 Focusing on global news stories (but primarily on UK/US news items), the show was launched shortly after John Oliver's move to New York to work on "The Daily Show", allowing Oliver and Andy Zaltzman to continue a partnership that had previously enjoyed success with "Political Animal" and "The Department".Oliver and Zaltzman co-hosted the podcast from 2007 to 2015, and Zaltzman has hosted it with a rotating set of co-hosts since a relaunch in September 2016.The Bugle was part of Radiotopia from October 2016 until the show announced in mid-December 2018 that it would be leaving Radiotopia at the start of 2019 and switching to independent production funded by a voluntary subscription model.