The 9pm Extra: Keep the Bastards Honest episode 5, “The Murder on Thursday Law with Stilgherrian”

You may well have thought that a certain once-potent political party, the Australian Democrats, imploded around the turn of the 21st century, and you’d be right. But they’re back, with a podcast titled Keep the Bastards Honest. This week I became their first non-party guest.

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The 9pm Double-Length Rights and Freedoms Philosophical Dreamscape with Justin Warren

Justin Warren in a self-referential t-shirt (Photo: Kyle Taylor/ABC News)

In the first episode of the Edict’s Spring Series 2021, we meet Justin Warren, “consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRatingâ„¢ labelling scheme”.

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The 9pm Offensively-Named Dispatches from Prison Island Megamix

Mike Lindell, Trump supporter and founder and CEO of My Pillow, Inc, pimping his merchandise on Jim Bakker’s daily infomercial program in September 2021.

In this episode we simply have to hear about the plight of Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend. There’s some unbiased news from America. And there’s a compulsory mention of submarines.

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The 9pm Polar Political Peregrination with Dr Liz Buchanan

Dr Elizabeth Buchanan (Photo: Australian National University; Map: CIA / Library of Congress)

In the final episode of the Edict’s Late Winter Series, we discuss Antarctic geopolitics with Dr Elizabeth Buchanan from the Australian War College. There’s a lot more to it than snow, penguins, and coloured lights in the sky.

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