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The 9pm Conspiracy Nation with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson

Black and white photos of two white people, a woman with her hair tied back neatly, and a man with short hair and a half-arsed beard. Between them is the cover of their book, CONSPIRACY NATION.
Journalists Erin Cook and Cam Wilson with the cover of their book “Conspiracy Nation”. (Photos: Supplied; Digital composition by Stilgherrian.)

As you all know, I am a lizard, and through the power of 5G and the implants which have been secretly inserted into you via chemtrails and the covid vaccine, or possibly by a UFOnaut which was probing you, I can control your mind.

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Weekly Wrap 798: A third week disrupted by illness, but a different one, plus squabbling birds

A bright sunny day. On a tree stump on the left, a brown cuckoo-dove with lighter brown undersides and pink feet raises its wings to look big and fierce. On the right, on a slightly lower tree stump, is an Australian magpie, head hunched down, wings extended. It's a stand-off! And on the far right, a red plastic water bowl.

My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 September 2025 started well but slipped into illness at the end — again! — although things then improved on the weekend. I had to bail from a conference on Thursday, and spend Friday very close to a bathroom at all time. We shall speak of this no more.

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The 9pm Usual Chaos in Indonesia and Thailand 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)

There’s been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form coalitions so they can choose a new PM. So who better to talk to than journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia?

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