The 9pm Edict

In the first special guest episode of The 9pm Edict autumn series we're joined by evelyn douek, lecturer on law and a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Law School, and co-host of the Lawfare podcast Arbiters of Truth.We talk about all manner of things connected with the online information ecosystem, including the lack of transparency at the major platforms like Facebook and Twitter, the war in Ukraine, Russian trolls, furries, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, some Australian politics, unicorns, and how everything is a content moderation issue.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00162/Please consider supporting this podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

In a prelude to The 9pm Edict autumn series we ignore the special guests and rant about other things.In this episode we talk about late social commentary, late night buses, artificial intelligence, tits and teeth, misleading Budget announcements, whiskey, public housing, and of course the forthcoming federal election.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00161/Please consider supporting this podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

Crowdfunding for The 9pm Edict’s autumn series closes in less than 48 hours. This season teaser contains some personal observations on the war, the plague, and the election, as well as a final request for you to pledge your support .Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00160/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 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/