The 9pm Edict

The Edict’s Summer Series concludes with special guest Justin Warren, "consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating™ labelling scheme".We talk about tyrants, incompetence, Spider-Man, the nature of democracy, bananas, ethics, Elon Musk's brain implants, chainsaws, ASIO. political interference, nuclear strategy, the sunk cost fallacy, and Meta's new corporate values.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00159/Please consider supporting The 9pm Autumn Series 2022 crowdfunding campaign:https://the9pmedict.com/autumn2022If you miss that deadline:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The Summer Series continues with a long, long conversation with Scottish author, social researcher, and podcaster David F Porteous in which we were both horribly wrong. But at length.In this episode we compare and contrast Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison. We also talk about blaming the poor people, privatising the Moon, Prince Charles, haggis, cheese, racism, refrigeration, Jacob Rees-Mogg, universal basic income, writing, cancer, and the Queen's secret affair.And we get it completely wrong about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, because we recorded this on the morning of 22 February Australian time. It's not our fault.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00158/Please consider supporting The 9pm Edict:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The Summer Series continues with special guest Leo Puglisi, the young lad from Melbourne who founded and runs 6 News Australia, and who's been copping flak on social media from all manner of politically motivated trolls.We spoke about how he created 6 News and the trolls he's attracted, fact-checking and the art of journalism, elections, and indeed the upcoming federal election -- including a detailed conversation about the seat of Kooyong.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00157/Please consider supporting The 9pm Edict:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The Summer Series continues with yet another trip down the wombat warren of conspiracy theories and disinformation. Joining me once more is Elise Thomas, freelance journalist and OSINT analyst with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.Our focus this time is on the Convoy to Canberra, the current freedom-seeking protests inspired by Canadian truckers' Freedom Convoy to OttawaFull podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00156/Please consider supporting The 9pm Edict:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The Summer Series 2022 continues, as does that goddam global pandemic. So inevitably we’re joined once more by science communicator and medical researcher Upulie Divisekera and infectious diseases physician Dr Trent Yarwood.We talk about that pandemic thing, because we kind of have to. But we also discuss hydrogen peroxide therapy (which is not really a thing), salt therapy (which is kind of a thing), ointments (which are definitely a thing), MyHealthRecord, brinjal pickle, how Twitter rots your brain, fossils, fungi, leprosy aka Hansen's Disease, and that Serbian tennis player.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00155/Please consider supporting The 9pm Edict:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The summer series of The 9pm Edict kicks off today with our special guest, the wonderful Andrew P Street -- journalist, commentator, raconteur, and bearded person.We talk about many things, including parenting, poetry, pubic lice, productivity, journalism, capsicums, mullets, the Vaccine Police, the Bishop of Worcester, urine therapy, NFTs, and of course the continuing global pandemic.And, of course, that whole thing about the Serbian tennis player and his visa.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00154/Please consider supporting The 9pm Edict :https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

At last 2021 is coming to a close, so in this episode I look back at this shambles of a year, and maybe generate some hope for 2022. I'll call this the first episode of the summer series, for obscure but sensible reasons which I won't explain.We talk about a whole bunch of things, including COVID-19, obviously, procrastination, people who compare things to the Holocaust which are not at all like the Holocaust, men who feel threatened, Craig Kelly, and of course Scott Bloody Morrison.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00153/Please consider supporting The 9pm Edict via it's current Pozible crowdfunding campaign:https://the9pmedict.com/summer2022If you miss that deadline there's always the usual tip jar:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The Australian government made many changes to the regulation of the online world during 2021. They were the subject earlier this month when I was a guest on the new podcast Talking Tech Policy from the new Tech Policy Design Centre at the Australian National University.The podcast is hosted by Johanna Weaver, the centre's Director, who I know from her previous gig as a senior policy adviser an Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Most recently she was Australia's representative at the United Nations for cybersecurity and critical technology."In the second episode of Talking Tech Policy, Johanna is joined in conversation by Melinda Cilento, CEO at CEDA and host of The Economist's Corner; Stilgherrian, journalist and host of The 9pm Edict; and Dr Emily Van Der Nagel, lecturer in social media at Monash University," is how they describe this episode."Together, the group discuss Johanna's interview with Minister Fletcher while examining Australia's approach to tech policy and the strengths and weaknesses of the government's recent round of regulatory changes."That Minister would be Paul Fletcher, the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, who has has blocked me on Twitter. We have that kind of relationship.Johanna's interview formed the podcast's first episode, and it's also available on YouTube. It's about as exciting as you might imagine. Our conversation in this episode is much better.This episode of Talking Tech Policy was produced by Anna Davies. Tanvi Nair and Amy Denmede provided invaluable research support, and Ben Gowdie production support only an avid podcast listener can provide.You can contact the Centre via techpolicydesign@anu.edu.au, and it's on Twitter at @TPDesignCentre.Full podcast details at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/ttp002/Please consider supporting The 9pm Edict via it's current Pozible crowdfunding campaign:https://the9pmedict.com/summer2022If you miss that deadline there's always the usual tip jar:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

Is Australia ready to embrace an official digital currency? How is the government cracking down on crypto and Buy Now, Pay Later payment systems? I was the special guest on this week's Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News."Australian technology news podcast Vertical Hold dives into the big stories of the week. Joined by Australia's leading tech journalists every Friday, co-hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman channel-surf through the headlines in search of the big picture," they write."This week, we're joined by the one and only Stilgherrian to talk cryptocurrencies, buy now pay later schemes, mobile payments and… volcanoes. With the Federal Government talking regulation, national digital currencies and more, what's in the future of digital money?"Vertical Hold can be found in all the podcast apps or at:https://verticalhold.com.auFull podcast details at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/vh358/Please consider supporting The 9pm Edict at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

It's the last day of spring so it's time for the final episode of the Edict's Spring Series. Our special guest is the marvellous Alex Lee, TV writer, actor, comedian, Dragon Friend, and creator of comedy on SBS TV's The Feed.We talk about many things, including the comedy of climate change, a sport called mashball, Australia's plan to tackle defamation via social media, Dungeons & Dragons, hope, what it's like to be sued for defamation, pudenda (plural), and the importance of a dark sense of humour.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00152/Please support this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/