The 9pm Edict

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/

The autumn series of The 9pm Edict continues with a look at some recent space news with astrophysicist Rami Mandow, founder of SpaceAustralia.com. We talk about black holes and pulsars, darkness and space chemistry, Dyson spheres, tequila, how to get started with astronomy, extraterrestrial life, whether faster-than-light travel will ever be possible, and even that Elon Musk chap and the commercialisation of space.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00172/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

Well then. It happened. Anthony Albanese is Prime Minister and Australia has a new Labor government. There's a sense of hope in the air, but there's also a sense of hesitation.In episode we talk about the election result, obviously. We also talk about the unhinging of the conservative commentators, especially those on Sky News Australia, about the problems in political journalism, international relations, potential changes in the National Party, and US politician Kandiss Taylor.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00171/Please consider supporting this podcast via the latest crowdfunding campaign, The 9pm Winter Series 2022. You have until 9pm AEST on Thursday 26 May 2022.https://the9pmedict.com/winter2022If you miss that deadline, you can always support it at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

Just two sleeps to go! With the election day this Saturday 21 May, and with the polls showing a solid chance of a Labor win, the unhinging continues on all sides. Let's talk about that, and other things.In episode we talk about the ongoing corflute wars, a certain terrible election advertisement, Scott Morrison's love of focus groups, his character, and the Coalition's housing policy. There's even a brief visit from George W Bush.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00170/Please consider supporting this podcast via the latest crowdfunding campaign, The 9pm Winter Series 2022. You have until 9pm AEST on 26 May 2022.https://the9pmedict.com/winter2022If you miss that deadline, you can always support it at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

Nine sleeps to go! As Australia's federal election campaign enters its final days, the unhinging is going through the roof -- and it's not just the politicians who are losing their minds.In episode we talk about bad journalism, the leaders debates on Nine and Seven, the sexiness of Bob Katter, Australia's Mother of the Year, how all Asian-Australian candidates look the same, lies, the making of the sausages, vaccinated zombies, and why John Howard is the Angel of Death.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00169/Please consider supporting this podcast via the latest crowdfunding campaign, The 9pm Winter Series 2022. You have until 9pm AEST on 26 May 2022.https://the9pmedict.com/winter2022If you miss that deadline, you can always support it at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

With just 16 days left in Australia's federal election campaign, the unhinging continues. Anthony Albanese has officially launched Labor's policies, and Scott Morrison's campaign looks like it's starting to get a bit desperate.In this slightly arithmetic-heavy episode we talk about Tim Wilson's derangement, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, housing affordability, interests rates, that goddam chicken curry, and the supposed chaos of so-called hung parliaments. Again.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00168/Please consider supporting this podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/