special catch-up episode, we take a breather to share updates and insights from our recent reads, including works by Sylvia Townsend Warner and Radclyffe Hall. Amy introduces a quirky new business idea inspired by silent disco and Shakespeare, and we invite listeners to text feedback using a new ‘text us’ feature. Pl…
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Lewis Hobba and Craig Quartermaine join host Alice Fraser for episode 157 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 😵‍💫 Ayahuasca speech 🥙 Kebab prices 🦟 Zombie cicadas 🥛 Raw milk 🍝 Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://nypost.com/2024/05/09/us-news/osu-commencement-speaker-chris-pan-def…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Inspired by Barbara Comyns, who lived with an unusual assortment of pets over the years, this bonus episode explores female authors who owned pet monkeys. Amy discusses Virginia Woolf and her Nazi-disarming marmoset Mitz, Nellie Bly’s fez-wearing travel companion, McGinty, and other primates who captu…
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🚀 Dive into the transformative world of AI in healthcare marketing with our latest episode on "How AI Transforms Healthcare Marketing"! 🌐 Join Jasrita Dhir from Karkinos Healthcare and Mehul Ashar, Sr. VP of Revenue at Infidigit, to explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the approach to reaching and engaging healthcare audiences eff…
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Joz Norris and Alison Spittle join host Alice Fraser for episode 156 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 🤖 Humans v bots 📱 Candy Crush priest 🤑 Money dysmorphia 🐭 Disney remote work 🏃🏻‍♂️ Reviews Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Story 1: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/dead-internet-web-bots-humans…
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Send us a Text Message. Barbara Comyns was recently called, “the best English novelist you’ve never heard of” and her unsettling gothic novels are equal parts enchanting and horrific. Joining us is Avril Horner, author of "Barbara Comyns: A Savage Innocence," who offers insight into Comyns' unique blend of dark humor and her empathetic portrayals o…
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Tiff Stevenson and John-Luke Roberts join host Alice Fraser for episode 155 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. 🌕 New moon 🦑 Squid mating 🐝 Bedroom monsters 🔥 Fire-spitting robo-dog 🍔 Reviews 🧑🏻‍🌾 D'Ancey LaGuarde! Story 1: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/04/27/earths-new-second-moon-is-as-big-as-the-statu…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Inspired by watching Caitlin Clark play in this year’s NCAA tournament, Amy is feeling uncharacteristically “sporty” in this week’s bonus episode. She’ll dive into the history of Ina Eloise Young, America’s first female sports editor at a daily newspaper whose coverage of the 1908 World Series so impr…
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Athena Kugblenu and Tom Neenan join host Alice Fraser for episode 154 of The Gargle. All of the news, with none of the politics. Paintball security Salt crystal clouds Wayne bosses Internet sleuths Reviews Story 1: https://newatlas.com/technology/paintball-security-paintcam-eve/ Story 2: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-secretive-experim…
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Send us a Text Message. Dying by suicide shortly after her novel, Love and Silence, was rejected for publication in 1963, Egyptian writer Enayat al-Zayyat gained brief recognition when the book was finally published four years after her death. Discovering the novel in a Cairo market some 30 years later launched acclaimed Egyptian writer Iman Mersal…
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