The 9pm Edict

A chicken shop in New York leads into a commentary on the correct use of capital letters in a podcast of a slightly different style.This mini-episode was commissioned by Jamie Morrison as part of his reward for supporting The 9pm Autumn Series 2024 crowdfunding campaign.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00217/Please support this podcast by considering a tip:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

A comet! An eclipse! Everything is happening in space! To kick off the autumn series, my special guests are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University, and astrophysicist and founder of SpaceAustralia.com Rami Mandow.In this episode we talk about the plurality of worlds controversy, comets and eclipses, Irish astronomer Agnes Mary Clerke, and what it might take to keep the Moon nice — and much more.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00216/Please support this podcast by considering a tip:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

Have you heard? Artificial intelligence is a thing! Maybe it's even out of control? For that and various other reasons, my special guest for the final summer series episode is Professor Johanna Weaver, former cyber diplomat, and director of the Tech Policy Design Centre at ANU.We talk about making the internet more resilient, diplomacy during the covid times, and Australia's relatively competent approach to regulating artificial intelligence. I even reveal my true age.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00215/Please support this podcast by considering a tip:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

This episode's special guest is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, who manages to deliver some fascinating commentary on happenings in Britain, while I increasingly suffer the totally unforeseeable effects of wine and gin.We talk about King Charles III, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, and sewage. We also discuss the important differences between Twisters, Quavers, Nik Naks, and Twiglets, and what wine you should drink with them.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00214/Please support this podcast by pledging your support to the current crowdfunding campaign by 9pm AEDT tonight, Thursday 7 March 2024:https://the9pmedict.com/autumn2024If you miss that deadline please consider a tip:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

This week I've been obsessed with a certain news story out of Glasgow, so I just had to do a podcast. Also, the episode I'd originally scheduled is running late — and that's my fault.In this episode we talk about Laurie Anderson's weird AI experiment, various other gripes about AI, politics, and alcohol pricing. There's audience feedback. There's a long whinge which might be interpreted by some as a defence of capitalism, but it's really a defence of the Industrial Revolution. And we ask whether eggs are the same as gin.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00213/Please support this podcast by pledging your support to the current crowdfunding campaign:https://the9pmedict.com/autumn2024If you miss that deadline please consider a tip:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

It's a marathon episode for serious political tragics! I'm joined by Snarky Platypus to discuss the ABC TV documentary series Nemesis about the three recent Liberal Party prime ministers of Australia. But we also find time to discuss other matters.We talk about the complexities of Lunar New Year, comedians, absinthe, magpies, Prague, trifle, lab-grown meaty rice, and the frustrations of the job search process.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00212/Please support this podcast by pledging your support to the current crowdfunding campaign:https://the9pmedict.com/autumn2024If you miss that deadline please consider a tip:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

With so much AI in the news, I thought our special guest for this first episode for 2024 should be Justin Warren, "consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating™ labelling scheme".In this episode we talk about panic, generative AI, millipedes, why Taylor Swift fans are so few in number that we need to create more of them using AI, smart toothbrushes, Elon Musk (briefly), disinformation, and the enshittification of everything.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00211/Please support this podcast by pledging your support to the current crowdfunding campaign:https://the9pmedict.com/autumn2024If you miss that deadline please consider a tip:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

It's a bonus, or at least unfunded, summer series episode with guest Snarky Platypus. This long and rambling conversation was recorded on Boxing Day 2023, which explains many things.We talk about the death of Henry Kissinger and the Fourth Crusade, the reintroduction of platypus to the mainland of South Australia, the TV series American Born Chinese, the new Minns Dynasty in NSW, the former member of parliament known as Tim Wilson, and some of the weird ideas held by boomers.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00210/Please support this podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

Today we look back at the year in space. My special guests are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University, and astrophysicist and founder of SpaceAustralia.com Rami Mandow.In this episode we talk about the annoying name given to Australia's first moon rover, why Jupiter is both friend and foe, India's Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu, some huge news about gravitational waves, and of course an all-time favourite, black holes.We even ask whether going into space was a good idea. Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn’t.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00209/Please support this podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The summer series takes a disturbing turn this week with one of our favourite guests, author and columnist John Birmingham — who admits to eating something that I simply do not understand. In this episode we also talk about Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, Donald Trump,Bluesky versus the site formally known as Twitter, cosplay, why sheep love solar energy projects, pork, alcohol, Christmas (of course), the Cybertruck (sorry), and why paying attention to the news is bad for you. And much more.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00208/Please support this podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/