Weekly Wrap 626: A calming post-election week with three podcasts and some fungus

Fungus

My week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 May 2022 was a strange one. A sense of cautious hope after the election result, although of course we still don’t know exactly what’s happening. Then three or four days of focus on podcast production. I think the coming week will be clearer from an emotional perspective.

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The 9pm Heartwarming Schadenfreude of Popping Bubbles with David Gerard

David Gerard brandishes his second book Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money. (Supplied, digitally altered by Stilgherrian)

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.

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The 9pm Election Unhinging: The Aftermath

Australia’s new Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, boarding Royal Australian Air Force Airbus KC-30A registration A39-007 in Canberra before departing for Tokyo on 23 May 2022. (Screenshot: 10 News First)

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.

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