The 9pm Edict

The winter series of The 9pm Edict continues with the return of Justin Warren, "consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating™ labelling scheme". He's also chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, but I'm sure they'll disown him.In this episode we talk about the disaster that was the Australian government's COVIDSafe app, as well the wonders of electricity, the kerfuffle about Instagram, the automation of journalism, why the concept of time is annoying, organisational culture, and necromancy.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00182/Please help me produce more special-guest podcast episodes. Pledge your support to The 9pm Spring Series 2022 by 25 August 2022.https://the9pmedict.com/spring2022If you miss that deadline, you can always go to:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The winter series of The 9pm Edict continues with astrophysicist Rami Mandow, founder of SpaceAustralia.com. There's a new telescope to talk about, and much more.In this episode we talk about the imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope, pulsars, how declassified military data is aiding science, water on mars, orbital mechanics, adaptive optics, Assyria, rainbow lorikeets, space junk, junk science, and of course Elon Musk.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00181/Please help me produce more special-guest podcast episodes. Pledge your support to The 9pm Spring Series 2022 by 25 August 2022.https://the9pmedict.com/spring2022If you miss that deadline, you can always go to:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

A family in Florida is shocked by some unusual behaviour. Bob Katter talks about his cunning nature. And Scott Morrison continues to be Scott Morrison, telling us he doesn’t trust governmentsIn this episode we talk about Angus Taylor, George Christensen, pronouns, fruit flies, nudity, and former ABC Adelaide broadcaster, the late Philip Satchell.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00180/Please help me produce more special-guest podcast episodes. Pledge your support to The 9pm Spring Series 2022 by 25 August 2022.https://the9pmedict.com/spring2022If you miss that deadline, you can always go to:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The winter series of The 9pm Edict continues with another very special guest, satirist Mark Humphries. We met up on Bastille Day. We retreated to an upstairs bar. This delightfully rambling conversation was the result.We spoke about bigotry, beef tallow, the honesty and integrity of Clive Palmer, giant African land snails and brain worms, Elon Musk versus Donald Trump, Bruce Ruxton, Gerry Harvey, Baz Luhrmann, Cameron Daddo, and much more.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00179/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The winter series of The 9pm Edict continues with a sunshine and rainbows-filled chat with special guest Claire Connelly. She's a researcher, freelance journalist, and Policy Fellow at the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney. In this episode we talk about so many horrible things: inflation, the housing crisis, rising inequality, avocados, and surveillance capitalism — but we definitely do not call for a revolution.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00178/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has just celebrated its 90th birthday, but it's the reaction to that which has triggered some thoughts. Long thoughts. Ranty thoughts.In this episode we talk about writing, about political myths, about political journalism (again), transphobia, a funnel, and about everything from NIMBY attitudes, to Peter Dutton's excellent leadership skills, to Christian Porter's latest career move.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00177/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The America is disintegrating and we’re going along for the ride — with Bette Midler at our side.In this episode we talk about American abortion laws, Australian values, quality thinking, Peta Credlin, neurology, flagpoles, and furries.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00176/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The winter series of The 9pm Edict continues with special guest David F Porteous joining us from Edinburgh in the actual Scotland. He's an author, he's a social researcher, he's a podcaster, and he's a lovely chap to chat with. In this episode we talk about the hairstyles of royalty, the joys of COVID-19, Britain's brilliant plan to send refugees to Rwanda, minimum wages and living wages, the Thunderdome, the non-demise of Boris Johnson, salad cream, the advantages of colonial oppression, and whether Stilgherrian should be allowed to keep a nuclear submarine.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00175/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The winter series of The 9pm Edict kicks off with special guest Yun Jiang, the inaugural China Matters Fellow at the Australian Institute of International Affairs. And guess what? We're discussing China and Australia. In this episode we talk about the massive COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, the possibility of a Chinese naval base in Solomon Islands, recent diplomatic moves of both Australia and China in the South Pacific, China's interception of an RAAF maritime patrol aircraft, 996 and the Lying Flat movement, diversity in parliament, climate change, and what Australia's new Albanese government means for our relations with China and for the public service.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00174/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

The autumn series of The 9pm Edict concludes with the implosion of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Our special guest is David Gerard, author of "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain" and "Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money". This podcast is an expression of glorious schadenfreude. But we also talk about garlic, Julian Assange and the battle with Scientology, and even Elon Musk.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00173/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/