Monkey Friends & Illegal Waste

About this episode

Alice Fraser is joined by John-Luke Roberts and Josh Gondelman to discuss science and tech news, including animal friendships and the looming ice age.

On this week's issue of the glossy newspaper pullout The Gargle, Alice is joined by John-Luke Roberts and Josh Gondelman. The trio jump into this week's science and tech news - from the looming ice age to great apes having human-like friendships. Plus we're back with another Reviews Section! Alice Fraser: https://www.patreon.com/AliceFraser John-Luke Roberts: https://www.johnlukeroberts.co.uk/ Josh Gondelman: https://www.joshgondelman.com/ 🎤 Get tickets for the LIVE episode of The Gargle HERE https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/the-gargle-live-fri-26th-jun-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202606261800/ Subscribe to Realms Unknown - a fantasy, sci-fi and speculative fiction podcast from Alice Fraser and The Bugle! https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/realms-unknown You fund what we do! https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/donate Produced by Laura Turner, with Executive production from Chris Skinner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Alice Fraser

Guests: John-Luke Roberts, Josh Gondelman

Topics covered

• science news
• technology
• friendship in animals
• ice age
• comedy
• reviews

Keywords

• science
• technology
• friendship
• ice age
• comedy
• podcast
• reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Bugle, Acast, Angel Comedy

Books & works: Realms Unknown

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