Current Bun

Left-wing musings, rants, poems and songs on a diverse variety of topics.

Current Bun Show 14 - Coventry Bin Workers Dispute (30/03/22)

Solidarity with striking HGV workers in Coventry. Speeches from Sharon Graham, General Secretary, Unite and comments from strikers and their families on Coventry Labour Council, who are shamefully hiring scab labour in an attempt to break the strike.

03-31
27:51

Current Bun Show 13 - Save Our NHS Leicestershire Protest, Protest Against War in Ukraine (06/03/22)

Protest at cuts to NHS hospitals in Leicester, report from a vigil and public meeting on Ukraine, speech from Sofia Wiking.

03-31
29:28

Current Bun - Episode 12 - "Current Burns", A Burns Night Special (2/2/22)

Readings from Robert Burns and musings on his poetry.

03-31
23:56

Current Bun Show 11: The Curious Tale of Sir Soulsby and the Chinese Granite, Kazakhstan, review of 2021 (13/01/22)

Featuring the tragic, true story of Sir Soulsby and the Chinese Granite, protests in Kazakhstan, and a look back at the events of 2021.

03-31
33:21

Current Bun Show 10 - UCU Strike, efforts to unionise Amazon in the US (05/12/21)

The Current Bun - Andrew Walton reports from the UCU picket line in Leicester and on efforts to unionise Amazon workers.

03-31
26:59

Current Bun Show 9 - reporting from COP26 in Glasgow "COPout" (15/11/21)

"COPout" - reportage from protests held outside the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

03-31
20:35

Current Bun - Show 8 Halloween Special (30.10.21)

The pagan origins of Halloween, "Retirement Home" by Andrew Walton - AI and an advertising executive who achieves immortality, but at what cost?, and a classic ghost story, "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen.

03-31
40:00

Current Bun Episode 7 - Labour and democracy (02/09/2021)

Break the Overton Window with discussions on the demise of Corbyn, the Labour Party, democracy and the need for working-class political representation. Features the song "Oh Jeremy Corbyn, where did it all go wrong?"

03-31
29:53

Current Bun Show 6 'McGonagall - the immortal Bard' (12.08.21)

Classic readings from Victorian poet and tragedian, the much imitated but never equalled William McGonagall - unintentionally "bad" verse, which effortlessly crosses over into the "so bad it is good" category.

03-31
42:46

Current Bun Show 5 "Time" 22.07.21

"Time" - readings from Shelley and Poe, and musings on climate change.

03-31
35:00

Current Bun Show 4 08.07.21

Thoughts on riding LEJOG, the 40th anniversary of the Brixton Riots, and the state of the NHS.

03-31
29:59

Current Bun Show 3 10.06.21

Journey To Magnolia song; Kill the Bill, freedom of speech and China; Should Have Gone To Barnard Castle; musings on Dominic Cummings

03-31
33:54

Current Bun Show 2 27.05.21

Join Andrew Walton for the left-leaning show mixing politics and poetry. Includes an interview with Franklin O'Riordan on the state of football, discussion of Covid corruption, and the history of the word 'Google'.

03-31
39:10

Current Bun Show 1 13.5.21

Contains musings on epic bicycle journeys, the history of the Labour Party, protests against police and military repression in the US and Palestine, and the power of radio.

03-31
34:59

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