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03 March 202417 March 2024

Weekly Wrap 718: Four years since the plague, the wine of nostalgia, and rearranged podcasts

On a white linen tablecloth sits a stemless glass of red wine bearing the crest of the Parliament of Victoria. In the background, out if focus, you can make out the form of a woman in a green top. On either side of the wine glass is a small tripod bearing an audio recorder.

My week of Monday 26 February to Sunday 3 March 2024 saw more podcast action even though I was dealing with some annoying blergh. So I’m showing you a photo of a wine glass from four years ago, just before everything was locked down.

02 March 202402 March 2024

The 9pm Cheap Booze Cheap AI Chocolate-Free Disappointment

Hoshi Japanese Gin is EVIL? (Photo: Hoshi Japanese Gin; Background image: Hans/ Pixabay; Digital composition: Stilgherrian)

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.

25 February 202417 March 2024

Weekly Wrap 717: Gettin’ snakey and producing podcasts, that was my week

A diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota) photographed at Bunjaree Cottages near Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains, roughly 100km west of Sydney.

My week of Monday 19 to Sunday 25 February 2024 was full of adventure. A big chunk of Tuesday was spent watching a 2.2-metre diamond python do its thing. I produced one podcast and recorded another. And I ran into a podcast listener at the pub and had a lovely conversation.

23 February 202423 February 2024

The 9pm Nine Years of Nemesis and Chocolate Cake with Snarky Platypus

Promo image for ABC TV’s Nemesis showing Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, and Malcolm Turnbull. (Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Inset: A platypus, but not that one. (Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler)

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.

19 February 202425 February 2024

Weekly Wrap 716: Dragon the productivity back into my life

My week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 February 2024 was productive but not especially profitable. I recorded two podcasts, posting one of them on Saturday, and launched next season’s crowdfunding campaign.

17 February 202416 February 2024

The 9pm Artificially Intelligent Millipede Menace with Justin Warren

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”.