About this episode

The episode discusses the situation in Hong Kong during the protests of August 2019, featuring a live performance from Edinburgh.

Welcome to Top Stories, we’re heading back to the 19th August 2019, and issue 4118, live from New Town Theatre, Edinburgh, where Andy was joined by Alice Fraser and Tom Ballard, the Top Story, the situation in Hong Kong and a football stadium full of tanks  Enjoy that? Why not subscribe to the Bugle now through our voluntary donation scheme at the bugle podcast dot com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Andy

Guests: Alice Fraser, Tom Ballard

Topics covered

• Hong Kong protests
• comedy
• live performance
• political commentary
• current events

Keywords

• Hong Kong
• protests
• comedy
• Edinburgh
• live podcast
• politics
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hong Kong, New Town Theatre, Edinburgh

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