For comedy podcasts, I personally really enjoy the bugle. Andy Zaltzman is a bit of an acquired taste, sometimes he can be incredibly funny to me and other times not so much. I guess you can say that when he hits, he really hits it out of the park for me. In general I think he is best in collaboration with people which is what the bugle is. It first ran from 2007-2015 hosted by Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver, until Oliver became to busy with his success in America. The old bugle is very funny in my opinion. Just for context I do not find John Oliver funny on Last Week Tonight from what I have seen, but he was actually hilarious on the bugle. He and Andy had really good rapport, drawing out good material from both of them.
The Bugle was revived in 2016, this time with a rotating set of hosts in addition to Andy. This included more hosts from around the world as well as some more diverse voices in general. The post-revival bugle has also been very funny, although it does vary a bit more in quality then it did before. My two favorite co-hosts, whom are also the ones with the largest number of episodes, are probably Nish Kumar and Alice Fraser, both of whom really seem to gel with Andy’s style of humor.
I would try to describe the style of humor, but I’m not sure how to do so well. While it is mostly a topical show I actually find it just as funny to go back to old episodes and it’s an interesting way to be reminded of what was going on in the world at the time.
This is definitely not a podcast that nobody knows about, however, I think it is relatively famous.
