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03 July 202506 July 2025

Weekly Wrap 787: A late (lack of) news from Adelaide

A two-car diesel multiple unit train approaches a railway station platform in the golden hour of evening sunlight. It has a flat red nose and is otherwise fluted metal, with a grass green band along the windows. The door frames are edged with safety yellow. In the background is a huge eucalypt tree and a moody sky.

My week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 June 2025 saw the start of a semi-holiday which will eventually total six nights in my home town of Adelaide. I won’t go into the details now, because this is being posted four days late. Rather, I’ll post a few images and some commentary on the coming weekend, and later there will be a podcast. But hey it’s Adelaide, so there’s obviously plenty of good food and wine.

22 June 202530 June 2025

Weekly Wrap 786: Cleaning the pipes before the mind

A smallish bird is perched on a brown wooden window frame, looking in. Its head is black with a white chin, and its chest is also white. Its beak is white with a black tip that ends with a little downwards hook. Its wings are black on top and white bellow, but they can’t really been seen because they’re closed. In the background, out of focus, is a dirt path and some shrubs.

My week of Monday 16 to Sunday 22 June 2025 began with a continuation of the gastro that began late last week, but somehow I still managed to stay relatively productive. There’s no new podcast, but I’ve started mapping out episodes for the coming couple of months — and planning next week’s holiday.

15 June 202515 June 2025

Weekly Wrap 785: Thinking of more pleasant times is the Quay to happiness, right?

Sydney’s Circular Quay is seen square-on from Sydney Harbour. Modern skyscrapers dominate the image, with the ferry wharves along the bottom. Just above the latter runs the City Loop railway through Circular Quay station, and above that an expressway. The sky is showing a faint glow as the late afternoon sun illuminates the patchy clouds.

Diarrhoea plagued my week of Monday 9 to Sunday 15 June 2025 but it was still productive, with another fun podcast and a lot of successful client work. But there was no time for photos, so here’s a shot of Circular Quay from a couple weeks ago.

14 June 202515 June 2025

The 9pm Remembering Valentina Tereshkova and Bonus Aliens with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow

Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian). Not the best ALT text, I know, but yeah a white women and a man "of Middle-Eastern appearance". — *Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian).*

With massive budget cuts to NASA, claims that we’ve found alien life, and an important anniversary coming up, it’s time once more to talk about Space! My guests, therefore, are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk, and astrophysicist Rami Mandow.

09 June 202509 June 2025

Weekly Wrap 784: You can’t catch a tram to Indonesia

It’s a bright sunny day and on a clean section of street there’s a pair of light rail tracks. Coming in from the left a bright red and white modern-looking tram occupies most of the view, while behind it there’s a high-rise apartment building.

My week of Monday 2 to Sunday 8 June 2025 saw the start of The 9pm Edict podcast’s mid-2025 series, some productivity on client projects, and on Sunday a trip on the Parramatta light rail — although the photo is from a couple of weeks back.

07 June 202505 September 2025

The 9pm Australia’s Most Important Relationship is with Indonesia with Erin Cook

A white woman with her long brown hair tied back wears a yellow and black top, sunglasses, and a smile like the Mona Lisa. Behind her stretches out a view of a tropical landscape and, eventually, the ocean. It?s Erin Cook! — *Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)*

Let’s kick off the Edict‘s mid-2025 series with a look at Australia’s relationship with Indonesia, because Jakarta was the first international city prime minister Anthony Albanese visited after his re-election. Our special guest is journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia.